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	<title>Friendburst Blogs » A Place for Sharing &#187; scooter</title>
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		<title>imagine that</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this Sunday I turn 58&#8230;I should probably be grateful that I&#8217;ve lived this long, but I&#8217;m not&#8211;yet&#8230;It&#8217;s ultimately (mostly) MY FAULT that my Life has turned out the way it has&#8230;by which I mean NOT the way I hoped it would when I was younger&#8230;Regret is pointless, I know that&#8230;I try to BE HERE NOW; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on a silver platter</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106728/on-a-silver-platter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[my friend SLR and I didn&#8217;t practice as scheduled because neither one of us feels good&#8230;*I* still have a slight cold; I hope I can sweat it out at work tomorrow&#8230;Of course that&#8217;s what I said on Saturday&#8230;She says my not having a car is the only/biggest hurdle to my getting in a rock and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>or maybe not&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t too concerned about doing &#8220;new&#8221; songs at the gig tonight, it had been so long since we last played there&#8230;but we did one anyway, which we&#8217;d never EVER played before no place, at any time&#8230;we did a country-fied version of I SAW HER STANDING THERE and it was an &#8220;8&#8243; on a scale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>perhaps the thrill IS gone</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106599/perhaps-the-thrill-is-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a gig tonight&#8230;I probably should be more excited, but it&#8217;s a &#8220;tips only&#8221; gig&#8230;I THINK the band (MSR) gets free food, oh boy&#8230;The M in MSR is in another band and *I* think that&#8217;s where her Heart is these days&#8230;and I MIGHT be replacing the R in a different band because he doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the List just got longer&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106442/the-list-just-got-longer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not good to dwell on our regrets&#8230;and if you&#8216;re alive long enough, you&#8217;ll likely have at least one&#8230;I&#8217;m suspicious of anyone who says they have none&#8230;My latest one is discovering Facebook&#8230;Even if I don&#8217;t participate I can still periodically check it&#8211;this too is a bad idea, even though for some people it&#8217;s the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I guess it&#8217;s the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106410/i-guess-its-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess even yard sales are affected by the economy&#8230;The roomie and I got a fair turnout, but few buyers&#8230;and those that did wanted us to give the stuff away&#8211;well, at least in MY case&#8230;I WANTED $200 for the guitar amp and would have taken $100&#8230;I let it go for $65; I fully realize that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>so I&#8217;m NOT exactly alone</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106352/so-im-not-exactly-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 03:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was at an open mic talking to a &#8220;friend&#8221; about how HE tolerates the less talented&#8230;of course &#8220;less talented&#8221; is in the ear of the beholder&#8230;he said it kinda makes him crazy too, but he somehow keeps his mouth shut&#8230;I need to learn how to do that&#8230;Another friend said that certain &#8220;musicians&#8221; (the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>why couldn&#8217;t we have had the yard sale LAST week?</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106313/why-couldnt-we-have-had-the-yard-sale-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope to get paid tomorrow morning at 5AM (supposed to meet the Boss just to get the paycheck) which I&#8217;m SO looking forward to&#8230;The Community Yard Sale is this Saturday&#8230;In theory I&#8217;ve got LOTSA stuff to get rid of&#8230;I just haven&#8217;t EVEN started goin&#8217; thru my stuff yet&#8230;typical&#8230;Surely I&#8217;ll make some money; not gonna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a &#8220;gov&#8217;t project&#8221;? maybe</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106174/a-govt-project-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[tomorrow the roomie and I are picking up her &#8220;new&#8221; sofa from the thrift shop where she found it last week&#8230;the potential for a headache (or worse) may come from removing the old one&#8230;I can&#8217;t remember how it got in her house and/or who was involved&#8230;hopefully it will go thru the door like a hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the dead horse</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/106142/the-dead-horse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a Facebook &#8220;friend&#8221; of mine asked the theoretical question &#8220;How do ya know when your new Band is ready to play in public?