The Final
I’ll hold off on my big spring break summary to share some thoughts on the end of the college basketball season. I don’t know if it is me getting older, the media getting stupider, or a combination of both, but I have a harder time following sports media without getting pissed off these days. For example, in the lead-up to…
Spring Break 2019, Part 1: Prologue
As expected, my Cancún summary is rather long. So I shall divide it into a couple posts for you. Part one goes back to the pre-trip drama I mentioned before we left. Two Sundays ago we were deep into the trip prep process. Packing, printing itineraries, making our 30th Target run, etc. As a part of this I pulled out…
Friday Vid
“Real Thing” – Middle Kids. We are home, safe and sound, tanned and tired. We made it home a little after 9:00 last night thanks to multiple delays in our return flights. A long summary post of our week in Cancun will come Monday. I monitored my music sites while away, bookmarking posts I wanted to come back to. I…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/7VzakY8h5vI “Mirror in the Bathroom” – The English Beat. RIP to one of the coolest men, and coolest names, in the second British Invasion of the 1980s, “Ranking Roger” Charlery.
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 24
Chart Week: February 25, 1978 Song: “How Deep Is Your Love” – Bee Gees Chart Position: #10, 23rd week on the chart. Peaked at #1 for three weeks in December 1977 and January 1978. The most amazing chart stretch of my life was the Bee Gee’s run in the late ‘70s. They absolutely owned the charts thanks largely to the…
Breakin’ It
As I said Monday, this is a very busy week. It’s already noon on Wednesday and it feels like the first half of the week has raced by as we get closer to our spring break departure tomorrow morning. Last night M and C and I went to St. P’s first every big theater production. A few years back there…
Really?
Usually when I post a link to an article, I like to offer a few thoughts about its content. I’ve been sitting on this one for a few days and, honestly, can’t come up with anything. It may be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. Which is saying something: I’ve wasted A LOT of time on the Internet over…
Tourney Notes, Weekend One
This is a very busy week, with our spring break beginning Thursday and a lot of prep in the days between now and then, along with some babysitting of a nephew one day. So I figured I would start my NCAA post Sunday night as I watch the final game of the weekend, Oregon-UC Irvine. KU I told you this…
Friday Playlist
A slap-dash, quickie playlist this week as I had a few things lined up this morning and have a lot of basketball to watch this afternoon. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/47dmUZT8VeIzZEAEY0IrrL?si=pgxZCAzjRZ64LmVh_OtNnw “Friendly Aliens” – Chad VanGaalen. This guy is from Canada. This song is trippy and strange and fun. “Without a Blush” – Hatchie. Your weekly Australian song. Her EP last year was excellent.…
Tourney Time: The Field
A rather busy week has kept me from diving too deep into the nitty gritty of this year’s NCAA tournament field. It’s the first week of kickball practice, so I’ve been making sure our teams are good to go, balls have been inflated and distributed, and making sure all the stuff I need to clear with the school office before…