the weekend so far

Friday after work, a bunch of people went out to a local bar for drinks. Cyn came out with me, and we talked with people for about an hour. Then we went out to eat.

Yesterday we went down to Milwaukee for a photowalk. Three was only one other person. I guess people just aren't interested anymore. The other guy said that there are other photowalk opportunities happening.

In the evening, we saw a band called Harmonious Wail. They're from Madison, and listed as a Gypsy jazz trio. I would have preferred more Gypsy. They were pretty jazzy, but it was more a jazz standards thing, with an emphasis on Christmas songs. They comprised a mandolin player, a bassist and a singer who did percussion.

Photos from downtown Milwaukee...


The Zamboni was just coming out when we got there.

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snowy sunday

Cyn said it was really snowing hard when she got up at 9:00. It was still snowing when I got up at ten, but it tapered off. The roads were getting cleared pretty well by noon, so I was disappointed that Derek called of gaming on account of the weather.

I probably spent about two hours shoveling. We got 8-1/2 inches, but it was light and fluffy. It still took me a couple of hours. There was a dusting of snow around supper time.

I hooked up the turntable. The one in the entertainment center has been sitting there for who knows how long, but I never plugged it in. It was a pain, which is why I never did it. I had to thread the power cord and RCA cords through the shelves. And there are so many cords in there that receiver can't pull all the way out, so I had to get a flashlight and mirror to see the back of the thing, to figure out where to plug them in. Finally got it hooked up, and there was no sound. I had the plugs in the wrong jacks. Got that fixed without too much trouble, but the sound was really distorted. And there were loud pops when it started and stopped. Hadn't had that trouble before. Rather than disconnect it and take it apart to wire in a ground wire, I disconnected it, and put in the other turntable. The one with the ground wire that I installed a few years ago. So I threaded the power cord and ground wire back through, disconnected a few cables, so I could pull out the receiver and screw on the ground wire. Got everything put back together (including a fancy cable where the receptacle was damaged) and pushed back in. I turned it on and there was still no sound. Forgot the RCA cords. Got that hooked up, and it sounds good. Finally.

Gonna listen to some LP's over the break.