Nice thought but this result is wrong. I finished behind Doug in 11th. But thanks for helping my ego. Can't wait to race again.




When Doug and I showed up to the Troy race, nearly the first thing we saw was a racer, unconscious on the ground, being attended to by an ambulance. Great. We registered and received our info packet and race number. Being late in the season, I hadn't applied for a US Cycling #, so I had to pay an additional 1 day license fee of $10.

While the JRs were finishing up, I reconnoitered the course briefly. Once the race was finished, the judges gave us time for one lap around the course. Wow - there are a lot of turns.


They called us to the line and while I was nervous, my heart rate wasn't going too crazy. The judge gave out a few quick details and shouted "Bang!" - the race was underway.

24 riders, no one with that much experience. If they had experience, they would be racing CAT 4. Nice gentle push off and with surround sound of pedals clicking into place, the group heads for turn one. Nice and easy. There's some communicating in the pack to let racers know that they're on the inside or outside of another racer. I'm not one of them. I'm very tightlipped. But hearing the chatter reminds me to communicate.

The laps start to tick off. The pace, while not easy, is definitely not hard. I grab onto a wheel and keep my position until that rider starts to fall back. I spot another rider and make the jump. Sometimes I'm near the front, other times, I'm near the back - but always with the main group. Rounding the fountain is a bit tricky. Nearly 270 degrees of turning and you have to stay on your line. After the fountain is a long straightaway. The pace always got high here. And of course, the wind is hitting right in the face - so I was always looking to ride someone's wheel - except for lap 10. For some reason, the peloton (hardly but it's nice to say) wasn't going its usual quick pace. Everyone sorta slowed down. I found myself riding at a comfortable pace, on the inside of the group, about halfway back with a clear shot right up the line. I had about three seconds to think about it and thought "this is the only workout you're doing today, you'd better make it a good one." So I took it.

I reached down on the drop bars, popped into a bigger gear and just gunned it right past the grandstand and all of the other racers. I knew they'd jump on me but I had nothing to lose.(except the race and I wasn't going to win that anyhow) Two thoughts crept into my mind 1) holy crap it's fun to go fast and in the lead and 2) I have no idea how to corner going this fast but luckily I get whatever line I want.

It felt amazing.

It also only lasted about one lap. I ran out of gas. Right about the same place, another rider guned it up the outside, leaving me in a whimpering, thigh burning heap. Didn't matter. It was totally fun.

I squeezed everything I could out of my legs and clung to the back of the lead group. The finishers sprinted it out. I dug in and gave whatever I could to the sprint, ending a few seconds after the leaders. My chest was feeling the pains of going anaerobic but I loved it. Not exactly the best way to lead into an Olympic triathlon the next morning, but certainly a way to get addicted to criterium racing.

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The mighty Jesus Lizard return to Chicago for Pitchfork festival | Turn It Up - A guided tour through the worlds of pop, rock and rap:

"The mighty Jesus Lizard return to Chicago for Pitchfork festival"

For most of the ‘90s, the best live band anywhere was the Jesus Lizard. Their cut-throat music may not have been for everyone, but the Chicago quartet’s performances were everything a rock ‘n’ roll show should be: a spontaneous blast of personality in which anything could happen, and often did.

So when the Jesus Lizard set foot on a Chicago stage next Friday at the Pitchfork Music Festival for the first time in more than a decade, singer David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison, bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly will have a certain standard to uphold.

“I want to live up to that,” says Yow, the band’s primary on-stage provacateur. “I’ve been hitting the gym pretty hard.”

What’s the world coming to? David Yow working out?

“We’re thinking of calling ourselves The Old Jesus Lizard,” he says. “But the main objective is to play these songs as good as we possibly can.”

The type of nostalgia that leads to reunions has never been part of the Jesus Lizard mind set. As Denison says, “We wanted to be the one band that didn’t do a reunion. It almost feels like a cliché for bands to do the reunion thing and do an album, and most of them aren’t that great.”

But it turns out the band felt it had some unfinished business.

In its 1987-99 lifetime, the Jesus Lizard ripped it up on several continents, played hundreds of shows, recorded a half-dozen studio albums and left behind a legacy that still brings involuntary smiles to the faces of those who were there when Yow threw himself into harm’s way. Nirvana were such huge fans that they cut a split single with the Jesus Lizard in 1993.

