The bloggers have given you a quiet day today.

 No mention of Day 6 of lent yet. TC posted yesterday, so you won't hear from him for a while.

Maybe those two old bloggers just slept in?

At Richard's Bass Bag* we show more responsibility.

I had a pretty good practice on my violin yesterday and will try to put in some good time today as I have quite a few gigs coming up. Actually, I have no gigs coming up. I lied. Sort of like God creating a devil for himself. 

"You ought to drink more water. It'll make you taller, not shorter." Wise words from Tony. I'll try to drink some soon. Well, as soon as I've finished this post.

Okay, okay, I'm filling in a bit today because I don't have much to tell you. I'll do what Peter would do and post some pictures.

Or perhaps I should do a Robert and quote some old biblical guy?

Graham 7:11 And God the Father told the other two members of his trinity, "Look, we need a bad guy that we can play off. It would make us look righteous. I'll create one. I'll name him Lucifer. It'll be a new concept. I'll call him The Devil. He'll try to challenge me, and I'll beat him and send him to a very hot place for eternity. Hey, we could also use an event called Lent. I'll sort that out too."

That's it for this morning.

Ciao.

* the original bass bagging site

The Holy Bible according to Richard (of RBB)

 

In the beginning there could have been absolutely nothing, or maybe something already existed. No one really knowns, though humans like to make up stories. As far as we know, there were no perfect beings taking care of everything. There were no devils or demons. At some point humans evolved. 

Some early male humans had funny beards.

Quite a few humans had funny ways of filling in time.

Someone worked out that, if you had some sort of organisation that claimed to know how everything started and how it will end, you could make a lot of money. They formed a church and made up lots of stories. They had to kill a lot of people, but they did make lots of money. Their church is still going strong and they call the people who work for the church paedophiles.

To be continued.*

* Or, maybe not.

The one true religion.

 On comments on my last post Rob is busy denying what he said in his second to last post.

"Did I really say pain is good? I did say that happiness requires struggle!"

I'm pretty damn sure that he did say that pain is good, but the post in question has disappeared. 

Is that the way that the one true religion does its business and tidies up its mistakes? Now there's something that Rob could bring up at confession! Lying and concealing.

Is the Catholic Church the one true religion? Does having a large number of priests and Marist brothers who are paedophiles help? Hey, there are a lot of religions out there, though probably with far fewer paedophiles involved with them. 

Please believe me when I say, "Stay away from the Roman Catholic Church and its silly ideas."

* * *

Now, where was I?

I ran through seven of my ten unaccompanied solo violin tunes yesterday. I'll certainly go over the other three today, while Peter is putting up storage shelves in his loft. The three pieces waiting attention are my three originals - The Accordion Lady, The Immigrants and Romance. 

"You ought to drink more water. It'll make you taller, not shorter." Those were the immortal words of Tony Clear, many years ago when he was at a party while trying to cut down on alcohol. I need to drink more water, but my present condition makes it quite hard because I always seem to finish up in the bathroom, and not just for a pee. I've decided to get serious about water drinking today because I know I must be a bit dehydrated. So here goes!

I will drink more water. It'll make me taller, not shorter.

Drinking water from my bottle as I write.

I really can't think of anything else to tell you. I'm not exactly sure what today holds for me. Hopefully I'll get some good violin practice done.

I might leave you there for today. That water might be passing through soon.

Remember: Ognuno pensa che la propria religione sia quella giusta.

Ciao.

Sabato.

 

Sabre

toe

A busy day ahead. I'll be looking after my elder grandson this morning, though I will have help from Aunty Steph and Grandma. I think that Aunty Steph is his favourite, so she may do most of the work. We plan on taking him to a playground. That little guy has a lot of energy to burn.

Even ahead of a busy day, I make time to post. Peter doesn't do that. Robert has posted. He's cleaning a hall that belongs to a Presbyterian for the last time. The Presbyterian's hall. He also tells us that pain is good. I personally disagree with that. Hey, I don't want to be nailed to a cross. I'd rather not practise my violin if that was necessary.

Jesus says, "I wish I had never
touched that bloody violin now!"

I might shoot out now and pick up some nappies, just in case one is needed.

I'll also try to fit in a violin warmup, with no pain. Just gentle and relaxing.

Ciao tutti.

Practice makes better.

Gods need to be the best at everything. they need a reputation of being perfect. You never hear, of a god, "Hey, he's doing his best."

"Me almighty! I've done it again."

We humans tend to aim for perfection in many things that we do.

• Who is the best rugby player in Aotearoa?
• Who is the best cellist in Taihape?
• Who is the smartest person working at The Warehouse in Petone?
• Who can drive the fastest up the Wainuiomata hill?
• Who is the absolute best toilet cleaner in Moera?
• Who is the best at fixing laundry doors in Hobson Street, Thorndon?
• Which Catholic priest gives the best sermons in Upper Hutt?
• Which world religion has got it all right?

I honestly don't know if I'm the best violinist in Wainuiomata. For a start, I don't know all the violinists in Wainuiomata or how good they all are. Does it really matter who is the best? Maybe having your own style is more important? Maybe it's what you can express? I really don't know.

I do know that practising makes you feel better, as well as more comfortable with the instrument.

I'd better go - another busy day!

Ciao.

No rest for the wicked, no rest for the shoulder.

 

Robert is back (big surprise) and tells us we're into day two of Lent.

"Today we continue 40 days of penance and cultivate a spirit of gratitude, recognizing God's gifts in our life." he tells us. He also left a comment on my last post saying, "Actually I found the laundry post more interesting than the shoulder rest bit...strange." Well, he is a cleaner and spends more time practising cleaning things, like toilets, than he does practising his violin.

Unless you're Robert, or (probably) Peter, the idea of whether or not you should use a shoulder rest when playing the violin is quite an interesting one. Probably a lot more interesting than hearing what some Catholic drongo gave up for lent. Chewing gum? Sex? Doughnuts? Using toilet paper? 

Anyway, I think I'll continue on without a shoulder rest, though I can see advantages in both ways of playing. Ah, but no one is interested around here. Though, actually, I don't write these posts for silly old Catholics who stop using deodorant for forty days or people who post about the rooms in their house. Hey, I'm not that interested in what brand of toilet paper people choose, or what they store in their garage. Personally, I find the shoulder rest concept more interesting.

Ah well, there you go. 

No work for me today, though I will be looking after my elder grandson later in the day. I might also get to help out with grandson number two. 

Addio, lettori noiosi.

The Laundry.

 I'm waiting with much anticipation to read TC's laundry post!

The clothes dryer that Peter brought down from up north was getting a bit past the use by date. Peter did some research and found a very good model for $735. Unfortunately these dryers were all sold out when he got to the shop. No problem, he found more of them at Laundry Needs Ltd. on Thorndon Quay at the same price. He had one delivered yesterday. It fitted nicely into the gap next to his washing machine.

This is just a sample of what you can expect in this very exciting post!

A little while back I bought a very expensive shoulder rest, but I have never used it. As you know, I play without a shoulder rest. Yesterday I decided that I might give a shoulder rest a go again, so I got it out and made some adjustments to it. Shoulder rests can be made to be higher or lower. Today I'm going to try it out. Who knows, it might not work for me, but I'll give it a go. I'll let you know how it goes.

Work today. I'll head off in just over half an hour. I'm dropping my daughter off at the station on the way. She works in Wellington, in the opposite direction to me. I'm off to Upper Hutt.

Robert's blog has gone again. No big surprise there. Hey, I'm sure he'll be back to read TC's laundry post.

That's it from me.

Ciao.