NFL Predictions
The NFL season begins tonight, the latest blow in the war of dumb against all that is decent in sports. It’s been bad enough that the season has started on Thursday for years. But adding a Wednesday game so they can play a game in Australia on Thursday, US time, is taking things to a whole other level. Of course,…
Weekend Notes
Going to try to blow through this rather quickly, taking a day-by-day approach. Also, I’ll note up top where it, hopefully, does not get overlooked, that this site may be a bit wonky for the next week or so. I’ll explain once things are locked down but if you get errors at any point, please be patient and try again…
Friday Playlist
Fewer songs this week, but I make up for that by including two songs that are a combined 13 minutes long. “Insignificant Other” – Queens Of The Stone Age QOTSA does the Atlanta Rhythm Section? And Josh Homme sounding more like Chris Cornell than he ever has. I definitely dig! “Sweet Devotion” – Queen of Jeans This song isn’t nearly…
Reader’s Notebook, 9/3/26
After completing nine books in July I totally slacked off and read just seven in August. Embarrassing. Adding insult to injury, my last two books of the month were both strange and unsatisfying. The Unveiling – Quan BarryThis was included in the 2026 Tournament of Books, which is generally a harbinger of a good read. The book focuses on Striker,…
August Media
Movies, Shows, Etc. Margo’s Got Money TroublesThis got a more lengthy breakdown here. A- Hard KnocksI don’t think I’ve ever watched a Hard Knocks season in real time. Mostly because I’m not sure we’ve ever had HBO in the summer before this year. As always, I’m aware everything we are shown is heavily edited, in terms of both what we…
Weekend Notes
HS Football Week two of the season started better for CHS, but ended with another loss. Up 13-7 on Loyola Academy at the half, the defense fell apart in the second half and the Irish lost 33-19. It could have been worse. Loyola had a long touchdown pass called back on their first offensive play of the game because of…
Friday Playlist
For obvious reasons making an adjustment to our format this week. “Jolene” – The White Stripes covering Dolly PartonI once read a fine summation of the greatness of the White Stripes’ take on Dolly’s classic. Paraphrasing, Dolly’s original was filled with the fear of a theoretical infidelity that had yet to take place, the narrator begging to keep it from…
Dolly
It’s been a little over 10 years since I admitted that I finally understood people who cried when a famous person died. Two years later the death of a much lesser known singer completely floored me. Since then? No celeb death has had more than a momentary effect on me. As I began getting the texts from all directions Tuesday…
Reader’s Notebook, 8/25/26
Icarus 17 – Charles CummingThe latest entry in Cumming’s usually enjoyable BOX 88 series. In this one, his master spy Lachlan Kite has been asked by his former co-worker and one-time lover Martha to help find her son, Max, who has disappeared in Athens, Greece. Max is on the run with his girlfriend, who is fleeing multiple sets of hunters…
Weekend Notes
Another fairly boring weekend for most of our family, so today’s entry will focus on sports. Senior Pics OK, one big family event over the weekend. L had her senior picture session on Sunday. C came home for a couple hours to help her with her makeup. I was allowed to help carry things to the car but otherwise was…