St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

I leave in a few weeks to go to St. Joseph Peninsula State Park in Florida. For the first time EVER I am going camping. It’s a moments walk from the bay and the gulf beach. I picked up some snorkel gear and a saltwater fishing license and we are going to do some scallop fishing. I don’t like to line fish (wriggling, worms, fileting) but the thought of plucking items out of the bay with my bare hands is intriguing.

And here’s the best video showing you how to clean em.

We’ll also be doing some beach kite flying, beach frisbee, and catching the Perseid Meteor Shower. I borrowed my dad’s binoculars and plan on spying on some wildlife.

I am ready to go and cannot wait!

John Mayer – 7/7/2013 – Saint Louis, MO Setlist

– Wildfire
– Goin Down the Road (Grateful Dead / Woody Guthrie cover)
– Something Like Olivia
– Vultures
– Paper Doll / cover of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”
– Speak for Me
– Who Says
– If I Ever Get Around to Living
– In Your Atmosphere (LA Song)
– Queen of CA
– Born and Raised
– Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
– Cover of Willie Nelson’s “I Gotta Get Drunk”
– Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey
– Dear Marie
– Edge of Desire
– Age of Worry
– Gravity

Encore:

– Waiting On the World to Change
– Face to Call Home

Chris Ware Covers the New Yorker For Mother’s Day

Chris Ware covers the New Yorker for Mother’s Day. Also, read his essay on same-sex marriage and Mother’s Day.

Now that the numbers are in on same-sex marriage, many Republicans are falling like dominos all over themselves to express their support for something that only a few months ago they steadfastly claimed to stand against. They’ll probably soon claim that this is how they felt all along, and they were simply too hamstrung by politics to be able to say what they really meant. Well, okay. In the spirit of openheartedness and what life is really all about, I’ll go so far as to say that the fear of others may mask some deep-seated desire to understand, and maybe even to love. Because really, what is there to be afraid of? Few people today don’t know—or have in their families—at least one loving couple who are raising children, same-sex or not. And it’s really just the loving part that matters. That same-sex marriage could go from its preliminary draft of “diagnosable” to the final edit of “so what?” must indicate some positive evolution on the part of the larger human consciousness. My wife, being a biology teacher, puts it even more succinctly: “Why are all these people so worried about who everybody else is sleeping with, anyway?” (Score two for Moms.)

So, a final draft: happy Mothers’ Day, moms. We are grateful to, and love, you all.

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Lindsey Stirling / Vibrant Sound – Lawrence, KS

Took Sprout to Lawrence, KS to see Lindsey Stirling at the Granada. The show was amazing. Here she is doing a Michael Jackson medley of Beat It, Billie Jean, and Smooth Criminal. Good stuff!

She also did a cover of Journey’s Separate Ways and a medley of Legend of Zelda tracks.

Her opener was The Vibrant Sound. They were pretty spectacular also. Here they are doing a Marvin Gaye cover/sample.

Boom ba doom boom.

An oldie but a goodie, and one of the best to come out of SoundCloud in a while. Nicki Minaj slowed down sounds like a super effeminate Jay-Z. I listen to this more often than I should.

Superslow
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Slowment 4 Life is pretty stellar, too.
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