Kid Sports
One staple of the blog that I’ve ignored of late is the Kid Sports update. So, here is a long-ass post with too many details about what our girls have been up to. M and C have been playing volleyball for the last couple of months. C returned after taking a year off and really enjoyed it. She’s still pretty…
Friday Playlist
It’s March! Which means accumulating snow Sunday followed by record cold for most of next week. Le sigh… Here’s some music to get you through the latest trash weekend. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/7gwBR1Cx5HyA9PZvmJAbKF?si=efqLUPjiTruUjtnoxKge8Q “Capacity” – Charly Bliss. An ear worm that defies putting in a musical slot. I hear lines back to the music of at least three different decades in here. “stay”…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 22
Chart Week: November 6, 1976 Song: “The Rubberband Man” – The Spinners Chart Position: #15, 9th week on the chart. Peaked at #2 for three weeks in December. As promised, our first journey into the 1970s. This is the perfect jam to make that deeper run into the chart history. As I’ve said many times in the past, my parents…
“Good luck with your firings.”
Oh my gosh, this is such a good read for pretty much everyone our age. Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of ‘Office Space’
Title Season
Well, here we are: three games left in the Big 12 season and after pounding Kansas State last night, Kansas is a game out of first place, needing to both sweep through their last three games and get some serious help if they want to extend The Streak to 15. In years past I’d say there was a 75% chance…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5dM8578dUBeKgjwLjC8nJ1?si=jTtGzBEBS8GCMmqffXxpKw “Blankets” – Craig Finn. This is the first time I’ve really enjoyed one of Finn’s solo songs. It may make me reconsider his entire solo catalog. But I’ll likely just got back and listen to classic Hold Steady tracks. “Heart Attack Kid” – Ben Kweller. Kweller disappeared for awhile. This is a pretty solid return. “Devil May Care” –…
Neighborhood Golf Association
This mini-documentary hits a lot of things I like: photography, golf, beautiful eccentrics to name three. It made me both happy and sad as I watched it. Fair warning: plenty of NSFW language in this piece. Via Kottke
Reader’s Notebook, 2/19/19
I’ve dillied and dallied a bit on these, so some quick recaps of my four most recent books. Beastie Boys Book – Michael Diamond and Adam Horowitz Simply one of the best music memoirs ever published. I’m being 100% honest, not funny at all. This book is equally hilarious, poignant, thoughtful, and moving. Mike D and Ad Rock tell the…
Fun With Utilities
Have I mentioned my issues with our gas, water, and sewer utility before? Well, I’m about to! These people suck. Seriously. Here’s a list of the issues we’ve gone through with them over the past eight months. First, our builder did not drop any grass seed until the week that the water line was supposed to be connected. They had…
Friday Playlist
It’s been a rough few musical days, another time when we have been reminded that painful music is sometimes a product of truly painful lives. On Wednesday The New York Times ran a story in which several women accused Ryan Adams of abusive behavior. Phoebe Bridgers and Adams’ ex-wife Mandy Moore both went on record about their relationships with Adams…