Weekend Notes
Some catchup from the last few days. Shots Fired…Literally Friday night we had our old neighbors from Carmel over for dinner. They like to rib us about moving from Carmel, which has little violent crime, to Indianapolis, which like most big cities has some issues. I joked that we hadn’t heard any gunfire from our home in over a year.…
Friday Playlist
Another week with a jam-packed list. The new music continues to roll in. I still have a couple tracks leftover from my podcast review. We just passed a significant music anniversary. There was a massive death in the music world this week. And an amazing YouTube find will cap things off. Strap yourselves in and enjoy. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1yTbBUlciclTbLO5rpzs2M?si=e48df13b6279468a “Girls Make Me…
The Old Man and The Scale
L went back to school yesterday. M and C started classes today. Thus our academic summer has ended. Which makes this the perfect day for a post I’ve wanted to share for quite awhile. It will be extra navel-gazey, so feel free to skip if you prefer my writings about music, sports, books, etc. to those about being a middle-aged…
Weekend in KC
A very good weekend trip to Kansas City. Other than the heat, of course. Travel It was probably our easiest drive between Indy and KC we’ve ever had without driving at night. A few slowdowns, a few standard trucks passing each other or slow people in the fast lane issues. But otherwise it was kind of smooth sailing. One side…
Reader’s Notebook, 8/3/22
July was one of my better reading months in recent memory. Nine books finished, and all were legit books. No graphic novels, manuals, photography collections, etc. mixed in. Here are some brief synopses. Phil – Alan Shipnuck The book that shook up the golf world when an excerpt was released earlier this year detailing Phil Mickleson’s thoughts about the Saudi-backed…
Life and Times of a Rising Senior
A busy week for M. Two college visits and senior pictures have all been checked off her To Do list. We went to Purdue last Wednesday and then IU on Monday. Both trips went well. She liked Purdue more than she expected, and when we left she felt like it had pulled even with Cincinnati as her co-favorite. Or at…
July Media
M and I are off to Bloomington for campus visit number five today, so it is a perfect day to drop this list on you. Movies, Series, Shows Somebody Feed Phil, season one Crap, I forgot to include this in my June entry. After watching the Anthony Bourdain film, I tried to find something similar to his classic shows to…
Stats
July 2022 The War on Drugs – 31 Jack White – 23 Maggie Rogers – 20 The Beatles – 19 MUNA – 18 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Friday Playlist
Just a little more cleanup from my podcast archives research, a whole heck of a lot of new music, and no playlist next week due to travel means (at least) one more mega playlist for your listening pleasure. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RMd9vUbM2i3tyciGfjuSo?si=fe9bdbeda7c4407a “In the Right” – The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness Some jim-dandy power pop here, my friends. “Overcome” – Young Guv…
Wednesday Links
M and I are off to visit Purdue so it seems like a great day to share some more interesting reads. I don’t know a thing about cricket, and I’m guessing most of you don’t, either. That doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the ridiculousness of this story. “I have never seen a scam like this. These guys just cleared a…