What can I say?

Well, anything really. Peter wasn't very complimentary about my last post and Robert has buggered off, so I can really write whatever I like.

1 1 was a racehorse, 2 2 was 1 2. 1 1 1 1 race 1 day and 2 2 1 1 2.

When ewe goes for a walk, it's the sheep leading the sheep.

Funnily enough, Robert still writes a blog. I had a sneak look. Maybe he has a girlfriend who reads it? Maybe Kylie reads it? It still ends with, "Have fun and don't sin." Though, the word 'boys' has gone. Anyway, not my business if I'm not welcome there.

I changed the strings on The Bob yesterday. Quite a hard job and the bridge isn't really sitting how I'd like it to. There are no luthiers in Wellington at the moment - one died, and one is returning to England. So, The Bob will just have to stay how it is until maybe I get Daryl around to help me straighten it.

I wasn't very pleased with my practice yesterday. I left it until a bit later in the day. I'll try to start earlier today. I'll also try to get 15 minutes done on The Gloria. At least there are no bass strings to change today. Peter is probably pleased that there are no strings on the bagpipes.

It is now 6.29am and it is still dark in the Nui. It is rather windy too. I think I went to bed too early last night. Anyway, I've had enough sleep. I'm going to have cornflakes for breakfast very soon. Cornflakes and yoghurt. Peter probably has a special recipe for that. It probably has a fancy name to go with it. Something like 'Tibetan Chemeux' or 'Inverted Cornus'. 

I'm really starting to run out of things to write. Maybe it is time to stop.

Ciao.

Richard's Bass Bag* is very excited to welcome back Catholic Apologist Evil Doctor Richard.

 

"Thank you. Firstly, please let me apologise for how the Catholic church treated women who they thought to be witches. Sorry. I am extremely sorry.

It's great to hear the demand from readers to find out about churches, religion, gods and the rest of it. I'd like to look at the god that Catholics follow. Actually, two people and a bird in one god.

"tweet, tweet."

They are called God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit (or God the Bird). Some say that God the Father is the boss, so we'll go with that for now. We are told that God is PERFECT. That must mean that all that stuff in the Bible about him getting angry is simply not true. Hey, this guy doesn't make mistakes! 

God, this perfect being, made mankind. 

I hope the painter got
fired for adding belly buttons.

There has been quite a bit of discussion lately about how people are affected sexually. We have transgender people. gay people, straight people and so on. 

Some people like to say firmly that THERE ARE ONLY TWO SEXES. This implies that people who are transgender or gay or whatever are only claiming to be what they are for the hell of it, and it is a decision that they have made themselves, presumably to go on a bit of a journey.

"Hi, Brent here. I'm bored. Hey, what if I started dressing like a woman?" It doesn't happen like that. People follow what they feel they are. A gay man wants a partner who is another man, that's just the way he is put together.

Put together?

What?

Yes, the way he was made by a perfect being who just doesn't make mistakes. Like I said, perfect people don't get angry. A perfect person would not seek to kill lots of living things he has made. If this god had wanted just men and women who married each other, he would have made that happen.

He didn't.

Hey, if having all these other groups of people is not good, it's God's mistake. That means that God stuffed up. Catholics will not want to believe that but think it through logically.

So...

If we only have two sexes, God is not perfect!

There you go!

Hey, it's nice to be back. RBB has asked me to pop in quite frequently, so I'm looking forward to seeing you all again."

* the original bass bagging site

That's the last string!

No, Richard, that simply is not true!

You have four strings to change on The Bob. There will be three other strings until you get to the last string.

And it pays not to mess with The Bob.

For anyone who is new around here, there are two double basses in my living room. They are named after my parents: The Gloria and The Bob. The Gloria is my main bass but, before she arrived, I played The Bob for many, many years. The Bob is what they refer to as a plywood bass, which means that it is a cheaper type of bass. However, I played The Bob on many, many high-powered gigs and he never let me down. A little while ago I put him into 5ths tuning, but didn't like it. Today I intend to put him back into 4ths. Who knows, I may even use him on a gig. Oh, that's right, I don't have any gigs. Anyway, I can still do some practice on him.

Peter has promised us a post later today.

I thought that's a joke that Peter might get.

It'll no doubt be about his adventures down south. I look forward to it. Well, there are no other posts to read around here now. Far less about Jesus and silly, deluded old saints now that an ex-blogger doesn't love us anymore. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

Hey, I'm off to get those strings changed.

Looking forward to Peter's post.

