tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67645839758752870722012-01-31T10:48:48.455-06:00A Cup o' JoeThere is no good reason for you to read my blog...why are you here?Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-76070980083048899392012-01-30T23:47:00.001-06:002012-01-30T23:47:13.549-06:0010 Minutes - Radioactive Slag DesertHi. It's Joe. Well, I just found out that this morning a nuclear plant in northern Illinois, not too far from Rockford, broke down and began spewing radioactive steam into Wisconsin, thanks to southerly winds. Don't worry, I took my iodine. But when were they going to tell us this? This happened at 10 AM. Why did they wait all day? Now the officials are trying to say tritiated steam is Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-32362041057330578662012-01-29T13:16:00.001-06:002012-01-29T13:16:13.571-06:0010 Minutes - The Rocking Was Good Hi. It's Joe. Last night BABY ROCKET played a decent show at Carp's Landing in Lake Mills WI. We had a new drummer named Mike. He was quite fun to rock with. My bass playing was unleashed too, I think maybe in part because of all the jazz I have been listening too. At the first set break, I got totally creeped on by a drunken sea hag who was all over the bar making out with random dudes. I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-22313767716215343902012-01-27T23:13:00.001-06:002012-01-27T23:13:00.472-06:0010 Minutes - The Weekend Is Here Hi. It's Joe. I will just go ahead and get the metrics out of the way, because I know you have been following my progress. Tonight I worked out for 90 minutes, putting me at 4/5 of my weekly goal to do five 45-minute workouts per week. I watched Clerks on Netflix while I rode the stationary bike, mainly because it has a 91 minute running time. I seem to remember this movie being better the Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-26943906553297739592012-01-27T08:07:00.001-06:002012-01-27T08:07:31.589-06:0010 Minutes - THE MAN vs. The Man (Crazy Week and Work) Hi. It's Joe. Last night, I practiced the final lesson in Module 1 of my Welsh learning software. It was fairly tough. I learned the words for WHAT, WHERE, WHICH, WHO, and the like. This weekend, I will do the comprehensive exercise that covers all the lessons of the module. I also worked out yesterday morning. So I got a lot of goals accomplished. I am 2/5 on 45-minute workouts. I am 2/3 on Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-45067572675240343342012-01-24T18:48:00.001-06:002012-01-24T18:48:08.413-06:001 Minute - I Am Outta Here! Hi. It's Joe. If I leave work now, I will be home by 7:30. That is why I am only doing a minute long post. I wanted to let you know that I got up early and worked out today. One down (out of 5 needed for this week). Last night I rocked an hour of piano, so I am 1/3 for that. I will probably hit Welsh tonight. Also, the TV show 30 Rock is not a bad little program at all. Fun. See you later.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-54240947985384065612012-01-23T09:08:00.001-06:002012-01-23T09:08:03.091-06:005 Minutes - The Weatherization Dudes Are BackHi. It's Joe. Once again, I have weatherization specialists in my house. They are doing a final audit to make sure everything was done that is supposed to be done. That's pretty cool, although it's about the 3rd audit they have done, suggesting a lot of administrative overhead. I am kind of glad they are here, because it means I do not have to drive to work until later in the morning. The Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-88535674037893507832012-01-22T23:05:00.001-06:002012-01-22T23:05:52.358-06:0010 Minutes - Recording Music is a Time Suck Hi. It's Joe. After my singing lesson today, I was going to diligently practice songs for upcoming band practices and gigs. But then I decided to do a little recording of some songs. That was a mistake. Recording is a total time suck. Although I did get some crude demos of a couple of songs for later use, I totally don't have any time left for rehearsing songs tonight. I am, however, going toJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-40959636545937215432012-01-22T12:34:00.001-06:002012-01-22T12:34:08.661-06:0010 Minutes - Jazz Piano is Contagious Hi. It's Joe. I don't know if "contagious" is the right word, because I already have the bug. But the more I practice jazz piano, the more of it I want to do. It is synergistically additive. Maybe even multiplicative. My favorite jazz piano record is "Oscar Peterson Trio + One (With Clark Terry)." Oscar Peterson is the role model for my future vision of jazz piano playing. Clark Terry is a Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-42383161894586412422012-01-22T00:50:00.001-06:002012-01-22T00:50:51.595-06:0010 Minutes - Idea Box: Spotify "Mix Tapes" for My ReadersHi. It's Joe. I have SPOTIFY and I love it. You probably have it too, if you know what is good for you. And that means we can share songs with one another. A part of me still digs good ol' fashioned "mix tapes." So, I had this idea. Every once in a while, I am going to make a "Cup o' Joe" mix tape of SPOTIFY tracks and post it right here. Starting now. But no more than 10 songs per mix. Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-86988310353545240352012-01-21T17:58:00.001-06:002012-01-21T17:58:02.044-06:0010 Minutes - Inflation and Multiple Universes Hi. It's Joe. This post is going to get a lot of traffic from people looking for information about quantum physics and the Big Bang. That's too bad, because I am only going to touch on that briefly. I am still reading "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence M. Krauss. This morning I read some of it. He was talking about the concept of "inflation" and how some parts of space may still be Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-85383524777718744562012-01-20T18:52:00.002-06:002012-01-20T18:54:36.072-06:0010 Minutes - Snow DayHi. It's Joe.I enjoyed my snow day today. It was not an especially brutal snow day, and I probably could have gone to work today. But I took it off to give myself a 3-day weekend.Just a little while ago, I got done working out. It was a light workout today, and just 45 minutes. I was hoping to do 90 minutes but I just wasn't feeling it, so I quit after my minimum 45 minutes. I am at 4 of 5 Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-50349804951700231022012-01-19T20:27:00.001-06:002012-01-19T20:27:10.913-06:0010 Minutes - Strategic Use of Vacation (or PTO, in the Parlance of the New Corporate Overlords)Hi. It's Joe.Tomorrow, my region of Wisconsin is going to get something of a blizzard. Normally, it being Friday, I would have to go to work.My employer is actually super cool, and if I wanted to, I could work from home quite productively (actually, even more so, because of the fact that I can work during the 90+ minutes I would normally be commuting round trip, notwithstanding the slightly Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-21939863969086069442012-01-19T09:44:00.001-06:002012-01-19T09:44:00.554-06:0010 Minutes - Ten Minutes I Almost Didn't HaveHi. It's Joe.I had an appointment this morning. I thought it was at 9:30, but as fate would have it, it is actually at 9:45. As such, I have just enough time to punch out a daily 10 minute blog post.Last night, I practiced piano for an hour. It went surprisingly well, and when the hour was up, I didn't want to stop. That is a good sign. But I had to stop, because it was late, and I needed to get Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-20442005135030821912012-01-18T23:54:00.000-06:002012-01-18T23:54:55.064-06:003 Minutes - Piano Practice Went Really Well TonightHi. It's Joe.
