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


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 to start... (read more)


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 Chicagoland,... (read more)


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 About This... (read more)


October 25th, 2020

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


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 forward to... (read more)


November 28th, 2018

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


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 about middle... (read more)


June 4th, 2015

Describing this track as "chill" doesn't really do it justice. If anything, it warms me as it relaxes me, like a glass of red wine. While the rest of 2010's All... (read more)



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