Michael P. O'Connor  Michael P. O'Connor My life Email: mpop (at) mikeoconnor (dot) net Just a place for me to talk about things that I am interested in Other Names I am known by: mpop, kb3hcg & Drun
October 9, 2008Illidan Cousle down World of Warcraft • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 5, 2008I seen the bear mount dropYesterday, I was running with some friends, they needed me to to replace their normal resto druid in their ZA runs since she just had a baby.
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I am happy to finally see it drop, I wanted to be able to say I seen it drop. I don't want it, it is the ugliest mount in the game, but to be able to see it drop as part of a team where we run the 4 timers (and have 2 minutes left over)World of Warcraft • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 3, 2008Fun at church tonightWell I went over to my church to hang with some friends tonight. First off we played a game called "Dukes of Hazzard" that was fun. Then I pulled out my Fluxx deck, if you know that game you know how much fun it can be, we did 3 games, the first 2 were fast 10 minute ones, the last one lasted about an hour, you know those ones, long but funny as all get out.
Then after that, Joe and I went and started to have some fun playing music, he had brought his Alto Recorder and I had my Tin Whistle on me, so we spent about 30 minutes on that, and by that time it was 10 at night so we called it a night.Church · Friends · Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksA Shout outI want to put a shout out to the following people
Johnathan and Kata Ward.
Joel Martan
I recently had my cell phone break, and lost all my numbers, and so I lost your numbers. I am sure you still have mine (or so I hope) Give me a call, or drop me an email and say hi.
Sadly since you are no longer in the area finding you guys will be harder then not.Friends • 0 Comments/TrackbacksLinksWell as you might have noticed I just did some major link clean up on the right side of this page. I have lots of work to do to get this site back up and going. I need to work on the photo section and all the other sections, but first order of business is the blog then the photo section and we will see where I go from there.
The question now is should I clean up the Sections, or should I leave the old sections in and just add on to it. Cleaning them up will allow me to more focus this blog, but leaving all the old ones will let the old posts keep their old sections, and I do not wish to delete any old posts.Blog Stuff · Web Site • 0 Comments/TrackbacksThe blog rises from the dustI am going to look at reviving this blog. And bring it back, there will be some changes on it, if you find your way back here and read it again, you might notice some changes. I will refrain from political stuff, and aquarium stuff, I will still be doing stuff about the Tin Whistle, and Biking (next year) and all that fun stuff. I will also be doing more on the game I been playing World of Warcraft.
I will also be updating the links on the right side of the page. • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 13, 2007Vista sucks more the xpWell I got a new computer this week, on Wednessday, it crashed 5 times on the first day before I even installed anything. It is running slower then a computer 5 years older then it. It is a crap shoot if the sound will work. I have been told by other people that work with winblows all the time, I will be better off to upgrade to xp.Technology • 1 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 9, 2007fedex fails to deliver againWell I have a package being sent to me, the sender made the mistake of using fedex, the sent it last Wed. I have yet to get it, I sent it to my office, where we have guards there 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. fedex claims to have tried 2 times, and there was no one there. So that tells me fedex is full of liers. I talked to Mike in security, and he verified that tonight at 6pm when fedex claims to have tried a delivery, there was no attempts by fedex.
fedex fails to deliver again.
Heck I got the recite in the post already.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksAugust 12, 2007Upgreaded my OS on my Linux boxI have been running Fedora 2 for the longest time on my Linux box well today I just put Fedora 7 on it. I am still in the middle of the install, aka I am downloading the updated patches for the system.Technology • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJuly 23, 2007I got to meet Todd Wilken of Issues EtcMy favorit Talk show is Issues Etc, and when I was in Huston I got to meet the host of the show I also did get Todd Wilken to pose for a picture with me, check it outChurch • 0 Comments/Trackbacks1000 and 1000 and 1000's of spamI just looked at the comments on my photo section, I have spent 2 hours so far deleteing all the 1000's and 1000's and 1000's of spam, I am not using the interface privited by the system I use, it is just slow, I am deleteing them straight from the database. I been thought 3 pages of 1000 entries at a time, and still have alot to go though. I am at the point I am just blind deleteing them, aka I am not even looking to see if there is a real comment. I have set the max langth of comments on my photo section to 0 so that should help prevent the spam. And it all is perverted stuff. Why do spammers think that a web site others put up is there place to put up their graffie? I hope if they ever put up one for them selfs, they get 100x the spam on their site as they produce. I hope the worse for them, I know that is wrong, but I loss so much of my time because they are such SOB's. 3 hours today.