&#8221; I wanted to say &#8220;If yer not sure if yer ready, then ya probably ain&#8217;t ready&#8230;&#8221; I don&#8217;t quite understand how any Musician can not know if they&#8217;re ready or not&#8230;For example, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the unexpected&#8211;again</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105920/the-unexpected-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[so I didn&#8217;t get to go out this evening, but I DID go out to an open mic&#8230;in the afternoon, which is kinda weird IMO&#8230;the roomie and I did some stuff in the morning, then we came home for a bit&#8230;then we went out to do more stuff&#8230;like the open mic&#8230;I was not alone onstage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the unexpected</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105888/the-unexpected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[as I was leaving to go to the gig (in the roomie&#8217;s car!) I got the call&#8211;the gig is canceled&#8230;apparently the venue booked another band&#8230;I can only guess that THEY got there first&#8230;a financial bummer, but otherwise? not so much&#8230;the weather isn&#8217;t good, which can have an effect on the turnout&#8230;I&#8217;m tired/sleepy or something&#8230;besides being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the weirdness continues&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105689/the-weirdness-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[completely on her own, the &#8220;roomie&#8221; is (as of this writing) allowing me to drive to the gig in Wheaton&#8230;so I may rethink my dinner plans&#8211;I THINK I have enuff money to get a burger at Wendy&#8217;s&#8230;it&#8217;s prolly not quite as good as the burger I would get at the Pub, but it&#8217;s not that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>one of the weirdest days of my Life&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105660/one-of-the-weirdest-days-of-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but in a good way; I went somewhere to get my taxes done (for free) and I was first in line&#8230;Of course I kinda paid a price for that (three hours sleep last night) but ultimately I don&#8217;t mind&#8211;I gotta go to bed early tonight anyway; the roomie is letting me drive to work&#8230;gotta be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>but I earned it&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105628/but-i-earned-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou and went to the Amerlegion O.M. and eventually did an OK set&#8211;WE were at least OK, the rhythm section? not so much IMO&#8230;The publicized host was his usual scatterbrained self&#8230;He doesn&#8217;t seem to feel the need to change that&#8230;the ACTUAL host was more on top of things&#8230;AND he loaned me $20&#8230;half of which went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>there&#8217;s a wild idea&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105556/theres-a-wild-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me having an Internet Radio show&#8230;One friend of mine does an Oldies show once a Month&#8230;Another one does an interview show periodically&#8230;I wanna talk to both of them about the technical requirements&#8230;The toughest part might be figuring out how to get my turntable/stereo to interface with my laptop&#8230;It is specifically designed to do just that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>everything old is new again</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105543/everything-old-is-new-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I went to an open mic with Lou in my neighborhood&#8211;about 2 or 3 miles down the road&#8230;at first it wasn&#8217;t at all crowded and it never got crowded, but it picked up a bit AFTER we played what turned out to be our first (of two) sets&#8230;It IS the first o.m. I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>so I was wrong but I was right too&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105401/so-i-was-wrong-but-i-was-right-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[so Lou and I went to the open mic&#8211;and there were some people in attendance after all&#8230;one of them was that woman I told ya about who took up singing apparently to get even more attention than she was already getting&#8230;and two different men (and one woman) seem to agree with me that she shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the beginning of the end?</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105361/the-beginning-of-the-end-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I forgot to take my phone to work&#8230;that was both terrifying and liberating&#8230;being off of Facebook all day didn&#8217;t kill me&#8230; I&#8217;m still feeling quite down, and not just because Spring hasn&#8217;t quite made it to my neighborhood&#8230;another couple of &#8220;friends&#8221; has formed a Band&#8230;I found out about THAT on facebook&#8230;It&#8217;s GOT to be my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the value of silence</title>
		<link>http://www.friendburst.com/blog/105177/the-value-of-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scooter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a deal with a co-worker&#8230;she asked me if I needed this Sunday off&#8230;I said not really&#8230;she&#8216;s having financial problems&#8211;kinda like me I guess&#8230;the compromise is that I&#8217;ll do everything that needs to be done on the basement floor and she will do the same on the first floor&#8230;This might be permanent, *I* dunno&#8230;I [...]]]></description>
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