Blog Homework: Favorite Sports Teams/Athletes

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Catching up on some blog homework... @lyxzen, @rambo, @missy...

I am and always have been a big sports fan. As a kid, I loved baseball and it still is my favorite sport. Once I was old enough to play Little League baseball, I lived and breathed baseball. In second grade I got low marks in citizenship because I was always talking. I sat near a...
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lunghenotti:
Hella nice hat and jersey there @deadguitarist!  =D
deadguitarist:
Thanks @lunghenotti.

Blog Homework: Time Capsule 2016

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It's been a bit since I last posted a blog homework. I didn't participate in last year's time capsule, so I'll simply write about what I hope to accomplish this "year." @lyxzen, @missy, @rambo

1. I'm overweight. I need to lose some. My goal is to lose 50 pounds. I joined a gym that's very close to my house, but haven't been yet. Need to...
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New Song - Toxic

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Quite a while back when started my SG membership, I wrote a short blog post about a song idea I had. This was a couple years ago and I was new so I forgive you if you never saw the post.

But I'm happy to say, I've been working on it over the past few weeks and I think I have the lyrics finished. The...
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deadguitarist:
UPDATE: I think I've figured out the 'break' between lines in each verse and a transitional break between each verse. And I might have the chorus riff. I haven't been able to work on the song for the past week and a half, because I've been preparing for an unexpected road trip to Mississippi, but I should have some time once I'm there to work in the song some more.

New Landscape Photos

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As promised, I uploaded a few of the photos I took a couple of weeks ago at Boardwalk Pond at the Clark County Wetlands Park near Henderson, NV. These are some of my favorites and/or ones that received several votes within the first hour on my 500px account. TO see all of the photos, check them out on my Flickr.

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wildshe:
amazing pic
deadguitarist:
@wildshe, thank you!

New Photos Coming Soon

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It's been a while since I went out shot some photos... Almost a year. I think the last time I shot was on my trip to Cabo San Lucas last Memorial Day weekend (2015).

Anyway, 02 May 2016, I went out to the Clark County Wetlands Park after work and shot some sunset photos. I didn't have enough time to wander around the park, so...
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Sunday

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Go give some love to @nebula's debut set, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. It is one of the best debut sets I've seen. Seriously, go give it some love. GO. NOW. DO. IT. DON'T PASS GO! DO NOT COLLECT $200. GO STRAIGHT THERE AND GIVE HER SOME LOVE!

thekarmaguy:
Yes go go go or Karma may be a bitch
nebula:
@deadguitarist @thekarmaguy love you both 😁💜 thank you guys so much!!!

Much Ado About Nothing?

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I need to get this out...

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand all the hullabaloo over transgender people using the restroom of the gender with which they identify.
#1 Can you tell if a person is transgender just by looking at him/her. Not likely. You've probably seen at least one, if not more depending upon where you live, and never knew it. Perhaps...
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Inspirational Nuggets in an Unlikely Place

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If you read my last blog entry, then you know I've had a pretty bad cold this week, with a pretty bad cough. I've using Hall's Cough Drops to manage the cough when liquid cough medicine isn't available or appropriate (like at work where I can't fall asleep). They work reasonably well.

I never really looked at the wrappers of the individual drops, until today....
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deadguitarist:
Some new ones...- Put your game face on.- Take charge and mean it.- March forward.- Bet on yourself.

The Week Started Good, But...

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It's coming to a shitty end.

Sunday, I did our taxes. I always wait until almost the last minute because we've had to pay taxes almost every year since 2007. We also owe the IRS back taxes for the two years that my wife was an independent contractor. Each year we were saving money to pay come tax time, but each year something came up...
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calvinwinter:
I'm sorry to hear you were feeling under the weather, and it's a shame about your Mini Cooper :( I hope the warranty covers it, and that things look up for you next week!
deadguitarist:
One of the ignition coils is misfiring, plus the spark plugs need replacing. The warranty would cover the bad ignition coil, but it would only save me about $11 after the $100 deductible. Mini recommended replacing all of the ignition coils to better ones. Otherwise this would happen 3 more times down the road; each time I'd have to pay the labor, which isn't covered. So, these course of action is to replace all the ignition coils and spark plugs. ~$900 - Mini Coopers are expensive to repair. 😡 Could have been worse though. Can't get it repaired until Tuesday as they have to order the coils, so I'm without my car for a few days. ☚ī¸ Left it with the Mini shop as I could damage the catalytic converter by driving it as is. đŸ˜Ļ As for the health, felt worse this morning, so I went to a clinic this morning. Just a bad cold combined with allergies brought on by the high winds (putting a bunch of dust and crap into the air this week). Hopefully this will pass over the weekend. Thanks for the encouragement @calvinwinter. It helps.

Photography Business Idea

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Although I'll probably never have the money to do it (maybe I could crowdfund it?), I have an idea for a photography business that I think is a good one. I think about opening a photography studio, but not just for myself. Rather, I'd stock it with a variety of props, backgrounds, studio lights and other equipment. Photographers then could rent time in the "studio"...
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nebula:
There are actually a lot of studios in SoCal at least that do this :) it's a viable business idea, but worth looking into demand in your area, and of there's anyone nearby already doing something similar, etc. Property cost is likely going to be your main expense, but that's no small thing.... plus utilities for the property, permits, all sorts of things.... Owning your own business is a shit ton of work. If you're passionate about it though, keep looking into it!
deadguitarist:
@nebula I read about this photography business model, but it wasn't in Las Vegas. While I'm not certain, because I have done zero research thus far, I don't think there is anything like this in Vegas. There are quite a few photography meetup groups here. I'm pretty sure that some of those groups and individual photographers would welcome the service. And there are a ton of freelance and sole proprietor photographers here. After all, it's not just locals getting married here. I also thought about devoting some space as a gallery where people could try to sell photographs too, with a small commission coming my way.
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