Siftings
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 /...
Dec
26
Baubles
I take it all back. Every bad thing I’ve ever said. At least, all the bad things about cable tv. Comcast is replaying all the Cubs post-season victories. So, safe in the knowledge that Ralphie will indeed get his gun, we’ll leave TBS to their annual Christmas Story marathon. This North-side...
Dec
22
Piles
They’ve stopped asking if I’m trying to kill myself. I take it as a good sign. The folks at Seaside City Hall have grown accustomed to the weekend expeditions to the top of something slippery and cold. Most recently Eagle Peak. How do you make Yosemite better? Just add winter.
The roar of...