The music didn’t just have teeth, it snarled; the riffs concocted by Denison and Sims were thick with menace and tattooed themselves on the subconscious, the kind of sound you’d imagine hearing in a bad dream or a slasher movie. The heavy-hitting McNeilly somehow made it all swing, the indie-rock answer to Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. And Yow was one of a kind: jester, exhibitionist, instigator, daredevil. He suffered broken ribs, was knocked unconscious and tried to set himself on fire, all in the name of rock ‘n’ roll -- truly the greatest show on two legs.

The quartet’s reputation and record sales expanded through the decade. But after McNeilly quit in 1997 to stay home with his young family (he now has three children) and was replaced by Jim Kimball, the band was never really the same. Two years later it played a final show in Sweden, and then drifted apart.

“I had told an interviewer earlier in the day that there was a good chance it could be our last show,” Yow says of the 1999 concert. “And when we performed the last song, I felt privy to a secret that no one in the room knew. It had become a job; we should’ve called it quits when Mac left the band.”

Yow settled in Los Angeles, where he worked in computer graphics and then began playing with the band Qui. Denison ended up in Nasvhille, Tenn., where he has continued to play music in several bands, most recently the Legendary Shack Shakers. And Sims wound up in New York, where he practiced accounting and dabbled in home recording projects.

Denison says the notion of a reunion had been discussed off and on for a few years, but didn’t gain any traction until the band got an offer from avant-rocker Mike Patton and the Melvins to play a festival they were curating last year in England. The Jesus Lizard couldn’t make the date last year, but when it was discovered that everyone in the band’s original lineup was interested, the foursome scheduled some rehearsals last January at Denison’s Nashville studio.

“It’s a very flat and dry-sounding room, there is no fooling yourself, and David Yow was a little put off the first day because we didn’t sound that good,” Denison says. “But it kept getting better.”

For Yow, the reunion with his old friends and Humboldt Park apartment mates was emotional. He hadn’t seen McNeilly since he left the band; the drummer was in many ways his closest friend in the original lineup.

“When we first saw each other, we hugged for two minutes and giggled like a couple of kids,” Yow says. Performing with McNeilly, Sims and Denison on stage at the first Jesus Lizard reunion show last May at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in England led to another epiphany: “I was really nervous at first and throwing up backstage before we went on. I hadn’t planned on taking my shirt off. But within the first 10 seconds, it was off and I was in the audience and we were in it. I swear to God it was the playing that did it.”

Denison agrees. “It was intense, emotional. None of us will ever have that again. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, especially from our side of the stage.”

The band’s longtime label, Chicago indie Touch & Go, will punctuate the reunion by reissuing the band’s first four studio albums with bonus material in September. Denison hopes it will prompt a reassessment of the band’s legacy.

“Back in the day, we were primarily known for the live show,” he says. “The albums got a decent critical response and sold well from an indie perspective, but we never got that much respect as songwriters and arrangers. But those albums have legs; they’re showing up on a lot of lists of the best albums of the ‘90s.”

Less clear is what the band will do once its string of approximately 50 reunion shows is capped off by a multi-night stand in Chicago around Thanksgiving.

“When we played our first show ever as a band, we knew it wouldn’t last forever,” Yow says. “This is much more ephemeral. I never thought this would happen, so I’ve learned never to say never.”

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Pandora (And Other Internet Radio) Has Officially Been Saved

Rates reduced and Profits to be shared. Pandora (And Other Internet Radio) Has Officially Been Saved: "

SoundExchange agreeing to a 40-50% reduction in the per-song-per-listener rates. In exchange, Pandora is giving up a 25% share of its U.S. revenue. This agreement runs through 2015.

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A little rock number I recorded by myself near the end of Workbook.

Bike the C-Bus - Bicycle Tour of Columbus Ohio United States of America

Bike the C-Bus - Bicycle Tour of Columbus Ohio United States of America

The Long Street Tour's “Bike the C-Bus” is a fun way to get fit and check out a few of the neighborhoods in and around Columbus. Experience segments of the King Lincoln District, Woodland Park, Downtown, Short North Arts District, Italian Village, University District, Harrison West, Victorian Village, Arena District, Franklinton, Brewery District and German Village.

The entire ride will cover approximately 30 miles over 4 segments and will feature stops that highlight change that is occurring in our neighborhoods. Each stop will be sponsored by businesses and community groups and provide snacks, drinks and entertainment for the riders. The ride is configured to allow cyclists to complete segments if they do not feel comfortable riding the entire route.

