KU Notes: Embrace the 3
A couple thoughts about the Jayhawks, both guaranteed to drop a deadly jinx onto the team before a key two-game stretch. We’re upon mid-February, which is usually when we begin to get a real feel for what kind of team KU has for the year. Well? They’re better on defense than last year. Much better at the point guard spot.…
Dean
Divorce is never easy. In addition to the pain that is focused on the immediate family at the center of a split, there is often collateral damage. Anyone seen as an instigator or taking sides will often be the target of long-term bad feelings even after the direct participants have moved on. That somewhat tortured example sums up how a…
⦿ Sunday Links
Friday morning I took a look at my Instapaper queue and didn’t see much to share. A bunch of new stuff popped up Friday afternoon and over the weekend, so now we have some things to read together. I’ve had enough weird hobbies in my life to have spent some time in Radio Shack. So it’s been a little sad…
Saturday Vid
“Clampdown” – The Clash Joe Mick Paul Topper The Only Band That Matters Seattle radio station KEXP has declared today International Clash Day. Something I can obviously get on-board with.
Friday Vid
“Shake It Off (The Perfect Drug)” – Taylor Swift vs. Nine Inch Nails The mash-up is not as common as it was 7–8 years ago. But the format still exists, and while the novelty factor has worn off, sometimes they can still be a lot of fun. This one is especially good with the videos of the originals cut together.
January Books
The Martian – Andy Weir As I mentioned in my December wrap up, this is the book I began in 2014 but finished on Jan. 1, 2015. I destroyed this book. Once I started it, it was hard to put down. In fact, I started it after midnight on Dec. 30 when I could not sleep. I went downstairs, flipped…
Heck Of A Way To Lose
I love Pete Carroll. If, through some miracle, I could suddenly play football (and be 20 years younger), there is no coach who I would more want to play for. I LOVED his call to go for a touchdown rather than just kick the field goal at the end of the first half last night. I wouldn’t have done the…
⦿ Friday Links, Part 2
Part two of the big link catch-up project. First, a profile of Lego. I had no idea the company nearly went under just over a decade ago. Jonathan Ringen explores the history of the company and how it first dig a hole, then made a series of tremendous decisions that have left it one of the strongest brands in the…
⦿ Friday Links, Part 1
Terrible. That’s how I would describe my blogging performance over the past week. I not only failed to share links last week, I kept putting it off and putting it off when I had chances to post them. So here I am with at least ten sharable links. Some pruning is clearly in order. But that still leaves quite a…
Friday Vid
“The Frug” – Rilo Kiley I’m not a regular viewer of Austin City Limits, but last week, when Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis split the episode, I definitely set the DVR. Lewis threw in a couple tracks from her first band, Rilo Kiley. This was not one of those selections, but I’ve always loved it and the oh-so-late–90s video makes…