Monday, October 18, 2021

One less war criminal.

 170th day sober. Last night I decided I'd get an hour of violin practice in, and I did, maybe 45 minutes' worth anyway, before doing anything else. I then planned to pack things until 7AM or something then maybe do a morning trip to the post office. Then I decided that was crazy and instead I'd get to bed sooner and pack after getting up. 

Colin Powell has died. They talked about his career highlights on the radio; things like taking part in the attempted cover-up of the My Lai massacre and lying to get us into war in Iraq. 

The practice I did was open-string stuff in the String Builder book, where it's just basic counting out notes and changing from string to string stuff - plenty interesting when it's a challenge.

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