Corey Snipes

Bluegrass is one of the most social, and beginner-friendly styles of music on earth. If you are interested in getting started with bluegrass music, or just looking for some friends to play music with now and then, here are my suggestions. A great place to start is Pete Wernick's resources for slow jams and total beginners. They are inexpensive and I can vouch for the quality of Pete's material. I believe you can stream some or all of them. Also,…

bEnjoying this week: January 2000 interview with Douglas Adams discussing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and a little bit of everything else. The interview is an episode of BBC's Radio 4 Bookclub, and features a Q&A session with a group of (lucky) readers. Search for "douglas adams bbc radio" on your podcast app of choice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0075r2v

Maiden voyage (for me) of our old Grumman 17' aluminum canoe. What a nice way to spend time on the water. Also I'm told the day's wordle was "canoe" so that's fitting. This is the Rocky River near Cleveland Ohio, just upstream of the Emerald Necklace marina. It's a really nice area and very accessible from our home. Miles and miles of connected river valley and multipurpose trail right through the city. It's surrounded by inner-ring suburb neighborhoods but it's…

I just love this tree. Cleveland Metroparks Top 'O Ledges Picnic area, Hinckley Ohio USA.

Locust trees look like something from space. The thorns are believed to have evolved to protect the trees from browsing Pleistocene megafauna (mammoths, giant deer, etc) [1]. (Wiregrass Lake Metropark, Toledo OH USA)

My 50th birthday is coming up in November 2021, so I'm already in my 50th year of life. I've been thinking about how to celebrate this milestone for a while now. Pre-COVID we were planning a trip to the UK to explore some family roots and the English countryside. That'll happen eventually, but not this year. I started 2021 without any real concrete goals or plans for this milestone. By late February, two had emerged as top contenders, achievable (with…

I believe my musical tastes are finally matured such that I can finally appreciate Tom Waits. I asked my friends where I should start. These are my notes from those comments. These albums were mentioned as good starting points for the Tom Waits newbie. These were mentioned as favorite albums (not necessarily best starting points, but could be). This film and soundtrack were recommended: Big Time For the other map nerds (not my work) https://tomwaitsmap.com

The Short Answer: Tanks all day. We needed to replace our aging hot water tank in 2020, so I discussed the tankless option with several plumbing professionals and homeowners. Over the last few years, I have experienced the transition from tank to tankless at my in-laws home. We confidently decided the tank was better. Tankless solves a problem we don't have (unlimited hot water) and creates two new problems: 1) Slightly longer delay in getting hot water at the taps,…