Concerts

So I am happy to find out that Tom Petty is coming to the Frank Erwin Center in Ausitn on 5 May and it’s a Saturday. Tickets on Sale Friday at 10 AM and I’ll be On-line for sure.

This got me to thinking and remembering concerts I’ve been to. Not a lot, but all entirely fun. I am sure I must be missing a couple.

I have missed seeing such great bands as Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Foghat, Blue Oyster Cult and more. Some, in re-configured line-ups, still tour on occasion. But alas, ELO I will likely never get to see.

Here’s the list.

Beach Boys		mid-70s	6Flags St Louis
Beach  Boys		late 70s	Arch St Louis
Elton John		late 70s	Arch St Louis
Cheap Trick		1979	Keil St Louis
Aldo Nova		1979	Keil St Louis
Kansas		early 90s	Arch St Louis
REO Speedwagon		early 90s	Arch St Louis
Tom Jones		early 90s	Arch St Louis
Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels	1989	Cotton Bowl Dallas
David Bowie		1987 ?	Philadelphia
Rush	Hold Your Fire	1987	College Sta, Maryland
White Snake		1987	College Sta, Maryland
Peter Frampton		early 2000s	Ft Hood, TX
Eddy Money		early 2000s	Ft Hood, TX
Joan Jett		2005	Marine Corps Base Oahu
Lynyrd Skynyrd		2005	Marine Corp Base Oahu
ZZ Topp		2008	Bell Co Expo
Rush	Snakes and Arrows	2008 ?	Frank Erwin Austin
Three Doors Down		April 2008	Bell Co Expo
FlyLeaf		April 2008	Bell Co Expo
Cheap Trick		2010	Auditorium Shores Austin
Seether		2010 ?	Ft Hood, TX
Puddle of Mudd		2011 ?	Ft Hood, TX
FlyLeaf		2011 ?	Ft Hood, TX
Styx		2011	Moody Theater Austin City Limits
Blondie	Panic of Girls	2011	Moody Theater Austin City Limits
Nico Vega		2011	Moody Theater Austin City Limits

TAMRAC ULTRA PRO 13 Gear Bag

 

This bag is gynormous.

It easily swallows 2 DSLRs, a plethora of lenses, and even other cams and gadgets.

In mine I have :

A Canon Rebel.
A Canon Rebel 3ti.
A 50mm Prime.
A kit lens.
A 70-200mm.
A 200-500mm.
A 10-24mm.
A Canon HD camera.
A Contour HD sports video camera.
A Contour Roam sports camera.
A Canon 420ex flash.
Hoods for the 2 zooms and the superwide.

There is still room for probably 2 or 3 more lens as I haven’t used all the underneath space…it is a “two-decker” bag.

While it has a shoulder strap, loaded it would be way too heavy to lug around.  But it makes great storage at home to keep everything together.  Then just load smaller bags to go shooting.

Has loops to hold a full sized tripod.  Has a rain cover.  Has plenty of pockets for things like filters and memory cards.

It even has a padded space to hold a notebook.  I would advice the smallest of notebooks such as a Toshiba netbook.  The ability to get anything larger in the laptop pouch will be hindered by the other gear.  In this instance it is similar to a camelbak (although the Osprey line of water/gear bags have managed a nice solution for hauling loaded water bladder and still getting to use all gear space).

At approximately $200.00 US it is a nice gear bag.

Those who need a bag to take in the filed on hikes and bike rides and such can look at the clik elite line.

 

 

A struggle to reach 100 today…

Wow, according to my weather station data that I stream to PersonalWeatherStation it is 99 degrees at 3:27 PM.  It has been 100 much earlier in the day and lasting for hours now for a large number of days.

Sitting here listening to “Sick Puppies” –Riptide currently emitting froth through the Energy system.  And now, You’re Going Down.

So the open source weather data logging software I use had a major beta released lately. I spent the night getting everything reconfigured.  I even am now streaming data to the linked site above in addition to weather underground. I am tired of the unreliability of weather underground, especially the weather sticker and rapid fire service.  I also slightly designed my main site. I did it in tow stages; so far I have only uploaded stage 1 to my ISP and station template. Maybe tonight or tomorrow I will load stage 2.  When the bottom cells are gray in color and a certified skywarn observer badge is displayed, then that is the key to knowing I’ve completed the most current updates.

I may go mountain biking on the trail at Dana Peak if it doesn’t get freakishly hot later. The new one-niner trail extends my normal lap there from 6 and a quarter miles to 8 and a half.

I am writing this using Live Writer. I bet I haven’t updated blogger in a year again.

