An Atheist In The Woods

An atheist was walking through the woods.

'What majestic trees!'
'What powerful rivers!'
'What beautiful animals!'
He said to himself.


As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.


He turned to look.  He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path.  He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.


He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.


He tripped & fell on the ground.


He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant moment, the Atheist cried out:
'Oh my God!'

Time stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.


As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky.

'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.'
'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?'

'Am I to count you as a believer?'

The atheist looked directly into the light, and said: 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the  BEAR a Christian?'


'Very well', said the voice.


The light went out.  The sounds of the forest resumed.  And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke: 
'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'  

S Lounge

This is going out to our 2 followers not counting my mom :)
Our show at S Lounge went well.  The show was last minute as the band that was supposed to play cancelled only hours before the show.  Cody and Mike missed it as they were already headed to the valley, however, Jonathan Germann and his twin brother Jason stepped up to the drums and bass and filled in rather perfectly not to mention it was their birthday too!!!  We kept our sets on the acoustic / jazz side of things as the audience seemed to dig that style.  Joel Kachel and his music blended well with the recent additions to the Third Wheel Project.  I had the stage set up with the piano on stage right with a single conga on its stand to my left.  To my right was my mac book pro which i had logic pro set up and running projects that we have been working on in the studio recordings to act as backing tracks.  Drums sat in the back right with the bass just behind me.  Lead guitar sat to my left leaving just enough room on the stage for 4 beers!  It was a tight fit but we made it work! The sound at S Lounge was nice! It is always a plus to walk into a venue that has a sound system in place! Props!  We will be back at S Lounge tonight rolling through our acoustic sets!
Today we have planned a sit down interview with a reporter from the Anchorage Press publication.  We hope to get a article on our shows and what TWP is to our community.  Time for another cup of coffee :)

There's an App for That...

I just spent 2 hours setting up a mobile app for the Third Wheel Project to be shared on all of the smart phones out there.... It's almost done.  Good Stuff!

Back to Tracks

Day 2 of recording in the TWP studio with Joel Kachel.  Inspiration comes in all shades of color but for know we'll call it green and orange in honor of the lettuce and carrots we ate for dinner.  Congas- CHECK, Piano- CHECK, mic- CHECK, Guitar-CHECK & Ukulele- CHECK.  It's a go. But wait... whats this?  Before we get acoustic with it, check out this sweet instrumental / beat i made in the fantom s-88 a few years back... combined it's a hit :)

John Germann and the other guys are heading over soon to get in on the sweetness.  Check us out at www.thirdwheelproject.com