I also set the comment feild in the database of the photo section to be read only, so no comments should be accepted. The final count was 7K spam posts.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 1 Comments/TrackbacksFinallyI just got my bike out of the shop today, I dropped if off on the 12, need a new rear wheel casset, new chain, another tune up for the year, and I was hoping they could work on the front derailer. Well they did get all that done, and finally the front derailer works the way I think it should work. For the last 3 years the front derailer would not move the chain down to the smallest gear, unless I was going a high speed (just the opposite of what I needed) On the ride home I tried it out, and wow -- it dropped down to the smallest set with such ease.Biking • 0 Comments/TrackbacksBack from hustonGot back from Huston on Friday, and I am so glad to be back. I will post my thoughts on the LCMS national convention, but I will do that later, I want to choice my words with care.Church · Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJuly 16, 2007My head started to get bigger this weekWell this week my head started to grow to a large size, I had 2 people (one is the call screener for my favorit Radio Show "Issues Etc" and some other random guy) said they read my blog. The second guy was a person that works for CPH and we were talking about sheet music and I was talking about needing it in the key of D or G, for an instrument I play, he asked what it was, and when I said the Tin Whistle, he asked "Oh are you Michael P. O'Connor" (my name tag only had Michael O'Connor, and I had earlier said I was from Pittsburgh) I was shocked that some random person could guess my Middle Inishal, he did mentioned he has read my blog.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksWhat a way to end the dayI go out to get some food today after the session ended for the day here. Well Huston have most things closing down at 7pm. I finally end up at a Subway (along with a bunch of other people from the convention, this turned out to be very varable as you shall see soon)
Well as I get up to the point to order my food some guy about 3 people back bangs the window (from the inside) and started to threaten to kill himself. Not some thing you want to deal with when you are tring to buy dinner after a long day. So taking a quick look at him (to get a bit of a discription), then after getting my meal rush out the door (as if I was leaving), called 911. the problem I ran into right then is, appently you get connected to a central service, and I had to 1st id the city, then if I wanted the police/ems/fire. Well I never dealt with something like this so I just said I don't know some guy is threating to kill himself, I then got connected to the huston police. After I give all the info I had, and the call ended, I went back in to "eat" Well there were other people there from the convenstion, so 4 of us get the guy to site down and "eat" with us untill the athorities arived.... what a way to end the day.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJuly 14, 2007Don't bike for a day and your legs will never forgive youWell for the last 2 days I been doing alot of sitting, I have not gotten any biking in at all, and right now my legs are killing me for it. You would think that not biking would not cause pain, but for me for some stupid reason, it hurts when I don't bike.Biking • 0 Comments/TrackbacksAt the synodical convensionWell I am now here at the LCMS convension. One good thing that did happen was that my favorit talk radio show host was here, Todd Wilkins, and I did get to meet him in person, he does a readio show called Issues Etc (I usally listen late via the podcasts. I will post pictures of the convention when I get home, and I hope to see if I can get Pastor Wilkins to pose with me in a picture.Church • 2 Comments/TrackbacksJuly 9, 2007Biking and stuffI know I have not posted much on it, but I am still biking alot, I bike to work every day. I have not done as much biking as of late as I would like to have, but I have a lot of other things on my plate, and I do want to dedicate a bit more time to other things.Biking · Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksAmazing GraceHere is my attempted at playing the Spiritual Song Amazing Grace, still not sure it made it into the new Lutheran hymnal, it is a great song and all, but not a hymn. Click here to hear the recording of it, and some rambalings by meIrish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJune 28, 2007More MusicClick here and if you have an idea what the music is please post a guess, comments are open only for a week (this is an anit-spam thing, less posting time less spam)Irish Tin Whistle • 2 Comments/TrackbacksJune 18, 2007We finally did it we itThe guild I am in BlackFlag we did it we beat The Curator in Karazhan
