Year: 2026

Piano Man

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For those of you who saw yesterday’s Instagram photo, nothing happened. Dodged a bullet.

I am halfway through “And So It Goes” the HBO documentary on Billy Joel. It’s broken down into almost equal-length two-and-a-half-hour episodes. I was a big fan of his first album, and that is the only one I have a copy of. If I go look at the titles of the tracks, I guarantee I’d hear the chorus in my head. The rest, at least in my memory, had only one or two songs on every subsequent one of his albums/CDs, so I never bought them. So maybe that is why I was surprised that I knew a whole bunch of his songs. I wonder how many I’ll tap my feet to in the second…

Track, Daily, Crush

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Track Daily Crush
Lister-Chevrolet Knobbly Re-Creation by Beck 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive30i Sport 6-Speed
 1948 Crosley CC
Station Wagon
Certainly looks the part. Another BMW? I’d like to appologize to the ten of you who like this car.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for or were bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Track: 2006 Lotus Elise Sold for USD $42,501 07/16/2026
Daily: 2000 BMW M Coupe Sold for USD $40,250 07/16/2026
Crush: AM General HMMWV Sold for USD $13,000 07/16/2026

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 64.2%

 

Faux Sunday Part 2

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Seeing as I did my usual Sunday ride to Stomping Grounds to get a muffin and latte yesterday, I should have gone for a walk. I didn’t though, I rode the bicycle back there this morning. Latte, but no muffin.

Last Thursday I didn’t leave the house. I didn’t have anything I needed to go out for and it was lightly raining, so I made my own coffee at home and settled in. Friday I went to Fred Meyer for the weekly grocery shopping trip, and later in the day I ran to the post office to mail a postcard. Both in the GTI. Saturday I spent the rest of the day inside after the morning’s bike ride. Today, Sunday, was almost the same as yesterday, bike ride then inside. Three out of four car-less days.

And the Red Sox won their 13th in a row and are creeping up the standings.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 61.1%

 

Faux Sunday

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Because today was the day I was supposed to ride the exercycle, I opted to do the Sunday ride today. I had my usual latte and muffin at Stomping Grounds, and I was home at 8:30, and, since I had some time this morning, I watched the first episode of Season 2 of Andor.

I finished off Season 1 last night. And while I am enjoying it, if I stopped right now, I’m pretty sure I would carry on with my life just fine. This afternoon after the Red Sox game I watched the second episode, so I guess I’m in it now.

On a side note, the Sox won the game; it was their twelfth in a row. But as a true fan of the team, I know it is only a matter of time before they revert to the “loveable losers” I know them to be.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 54.6%

 

Nice Kitty

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I’ve got to get off Instagram; I am too much of a sucker for the ads they run…

Viewing Space

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I had contemplated seeing Project Hail Mary in theaters but preferred to wait and watch it in the comfort of my own home. This way I could control my own intermission. 🙂 At the beginning of July, it became available on Prime Video. I sat down to watch it all excited, and I turned it off after about 5 minutes of Ryan Gosling failing around.

Truth be told, when I first started reading the book this movie is based on, I didn’t care for it and stopped. Even tried a second time and didn’t get too much further. So I thought I should give the movie another shot. I started where I had left off, and after a minute or so, it segued to before when our protagonist was launched into space. He was a science teacher, and his teaching style seemed like he was failing around there too. Turned it off.

I had stumbled onto a YouTube video about Andor and it was being discussed as the best Star Wars property ever, a story for adults. So at lunch today, I restarted watching Episode One. That’s right, I had once, several months back, started to watch the series and quit on it halfway through the first episode. I backed up about 15 minutes and started. I just finished Episode Nine of the first season…