The ($25) registration fee includes an official 2009 “Long Street Tour” t-shirt and wristband along with drinks and food at designated rest stops, plus a free lunch at the hospitality tent.

Our goal will be to make “Bike the C-Bus” into the region's premier cycling event celebrating design, health & fitness, and urban lifestyles. “Bike the C-Bus” is considered a ride and not a race and will offer a variety of course options to accommodate everyone from recreational riders to hard-core fitness enthusiasts.

hypebot: Pandora Forces $29.95 Payments From Indie Bands

hypebot: Pandora Forces $29.95 Payments From Indie Bands

UPDATED) Until recently, Pandora accepted music from indie artists at no cost in almost any form including home burned CD-R's. But now, in part because of a deal to display album cover art via Amazon's servers, submissions must be available as a physical CD for sale on Amazon and include cover art and a UPC code to even be considered for airplay.

Compliance with the new rules will cost artists in several ways. According to its FAQ page, to get play on Pandora you now need:

* Cd many a CD of your music
* a unique UPC code for that CD
* your CD to be available through Amazon (must be a physical CD, not just MP3s for download)
* the legal rights to your music
* MP3 files for two of the songs from your CD
* free Pandora account, based on a valid email address, which can be associated with your music

In addition to art and packaging costs, Pandora explains that to comply with the new "available through Amazon" rule, indie artists should join the Amazon Advantage Program. Membership costs $29.95 each year plus Amazon takes 55% of the list price of every CD sold.

Established artists and labels already comply with Pandora's new rules. But for an indie artist trying to win new fans with a little help from Pandora and to keep his hard earned cash by selling direct, the new threshold may shut off an important avenue for exposure.

The new bike rack

YouTube - ski instructor - pretty mighty mighty cover

Hot, humid day watching the bike races in Worthington. Lemonade Fitness needs some help with their PR. Maybe next year?

GameSoundCon, First Industry Conference on Game Music and Sound to Launch in Los Angeles

GameSoundCon, First Industry Conference on Game Music and Sound to Launch in Los Angeles

PRESS RELEASE

SoundCon, LLC announces the launch of GameSoundCon, the first of its kind game music and sound conference for the professional audio community. GameSoundCon is an intensive two-day seminar for composers, sound designers and other audio professionals, teaching the unique creative, technical and business challenges essential to work in the game music and game sound industry.

“More people are playing video games than going out to the movies,” said Brian Schmidt, Conference Director and President of SoundCon LLC. “Although many schools teach music composition and sound design, few teach the additional skills needed to create music and sounds for interactive video games. GameSoundCon attendees will learn the information critical for success in the multi-billion dollar games industry.”

GameSoundCon’s sessions and panels feature some of the biggest names in the video game industry ensuring an unparalleled experience, and provide attendees an opportunity to meet and talk with the leaders in the field.

GameSoundCon’s inaugural event will be held in on September 24 and 25 in Los Angeles, CA, at the Hyatt Regency Century City. The second GameSoundCon for 2009 will be held on November 13 and 14 in San Francisco, CA, at Pyramind Studios.

The results for the Wendy's Tri are posted. I have a few questions about their validity but we'll go with results as posted.

(First - there's some questionable times/places represented on the overall list. For instance, someone whose swim time is logged as "blank", rode at 19.9mph and ran a 9:11 mile is third overall? I don't think so. There's at least one more questionable time)

Swim - long wait times between waves. I'm ok with that though, thinned out the crowds and made for an easier swim.




I had thought this swim through last night laying in bed, so I was mentally prepared. My plan was to count strokes to 200. Take them nice and easy and take as many breaths as I needed - really without regard to racing. I wanted to avoid any sense of stress or panic and that's exactly how it went down. I think I got to about 150 and felt great. On one breath, I gulped a ton of water when I was supposed to be breathing air due to a splashy swimmer next to me, but one stroke of breaststroke and I was back underway.

Once I settled in, I was able to concentrate on my stroke, on breathing, pulling, reaching - all of the necessary items for a good swim. My sighting went well and I feel I swam a pretty good line, especially for as little pool time as I've put in.

Rank for the swim: 63/425
Swim time: 15:51
Distance: supposedly half mile

Improvements: 1) Getting over the first race hurdle without any stress or panic is huge.
2) More time in the pool. This is tricky cos I'm usually training for longer swims, not shorter sprints.


T1 - getting a wetsuit off my ankles never goes easy. sigh. I had mentally planned T1 when I set up and that worked really for me. Helmet, glasses, socks - shoes were already on the bike.

