Jayhawk Talk: Unwatchable
What the hell was that? In the building named for Henry Iba, KU and Oklahoma State took turns sending basketball back to the Stone Age Tuesday. OSU was awful in the first 10 minutes. KU was even worse in the next 10, at one point missing 19 straight shots. And both teams looked like fifth graders in the closing minutes…
December Media
Holiday Stuff The Office, Christmas episodes I wrote about them last year; they get a collective A Christmas Vacation, A Elf, A Office Christmas Party, B+ Die Hard, A Community, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” This was the Community entry on a list of best Christmas TV episodes I found. I hadn’t seen it since probably its initial airing. It should be…
So This Is The New Year…
Happy New Year, everybody! Let’s kick off another calendar year of discussing random shit, shall we? Our New Year’s Eve was rather quiet, as usual. M went to a party, which was a first. That meant we had to stay up until we were sure she was safely at the home of the friend she was spending the night with.…
Stats
My listening stats for 2021: The War on Drugs – 417 Middle Kids – 303 Pearl Jam – 199 Manchester Orchestra – 115 Wild Pink – 112 Sam Fender – 110 Crowded House – 102 Hatchie – 102 Julien Baker – 98 Eliza Shaddad – 88 And since I began using Last.fm in February, 2005: Frightened Rabbit – 3532 Pearl…
Friday Playlist
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a normal Friday playlist. Might as well wrap up 2020 by getting back into the routine of sharing good music with friends on Fridays. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ylMbTT4eZud6taHU7f0tf?si=eebec8a3a2134a9a “Maelstrom” – Melts I’ve been sitting on this one for awhile. Turns out it is perfect to save for New Year’s Eve, as it is about a getting caught…
Jayhawk Talk: The David Problem
KU has entered the silly season. Three-straight scheduled games either cancelled or postponed because of Covid issues with their opponent. The next regularly scheduled game is in jeopardy, too, although the new quarantine rules may save it. Odds are at least the first half of January will continue to be crazy, and perhaps only a quickly declining Omicron wave will…
Reader’s Notebook, 12/28/21
Only about six weeks behind on these, no big deal. If you got a gift card for Christmas maybe you’ll find something in here to use it on. The Last Tourist – Olen Steinhauer My latest entry from a recent list of best espionage novels. I knew this came from a series, but it got tremendous reviews so I figured…
Christmas Notes
It is days like this you can’t help but wonder if climate change is a good thing. I’m sitting on our back porch, wearing shorts and a t-shirt, at 10:39 AM on December 27 and feeling completely comfortable. It feels like a May morning. Hell, it wasn’t that much warmer than this around sunrise in Hawaii. We will obviously pay…
D’s Notes
KU Hoops Well, I was hoping to post another Jayhawk Talk entry this week. I was looking forward to seeing how KU played three days after struggling to put away a Stephen F. Austin team that exposed some of their deficiencies. Alas, Colorado had some players test positive, the game got wiped from the schedule, and the Christmas break begins…
Kid Stuff
Today is a strange day in our house. M and C wrapped up finals on Friday, so (as I begin this in the morning) both are still in a deep sleep. Hell, C probably finally went to bed somewhere in the 2–3 AM range. L, on the other hand, has class through Wednesday. So the two of us were up…