Reader’s Notebook, 9/15/21
My goodness, I am so far behind in sharing my recent completed reads. I imagine a few of these will be crappier than normal since I’ve put them off so long. A Spy In The Struggle – Aya de León I’ve been working through a list of good, recent espionage novels that this and the next book both were on.…
Weekend Sports Notes
A busy Monday kept me from getting this out yesterday, but allow me to share some brief sports notes from the weekend. Friday we took the entire family to the 5A #1 Cathedral matchup with arch rival and defending 3A state champs BCHS. Well, L rode with S and I and then ran off with her friends the entire game.…
Friday Playlist (With Bonus College Girlfriend Commentary!)
I think you’re going to like this group of songs, but I bet you enjoy my essay about this week’s video more. It’s not often I dive into my romantic past here, so prepare to laugh at/mock me. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6GF6qOeUJAtg0OdWzDIcvl?si=9bbe65e529084600 “Long Way” – Eddie Vedder WHOA! When I heard Eddie had a solo album coming out I was not enthused. His…
Kid Sports Update
This has to be the latest in the school year I’ve ever gone before sharing a kid sports update. Good reason for that: we only have one kid playing any sports at the moment! I should be writing a wrap-up of L’s kickball regular season. Her final game was supposed to be yesterday. “So,” attentive readers may be wondering, “does…
Weekend Sports Notes
It was the first weekend jam-packed with sports in a long time. Good thing we had a fourish-day weekend to squeeze it all in!1 Friday night I took C and three friends to the Cathedral football game (M was also there with her own friend group). The 2–0, class 5A #1 Irish played a perennial 6A power from up north…
August Media
Movies and Shows Patriot “John Lakeman,” his professional name, is dealing with a lot of stuff. He’s trying to sway an election in Iran to prevent the country from gaining nuclear weapons. He’s attempting to pose as an expert in industrial piping as his cover, something he is woefully unprepared for. His boss at the piping firm hates him. Just…
Friday Playlist
It’s the last weekend of the summer of 2021. My new music folder seems a bit light at the moment, so we’re going to get a little nutty this week. I hope you find the nuttiness pleasing to your ears. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LMxMwJjAazetSKaJ4GakS?si=bb12595a2fb14cb0 “Red Hill Mining Town” – U2 Through hands of steel And heart of stone Our labor day Has come…
Thoughts on “The Number Ones” of the ’80s
Tom Breihan passed a notable milestone this week in his The Number Ones series: he finished the 1980s. Most days I just glance at the comments. But Monday, as Phil Collins’ “Another Day in Paradise” closed out the decade, I read deep into them, enjoying commenters’ various picks of favorites, most hated, most overlooked, etc tracks. I don’t participate in…
Stats
August 2021 * Pearl Jam – 51 * The War on Drugs – 32 * Alien Boys – 27 * The Rolling Stones – 25 * Torres – 25 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Tuesday Links
We’ll do some links today since I can’t seem to get my latest Reader’s Notebook entry finished, nor come to any thoughts worth sharing on other subjects. Guess I haven’t posted any links in a few weeks because the first is a few weeks old. Hell, it was old when I talked about it with friends in KC two weeks…