Bike - I really felt I put everything in to this bike. I got passed by about six riders, otherwise, I was passing a lot. Nice rollers, no huge hills. Two very touchy turns though. I scrapped a pedal on one and felt my back tire skid on another. Whew!

I had not ridden this course before, so I didn't really know what to expect. I don't think I really left anything out on the course.

Rank on bike: 46/415
Bike Time: 52:35
Avg MPH: 21.2

T2 - I thought this went well. Shoes were left on the bike, speed laces were in my running shoes but not until late last night.

Run - Obviously to me, this is my weak link. Where I can push and grind and burn my legs on the bike, I'm just not at a point where I can send my body into overload on the run. The run starts with a several hundred yard run on pavement before it heads onto the grass and into the woods. I quite enjoyed this trail running. Sharp turns, rolling gradient - makes for an interesting run at least. This didn't last long though as the run pops out on the Alum Creek dam, for the rest of the out and back. Seeing the first mile marker sign was pretty uplifting. I had just got my legs feeling normal, so I know I was able to push just a little bit. My half marathon pace is over a minute slower. Hm? I caught up with COTT Pres. Stephanie on the run. Didn't have much to say so I know I was running at least fairly hard. Also caught someone in my age group and

Rank on run portion- 118/412
Run time 25:23
Pace: 8:12

Improvements: My routine is to settle in for a comfortable run, rather than pushing my heart rate, pushing my lactate threshold.

Overall 1:36:37
Place: tied with 3 others at 54/412 finishers
Age Group: 10/50



Bonus Feature Food Item at Finish Line: Yellow watermelon. Odd - tasted like regular watermelon but it was a pale yellow rather than pink/red. yum.
As CL says, "Holden is done."

Rowan on the elliptical

FOA Village Cleanup, Family Fun Triathlon 051
Originally uploaded by YMCA of Central Ohio

Great spectator, great cheerleader, enjoyer of snacks - that's my Rowan.

rocking the stationary bike

FOA Village Cleanup, Family Fun Triathlon 052
Originally uploaded by YMCA of Central Ohio

yea! These bikes are hard for me to ride. The seats are too big, the handlebars up too high. But I made do.

Originally uploaded by YMCA of Central Ohio

Audra swam while Tracy rode and ran. Good team effort. Holden coached and cheered.

Holden

Originally uploaded by YMCA of Central Ohio

As long as there were snacks, the boy was happy.

Team Schmitt

Neal Schmitt
Originally uploaded by YMCA of Central Ohio

After the Hilltop mini-tri with my coach, Rowan

Bike Snob NYC

Bike Snob NYC: "education is the only industry in which consumers actually prefer shoddy merchandise. In other words, the easier the class, the happier students are-even though they're supposed to be learning, and even though they're often paying top dollar to do so."

YouTube - Columbus State Community College IMMT 297 Fundamentals of Video and Sound

The 10 Commandments of Social Media | The Ten Commandments Of Social Media | Fast Company

The 10 Commandments of Social Media | The Ten Commandments Of Social Media | Fast Company
As an author of The Social Media Bible, I am often asked, "What do I need to do engage my company, my products, and myself in social media?" The answer is easy: participate. Get out there and get involved. If you aren't in the game, you can't win. Here's your Ten Commandments or things you need to be doing to get in and win with social media.

1. Thou Shalt Blog (like crazy).
2. Thou Shalt Create Profiles (everywhere).
3. Thou Shalt Upload Photos (lots of them).
4. Thou Shalt Upload Videos (all you can find).
5. Thou Shalt Podcast (often).
6. Thou Shalt Set Alerts (immediately).
7. Thou Shalt Comment (on a multitude of blogs).
8. Thou Shalt Get Connected (with everyone).
9. Thou Shalt Explore Social Media (30 minutes per week).
10. Thou Shalt Be Creative (go forth and create creatively)!

Commandments 1. Thou Shalt Blog (like crazy)
Blog. Please. That's the first priority. Set up a blog, a personal blog, a business blog. It's easier than you think. Use an existing blogging site such as Blogger.com or GOingOn.com or install your own branded blogging site right on your own server by using WordPress. And, WordPress is free.

Commandments 2. Thou Shalt Create Profiles (everywhere)
Create your profiles; do it now before someone else takes them. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. That's called cyber squatting. So get out there. Use Open Social to make filling in your profiles as easy as a click of a button.

