Now is Now

Now is now. Now is all we have. We can choose to ignore this fact and dwell on the future or pine away for the past, but now is now.

Testing.

I'm thinking of bringing this blog back to life. It has been an awfully long while.

Beautiful Day

It was a beautiful day for a nice bike ride down Ocean Boulevard. Betsy and I stopped in to River City Cafe on 21st Avenue for a quick bite. The weather is cooling off just a little and summer is winding to a close. We are coming up on some great days ahead. Soon the a/c goes off, and the windows fly open to greet the fresh air. It's a good day to be alive.

Biking

Betsy and I have been bicycling every afternoon after work, weather permitting. We have been up to this for about two weeks now. It feels great to be in motion. We seem to be getting stronger. Next step is to add some crunches and push-ups to our routine. We are going to be doing these two challenges:

Two Hundred Sit-Ups

One Hundred Push Ups

I feel it will be great to run these simultaneously. We are moving along in a natural, unforced way. We will be ramping it up in due course.

 

 

 

Katie Begins Her Brisbane Semester

    Yesterday, my daughter Katie arrived in Australia to begin her semester abroad at University of Queensland in Brisbane. We will be communicating primarily via Skype or iChat. After a good nights rest, I am happy to say Katie is quite upbeat about her visit. Yesterday, after a long couple of flights across several time zones, she was a little bit stressed out and punchy. She went to sleep at about 5:30 PM, and slept until about 7:00 AM. She is now out and about, exploring the city and picking up a few needed items. She met a british girl last night while fooling with the lobby computers, which had crappy internet. The British girl invited Katie to join her out and about today, perhaps going to the beach and taking in the scenery and getting a lay of the land. I am hoping the visit will be an all around success for education, experience, and lasting friendships.

    Katie started a blog about her Australia experience here.

An Appeal To A Majority

"Nothing is more abhorrent to a reasonable man than an appeal to a majority; for it consistes of a few strong men, as leaders, of knaves, who temporize, of the feeble who are hangers-on, and of the multitudes who follow without the slightest idea of what they want."

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Cleaning

Betsy and I are cleaning up the house in anticipation of our daughter Katie arriving tomorrow. It will take Katie approximately five minutes to destroy the place. Just kidding, Katie! I'm sure Katie will be happy to chill out after her whirlwind European tour. Can't wait to see you, kid.

Website Change

My old website at chrisyale.com is going away. Nimbit used to host it and they are no longer offering hosting, so I decided to transfer the domain and just have it direct to my Posterous page for now, while I figure out other options. I am sort of in the process of experimentation. Please bear with me.

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Rog doing his thing.

What Might Have Been at Create South

Testing From iPhone

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What Might Have Been

From my friends at Myrtle beach TV

Merry Christmas

[The Birth of Jesus Christ]
[2:1] In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. [2] This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. [3] And all went to be registered, each to his own town. [4] And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, [5] to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. [6] And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. [7] And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
[The Shepherds and the Angels]
[8] And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. [9] And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. [10] And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. [11] For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. [12] And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” [13] And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

[14] “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

[15] When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” [16] And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. [17] And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. [18] And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. [19] But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. [20] And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
[21] And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
(Luke 2:1-21 ESV)

The Sun News reviews Well Enough Alone CD

Chris Mowder reviews my Album, Well Enough Alone in a larger article about CDs in the Sun News

CREATE South

The third annual CREATE South conference was yesterday. It was a perfect day for the event, and it was the best one yet!

Rog and I played a short set during lunch. It was loads of fun.

This pic is compliments of Eugene Mah. He has more photos from the event here.

Good Rehearsal

My brother Rog and I had a good rehearsal today. I wasn't feeling well before he got here, but as we got underway, I started feeling better. We worked through 21 songs, most of which were originals, but we did some covers too.

Here's a list of what we went over:

Speed
Watching Her Eyes*
Standin' Alone*
Living For You*
Castaway*
It's Not Love*
Carolina Moon*
Paint Me a Birmingham
Famous Last Words*
What Might Have Been*
Seeing's Believing*
Something I Remember*
Early Train*
I See September*
Go*
If You Walk Away*
Broken Angel*
You Wreck Me
Last Day On Earth*
Dead Flowers
Your Song

Twenty one songs gone over today. That makes today the best rehearsal this year so far.

* Yale Bros originals either penned by me or Rog

NEED

I need your
fibrous assaults
on the landscapes
of my aorta
and the
scratchings
of self doubt
on the lenses
of my soul

Texas Windmills

Southern Ghosts

Southern Ghosts

Miserably abiding

What the dusty skeletons

Have been so long hiding

I heard that they were here

But they seemed too far

To be so near

Despite the doubt
Tonight they appear...

Social Distortion

My buddy Joe Gonzalez was kind enough to take me with him to Social D last night at the House Of Blues. We had a great time. This was the third time I have been fortunate enough to see the boys at this venue. I saw them back in the day in Hollywood about 1981 0r so at some run down old dilapidated dance hall with some other punk bands. I don't remember them that night, but my brother Roger says they were on the bill. He says we had a good time. Hell, in 1981 I ALWAYS had a good time.