A Cut And A Shave

The first haircut I remember was at some barber shop downtown in an old house. You had to take stairs on the outside of the building up to a small room with 2 barber chairs and a crusty old guy waiting with little patience. I imagine him as a barber in the army giddily cutting […]

Pruning

I spent about four hours over the weekend going through nearly 14 years of blog posts and cutting away at those old thoughts and ramblings. Well, to be honest my ramblings are what I kept on these pages. There were all kinds of filler, band interviews, song premieres, one-offs for random artists reaching out going […]

Breathe It In…It’s Friday

I know that Friday is different for everyone. The weekend workers, retirees, unemployed, and the off the gridders probably don’t care about Friday. Just another day, amirite? Well, for those of us that do the 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday, Friday is church. It’s Holy Ground in an unholy, corporate world. It means you […]

Comfy Synth? Dungeon Synth? I’m Here For It

Last June I posted something about the band Covered Bridges. Someone had commented on a post of mine and had recommended the band, which is under the genre of “comfy synth”. I decided to look the band up and was surprised at how little information I could find out about the person behind Covered Bridges. […]

Sometimes, You’re Just Sad

It’s been a pretty lousy last month if I’m being honest. Sick over my spring vacation, sharing that sickness with my elderly parents, one of my best friends and longtime co-worker has a heart attack and is out of commission for three months, and then there’s the month of May. May is one of those […]

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”

July, 2004. We were a family of four living a pretty great life. We’d always imagined that we would have 2 kids, a dog, house in the woods and jobs to keep the cupboards full and a roof over our heads. The year before we’d traded my wife’s 1994 Nissan Maxima in for a brand […]

Check-In: The Last Few Weeks(Vacation, Illness, And Even A heart Attack)

No, I didn’t have a heart attack. Let me go back a bit. The last time I checked in I was on vacation, sick with Covid. Yeah, I’ve had some stinkers when it comes to vacations. And honestly I’ve had worse than one where Covid was involved, but it still didn’t make for a great […]

Vacation Time

Been a minute, I apologize. Wait, no I don’t. I’m on vacation you heathens. Just kidding. I know you’re not all heathens. Last I checked in I was dealing with a fresh batch of pre-vacation Covid. Thankfully that is well on its way out. No fever since last Wednesday. Still dealing with some head congestion […]

Sick Again

Today is the official start of my vacation. Off today and tomorrow, then all of next week. Our biggest plan on this vacation was heading down to Indianapolis tomorrow to hit a museum, visit our oldest, and then get some dinner at a Detroit-style pizza joint. My wife’s birthday is Monday, so you know cake […]

4/16/25 Check-In : The Last Few Days

Greetings. It’s been a few days since I checked in with the outside world, so here we go. It’s been a few interesting days since we last talked. I usually do these check-ins at the beginning of the week, but I admit I’ve been slacking in my open book policy here. I guess I’ve just […]