Is this why Buck is so sharp?

Maybe it's because he tunes up a half step? (I'll see myself out. Try the gefilte fish!)

From the topic header, I assumed I was singing above the nominal pitch somewhere on some recording. : )

For the question, dunno except I try not to post before reading it over, and resist impulsive posting after adult beverages. 

I'm crappy with foreign languages, so I compensate by aiming toward proficiency in English. I admire really sharp minds and speakers, and enjoy reading them. 

For aging, I believe it's important to keep your brain engaged. Do not subsume yourself in passive amusements. Require yourself to mentally exercise. Same for your physical body.  Think of your body and your brain as one unified organism. Take it out of the barn on a regular basis, and it'll last longer.

Music certainly helps. No musician functional at my (our) age has let theyself's go to the point of failure or incompetence. Use it or loose it. 

All we have is the journey, might as well make it count. I'm fixin' to survive as long as I can.

No problemo, it was comical. I have sung out of pitch, in-ear monitors have helped all of us a great deal!

It's more a guideline than a rule. (That was a Bill Murray line, in Stripes, I think. : )

I bet the majority of online flame wars are largely drunk posting. 

Which is why my inebriant of choice is pot.  It reallllly makes you think a whole lot about whether you really want to hit "post".  And sometimes all that thinking freaks you out, you close out the page, and run to your guitar to make sweet, sweet music.