Rise Up Singing

We held Rise Up Singing again yesterday.
( Short version is it was fun. )

Also I changed my octave mandolin strings last night and put a little dab of this kind-of-like-graphite-only-white-so-it-won't-make-my-instruments-look-grubby stuff in each string groove in the nut.  Because I've been having real problems recently with tuning--I'll get it perfectly in tune, play it for one song, and it goes out of tune halfway through the first chorus.  I figured my problem was "left over tension" that hadn't transferred over the nut.  I didn't mind it so much when I was just practicing a lot, but it's unacceptable while recording, so I'm trying this stuff.

This is just too cool.

Tiny robots made of pre-cut layers that fold out like a pop-up book.

I want one of these for the sheer coolness factor of it.