Commandments 3. Thou Shalt Upload Photos (lots of them)
Upload photographs. You've got them. Don't upload the one with you with a lampshade on your head…counterproductive; but other photographs? Absolutely. Customers want to see and participate. You want to give people a face to go with your company.

Commandments 4. Thou Shalt Upload Videos (all you can find)
Videos. You all have got videos. I don't care whether it's training videos or customer videos, grab your video camera and go interview some of your customers. What's better than seeing your customer's smiley face on your Web site? And it doesn't cost anything.

Commandments 5. Thou Shalt Podcast (often)
Podcast. If you're too cheap to get a camera, use the free audio software that's in your computer. That's what I did. I created 48 audio podcasts. If you take the podcasts I did for my book and played them back-to-back, they run 24 continuous hours of interviews. You can do that. It's free. It just takes time.

Commandments 6. Thou Shalt Set Alerts (immediately)
Set alerts. People are talking about you. You probably need to know what they are saying and you want to participate.

Commandments 7. Thou Shalt Comment (on a multitude of blogs)
Comment. Commenting is like going to a cocktail party. You wouldn't walk into a networking event, walk up to a group of people talking, and tell them your name and what you do in your business. That would be rude and unacceptable. Listen first. Read the blogs and add comments. You can be controversial, that's okay. But participate. Get involved.

Commandments 8. Thou Shalt Get Connected (with everyone)
Get LinkedIn. Put it in your email that you have a LinkedIn account, you have a FaceBook account, and that you have a Twitter account. Make it a part of your heading on your letterhead, because that's how you propagate. That's how you sell it.

Commandments 9. Thou Shalt Explore Social Media (30 minutes per week)
Explore social media. Give me thirty minutes a week, that's all I'm asking. Friday morning grab your coffee, lock yourself in your office, and give me thirty minutes. Just Google something. I promise you within the first 30 days you will be excited. You'll be as excited as I am. You will get excited because of the ROI.

Commandments 10. Thou Shalt Be Creative (go forth and create creatively)
And the most important commandment is creativity. That's all. It's just creativity and having fun. But you know what, that's what your customers want. They want to see transparency. They want to see authenticity. They want to see you having fun. They want to be able to relate and communicate.

Read more of Lon Safko's Social Media Bible blog

Click here for your free Fast Company The Social Media Bible Ten Commandment Ball. Just print, cut, glue, and be inspired!

Lon Safko is the co-author of The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies For Business Success. He is also an innovator and professional speaker with over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, strategic partnering, speaking, training, writing, and e-commerce. He is the founder of eight successful companies, including Paper Models, Inc.

So, I swiped the following from donewaiting (the message board that is)...no one had cross-posted yet, so I figured I'd do the honors:

Comfest

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

Bozo Stage (Main Stage)
12:00 Mount Carmel
12:50 The Jellyhearts
01:40 Help Is On the Way
02:20 Josh Krajcik Band
03:20 Josh Fitzwater & the Shambles
04:10 OPM
05:00 Tin Armor
06:00 Mick Divvens' Psychic Revolution
07:00 This Is My Suitcase
08:00 Happy Chichester
09:00 Muzzleloaders
10:00 Two Cow Garage

Gazebo Stage
12:00 Ryan Smith
12:55 The Tin Hearts
01:50 Pup the Rabbit
02:45 Monolithic Cloud Parade
03:50 Spirit & Purpose
04:15 Harvest King
05:10 Miss Molly
06:10 ZA's Pawn Shop Special
07:10 Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk
08:10 Eric Nassau & Friends
09:10 Andy Shaw Band
10:10 The Floorwalkers

I Wish You Jazz
12:00 Crabfeather Quartet
12:50 Otis Davenport and Friends
01:45 The Boki Quartet
02:40 Big Nasty
03:35 Sam Blakeslee Quintet
04:35 Jon Coleman
05:35 Matt Adams Quartet
06:35 Circus of Cool
07:40 Mojoflo
08:45 Edwin Bayard Trio
10:00 Liquid Crystal Project

Offramp
12:00 Old Worlds
12:40 The Nuclear Children
01:20 TV Eye
02:00 Absolute Magnitude
02:40 Ghengis Green
03:20 Wing & Tusk
04:00 Alwood Sisters
04:40 The Lost Revival
05:20 Grafton
06:10 Church of the Red Museum
07:00 Brainbow
07:50 Nick Tolford and Company
08:40 Sandwich
09:30 Day Creeper
10:10 Guinea Worms

