2023-05-04 01:57
I think my earliest memory of a piece of media that resonated with me emotionally is Jim Croce’s “Time In A Bottle” on The Muppet Show.
Now this episode originally ai… Read More
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2023-02-01 02:48
Earlier this month I took the opportunity to have a fantastic lunch at Bone Garden Cantina with my dear friend Troy. We had been threatening to catch up since prior to last Thanksgiving but… Read More
2023-01-13 01:50
10 months ago I had foot surgery to correct a bunion on my left big toe. I’m not above sharing gross pictures on the internet, but I’ll save you the disgust this time. Suffice to… Read More
2023-01-08 01:06
2022 was a trying year.
I had foot surgery in March. I changed jobs in late June. I had a falling out with my parents in July.
I’m lucky enough to have a loving family who suppo… Read More
2022-10-25 00:32
Last week while I was out walking the dog in the evening, a neighbor stopped me, took of his headphones, and showed me his phone.
He’d been listening to a new track, All Your Friend… Read More
2022-10-12 02:30
At the end of September I had the opportunity to take a work trip for the first time in over 3 years and I took advantage since the destination was the Los Angeles metro area. I had meetings… Read More
2022-04-19 00:20
From Kottke I learned that Lego is launching Muppets minifigs in May!
Muppets Lego MinifigsI haven’t built anything with Lego in a very long time but I’d buy some minifigs* f… Read More
2021-11-10 21:24
I would never be mistaken for a flexible person. Being tall (6’ 3”) I’m more often referred to as lanky or rangy, never flexible.
But age takes a toll on all of us so d… Read More
2021-04-29 23:41
One of the largest changes I’ve made during quarantine relates to my phone. I’ve always been an iPhone guy, and that hasn’t changed, but I’m trying to take advantage… Read More
2020-10-26 12:35
I’ve written a few blog posts during quarantine cataloging the weekend walks (and their corresponding pictures) I’ve taken these past 7 months or so. This time around I took a ve… Read More
2020-10-18 20:04
I’m a very difficult person to live with. I can be sullen and withdrawn and maudlin and, even when I’m doing the dishes or cooking dinner and you try to talk to me, I can be mile… Read More
2020-09-01 00:25
Related to some thoughts I’ve been having – both recently and as part of a longer exploration for a book I’m half heartedly and haphazardly writing – a poem fragment… Read More
2020-08-24 20:04
My most recent blog post was about a new routine – at the time – of taking a walk on Sunday afternoons to find some time & space for myself, to listen to an audiobook, podcas… Read More
2020-06-01 00:12
In times when my mind is weak I’ll do something physical in an attempt to reboot the connection between my mental processes – thoughts & emotions – and my body.
Tod… Read More
2020-04-19 17:49
Maybe this is what bipolar disorder is like. Some days are manic, the others depressive.
The sun was shining yesterday and I took a long bike ride but all I could think about were worries… Read More
2020-01-21 18:16
At the start of 2020 I reached out to a friend and former coworker to ask about getting lunch sometime soon. The idea was borne simply out of a desire to talk to him in person after so much… Read More
2020-01-03 05:55
This morning I drove with the two younger girls to a veterinary hospital that specializes in exotic pets. One of our three rats, Tulip, (yes, we have pet rats) had, over the course of the pa… Read More
2019-10-28 19:46
Is there an open web any more?
If you’re not reading this on Facebook or from a Tweet or a “link in bio” on Instagram does it even exist?
Is using an increasingly unwieldy… Read More
2019-10-16 18:54
A few weeks ago, during my seemingly annual crisis of confidence, I deactivated Facebook & Instagram. I also changed my Twitter avatar to the wound vacuum that sat at the end of my Dad&r&hell…Read More
2019-10-15 17:35
Sometimes you just want to listen to something familiar to make it through your day.
I feel the strongest tug at nostalgia and remembrance today, but that may be due to abandoning FB/IG t… Read More
2019-10-14 21:48
I’m not counting on maniacal Mark to make any of the right choices any time soon, so I’ve disabled my accounts on Facebook & Instagram. I haven’t deleted them for good… Read More
2019-01-05 02:10
Watching The Secret of NIMH tonight with the kids I’m reminded of how wonderful Don Bluth was in the 80’s and just how different – though similar – his stuff was from… Read More
2018-10-15 17:19
42:The critical angle of rainbowsJackie Robinson’s jersey numberThe answer to life, the universe, and everything
42 feels just fine this morning.