I was kind of bummed about how piano practice went last Sunday. I know you were probably alarmed by this, readers.
But I did not get discouraged. I just took some time off from it (2 nights sans piano practice).
Tonight I sat down and practiced for an hour. I rocked. Hard. I think I just needed a break from it to let my brain absorb. I was pushing myself too hard.
I worked on a Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-63891768299883991372012-01-18T18:45:00.003-06:002012-01-20T18:49:14.985-06:0010 Minutes - A Universe From NothingHi. It's Joe.
For my birthday, my folks got me a book called "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence M. Krauss.
He is the same guy who wrote "The Physics of Star Trek," a book I quite enjoyed many years ago. However, the current book actually talks about REAL physics, not the made for sci fi kind in Star Trek (although the latter kind was substantially based on real physics, which just makes Star Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-9659919303322496632012-01-17T20:43:00.001-06:002012-01-17T20:43:45.192-06:0010 Minutes - I Shipped Off My Mom's Birthday Present Today Hi. It's Joe. I mailed off a birthday present to my mom today. I know it is risky to disclose that here, because I think my mom might actually read this blog. I know my dad does, but I am sure he will keep a secret. In any case, I am not going to give away the surprise. Today, I worked from home, because this morning in Cambridge, we had "white out" snow conditions. It didn't last too long, Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-39045748649756678192012-01-16T16:59:00.002-06:002012-01-17T19:19:25.579-06:0010 Minutes - Vox and RocksHi. It's Joe.
My vocal lesson is literally less than 12 minutes away, so I really need to crank this out in 10 minutes, allowing me 2 minutes to compose myself before my singing teacher tears into me for sucking.
When Guppy Effect practiced yesterday, I video taped it (I still get a kick out of saying "taped" here in the 21st century digital age). On playback, I noticed my pitch was not optimalJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-74382261614044417542012-01-13T13:58:00.002-06:002012-01-13T23:23:13.639-06:001 Minute - Fun Stuff Hi. It's Joe.Having this much fun at work seems wrong.I have to go to a meeting now, which is why I can't write a full 10 minutes, but generally speaking we just have too much fun here.Time.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-8656785071166174032012-01-12T22:18:00.001-06:002012-01-12T22:18:32.123-06:0010 Minutes- Playing Catchup on Piano and Welsh TonightHi. It's Joe. Tonight I practiced piano for an hour and Welsh for an hour. Recall that my New Years Resolution was to practice piano and Welsh for 30 minutes thrice per week. As such, I am going to count tonight's practices as two sessions each. Much like my weekly fitness challenge to workout for 45 minutes five times per week, when I do a double sesh (90 minutes in the case of working out), Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-81186812671294455842012-01-10T09:18:00.001-06:002012-01-10T09:18:49.982-06:0010 Minutes - My Life is Pretty KickassHi. It's Joe.I really can't complain about much. I have a pretty decent life. I think it is actually awesomely kickass, but I know that is subjective. I live in a cool house in a rural township. I have a good job and an easy commute. My coworkers are all cool. I play bass, and occasionally drums, in a sweet rock-n-roll band called JEEBUS PREEBUS. This band does not play in any shitty bars, but Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-92142568345952129272012-01-08T23:54:00.001-06:002012-01-08T23:54:26.354-06:0010 Minutes - Victory Is Mine!Hi. It's Joe. I think it is technically already my birthday, because I was born in Australia and it has been Monday down under for a while now. For whatever reason, my birthday weekend always seems to be filled with adventure, and this weekend was no different. But before I tell that tale, I wanted to let you know that next Saturday 1/14/12, I will be performing semi-acoustically with Stefan asJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-89083162043638749892012-01-06T10:44:00.001-06:002012-01-06T10:44:45.035-06:0010 Minutes - I Might Go Running Outside Today Hi. It's Joe.I might go running outside today. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, "Big deal. So what?"But that is because I forgot to mention today is January 6th and this is Wisconsin.The Law of Averages suggests that the almost complete lack of snowfall this winter means a heinous blizzard some time in the next couple of months, or at least a period of some heavy winter Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-10816799828914735532012-01-05T16:32:00.001-06:002012-01-05T16:32:19.748-06:0010 Minutes - Remember Snow? Hi. It's Joe.It's 50 degrees outside. Fahrenheit, obviously.Now this might not seem like a big deal until you realize this is Wisconsin and it is January.I'd like to say I am not complaining. But here's the thing. Nature works on the Law of Averages. Think about global climate change. The global temperature may only go up one degree, but this causes massive problems when you apply the Law of Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-59043766486607390792012-01-01T13:20:00.001-06:002012-01-01T13:20:04.428-06:0030 Minutes - New Years Resolutions: I Don't Have to Do This, Because I Wrote Song Today Hi. It's Joe. As you know, if you have been following my short blog posts over the past year, which I hope you have been, I had a few small New Years Resolutions for 2012. Before I get to the meat and potatoes of this post though, I wanted to remind you that 2012 might be 10 days shorter than most years, if the Mayans were right and the world ends on 12/21/12. One of the minor resolutions I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-37005468037903701382011-12-31T08:32:00.001-06:002011-12-31T08:32:49.480-06:0010 Minutes - Wisconsin BoundHi. It's Joe.I am in the rental car back to Denver with mom and pops after an early morning wake up. Don't worry, I am not driving. Pops is.I have very poor motor skills at 5:30 AM, a fact that I seldom have to contend with. It was a little bit difficult making breakfast. It is as if my neocortex is awake, but my cerebellum is stubbornly refusing to get out of bed. I think now, at about 7:20, it Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-81987861965270902342011-12-30T11:23:00.001-06:002011-12-30T11:23:25.791-06:0010 Minutes - Or Maybe 15 Minutes, I Am Not Sure YetHi. It's Joe. This is my last full day in Colorado, specifically Manitou Springs CO, where my sister lives with my 6-year old niece and nephew, Millie and Ty. It has been a fun 12 days. I can't really call it a full fortnight, because I arrived on a Sunday evening and I am leaving on a Saturday morning, so if I am rounding to the nearest full day, I have to eliminate that first Sunday and last Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-12702648647464029132011-12-29T15:36:00.001-06:002011-12-29T15:36:41.705-06:0010 Minutes - I Am Ready