By: Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
That’s Saxes, as in saxophones.
Overview:
Invented by Adolphe Sax and patented in 1846 they are classified as a single reed mouthpiece instrument usually made of brass. They fall into the woodwind family of musical instruments and there are more of them than you might think.
Continue reading “HOW MANY SAXES ARE THERE?”
By Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
The Christmas season is a time for us all to stop even if just for a few weeks and remember the truly important things in life. A time to step away from the day-to-day worries and frustrations that distract us from what really matters. Friends, family, our spirituality, and our true place in all things on this planet that we share with billions of other souls.
This has been a rough and tumble year for all of us and the true meaning of things often gets lost in all the scurry and strife. So let us not sweat the small stuff for a few weeks and just kick back and enjoy in the spirit of the season regardless of our troubles and our differences.
Since music is here to soothe our souls, I would like to share a few of my own favorite Christmas songs and encourage everyone to post in the comments your favorites to share with our ‘Big Family’ here at TBP.
by Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
I posted this as a QOTD a few years ago, but it’s always fun to watch and might be something different for those new to TBP since then.
In addition to the normal and expected traditions, what other things do you do on Thanksgiving?
I always revisit this wonderful tape Of Johnny Carson and Doc Severinsen talking about Thanksgiving.
And no Thanksgiving would be complete for me without listening to Arlo Guthrie’s masterpiece, “Alice’s Restaurant”
By Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
“It is more important to outthink your enemy, than to outfight him.” – Sun Tzu, ‘The Art of War’
One of the things that I’ve learned in over four decades in the world of competitive technical sales is to try and think the way my competitor thinks.
How will they bid on the same project that I am bidding on?
What can I offer that will make me the preferred bid?
How will my competitors react to my winning the job?
How could I still lose it after appearing to be the winning bidder?
by Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
What if Hillary was set up?
Remember George Bush the elder getting word to Saddam Hussein that it was OK for him to attack Kuwait and then attacking him when he did.
It’s an old tactic, like the good cop/bad cop one, and it usually works.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) feeds information to Hillary that they will support her if she can take the troublesome Tulsi Gabbard out by framing her as a Russian operative.
By Steve Candidus (Steve C.)
“…Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others…” — Otto von Bismarck (1815 – 1898)
People that grew up in a big family seem to have a different outlook than those that didn’t.
Although my nuclear family consisted of only our parents and four kids, we spent the summers at an old boarding house that was owned by my dad and all of his brothers and sisters (nine in all). There was no heat installed in it so it was just a summer home, but with all of those uncles, aunts, and cousins, it was a zoo.
Not only did it have all of those boarding house rooms, the attic was a huge open space with no finished walls, just the outside boards, and was filled with beds. We kids usually occupied the attic.