I've not been visiting much. I don't know if I will get around tonight. Probably tomorrow.
What I've been doing lately is absorbing myself into my hobbies. I had completely torn apart a guitar amplifier that I'd made. You can read about that amp and other stuff here.
I did some modifications and improvements with some military spec parts. I had problems getting it working again, but I'm smart and figured out that I had a power tube lug shorting out to a heater wire. It was so compact and hard to see that I couldn't find the problem until I resorted to turning everything on and attacking the guts with a chopstick to see what happened (very smart).
I accidentally got bitten by the mains supply while doing this. Fortunately, it wasn't the power transformer's secondaries that my thumb hit--that would have been 680 VAC rather than the house current of 120 VAC that I got hit with.
The other amp I worked on was the 1957 Gibson Skylark of mine. I just installed a negative feedback bypass to have the option of even order harmonics with my signal. Translation: I can either have it normal and deeper sounding or richer and chimey. I know you all feel me on this.
Getting lost in these things has helped me de-stress from all the family's and my health issues. I know it has kept me away from all of you, but I needed to do it.
I went back a year in my archives and noticed how often and how righteously I used to bring it with my posts. Hopefully, I will be able to do a bit more of that soon. It has been hard to tap into that part of me when I'm busy being a chemo zombie.
From a favorite Townes Van Zandt tune of mine:
"If I had no place to fall,
And I needed to,
Could I count on you
To lay me down?"
I can't figure out if he needed rest or needed to get laid, but the way he sings it is beautifully sad in his longing, gentle phrase.
Alright, I gotta get up early to get a bunch of nasty chemicals pumped into me. Laters!
Earl...
11 years ago
8 comments:
It's all good. Sometimes we need some time away to focus on the things that make us happy :) (other than blogging!)
My work is about to go from 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds...so I may be absent for awhile too.
Electronics are cool! and so are you.
HUGS!!
Very cool-
and I promise never to drink and blog at your place again.
Don't ask if you don't know~
Hugs :)
Hobbies are comforting, and in times like you're going through we need to consume ourselves in comforting things. So, my dear, it's understandable that you have done so! Of course I miss you, but I understand. (HUGS)
I miss your visits too. hang in there , we really understand the need to be away from the blog for a bit. notice all these women?? where are your guy friends huh??
Good work with Lil Bastard! I'm glad that becoming a chemo zombie hasn't interfered with your hobbies.
Thank God for hobbies. If I didn't have mine to occupy me sometimes, I think might lose my sanity. (well more of it.)
Celeste~ I always knew you were a high performance model.
Lee Lee~ Cool! It feels good when people appreciate me.
Cora~ HAHA! No worries.
Jules~ How can you possibly miss poor little me?
QT~ Yeah, where are all the dudes at?
O-Girl~ Sanity? What's that?
ah...Townes van Zant... he inspired the Cowboy Junkies, you know.
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