to Put 2011 to RestHi. It's Joe. My two weeks in Colorado is drawing to a close and so is 2011. I think 2 weeks is a perfect amount of time for a relaxing vacation. The impending conclusion of my winter break was evident this morning, when for the first time, I was not able to sleep in to my heart's content. I still got a decent night's sleep, but now responsibilities are starting to creep back in, very suggestiveJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-78233170021811619772011-12-27T13:39:00.001-06:002011-12-27T13:39:18.805-06:0010 Minutes - Tame Caribou and Scenic VistasHi. It's Joe. Yesterday afternoon we all went to a holiday social at my sister's friend and coworker Ruth's house. I don't know what Ruth teaches at Colorado College, where my sister teaches Art, but I want to say it is something like English Literature. That is probably totally wrong. Anyway, Ruth has 3 kids and they are all really well bred, intelligent and conversational. I find that kind of Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-62294768910695204062011-12-26T12:54:00.001-06:002011-12-26T12:54:31.231-06:0010 Minutes - Helium Isotopes and Swedish Hot Rock Sauna (Unrelated)Hi. It's Joe. My mom and pops got a digital picture frame from my sister for Christmas. I thought that it would be fairly user friendly technology, a great tool for my mom to work on overcoming her intimidation of 21st century technologies. But these things are not as intuitive as you would think. Actually, they are pretty awesome and easy to use once you get the hang of it, but there is this Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-8224072808586843852011-12-24T22:56:00.001-06:002011-12-24T22:56:55.889-06:0010 Minutes - Christmas Eve Is Not The Time To Reveal That The New Testament Is Largely a ForgeryHi. It's Joe. Happy Christmas Eve. I went grocery shopping with my mom and pops this morning. That was a mistake. It was a madhouse out there, with everyone doing their last minute food and present shopping. I do not know why I even went. I guess I wanted to get out of the house. But it was hell. Hell! I am sure that when I die, if there is a Hell (and I am most assuredly destined for it), it Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-9329851949547363852011-12-23T21:26:00.004-06:002011-12-27T13:28:12.272-06:0010 Minutes - Flotsam on the Sea of Other People's Agendas
Hi. It's Joe.
Today started out passively enough. I was awoken by the morning play sounds of my nephew and niece, Ty and Millie, respectively. I took my time getting up, made some breakfast eggs with black beans and bison meat, reheated yesterday's coffee and brewed some more. Then I read for a spell, mostly "The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins, a book about evolution.
Some family Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-62462607797420311962011-12-22T17:56:00.006-06:002011-12-24T00:22:31.123-06:0010 Minutes - Festive RelaxationHi. It's Joe.
The smell of crock pot soup cooking pervades my sister's house in Manitou Springs CO. She is using a handheld blender to turn cooked vegetables into a thick soup base, to which she will add more fresh vegetables and meat, along with herbs and spices. I have never seen anything like it, but the reason she does it this way is that her kids, my 6-year old twin niece and nephew, won't Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-75450806902506640672011-12-21T11:47:00.001-06:002011-12-21T11:47:06.478-06:0010 Minutes - Garden of the Gods in Manitou Springs CO Hi. It's Joe. In about a half an hour, my dad and I are going to hike around at Garden of the Gods, a nature park in Manitou Springs CO, where my sister lives. That means later today, I will be posting some scenic pictures on my FACEBOOK page. So let's see if that leads to any friendship requests. I think most of the people who read this are already my FACEBOOK friends, so I wouldn't place anyJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-23214289289369494062011-12-20T12:34:00.001-06:002011-12-20T12:34:48.731-06:0010 Minutes - A Calm Day Hi. It's Joe. It is a calm and peaceful day in Manitou Springs, CO. I am taking a break from doing nothing right now to type out this blog post. It is not exactly true to say I have been doing nothing all morning. I ate breakfast, drank some coffee, contemplated ways to prove the Goldbach Conjecture, determined that 1,234,567 is a prime number, and read a few pages of Richard Dawkins' book, "Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-39032442301744491742011-12-19T11:08:00.001-06:002011-12-19T11:08:58.751-06:0010 Minutes - A Colorado Blizzard Hi. It's Joe. There is a blizzard coming to Colorado. But it is not coming to the part of Colorado I am currently in. Thanks to global climate change, the blizzard is sweeping across the southern plains just south of here. That includes NM, OK, TX. The southeastern part of Colorado will just get nicked by the top part of the megastorm. Here in Manitou Springs, we will probably get a couple of Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-89402844604994577492011-12-16T17:36:00.001-06:002011-12-16T17:36:38.797-06:0015 Minutes - New Year's Resolutions Hi. It's Joe. This week I am willfully failing on my fitness challenge to do five 45-minute workouts per week, although I have been successful every week since I started, just after Halloween. Due to a funeral up here in Duluth, MN, I knew I would have little chance to fulfill my weekly quota of workouts. But it would not have been impossible, just stressful. I had an extra workout from last Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-21196868783248225222011-12-15T19:33:00.001-06:002011-12-15T19:33:17.299-06:0010 Minutes - I Am in Duluth, MN Hi. It's Joe. I wish I could say I was in Duluth, MN for a good reason. But sadly it is for a funeral tomorrow in NW Wisconsin. Still, I'm technically "on vacation," so I may as well learn and enjoy. Duluth is the sister city of Superior, WI, just across the river (St. Croix, I think). It's a major Great Lakes port area, very industrial and merchant marine. I'll bet it is pretty cool in Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-43193101938889024982011-12-14T22:13:00.001-06:002011-12-14T22:13:58.576-06:0010 Minutes - There Will Be Rocking. Oh Yes. There Will Be Rocking. Hi. It's Joe. I heard there is a new movie coming out called ROCK OF AGES. I do not know, but I suspect it may be based on the Broadway musical of the same name. I glean this from the fact that the trailer for the movie uses a lot of the same songs as are on the musical soundtrack. But that's only circumstantial evidence. What I do know for sure is that my new band JEEBUS PREEBUS is hosting Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-69607086370502688262011-12-14T22:12:00.001-06:002011-12-14T22:12:12.878-06:0010 Minutes - There Will Be Rocking. Oh Yes. There Will Be Rocking. Hi. It's Joe. I heard there is a new movie coming out called ROCK OF AGES. I do not know, but I suspect it may be based on the Broadway musical of the same name. I glean this from the fact that the trailer for the movie