Month: December 2019

  • Happy New Year

    I must say, overall 2019 was a good year for me: new knee with little complications, a new grandson who’s healthy, and family and friends doing well. There’s a lot to be thankful for. Let’s hope it continues in 2020. This week’s podcast is a year-end round-up of some of my favorite new music (with…

  • Merry Christmas

    Hope everyone has a great Christmas season. Today’s podcast isn’t Christmas-y (there’s still time, though), but great tunes abound, with XTC, Lizzo, Beck, AC Reed, Santana. Tinariwin, Squeeze, World Party, Prince, the Who, Bonnie Raitt, Mose Allison, and Sam Cooke. This podcast is, as always, available to stream or download at brennick.net. There should be…

  • Grandson

    Let’s see, anything happen in the last week? Nope…well, as many of you know, I became a grandfather this week. Owen Patrick Brennick was born on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 PM. He was 8 lbs, 2 oz, and 22 inches in length. He’s a happy, healthy little boy, and I can’t tell you how…

  • Winter

    Old man winter has moved back in, and we’ve been fairly pounded with snow. Am I the last old guy who’s ok with winter and snow? I was able to stay on top of shoveling and using the snowblower – the storms all took breaks so we could clean up. It might have been a…

  • Normal

    Went back to work on Tuesday. Drove down to my son’s for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Thanksgiving with the family went well. I’m pretty much back to normal with my knee. Stairs are still a one step at a time thing, and I’m not quite ready for road races, but all has been good with my…