Ciao.

A post to myself.

 Good on you for picking up a new black ink cartridge. 

I'll put it in shortly.

Don't forget that you have lawns to do today. You made a good start yesterday with the weed eating.

Though I think that the back of the section could use a bit of weed eating first, before you start mowing.

Good that you picked up some petrol yesterday.

It'd be good to squeeze in another 15 minutes on the bass today. That just keeps it ready for action. Yes, as you have been thinking, just chew off about 8 bars of those chord progressions at a time. That can be done in 'habits' time because those are the chord progressions that you really need to memorise totally. Don't forget the importance of those long bows and stating the tune clearly.

Remember, old pants and boots for the outside work. I'm sure that I won't forget to wear a hat and gloves. 

It looks like your pal Peter is having a good time down south. We might get a blog post sometime, if we are very lucky. Let's just hope that he stays off that extra strong wine they have down there.

He'd be safer drinking this.

Ciao mio.

The Holy Gospel according to Idiots.

Things are going to be pretty quiet around the blogs for a while. Rob has buggered off and doesn't comment anymore on other blogs, it seems. He runs a blog in almost secrecy - it can be hard to get into. Hey but, until he actually locks the door, you can get there via our LINKS service.

His posts tend to be gospel based and he offers words of wisdom like this quote:

"By being bastions of morality others come to benefit from walking out of the darkness into the light as they follow our good example."

He finishes the post with advice, "Have fun boys and don't be hateful."

For all the 'love' that he skites about, how much is he really into compassion? Are his feelings really more sincere that that of an atheist? I certainly don't think that catholics (no capital letter - they don't deserve that) can claim to be 'bastions of morality'. Just look at their past - paedophile clergy, burning women as witches, the Spanish Inquisition. The list goes on.

Poor old Peter, with all his wine knowledge, wasn't ready for that fact that wine is made stronger in the South Island (they don't export the strong stuff). How else can you explain the comments he left on my last post?

Gosh, those big 3P words certainly come out when he is pissed! I'm talking about 'Agamogenesise'. I wonder how many of those big words are floating around in his head, just waiting for him to visit the South Island and get stuck into their high alcohol wine?

"I is fining thes post abstentious.
An accountrement if the nortf. Sheesh!"

I told him not to wear that hat in the South Island! I said, "They'll think you're from Alaska and will load you up with cheap wine." He obviously didn't listen.

I did 15 minutes on the double bass yesterday. I'll repeat that today. Violin practice will continue as normal. 

That's it.

Ciao nessuno.

I really don't give a truck.

 

My elder grandson is roughly my age. Well, both of our ages end with the number 2, so we're close in age. His vocabulary is expanding, and he can now say Andma and Andad. He just struggles a bit with the beginnings of words. He loves buses, trucks, ambulances and cars and shouts their names out excitedly when he sees them. One of these words could easily be misinterpreted, but I know what he means. When he sees my daughter, he shouts out, "Aunty!" He has no problem with her name. He makes a good job with 'ambulance' too.  I think he likes words that begin with vowels.

I think Rob is down to one blog - HERE. I don't know if it will last, but I'll put it back on my LINKS list, for old time's sake. Just to be nice. 

I must do a little double bass practice today. Just a little. 

Violin: I'm still practising my habits, two of which are double stops and 3 / 7 chords. I've discovered, on my solo (unaccompanied) pieces, that, while the 3 / 7 chords give you a lovely jazzy sound, the straight old major and minor double stops give the harmony a clear direction for listeners. At least, that is my latest thinking. I am working on memorizing all the chord progressions both ways so that I have a choice. When I say 'memorize', I mean to a point where mistakes are almost impossible. 

You'll notice that I am using quite a few American spellings, for example, 'memorize' instead of 'memorise'. This is because my spell check program puts a big red line under English versions of some words. I should really ignore this. I'll have to work on that. Sorry.

MAKE ENGLISH SPELLING GREAT AGAIN!

In my defence, I have certainly not given up on the verb 'practise' or, for that matter, the word 'defence'. That would be going too far. Time for me to move on into the day.

Ciao tutti. Or should I say, "Ciao nessuno."?

I have had two attempts at a comment deleted from Rob's blog 'Mostly bible'.

Here's the comment I tried to leave.

I tried twice, but each time it was deleted.

A natural consequence of this is that I will not provide links to Rob's current two blogs and I will delete any comments left on mine. Hey, that's just common sense - how the world works.

Arricederci Rob.