Saturday 70: A Perfect Day
Three weeks ago, I was about ready to give up on riding a bicycle anymore. It was that bad. And yet, within a few days, I was back to planning… Read more »
Better than Star Wars
It’s been a while, but I’ve been looking for good pulp fiction lately. And by “good,” I mean, page turners that keep you going with an adventurous story, but aren’t… Read more »
Rolex is a Lightweight
I wrote about wristwatches a few months ago and have loved watching the Wristwatch Revival channel with Marshall showing me a lot about what’s going on inside mechanical watches. His… Read more »
Wisconsin didn’t prepare me for this…
I did not grow up in a fish-eating family. Wisconsin does that to one, generally, unless you’re into Friday fish-fries. The only one to which I went was at a… Read more »
Saturday 63: HUmid
An old friend of mine from long ago used to say, “That’s HUge with a capital ‘U’.” I get the word just thinking of it. Well, today was HUmid, and… Read more »
Not just another Friday…
Forty-one years ago this summer, I was sitting around with nothing much on my mind. No future really, by today’s standards. I’d just graduated high school and, to tell you… Read more »
Thursday Random
Another good morning — maybe even a little chilly, if you think about where we’ve been over the past few weeks. It was 69 degrees Fahrenheit when I set out… Read more »
The Simple Pleasure of Maps
A radio personality and podcaster to whom I listen does a segment about how things were, “back in the day.” He mentioned recently how we used to have to go… Read more »
I almost forgot what it was like…
My last BCFB was nearly three weeks ago, on July 27th. It’s been such a wet summer that there just weren’t many mornings fit for it. But today was a… Read more »
From K-pop to Eternity…
I’ve linked before to the writings of Dr. David Tizzard in the Korea Times. His insight on and knowledge of Korean culture — K-pop in particular as a focus of… Read more »