uses a lot of the same songs as are on the musical soundtrack. But that's only circumstantial evidence. What I do know for sure is that my new band JEEBUS PREEBUS is hosting Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-78712007607131599342011-12-11T19:21:00.001-06:002011-12-11T19:21:36.211-06:0010 Minutes - Sunday Night Brain MushHi. It's Joe. I think I overdid it on working out the past two days. I did 90 minutes at a medium pace on the stationary bike trainer today and yesterday, exceeding by 45 minutes my weekly fitness goal to do five 45-minute light/moderate workouts each week during the holiday months of November and December (I did two 45-minute workouts earlier in the week). I haven't failed any week since I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-5421270237890567662011-12-11T00:30:00.001-06:002011-12-11T00:30:20.083-06:0010 Minutes - Physical and Musical Workouts Hi. It's Joe. This afternoon, I spent 90 minutes on the stationary bike, accomplishing two of the five 45-minute workouts for this week, as part of my ongoing fitness challenge. It was a fairly light/moderate workout, which is the goal of this challenge. I got my pulse up to about 125 bpm. The idea is to do workouts that are achievable and not overly strenuous that they deter me from doing Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-8245620482590426712011-12-08T21:34:00.000-06:002011-12-08T21:34:59.300-06:0025 Minutes - Muscles, Music, and SlippersHi. It's Joe.
I received in the mail the LL Bean suede slippers that my parents got me for Christmas. I then proceeded to wear them to work today. So comfy. These ones look much more like actual shoes than the fur lined camo ones my parents got me last year (and which I also wore to work almost every day).
There is something comforting about wearing slippers at work. The main thing is that theyJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-80973333009485998542011-12-04T23:01:00.001-06:002011-12-04T23:01:25.375-06:0030 Minutes - Fitness and MusicHi. It's Joe. This evening I did a 90-minute workout on the stationary bike, completing my five 45-minute light/moderate workouts for this week. I had to do 90 minute workouts today and yesterday to catch up, since I had not worked out since last Monday. That was poor planning on my part. But I still made it. I allow myself to count a 90-minute workout as two 45-minute workouts for that day, Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-71044285878545797032011-12-01T13:05:00.001-06:002011-12-01T13:05:49.370-06:0020 Minutes - Making Things HappenHi. It's Joe.More important to me than money is VALUE. I think this is true for most rational and moral human beings, although many people erroneously equate money and value. Money is sometimes a proxy for value, and when it is, people can get by using dollars as a guide for what has value. But it is a fairly poor proxy, especially if you can't recognize the occasions when value and money are notJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-62924402924539751352011-11-28T19:24:00.001-06:002011-11-28T19:24:45.070-06:0010 Minutes - CYBER MONDAY, Singing Lesson, and a Workout Hi. It's Joe. It's CYBER MONDAY. That means nothing to me. I didn't order a single thing online at work today. I didn't even surf the Web. The only thing I bought offline was groceries, on my way home from work. That was after my singing lesson in Madison, so actually the grocery stop was on my way home from that, en route from work. I am done with commercialism, and so is most of my family.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-69516566260707512672011-11-27T16:16:00.002-06:002011-11-27T16:19:56.584-06:0010 Minutes - Musical MitosisHi. It's Joe.
Think of my band GUPPY EFFECT like a eukaryotic, single-celled organism.Now, picture that single cell undergoing mitosis, resulting in two "daughter" cells.Call one of those offsprung daughter cells "JEEBUS PREEBUS" and call the other one "UBERGROOP."Now, the analogy isn't perfect, because usually when a cell divides asexually, the two daughter cells are identical to each other and Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-50189270957730741862011-11-25T11:19:00.003-06:002011-11-30T10:19:42.312-06:0025 Minutes - Tomorrow is Guppy Effect's Last Official ShowHi. It's Joe.Tomorrow night (Saturday 11/26/11) is my band GUPPY EFFECT's last show.*I am not too bummed about this for a few reasons. First, the band wasn't really going anywhere. Progress was slow and getting people to come to shows was a fool's errand. Perhaps you have heard of the Law of Diminishing Returns, where the same amount of added effort does not yield a linear return? Bingo. EveryoneJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-67878039001974816572011-11-24T10:03:00.001-06:002011-11-24T10:03:50.857-06:0020 Minutes - A Day of RestHi. It's Joe. Guess where I have to be today? Nowhere, is where. And it's awesome. I am going to work on music. I am going to work out and get caught up on my weekly fitness challenge to accomplish five 45-minute workouts per week. I haven't missed a week yet. I'll probably do some writing too. That is what I am doing right now. I find that I do my best writing in the morning and my best Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-44310225749567775202011-11-23T17:57:00.001-06:002011-11-23T17:57:11.159-06:0010 Minutes - I Am Thankful Rush Hour Traffic Will Be Over With By the Time I Drive HomeHi. It's Joe. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I am thankful for a few things. One is that I have a cool job, and my employer let's me come in late and stay late to avoid the hordes of dumb and crazy drivers that stand between me and home. There's still a lot of them out there when I drive home at 6. But a lot less than at 5. And the remaining ones are at least moving at normal highway speeds. I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-46775336432256006992011-11-22T23:14:00.001-06:002011-11-22T23:14:10.755-06:0010 Minutes - Fun Things Hi. It's Joe. Fun things are afoot. I do not know what they are, but I know they will be fun. I won't be contributing to any wanton needless turkey deaths this Thursday. Tonight, bandmate AquaMunkee and I started writing a song about the plight of the Moas. I hope it pans out. I guess it will if I make it pan out. Tomorrow, I am going running. It is supposed to be a sunny nice day. I was Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-16966825590230016932011-11-21T23:17:00.001-06:002011-11-21T23:17:54.798-06:0010 Minutes - Return of the JeebiHi. It's Joe. The Jeebi are a lost tribe of rock Gods. The people who worship them today are wandering minstrels known as Khakazzis. They have no official homeland, but hope to someday establish one on the Island of Te Wai Pounamu. They will call it Khakazzistan. Their principle deity is represented by the birdlike Moa, which died for the sins of the early Khakazzis, but will someday return. Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-8579278652714314862011-11-20T21:51:00.002-06:002011-11-20T22:04:58.080-06:0010 Minutes - The Rocking
Hi. It's Joe.
