I get calls for the craziest things

Just a silly post today to welcome in the new year.

I am honored to have the respect of my friends. I am also amused at the times where people come to me for advice on things that I would never consider within my areas of expertise. Today I received two amusing phone calls of this type.

One of my friends is in the process of building a professional recording studio. He has chosen some great equipment and is in the process of getting the rooms tuned perfectly. He called me this morning to come over and help him with something. I arrived, and he led me into the control room to show me a brown wall. It didn’t look very good. He then asked me to look at the colors in the studio, the natural pine and the red, padded baffling that were already in place, and then choose a good complementary color for around the window on the wall between the studio control room and the vocal isolation booth. I chose something similar to #ECC75F.

Just two minutes ago I had another friend call me to ask me my advice on the best way to cook a chicken. Since the guy is single and not known for cooking at all, I figured telling him to fill a bowl with some flour, a bit of pepper, a pinch of salt, and some crushed corn flakes, then dipping the cut chicken pieces in milk and rolling them in the flour until lightly coated and dropping them in a pot with a quarter inch of hot oil in it, leaving them there until cooked all the way through, would be a good place to start.

Apparently my friends are convinced I have talents that I have never claimed. It’s an honor, but one that made my wife a bit jealous as she listened to me give a recipe over the phone. I freely and publicly confess she is by far a better cook than I will ever be. She’s probably a better decorator as well.

Oh, and a very Happy New Year to everyone!!

2 comments January 1st, 2008