Weekend Notes
Kid Hoops A great weekend for L’s team. They played in a one-day shootout Saturday about 30 minutes away from home. Our coach moved us up to the 8th–9th grade bracket, so we were worried going in. That was dumb; both teams we played were awful. The first was an all-freshman team. We hit two 3’s to open the game…
Friday Playlist + Mini Concert Review
My Friday Playlist pool has been pretty full this year. There was a little lull in the past month where I had to do some digging to fill out the weekly lists. Suddenly, though, I am overflowing once again. When I started working on today’s edition, I had 17 songs in the queue, only two of which were older tracks.…
My Podcast Life
We are coming up on the 20th anniversary of this blog. Or at least the original site the current iteration grew from. I’m sure I’ll whip together something to commemorate the proper anniversary in June. This morning I saw an article about podcasts and got to thinking about my history with them, which was somewhat tied to my blogging history.…
Reader’s Notebook, 5/9/23
Beat the Devils – Josh Weiss The genre of alternate histories can be very fun if done right. I recently ran across a list of best recent alt history novels and was amazed by how many were centered on World War II. I guess that era has a lot of opportunities for writing about What Ifs. Or people are just…
Weekend Notes
This weekend was certainly slower than the previous one. Doesn’t mean we didn’t pack a few things into it, one of them rather momentous. On the Road The family checked off another big milestone when C passed her driver’s test and got her license on Saturday. It has been a bit of a struggle with her; she was first eligible…
Jayhawk Talk: Big Dick(inson) Energy
The biggest signing in the history of the transfer portal (for now) requires a quick, emergency Jayhawk Talk. Thursday former Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson announced he will transfer to KU. That news immediately vaulted KU from a top 15-ish squad to a legit national title contender next season. I’ll get into the weeds on this later – there is…
Friday Playlist
Mostly uptempo rockers this week. A notable exception at the bottom for a very important reason. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3o3d896tXeejDrTgtlOvWb?si=44ad7f0670b74d03 “Positive Charge” – The Gaslight Anthem The first new GSA song in nine years is a little underwhelming to me. Brian Fallon’s vocals sound very different from how they used to sound, which makes a huge difference. “Days Move Slow” – Bully The…
Thursday Links
I’m overdue on sharing links. To be fair, I haven’t saved very many of late. A major bummer in the photography world, as Amazon is shutting down DP Review. Anyone who has bought a camera, lens, or other equipment in the past two decades has likely used DP as a resource. It looks like Amazon has clarified their initial plans…
A Change in (Pas)Times, Pt. 2
Time for part two of my hobby update. In the first entry, I shared how I had sold all my camera equipment. I ended that post by mentioning I had also done something unexpected and possibly dumb. In those weeks after I sold my camera gear, I did everything I could to quash any second-thoughts about the decision. I unsubscribed…
April Media
Movies, Shows, etc Argo It had been several years since I watched this. Still holds up, even with all the historical inaccuracies. A MH370: The Plane That Disappeared Maybe the biggest mystery of our time is what happened to this Boeing 777 when it disappeared in 2014. This three-episode series dives into all the theories. Not sure it gets us…