Weekend Notes
What a weekend, filled with swings of mood and weather. KANSAS FOOTBALL!!!!!!! Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33. LET’S GOOOOOO!!!!! One of the biggest wins in program history. That alone would make Saturday’s win over the #6 Sooners memorable. It just had so much of…everything, I guess, that no KU fan who watched it will ever forget it. This feels like a…
Friday Playlist
I didn’t blast much new-ish music this week, so today’s playlist will skew in a slightly different direction than normal. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PmuVKcNg8Kf2UXZJbzhEu?si=a4325e6cebe44e16 “Collect” – Torres It’s been a couple years since we had new Torres music. That album landed not one but two tracks on my Favorite Songs of the Year list, so the pressure is high for 2024. This is…
Reader’s Notebook, 10/26/23
Tales from the Torrid Zone – Alexander Frater I mentioned in my last entry that I was taking on a rather long book that seemed like it might be a chore to get through. With that in mind, I decided that since it is divided into three parts, I would take a break after each section and squeeze in another…
Pro Sports Notes
Time for a few thoughts about the exciting world of professional sports. MLB Playoffs I have continued to watch the playoffs most nights. Maybe not as closely as I did a few years back, but I’ve had them on which is a big step for me. Since I’ve been checked out on baseball for the past two seasons, that has…
Weekend Notes
It was a pretty good fall break/long weekend around our house. It included another trip to Cincinnati, a new family toy, and a variety of news on the high school sports front. Let’s dive into the details. CHS Fall Break C and L were off Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for their fall break. L had basketball practice all three days…
Friday Playlist
Man, the weeks are really adding up. One more playlist before we slip into the final two months of the calendar year. It always seems like it will take forever to get here in January and February, then it is suddenly late October and both holiday music and my Favorite Songs of the Year playlist are right around the corner.…
A Return to Stuckeyville
It’s weird how random things can trigger memories and send you down a path that brings a surprise ending. Last week I was watching TV and saw a commercial for the new Goosebumps series, which features actor Justin Long. I chuckled, thinking back to the time I first encountered Long on the small screen, as Warren P. Cheswick on the…
Weekend Notes
Another very good weekend that was focused on travel, football, and friends. For the second time in three weeks I left Indianapolis to attend a Big 12 football game. This trip was to Cincinnati to watch M’s Bearcats take on Iowa State. Making the trip even better, I would be hanging with my buddy, Super Clone Fan #1 Sean, and…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Jza04TxJ3VZGBsO4z4eoe?si=68e26a4d61c8480e “Stuck” – Soft Science There’s been an influx of modern shoegaze in my playlists lately, and I am not complaining about it. “Your Day” – Pastel A buddy of mine who is super into all things Manchester described this as sounding like Liam Gallagher and Johnny Marr made a record together. I’m down with that. “Up and Comer” –…
“Six Years And All We Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt?”
Obviously I’m reaching a bit with my subject line. For it to work you have to imagine it is one of the geniuses at the NCAA asking the question when they realize that after six years of investigation and invective and irritation the biggest outcome of their inquiry into the Kansas basketball program is that the second half of the…