I was back in MI visiting family a few years ago. My dad opened up a case to show me his latest acquisition -- a cream-colored Stratocaster. Both my aunt and I immediately went into a "Wayne's World"- like frenzy of worshiping and "I'm not Worthy!" It was a sweet guitar. Seeing this must have triggered the dream I had a few nights later. So a few nights later, I had The Dream. In it, I was playing The Strat. I was playing either "Purple Haze" or "Foxey Lady" (I think FL, since that song was actually used in "Wayne's World."). I was ripping into it -- freakin' tearing it up. I woke up early that morning feeling a definite voodoo vibe. Now I play a little guitar (very little). Just enough to know that the fingerings and chord positions I was hitting in my dream actually made some sense. I stumbled down the hallway that morning to dig out my own guitar. I was humming with anticipation. Had I channeled the spirit of the man whose playing can best be described as Unexplainable? Had all those hours of listening to Hendrix paid off -- had I subconsciously figured out how to not just hear Jimi, but to feel him? I strapped on my guitar in the gathering dawn, ready to greet the sunrise with my own version of the Star Spangled Banner ala Jimi at Woodstock.... Nothing. I still sucked. Sucked donkey to be exact. I also once had a dream where I was hearing something on guitar that was so beautiful, grand, and majestic it almost made we weep. It was the perfect marriage of George Harrison's slide technique with Jimmy Page's ferocity. And it wasn't something I'd ever heard before. Sadly, all I could remember about it the next morning was that it was in the key of G.

While you were studying Calculus in high school, I was learning how to play Jimmy Page solos because that got you chicks and TI-85's didn't.

Dude, TI-85's are for dorks. All the cool kids had the HP 28S with the RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculation method.

Dude, TI-85's are for dorks. All the cool kids had the HP 28S with the RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculation method.

All I know is but for my trusty TI-85 I wouldn't have made it through college trig or 2 semesters of Calc (which by the way damn near killed me). I think I used it in physics too, which I enjoyed.

Heh. Thanks for jumping in and breaking up the geekfest. We needed that.

Its like when my DH met this guy who he could talk about the 1960 Lakers-Piston game with. (oops). It was a beautiful thing. Carry on...didnt mean to interrupt it.

We are going to be unstoppable in 2016. Pink Floyd will once again reunite to play at our inaugural ball.

I came up with a killer campaign slogan driving home yesterday. It was so good, I almost posted it on the spot. But trying to post to RA via a Blackberry while driving didn't seem like a good idea. And now I can't remember it. Doh!

I play a mean left-handed air guitar. I'm just sayin'...

I came up with a killer campaign slogan driving home yesterday. It was so good, I almost posted it on the spot. But trying to post to RA via a Blackberry while driving didn't seem like a good idea. And now I can't remember it. Doh!

Alright, I still can't remember the campaign slogan, although I can remember being at the corner of Jordan Lane and Oakwood Rd. when I thought of it. Go figure. But after we win, they we should our acceptance speech a big banner that says "WHAT NOW, BITCHES?"

Without video this is meaningless.

What's it worth to ya'...? Hey, I was just thinking about you today when I was listening to WGN radio. Are you hitting Taste? I have never been there for that. Some year I want to go. I have heard that it's fantastic. My brother went last year and said he has never felt so uncomfortably stuffed in his entire life.