BrettVeenstra.com» Dude http://brettveenstra.com Rants, Dreams, Recollections... on the Walk Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Brrr… http://brettveenstra.com/2008/02/14/brrr/ http://brettveenstra.com/2008/02/14/brrr/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:00:46 +0000 Brett Veenstra http://brettveenstra.com/?p=78 Happy Valentine’s Day!

Man I’m sick of cold already…

  High / Low (°F) Precip. %
Today Feb 14 Mostly Cloudy 31°/20° 20 %
Fri Feb 15 AM Snow Showers 19°/2° 30 %
Sat Feb 16 Partly Cloudy 20°/19° 0 %
Sun Feb 17 Snow 31°/28° 70 %
Mon Feb 18 Snow Shower 28°/10° 50 %
Tue Feb 19 Few Snow Showers 14°/13° 30 %
Wed Feb 20 Snow Shower 28°/19° 40 %
Thu Feb 21 Scattered Snow Showers 31°/26° 40 %
Fri Feb 22 Rain / Snow 36°/29° 60 %
Sat Feb 23 Rain / Snow Showers 35°/32° 60 %
One more month… one more month… until we get something like…
High / Low (°F) Precip. %
Today Feb 14 Sunny 75°/52° 10 %
Fri Feb 15 Mostly Sunny 83°/61° 20 %
Sat Feb 16 Partly Cloudy 83°/64° 0 %
Sun Feb 17 Isolated T-Storms 83°/66° 30 %
Mon Feb 18 T-Showers 79°/52° 50 %
Tue Feb 19 Mostly Sunny 70°/51° 10 %
Wed Feb 20 Partly Cloudy 78°/54° 10 %
Thu Feb 21 Partly Cloudy 80°/60° 10 %
Fri Feb 22 Mostly Sunny 81°/61° 20 %
Sat Feb 23 Mostly Sunny 82°/61° 20 %
]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2008/02/14/brrr/feed/ 0 What not to Do… http://brettveenstra.com/2007/10/03/what-not-to-do/ http://brettveenstra.com/2007/10/03/what-not-to-do/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:24:56 +0000 Brett Veenstra http://brettveenstra.com/?p=60 Neck painCombine:

  1. Fun and strenuous exercise for several hours at the end of a long day
  2. Sleeping on a sofa
  3. Sitting for hours in an “ergonomically correct” position the next day
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We’re already in full-swing P&P (preparation and planning). Thus far, the “ambiance” is coming along quite well.

We’ve completely repainted the powder room downstairs (which someday will cause me to create another post).

More importantly for us Guys::: The HD signal is bright and beautiful with the help of a RadioShack ampilified directional receiver. Sweetnaws. I just need to shimmy up to the attic and mount it to a truss. And if you’ve seen me, you know I’m not the size for a good shimmy!

]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2006/08/28/thanksgiving-day-prep-report-1-ambiance/feed/ 0 Concerto http://brettveenstra.com/2006/08/12/concerto/ http://brettveenstra.com/2006/08/12/concerto/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:44:00 +0000 Brett Veenstra http://brettveenstra.com/?p=34 K and I went to a concert last night and were blown away. Now, we’re not the “concert-going” folk. In fact, our last concert of this magnitude was over 7 years ago. This time it was a Jars of Clay + Third Day + Michael W. Smith gig. We didn’t stay to see MWS… we cared more about getting some ice cream and turning off the clock on the sitter.

Well, not really. After Third Day’s turn we knew there was NO WAY Smitty could compete so rather than leaving on a low note, we left on the total high note. I haven’t really liked the Third Day albums that were not worship style, but if you get a chance to see Third Day live, drop everything and go! Next one is Kalamazoo Oct 12 or Saginaw, MI on Oct 13. They’ll have David Crowder Band along then.

As for Jars, they kicked things off. Or rather, then started the noise: I was immediately reminded of the last concert I was at (they opened then too). I forgot that they suck live. I absolutely love the layers of sound they wrap into their songs on albums, and they definitely bring new spins on their songs up on stage. It’s just that if had caught them yawning on stage, it wouldn’t have suprised me. Maybe “energy” is not their thing, but Dan’s voice didn’t seem to even be warmed up, and that took about 5 songs. Grrr… I love these guys for their art, their performance wreaked.

]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2006/08/12/concerto/feed/ 1 More crap, faster life… http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/ http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:09:00 +0000 Brett Veenstra http://brettveenstra.com/?p=19 Seems like I have to keep reminding my dumb self.

The more crap we get, the faster life seems to go. I wanna spend time with the crap, not the fam. I think about more crap to go with the crap I just got. I tend to forget about the old crap and let it rot and get upset if the new crap gets busted.

We’ve got crap that plays in the crap player, on the crap screen. We’ve got crap to listen to crap while thinking about more crap.

Often times, I’ll pretend I have no worries about money just to go online and load up a shopping cart configured with crap, just because the crap I have is acting crappy (no M$ jokes Rock).

I bet we could get rid of 50% of our crap and life would be much slower and I’d actually spend good time with the kids… heh, and the 20 other things that need doing around the house would get done.

]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/feed/ 3 One of the reasons… http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/09/one-of-the-reasons/ http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/09/one-of-the-reasons/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:48:00 +0000 Brett Veenstra http://brettveenstra.com/?p=17 I don’t drink.







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