Click here for a pic of the downed boss or here for one with out the loot showingGames • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJune 13, 2007The new Linux boxWell I been messing around with this new Linux box I build this weekend and I think it seems to be working out well. I still need to update the OS from FC2 to FC7 I am working with the old hard drives so I have all my old data, the hard drives were not to bad, heck they were greate when I build the old system and they are still very good now, one is a 250Gb one and the other is a 100Gb one, so I should not feel any crunch on space for a long time to come still.Technology • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJune 10, 2007Todays bike rideToday our church had it's annual picnic, well I talked a friend of mine from church into biking up to it, it only took about 1 hour and fifteen minutes. At the place we had the picnic they also had a pool, so Joe and I ended up swimming for about 3 hours before riding back. My main problem is I never put sunscreen on, and now my shoulders are yelling at me now. But it was a good time. But now I have a major headache, don't know if it from not drinking enough or from the sunburn. I did drink only 1.5 litters of water -- not enough.Biking · Church · Friends • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJune 9, 2007My BlogNow that my Linux box is back up and running I probably will be posting more often to my blog. So if after all these months you are still checking this blog it is now again alive.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksGot my Linux box back upWell I went to get a new CPU for my Linux box today, well I could not get one to fit my mother board so I had to get a new mother board, and new memory, but at lest I got my Linux box back up and running it feels nice to have my Linux box back up and running.Technology • 2 Comments/TrackbacksPhoto section back upI got the photo section of my web site back up and running so you can see hereWeb Site • 0 Comments/TrackbacksMay 27, 2007I think I got the spam problem downWell it has been 3 days, and I have not seen spam, I know that is going to be the lowest and I will get more spam later, but it is 0 down from about 100 a day.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksMay 25, 2007Here is a picture of my character in WoW Play • 0 Comments/TrackbacksThis should help stop the spamI issued a sql command to the sql server that holds my blog, basicly said that if the comments section says allow, turn it to disallow, the timed ones should have all timed out, except the most resent ones, we shall see, if in a week I have over 100 spams again I will know that it did not work. But it should, since the spammers try to hit older posts, and I have all posts now set to disallow or allow comments only for 1 week after they are posted.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksTried to get a new CPU for my linux box todaybut it looks like Best buy does not sell them any more, well atlest that is what I was told when I said I wanted to buy one. So I guess my photo section will be down for a little bit longer.Web Site • 1 Comments/TrackbacksTin Whistle musicWell here is another post. I have recorded some music that I played on my tin whistle click here to bleed your ears outIrish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksMay 19, 2007I forgot how bad the spam on my blog wasBut I am getting about 30 an hour now. Spammers are the scum of the earth. It is not like they will ever get their stuff posted here, nor will I ever use their trashy stuff.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksMay 12, 2007BowlingI went bowling tonight with some friends of mine from church. It was a lot of fun, my first game I got some where in the 60's my second game I got a 112.Church • 0 Comments/TrackbacksTin WhistleI know some people would like me to post about my latest stuff with my Tin Whistle, well back on Easter Tim Palmer and I played the last hymn at church. Usally this is done on the front lawn for easter Sunday but this year it was to cold. "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" was the hymn that we played.Church · Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksThe mail is starting to come inWell I have been elected to represent the South Western Pittsburgh circut at the LCMS national convention in Huston TX this year. Well I am starting to get a lot of information in the mail, and I am thinking I might not be able to read it all. But I will give a try; I will prioritize the stuff to, convention business, should read, and probably will not read if I don't have the time.Church • 0 Comments/TrackbacksI know it been a long time since I have posted hereAnd some of my friends at church and one of my friends from WoW (darkmessiah) have been incuraging me to post so ok I will post and I have a few posts to do today, so watch out.