I had a wonderful Christmas this year, better than I’ve had in a long time. It wasn’t just because of all of the wonderful gifts either. I was off of work from Thursday the 23rd through Tuesday the 28th. I had a lot of time to sit, relax and enjoy my presents. Speaking of presents, I got lots of great stuff. Some of the highlights were a Minolta DiMage Z1 digital camera, a black leather jacket a 12-disk Lord of the Rings...

Unseen performed on Saturday night and it went very well. We had a good turnout and we did well with all of the music. There was only one bad mistake the whole night and it was easily recovered from. Overall we were very excited to have it over with, but we all look forward to playing again. We’ve got a couple of events on the horizon. More on that later. For now I’m enjoying my evenings at home and loving not having to leave...

I’ve been playing in this band for a while. We haven’t had a name until about a week ago. We’re now known as Unseen, which is a reference to 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, which says “16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes...

If you knew me in high school, you know that I was really into heavy metal music. Among my favorite bands was Pantera. They were one of the few metal bands that could really challenge my guitar playing skills and allow me to get better as I learned how to play their songs. The band I was in in high school idolized them and the majority of our song list consisted of Pantera tracks. They’ve been broken up for a couple of years now and...

Hopefully you can tell, but I’ve been making more updates to the site. One of the most notable additions is the items of Interest section. I’ll use that area as a place to post interesting stories as well as some articles and stuff that I’ve written. Make sure you check that section out frequently, because I’ve been adding to it a lot lately. One of the most recent additions is a brief essay I wrote called “The...