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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

RIP Paddy

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RIP Paddy. Her F '18 in Canada was truly unique & she thrived. Her brother's cancer had made her our lone companion & she w...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

End of Summer Film Festival

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Thanks to the case of COVID that I'm still combatting, I've spent many evenings these past two weeks watching films I missed over th...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

Debate reunion 2022

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Last weekend I traveled back to Lawrence for a University of Kansas debate team reunion. I still have not flown since 2019, so this trip inv...
Sunday, September 04, 2022

Baseball Summer

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My spouse and I managed to visit 4 ballparks this summer, taking in 2 minor league games and a Cincinnati Reds game, plus we visited a ballp...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

July Streaming Film Festival

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Unexpectedly, I've been home this past week instead of vacationing. I'm spending my evenings watching films I missed over the past f...
Saturday, July 16, 2022

COVID Update: Omicron Edition

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Readers of this blog are most likely vaccinated to some extent against COVID-19 -- a big majority of Americans are. Of course, the level of ...
Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Michigan Beer

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My wife and I enjoyed our regular "annual" summer Michigan trip June 18 to 26th. Annual is in quote marks in that first sentence b...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

2022 Bolts from the Blue

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I began playing in the Hardy House fantasy baseball league in 1989. It was named for the building on the Northwestern campus where we conduc...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Oscars 2022

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The Oscars are tonight and this is my annual post reflecting my personal ranking of the nominees in each category. Caveat: I have not yet s...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

NCAA Hoops 2022

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Kansas fans are still sad and a little bitter over the lost 2020 NCAA men's basketball tournament. KU was 28-3 and ranked #1 in both the...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Best Films of 2021

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Below, find the annual list produced by Metacritic that reflects an aggregation of over 300 "Top 10" film critic lists for the ye...