I have probably titled other posts "The Rocking" before, because I do a lot of it.Today, I started rocking at noon and finished about 7 PM, with a short short break around 4 to get food.GUPPY EFFECT plays it's last show next Saturday 11/26. So today, we finished practicing our awesome set for that show. I will miss the GUPPY EFFECT rock-n-roll, but I will not miss the lame bars, Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-88343267228258191742011-11-19T21:19:00.000-06:002011-11-19T21:19:07.954-06:0010 Minutes - A Weekend Worth of Activities in Half the WeekendHi. It's Joe.
I am going to sleep like a baby tonight. I am bushed. I want to say for the record that my prior post to this blog was not in an acceptable format as far as Title. The one about guitar pedals. I probably posted it to this blog on accident. I probably meant to post it to 2 Minute Reader or maybe just my Social Media Blog. Anyway, sorry.
So last night was the SUNSPOT CD Release Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-37133689349963501132011-11-18T23:09:00.001-06:002011-11-18T23:09:59.395-06:00Too Many Pedals I discourage overuse of pedals.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-58079076051067243372011-11-17T21:52:00.000-06:002011-11-17T21:52:16.016-06:0010 More Minutes - Jeebus Preebus Holiday House Party is GO!Hi. It's Joe.
One of my new bands is called JEEBUS PREEBUS.
It's largely a cover band right now. But it is a different kind of cover band. First of all, it is all about the presentation, theatrics, and energy of the stage show. We are all decent musicians, but covers are covers, and we don't want to be like every other lame cover band out there.
Another way we are unique is that we decided we Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-37409361714596400752011-11-17T08:05:00.000-06:002011-11-17T08:05:37.321-06:0010 Minutes - Band Practice Last NightHi. It's Joe.
Jeebus Preebus band practice last night was kind of poor in a relative sense, compared with our previous practices. However, in an absolute sense, it was still a lot more rocking than the band practices of most other bands. We were learning the Donnas song "Take It Off" last night. It's a straight ahead chick rocker tune, and it is nice to have a female lead singer, although she Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-54833842266784453002011-11-14T04:55:00.001-06:002011-11-14T04:55:38.710-06:0010 Minutes - Early to Bed, Early to RiseHi. It's Joe. It's 4:35 AM and I am awake. Why? Because I went to bed at 9 PM last night. Actually, I should say I fell asleep at 9 PM. I actually went to bed at 8 PM and read for a while till I got dozy. This probably has something to do with the 45 minutes of stationary biking and the 3 mile run I did yesterday, in addition to GUPPY EFFECT band practice, in order to complete my weekly Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-46810529052573183592011-11-13T17:49:00.001-06:002011-11-13T17:49:55.923-06:0010 Minutes - Fitness GoalsHi. It's Joe. Today I did the indoor bike trainer for 45 minutes prior to band practice. After band practice, I ran 3 miles. I earned a bonus of about 1000 calories today against the 1660 I am generally allowed to take in. That means I can eat 2660 calories today and still be on track to lose weight. You see, I joined MY FITNESS PAL, an online program and Android phone app that tracks diet and Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-89810456305581676742011-11-07T21:42:00.001-06:002011-11-07T21:42:01.814-06:0010 Minutes - Carpooling HomeHi. It's Joe.I am on my carpool home, but because of Daylight Savings, I cannot read my book. It is too dark. I do like that it is brighter in the morning now though.I am tired as a dog today. I ran 3 miles at lunch time today as part of my current fitness challenge to do five 45-minute mild to moderate workouts per week. Today was definitely on the high end of moderate. Running is a fairly Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-18167438759937934082011-11-06T12:05:00.001-06:002011-11-06T12:05:02.398-06:002 Minutes - Band Outing See the full gallery on Posterous Hi. It's Joe. I went out to see live music last night with 3/4 of the band members of Jeebus Preebus. We had a good arsed time.Time.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-17530577086830768822011-11-05T09:12:00.000-05:002011-11-05T09:12:03.571-05:0010 Minutes - Jeebus Preebus Practice and a ShowHi. It's Joe.
I worked my arse off this week, which allowed me to avoid having to go into work this morning (Saturday). I didn't purposefully work hard to get my work done so I could skip Saturday, it just worked out that way. Thus, I would have nothing critical to do if I went in, and it would be a bit of a waste, better spent working out.
I have to be in Madison this afternoon anyway, so it Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-53571095162315847182011-10-28T18:37:00.001-05:002011-10-28T18:37:42.828-05:0020 Minutes - The Last Holiday Season Before Armageddon Starts...NOW!Hi. It's Joe. So, you may be wondering why I always throw a thumbnail image over there on the right hand side of my blog posts. Or you might not, I don't know. I have been trying to read more. But more importantly, I have been trying to stick to just one book at a time and actually read more with an intention to finish said book. The thumbnail indicates the MAIN book I am reading at the time Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-40244478264844773902011-10-26T23:29:00.001-05:002011-10-26T23:29:28.225-05:0010 Minutes - Rocking With Jeebus PreebusHi. It's Joe. Tonight I had band practice with my new band, Jeebus Preebus. We are starting to define our sound now, and it is kind of a high energy hard rocking sound, which I like. There is no place for low energy in rock-n-roll. I have been diligently sticking to my lifestyle challenge for November-December, of working out for 45 minutes five days per week. This morning I rode the exercise Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-80670603473068774412011-10-23T22:54:00.000-05:002011-10-23T22:54:55.988-05:0010 Minutes - Osh Kosh BegoshHi. It's Joe.
