I woke up in tears this morning. I woke up thinking about the many times my dad came to see my basketball games in school, as well as my football and baseball games. How many times we played catch in the backyard. How that was never going to be a possibility again. It's been five …
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Today is the one month anniversary of my father's death in my backyard. It still seems so unbelievable, so surreal. One minute, he's mowing my grass, the next he's dead on the ground. It really seems cruel. I'm still stunned that I didn't get to see him coherent on his last day alive. That bothers …
Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was an exhausting book to read, in part, because the author was so exhaustive in his research and, thus, the book is a thorough overview of British, and to a lesser extent, American post-punk rock. It's also a strangely …
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So after our break in of two weeks ago, we now have a home security system in place. We signed with ADS Security, a regional home security company with a good reputation and we now have an alarm system in place on all four doors, as well as interior motion sensors. We also have signs …
Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist by Mike Farrell My rating: 3 of 5 stars Mike Farrell is an interesting man. I bought this book (for fifty cents at a used bookstore) because of my love for his character in MASH. Truthfully, that's what I thought the book might be about, …
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