July update started (July 12)
The John Shinnick Web Site!
So Sue Me!
July 24, 2010
3: Golf now officially makes absolutely no sense and I don't care.  No update for this month.

4: Okay, there is no "4".  Check back next month.
July has been a very weird month for me.  Lots of sorting out some long-standing issues.  All is well, and I expect a full accounting to be presented as an August update.

For now, all is well.  As the tee-shirt Nephew Keith gave me for Christmas says, "Life is good".  It is.

In brief:

1: I'm back taking guitar lessons from the great Johnny Harper.  Also voice lessons from Richard Jennings who I'm sure will turn out to be great too.

2: I'm cutting loose of some old stuff that's gone unused for years.
Hey, it's me relaxing with a well deserved mai tai on Bora Bora!
The House of Shin
Part 4 - the Den
June 12

This is my den.  Actually, it’s the vacation wall of my den.  It has a number of pictures to remind me of various vacations I’ve taken through the years.  There’s stuff from as far away as New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti.  There’s also Vancouver, France, Venice, the Czech Republic and other cool spots.

Also shown are three of my far too many guitars and a couple of amps I send them through as needed.  The bass one needs some use since I’ll be playing in Colorado with Void Where Prohibited later this month.  That small turquoise thing on the small speaker is an electric metronome which has had far too little use of late.  Especially with some of my guitar practice exercises, I like to use it.  Not being in any performing bands has definitely lessened my use of this little tool!

It sits on top of a great space saver.  I traded my old huge stereo speakers for a pair of small ones and a sub-woofer.  The old ones are in my attic as I try to figure out what to do with them.  They were really much larger than I needed and I wanted the space.

Not shown are the new shelves I got for my CD’s and some other stuff I like to keep close at hand.  Also in this room is my PC that I’m using for this update.  I hope you liked it.

John Shinnick is still #1 on Yahoo, Google and Bing, I'll no longer tell you this each month. British Petroleum cheated to get to the top of their list, I didn't.

It’s all about my house.
News
My golf game really tanked.  My index is a disgrce.  As Garfield the cat said, "Big Fat Hairy Deal."

The Graham Parks wedding was cool.  I need to get the photo documenting my attendance.

Also, Wesley Tyner (my step-grand nephew, but I know him much better than that!) graduated.  He's way cool and it'll be fun watching him go through life!  I missed his
graduation ceremony.- there was just too much going on, what with the Graham Parks thing and the Void Where Prohibited reunion.

The annual HUGE golf tournament and the Void Where Prohibited band reunion are in the immediate future.
Updates
Shin the Traveller
7/24/10
There will be no full update.  I did finish DVD set "Nutrition Made Clear" and am making some adjustments.  Started DVD set "The Modern Intellectual Tradition".  Got sidetracked and put down "The Yosemite" in favor of "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow.  WONDERFUL read!
7/3/10
July update started.  Athlete, Scholar, Resolutions done.  Need to update this here front page!
6/24/10
Finished "Rogue Regime", started "The Yosemite".
I'm in Durango!
6/12/10
Finished June Update.  Added the Dave Boughton
Retirement Poem to the Writings section.
6/2/10
Finished "Creating a World Without Poverty", started "Rogue Regime".  June update for Resolutions, Scholar, Musician completed.
5/16/10
Added Contra Costa to the 58 County Pledge
Shin the Musician
Shin the Athlete (?)
Shin the Scholar
Shin the Writer
HUGE!
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