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksMarch 1, 2007Got my first bike ride in for the yearWell I biked to work for the first time this year, it was great to pull the bike out of storage and bike to work, what a thrill, there is nothing like a great morning bike ride, I pity the people that have to drive to work. I will update the mile count on top of the site later on tonight or maybe tomorrow.Biking • 0 Comments/TrackbacksFebruary 28, 2007Got an email today asking about my tin whistle playing and if I am still doing it. The answer to that question is yes I am still doing it. lately I have been practicing the following Easter Carol "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" I have been doing well, well at lest I think so. maybe I will record it later on and put it the blog.Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNo posts as of lateI have gotten 2 email in the last couple of days asking why I have not posted much. Well during the colder months there is not much to talk about, no biking. I use to do political but politics have been so full of hate lately I really don't think I want to deal with the hate that is in politics, in the last 8 years I have basically seen some candidates campaign only on "I am not that other person" Well I am starting to wonder do I want to really meditate on that stuff much.Blog Stuff · Politics • 0 Comments/TrackbacksJanuary 30, 2007Photo section down for a bitUntil I can get my linux box back up and the backup of my photo section back, I have deleted it since some asshole hacker thinks he is cute by hacking the site. Sorry to any one, I hope that kid that did it suffers some massive painful event soon.Web Site • 2 Comments/TrackbacksJanuary 2, 2007I hate spamIt does not matter how big I make my mail box quota, I just upped it again I upped it by another 100Mb it was only 100Mb, I get a phone call almost every other day I get a call that mail is bouncing again. I get so much spam that my personal email address is now official useless. I wish we had real laws against spam in all countries to get ride of it, I am about ready to close down the email address and leave the world of email, 99.99999% of the email I get is spam.Technology • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 25, 2006MERRY CHRISTMASMerry Christmas to every one.Holoday stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 19, 2006I must be the only one that does this(Young single guy that is . . .)
My mother dropped off my presents for Christmas that she and my dad got me this year at my apartment, I must be the only single young guy that did not rush to open them, they are still wrapped under my tree (well except 3 since they are to big to fit under the tree so they are still wrapped under the dining room table, oh and the tree is a 3 foot fake tree) I will probably not open them till Christmas Afternoon.
I will admit there is this one box that has my curiosity peaked. Oh well I have my World of Warcraft game to keep my attention for the next few days. I still have to send out my Christmas cards, I probably send them out tomorrow (yes I know late but that is how I am, and most of them are local so they should be there the day after.)Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 13, 2006Tested the bulbs in my Christmas Tree LightsI just tested all the bulbs in my main 100 light strain, there were only 17 that worked, and 83 were bad. I need to find a place that I can get some replacement bulbs for it. I know I could just by a new 100 strain but I don't see it good to just trash the strain. I hope to be putting the stuff up on the 14th.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 9, 2006I should check my spam folder and sorry to my friendsWell my account was full, I was wondering why I did not get any email for the last few days, well over 50 Megabytes were full of spam in my spam filter folders, I have deleted those, and clean up some room on my account. I have deleted some photos from my photo album (Biking 2004 and Biking 2005)Blog Stuff · Technology • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 5, 2006Bus PassWell the cold drove me off my bike for the season, so I was walking to work, it was not that bad, but it is getting colder. So I picked up a bus pass, I miss my free bus pass when I worked at CMU.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 4, 2006World of WarCraftI know I have not tried this game before, I did not like the idea of posable going around and people coming up and just killing you for no reason. But with a free 10 day free trial, what have I had to loss except a little bit of time. Well it turns out you can set your character up on a PvE server so people can not attack and kill you, the worst you can do is accept a duel, but you don't die at the end of it, you are left with only one HP, so you can heal yourself afterwards, I don't do duels but.
If you happen to be on the server of Korialstrasz, run across a Night Elf named Drun, say hi to me. As of today I am up to a level 19. I have spent more time then I should have on the game, and found I do like it, so I have upgraded to the full paid account.Play • 0 Comments/TrackbacksDecember 1, 2006Well it is finally finishedWell today was the day we did the caroling over at Family House, those months of practice have come to a head. Over all I think it went well. So I the first time I did a public performance is over, and I am glad it is over because I was so nervous.
