Friday Vid(s)
“Let’s Groove” – Earth, Wind & Fire EW&F was a big part of the broad musical education my parents gave me. I remember there being a couple of their albums in our record crate, and I loved flipping through them because of their fantastic, futuristic, outer-space themed covers and liner notes. The music was pretty solid, too. I found myself…
Eleven The Hard Way
I went on record a couple months ago saying that KU’s conference championship streak would end this year. As always, that was a good reminder not to take anything I write here as basis for betting your monthly mortgage payment. I don’t know that this year’s title is the most improbable of the streak. I don’t know that it’s the…
Bat Shit Crazy
This morning, after dropping the girls off at school, I went around the corner to fill my vehicle up with gas. I started the pump and jumped back into the car to avoid the cold. Seconds later I heard a honk. Then another. And finally a third, along with a muffled yell that sounded like my name. I looked around…
February Books
The shortest month of the year did not slow me down at all. Five books plus one leftover from January. Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri I forgot to include this in my January list. Probably because I had a hard time thinking of what to write about it. Not that it’s a bad book. It won the freaking Pulitzer…
Old Man Weather Post
I had this post planned out for weeks. It was going to be a “Thank goodness we survived the worst two months of the year, bring on spring!” post. I mentally crafted the words knowing there was a fine chance that the first week of March would feel more like January than April. The last two winters have been terrible,…