The Horse

@TheHorse (88087)

Walnut Creek, California

Joined myLot 4 years ago

I am a native Midwesterner living in California. I am a psychologist by trade, but my main passions are music and things that make music.

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How The Horse avoided arrest today by affecting deep religious faith!

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 9h

My doctor's appointment was uneventful today. My blood pressure is 138/72 (I don't know what that means), my heart is beating, and my neck pain is muscular, not a sign of an impending stroke. The excitement started after. In...

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Will The Horse be arrested today?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 13h

I have the day off today and heading in to see my Dr. for a routine check-up at 2:30 PM. The last time I was there, I noticed that nobody had planted anything in the raised planters on the balcony where the doctors and nurses...

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Sorry, an error occurred while processing your request. (You've got to be kidding me!)

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 16 Jul

What's ironic is that in my studies of psychology (working toward my fancy degree), I studied (and published about) "Learned Helplessness," a phenomenon where outcomes are not continent on your responses, and you ultimately give...

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I almost didn't notice that my balcony cherry tomatoes are bearing fruit!

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 16 Jul

How does your garden grow? It's been hot here, but I've been good about watering my balcony corn, green beans, sunflowers, and cherry tomatoes every day. The problem is that my cherry tomatoes sometimes climb THROUGH my fence,...

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I missed it!

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 16 Jul

I wonder if our little 4.3 magnitude earthquake will make the news outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. It happened at 1:11 the afternoon, and the epicenter was (I think) in the South Bay of the Bay Area. I know exactly where...

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Sorry, an error occurred while processing your request. (July 15)

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Jul

I haven't gotten this message in approximately three days, though getting to MyLot posts from Notifications can often take as long as 30 seconds. I got this message this morning and moved on to other things. I then returned to...

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I owe. I owe. So off to work I go!

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Jul

I don't know where that comes from, but it's my ear worm for this morning. Actually I don't owe anything. No student loans or anything like that. Wait! I have to pay my credit card bill--thanks for reminding me! I think I have...

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Another chapter started!

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Jul

My thanks to all who commented on my rather lengthy post about the book I am trying to write. Your positive comments motivated me to keep writing. I have two NEW vignettes started, and will keep writing until I am done. I am...

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How many "music delivery devices" do you have in your house?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Jul

Right now, I'm listening to "Baroque by the Bay" on my "kitchen system," which consists of a 1969 KLH Model 21 radio hooked up to a custom speaker I made out of an empty 1971 KLH Model 24 speaker cabinet. In my "listening room"...

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How I used psychology to get two 9-year-old girls to do my bidding today.

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Jul

I was at the pool for several hours this afternoon. I spent about an hour reading a book, and then about two hours leisurely doing laps. With me at the pool was a Spanish-speaking family. There was an apparent mom, dad, and...

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What are you up to on this sunny Saturday?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 13 Jul

I'm on my second cup of coffee right now, enjoying the fact that I don't HAVE to do anything today. It's supposed to hit the 90s F here, so I imagine I'll spend some time at the pool. Breakfast for me was part of a leftover...

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Are all of my songs really sad?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 12 Jul

Vanny (@Vandanna7) says that I do too many sad songs. But I maintain that I prefer sad songs and also do optimistic songs. Is this a sad song? Hah!

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When is humor inappropriate?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 12 Jul

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned a discussion I had with Stevie Coyle, formerly of the Waybacks (an acoustic band that toured nationally) at his elite guitar store in Lafayette CA. What we discussed is the use of humor in...

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A sad story about my $3,000 Martin D-18 Guitar

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 11 Jul

I bought my Martin D-18 dreadnought guitar about two (maybe three now) years ago. It was to be my "cannon," my largest and loudest guitar, mainly for use at acoustic (no amplification) jam session with friends. I got the guitar...

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What's on your agenda for today? It's back to work for me.

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 11 Jul

Two softball buddies and I took some hitting practice yesterday evening. I brought three Gatorades , one for each of us, and we had a good time. No beer last night. I had the day off yesterday, so I did dishes, ran some phone...

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What are you up to today?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Jul

I have the day off, so I'm going to take care of some phone and internet "errands," visit a local guitar store just for fun, and then do some hitting and fielding practice at 5 PM with a couple of my softball buddies. No rock band...

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Getting started on my book.

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Jul

As some of you know, I am working on a book about my experiences in Oakland CA, working at a residential mother-and-child drug rehabilitation center (and minimum security women's prison). I have decided to structure the book as a...

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What did you have for breakfast this morning?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 9 Jul

I had a long day of work today, and my alarm forgot to go off, so I had a quick slice of toasted sourdough bread with butter and cream cheese on it before soaring onto Highway 680N and heading in. I have lox here but didn't have...

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Gardeners: Have you heard of "transplant shock"? Here's a product I DO recommend.

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 8 Jul

"Transplant shock" occurs when you transplant something from one container to another. I tend to grow my "starts" in little Dixie cups and then transfer them to larger planters when they reach a certain height. I've read that...

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How's the weather where you live?

The Horse @TheHorse (88087) • Walnut Creek, California 7 Jul

How's the weather where you are? Today (Sunday July 7) was nice enough for a short cycle, but not warm enough to hit the pool. The most notable thing right now, as the sun sets, is how windy it is outside. All of the trees are...

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