A big group of us made it to the 2010 Scottish Games in Woodland. The Carmichael Bresslers (JB, Jennifer & Fianna) and the Wilson Gang go every year, but this year we also met up with the Sacramento Bresslers and The Favettis who were visiting from new Jersey (Tony, Lauren & the Twins).

As always, there was too much to do and too little time to do it... but plenty of island beer to pave the way. Unfortunately, I was trying to spread my time among everyone (who wanted to do different things) and ended up not seeing enough of anybody.... such is life.

Forgot to do take much in the way of photos, but posted a few here.

Whether you like it or not, there is no denying that a lot of time and variety was sandwiched into Erik B & Rakim's 'Paid in Full' single/remix (1988), a masterpiece of sampling. In college, it was a staple of our group of friends... almost required listening whenever visiting the Hansbergers in Los Alamitos Dorm. It still make appearances on my playlists.

Found a 'making of' interview... *hat tip* to Ulrich who indirectly led me to it.

Wikipedia lists the samples used too.

Rick B and I drove out to a local airport in Calaveras County (CA) last week to check out a thousand-acre spread that's on the market.

... and what better way to check out a thousand acre spread, in hill country, than in a plane. We flew around in this little Cherokee for an hour or so, getting a great view of the area, the local communities, lakes & the nearby mountains.

Here's some video of takeoff and landing.

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Rumors on the internets mention 'March Madness' as some annual sporting event conducted with a round orange dimpled ball, carried between opposing goals. I wouldn't know much about that, but around here March Madness refers to the annual combined birthday celebrations of myself (JBMoney), Jennifer (Buffy), Laura (Princess B), and Sean. We all have birthdays in March (in the order listed above: 20th, 14th, 31st, 17th). Unfortunately, Fianna (born 2-28) missed it by one day, but she was allowed to attend as an observer. The four of us have been doing this for quite a few years. This year it was San Francisco's turn to 'host'.

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