Last night we were awakened to the biggest earthquake in the UK since 1984. We were sleeping soundly and were suddenly aware of the unusual sensation of everything that we consider solid moving back and forth. Here’s an excerpt about the earthquake from Bloomberg.com News:

It was the largest quake in the U.K. since a 5.4-magnitude temblor hit the Lleyn Peninsula in Wales in 1984, the BGS said. It earlier reported the magnitude as 5.3. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake as magnitude 4.7 and said it was 6.2 miles deep. Bennett Simpson, a seismologist with the group, said such quakes typically hit the U.K. every 10 to 20 years.

“It’s not particularly big in terms of a world context, but in terms of the U.K., it’s a significant event,” Simpson said today in a telephone interview. “We’ve had reports it was felt as far north as southern Scotland and Newcastle and as far south as Southampton. It was widely felt in London.” Read the rest of this article >

This is the second earthquake I’ve been in through my 27 years. There’s something really unsettling about it (no pun intended). All this solid stuff in life doesn’t seem quite as solid after one, does it?

We’ve added a new video put together by our Globalscope friend, Tyler Crawford (who is headed to Germany to begin work there with another Globalscope team). He put together this video for a recent conference in Gatlinburg, TN and I think he’s done a good job. Take a look: 

See this and other videos in our video section.

I had a lot of fun. Open mic night at The Pear on Monday was a great time indeed. I was happy to have a chance to play a three song set including tunes from Foo Fighters (Miracle), Johnny Cash (‘Til Kingdom Come) and one of my own (This Cold Winter). Here are a few dark, fuzzy, unclear pictures of the evening:

I’m looking forward to the next time already. I’m considering some Mat Kearney (Nothing Left to Lose), some more Johnny Cash and who knows what else.