Comments on: Here’s to the Beginning of a Beautiful… http://bebonorman.com/2010/01/12/welcome/ The Official Site Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:51:15 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jack http://bebonorman.com/2010/01/12/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 Jack Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:11:29 +0000 http://www.bebonorman.com/?p=425#comment-1462 I just saw a short clip of your fingernail experiences. I too have had them.... Being a cancer patient, I was given a booklet on how to care for skin, hair, and fingernails during and after radiation. When I got to the fingernails, it talked of "polish", so I tossed it, and now I need better stuff then the shoebox full selection of polishes, hardeners, and treatments to be able to continue playing guitar more than a few minutes a month. The hardeners and treatments and polishes together are great and I can now open a door and not split my fingernails. But it all wears out on the guitar strings so I need something better, maybe Jim Dunlap Nylon Fingernails .73mm would be just right...... Well, as per the need, I walked into a nail salon one day to find out about acrylic nails or something durable. The women running the shop were Korean, and me with a half tongue lost to cancer, hard to speak, they couldn't understand very easily what I was saying, one ear not working right I had a very hard time trying to understand them and the form of English they spoke with. And I noticed........ All the women in there, 8 or 9 of them, were all looking at me, and you could see their thoughts on their faces very clearly, from any distance, and a couple of them had little dogs, and the shop owner had 2 little Chihuahua dogs who checked me out and then backed up when the owner began holding my hand and looking at my fingernails, then i noticed the kids that were there with their mothers had the same kind of look on their faces that all the other women had, and those dogs... Well, dogs are just curious, and tilt their heads to when something is strange, but these dogs all had the same raised back head stance, like a "don't come any closer please" look, and then on top of that they all had that same expression those women all had on their faces too.... I just stood there for a minute speechless, looked at every eye in that place, kids and dogs included, more than once in just a couple seconds which seemed like a lifetime, I tried to explain I needed this because my fingernails are like brittle wax and I need protection to play guitar and for general safety besides, but it was just too intense for me in there so I said I had a Dr appointment I was late for and rushed out...... I went in another place in another town that had less people in it, and I got the same looks and didn't stay in there but a few seconds... I sure could use something better than just polishes and hardeners..... If you have any advice from experience please pass it on to me.... I would be thankful for any help with this... I have found a friend who will go in a salon with me and do all the talking for me, but getting together time wise is rough for us.... Love the music.... Jack... I just saw a short clip of your fingernail experiences. I too have had them…. Being a cancer patient, I was given a booklet on how to care for skin, hair, and fingernails during and after radiation. When I got to the fingernails, it talked of "polish", so I tossed it, and now I need better stuff then the shoebox full selection of polishes, hardeners, and treatments to be able to continue playing guitar more than a few minutes a month.

The hardeners and treatments and polishes together are great and I can now open a door and not split my fingernails. But it all wears out on the guitar strings so I need something better, maybe Jim Dunlap Nylon Fingernails .73mm would be just right……

Well, as per the need, I walked into a nail salon one day to find out about acrylic nails or something durable. The women running the shop were Korean, and me with a half tongue lost to cancer, hard to speak, they couldn't understand very easily what I was saying, one ear not working right I had a very hard time trying to understand them and the form of English they spoke with.

And I noticed…….. All the women in there, 8 or 9 of them, were all looking at me, and you could see their thoughts on their faces very clearly, from any distance, and a couple of them had little dogs, and the shop owner had 2 little Chihuahua dogs who checked me out and then backed up when the owner began holding my hand and looking at my fingernails, then i noticed the kids that were there with their mothers had the same kind of look on their faces that all the other women had, and those dogs… Well, dogs are just curious, and tilt their heads to when something is strange, but these dogs all had the same raised back head stance, like a "don't come any closer please" look, and then on top of that they all had that same expression those women all had on their faces too….

I just stood there for a minute speechless, looked at every eye in that place, kids and dogs included, more than once in just a couple seconds which seemed like a lifetime, I tried to explain I needed this because my fingernails are like brittle wax and I need protection to play guitar and for general safety besides, but it was just too intense for me in there so I said I had a Dr appointment I was late for and rushed out……

I went in another place in another town that had less people in it, and I got the same looks and didn't stay in there but a few seconds…

I sure could use something better than just polishes and hardeners….. If you have any advice from experience please pass it on to me…. I would be thankful for any help with this… I have found a friend who will go in a salon with me and do all the talking for me, but getting together time wise is rough for us….

Love the music…. Jack…

]]> By: Lisa http://bebonorman.com/2010/01/12/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Lisa Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:06:08 +0000 http://www.bebonorman.com/?p=425#comment-23 When I attend Christian music concerts I definitely look forward to what the musicians have to say even more than the music. I've seen you a couple times (w/MercyMe and recently with Jeremy Camp) and love your inspirational messages (and the music!), but always feel like it was way too short. More of your wisdom needs to be passed on...the blog is helping. When I attend Christian music concerts I definitely look forward to what the musicians have to say even more than the music. I’ve seen you a couple times (w/MercyMe and recently with Jeremy Camp) and love your inspirational messages (and the music!), but always feel like it was way too short. More of your wisdom needs to be passed on…the blog is helping.

]]> By: Benjamin Bitter http://bebonorman.com/2010/01/12/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Benjamin Bitter Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:13:06 +0000 http://www.bebonorman.com/?p=425#comment-2 I love the Dan Fogelberg reference! I love when artists, particularly those that inspire my own music, are so accessible. You've never made a bad record, and I love it all. Keep it up, and please come back to Springfield, MO again. Cheers! Ben I love the Dan Fogelberg reference! I love when artists, particularly those that inspire my own music, are so accessible. You’ve never made a bad record, and I love it all. Keep it up, and please come back to Springfield, MO again.
Cheers!
Ben

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