it's a fuzzy fuzzy world…

Arrrrrr! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, Mateys!! So come to Noblesville tonight, hang out with my band, drink some beer (bring your own!), sing along with the pirate songs, and have a jolly ol’ time! 🙂

7-9 pm, at Logan St. Sanctuary, 1274 Logan St, Noblesville, Indiana 46060, Michael Longcor followed by Wild Mercy. $10/adult, $5 for students, kids 12 and under are free.

See you there!!

So… I kinda suck at remembering to post about band gigs. Oops.

Wild Mercy is playing tomorrow night (Saturday!) in Noblesville for Talk Like a Pirates Day. We’ll be at Logan St. Sanctuary from 7-9 w/ our good friend Michael “Moonwulf” Longcor (he’s an awesome singer/songwriter from Lafayette), and I’d love to see some of you there! $10 for adults, $5 for students, kids 12 and under get in free. You can BYOB, and it’s entirely possible that some of us will head over to Copper Still afterwards for food and beer. 

Okay, so I really suck at publicity! My band, Wild Mercy, is playing tomorrow night (Saturday!) at Logan Street Sanctuary in Noblesville for Talk Like A Pirate Day. It will be fun! There will be much “Arrrrrr”. You can bring your own grog, and wear your favorite pirate hat, and even bring your kids. $10 adults, $5 students, kids 12 and under get in free. Full info is here… https://www.facebook.com/events/1621623814777407/

Sometimes, I do things other than Ingress (I know… hard to believe, right?). Today was Patriots Day at Frankton Elementary School and we took a crew from my fire department over to join in the festivities. This was our first “event” since I changed departments and joined the crew at Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department, and I was proud to be able to go represent my new department. I could do a whole write-up about why I volunteer, but I already wrote it up once for the FD’s Facebook page, so I’ll just borrow from there… 🙂

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This morning, we had the opportunity to take Engine 48 and Ambulance 45 over to Frankton Elementary School to participate in Patriots Day or “Everyday Heroes” Day. Fire, police, EMS and military personnel with ties to the students were all welcome to participate, and there was quite a turnout.

900 students stood in the gray drizzly morning and sang “Proud To Be An American” at the top of their lungs, and then there were lots of high fives. These kids weren’t born on 9/11/01… they don’t remember that day the way the adults do. What they got out of today was an opportunity to appreciate and thank and interact with their local first responders. An opportunity to put faces with the uniforms, up close. To give a high five or a hand shake or just a quiet “Thank you.”

And for us… it was 900 little reminders of why we do this… and why we will never forget those who served before us.

I usually post the critter pix over on the Book of Face, but I’m going to post here tonight too. Smudge (the cat) does not care for dogs. He’s figured out that he can run Nick off the sofa. Petey, however, is sublimely unconcerned by Smudge’s yowls of complaint. Smudge may be deciding that the warmth of dog is worth putting up with the, well, dogness of dog. So there was a little yowling… then there was much purring…

Fastest project meeting ever… started at 10:01… finished at 10:04. I like that kind of meeting!