Friday Playlist
After months of having more than enough songs in the queue for these posts, the tide of new music might finally have slowed a bit. Have no worries, I still have plenty of songs for you. It is just taking a tad more work to put this week’s playlist together. Which I, of course, do not mind. “Summer’s Over” –…
Football Is Back!
College football is finally here! With it comes what is the most anticipated and also oddest season for the Kansas Jayhawks in my life. Anticipated because a program that won nine games last year enters week one with 20 of 22 starters who are either seniors or redshirt juniors, a level of experience this program has probably never had before.…
Pearl Jam In Indy – Finally
As hinted at in yesterday’s post, I got to do something insanely awesome Monday night that I’ve been waiting a long time for. Even with a short night of sleep, I’m still a little keyed up from it this morning. If you choose to proceed, prepare yourself for an overly detailed accounting of my evening watching Pearl Jam play live…
Weekend Notes
This weekend seemed pretty chill to me. There were enough things going on to justify a blog post, though. Let’s see how many words I can stretch this alleged slow weekend into. Friday Night Lights High school football started in Indiana last week. In a shocking upset, it was a perfectly pleasant night. That will change this week, though. That…
Friday Playlist
A little smaller selection this week, as I’ve had two music projects that have been sucking up my listening time this week. “London Calling” – The Clash Joe Strummer was born 72 years ago this week. At first, I accidentally added the entire London Calling album to this playlist. For a second I thought about making that the entire PL…
EV Driving Update
I am now four months and over 5000 miles into Telsa ownership, err, leasership? Blog rules dictate that an update is in order. I don’t think I have anything super profound to say. For the most part, I love the car and EV life. I would say it has been a 90–95% positive experience, with mostly small things annoying me.…
Tuesday Links
I probably should have shared these first three links last week, when we were all still gripped by Olympic fever. Ranking Every Summer Olympic Sport Based on How Terrible It Would Be for the Average Person The Winners and Losers of the 2024 Paris Olympics Merci, Paris: We needed these Olympics As I continue my re-watch of The Americans, I…
Weekend Notes
An Unexpected Trip What started as a boring, uneventful weekend ending up being surprisingly fun. S worked full time all weekend, filling in for a hospitalist who is on maternity leave. She had like 1000 babies to see,[1] so was at the hospital until 5:00 Saturday, nearly as long Sunday. Because of that and the girls being tired after their…
Friday Playlist
“Archbishop Harold Holmes” – Jack White What an idiot I am! White dropped his No Name album on streaming services two weeks ago, and I listened to it a ton after we got home from vacation. Then, somehow, I forgot to include a track in last week’s playlist. Again, idiot. This track is soooo White Stripes-y, with his spitfire vocals…
Reader’s Notebook, 8/15/24
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic – Jason TurbowMy brother in books David V handed me a copy of this on my visit to Kansas City in June. It took me some time to work through my stack of virtual books to crack it open, and once I did, I realized I had read it before, back in 2017. Looking back, I loved…