Solar Stage
12:00 Leslie Zak
12:30 Workshop
01:15 Joanie Callem
01:45 Workshop
02:40 Workshop
03:10 Workshop
04:00 Fern
04:40 Workshop
05:30 Leah-Carla Gordone
06:10 RJ Dowdery
06:50 Heartbreak Orchestra
07:40 Hayseed
08:30 The Great Mad Hoax
09:20 Erika Carey and the Calamities
10:15 Trains Across the Sea

Live Arts
01:00 Drum Circle
02:45 Garth Harrison Shack
03:30 Wallabe
04:20 Jim Maneri
05:00 Fake Bacon
05:35 Johara & the Gypsy Gems
06:00 Native American Dance
06:10 Wimmin Out Loud!
07:10 S.P.I.R.I.T.
08:05 Speak Easy
09:00 Khalipa Tribe
09:20 Doctah X
10:15 Jesse Henry & the Royal

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

Bozo Stage (Main Stage)
12:00 Local Color
12:55 New Water Moonshine
01:50 Jahman Brahman
02:45 Bum Wealthy
03:40 The Cellar Hounds
04:35 Collingwood Nights
05:20 Spirit & Purpose
05:55 IN3D
06:55 The Flex Crew
07:55 Willie Phoenix Band
08:55 BHB & Family
10:05 Titonton & the Notorious They

Gazebo Stage
12:00 The Vague
12:55 Apocalypso
01:50 New Pollution
02:45 The John Turck Trio
03:40 The Governor Starring Dolly
04:35 Colin Gawel & the Lonely Bones
05:35 Ghost Shirt
06:35 The Wahoos
07:10 Mendelsonics
08:10 Donna Mogavero Band
09:10 The Wet Darlings
10:10 The Ark Band

I Wish You Jazz
12:00 Z-Sharp Big Band
01:00 New Orleans Funk Orchestra
02:00 Patrick McLaughlin
03:00 Jen Miller
04:00 Brett Burleson
05:00 Brian Casey Tribute
06:45 Play House
07:45 Fluid Thought Collective
08:50 Fo/Mo/Deep
10:00 Science Gravy Orchestra

Offramp Stage
12:00 Bird and Flower
12:40 The Kyle Sowashes
01:20 Bookmobile
02:00 Karate Coyote
02:40 Shin Tower Music
03:10 Ginger Fetus
03:40 Hotel Eden
04:25 Flotation Walls
05:10 The Receiver
06:00 Fort Shame
06:50 The Bygones
07:40 You're So Bossy
08:30 The Main Street Gospel
09:20 The Lindsay
10:10 Bush League All-Stars

Solar Stage
11:30 The Electric Grandmother
12:00 Terry C. Keller
12:30 Workshop
01:15 Workshop
01:45 Workshop
02:40 Victoria Parks
03:20 Workshop
04:10 Miller-Kelton
04:50 Workshop
05:40 Kim Crawford
06:20 Workshop
07:10 Time & Temperature
07:50 Jordan O'Jordan
08:30 Dane Terry
09:20 Super Desserts
10:10 Couch Forts

Live Arts
11:00 SOTIW
11:45 Hans Utter
12:30 Raks Shadan Dance Troupe
01:15 Dance 4 Life Columbus
02:00 Short Stop Arts African Drum
02:50 (print too tiny to read)
03:15 Swing Columbus Dancers
03:45 Tai Chi w/ Paul Brown
04:35 Master Zhongxian Wu-Qin Music
05:30 Balletmet
06:20 Reefer Madness
07:35 Tongue in Groove
08:50 Wonder Twins
09:35 The Ooh-La-Las
10:10 Envelope

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

Bozo Stage (Main Stage)
11:00 Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra
12:20 Central Ohio Brass Band
01:30 Listen for the Jazz All-Stars
02:55 Four Mints
03:45 Awards Ceremony
04:45 Kique Infante & Dejavu
05:55 Long Tall Deb & the Drifter Kings
07:05 Shaun Booker Band
08:10 The Spikedrivers

Gazebo Stage
12:00 Our Cat Philip
01:00 The A.A.R.M.S.
02:00 Ukulele Man & His Prodigal Sons
03:00 Dr. Kenny Delicious
04:00 Old School Union
05:00 Jason Quicksall
06:00 Megan Palmer & the Hopefuls
07:00 The Randys
08:00 Mike Perkins

