I sometimes buy the Swisher miniature cigars, much like a cig. They are cheap!  They come in a variety of sizes and flavors ranging from cigarillos which are little cigars to larger titan sized cigars which are quite large. I prefer the  medium sized hand rapped peach cigar, they taste wonderful and let off a peach smelling aroma. Swishers wrapper that the tobacco is rolled with is much sweeter though. I often smoke the pipe, but it’s not convenient for restaurants. I smoke cigars mostly on weekends, about one a day. I like them both.

You can purchase swisher cigars online or at a 7-11/quick stop/gas station or a regular smoke shop depending if you have one around where you live.

Most local sign shops I have talked to want a lot of money for a sign, even in decent quantities. I have pretty much had to go to a cheap yard sign printing company who specialize in yard sign stakes.

My recommendation would be to design a sign if you don’t already have one, and send it over to Zoo Printing for a quote and delivery time estimate. That is what we did the first time we ordered signs. You will run into a variety of options on signs as well.

A local vocalist that heads up an acoustic trio asked me which speakers to get for their small lounge setup.

Having previous experience with the HPR series, but knowing she would not like the weight of them, I recommended the K series. I think she ended up with cheap qsc k12 because of their size and sole requirement of acoustic guitar and vocal reinforcement. She couldn’t be happier, and neither could I. They sound absolutely amazing for the price and they weigh next to nothing.

I got a college class ring. Rather than the traditional class ring (with the big cabochon jewel on top), I got a different design, with my school’s seal on it (it looked a lot like a signet ring).

I had it for about 4 years, and lost it one day. I had taken it off and put in my pocket for some reason, and later on, I discovered that the pocket was empty. My suspicion was that, earlier in the day, when I’d gone over to a currency exchange to get a renewal sticker for my license plates, I’d gone into that pocket to pull something out, and the ring got pulled out as well, and fell to the floor. I checked back at the currency exchange, but no one had turned in a ring (big surprise there).

Still sad about that — it was a cool class ring. A few days ago, I looked into having a replacement made by Joy Jewelers. I am really looking forward to having it replaced this week.

I picked up the GB-10 last week. I got it the tascam gb-10 to slow down songs so that I could practice. It’s pretty good. You can alter the speed of songs by +/- 50%. It does that without altering the pitch. It does this by grabbing a slice and repeating it. You can hear that pretty easily in the song. it comes across as a wavering effect. On some songs (eg, Tom Sawyer), it makes the drums sound terrible. Other songs (eg, Drives Me Crazy) come out okay. I think that it’s related to how much reverb there is in the mix.

You can also change the pitch. You can shift it up or down almost an entire octave, going up and down a key at a time. Pretty much everything I played with it sounded like blue cheese (you know, just a bit funky) but the pitch was on.

My friend spent a good deal of time last week trying to get the truck hood not to bind on either the cowl or the fenders.  Came to realize the hinges were weak, the driver’s side is worse than the passenger, but both new would be nice. The following day he spent another good chunk of time rummaging through Reid Supply’s site.  He ordered the hinges for the truck and he is very happy with what he received.

There are different ways to relieve stress. A lot of us just unwind with friends, go to a bar or enjoy a few days vacation. But there are also small things that can be done to relieve stress especially while in the office or doing some work. Though exercising and jogging can relieve stress, not everyone can do it in the office. We can just read a book, check online articles or maybe use stress balls to loosen up a bit. There are even custom stress balls here that can already take our minds off our problems a bit when you look at them because of their designs. If you like cute animals, there are animal shaped stress balls or those that look like helmets and even vehicles.

It’s not easy to tune a guitar especially for a beginner. They would usually ask for the help of those who are experienced in getting their guitar tuned so that they can learn to play better. An easier option would be to get a guitar tuner to do the job of guiding the player into tuning the guitar properly. There are different guitar tuners for sale at the store. Having the right guitar tuner can even help experienced players tune their guitar faster especially when the surroundings are a bit noisy.

Different instruments can be played in a band. Each member usually have one of each kind. We usually see lead and bass guitar players, keyboards and drums. These instruments have different makers such as Roland at musicians friend that also offer speakers and amplifiers with audio effects. With the innovations made with the different instruments, a lot more different sound and also sound quality can be produced by players and instrumentalists.

Playing the guitar can be hard on the fingers. They get used to it after a time and even have their own style. A lot of players use guitar picks at musicians friend to help them play. It helps them with strumming or picking the strings and set their own rhythm. It helps them with their style of playing for better music.