Post by jptheprofessor on Jun 16, 2008 21:33:26 GMT -5
This week on the 4:10 PM "Classic Rock Clip," we are giving away blocks of four tickets to the next "Alive @ Five" Concert Series presentation at Altoona's Railroaders Memorial Museum, featuring New Jersey-based Bruce Springsteen tribute group The B Street Band. Today's correct answer was "Money" by Pink Floyd.
Today's 5:15 PM "Lost Classic" was "Cheyenne Anthem" by Kansas, from their 1976 album Leftoverture. We belatedly celebrated Kansas singer Steve Walsh's 57th birthday yesterday (Sunday).
So how does a Professor unwind after another Harley-Davidson motorcycle giveaway campaign draws to a close? This year, my post-Harley giveaway cooldown turned out to be enjoyable. First, on Saturday night, I headed to Shan Nicole's Irish Pub to see singer/songwriter (and two-time "Backyard Rocker" guest) Jackson Monsour. Things were relatively tranquil when I arrived, with a modest crowd present. I ordered up wings at the main bar and watched Jackson's performance. Then, at the start of the second set, more folks began arriving, including two wedding parties! By the start of the third set, it was wall to wall people, and I was happily trapped in my seat in the center of it all! Ladies were giving me neck and backrubs while waiting for their drinks, and two guys on either side of me were refilling my beer glass as they passed the pitcher between each other. And most of these folks didn't even know me! Hollidaysburg, you folks know how to party!
Then on Sunday, I did unwind...I grabbed my fishing rods, tackle box and cooler, and headed to Canoe Creek State Park to get my long-overdue first fishing excursion of the season under my belt. This turned into a relaxing, fun and interesting afternoon. First, the "seven-year cicadas" were in abundance at the park, creating a steady din that sounded like a huge telephone dial tone! These big bugs were amusing, and as it turned out, quite useful! They clumsily flew around the park, banging into tree branches, my tackle box, and me. And they were quite docile, and didn't bite. And I noticed when they fell into the water, that the bluegill sunfish quickly made meals out of them. Bottom line, the cicadas became easy and free bait for me to use! (Hell, they only live long enough to mate, and then they die anyway!) So I spent much of the afternoon at a secluded picnic bench along the lake, baiting my hook with cicadas, listening to a country singer/guitarist's performance across the lake (probably in the park's amphitheater), and enjoying the sunshine and tranquility. Towards the end of the afternoon, my friend Jesse showed up in a rowboat, and after he left, I was visited by a gaggle of geese swimming along the shore. It was just the relaxing afternoon I was hoping for, and I even caught a few decent panfish!
JP GARDEN UPDATE: My garden is about 80% planted. The remainder of my tomato plants went into the ground this morning. I still have to finish turning under one section of ground, and then I will plant cucumbers, green beans, northern white beans, the remainder of my sweet and hot pepper plants, carrots, beets, sunflowers, pumpkins, greens and herbs. My goal is to have it all done within the next 2 weeks. Hopefully after today's thunderstorms, the weather will cooperate so I can get it done!
Today's 5:15 PM "Lost Classic" was "Cheyenne Anthem" by Kansas, from their 1976 album Leftoverture. We belatedly celebrated Kansas singer Steve Walsh's 57th birthday yesterday (Sunday).
So how does a Professor unwind after another Harley-Davidson motorcycle giveaway campaign draws to a close? This year, my post-Harley giveaway cooldown turned out to be enjoyable. First, on Saturday night, I headed to Shan Nicole's Irish Pub to see singer/songwriter (and two-time "Backyard Rocker" guest) Jackson Monsour. Things were relatively tranquil when I arrived, with a modest crowd present. I ordered up wings at the main bar and watched Jackson's performance. Then, at the start of the second set, more folks began arriving, including two wedding parties! By the start of the third set, it was wall to wall people, and I was happily trapped in my seat in the center of it all! Ladies were giving me neck and backrubs while waiting for their drinks, and two guys on either side of me were refilling my beer glass as they passed the pitcher between each other. And most of these folks didn't even know me! Hollidaysburg, you folks know how to party!
Then on Sunday, I did unwind...I grabbed my fishing rods, tackle box and cooler, and headed to Canoe Creek State Park to get my long-overdue first fishing excursion of the season under my belt. This turned into a relaxing, fun and interesting afternoon. First, the "seven-year cicadas" were in abundance at the park, creating a steady din that sounded like a huge telephone dial tone! These big bugs were amusing, and as it turned out, quite useful! They clumsily flew around the park, banging into tree branches, my tackle box, and me. And they were quite docile, and didn't bite. And I noticed when they fell into the water, that the bluegill sunfish quickly made meals out of them. Bottom line, the cicadas became easy and free bait for me to use! (Hell, they only live long enough to mate, and then they die anyway!) So I spent much of the afternoon at a secluded picnic bench along the lake, baiting my hook with cicadas, listening to a country singer/guitarist's performance across the lake (probably in the park's amphitheater), and enjoying the sunshine and tranquility. Towards the end of the afternoon, my friend Jesse showed up in a rowboat, and after he left, I was visited by a gaggle of geese swimming along the shore. It was just the relaxing afternoon I was hoping for, and I even caught a few decent panfish!
JP GARDEN UPDATE: My garden is about 80% planted. The remainder of my tomato plants went into the ground this morning. I still have to finish turning under one section of ground, and then I will plant cucumbers, green beans, northern white beans, the remainder of my sweet and hot pepper plants, carrots, beets, sunflowers, pumpkins, greens and herbs. My goal is to have it all done within the next 2 weeks. Hopefully after today's thunderstorms, the weather will cooperate so I can get it done!