Hobbies?

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You might have given up on the guitar too easily;  just because you got complaints, you can just turn the dang thing down, mang.  You know?   Guitar has been one of my best friends for more than 50 years.   Got me through a lot of heavy shit, but also some really fun times.   Played in several bands that nobody has ever heard of.   Stayed up all night and got wasted.   I am now reaping the bodily rewards of my fantastic youth.    I still have a 500 watt Peavey amp, just in case I need it as an offensive weapon.   Best things that ever happened to me:   When I was in high school, the tips of my fingers were shredded by a jointer in wood shop.   150 stitches.   The beloved bird finger was spared,  a blessing from above.  It made me work my ass off on the guitar, and caused me to rise far above the plateau I'd set myself upon.   The other thing was that I took classical guitar lessons from a guy that studied under Christopher Parkening, who studied under Segovia.   That just vaulted all my rock playing.   So now I make noise and collect guitars.  It's one of the best things you can do for yourself.   

Other hobbies:   Tai Chi, construction, gardening, I love to cook and do all the cooking for my family.   Not sure that is a hobby as much as a lifestyle.   I collect fossils and minerals.   I love theoretical physics, but that's probably more a mental disease than a hobby.   

I enjoy fabricating hand weapons, and I dabble with alternative energies.   I make coconut oil.