April Books
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel I ended March with a disappointing semi-apocalyptic novel, Black Moon. As I was finishing it, I got the notice from the library that my hold on Station Eleven had come in. It was much better. Mandel goes to the Stephen King well to find the source of her apocalypse: a super flu that…
Springtime Up In Your Grill
Man oh man. May is here! April freaking flew by, with the three girls playing different sports and locking up our calendar just about every afternoon or evening of the month. Along the way it got seasonably warm, then we suddenly had a stretch of about 10 days with below-normal temps. But then, gloriously, last Friday the sun came out,…
⦿ Friday Links
David Letterman is now in his final month hosting a late night talk show. Here is a fine Q&A with him from The New York Times. David Letterman Reflects on 33 Years in Late-Night Television After over a decade of blogging, I’m finally linking to something from Playboy. And it’s an article! Anyway, you might want to view this page…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/98AJUj-qxHI “Once In A Lifetime” – Talking Heads One of the oddest, and thus most memorable, videos from MTV’s earliest days.
Clearing Out The Notebook
A few quick, random thoughts to share. Why do you have to verify that you are at least 21 years old before you access the website of a brewery? It’s not like you can pour a free sample out of your monitor once you put in your birthdate. And there’s no age requirement to watch the 8000 beer commercials that…
The Other Two
C. got her own sports post last week. The sisters deserve updates, too. We’re in the last week of kickball season. Baring a miracle finish (and collapse by another team), M.’s team will not make the tournament. They’re currently 5–1, but that one L was a 27–2 loss to a team they face again in the season finale. That game…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/jFvtMp7hRF8 “Street Fighting Man” – The Rolling Stones In honor of Yordano Ventura and the 2015 Kansas City Royals, who are apparently going to get into some kind of altercation with every team they play this season.
Summer 2015 Cap
Lost in the early baseball season rush, I’ve forgotten to share something very important with you: my summer 2015 cap choice. Frankly, I’m a little surprised I haven’t received angry emails demanding I reveal my pick. Allow me to rectify. I found myself in a bit of a quandary this year. Last year’s cap is still in decent shape. And…
Game Balls
I haven’t kept many mementos from my childhood sports days. There are a few stats sheets and participation patches hidden away in a box in the basement. But all my trophies were tossed out long ago. Nor are there any old uniforms or hats crammed into a cedar chest somewhere as reminders of my pre-high school sports glory days. Among…
R’s: Stuff And Nonsense
In the bad old days, I would think the Royals were cursed. How else to explain getting off to a hot start – they’re currently tied for the second-best record in the bigs – yet still looking up at Detroit? The baseball gods hate the Royals, right? But these aren’t the bad old days. This is the brave new world…