2011
– Last 100 Days
Countdown
T-51
Days To Go
10
November 2011
Veteran’s
Day
This
post will be up on Veteran’s Day. I’ve
noticed an increase in the number of “Veteran’s Specials” offered by various
stores and restaurants to “Thank Veterans for Their Service.” We should thank veterans for their service. Military service in wartime and in peace
represents a sacrifice by a few for the good of the many. I object to shallow nature of these “specials”
and “thank yous.” Anyone who thinks a
free doughnut is adequate compensation for the sacrifice of military service is
either naïve or has never served in the military. I am not an accountant, versant in tax laws,
but I would bet any goods and services given as part of such a promotion is
probably a tax write-off, so they are not really “giving” anything away. If you want to really want to say “thank you,”
why not take the money you would spend free meals, doughnuts and whatnot and
cut a check for the VA or some organization (like the VFW, DAV, NAMI, etc.)
that serves vets? Why not write that
check out every month? I hear a lot of
talk about lowering taxes and I’m pretty sick of the growing tax fetish and I
say if you look at what the military does for you day in and day out, whatever
it is you’re paying them and their families doesn’t come close to covering what
it is you get for those taxes.
Goal:
1 hour per day working on the film
Details:
Worked
on Second Quarter report for the Advisory Board
Added
two pictures to the Amazon “A Reluctant
Malachi” page.
Watched
Karen Everett video, “Story Doctor Kit Part 2”
Total time: 1 hour
Goal:
30 minutes per day music practice
Details:
“Granby
Street” 3X worked on the lyrics and ending.
Warm-up
on the MojoCaster
Pat Metheny –
Exercise
#1 bars 1-4
D-sus
riff work
“It’s
Your Thing” – Isley Brothers
“Talkin’
Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” – Living Colour version - Intro
Total
time: 45 minutes
Goal:
15 minutes exercise per day
Elliptical
machine
Hill
Training mode
Time: 30 minutes
Goal:
15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie
Details:
“So
What” – Miles Davis
“Dies
Irae” – 20X, followed by dyad and climbing octave work
Rhythm
work on the E – B/D# - C#m – A progression
R&B
chord progression work
Total Time: 45 minutes
