Reader’s Notebook, 1/16/19
A new reading year comes with a bit of a change. I still have my Carmel library card, which should be good for several more years.[1] Just before Christmas L and I finally went over to the Indianapolis public library branch that is about a mile away to get cards there. Our local library is very small. But you can…
Snow and Sports
A busy and fun weekend around our house. Saturday C and I headed out at 7:00 am for her first preseason volleyball tournament. At that point in the day we had about 2” of snow. The roads were not great, but not terrible either. It helped that no one was out on them, other than parents going to volleyball tournaments.…
NFL Predictions
I should probably lock in some kind of prediction for tomorrow’s game between the Colts and Chiefs. I’ve watched zero minutes of the Chiefs this year, so I only know what I’ve read about them. But that’s been plenty. They spent much of the season being the most talked about and exciting team in the NFL. For all the nervousness…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/6lsxd7tiXpVxHRRltE7bi3?si=51ADVtDtRIaMj3veUAMFjA “Seventeen” – Sharon Van Etten. Still no new albums worth getting excited about. But next week is the first big push of new disks, including Sharon Van Etten’s newest. Of the early singles she’s released from it, this is my favorite. I love it’s rough edges and long, slow build. “Sunday Driver” – The Raconteurs. The Raconteurs are back!…
Reserve Readings
I guess I spoke too soon. One more quick piece of clean-up from 2018. Here are three excellent articles I read in the last month that I think are worth sharing. First, a pretty amazing story about a crazy-ass endurance race, and the woman who competes with men to win the damn thing. Ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter Takes On The World’s…
Reader’s Notebook, 1/8/19
The kids are back at school, so time for one more piece of 2018 wrap up. I finished my reading year with two more excellent books, one of which was a big a change-of-pace for me. The Flight Attendant – Chris Bohjalian I put several books that I saw on Best of 18 lists on hold at the library, and…
Weekend Notes
It is the last day of Christmas vacation in our house. It might hit 50 for the third-straight day, but no one seems real interested in getting outside and doing something. Probably has something to do with me telling everyone their rooms need to be cleaned up before anything else gets done today, and no one is moving all that…
Friday Playlist
Is it Friday already? Time for the first playlist of the year, then! https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/1ZBwe63X1Mfd9rjfpKcQfr?si=7fzREkOnQpaA-dBv3AkGxA “Blue” – Thyla. This is kind of a perfect January song. Lyrically, it is dark and depressing, the singer complaining constantly about being “blue, blue, blue, blue, bluuuuuueeee.” Yet the music is driving and powerful as if it is pushing her through those January blues to…
Big 12 Hoops: The Beginning
A new Big 12 basketball season has begun. In a very strange first night of the year, there were three road wins. The only team to win at home? The Mighty Jayhawks of Kansas. When the balls were first rolled out back in November, consensus was KU would have no problem rolling to their 15th-straight Big 12 title. Kansas State…
Starting Off Strong (In Theory)
Happy New Year! Hope your celebrations were safe, happy, and the headaches/stomaches that resulted have passed. Our New Year’s Eve went well. The Pacers game was good. Well, other than spending 15 minutes to travel three blocks right before our parking garage. Not sure what the hell was going on but traffic was a nightmare. The Pacers won by 8,…