Siftings
Feb
12
Cleats
Four hands would make this easier, but I only have the standard two. A chunk of walnut awaits a compound miter cut. Just sitting there on the workbench, sort of mocking me as I try to figure this out. Building a table for the City Hall breakroom, I’m at the Public Works shop alone, after hours. ...
Feb
03
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Cheeseburgers
Fast food cheeseburgers, in ascending order of longing.
15. (tie) Checkers, Jack In The Box – Nasty
14. High School Mystery Meat – Enigmatic
13. (tie) Tastee Feeze, Dairy Queen – Just get some ice-cream.
12. Hardees – Used to be better.
11. Burger King – Flame-broiled. ...
Jan
27
Craig’s Friday Countdown - No Passing
The Laureles Grade (youtube here) packs two thousand feet of elevation change and forty corners into its four miles between Laguna Seca and the Fortress of Solitude. Traversing it twice a day, there’s an informal protocol for pulling over and letting faster cars pass. In the car heaven that is...
Jan
23
More Than 140
Too long for Twitter. There's an interesting (for baseball nerds) report on jet lag on Gizmodo (here).
But the part I like most was the picture that accompanied the post. Not just because it explains, in part, how a guy listed at 6'3", 155 lbs throws in the upper 90s (much more baseball...
Jan
22
Asked & Answered: Punching Nazis
Where do I find Nazis?
Typically, they’re still living in their mom’s basements or wandering around the margins of inclusionary events that normal people attend. Sometimes, they’re at the mall or just hanging out on the street corner.
How do I spot them?
Swastikas are a give-away, but...
Jan
17
Red Eyes
Pam starts to cry, and I’m about to. Which isn’t something I do … so I hug her, close my eyes and take a deep breath. She lost her husband of twenty-one years last week, and I lost a friend. Funerals are the worst.
Red-eye there. Red-eye back. Red eyes in between. I’m getting used to...
Jan
12
R.I.P. Bill
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. That one is definitely taken. The pace we’ve all agreed to, because of that bright yellow thing in the sky we circle around, seems certain. It’s a small collection of certain things these days. Sunrise in the east. Sunset in the west. Dark chocolate’s...
Jan
06
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Top 16 Jazz / SS
Following up from last week’s 2016 Rock / Alt iPod additions, here’s the favorite 16 jazz / singer-songwriter adds. Not ranked (except 1 / 2) because I just don’t think that’s fair (or even possible) in the genres.
Carry On: Norah Jones
Rolling: Manu Katche
Lydia: Dejohnette,...
Dec
31
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Dec
30
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Top 16 Rock / Alts
The favorite rock / alternative additions to the iPod for 2016. The standard rules apply: not necessarily recorded in 2016, not saying they’re the best songs (just favorites), probably not on the list if the band is super big - cause they don’t need my help. Next week, jazz /...
