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Gabbysings - I'm thinking of a spring event at a campground in Northern Virginia.  That'd be almost two full states closer than NC for an Ohio boy.  Keep practicing.  We'll get it done. 

- Zurf

Mike's family held a memorial service for him last night.  His shell has been cremated with portions to be sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay for burial at sea.  Mike had two passions - faith and fishing. 

At the memorial service, the pastor opened up the opportunity to those in attendance to speak.  Many stories were told, each capturing an aspect of Mike's personality, from his intense concentration, to his sense of humor, to his curiosity, to his generosity.  But each story had some quirk or twist that made it uniquely Mike and in so doing funny.  No one laughed more or smiled more or had more fun than Mike. Never have I left a service of that sort having laughed so much.  There were a number of people there whom I knew from other circles.  Mike touched many lives. 

In the receiving line, I told his father one more story about canoeing with Mike.  And then I told him that canoe of Mike's is still on the boat rack at my house.   His father said, "It's yours!"  So this morning, I am thinking about how I can use it in a way that would please Mike.  I think I will seek out at least one child per year who is interested in fishing and get him or her out in it and leave them at the end of the day with his or her own rod/reel and tackle box.  I've taught many children (and adults for that matter - including Mike) to paddle, but I haven't taught many to fish.  I think Mike would approve. 

- Zurf

I'm not a huge fan of shredding if there's no musicality to it.  I hear tons of folks shredding at Guitar Center.  The notes are in the right order and all, but there's no heart to it.  No musicality.  But when you hear Steve Vai or Yngwei Malmsteen there's heart in it.  I think it's the same thing as being easy to play blues music, but it's a rare person who can play "the blues." 

I think Mozart would have appreciated Yngwie Malsteen. 

- Zurf

THREADJACK WARNING.

You mention darts left-handed.  Right handed, I consistently defeated tournament champions.  However, I am ambidextrous so I learned to play darts and keep score left handed well enough to matter.  So anyway back in my days when "mark" meant more than "integrity", my buddy and I would get someone to come up and ask if we wanted to play for beers.  Sure.  So we'd play for beers (me playing left-handed) and maybe we'd win and maybe we'd lose.  So then after a couple "best out of threes" (especially if we they were close and in the other guy's favor), there'd be that "so do you want to make it interesting" question.  At which point I'd say, "Sure.  If you want to make it really interesting, let's use our off hands..."   

Man, I've got some kharmic making up to do.

I NOW RETURN YOU TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED THREAD. 

- Zurf

I've got an 'acoustic' brand AG60 from Guitar Center.  The guy there said it's their house brand.  It's the only one that I saw that allowed two XLR or two 1/4" jacks per channel and had two channels.  So it would be possible for two people each with a guitar to plug in and all be amplified.  This saved me a ton of money buying powered speakers to run off my mixer board because it allows all the amplification plug-ins that I need.  The quality of the sound is..... OK. 

- Zurf

Welcome Debrap.  Please don't stay a stranger. 

- Zurf

Thanks all for your support.  I went out to dinner with a friend last night and we got to talk through a bunch of stuff, which helped a lot.   I also went and took some dinner by for his family and got to meet them (they live on the other side of the country).  After meeting his dad and his brothers, I understand how he got such a gentle and curious nature... by example.  What a terrific and kind family he had. 

- Zurf

Welcome dwightski.  Perhaps you will be able to expand your friendship circle here with a few virtual buddies.

Thanks for the sympathy and prayers.  I wish this wasn't a virtual community as I'm running short of friends.  For reasons I'd rather not go into on a public forum, I felt compelled to leave my church earlier this week - and now this.  I'm a bit scared of what the third thing will be as it seems that bad news always comes in threes. 

- Zurf

Rabbits.  Fearsome creatures. 

You have a way with words Bunbun.  I look forward to some new rabbit war songs once you've got things under control.