When I discovered that a station high up on the dial of my little black and white television was playing music videos back in the early 80’s, it was pretty exciting. And what wasn’t something to be excited about? Look … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
A couple of posts back, I was doing some “codgerizing” and celebrating how we used to discover new music. I talked about how exciting it was to dig through boxes of used albums and come home with some strange new … Continue reading
Dangit. DANGIT!!!! I got up at 5:30…on a Sunday…. feeling like my weird Norwegian farmer throwback internal clock has failed me because I “slept in” and didn’t get up at my usual 5:00…go out to my desk, power up the … Continue reading
I think about perspective a lot. Sometimes I write about it as if puzzling it through by remembering the order of a bunch of letters will help me come to a stronger conclusion. I desperately want to figure it all … Continue reading
There are consistent life events that I look forward to every morning. The “plunge” is one of them. It is a quiet pleasure to be able to push the plunger of the french press down into the murky coffee depths … Continue reading
I woke up at 5:47 this morning instead of the usual 5:00. I looked at the clock we keep by our bed…the one we can set to make a loud sound when we want to wake up…the one we use … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Jenny!! … Continue reading
I washed my “leavings” down the drain this morning and thought about something for the first time. Actually, I think about things all the time….so I misspoke if I say that it was the first time that I thought about … Continue reading
“Play with me, Daddy.” The other day, after work when I was feeling worn out, Nate came to me and took my hand and said “play”. So we went outside…and we played. I chased him. He chased me. Then…to mix … Continue reading
I don’t know if it’s “cool” to like this as much as I do. Maybe if I pretend that I like it from an “ironic” viewpoint…maybe if I pretend that I come at it from a cynical angle…tongue in cheek, … Continue reading