Randomness returns.

Weird to have cash in my pocket. I've got to remember I've got a credit card bill now too. Nothing too terribly bad, but I need to pay it off quickly.

Went to a model railroad shop today to get some tiny railroad spikes. You can hammer 'em into the fingerboard to tune up the drone string on the banjo so you can play in different keys above the fifth fret. I thought I could buy three or four, but no, they come in packages of a thosand and they're not cheap. A penny each! Oh well -- I've used four on my two banjos, so now I'll just carry the bag around with me next time I go to a folk music festival. Which is this coming Sunday. Out in Edgewood.

Then to National Lighting to get flicker bulbs for my lamp. Again, not cheap. But just what the lamp needed.

Don Schraeder came by! Long story there I won't bore you with but it was a thrill once I realized it wasn't a crazy person but someone I'd actually welcome. I did it all wrong, didn't even think to invite him in, which I definitely should have, but oh well. I've yet to learn the social niceties.

Played to the radio much of the night tonight. I'm starting to know what notes are where on the fingerboard, at least the top few frets of it, and found that I could play along with most of what they played, until they came to something in F sharp or something like that, which was rare. The subject of the evening was therefore "changing chord positions at playing speed". Stayed up 'til two AM last night learning more and more Root 6 chords from that lady's handout, along with different licks. Some of them are AMAZING. I'll post her website here as soon as I get to it. I don't want to go there now 'cause I've just barely looked at the xeroxed sheets and know once I see her website I'll be stuck there for hours.