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2024 Brunswick Sound Spectacular - Avon Mighty Eagle Marching Band

Avon Marching Band’s performance of The Deep was full of seafaring imagery and colors. The guard costumes and silks especially stood out against the band’s mostly black uniforms. All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit. 2024 Avon Mighty Eagle Marching BandPhoto Credit: Kevin Gamin You can find all of the…

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2024 Brunswick Sound Spectacular - Dublin Coffman Marching Band

Dublin Coffman’s marching band opened with some energetic Brasshouse courtesy of Too Many Zoos and kept going from there with an entertaining show of Urban Splendor. I was pleasantly surprised by what I experienced. They earned their Superior rating. All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit. 2024 Dublin…

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2024 Cleveland TubaChristmas

It’s the first TubaChristmas concert of my season and, for the first time, I’m going to play the Cleveland concert! TubaChristmas and Whamageddon start at the same time this season, Sunday, December 1. Performers will pay a $10 registration and rehearse starting at 2:30 PM Eastern. Audience members just need to bring their singing voices, wear their most festive and/or ugliest sweaters, and…

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Caturday - November 23, 2024

This is Benny. He is our oldest cat at 17. Just months ago, it seemed like Benny was reaching the end of his journey, staying only in our dining room near the food, water, and box, and doing little interaction with us and our other cats. I took this picture when I saw Benny from my home office on the second floor of our home. This is the first time Benny has taken any stairs in years. I hope…

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2024 Winking Lizard World Tour Of Beers #81 - Ciderboys Caramel Apple Cider Pint Glass (561)

It’s amazing how well both the caramel and apple cider flavors come through in this drink. I just need a hayride and a corn field maze to finish the illusion.

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2024 Winking Lizard World Tour Of Beers #80 - Troeg’s Mad Elf Belgian Strong Dark Ale 10oz Glass (273)

I always forget how strong this ale is. Then I take my first drink and get knocked over by the flavor, which is very boozy and powerful.

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Throwback Thursday - November 21, 2024

I don’t follow college football, but I know it’s coming. THE GAME. Soon, all my Ohio State football friends will start putting red X’s in place of any M’s in anything they write and referring to the University of Michigan’s football team as “TTUN” (That Team Up North, for those of you who also don’t follow college football). I can only imagine their surprise, chagrin, and/or outrage as the…

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Preserving Digital Memories

If you know me at all, you know that I am a huge proponent of properly backing up our data. We all have stories of accidentally deleting or overwriting important files or photos or a hard drive failing, leading to the loss of years of important memories or information. My wife, Rachel Gamin, is presenting Preserving Digital Memories tonight at 6:30 PM Eastern at the Medina County District…

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2024 Brunswick Sound Spectacular - Medina Musical Bees Marching Band

Earlier in this show, I got to announce my alma mater’s marching band. Later, I was able to do the same for my home town band! All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit. 2024 Medina Musical Bees Marching BandPhoto Credit: Kevin Gamin You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my…

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2024 Brunswick Sound Spectacular - Willoughby South High School

I’m not sure why I didn’t take too many closeups of Willoughby South, but that’s probably because they look so good as a band. All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit. 2024 Willoughby South High SchoolPhoto Credit: Kevin Gamin You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr…

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2024 TubaChristmas Season

Merry TubaChristmas! With the end of marching band season upon us, it’s time to look forward to the holidays. We have Thanksgiving in just a couple weeks before we get into the real reason for the season, Whamageddon! Actually, while I do plan on winning Whamageddon once again (which means staying away from malls, grocery stores, and anywhere a radio is playing), it’s also time for…

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Caturday - November 16, 2024

One of the perks of working from home is that I get to pet Pepper Ann when she comes to visit my desk!

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2024 Winking Lizard World Tour Of Beers #79 - New Belgium 1985 Mango IPA Pint Glass (580)

What surprises me about this beer is how much lighter it is thanks to the mango. This is an easy IPA to drink.

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2024 Winking Lizard World Tour Of Beers #78 - Great Lakes Midwest IPA Pint Glass (148)

This is a pretty hoppy and piney IPA, loaded with bitterness. There was a time I wouldn’t have enjoyed this beer. That time is past.

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Throwback Thursday - November 14, 2024

With Bands of America Grand Nationals taking place this week, I’m looking back to the last time I attended Grand Nationals in 2018. That season, Carmel High School won with not just the band, but also a Valkyrie AND their orchestra appearing during the final moments of their show for one more glorious Wagnarian chord. Carmel High School Marching Band2018 Bands of America Grand Nationals…

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I Met John Scalzi!!!

Author John Scalzi came to the Medina County District Library tonight to present his master class on sustainable super villainy and his best selling manual, Starter Villain. Scalzi Written, Tyrion Approved It was an entertaining and captivating hour hearing John answer questions and tell series about his writing, both what he’s written and the process itself. I’m actually distracted by the…

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Defending Our Public Libraries

It’s been a week since the election and the country decided that, yes, we would like to put a failed fascist back in the White House. Based on what Republicans have been up to for years, a lot of civil liberties and rights are going to be in danger. We already have the lieutenant governor-elect of Indiana threatening to shut down a student newspaper for printing what Trump’s own allies have said…