I went up to Osh Kosh this weekend and hung out with Todd and Sherry.
We went to the Independent Horror Film Festival there on Saturday, which was killer. Pun intended. You need to find and watch a movie called "I Didn't Come Here to Die." It was excellent.
Later on Saturday night, we went out to the Reptile Palace, a hard rock music venue in Osh Kosh. It was one of those places Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-15222823195348218032011-10-20T09:07:00.000-05:002011-10-20T09:07:46.226-05:0015 Minutes - Rough Week So FarHi. It's Joe.
I tend to not be much of a complainer, and that's not what I am doing now.
But it doesn't change the fact that my stress levels are high this week.
I somehow managed to inadvertently hurt a close friend. My hot water heater sprung a slow leak. Work is incredibly busy and stressful (still challenging and fun though...I guess that is eustress?). I am not sleeping well. My TMJ is Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-52047391160591309112011-10-10T10:00:00.002-05:002011-10-10T10:06:45.945-05:0010 Minutes - A Brief RespiteHi. It's Joe.I got my mixing and mastering class homework done yesterday. It didn't take too long. I had to track a lead guitar part over the bridge. I kept it simple and melodic, not complicated and melodramatic.It was a nice day and completely free from responsibilities other than the aforementioned homework assignment. I took Buddy out to the Jefferson dog park and ran/walked about 3 miles.I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-22988787310909221562011-10-06T10:32:00.000-05:002011-10-06T10:32:18.503-05:0010 Minutes - The Dudes Are HereHi. It's Joe.
The delivery dudes are here with my new dehumidifier that my guitar player has been begging me to get for weeks. Now he can't complain about the dampness anymore. The dudes also took away my old freezer in the basement. I never used it, except once I tried putting a guitar amp in there and using it like an isolation chamber. That didn't work. So it was effectively useless to me.
IJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-5951138169476020782011-10-05T23:16:00.000-05:002011-10-05T23:16:24.785-05:002 Minutes - The DudeHi. It's Joe.
I am going as The Dude for Halloween. I will probably repeat this for the El Duderino bowling outing on New Year's Eve Eve too.
Tonight was band practice night, but because our guitar player was on vacation in Key Largo, the rest of us watched THE BIG LEBOWSKI movie instead of rehearsal.
I got some books in the mail today. Sweet. They look like great books. Too bad I have so manyJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-86479581943049330922011-10-02T09:04:00.001-05:002011-10-02T09:04:21.902-05:003 Minutes - Coffee Time in Wisconsin Dells, WI See the full gallery on Posterous Hi. It's Joe.I am at Mr. Pancake in Wisconsin Dells with my Iowa buddies Rachel and Bryon. Omelette, cakes, coffee.This is the life. In a short while, I will be in Lake Mills WI having a second breakfast with Osh Kosh buds Sherry and Todd.I should just do breakfast socials every Sunday. Maybe it should be my job and people can pay me to do it. Ha ha.Time.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-83634887084353088132011-09-24T18:31:00.001-05:002011-09-24T18:31:30.048-05:0010 Minutes - Birthday Party Rock ShowsHi. It's Joe. A lot of people don't know this, but GUPPY EFFECT likes to rock birthday party shows. We are playing one tonight in Madison WI. It's for a co-worker. We will be playing a house party at the very house where Chris Farley supposedly partied. That should bring some excellent rock-n-roll vibes from the distant cosmos to fuel our rock. This morning I watched "The Story of Anvil." It Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-50312110679250139952011-09-18T23:20:00.001-05:002011-09-18T23:20:16.039-05:0010 Minutes - Creative OutletsHi. It's Joe. Per usual, my awesome rock-n-roll band GUPPY EFFECT will be going on winter hiatus in the late fall. Most year's this is around Halloween time. We usually put on a huge Halloween party rock show, like the Hay Market show last year, and then spend the winter months writing songs and practicing to rock even harder the following spring. This year it will be a little different. Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-54141143131575428352011-09-16T07:33:00.001-05:002011-09-16T07:33:59.111-05:0010 Minutes - Today Will Be Alright (All Other Things Held Constant)Hi. It's Joe.I'm writing this during carpool, but I am not driving, so don't worry. My coworker is driving. From previous posts you know that he is the guy who likes to drive into work during the height of rush hour traffic, so I ought to have plenty of time for writing this, as we are crawling through the stop-n-go traffic on the beltline highway in Madison WI.Tonight, my parents are taking me Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-1831157914146085402011-09-15T21:33:00.001-05:002011-09-15T21:33:13.219-05:0010 Minutes - Netflix Does Not Suck and If You Think So You Are a Damn Needy Whiner!People. You are reacting emotionally and without reason to Netflix's decision to raise their rates. How quickly your forget the days of $120/month cable TV with intermittent service and crappy customer care. How quickly you forget the days of driving down to Blockbuster to get a movie, only to find the one you wanted to watch all sold out. For years, Netflix asked you to pay a mere $10/month Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-16956067472412651592011-09-06T21:52:00.001-05:002011-09-06T21:52:41.320-05:008 Minutes - Bike With (or Without) Melinda 2011Hi. It's Joe. Bike With (or Without) Melinda 2011 was a success and here's a video of highlights. It's a bike ride I host every Labor Day weekend up in northern Wisconsin with a small group of friends. Let me know if you want to go next year. But not until next year. Time.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-51769367680478227862011-09-03T22:30:00.001-05:002011-09-03T22:30:03.761-05:002 Minutes - Fish See the full gallery on Posterous Hi. It's Joe.The fishing was hot today, just one fish after another. I even caught a Northern but it is not shown because I threw it back. These are small mouth bass.I saw a cool looking mushroom walking back from my aunt and uncle's cottage. I think it's a variety of amanita known as the "white death."This morning I had an uneventful trip to the Twin Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-70004045290243978452011-09-01T22:35:00.001-05:002011-09-01T22:35:21.093-05:0010 Minutes - It is BWM WeekendHi. It's Joe. BWM Weekend has started. It technically started when I left work tonight, after a grueling day and week. I am really looking forward to some fun up in northern Wisconsin. I realized something today. Well, I probably realized it a long time ago, but put it to words today. I prefer QUALITY over QUANTITY in my life. It's really the only way to go, for me. I really have everything ofJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-4909062028194559912011-08-31T21:42:00.001-05:002011-08-31T21:42:11.504-05:0010 Minutes - Bike With Melinda is Soon Hi. It's Joe. My annual Labor Day bike ride, BIKE WITH (OR WITHOUT) MELINDA, is this weekend. We have room for one or two more people, but it's about full. Let me know if you want to come and have a very fun weekend away. Possibly the funnest. GUPPY EFFECT played at Delavan MetalFest last weekend. It was a bit of a disappointment. The organizers failed to secure BEER and since this is Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-19477344222667692952011-08-29T17:20:00.001-05:002011-08-29T17:20:17.916-05:0010 Minutes - Singing LessonsHi. It's Joe.I got to the Madison Music Foundry a little early for my singing lesson, so I am taking this opportunity to post a post.I am restarting vocal lessons with Caitlin Cisler, now that she is back from her summer singing workshop in Colorado. I was taking this class via the UW over the summer. I think it improved my pitch a lot more than my actual singing skill and power. It may have Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-6318121209160083652011-08-26T07:51:00.002-05:002011-08-27T21:35:41.706-05:0010 Minutes - Carpooling, Evolution, and Heavy MetalHi. It's Joe.
