Welcome to the August 16th, 2013 Post Game Show for Mojo Friday!
So I set out a few years ago to learn to play the guitar. I had learned to play the trumpet while growing up ... and played in a big band for a while in the early 1980s ... but family and a part time MBA at the time ate into my time ... and I discovered while I knew how to play the trumpet, and knew how to read music, I didn't KNOW music. Which meant I couldn't solo nor improvise 'cause I had no idea what I was doing.
So, as I said, I started guitar and started to learn music. Then, three years ago, my son began to have substance abuse difficulties (combined with a learning disorder and ADHD) and lessons had gotten a bit expensive with everything else going on, so I stopped. And last year's (2012) medical problems didn't help .. and so I haven't done anything with it now for 2 and a half years.
We all know what road is paved with good intentions! Anyways, I did this year work on losing the weight I had gained in the prior 2 years (lost 31 pounds!), so I guess some good intentions did work out.
Meanwhile, in today's poll, let us know what you're trying to learn or grow in!
And now to today's fun.
Today's Mojo Friday diary is Mojo Friday - Learning To Play The Piano, 50 Years Late - Edition
The Mojo Friday Postgame is a statistical analysis of the Mojo Friday diary that is posted every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. ET. For further info please check out Jez's 'Official' "Mojo Friday Snecktionary" MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
Congratulations to:
Participation-est: bsegel, Yasuragi, bjedward, jennyp, MKinTN, chimene, VClib, NoMoJoe
Chattiest: TexDem
Generous-est: Yasuragi, MKinTN
Snecksiest (1): Debbie in ME, Allogenes
Thanks to our most excellent host, TexDem!
Stats will be updated Sunday afternoon. Final stats will be published a week later.
First round stats, as of 4:04PM Eastern, are:
51 participants
232 comments
4.5 average comments per participant
5019 total mojo exchanged
44.4% average participation rate
Snecker-tracker:
100 : Allogenes
200 : Debbie in ME
username |
comments |
mojogiven |
comments + mojogiven |
partic% |
mojorecd |
recd diary? |
bsegel |
2 |
229 |
231 |
99.57% |
47 |
Yes |
Yasuragi |
0 |
231 |
231 |
99.57% |
0 |
Yes |
bjedward |
3 |
228 |
231 |
99.57% |
63 |
Yes |
jennyp |
31 |
200 |
231 |
99.57% |
453 |
Yes |
MKinTN |
0 |
231 |
231 |
99.57% |
0 |
Yes |
chimene |
18 |
213 |
231 |
99.57% |
180 |
Yes |
VClib |
13 |
218 |
231 |
99.57% |
365 |
Yes |
NoMoJoe |
1 |
230 |
231 |
99.57% |
8 |
Yes |
Debbie in ME |
8 |
220 |
228 |
98.28% |
167 |
Yes |
mjbleo |
0 |
227 |
227 |
97.84% |
0 |
Yes |
Eddie L |
3 |
223 |
226 |
97.41% |
48 |
Yes |
schnecke21 |
3 |
200 |
203 |
87.50% |
65 |
Yes |
Captain C |
24 |
179 |
203 |
87.50% |
607 |
Yes |
westyny |
6 |
178 |
184 |
79.31% |
85 |
No |
TexDem |
54 |
128 |
182 |
78.45% |
1297 |
Author |
politik |
2 |
180 |
182 |
78.45% |
44 |
Yes |
thomask |
0 |
173 |
173 |
74.57% |
0 |
Yes |
kharma |
1 |
158 |
159 |
68.53% |
16 |
Yes |
AllanTBG |
1 |
154 |
155 |
66.81% |
16 |
Yes |
wdrath |
1 |
146 |
147 |
63.36% |
20 |
Yes |
Tross |
1 |
143 |
144 |
62.07% |
17 |
No |
mungley |
8 |
123 |
131 |
56.47% |
211 |
Yes |
Fiona West |
4 |
112 |
116 |
50.00% |
88 |
Yes |
mommyof3 |
1 |
107 |
108 |
46.55% |
24 |
Yes |
Allogenes |
17 |
89 |
106 |
45.69% |
459 |
Yes |
Texnance |
7 |
73 |
80 |
34.48% |
190 |
Yes |
mhanch |
1 |
77 |
78 |
33.62% |
26 |
No |
Kasoru |
2 |
76 |
78 |
33.62% |
50 |
Yes |
toby esterhase |
1 |
66 |
67 |
28.88% |
30 |
Yes |
Woody |
2 |
57 |
59 |
25.43% |
58 |
Yes |
4Freedom |
1 |
54 |
55 |
23.71% |
10 |
Yes |
anotherdemocrat |
2 |
52 |
54 |
23.28% |
53 |
Yes |
Common Sense Mainer |
0 |
10 |
10 |
4.31% |
0 |
Yes |
blue jersey mom |
1 |
8 |
9 |
3.88% |
28 |
Yes |
Mishima |
3 |
4 |
7 |
3.02% |
83 |
No |
zmom |
0 |
5 |
5 |
2.16% |
0 |
Yes |
BlueInARedState |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2.16% |
18 |
Yes |
vgranucci |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1.72% |
54 |
Yes |
MT Spaces |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1.29% |
23 |
Yes |
roberb7 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.86% |
32 |
No |
Laughing Vergil |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.86% |
18 |
Yes |
NearlyNormal |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.86% |
24 |
No |
LinSea |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
Yes |
mama jo |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
Yes |
churchylafemme |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
No |
Oh Mary Oh |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
Yes |
hnichols |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
Yes |
LaughingPlanet |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
No |
One Pissed Off Liberal |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.43% |
0 |
Yes |
Sixty Something |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.43% |
22 |
Yes |
VeloVixen |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.43% |
20 |
Yes |