Had some time free for listening to music and sitting in my chair yesterday. So that’s what I did. Let me once again emphasize the pleasure of having a nice stereo. And a good music collection.
Posted this from the mobile WordPress app on my phone. Worked pretty well.
Shows we’re going to for the rest of the year, thus far.
Johnny Marr
The Chameleons
Ride
Marc Maron
Front 242
Not bragging. Just stoked.
We went to see Echo and the Bunnymen last night in Dallas.
It was awesome.
Going to shows with my wife is one of my great joys in life. That she and I share so many musical preferences is one of the others. While we stood there “on the floor” of this show next to our friend John and Tina, with all the other middle-aged fans, my feet did hurt, but other than that I felt like we were in our early 20s again. I always feel like that with her at shows.
A couple of weeks ago we took Riley on his first road trip. We went down to Austin. The plan was to spend the night.
He was really good in the car, and overall he did great on the trip. He did not care for the hotel. I guess he could hear everything in the building. It kept him very agitated. While my wife went to an event he and I spent time out by the pool and took an evening walk at St. Edwards University, where everyone wanted to meet him. This dog is a people magnet, and he loves everyone.
We end up coming home late Thursday night, as it was clear the hotel wasn’t going to work for him (or us). The drunken party by the pool didn’t help things. Lesson learned.
But overall I had a good time. It’s always fun to be on the road with my wife. We talk and laugh and it’s always so fun. I love being on the road with her, and while traveling with Riley was a new challenge, it went well. Just needs a little fine tuning.
He is me and him on a wildflower trail near our hotel.
The reading project is going pretty well. About to finish book #8 for the year.
https://bloftin2sf.blog/read-in-2024/
Looking at more recent science fiction, it is nearly impossible to find a good standalone novel. Everything seems to be part of a massive series, or a trilogy of books that are all 600 pages long. There are a few that look good, but I can’t keep a whole bunch of series straight in my mind at the same time. So while some of the older standalone novels are a bit rough around the edges in a lot of ways, I think I’ll stick to them between reading the two series I’ve been working on.