All hail the mighty fix-it man . . .
Just spent most of yesterday and most of today on the phone and web with technical support people at ATT, Linksys, and Apple.  We got a wireless router for Christmas - it is supposed to be easy to install and configure . . . but it was a very frustrating mess.

Turns out there were some glitches in the configuration instructions on the auto install gizmo.

Finally got it up and running a few minutes ago - I feel manly and important again.  Nothing like a series of computer problems to make life miserable.  But, now we are wireless!

Interesting question . . . I went into the user list and sorted by registration date.  Found out that there are dozens of pages of chordie members who all registered on March 4, 2006.

This seems peculiar.  The only explanation I can come up with is that all these members were actually registered prior to March 4, 2006.

Chordie's creator, Per, has improved and expanded the site several times.  Probably at some point all current members were imported together into an updated software version on March 4, 2006.

Upyerkilt (Ken) is the longest serving forum moderator.  Like Ken, I had been using chordie for some time before registering.  After registering, I did not access the forum for some time.

Chordie has undergone many changes since I started using the site.  The index has expanded.  The membership has grown.  Useful features have been added.  Chordie continues to be one of the best-designed and useful sites on the internet.

I stumbled on chordie while searching for lyrics and chords to "When I Paint My Masterpiece".  Little did I know then that I had found one of the internet's masterpieces!

Gentlemen, thank you for your positive feedback!
The idea for this song came from a very brief video clip on my friend Jamie's MySpace page.
Here is Jamie's friend modeling some shiny black pants:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea … d=43328027

This goofy clip reminded me of a woman I worked with many many years ago.  I can't recall her name anymore, but she had excellent posture.  Sometimes she wore some shiny tight black pants and they made absurd noises as she moved - it was hard not to laugh.

'Sneaky Squeaky Pants' shall be recorded in a day or two . . .

Hi Kenny - Yep, she has heard the song and says it made her cry happy tears.  I'll send her a link to Ken's version today.

She is a nice person and will soon get over the shock of being dumped - the guy who dumped her will regret letting her get away.

Hi Pat,
That is a very ambitious addition to your house . . . congrats on getting the kitchen and dining room finished!  I have lived in houses I was renovating and I know how stressful it can be - the joy of building tends to get overwhelmed by the reality of just how much there is to do.

I have been cleaning today.  Sweeping, scrubbing, scraping, scouring and such.  Stuff is looking better . . . our guests might actually be fooled into thinking we are not slobs.  Our home is not filthy - it's just lived in and real.  This song I wrote a while back sort of sums it up:
http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4703

Anyway - to all our chefs, Gentlemen I salute you!  I have neither the patience or skill to prepare delicious meals.  However, I am always appreciative of meals that anybody else has prepared . . . I will gladly do the scullery work but my cooking skills are minimal.

OK - back to cleaning . . .

Kitchen cupboards and drawers - looks to me that ours are full of junk.  Seems like somebody should go through it all and discard all the unused bits.  However, I am going to take charlotte's advice and leave it all alone . . . the kitchen is my wife's domain.

Ken, keep up the cleaning - but messing with what is in the cabinets and drawers is very dangerous stuff.  Better to go scrub the bathroom and wash windows and vacuum under all the furniture.

I've got to fix a broke window now - hopefully I won't make it any worse!

OK, so I should have doing other stuff yesterday afternoon.  But, I took some time to record 'Everything Unsaid'. 

After several attempts to churn up the appropriate intensity and ferociousness, I had only succeeded in getting hoarse and blistering my thumb . . .

The song is now up at my "Songs for Human and Autoharp" MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/r200james
Please give it a listen?
Perhaps someday after my thumb heals and my voice is better, I'll give it another go . . . I'll also practice using thumb and finger picks for these sorts of thrash & howl tunes.

Hi jets!
Congrats on the successful marriage!  Domestic bliss is wonderful stuff - it's not always easy, but I couldn't imagine life without a partnership.

Hope to hear this one soon.
James

You know, one of the best things about becoming more mature and mellow is that we (men) can actually finally start using our brains . . .

I have also met this woman many times - now that I'm a little bit wiser, I can see her a bit more clearly since my vision is not quite so clouded by hormonal frenzy.

Hello, All1Song
That was 3 1/2 minutes of my time very well spent!  Great version of a great song.  I believe that great songs are kept alive by people like us playing them . . . the original recordings are wonderful - - but I would much rather hear a from-the-heart rendition of a song than hear the recording yet again.  That was a truly beautiful interpretation of the song - thanks and keep on playing from the heart.  James