If it isn’t a bumper sticker, it ought to be!

 

Nancy Pelosi for President until 2008!

Well, it looks like this is finally going to go away soon.  Thank Goodness!  It’s been 10 years now and I am sick of it.

If you need to get in touch, shoot me an e-mail to acahandymanatmsndotcom (change accordingly) and I can get you my info.

 

Bye for now to all my friends – not sure when this will actually be missing from the radar.

 

Mark

Brad and Mark

BRAD!!!!!
Did you mean this trip? I wonder if I still have the timeline we kept during the 19 hour race to this finish line. Shoot me an e-mail at acahandymanatmsndotcom (change accordingly) so I will know how to get ahold of you.

That goes for all of you old friends. You can leave a comment, but please include some way of getting in touch with you as well. I promise not to post that info on the web.
Mark

Politics

My view on politics is very simple -

I believe in the two party system. Friday and Saturday!

Am I ever going to update?

Sorry folks,
I've been busy!

We had plenty of company this summer and the last of them will be leaving soon. Went to California to help my little bro with his bathroom remodel. Been working on a neighbor's "Man Cave" and remodeled their bathroom as well. Our place is going to hell in a handbasket right before my eyes. I still need about 2 more cords of firewood cut up and stacked. Built a better cigar box uke and am still playing, actually sounds best when drunk around a campfire, but I keep on strummin'.

To my many friends who actually comment on my site - leave me an e-mail address or phone number in the comment. When I get comments, I can post them, but certainly won't with that information attached. Otherwise, I don't get any info on a simple comment and would love to get ahold of all of you. Bill, Roy and Yvette, Larry, Bobby and the rest of you I haven't heard from in a while, SHOOT ME A COMMENT.
-Mark-

Cigar Box Uke Sound board

cbuke3
Originally uploaded by markdvv.

The soundboard work inside.

Cigar Box Uke back

cbuke2
Originally uploaded by markdvv.

Here's the back of the uke. It was the top of the cigar box.

Cigar Box Uke

Cigar Box Uke
Originally uploaded by markdvv.

This is my recently completed cigar box uke. It is beautiful and it sounds great too. I did not change the top to a solid wood. This is a cigar box I paid $4 for and didn't change a thing.

Kent Ukulele from Korea

Kent Ukulele from Korea
Originally uploaded by markdvv.

I picked this up through ebay for $10 as a project. I had to make a bridge, saddle, and nut. I refinished it and added aquila strings. It is wonderful! I got the $70 Gator case for $20 because it had a small (1/4") crack on top. I took my soldering gun and melted the crack back together. Good as new, now.

Funny Story

A man enters a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him,
"What's your IQ?"
The man replies "150" and the robot proceeds to make conversation about global warming factors, quantum physics and spirituality, biomimicry, environmental interconnectiveness, string theory, nano-technology, and sexual proclivities. The customer is very impressed and thinks, "This is really cool." He decides to test the robot.

He walks out of the bar, turns around, and comes back in for another drink. Again, the robot serves him the perfectly prepared drink and asks him,
"What's your IQ?"
The man responds, "about a 100." Immediately the robot starts talking, but this time, about football, NASCAR, baseball, supermodels, favorite fast foods, guns, and women's breasts. Really impressed, the man leaves the bar and decides to give the robot one more test.

He heads out and returns, the robot serves him and asks,
"What's your IQ?"
The man replies, "Er, 50, I think." And the robot says... real slowly, "So. Ya - gonna - vote - for - Bush - again?"