Today is one of those rare mornings when I don't have car pool, so instead of limping through rush hour traffic on the beltline in Madison WI, I'm going to use the time more productively to post here and generally take it at a leisurely pace. What the heck, it's Friday!
I am not entirely sure why my carpool mate prefers to religiously follow the herd of commuters into work at Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-73182845089064074932011-08-21T11:51:00.001-05:002011-08-21T11:51:55.939-05:005 Minutes - Baby Rocket Show and Guppy Effect Band PracticeHi. It's Joe. It's a beautiful day out and my awesome band GUPPY EFFECT has band practice today. We are going to practice the 70s classic heavy metal album that we are going to perform at Heavy Metal Fest in Delavan WI next Saturday, August 27. I really wish that Guppy Effect had a larger following because the band is amazingly good. Every time someone hears us live for the first time, they Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-91667530746314868432011-08-14T02:47:00.001-05:002011-08-14T02:47:15.141-05:002 Minutes - I Am In Colorado, But No MeteorsHi. It's Joe. I am in Colorado, and thus closer to the sky. But there will be no Perseid Meteors for me tonight. It's cloudy and the full moon is obscuring what little "blackness of space" served as the canvas for the astronomical meteor storm currently pummeling the upper atmosphere of planet Earth. But I am in Colorado, and that's cool. I will be here until Tuesday, when I fly back to Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-57950335369260818002011-08-13T18:21:00.001-05:002011-08-13T18:21:42.680-05:001 Minute - Last Plane Out of OmahaHi. It's Joe.The title of this post sounds like a song title.But regardless, I am about to board the last flight out of Omaha for the day, according to the departure screens at the Omaha airport.I am glad I had a 3.5 hour layover between my flight from Milwaukee to Omaha that was delayed 2.5 hours due to weather. Otherwise, I would be stuck in Omaha overnight and have to try to find a flight to Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-77913280222371847482011-08-01T12:00:00.002-05:002011-08-01T12:01:46.729-05:005 Minutes - Down Two More PoundsHi. It's Joe.
The 4 Hour Body slow carb diet is still working for me.
I started this about two (2) weeks ago or so and I am down from a starting weight of 225 to 217, as of this morning (Monday).
This was amazing to me, given that my free day was on Saturday, and included both pizza and ice cream. On Sunday, I adhered to the diet strictly, and found that I wasn't very hungry most of the day. IJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-63294669407955419762011-07-29T12:29:00.003-05:002011-07-29T12:49:22.995-05:005 Minutes - A Clean BlowHi. It's Joe.It's a little bit pathetic (OK, more than a little) that the top benefit I have observed with my current adherence to the 4 Hour Body "slow carb" lifestyle shift isn't the nominal weight loss or the surprise that it is quite satisfying to both my taste buds and appetite.No. It's something much more banal...The clean blow.I shant go into what that is, for if you don't know then you Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-50764185191984893932011-07-27T23:03:00.002-05:002011-07-27T23:03:21.480-05:0010 Minutes - The 4 Hour Body ExperimentHi. It's Joe.
So, my mom bet me $500 (in the form of an IRA investment) to lose 25 pounds by Labor Day. I calculated that this is about one (1) pound every two days. It was going great until the last couple of days. I seem to have plateaued. I have been strictly following the diet, which is really more of a lifestyle change. So I am not sure what is happening.
The diet is non-restrictive when Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-7421918252663115652011-07-25T22:10:00.001-05:002011-07-25T22:12:21.655-05:0010 Minutes - I'm Ambivalent About Amy Winehouse's Death (Age 27 is Spooky Though...)Hi. It's Joe.
It is never cool when someone dies. It's sad.
But did Amy Winehouse not think living a life of unbridled sex, drugs, and booze might not be her demise? Most of America did, though they probably lived the rock-n-roll life cathartically through her.
I was never a fan of her music. She had some singing talent, I guess. But in this age of commercial pop drivel, technological Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-79450525077278608842011-07-25T15:23:00.002-05:002011-07-27T22:52:16.728-05:005 Minutes - Bike With Melinda 2011 Hi. It's Joe."Bike With Melinda," the small bike ride I host in northwest WI every Labor Day (with or without, but mostly without, original host Melinda Holm-Peterson) is going to happen again this year, on Sunday September 4 in Shell Lake WI.I will post more deets soon, but I wanted to start seeding the idea in your head that you should come. If you have attended in the past, then you know. ButJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-55424895903523746622011-07-19T22:22:00.013-05:002011-07-20T08:31:37.104-05:0030 Minutes - A Weekend of Rock and Stuff
Hi. It's Joe. As promised, I am writing the more detailed tale of last weekend's amazingly rocking time, because 30 minutes is much better than 2 minutes for getting all the details down.
