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A gift to encourage a musician

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My husband has always said that he wants to start playing guitar at this local bar that has a Sunday open mike night. He hasn’t done it yet, but he keeps talking about practicing some songs and then going out and playing.

I really don’t know why he doesn’t just get up and go and do it. He’s an amazing musician. He’s been playing guitar since he was 9 years old! He actually plays 13 instruments. I’ve always said he should either try to join a band or maybe try to become a studio musician. I know he probably wouldn’t want to be a studio musician, but he has the talent to play on records. I’m sure of it.

Anyway .. I was thinking .. maybe getting him something to use at one of these “open Mike nights” might encourage him to actually go and do it. Eh .. doesn’t that sound like a good idea? I was thinking something like looking maybe buy vocopro wireless microphone for him to use on stage. He could even use it when he plays at work related events. He always gets asked to play at the Hospitals charity related and Christmas events, I’m sure he could use a wireless mic there too.

I’m going to think about it. Perhaps I’ll come up with something else that looks good but for now that sounds like a great idea. Any other suggestions?

Would you buy any of these strange products?

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Do you ever think about all the strange things that are available to buy? I mean there’s a whole variety of practical items, but there’s just as many impractical items too!

For instance .. have you ever felt the need to make sandwhiches in the shape of mustaches?

No … I didn’t think you did. I haven’t felt the urge either, but I suppose someone out there has and thought it was a good idea to market the Crustache.

I guess people must be buying it!

Oh and then, for men that feel the need to show off a hair chest yet don’t seem to have one of their own to bare there’s the very realistic looking Chest tie.

Would you wear that?

Now this product, the Fly Shooter, looks like it might actually work. It even says that it’s fast and fun, easy and safe, no ugly mess, kills flies and other bugs accurately. If that’s true it might come in handy at the cottage!

So tell me the truth .. do you own or would you use any of these products? Come on .. fess up!






Taping a Rizzoli & Isles Marathon

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It’s a rainy weekend and I’m staying indoors getting some things done around the house and catching up on a TV show that I’ve only just become interested in. Superchannel is having a Rizzoli & Isles Marathon this weekend and I’ve managed to DVR all of season 2 or at least by tomorrow I’ll have all of season two DVR’ed.

I didn’t watch the show at all last year or during it’s first season but I’ve been watching it today as I’ve been doing other work and I’m really enjoying it so you can be that I’m going to watch Season three when it starts next week.

I’m also using my DVR to tape three movies tonight. Yeah … I’m taping a lot of stuff. One of them is a scary movie, ones a comedy and the other I can’t remember quite what it is .. something about a cpa raleigh nc in vegas I think … I can’t remember. Hopefully I don’t get too busy and end up not watching all of these shows that I’m taping!

Canada really does have talent

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Have you been watching Canada’s Got Talent? I have and I’m enjoying it immensely. I find that the talent that made it to the semi-finals is much more diverse than on the American version of the show.

I’m watching this evenings show and the last performance is a native hoop dancer. There was also a dance troupe that performs tributes to tragic life events which sounds depressing but it’s really beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like that on America’s Got Talent.

Surprisingly there’s fewer rock bands and solo guitar/ singer performers getting through than I would expect. The one rock band that I liked had an amazing drummer. I think he played a set of Dunnett Drums. Unfortunately they didn’t get through. However I think the good things about these shows is that even if the people performing don’t make it all the way to even the semi finals or the finals if their talent is shown on national TV it might help them get started.

Well I must vote for my favorite performers from tonight’s show. There were six performances and I really liked three! I should only vote for one though if I want to give an act a serious chance of making it to the finals. Oh what to do, what to do! If you watched the show who got your vote?

Do you really like watching award shows or not?

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Well it seems that it’s award season in Hollywood again. I’m not sure I like this time of year. Why … well … it tend to interrupt my favorite shows. Plus, I find award shows boring.

Yes I believe that Actors, writers, Producers, directors and so on should get praise and trophies for the work that they do … but I don’t believe that it necessarily has to be televised for all of us to see. I think the TV ratings for most award shows proves that interest in these types of shows has been going down year after year.

Do you enjoy watching shows like the SAG awards or the Golden Globes?

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