I wanted to record one of the practices we did, but every time I did, I was getting clipping on the recording, so I could not record anything that would be worth putting up.Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 25, 2006Walmart sales downI just saw on Fox news that Walmart sales for yesterday were down 10%, but they did not report why, but I think I know why. I got this email from the AFA on Nov 21 of 2006.click here to see the email (259 words)News · Politics • 1 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 24, 2006CoolA year or two ago, my parents gave me a DVD "Creating The Lord of the Rings Symphony" In a tune labeled "The Shire" I hear a familiar sounding instrument, I look over at the screen (I am listening to it and not watching) and I see a Tin Whistle, I think to my self that can not be right, the Tin Whistle in a classical piece. So I watch as the guy fingers the instrument and try to copy it a bit, well, other then being about 3/4th of a beat off it sounded the same, the note the pitch, and the sound wow, after seeing that IF said Symphony ever comes to Pittsburgh I will want to go see it.Irish Tin Whistle • 4 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 23, 2006Happy Thanksgiving AllI am over at my parents place, but I wanted to just log on to wish all a happy thanks giving, I hope you had a good one.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 22, 2006It still gives me a rushThis still gives me a rush. What is it, it is where I give a first run test of some code I wrote. When I run it for the first time, and the code I wrote runs as I had planned on as I wrote it. It gives me such a rush when I see my code run.Technology · Geekdom • 3 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 21, 2006I did record the practice tonightI just have to edit out the talking, we did a lot of BS while we where practicing and I want to take some of that out. I just don't have the time tonight. (I still have to post 2 other podcasts that I have the recording for too.)Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 20, 2006Due to Bandwidth theftI have turned on Hotlink protection for my site. If you find a page on my site set, mikeoconnor.net hamradiobb.com please let me know what page. I do not wish to let myspace people steal my bandwidth.Web Site • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 17, 2006Finally got my iBook workingWell it took me alot time of work, but I finally got the iBook to a usable state. I been unusable for over a year, but now that I been doing some work on the hardware and put Linux oneit, it seems to be working fine, the only thing I need to get done on it now, is to see if I can get the bluetooth dongle to work on it under Linux for the Mac.Technology • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 15, 2006Oh Holy NightWe might be adding "Oh Holy Night" to the Dec 1 singing. I am practising it on the Tin Whistle. And ouch those high g a and b notes are harsh, right now I can tell I am missing it up big time they just sound so wrong (well at lest to me)Irish Tin Whistle • 4 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 14, 2006Where is the simpsons SpringfieldI know the creators say they will not let people know what state the Simpsons live in, but I think we can get it down to a region. Well here is where I am coming from. To the best of my knowledge Principal Skinner has spent his life in Springfield (except for the time he was in Vietnam) and in the episode "Homer's Paternity Coot" where Homer gets a 40 years old letter for his mother that states that she was having an affare with a life guard, Principal Skinner is talking on a Ham radio and he gives the call sign WA3QIZ as his call sign (a quick check of qrz does show that it belongs to a club, but that is unimportant in this case just a side note)
A quick check of the call districts in the US shows that there are 3 states and one district that has 3 in it. PA, MD, DE, and DC. We can remove DC from that list since DC is a city and not a state. So we have one of three states the Simpsons live in PA, MD, or DE.0
Yes I know this is a pointless post but I just thought it would be fun, I guess I should get a life, or a girlfriend.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 13, 2006Elton John has lost one fan todayElton John would want to "ban religion completely" Yes he does have the freedom to say what he wants. But I will also exercise my freedom also, he will not be listed on my play lists anymore. He was at one time my 2nd favorite singer (right after Billy Joel) But after his hateful statements about religions I think I will not be listening to him anymore, its involves deleting all my mp3's of his, and then taking the CD's I own of his (this is where got my mp3's) I also have a lot Elton John memorial, so I will have to get rid of that stuff too.
