Let’s start 2017 off with a big ol’ pffft to 2016

So last year, I made three resolutions. I am a big fan of resolutions, eve if I am not that dedicated to actually keeping them. For 2016,  told myself I would: Learn to play the banjo Find a church Read the Bible cover-to-cover In fact, referencing the Meat Loaf song above, one out of three ain’t …

So I bought a banjo

Mostly, I bought the thing to remind myself I have zero — zilch, nada, none — musical talent. This has long been a source of angst for me, because my brother Tom appears to have sucked up all the musical talent in  our family, and I thought I might wrestle some back. Of course, saying he has …