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My favorite albums of all time
KEXP kept prompting me to submit my favorite albums of all time. It was harder to compile this list than I thought.
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Back to school (2025 edition)
Just realized I forgot to post a back-to-school post per tradition. Here it is!
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Ikigai: your reason to get up in the morning
From Marc Winn: According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai. An ikigai is essentially ‘a reason to get up in the morning.’ A reason to enjoy life.
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Rio Kosta, Arc De Soleil, and more of my favorite albums from August 2025
I’ve been way behind in sharing music. I blame the dog, but really I’ve just been busy doing other stuff. It’s not the music’s fault. There have been lots of great new albums coming out as usual. I’ve already got quite a few for September queued up. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though. Here…
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Puppy pain
We have a new puppy living with us, which means it’s like we have a newborn baby again, with the difference being that instead of filling bottles, I’m filling tracheas. 🤮
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The great dog-off
This past week we had two dogs stay with us on two separate nights as a way to find out which one would be the best match for our family. Pup Idol. Dogvivor. The Bark-chelor. House of Paws. You get the idea. It was a bit of a surreal speed dating experience but super valuable,…
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Touchdown!
Vivi (aspiring YouTube creator) has started building her video editing skills by making highlight videos of her brother Sam’s flag football games. I’m super happy that she’s exploring this outlet for her own growth and so that I don’t have to do it (video editing is SO TIME CONSUMING). Go Vivi (and da cats…and Sam…