Yes, I know some of you are wondering how can some one that condemns homosexuality but still listen to Elton John. That is because I condemn the lifestyle not the person. But this (what I will call) hate speech (that yes he has the right to say) I will not be listening to his stuff anymore (just practicing my free speech, free speech does include limiting what you hear or listen too, and he now is in the not to listen too list)
Well I guess it is just as well, I have been exploring different types of music as of late. That would include Celtic and Classical Music.Politics • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 10, 2006Some fun tonightTonight a bunch of my friends and I went out to the Church Brew works to celebrate my 30th that was yesterday.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 9, 2006Tried to record my Tin Whistle Practice tonight.I tried to record my practicing, I used my palm pilot to try to record it. There was a problem as I was try to record it to the SD card, it was recording every 5th second so when I tried to play it back it was only 5 minutes long and just sounded so wrong, I will try to recording my practice tomorrow.Irish Tin Whistle • 1 Comments/TrackbacksDue to spamDue to spam I have set a limit you can only post one comment every 5 minutes. If I have to I will up that time, but for now I will test the 5 minutes rule.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 8, 2006My Plans for tomorrow.Well I took tomorrow off, I planned this some time last month. I am going to sleep in tomorrow, then I will hit Matins tomorrow at church. I will probably come home and read. Why did I take tomorrow off, why would some one take a Thursday off. Well first I had 6 vacation days I have to use before the end of the year. And tomorrow is my 30th Birthday. It is a big round number, so I am going to take the day off.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 2 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 7, 2006Thanks to Rob and TerryToday, I asked two of my friends Terry and Rob to go with me when I went to vote, I was worried because back in 2004 moveon was doing aggressive campaigning inside the polling places, and there was almost no privacy on the new voting booths. I was glad when I went in and saw that there was no one campaigning inside the polling place this year. Thanks goes out Rob and Terry again.Family · Politics • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 5, 2006An anser to DanDan at Necessary Roughness asked the following question "I don't know anything about your whistle, but one # in the key of G makes for slightly more readability than two-sharp D :) Not that big a difference though." To my Post on about transposing "A Mighty Fortress" But since I can not do table formatting in comments I will post the answer here so that I can use table tags in the answer. So here goes my answer.
Dan on the Tin Whistle, I just look at the key signature just to see how to play the C, to give idea how it works the finger is as follows.
The fingering for the Tin Whistle, O = open hole X = closed hole
HOLEABCC#DEF#G
1 XXOO XXX X
2 XOXO XXX X
3 OOXO XXX X
4 OOOO XXX O
5 OOOO XXO O
6 OOOO XOO O
So for me the key of D and G are just as easy as each other. and for transposing the song would look at this.
KeyDORAMEFASOLATEDO
D D E F#G A B C# D
G G A BC D E F# G
C C D EF G A B C
So as you can see going from the key of C to D is just upping the notes by only about one in most cases and in 2 cases only 1 1/2 step. For the key of G it would be 5 notes in 7 cases and in one case 5 1/2 steps. So for me I felt that it was just easier to go up to the key of D was best for me.Blog Stuff · Irish Tin Whistle • 2 Comments/TrackbacksThe fire up in CabotThere was a fire up at Concordia. I wish to send my best to any one that lives there. I know one person that lives there, I am just glad he was at church today as he is every Sunday. So he was safe at our church when the problem happend. He right now is staying with friends. But I wish this did not happen, but I am glad my friend is ok.News • 0 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 4, 2006Learned how to transpose music for my instrument todayWell today in the Music Theory course I am taking, I learned how to transpose music when it comes to my Instrument (the Tin Whistle) Which can only play stuff in the key signature of D major, G major, E minor, and B minor.
I started some work (I will probably finish tomorrow) on taking "A mighty Fortress" from the C to the key of D ( I picked D since it is just upping the notes by one) And it sounds correct.Irish Tin Whistle • 1 Comments/TrackbacksNovember 2, 2006Sorry to my readersIf you tried to post a comment in the last couple of weeks, sorry, I was trying a new anti-spam setup, and well I guess everything was being considered spam. I have turned off the thing so you should be able to comment again.Blog Stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 31, 2006The last miles of my biking this year just put upI just entered the last 31.09 miles from my bike computer up here so my total miles for this year are 1045.10 for the year, so I guess for next year my goal should be 1200 miles.Biking • 0 Comments/TrackbacksHappy Reformation DayYes you read that right today is Reformation Day. This day in 1517 Luther posted his 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg.
Also if you have children I hope they had a good and safe Halloween, I do feel sorry for the kids in the Pittsburgh region, since it rained tonight.
