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Great video. i consider myself a "realistic" environmentalist, (We are invariable gonna need stuff that the earth gives but we can do a better job of stewardship). I thought that the fact that Taylor would only use fallen timber showed how a company can use timber without causing so much damage.

The way that guy broke that disc of spruce up was interesting. Lumberjacks, or fallers, do not have a reputation of being "smart" yet working with fallers on fires numerous times I have found that falling timber requires great skill mentally and physically. To watch that guy work the wood only added to my admiration of foresters and fallers.

The "Unplugged" series by MTV, in the 90's, was a good musical choice. I am a big fan of Alice In Chains and their Unplugged concert. Nirvana did one just before Cobain died and it is good too. Nirvana's version of "The Man Who Sold The World" is one of my favorite songs.

Of course if you are not a fan of that type of music you may not like them...

Gotta be careful on using those books. My wife bought me an Alice in Chains book because I love the band. I am currently learning to play the songs in the book and have found that the publisher has taken "liberties" with the chords.

Best thing is to listen to the music and then make changes in how you play the notes/chords accordingly.

BTW have you tried playing those power chords as barre chords? You may find the sound if you do that.

I feel your pain. I really do. I consider myself somewhat computer savvy. When one plays on-line FPS as much as I do I figure you have to be.

I have never really liked texting. I feel it is a waste of my time and, to be honest, patience. I have gotten new phones when I need new phones but was not really interested in phones with a lot of "cool" stuff on them. Until the smart phones came out. It was not as if I HAD to have one but I felt it would be cool to have one. I could use the nav system, the interweb if need be and still have a phone I could talk on!

Our contract with our carrier finally expired and we switched to another carrier, (due to customer service issues with our old carrier). I got my "Smart" phone.

I hate it.

My old phones used to go a week between charges. Now, if I do not use the "neat" stuff on the phone the charge will last about a day and a half. If I use the neat stuff it will last less than half a day. If I want to use the phone setting I must open the phone, unlock it, hit the phone icon and then either hunt for the number i need or I have to open the virtual keyboard to punch in the number. If I text, which I try to avoid, the touch screen keyboard is difficult to use as I always hit the wrong "key" so Hello might end up coming our as: Jrkkp.

Really...Good thing I don't have to text anything quickly. It takes me about five minutes to text a simple message.

I was unhappy with the phone within 24 hours of getting it. I wanted real keys to punch and wanted a battery that did not drain quicker than a tub.

The nav, interweb, games and such are nice. I use the phone as an MP3 player when I do my power walks and it has a nice hands free feature when plugged into my car's auxiliary port. But...

It is not neat enough to stop wishing I had my old phone back.

That is where we get the phrase "Drawn and Quartered". It was expected that the horses could rip the victim apart but it usually took the help of a sword to get the job done.

I have to agree. I don't know about the Gibson/Martin thingy as (if I am not mistaken) Martin only makes Acoustic Guitars while Gibson makes both types. I think it would be more of a "The Gibson CEO makes large contributions to the Republican Party and some Democrat, who is butt-hurt about it and pulled some strings", thingy.

But deep down inside I know it is just another example of just how screwed up our government has become.

I have a fairly limited collection of cd's but invariably I end up with an Alice in Chains Cd in the player. Been an AIC fan for about 20 years, most of the songs I know how to play are AIC so I listen to them alot.

I don't know how to explain how to play the B other than to say this: I barre with my index finger and roll it to the inside aspect of the finger (the part of the finger that is "facing" the middle finger. The "meat" of the finger is thinner there and allows the use of your finger bone to come into play. This also allows me to roll my ring finger toward the aspect of the finger closest to the pinky. Again: thinner "meat" and using the bone of the finger to press down on the strings.

I don't play the first string when I barre this way-just the sixth through second.

Once you have that down it is easy to slide down the neck to a barred "C" , "D", "E" (done the B way), etc...Learning how to use this barre opens up a ton of possibilities for your playing IMHO. I find myself playing every song I learn with open chords and barre chords: Hotel California for example. I don't use a capo I just barre the whole song. It strums well and you can pick the song and it sounds the same.

I have also found that if I am playing a song that requires an A to a D or a G to a C all you have to do when you barre is to pull off your middle and pinky fingers and flatten the ring finger to the "B" type barre.

Once you learn how to find the barre chords on the neck you will find many songs that may have caused you problems, due to chord change speed or finding the chords, will be much easier to play with just barre chords.

Being first in and on the nozzle for the first time on a working structure fire

Performing your first endotracheal intubation

Defibrillating a patient and seeing their body jump...

Beamer, a foot switch would be nice. The wife actually got me one for the amp but it only will switch between two channels. I have looked for a multi-channel foot switch but the mustang does not accept one...sadly.

That movie is one of my favorite documentaries. I had not heard much of Jack White other than the few songs I heard on the radio. Not much of an Edge fan after he stated, years ago, that he was the best guitarist in rock, (One does not stake that claim for himself, it is bestowed upon him by acclaim IMO).

I found out that the Edge is a good guitarist he just does it differently. Jack White is pretty good too but his voice grates on me. I was never much of a Page fan but as I started playing I began to appreciate him more. I enjoyed watching Page play in the movie. He truly looked as if he was enjoying himself while he played for White and Edge. to me that is a good guitarist: One who gets joy out of playing.