So here I am starting over yet again. 

I guess I never thought it would really ever last forever ... and it didn't. 

In any event, I'm still the same person for the most part who started this site, albeit a little wiser and a little older. I still play guitar and love music, but my late night schedule and drinking have both been drastically cut back. In some ways it's sad for me, because I do miss the energy of live shows and all the fun I had over that time period. But people move on ... as have all of the people I knew from the clubs and halls, and the groups that have been touring lately don't strike my fancy as much as they used to. And as work commitments and other interests continue to take up more time, and the hours I can devote to ear, liver, brain and rib damage have been reduced, I find that I myself have been forced to move on as well.

Although not totally willingly.

I don't really plan on doing too much with this site from here on out, other than some occasional updates and some other stuff that I have in mind. My interests on the web have expanded away from just having a website to the more "social" sites like Tumblr, Twitter, Blip.fm, Pandora and the like. 

As for the rest, l plan on moving out of the great state of California towards the pacific northwest or towards the rockies or to another country far, far away from the arrogance that has become America.  I fear that finally making it to Seattle might bring back the old Snuff. And sooner or later, I'll find that girl ...

Of course I can still be reached at iam@downinahole.net