This is not my usual casual ramble. This is a blog about a playlist I started putting together four weeks ago, it is titled Music That Reminds Me To Breathe.
Category: Casual Rambles
Long time, no post. I’ve been busy working on my mental health and finding ways to rekindle that fire for writing.
I’ve been dabbling with sports writing for a while, dipping my toes as I reconnect with the Portland Trail Blazers and start watching the NBA more regularly. This is an update about that.
Well, after a raucous three-win streak, the Portland Trail Blazers have come back to earth.
General Manager Joe Cronin is not new to being dogged for a perceived lack of asset management acumen.
Our long recreational nightmare is over: Damian Lillard is no longer a Portland Trail Blazer. It almost doesn’t seem real, still. Even after seeing him in a Bucks jersey. And after the initial frustration and prolonged angst, I’m left with bittersweet feelings. Lillard was probably the greatest Trail Blazer in terms of records and sheer […]
Alright, first off, what the fuck am I doing? Tossing around that word analysis? Like my ass played basketball past the 8th grade or beyond the recreational level like some learned academic in the nonform arts of armchair psychology? Because goddamn there’s to be a lot of that stuff in here and I just want […]
What is left to say on the quality of The Dark Side of the Moon? It’s one of the greatest albums of all time? The magnum opus of the Pink Floyd discography? The most sublime production job of Alan Parsons’ career? The measuring stick for every sound buff’s next stereo system? The perfect accompaniment to […]
This was written on March 13th, around about midnight, after the Bill Schonely memorial. It was a late addendum to an already busy writing day, but one which needed to be written lest the memory of the Schonely not be fully laid to rest. He means a great deal to more than just my own […]
I quit my job on February 28th. These are my thoughts on that.
The Casual Ramble 