With these meager scraps of Latin and the like, you may perhaps be taken for a scholar, which is honorable and profitable these days.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Song Obsession Vol. 4: Blind by Swans
July 17th, 2025

Since my Song Obsession series tends to follow a stream-of-consciousness format anyway, here's the convoluted backstory of how I discovered (and started...  (read more)


Logging Song Plays with Winamp
November 28th, 2021

If you've ever wanted to keep track of what you've been listening to, the Winamp Community Update Project makes it really easy to do. Here's what I did...  (read more)


Back On The Line
October 3rd, 2021

Lining up at Caldwell Woods CX 2021 I'm very happy that I'm able to bring my post from a year ago full circle. The 2021 CX season has arrived in...  (read more)


Song Obsession Vol. 3: "How About This For My Hair" by Laddio Bolocko
November 5th, 2020

This entry into the Song Obsession series is a long time in the making. I've been minorly obsessing over Laddio Bolocko for a few years now and "How...  (read more)


The Ticket Stub
October 25th, 2020

The ticket stub is a great souvenir.   (read more)


Cyclocross 2020
October 18th, 2020

Like many things this year, the Chicago Cross Cup was cancelled. Under normal circumstances, Fall Sundays would be something to prepare for and look...  (read more)


Vignettes From Australia
November 28th, 2018

Snippets of scenes from the land down under...  (read more)


Song Obsession Volume 2: "Green Arrow" by Yo La Tengo
December 13th, 2017

Let's ponder this one for a while... Is this a sad song? Bittersweet? A song about the good things, both remembered and forgotten? I think it's a song...  (read more)


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