I also hope you all have a good All Saints day tomorrow, and a good All Souls day on the 2nd.Misc (no other place to put this stuff) • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 30, 2006Does any one want to hearDoes any one want to hear some of the Christmas Carols I have been practicing as of late. If any one want to hear some of them I am willing to record them and convert them to mp3's and upload them here. So does any one want to hear any of them. The ones that I am will to put up are as follows
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
We Three Kings
O Christmas Tree
Away in a Manger
God Rest you Merry Gentlemen
if you would like to hear me do one of these I can record it and put it up, just let me know in your comment which one you would like to hear.Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksPictures from the Pittsburgh Area Reformation CelebrationThe Pictures from the Pittsburgh Area Reformation Celebration for this year are up now.Church · Pittsburgh stuff • 0 Comments/TrackbacksToday probably will be my last day biking to work this seasonWell since the daylight change, and that the sun is setting so close to 5, and that it is getting colder, I think the biking season is over for me. I will probably just walk to work for the winter. I will put the last of my miles up later.Biking • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 29, 2006What a dayWell today was a bit long. After church today, we had our yearly Octoberfest, then after that we went to First Lutheran in Sharpsburgh. Finally after I and Joe got back we started to practice the Christmas Carols that we are planning to play on Dec 1. We have some work to do. He and I have to start to learn each others timing. here were some Carols that we just clicked on and it was almost as only one instrument was being played even though he was on the piano and I was on the Tin Whistle.
One thing that I am excited about the fact that I can play a few Christmas Carols. Back when I started learning the Tin Whistle, that I first mentioned here, in the post titled Chapters, I hoped that by December that I could play one or two, but I am look at about 14 Carols that I have been working on and have hope of really being played ok.
I will also post pictures of the Pittsburgh Reformation Celebration later on when I get them loaded on my computer.Church · Friends · Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 23, 2006My neighbors must be getting tired of my Tin WhistleI say this because for the last several days, I have been practicing for 2 to 3 hours a day. I still need to build up the lung capacity, I find at about the 2 or 3 round of a song I start running out of breath and can not keep my lungs filled. Right now there are 10 songs that I am working on, they are 10 Christmas Carols. I am starting to practice them now, that way I have a hope of being semi good at them come December. They are
O Come all Ye Faithful
Oh come Emmanual
We Three Kings
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
O Christmas Tree
The First Noel
Joy to the World
Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
What Child is this
I should be adding "Once in Royal Davids' City" to the list soon, but for now those 10 will keep me going with things to practice for a good long while. Also this dang cold I have had for the last 8 days is not helping with my breathing while practicing the music. But come December 1 I will be ready to play these Carols.
I am happy about this because at the beginning I was hoping that I might be able to play one or two Christmas Carols come the Christmas season, and here I am working on 10, so I am hyper close to meeting one of my goals and blasting right past it.
Also over the next couple of months as I practices this more I might not really have the time to post here. I do need to be semi-good by Dec 1.Irish Tin Whistle • 0 Comments/TrackbacksOctober 19, 2006Rush's show yesterdayI was listing to Rush Limbaugh's today, yesterdays show via pod-cast. He was reading a post from some conservative blogger. The bloggers comment said that blogs were/are a major influence in the American political scene. Rush did not say this, but this is something I believe and I wish Rush had said it. What is this, most blogs (99.99%) are unimportant, this includes mine, it is nice to see what others think on both sides (or all side since blogs do show there are more then 2 sides now) But at the same time, a individual blog means almost nothing. I do like my blog, and will continue to blog, but I have always believed this, but who many people really read my blog, I am always amazed when I get a real comment on my blog, and that I a set of readers, I am both honored and humbled, that there are people out there that read my opine and think it worthy to respond to. Yes there are some good blogs out there worth of reading, but they are the extreme minority.Blog Stuff • 1 Comments/Trackbacksvar cc = new Array();function showlinks(day) { document.getElementById('Cal').innerHTML = cc[day]; } cc[3]="» Fun at church tonight» A Shout out» Links» The blog rises from the dust";cc[5]="» I seen the bear mount drop";cc[9]="» Illidan Cousle down"; « October 2008 » Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NavigationMichael P. O'Connor's Front PageMichael P. O'Connor's BlogThe Short ArchivesThe Long ArchivesRSS feed Ver 2.0Atoms FeedMichael P. O'Connor's PhotosMichael P. O'Connor's News feedsLinks around the internetBlogs that I readMike Skoviera Duct Tape BallPowerBlogcryogenic cycling blogSim DanRob at unspaceRuss LucasProLife BlogsJonath and Kaethe WardSmall but DisorganizedWorld of Warcraft SitesResto4LifeEarlier Posts |
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