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Do you know what trip-hop is? I didn’t, although I love many of the artists in the genre. Take it away, Wikipedia: “Trip hop (sometimes called “downtempo”) is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990’s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as “a fusion of hip hop and electronica…

Halloween has become a major holiday. When did that happen? This year is is expected that we will spend $10 billion (yes, BILLION) on costumes, candy, and other ephemera (decorations. People now go nuts putting up Halloween decorations). What caused this big shift from a night when kids went around getting candy (and apples and…

Today’s my birthday. Many of you will wish me a happy birthday, some won’t. That’s fine – I don’t bat 1.000 when it’s friends’ birthdays, either. I just don’t keep that much of a social media presence. Thank you to everyone who does wish me the best today. I won’t be doing anything special to…

No time to write – big, fun summer Sunday today – leaving in a few minutes. Just time to post the podcast this morning. Enjoy Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, Dr. John, Dan Auerbach, the Black Keys, Richard Berry, John Lee Hooker, Marshall Crenshaw, Endless Boogie, Morrissey, the Smiths, the Jam, and Paul Weller. This podcast…

Confession: I am a reader. According to Goodreads, I have read 39 books so far this year. That’s pretty good for me. I like to read all types of books, with mystery type books probably leading the way. I’ve begun to read more non-fiction as I’ve grown older, but I’ll need to step that up…

It’s been a pretty good summer – and today the awful humidity goes away for…wow, awhile. It’ll come back in August, no doubt, but I’ll enjoy the weather (even the rainy days) for now. Time, as always, seems to hurtle by now – it’s a week away from August and I can’t believe the year…

Hey, what a great week! On Tuesday my son and I went to Portland to see Gary Clark, Jr. and My Morning Jacket play at Thompson’s Point. Thompson’s Point is an outdoor venue, and the weather turned out fabulous! The temperature stayed about 70 for the show, and the weather had cleared out so we…

Well, the 4th came and went with fireworks displays everywhere. These are the days that don’t miss having a dog. My dogs hated the noise from fireworks, and would go from room to room, panting heavily, hoping that there wouldn’t be any noise in the room they entered, only to go back to another room…

Happy Canada Day (yesterday) It’s the sesquicentennial celebration (that’s 150, y’all) of the day. It”s similar (in a way) to our Independence Day ( a welcome to summer), but far less bloody (and less significant – read about it). We’ll be celebrating the next few days fairly traditionally. Today is dogs and burgers day (although…

In my mid-20’s I found it hard to read. I went to the eye doctor, and sure enough, I needed glasses to read. My distance vision was better than 20-20, so I was fine there. Until last year. If I squinted, my vision was fine, but I really started to need to wear glasses all…