For the first time in a long while &nd&hell…Read More
2018-10-11 18:46
Since blogging about beer seems to be the only thing I’m capable of sustaining with any level of frequency, I thought I’d update folks with a few items of interest.
First the Bre… Read More
2018-07-26 19:12
I’ve long maintained that my one superpower was my ability to fall asleep & stay asleep so easily. I’ve never suffered from insomnia, I don’t brood or have anxious ener… Read More
2018-01-10 19:13
One of my daily routines is watching videos on Uncrate while I eat lunch at my desk. (Exciting life, I know)
Yesterday I stumbled on a great video from Wired: Sesame Street Puppeteers Explai… Read More
2018-01-09 15:04
I’m not really the praying type, but today I need a little something extra.
Here’s the UGA Redcoat Band playing Battle Hymn.
A Hymn’s as good as a prayer, so that’ll… Read More
2018-01-04 20:09
With apologies to Stanley Kubrick for the post title, I’ve been thinking about writing a Twitter bot for about a year now.
Most of my infatuation with the topic started when news repor… Read More
2017-12-25 01:57
Today’s beer: St. Bonafatius Pils
A nice, tart Pils to end the calendar.
Refreshing, crisp, clear. It’s a wonder we can’t make lagers like this in America.
On the whole I… Read More
2017-12-23 18:34
Today’s beer: Kress Bayrisch Zwickel
This is my first Kellerbier/Zwickel and I think I’m in love!
Something about the yeasty cloudiness, the malt sweetness, and an overall tartn… Read More
2017-12-22 17:25
Today’s beer: Urtyp Hell Edel Bayer
A bright beer for a Merry season.
Really enjoying how smooth & clean these German Lagers can taste.
I have to admit that I kept signing edelwei… Read More
2017-12-22 02:31
Today’s beer: Eaglebräu Weizenbier Dunkel
What’s not to love about this beer? Nothing!
I’ve always enjoyed wheat beers and darker versions even more so. This is no ex… Read More
2017-12-21 02:53
Today’s beer: Hemminger Gold Märzen
Another Märzen, this one had a little of that corn whiskey aftertaste, but I enjoyed it just the same Read More
2017-12-20 13:30
Last night’s beer: Rieder IPA
Drank this last night but forgot to post about. First time I’ve missed a deadline all month.
I’m torn about this beer because I love IPAs but… Read More
2017-12-18 23:39
Today’s beer: Publiner
Two thoughts:
Props to the Germans for the punny perfection of this beer’s name
Dunkel (in this case a German interpretation of a Red Ale) > Dry Irish… Read More
2017-12-18 02:31
Today’s beer: Das besondere Festbier
Looks great, tastes ok.
How many Märzen/Festbiers are there in this calendar?
Here’s hoping there’s a schwarzbier before Christma… Read More
2017-12-17 00:14
Today’s beer: Alpenstoff
A different kind of Märzen today. Maltier and the water seemed sweeter. Maybe Alpine water, given the name.
After drinking half of these German beers I&r&hell…Read More
2017-12-15 21:35
Today’s beer: Perlenzauber Pale Ale
Halfway between an Altbier & an English Pale Ale.
Nice but unremarkable.
Solid session beer.
That label somehow reminds me of Charlie on Lost d… Read More
2017-12-15 01:14
Today’s beer: Huber Weisses Original
One of the best beers so far and one of my favorite German styles.
A refreshing Hefeweizen isn’t really seasonally appropriate but it was en… Read More
2017-12-13 23:00
Today’s beer: Kloster Urstoff Märzen
This is my least favorite beer thus far.
There’s a weird “white whiskey” flavor in the nose & palette that just feels … Read More
2017-12-13 00:52
Today’s beer: Zwönitzer Rauchbier
I can only recall having a Rauchbier on one other occasion and it was horrid.
It was from Shiner and the smoked flavoring was an additive like l… Read More
2017-12-12 03:10
Today’s beer: Bierkutscher Edel Pils
One of the few German beers I’ve had that is like making love in a boat: Fucking close to water.
Hoping tomorrow is better Read More
2017-12-11 03:36
Today’s beer: Löwenbrauerei Passau Urtyp Hell
Bright and clear beer for a sunny Winter day.
Almost like a cider in color & sweetness.
Happy Sunday! Read More
2017-12-09 18:08
Today’s beer: Herrnbräu Jubiläums-Sud
This is supposedly a Dunkel but the color of the beer suggests otherwise.