I Wish You Jazz
12:00 Chern's Noble New Clear Band
01:00 Soul Satyr
01:55 RFG Quintet
02:55 Clave Sonic
03:55 The Jazz Poetry Ensemble
04:55 The Stephen Wood Ensemble
05:55 Joe Diamond Tribute
06:55 David Ornette Cherry w/ Organic Roots
08:10 New Basics Brass Band

Offramp Stage
12:00 Stucco Jones
12:40 Hotel War
01:20 Hells Fire Sinners
02:05 Vegas 66
02:55 Lydia Loveless
03:45 Whoa Nellie!
04:35 Dead Set Ready
05:20 Moons
06:10 Vespin
06:50 Sick Thrills
07:30 Deerhead
08:20 The Slide Machine

Solar Stage
12:00 The Better Days Band
12:40 Workshop
01:25 Ben & Bard
02:00 Workshop
02:55 Annie Finnerty
03:35 Workshop
04:25 Curtis Cole
05:05 Workshop
05:55 Bill Kurtzenberger
06:35 Sweet & Lonesome
07:15 Christian Howes

Live Arts
11:00 Soca
12:15 Signs of Celebration
01:00 Columbus Police & Fire Pipe & Drum
01:45 Sacred Shimmy
02:15 All Soles Contra Dance
03:00 OSU Hillel Folk Dancers
04:00 Is Said & Advance Party
04:45 David Krohn
05:45 Poetry Slam
06:55 Mdofe
07:30 Drum Cicle off-stage

The USSR had their famous “Five-Year Plans” to provide guidance for economic development and industrial growth. I have taken this type of planning for my own life and I believe it’s helped me to make informed, mature decisions on who I want to be, where I want to go and how I want to get there.
The return to school comes at a time when I’m ready and eager to receive new information - when I’m comfortable in my position to take on new tasks and when my personal life is able to withstand the pressure of juggling multiple roles. The strive for an additional degree is about continuing to develop my creative and entrepreneurial side while expanding my knowledge in an area in which I’ve dabbled, but received no formal training. As an educator, I look forward to the opportunity to evaluate my own practices, grow my own “brand” and take on additional responsibilities at my institution. Finally, I hope to expand my potential, both to my employers and myself.

Can you find us?

Can you find us?
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I like this photo a lot.

far away longing

far away longing
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up close not happy

up close not happy
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Here's what Tuesday looks like.

Costume Ball

Costume Ball
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Re-posted pic. Darn your iPhoto for locking me out of my own photos.

Josh Freese album for sale

Josh is selling his album at a variety of price points. Check out the link above to view all of the options.

I'd have to pick the $10,000 option - you get his car.

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Twitter is all that?

There are times when I here an idea and I think "Genius. Unbelievable. Wish I'd thought of it. I see the potential." Then, there are other times where the idea doesn't register on my radar. Nothing. flatline. Even other times, I'm a pessimist about an idea - putting the idea down and unable to see the appeal. Twitter appealed to my third sense. Not only did I not get it, the idea of Twitter sounded ridiculous.

I cannot simply ignore a Tsunami.

So, the last couple of days have spent researching Twitter.

There are hundreds of articles and tutorials on using Twitter. Most still don't register with my purpose. Yesterday, I found out about Lance Armstrong's crash and broken collarbone ahead of conventional media outlets. That was interesting. Sad for Lance. So, that's one use. What are others?

Rowan and Holden

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Deafening review using Google definitions.

(Contraction of it is) a (a small piece or quantity of something) (requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish) to (perceive via the auditory sense) the (set of words that accompany music, either by speaking or singing) for the (preceding all others in time) few lines.
I like the (yielding readily to pressure or weight) and (difficult: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish) (passage: the act of passing from one state or place to the next) within all the (poetry: literature in metrical form). The (short musical composition with words) has a (pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance) flow to it. It actually goes (in or at or to some place) instead of just (borne up by or suspended in a liquid) and then (aimless wandering from place to place) off.

Ripped off from StephanieBrooks.com. just one of many worth co-opting.

1) Jobs, resumes, CVs, cover letters and teaching philosophies. That's what I'm buried in right now. Fun.

2) I'm bummed that I Want Sandy is shutting down. I joined Twitter but I'm not much of a fan. Or maybe I just don' t get it. I get blogging and slideshows and video content and all that - but Twitter seems like noise to me.

3) I'd like to make teaching __________.

4) Why'd I let so much time pass?

