Monthly Archives: March 2022

The Tonight Show

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One night, I’m just sitting at home and I received a text. A friend of mine informed me that he just heard a song that I’d co-written on the Tonight Show. “What, that cannot be!“

The song “She Got The Ring (And I Got The Finger)” was on a bit that Jay Leno did on his show. This was simply amazing!

I was able to find the spot on the internet. Mr.Leno (who by the way is awesome), had a regular segment on his show called “Country or Maury.” Maury referring to the Maury Povich show.

Jay shows the picture below to the audience and asks them to decide – “Maury,” mild clapping and then, “Country.” The audience goes wild.

Country it is, next you see this picture and hear the song playing in the background.

Believe me, this was a cool moment in my songwriting journey.

Here is the entire song for your enjoyment, or maybe not. You decide – Good or Bad. Feel free to clap if you like it.

Surfboard Rafter Rack

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After I built my hammerhead shark board – Hammerhead Balance Board, I had several pieces of oak wood leftover.

Now that I was ‘morphing’ from hodad to surfer, I decided that I needed a rack in the garage to store my board.

I framed up a simple rectangle, with a couple of center struts, and assembled with glue, screws and clamps.

I also had several pieces of punched angle iron leftover, from my solar on the go kart project – Solar on the Go Kart.

I cut 4 legs to size and bent over the end to form a corner, and screwed each leg to the rack frame.

Here’s a good view of how the legs looked prior to attaching to the garage rafters.

I screwed the top of the legs directly to the rafters. The rack is now installed, securely holding my custom board.

You can see the unglassed hydrofoil wing just peeking out, resting on top of the board. Or… is it a giant petrified shark’s tooth? I’ll let you decide.

Gotta get going on the hydrofoil wing or I’ll never hit the waves. The surf is always up somewhere!