This beer was in previous calendars and although my can is th… Read More
2017-12-08 20:41
Today’s beer: Grandl
It’s a snowy day here in Georgia – not something that happens very often – and I’m drinking a very nice Helles Lager. Also not something I… Read More
2017-12-07 23:29
Today’s beer: Alpenkönig Gold
This is a solid beer but I’m a sucker for a Märzen. I think I normally drink Oktoberfests or Festbiers which are a subcategory of Mä… Read More
2017-12-07 02:22
Today’s beer: Kartäuser Doppelbock Dunkel
I’m fairly certain the Dunkel in the name is redundant here, just noting that this is a dark bock instead of a Maibock.
I’m… Read More
2017-12-06 00:39
Today’s beer: Altbayrisch Dunkel
This one is really fun since Dunkel isn’t a style many craft brewers produce AND it’s the perfect dark lager for a rainy, cold night in Ge… Read More
2017-12-05 02:30
Today’s beer: Bergbräu Pale Ale
I’m not entirely sure why a German beer assortment would include a pretty classical example of an English Pale Ale (more malty than hoppy; l… Read More
2017-12-04 02:24
Today’s beer: Holzknecht Hefeweisse
I enjoy Hefeweizen and I really enjoy Dunkelweizen. This beer especially reminds me of Ayinger Urweisse.
It had the banana aroma of a Hefeweizen wi… Read More
2017-12-02 23:36
Today’s beer: Herrnbrau Tradition
This is a Festbier so it’s in the style of an Oktoberfest/Märzen.
It’s malty. It’s bready. It’s lovely on a very mild la… Read More
2017-12-01 22:22
As promised I’m actually going to blog about all 24 beers contained in the Brewer’s Advent Calendar 2017 I bought at Costco this year.
For this first post I’m going to shar… Read More
2017-11-30 18:33
As a result of my injury this year and subsequent treatment (getting my knee drained & a shot of cortisone), I’ve had to take some time off from running this year.
In fact I didn&r&hell…Read More
2017-11-28 20:38
Last year I missed out on my opportunity to buy a Beer Advent Calendar at Costco because I waited a week instead of pulling the trigger immediately.
Not this year. This year I loaded up the… Read More
2017-11-07 19:57
Remember the “craft beer” I bought at Wal-Mart and blogged about a few months ago?
Apparently not everyone could appreciate it for what it was.
More specifically they hated it so… Read More
2017-11-03 17:27
Corey Bellemore of Canada just set a new Beer Mile World Record of 4:33.6
My own personal record (on one attempt) is a little over 10 & a half minutes. I don’t think I could run a… Read More
2017-10-04 15:20
I’m not very good about my mindfulness meditation practice. I should be better given some of the stressors affecting me, but I’ll admit that I’ve gotten into a bad habit of… Read More
2017-09-25 15:14
With apologies to REM, I thought I’d get that title out of my system. Partly because I think it’s funny; partly because I think it’s an accurate representation of the amazi… Read More
2017-09-06 15:07
Sooner or later everyone ends up at a Walmart, whether they’d like to be there or not.
Unfortunately for me I had to purchase some items for Jenn this weekend that are just better/easi… Read More
2017-08-30 19:14
Yesterday a regular reader of this blog (whatever that means anymore, given my posting schedule) brought up the topic of Steve Whitmire’s firing as the performer of Kermit the Frog by… Read More
2017-08-29 17:11
Did you ever get a tune stuck in your head and you just can’t stop whistling or humming it to yourself? Happens to me all the time.
In college I used to actively try to get songs stuck… Read More
2017-03-28 17:58
My father-in-law worked for an airline for 43 years, so I’ve flown on a few passes before. When my wife and I were dating, I can recall getting told several times while getting dressed… Read More
2017-03-22 17:11
During lunch this afternoon I watched a pretty cool video that catalogs some of the samples used in Daft Punk songs. I’m not a big Daft Punk fan, but their choices of source material a… Read More
2016-12-05 21:23
There’s a line in The Dark Knight – co-written by Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan – that I find very illuminating when thinking about Season One of Westworld:
“Yo… Read More
2016-12-02 15:17
As someone who’d hoped to run 1,000 miles this year (Update/Spoiler Alert: I’m going to fall about 80 miles short), I have a regular running route that I follow.
My most common r… Read More
2016-11-17 21:04
Another in my continuing series.
Seperated at Birth: Jürgen Klinsmann and Richard Roxburgh
I caught a bit of Mission: Impossible 2 on cable the other night – during another USMNT… Read More
2016-09-23 14:00
My own lofty goal to run 1000 miles in 2016 has already been documented here – and I’m due to update my progress – but I saw a video this morning that was too cool not to s… Read More
2016-09-14 15:51
It used to be the case that GoPro videos were mostly used to showcase amazing feats of sport or take us on a flight with an eagle, but now you can see first-hand how craft beer is made.