Found this photo via an old long lost Snapfish account. Nice pic.

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Neal Schmitt

Music Program Adjunct Professor

Hocking College

740-753-9366

web.mac.com/professorneal

Quick Random

Re-discovering old friends is exciting and scary and the flood of
memories is simply invigorating. Thinking about the choices and
situations that led us where we are and who we've become is an
interesting process. I miss some of these people more than they know.

Spinning around makes me dizzy.
Exhausted
and just a tad nauseous.

Bruce at OSU

I didn't try to squeeze in too close, and looking at the pics, I
should have... but we had a nice spot to watch Bruces' six song
set. The event was really well managed and moved along pretty
quickly. John Glen made a quick appearance and introduced Bruce. In
addition to his numerous concerts, Bruce mentioned he had been at OSU
in 2004 for Kerry and someone in the crowd reminded Bruce he had been
in Columbus in 1973 - opening for Sha Na Na! The songs were great
(Thunder road, The Rising, etc) and _ I was ready to vote for Bruce
for something as he delivered a very eloquent, moving endorsement of
Obama.

Today's Lesson

Creative Writing

Quick shot of transition about 7am. About 600 total racers. I'd call this a medium sized race. I saw one racer who was 8 years old and another who was 71!

The leaves are just hinting at the oncoming color explosion, the
nights are much cooler and the last triathlon of the Ohio season is
recorded. It's been an interesting and invigorating summer, as this
is my second full season of triathlons. All told, I completed 5
races; 2 Olympics (1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run), 1 half (cancelled
swim, 56 bike, 13.1 run) and 2 sprints(1k/20k/5k). But those are
just the races.

I trained 5 or six days a week most weeks this summer. I had days
when I wanted to train hard and other days where the idea of running
or swimming seemed ludicrous. 50 mile bike rides are comfortable and
running an hour straight is a "medium" workout. I'm stronger and
leaner. I even got a bit faster, especially with my running. I like
how I feel and I'm even starting to like how I look.

I pour over Bicycling or Outside magazines and training bibles.
Watching the Tour de France was "must see" TV. I sold off some audio
gear to buy a new bike. My two hour bike fitting was another great
purchase. I've got my spandex shorts for my serious rides and I've
got my race outfit. I'm not obsessed but I am interested.

About four years ago, I considered seeing a nutritionist because I
was sluggish and tired. What was I eating that was making me tired?
Coincidentally, this was about a year after my ACL knee surgery. My
weight had climbed to 205. I've still got the number written down on paperwork at the
YMCA. Two oh frickin' five! Ugh. This morning, I weighed 166.5, the
lowest number I've seen, probably in twenty years. This can only be
beneficial, not only for me, but for my family.

I'm not saying the idea of an occasional nap doesn't bring a smile to
my face. . . or that I haven't had more than my fair share of ice
cream. But I know that I've earned it.

Here's just a few photos from my last race. Hurricane Ike didn't
deliver us rain, but a crazy 6 hour windstorm. 20mph winds with gusts
up around 60mph. Our power was out for a total of 51 hours and there
are still tens of thousands who still don't have electricity.

The swim was incredibly choppy due to the wind. No whitecaps, but it
felt like a speed boat kept racing by us, and we were swimming in
their wake.

The bike was tough. There are only 2 hills and it's incredibly flat.
But the wind . . . Wow! Of course, it was only at my back for the
short stretches, where reaching speeds of 27 or 28 mph was easy. Just
pedal and the wind will take you. But biking against the
wind . . .UGH!! That's tough and unrelenting. With the course on flat
back country roads, there was no hiding. Suck. It. Up. I was just
glad I was doing the shortest course.

And the run. Again flat and you wouldn't think the wind would be a
concern. You're only running 5 or 6 or 7mph, wind resistance doesn't
kick in until about 17mph, right? Today, you'd be wrong. Another
wow! Plus, my legs felt wasted from the pounding on the bike AND I
probably didn't have enough food in me. Excuses I know but I couldn't
push like I wanted. It just wasn't in me. I also know I'm just not
that mentally tough on the run. Me and running, we're tolerant
friends, but I know what I need to work on.

1:26:08
26/195 - overall
4th our of 12 in age group

places for each event
31st swim
15th on the bike
65th run

Coffee by candlelight. I manually ignited the gas stove and luckily I
have a French press to make my morning cup. Mmmmmmm.

Still in the dark at 6am, getting my bike off the car rack.