I had dinner with Caitlin and her mom at my house on Friday night. After that, I had planned to go see SUNSPOT at the Frequency in Madison WI. But then Caitlin told me she wanted to get up early Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-87655025340159781042011-07-08T07:43:00.001-05:002011-07-08T07:43:07.209-05:0010 Minutes - Up to the Cabin This WeekendHi. It's Joe.I have not written for a while. Sorry.A lot has been happening, but that is no excuse not to post.Last weekend, Guppy Effect, the greatest band in the world, played 2 sweet shows on our mini-tour of WI over July 4 weekend.On Saturday July 2, we rocked the pants off of the patrons at Carp's Landing in Lake Mills WI. Then we woke up early Sunday morning and cruised up to play Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-34563046416218361962011-06-26T14:40:00.001-05:002011-06-26T14:40:01.269-05:003 Minutes - At the Cabin See the full gallery on Posterous Hi. It's Joe.I am up at the cabin with Caitlin. It it one of those warm and windy days, good for tubing. Also a good day for catching small mouth bass, which I did.We are going to have fish for lunch, if you didn't guess that. We did a bunch of yard work and house cleaning for when my parents get here in a couple of days.Time.Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-80198272057650972492011-06-20T13:58:00.001-05:002011-06-20T13:58:08.397-05:005 Minutes - A Great Opportunity to PostHi. It's Joe.
It's funny how something like a destroyed server can bring a 21st century business to a standstill. That is the case today, because all the servers at work have been out for most of the day.
It must be a bad situation. I have a meeting at 2, but if the stuff is still down after that, I am getting out of here.
http://thebusinesscardprinters.blogspot.com
Time.
Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-79672024793492495312011-06-14T06:58:00.000-05:002011-06-14T06:58:48.624-05:0010 Minutes - Carpool and the Power of Positive ThinkingHi. It's Joe.
Do you believe in serendipity? What about the power of positive thinking?
I guess I do. It defies logic and reason...or does it?
It does seem to happen fairly regularly, more often than random chance would predict.
But I think the human penchant for creativity drives the phenomenon.
I have been wishing I could carpool to work for a few weeks now, but considering where I live, IJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-90016248656480091822011-06-07T17:23:00.001-05:002011-06-07T17:23:47.249-05:0010 Minutes - A Time and a Place for EverythingHi. It's Joe. I am single again. It is not a bad thing, because everything happens for a reason and this was for all the right reasons, and amicable and mutual. I could tell you all the reasons, but let's just leave it at having Jesus as the 3rd wheel on every date wasn't working so well for me. Totally my issue, mind you... I like my new singing class. It comes with a CD of exercises that I Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-28631341330148047652011-05-31T07:35:00.002-05:002011-06-03T07:32:53.522-05:0010 Minutes - Memorial Day Weekend See the full gallery on PosterousHi. It's Joe.I had a very relaxing Memorial Day weekend.I remembered to mow the yard on Monday, which I had off from work. While I was doing that, I noticed that the rhubarb was overgrown and I decided to harvest a bunch of it.Now I need to find something to do with it all. I suppose I will make some baked goods. Rhubarb has a strange smell. I wonder how andJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-81013041159443175652011-05-25T00:04:00.000-05:002011-05-25T00:04:37.898-05:0010 Minutes - Paleo Diet New EdishHi. It's Joe.
In just 10 minutes I will check my Google Analytics blog stats. I have been crazy blogging lately, just for something to do. It hones my writing super skills.
I have still been doing my photo food diary for the month of May. I occasionally forget to photograph a dish that I eat, either because I am so hungry that I can't wait, or it slips my low blood sugar addled brain.
I saw Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-45534738745148407422011-05-22T00:40:00.001-05:002011-05-22T01:39:56.002-05:0010 Minutes - No Rapture. Perplexed.Hi. It's Joe.
I can't lie to you. I am a little bummed there was no Rapture today. Not because I expected to be chosen. I didn't. But because there was no ensuing zombie apocalypse.
You see, when the earth opens up to release all the dead from their graves, a lot of zombies get unleashed. These are dead people who either weren't Christians or were not very good Christians (you know, Dick CheneyJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-23716145545389574882011-05-21T15:08:00.001-05:002011-05-21T15:43:20.167-05:0010 Minutes - This Does Not SuckHi. It's Joe.
I just downloaded the Blogger app for my Droid.
This is me testing it out. Right now I am going to try taking a picture.
I took a picture of cheese. It is not the same picture of cheese I used on my whole food vitamins blog, http://wholefoodvitamins.posterous.com, a little while ago. But it is the same cheese.
I got a skin for my Droid. It might help to protect it if I accidentally Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-60378053576771250552011-05-19T18:05:00.001-05:002011-05-19T18:09:44.738-05:0015 Minutes - Everyone Has a Super Power (Mine is Writing)Hi. It's Joe.
I am writing this from the workplace. It is 5:45 PM. I should be going home. I was in to work at 8:15 today and didn't even get a real lunch. I know that's not really a super long day. I'm not complaining or anything. I am at a good stopping point and if there was important stuff to do, I would probably stay later.
But I can do this other stuff tomorrow. The only reason I am Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-19977370931088102182011-05-16T23:22:00.000-05:002011-05-16T23:22:22.028-05:0010 Minutes - The Year of Living BiblicallyHi. It's Joe.
I got the book "The Year of Living Biblically," by A. J. Jacobs, at the Lake Mills Library. My excellent GF Caitlin lent me her library card to check it out. I am going to read a bit of it tonight, before bed.
The book was originally recommended to me by a co-worker. I thought it sounded interesting. Now that I am learning about things Biblical, I thought this would be a Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6764583975875287072.post-89502789797299457652011-05-14T16:30:00.000-05:002011-05-14T16:30:52.965-05:0010 Minutes - Time to Socialize, I GuessHi. It's Joe.
I am heading out to a social in a little bit. A few months back, an offshoot of cover band BABY ROCKET, from Madison WI, played at a girl's birthday party. Said girl, named Lisa, decided to thank us by having us over for dinner and drinks. Thus, in a few short minutes here, after I get done with this post, I am going to shower and head over there.
Today I met my friend Sherry at Joe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.com0