This week's sporkful

Monday, January 17, 2022

Birthday post

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When I wrote that I was taking a break, I really hoped it would be a short one. I could keep up with the blog during training, though it was...
Monday, November 08, 2021

Break time!

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This post is late because I have an internet issue. It is probably something really simple, but I don't know.  My wireless connection we...
Friday, November 05, 2021

Album Review: Pete by Jesse Valenzuela

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If I recall correctly, when I saw Jesse in January 2019, he mentioned that he was working on a new album. I would periodically check for it....
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Curating music in a socially responsible way

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I am not doing well enough with my daily songs. I know, I just wrote about realizing that there is no such thing as a perfect playlist and w...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Self doubt and cardboard

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My conclusion yesterday was about not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. That is somewhat of a theme in my life right now. In my ...
Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Never as planned

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I have completed my first week of the Turkey Trot. If you will recall, there are many Turkey Trots. This one is a 28 day, 280000 step challe...
Monday, November 01, 2021

Vamps versus Zombies

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 I thought I was all done with Halloween, but then I remembered writing this: For now, though, after two days of on-boarding at work, with g...
Friday, October 29, 2021

EP Review: Light-years to the Next Star by Dr. Something

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While I was working on playlists -- including being unable to countenance not using Dr. Something's "Here Comes Count Dracula"...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Halloween playlists

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I've been down this road before. I thought a lot (and blogged) about Halloween music and videos in 2011 and 2013. The first thing I noti...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Selecting songs; somewhat serious

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I am currently working on two Halloween playlists: one for Youtube and one for Spotify. There will be more on that tomorrow. My sense of wan...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Cora-lines

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At times when I thought about the movie Coraline , I also wondered about the source material. I thought it was a storybook, but when I looke...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Halloween viewing: Laika edition

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In keeping with with my tradition of viewing new Halloween appropriate movies each year, my original plan was for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Music Review: Gamma Repeater

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I am not that familiar with progressive rock.  Nevertheless, there is a strong endorsement for Portland prog (and art and electronic) rock b...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Local destinations: Halloween!

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It was inevitable, really: as soon as I decided to keep it light for the rest of the month, everything that I think about writing about soun...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

YA'll want to travel?

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I had thought I might do something Halloween-inspired on the symbolism of imaginary monsters, but then I was getting caught up in the tangib...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The surprise

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Not quite two weeks ago, when I was writing about nutrition and listening to your body, I surprised myself: https://sporkful.blogspot.com/20...
Monday, October 18, 2021

One more thing about work

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As I have been making peace with being fat and trying to listen to my own needs, the overriding thought has been a desire for more strength ...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Music Review: Forgotten Door

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Although Forgotten Door's self-titled album only came out in 2019, the band has been around for longer, starting as a cover band. That t...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

The shocking truth

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I wrote about my job yesterday because when I was job hunting I remembered a time when I could always get the job that I wanted. I would app...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Job update

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This is a departure from what I was blogging about. It does fit in, and it is a topic that some people have asked about. How's the new j...
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