Our neighbors to the north, the Baltimore Ravens, set a fantastic but rather dubious record this past Saturday evening. After beating my hometown team (that would be the Washington Football Team), the Ravens have now won twenty straight preseason games. Some … Continue reading
Most old episodes of The Simpsons I watch now entertain me even more than they did when I first watched them because if nothing else I get more of the jokes. They’re more relevant to me now, and I appreciate that. … Continue reading
Well, this is it… the true last day of summer vacation. Shoot.
Every live jazz performance I’ve ever been to, whether in a restaurant, a night club, a concert hall, etc. one thing is always true: people talk during the bass solo. Saturday night at Keystone Korner in Baltimore… no one talked … Continue reading
Last week’s broadcast of Math and Musings, in which I discussed educational policies for six or seven minutes (no, I did not solve all the world’s problems during that time) was probably the closest MAM will come to addressing “real” issues with … Continue reading
Major League Baseball is the whitest old man sport we’ve got, but even MLB sees the stitches on the fastball every once in a while. Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing my two favorite teams in two separate contests, … Continue reading
Only a show as awesome as Ted Lasso could get away with airing a Christmas episode in the middle August. Without thinking too much about it I am sort of asking myself why. Did they film the thing a year or two … Continue reading
There’s about a hundred cliches I could throw out to explain last night’s contest between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played at the “Field of Dreams” in Dyersville, Iowa. Most of them are part of Crash … Continue reading
Back to civilization, back to reality, back to school. School, I know. Truth is in the 21st century school never really ends. Last week we finished we finished our summer session and this week we have orientation for incoming sixth … Continue reading
Believe it or not in 2021 there are still places in the world that have no Wi-Fi or cellular service. And that’s where I am. See ya Wednesday! … Continue reading