I re… Read More
2016-09-01 20:19
Activity name: More “turtle, turtle” than “rabbit, rabbit”., Avg Cadence:80, 4.52 miles, 00:38:56, 90 °F, HI: 95 °F, 8mph S, 52%
Distance: 7261.3
Elapsed tim… Read More
2016-09-01 15:32
Does craft beer contradict itself?
Can the same movement that chastises folks as “wussies” for enjoying “fizzy, yellow beer” also embrace the popularity and acceptanc… Read More
2016-08-31 20:27
Today’s Running Koan: Pro tip: running with amateur NCAA athletes motivates you (Just ran 4.46 miles in 00:37:25) from http://twitter.com/mostlymuppet
Pro tip: running with amateur NC… Read More
2016-08-30 18:00
Freedom! (Just ran 3.15 miles in 00:23:00) #iSmoothRun from http://twitter.com/mostlymuppet
Freedom! (Just ran 3.15 miles in 00:23:00) #iSmoothRun
— Seth Miller (@mostlymuppet) Augus… Read More
2016-08-26 15:27
Really interesting cover of Nirvana’s “In Bloom” by Sturgill Simpson.
I’m not a fan of country music – at least not what Nashville churns out right now –… Read More
2016-08-23 20:48
Because the first rule of blogging in 2016 is referencing the fact that you should blog more, I’ll admit that this post moved me to action.
Consider this sentence my mea culpa.
The fir… Read More
2016-08-11 14:57
The other day while walking the dog, the part-time nanny of a neighbor stopped me to pet Maggie our Goldendoodle.
Maggie’s left front leg is shaved because we recently had her spayed a… Read More
2016-06-01 14:58
On April 9th the first egg appeared in a nest hidden inside a hanging plant on our porch. On May 12th the last baby bird flew the nest. In between we learned they were House Finches and that… Read More
2016-05-10 02:09
For Mother’s Day I got Jenn a new router. The old one was flaky and didn’t really provide ample coverage of the whole house.
In the process of installing it, I had to chang… Read More
2016-05-04 14:46
First, this Tristan Walker tweet.
Source: Tristan Walker
Second, a great first-person career narrative from Hiroshi Lockheimer on Medium.
Every day I’m excited by what’s possible… Read More
2016-04-27 18:29
At the outset of the year I’d made the conscious, though not publicly-stated, decision to run 1,000 miles in 2016. So here it is officially: I’m attempting to run 1,000 miles in… Read More
2016-04-12 18:39
In no particular order …
If I’ve only had 3/10 of the beers on this list, how long should I give myself to finish?
Canned beer season doesn’t really begin, for me, until S… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Since the age of two-and-a-half our 3rd child, Evie (currently age 4), has made the same request for cereal every weekday: “Oatmeal Squares with milk and a spoon.” She says this… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I’m adapting more than the title of my post from the excellent Flowing Data blog, I’m also using some of their code. I was inspired by this beautiful visualization of running in… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Mid-week video math, courtesy of Jimmy Fallon: Audience suggestion = Tara Lipinski + The Big Lebowski This is relevant to my interests (and hopefully yours). It only could’ve been bett… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Regardless of whether you pronounce GIF with a hard or a soft “G”, you can’t deny that the simple animations have been raised to something of an art form recently. The anim… Read More
2016-02-01 17:53
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” – Anthony Trollope
Since it’s February 1st (Rabbit rabbit) I figure… Read More
2016-01-11 14:32
Other people are saying it better than I could today, so I’ll let them say it. I just want to post this blog as well to add my own raised hand. RIP, David Bowie.
Modern Love really is… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Most of my weekday coffee comes from the office Flavia Creation® 400, so I’m not a total snob about coffee. Mostly I experience coffee as a comforting ritual and a vital part of my… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Turns out it may be endocannabinoids (like those in cannabis), not endorphins, that produce the so-called runner’s high. Whatever the chemical compound, the result is real and it&rsquo&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Bruce got it, because he created Kung Fu. Jiro gets it, because he is a sushi shokunin. Henry gets it, because he’s a runner. Ruben gets it, because he’s human. I get it (and ign… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Since we’ve all seen (or made) those “Straight Outta Somewhere” meme images promoting the new movie about NWA, Straight Outta Compton, I thought I’d bring your attent… Read More
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