Thanks to my very cool and musically astute friend, Ryan, I had the chance to see one of my favorite bands, Wilco, last Thursday at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Lia was invited by some of her friends too, but they only had one extra ticket. When Ryan emailed me about his extra ticket, I jumped at the chance to go and it worked out perfectly. I saw Wilco there in the Summer of 2005 with my friends, Chris and Jason, which I thought was a great show, but that day was extremely hot and although we did have seats, we were literally in the last row and everyone in front of us was standing most of the time, so we couldn’t see much. We probably would have been better off sitting on the lawn. This time, however, the seats were ridiculous. They were center stage in the third row behind the pit, and I’m pretty sure I’ve never had better seats at a large venue concert like that. And Wilco sounded great. I don’t know if it’s because of where we were sitting or the fact that we were drinking Stella Artois by the bucket, but the energy was perfect and night was beautiful.

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I completed my first attempt at a hardscape project this past week, which is really interesting when you consider the fact that I started and subsequently decided to bail out on my own hardscape construction business during the past month. I’m a whacko. Anyway, I think the job turned out nice and for the time being I will retain my title of Jack of All Trades, Master of None. See for yourself:

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