When It Is Hard To Watch
There are constant reminders that we live in crazy-ass times. Times where simple differences of opinion aren’t allowed and every debate has to be A Whole Thing. Times where civility has disappeared from discourse and it rapidly transitions into vitriol. Some of you know my wife has a second job, taken to support my blogging career. Not really. Taken, truthfully,…
For Those Who Celebrate…
…Happy Holiday
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 62
Well piss. I swear that I’ve posted this about three different times over the past two days. Obviously I’m losing it. Chart Week: August 25, 1984 Song: “Breakin’…There’s No Stopping Us” – Ollie and Jerry Chart Position: #34, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #9 the week of August 4. I love musical origin stories. Especially ones where a…
Friday Link
I need to run through my Instapaper account and collect some more good reads to share. To tide you over, here is one that made me laugh out loud from McSweeney’s. Wake Up Sailors, Scurvy is a Hoax
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vr4vLNbPtAzVOUANrWWv5?si=19a6709a82ae4219 “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – The War on Drugs with Lucius The title track from the upcoming TWOD LP. It is the brightest, shiniest, poppiest track the band has ever done. Naturally I love it. Lucius provides a very nice vocal assist. “This Enchanted” – Hatchie Harriet Pilbeam recently signed with Indiana label Secretly Canadian, and this is…
Fall Kickball Wrap Up
Another kickball season is complete. L’s team was supposed to make up three games that had been rained out. One school never responded to multiple messages from our coach about a reschedule date. It’s the team L kicked six homers in one game against a year ago, and we’ve generally beaten them like rented mules since third grade. So I…
Reader’s Notebook, 9/15/21
My goodness, I am so far behind in sharing my recent completed reads. I imagine a few of these will be crappier than normal since I’ve put them off so long. A Spy In The Struggle – Aya de León I’ve been working through a list of good, recent espionage novels that this and the next book both were on.…
Weekend Sports Notes
A busy Monday kept me from getting this out yesterday, but allow me to share some brief sports notes from the weekend. Friday we took the entire family to the 5A #1 Cathedral matchup with arch rival and defending 3A state champs BCHS. Well, L rode with S and I and then ran off with her friends the entire game.…
Friday Playlist (With Bonus College Girlfriend Commentary!)
I think you’re going to like this group of songs, but I bet you enjoy my essay about this week’s video more. It’s not often I dive into my romantic past here, so prepare to laugh at/mock me. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6GF6qOeUJAtg0OdWzDIcvl?si=9bbe65e529084600 “Long Way” – Eddie Vedder WHOA! When I heard Eddie had a solo album coming out I was not enthused. His…
Kid Sports Update
This has to be the latest in the school year I’ve ever gone before sharing a kid sports update. Good reason for that: we only have one kid playing any sports at the moment! I should be writing a wrap-up of L’s kickball regular season. Her final game was supposed to be yesterday. “So,” attentive readers may be wondering, “does…