Kid Sports: A Controversial End
We finally – FINALLY – wrapped up the fall sports season last night. It was a strange and disappointing ending. L’s basketball team’s first opponent in the City tournament was a team that was undefeated. All those wins came in very convincing fashion. We figured it was another team loaded with six graders who play year-round and we’d be lucky…
Weekend Notes
Mother Nature takes a lot of grief around here. Occasionally, though, I have to give her props. Yesterday she dropped an absolutely perfect late fall day on us. It was sunny, not much breeze, and although the high was forecast to be in the mid–50s, she kicked her heels off, checked her nails, and gave us a bonus high of…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XwuQNsguwLVQoq172fNsH?si=Ve3JOLBvRTeQ–4bYpMGZlA “For the First Time” – Best Coast. What a glorious day! We have new Best Coast music! I’m deep into my Favorite Songs of the Decade research. Best Coast is on that list. On Monday I did some searching to see if BC was rumored to have any new music on the horizon but came up empty. Less than…
What I’m Watching, Fall 2019
It’s been nearly three months since my last (and first) What I’m Watching post. I haven’t watched much in terms of variety since then, but I have packed in some quantity. So here’s a quick run down. Brooklyn Nine-Nine I was doing some DVR cleanup, mostly deleting crap the girls recorded and never watched over the summer, and realized I…
Golf: In Da Club
It was a big weekend, as I had my much anticipated visit to a local country club for a round of golf with a friend. But before we get to that, I must share the round I played nine days earlier. That day I was not sure of my goal. It was a cold, dreary day and I had a…
Weekend Notes
As has become routine, a quick-ish rundown of what went down over the weekend. Halloween OK, not technically the weekend, but worth a few words about how the girls spent Halloween. M went to a friend’s house to hang out and watch movies. C, along with most of the girls in her grade, dressed as Dalmatians. They didn’t quite make…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30FynvFbkIyy0ly4fhyKKo?si=zc-smcY9Sw6AnP1d1ilf4g “November Has Come” – Gorrilaz. Hey, look, it’s November 1! “Your Book” – Say Sue Me. Might this be the first time I’ve featured a band from South Korea in these posts? These kids have zero K-Pop to them; this sounds straight out of the early ‘00s indie era. “Downtown Lights” – Frankie Lee. Lee grew up in Stillwater,…
Reader’s Notebook, 10/30/19
As is my norm, I am behind on sharing my books with you. So here we go… Normal People – Sally Rooney I hate when a book lets you down. I was really enjoying this book as I worked my way through it. And then the final quarter or so ruined most of that good will. Normal People is centered…
Belated Weekend Notes
OK, finally some weekend notes. Youth Basketball L’s team finally got their second win of the year, a nervy 18–15 win. They were down 14–10 in the fourth quarter, which seemed like a monumental gap. We got back-to-back steals and scores to tie, then cranked up the defense, got a couple more scores, and held on for the win. It…
A Day in the Life
Monday got away from me a little. I had some things on the agenda, but also figured I’d be able to sit down and crank out a weekend summary post or something. Then things got a little weird. So in the interest of posting something before Monday is over, here is a quick review of my day. I know, I…