Missy got tickets for us to see Ben Folds perform with the Oregon Symphony in June. Hopefully a new covid variant won’t pop up before then. This has had me listening to some of his music again and watching some… Continue Reading
I just finished Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence. Wow, that was a gripping read. I’ve never read or watched anything with such a morally reprehensible protagonist. Jorg Ancrath makes Darth Vader look warm and cuddly. How the author explains… Continue Reading
I think Slopestyle Freestyle Skiing gets my vote for most insane event in the Winter Olympics. There’s flips, spins, backwards stuff. And the USA won gold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofHRWcA9XrY For some reason stupid NBC won’t let me embed the video. I hope… Continue Reading
It’s nice too see a couple US victories happen, including Men’s Figure Skating, women’s monobob and women’s speed skating. It’s sad to see all the empty seats. I have fond memories seeing women’s curling and hockey in Vancouver. The olympic… Continue Reading
This is a great article, Beyond the Booster Shot from the New Yorker. It discusses evidence that several vaccines, especially live vaccines like BCG, oral polio, and Measles/Mumps/Rubella can provide a boost to the innate immune system to protect against… Continue Reading
I just finished reading King of Thorns, the second book in Mark Lawrence’s Broken Empire trilogy. I’m surprised the books aren’t more famous. It’s a gripping read. Anti-heroes have been in style for a couple of decades but I struggle… Continue Reading
This week my son learned a hard truth. “Live and Let Die” by Wings came on in the car and he asked me about it. I told him that the singer was Paul McCartney, who used to be in the… Continue Reading
Not really something that rocks, but Las Vegas casinos are confusing. A couple of years ago, Hard Rock ( owned by the Seminole Tribe) sold the hotel part of Hard Rock Las Vegas to Virgin and the casino part to… Continue Reading
I just finished issues 1-20 of Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett. It was most excellent, rather horrific for a superhero comic. It was more violent and gross than most stuff Marvel puts out, but I liked it.… Continue Reading
Recently, I received an Amazon Fire 7 tablet as a gift. It’s not something I would have picked out myself and I wasn’t really sure what to do with it. Eventually I figured out I could use the app Hoopla… Continue Reading