Weekend Notes
A lot to get caught up on after a long holiday weekend. July 4th Our standard family pool party for the Fourth of July. Almost all the locals were over for a daytime gathering. I smoked rather than grilled burgers for the first time and they turned out pretty good. All the young ones were well behaved, and it seems…
Independence Day Playlist, 2023
It is my fifth year offering a playlist to celebrate the day in my own, unique, musical way. There are two new songs this year, one of which I can’t believe took me five years to add.
June Media
Movies, Shows, etc Severance OK, this was the strangest, most messed up show I can recall watching. The way the finale ended – SPOILER ALERT – without resolving anything and instead setting up the next season was maddening. As a lover of the color blue, I did enjoy how many different gorgeous shades were integral to the show’s aesthetic. B…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5I6v54HH86WTRauxBA0nL3?si=5b2fea81f6ec449d “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) – Arcade Fire As I write this our power has been out for about 15 hours, our home just one of over 45,000 in Indianapolis that remain powerless after major storms hit us yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately for us, it seems like just one wire affecting 4-5 houses in our neighborhood is causing our outage. So…
2003 NBA Draft Diary Revisited
As promised, a look back at the very first post I ever published to this site. Perhaps you’ve already gone back and re-read it. I thought it would be fun for me to annotate it with some thoughts. I have edited out sections of the original that did not inspire me to add something new. With apologies to the Sports…
Happy Blog-iversary
It is June 27, 2023. That means this site, or at least its earliest version, was Internet birthed 20 years ago today. That first post is here. I’ll be addressing it directly soon. A lot sure has happened in that span, hasn’t it? If you want a full accounting you can dig through the over 3300 posts I’ve racked up…
NBA Draft Notes
L had a game early Thursday evening and then wanted to stay and watch her teammates play in the second game, so I didn’t make it home until the late teens of the NBA Draft. Thus no extensive breakdown this year. Gradey Dick was, apparently, the star of the show for his outrageous suit. I got a few texts about…
Weekend Notes
Quite a few things to discuss this week, so I’m going to split this into two posts. The personal stuff first, the NBA Draft stuff later on today. Weather We dodged a big ol’ bullet Sunday when storms roared through our area. There was a tornado on the ground about 10 minutes north of us. Several on the ground on…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KlZoh7I55N0MKTi7WiJMQ?si=5dc542acf73240fc “Body” – Briston Maroney It’s always exciting when young artists prepare to release their second album, and it seems like it will be as good as their first one. “Roll the Credits” – Danielle Ponder As if it isn’t enough that Ms. Ponder can sing like this, she also used to be a public defender. What are all my…
Notes on Relocation, Bad Owners, and Loyal Fans
I have not returned to baseball this year. The Royals are truly terrible – on pace for their worst season ever – and have given me no reason to drop my boycott of the sport, prompted when the dishonest and corrupt combination of MLB ownership and commissioner Rob Manfred manufactured last year’s labor strife.[1] I don’t have much idea what’s…