Ah well….

Of Fried Pickles and Such

I suppose I’ve been to enough places to rank h0w fried pickles stack up. I went to the Razzoo’s Cajun eatery near the Round Rock REI today and before purchasing the ultra-kewl Osprey Mantra 20 hydration pack stopped in Razzoo’s for the first time.  It has decent fried pickles but it is number one for shrimp po’ boys.  Friendly wait staff as well.

Oh yeah, the pickle rankings:

1.  The steak house in Elgin, TX.  Circle something or another—only had once. Hopefully still the same.

2.  Jody’s,  Temple, TX

3.  Fish City Grill, Harker Heights, TX

4. Razzoo’s, Round Rock, TX

5. Texas Land and Cattle, Killeen, TX

6. Pluckers Wings and Things, Killeen, TX

Using Live Writer

Well I have not posted to this blog in months again.

Several reasons I suppose.  The primary being though the convenience to share photos and quick musings on FB.

Maybe Live Writer which I am trying today to send this posting to Blogger will rejuvenate my enthusiasm for a BLOG.  I will see.

Yesterday I went on a mountain Bike ride on LGT. Lake Georgetown.  The loop is 26 miles around and yesterday was the inaugural day for all 26 miles being open to bikes.  I am too fat and out of shape to do it all.  I completed the 11 mile Cedar Hollows to Camp Tejas segment which contains the most rough trail surface overall.

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Much fun but muy dificil.  I cramped like a NFL Linebacker in agony afterwords. LOL.  I wonder what drivers along HWY 195 near Florence thought. ahhaha.

Till next time….

Chess Titans, Rain and Boredom..

Whaaa..This weekend almost feels never-ending; it poured Friday, Saturday and well up into the night. No mountain biking this weekend.

I don't think I've played Chess in five or ten years. I discovered that Windows 7 has a game called Chess Titans built in. I put it up a notch or 3 from raw beginner and spent maybe 30 minutes defeating the program. Does one really play at Chess? Maybe toil. A nice mental workout for sure. I'm sure a notch or two higher and I would have suffered a mental melt-down.

Visited the new Academy here in Killeen. Thought I'd pick up a Redbirds baseball cap inexpensively. Heck--nothing but Texas college and NFL Teams. Even the PX has a hat--and probably more cheaply than the ballyard.

But the Cards have lost 3 games to the Braves. The last two in a pathetic manner. I hope I didn't waste my money buying tickets to the Houston/St Louis game in H'town in 10 days...

Finally I would just like all my situations to be different. Things generally suck. I know it could be worse though. I wished it were better. A lesson out there to all.....hang on to some money; without money it is seemingly implausible to change a dull reality into a better landscape. Don't be trapped into thinking high salary is the cure-all; it just causes more outlay. Curbing excess is the key. Oh, will I ever reach Sunbeam..I WILL..it will be a miracle instead of a change I could make if I had the means...

whudddup...

Too long again but we'll give this a whirl.

Work just sucks the life energy out of one. But that's not to say I don't spend quality time with the computer; it's just I haven't made time to blog.

I've installed the RTM of Windows 7 and I must say it's a great OS. I have been letting the OS set my monitor rez to its native format and that's taken some getting used to. My really bad eyes causes me to contol + a lot of stuff in Firefox.

Front Page 2003--I slightly changed the look of my main page at www.petekutheis.com It is cleaner now and it didn't take me long to figure out how to make use of a table to get my text to flow properly on different resolutions. It should appear much better now for the rare times a person might actually visit. But that's just the entry page; I haven't done nothing with the content pages, nor will I probably. Maybe if I ever add a new page...

So here in Central Texas after a scorching hot summer, we've had a couple of days of steady rain now. I like the slightly cooler temps but it looks like biking will be out for a week or so.

I just have a really hard time breaking away from the computer--I COULD actually use that exercise room and stationary trainer I have set up downstairs.

I'm thinking of going dual monitor and adding a blu ray reading drive. There now will be no reason other than work and the occasional bike ride for me to ever leave the "man cave". LOL.

How about those redbirds. Struggling at 5 to 8 games above 500 all year until after the all star break; now it's rare they lose a game. Bring on the Yankees. I haven't seen a WS matchup between the 2 teams that have appeared in more fall classics than any other team in my almost 47 year span of existence.

Speaking of which I have tickets to the Cards/Astros game at Minutemaid coming up soon. I hope my team crushes them juice heads into pulp. I'll devour and spew them 'stros into the GAR-Bodge. Lulz.

It's almost 9 AM on a rainy Staurday morning. I am hungry...