Friday Playlist
Well, folks, we made it! Today is War on Drugs release day! By the time you’ve read this I’m sure I’ve listened to I Don’t Live Here Anymore at least twice. My plan is to stay up late Thursday and listen as soon as it hits Spotify. We’ll see if that worked or not. I’ve read three reviews, and I’m…
Reader’s Notebook, 10/28/21
Good grief am I behind on these. That makes total sense, though, because my reading pace has slowed to a level not seen in years. I’ve finished just one book in the past four weeks. I went nearly three weeks without starting my next reading project. Normally I break out in hives if I don’t immediately start a new book.…
Tuesday Links
A couple links to share as I continue my rebound from fall break and attempt to ease back into a routine. One last Bond link, this one about how John F. Kennedy both helped the Bond series become popular and used that popularity to further his fame. John F. Kennedy was a vocal Bond fan, and the media loved to…
Adult Fall Break
It was a very good weekend with some very good friends in Nashville. This was our first-ever trip to Music City, USA, and we had a great time. The four couples caravanned down on Thursday afternoon. We had a rental in the very cool area known as 12 South, not too far from downtown. Our house was fantastic. Very stylish,…
Thursday Playlist
A strange week for scheduling around our house. The girls began their fall break yesterday, so we had some social activities Tuesday night plus an impromptu sleepover for C and some of her friends. We did our annual “flu shots and lunch somewhere that has ice cream” outing yesterday. S and I will leave later today for a little jaunt…
Weekend Sports
Another busy weekend filled with sports of various sorts. Friday night was the biggest high school football game in Indiana this year: 6A #1 Center Grove at 5A #1 Cathedral. Center Grove was ranked in the top ten nationally in every one of those “polls.” Cathedral was ranked as high as 14th but more often down in the 30s nationally.…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4wXQfjXzteyVCWAuVALYoY?si=347438b1952e49c4 “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” – Public Enemy This popped up on my workout playlist this week. Peak PE. “Crystal Bullets” – White Denim I can dig what these cats are laying down. “Knead” – illuminati hotties ih’s album Let Me Do One More has received almost universal acclaim. I don’t love Sarah Tudzin’s voice, so I can’t get…
A Night at the Theater: Bond
I saw my first movie in a theater since late 2019 last night. The reviews were decent enough and the Covid numbers here falling fast enough that I felt comfortable going to see No Time To Die with my brother-in-law. Four other people had the same idea, so we had plenty of room to ourselves and felt perfectly safe. I…
Weekend Hoops – October Madness
Although L’s basketball team is in week one of their three-week stoppage of play for fall breaks, there were still hoops to be played last weekend. St P’s normally hosts a Cadet (7th/8th grade) A team tournament over fall break. We had some logistical issues and weren’t able to host this year, but a neighboring parish took it over so…
Friday Links
A few items to add to your reading queue for the weekend. I’ve always bought into the myth that minor league baseball was somehow purer than big league ball, and the connection between minor league clubs and their communities was deeper than that between big cities and MLB clubs. That’s probably all Bull Durham-fueled garbage, but baseball is largely built…