Today's Hike 10-27-2009

I got out today with the camera and got some really nice pictures. It was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit and there are many leaves on the ground. Lots of Oak trees in the neighborhood and also a lot of Norwegian Maples although I didn't take many pictures of them. Norwegian Maples are greener than Sweet Maples is my understanding. I think the Sweet Maples are the Purplish Reddish ones.

How about some Oaks and Oak leaves:







Some lake pics:





Some river pics:





trail pics:





various:











Okay that's enough for now. I may add some more in a bit!

Hero's Triumph

The more I listen to this one I just really like it. Sometimes it takes a while to realise which tracks standout. I share music on Triond.com's website loudio.com and with their clout with stumbleupon I guess my music gets a lot of views there so I will continue sharing there for the sake of publicity and it's fun to watch something get 80 views or so within a half hour. But I want to have more control over content and everything centralized in one place and also bigger payout potential and more recognition which are all positive components of my blog.

I think this is one of the better tracks of late. Thanks! Thanks to internet archive for hosting the track and giving me the embedding code.

Good People Don't Smoke Weed

This is sort of a sarcastic country parody song about the business world.



Good People Don't Smoke Weed

Work real hard to get what you need
and good people don't smoke weed
Everything you have in life you have to earn
And you certainly won't get it from me.
'cause I'm not givin out what you can make
That's for billionaires and bankers to take
Some people can't get jobs because they do drugs
And that leaves all the profits for the rich to make

He looks like a good person yes indeed
But good people don't smoke weed
He looks like a good person yes indeed
But good people don't smoke weed

He's such a smart guy but he's wasting all his talent
And the years are passing by and he's wondering where they went
Everybody's doing things that seem very excellent
While he's sitting in a chair venting frustrations on the internet
I'm gonna see him on a street corner cradling that bottle
With a glazed look in his eyes and his face is very sallow
I'll wonder how it came to this and why there does he wallow
If I give him any help he'll just be back again tomorrow.

He looks like a good person yes indeed
But good people don't smoke weed
He looks like a good person yes indeed
But good people don't smoke weed

4 guitars jamming CECGDA

This is 4 guitar tracks recorded separately along to a bass track and then all four played at once. I recorded the three more guitar tracks today and I'm pretty excited about how it turned out. I put a link to the wave file because those are the best quality.

Or you can play the file down here with this embedded deal.

Mellow Jam C Em C G D Em

Instrumental track I created recently and just played it back and found it worth sharing and pleasant to listen to. I recorded the metronome track. Then played it back and recorded the bass track. Then I muted the metronome track and recorded the guitar part as I played back the bass track.

Long story short it's a mellow guitar solo.

Cooking a pasty with Walter Holstad

You are going to need:

pasty wrap:

a cup to a cup and a half of flour, a cup or so of cold water, a tablespoon or 2 of shortening

Add flour to a bowl and put flakes of shortening on top like so:



Add water:



Knead mixture well until it is all one ball. As you knead it the flour ball should start sticking to itself more and your hands less. If it's too wet add more flour or too dry then add more water.

pasty filling:

chopped potato (cubed), cubed broccoli, cubed cheese, whatever other ingredients you want for the filling, olive oil, salt, pepper, spices.

Chop the indredients at some point and mix them in a bowl with olive oil, salt, pepper, and spices:



Spread the flour ball out into a flat wrap using your hands. Make it about a quarter inch thin or so. Spread it out nice and even and place in a bowl. Add ingredients to center of wrap:



Close wrap around ingredients carefully and press the wrap closed. Smooth out the pasty to make sure it is closed nicely. There can be small holes at the top.



Place a square slice of butter on the holes:



You will have preheated the oven to 350 degrees at some point or else you can do it now. Place your pasty in the oven as pictured above or however you choose to have yours. Mine as you can see is in the center of a greased, pyrex, 8 inch by 4 inch baking pan. Bake for an hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes or so.

Here's how mine turned out:







This one's from today. 10/21/2009. Those others were from this past Sunday.

Let it cool. Now you will never starve! :)

Music and Magpie Cartoon

Magpie cartoon

http://www.archive.org/details/the_talking_magpies



This is apparently public domain. What an awesome video!

Here's some of my messing around with the blues and rock n roll.