What's New With Mick

Tag: rap

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: n/a

    Aches & pains: right shoulder

    Current reading: Getting Things Done

    Recent listening: Kendrick Lamar, NWA, Childish Gambino, Reel Big Fish, Bill Frisell, Oasis, Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Genesis

    Recent viewing: Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Safe, The Pixar Story, Cooked, White Right: Meeting the Enemy, The Ritual, Disenchantment, BoJack Horseman, SNL, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Goldbergs

    Recent playing: Bloons 6

    Recent events: Presidents weekend in San Francisco with Thomas, PDX Jazz festival, snow in Portland

    Recently accomplished: House cleaning, bought robot vacuum, filing reorganization, turned compost, bought dress shirt

    Imperative To Do: Ride bike again, read more, exercise, file 2018 taxes, find wedding rings, FSA documentation

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sciatica, lower back

    Current reading: n/a

    Recent listening: The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation

    Recent viewing: Seinfeld, 2016 NBA Finals, Inside Amy Schumer, Game of Thrones

    Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

    Recently accomplished: Installed AC, multiple central AC estimates, mowed front yard

    Imperative To Do: Fix HP printer, latches for gates, rake front yard, hose off back and front

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2529
    Van odometer: 155015
    Aches & pains: lower back, muscles (moving)
    Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Cross-platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets, The Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
    Recent listening: No Line on the Horizon by U2, Final Boss by MC Frontalot
    Recent viewing: Lost (Seasons 2-5), Medium, Hardball, NBA Playoffs, Rachel Maddow Show
    Recent playing: Galcon
    Recently accomplished: working in Vancouver, cleaned cat boxes, cleaned van, cardboard recycling, showed Thomas how to mow lawn, showed Graham how to use the edger, equipment salvage in Vancouver office
    Imperative To Do: Scouts accounting, turn compost, read Sam’s script, return cans

  • Run DMC

     
    Run DMC
    Originally uploaded by etchasketchist
    Run DMC was the first rap group I ever heard and the first concert I ever attended without my parents. This picture comes from one of my favorite blogs, The Etcha-Sketchist


  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 466
    Weight lost: 50 lbs.
    Hours of sleep last night: 9
    Hours billed this week: 24
    Meetings today: 3
    Current reading: The Prince by Machiavelli, Feminism Is For Everybody by Bell Hooks
    Recent listening: Coverville, DrugMusic
    Recent viewing: Without A Trace, Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who, And You Don’t Stop, Everest, Countdown, Sportscenter, The Colbert Report
    Recent playing: Sketchfighter
    Recently accomplished: Sorted and stored computer stuff in garage
    Imperative To Do: Finish garage, finish old blog entries, call mechanic, build new computer for Thomas, rake, clean garage, fix laundry room door, RMA old Tivo drive, Best of 2006, memory rebate
    Cool Link: Wil Wheaton reviews Guitar Hero II

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 466
    Weight lost: 50 lbs.
    Hours of sleep last night: 8
    Hours billed this week: 41
    Current reading: The Prince by Machiavelli, Feminism Is For Everybody by Bell Hooks
    Recent listening: Coverville, DrugMusic, NPR Story of the Day, Science Friday
    Recent viewing: Without A Trace, And You Don’t Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop, Sportscenter, Countdown, Mythbusters
    Recent playing: Sketchfighter, Guitar Hero
    Recently accomplished: n/a
    Imperative To Do: Finish garage, finish old blog entries, call mechanic, build new computer for Thomas, rake, clean garage, fix laundry room door, RMA old Tivo drive, Best of 2006, memory rebate
    Cool Link: International faux pas: Just reading the one for the U.S. is fun. Try another country!