What Could Have Been

this past week, i was lucky enough to demo a Yamaha M7CL digital audio mixer. it is an amazing console with full recall capability. as my friend Matt so eloquently put it: "if the M7CL is the Hilton, then the Mackie that we have is a trailer park". it is going to be returned tomorrow, and as giddy as i was to get it working this past Monday, i will be depressed tomorrow taking it back. hopefully, i will be using one again around Christmas time. hey, something to look forward to!

to get to the title of this post, i almost became a Darwin Award winner this past week. you know...those people who die every year for doing something stupid, and thus become infamous. i was building a custom power cable for the gym stage at my church, and i had completed and tested 2 of the three outlets on Thursday. i came back on Friday to finish, measured out the splice point, and just as i was about to cut into the cable, i paused, because i could hear the faint buzz of the stage monitors. i then remembered that the cable that i was about to cut into was still plugged into the rack!

since i am typing this post (as far as YOU know), i am still alive, kicking, and loving life more than ever.