Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Red Clay Strays–Stone’s Throw That bass walks. YG–Scared Money ft. J. Cole, Moneybagg Yo In the hood, I ain’t ever a tortoise, even if I’m late to this banger. Wilco–Falling Apart … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–July 29, 2022
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to Big Poppa. JR Carroll–I Hate Lonely (DBPC) Another one from JR on the Death Before Pop Country series. Regular readers of this blog already know I’m gonna feature just about any … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–July 22, 2022
Ready Player One is one of my favorite books. I tell people it is not one of the best written, but it is one of my favorites. It sits in my wheelhouse. So, when I saw Patton Oswalt, one of my favorite comedian/actors tweet that he did the audible reading for a book hailed as “Ready Player One for comic book nerds”, I thought…okay, wheelhouse me galore. The Chowderhead Crusades is written by JJ Walsh and is set in the not-too-distant future. The setup is basically the same as Ready Player One. The world has collapsed, and for largely believable … Continue reading Book Nook: The Chowderhead Crusades, by JJ Walsh
Going to collect a gallery of the covers from comics I read this year. Continue reading Comics Log 2022
Part of Brett Bartholomew’s Conscious Coaching is starting with a little introspection. You can’t lead others until you know who and what you are. Brett covers many tools available for this: the Cliffton Strengthsfinder test, the Meyers-Briggs type indicator, the Hogan assessments, Insights Discovery and the DiSC assessments profile. Several of those are a paid service, and rightfully should be as lots of hours went into developing them and turning them into a useful tool. They are likely worth the money to someone truly on the path of self knowledge. Well, call me self-knowledge curious, as I explore some of … Continue reading A Few Moments Of Introspection
A ranking of America’s Top States For Business was recently updated for 2021, and Illinois has climbed from 30th to 15th in the last two years. CNBC’s rankings score all 50 states across 85 different metrics, and then divides those up into broader categories. The methodology is here. When the rankings were released for 2019, Illinois ranked 30th. Since then, Illinois has improved: five spots in cost of doing business, 15 spots in infrastructure, two spots in access to capital, 23 spots in education, and one spot in cost of living. Illinois has dipped in economy, business friendliness and technology. … Continue reading Illinois Jumps From 30th To 15th In States For Business Ranking
When my wife was in the athletic training program at Southern Illinois University, her time there overlapped with an energetic GA/strength coach by the name of Brett Bartholomew. So when Brett released Conscious Coaching, she was quick to buy a … Continue reading Book Nook: Conscious Coaching, by Brett Bartholomew
Here is this week’s Take The Points, featuring Bruce and myself. Discussion includes the legacy of James Caan, MLB standings near the halfway point and the fallout from the Baker Mayfield trade. Remember, Take The Points…fade the picks. Twitter Handles … Continue reading Take The Points–July 8, 2022
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to Big Poppa. The Notorious B.I.G.–Kick in the Door (club mix) Not a new song, but a new mix. I’ll take any opportunity to throw it back. River Kittens–River Town Trip Hit … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–July 8, 2022
Screwball is a short story on Audible that imagines what if…Babe Ruth was a clueless rube when he joined the Baltimore Orioles. Billed as the amazing story of the 1914 Orioles, Rich writes Screwball in the first person narration of … Continue reading Book Nook: Screwball, by Simon Rich
I Am Weez 