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My Brother and his Music

Everytime I get the chance to talk with my brother it seems like we always end up talking about his love for music. He wasn't much into music when he was younger but as soon as he entered adulthood, it seems that's all he wanted to do. He even formed what we call a 'backyard' band. It's he and his friends jamming in the backyard for fun. Their band even played some gigs way back when but life got in the way, i.e. jobs and families, so they disbanded. But music runs through his veins so he still plays and sometimes composes. He even asked me to check on pro tools m-powered software that he plans in getting sometime in the near future. I guess that's how you do music now, using a software. I have yet to check it but I'm sure it's something he has researched a lot about because he was talking quite a bit about it. I'm glad he's into music and not in any other vices. At least I don't have to worry about him getting hooked into some unwanted elem...

Oh Colin...

We had the first TS this week. Not Taylor Swift...it's actually 'Colin'...and it's the first a 'thunderstorm' of the hurricane season of 2016. Fortunately there were no thunders or storms that came our way just s little bit of rain, off and on yesterday. Needless to say the over the top coverage of 'Colin' was, um, over the top. I guess we can't blame them for overdoing the coverage and warning. As the saying goes...it's better to be safe than sorry. Right now it's a little bit windy outside but it's all clear...blue sky and sunny. I haven't heard or read that Colin did any major damage. I don't think it did but I'm sure there are isolated cases like the one boathouse that sank in a marina somewhere. The owner said he lost everything but the clothes on his back. He and his mother had to be rescued from their boathouse though. Now, that's something I didn't quite get. Why didn't they evacuate their boathouse? I beli...