What's New With Mick

Tag: Sports

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike miles in 2020: 92

    Aches & pains: right ankle and foot, back of my head, right elbow

    Current reading: n/a

    Recent listening: You Need a Budget podcast, Hidden Brain, Reply All, Radiolab, Van Halen II, Small Change by Tom Waits

    Recent viewing: World Series game 5, NBA Finals, Raised by Wolves, Schitt’s Creek, Queen’s Gambit, Tehran, Ted Lasso, Class Action Park, The Boys, Lovecraft Country

    Recent playing: Outlanders

    Recent events: kitchen remodel completed, sustained a subarachnoid hematoma

    Recently accomplished: back yard renovation, cleaned roof & gutters (with Graham), new outlets in dining room, GFCI outlet outside, hauled off yard debris & junk

    Imperative To Do: finish refinancing mortgage, finish unpacking boxes, vote, winterize, buy a new refrigerator

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: n/a

    Current reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

    Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Coverville

    Recent viewing: Stranger Things 2, Mindhunter, Mr. Robot, World Series (Game 5), Ex Machina, Arrival

    Recent playing: n/a

    Recently accomplished: 48 bike miles/week, finished painting the house, planted remaining grass

    Imperative To Do: Get a job, Tina’s birthday present, lower grade to 8 inches, organize/clean garage

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: left leg numbness and itching

    Current reading: n/a

    Recent listening: The Kingston Trio, Arlo Guthrie, They Might Be Giants, The Beach Boys, Rick Nelson, Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons, Back To Mono, Live at the Apollo, Bach on Wood, Sublime

    Recent viewing: Falling Skies, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Warehouse 13, 2012 Olympics

    Recent playing: Plants vs. Zombies, Words with Friends, Monsters Ate My Condo

    Recently accomplished: Mortgage refinancing, hair cut, the start of using the black castor oil, Crater Lake/Roseburg loop, Roundup weeds, mowed lawn

    Imperative To Do: Vacuum, make doctor appointments, mail packages, turn compost, trim butterfly bushes, Troop 820 can recycling, refinish deck

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: none

    Current reading: The Big Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

    Recent listening: Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Jane Siberry, Sam Cooke, Donovan, Nanci Griffith, John Frusciante, Deadmau5, Florence & the Machine, Earth, Wind & Fire

    Recent viewing: Dexter, Twin Peaks, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Winnebago Man, NFL Playoffs

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, Temple Run

    Recently accomplished: Mowed lawn to remove most leaves, taxi service, Christmas tree recyling

    Imperative To Do: Finish Neil Young “liner notes”, finish 2011 FY for Troop 820, clean office, pay bills, call DirecTV, Troop 820 can recycling

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: ankles
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: Les Paul & Mary Ford, The Mothers of Invention, Slick Rick, Gershwin, Jane Siberry, Glenn Miller, Brave Combo, Buckethead, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, King Crimson, Neil Young, Steve Goodman, Woody Guthrie
    Recent viewing: Young & Innocent, Stage Fright, Rockford Files, Murphy’s Romance, Disturbing the Universe, Nova, WWII in HD, Alice in Wonderland, Long Day’s Journey Into the Night (aborted), More Than a Game, NBA Basketball, Hawkeye Football
    Recent playing: Words with Friends, Fieldrunners, Pinball HD
    Recently accomplished: Played “adult in charge” at recent Troop 820 campout, fixed broken gate, fixed leaky toilet, winterization
    Imperative To Do: Resume biking, lingering Troop 820 issues, desk cleanup, Xmas shopping

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2567
    Aches & pains: sore sinuses
    Current reading: Timeline by Michael Crichton, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Corey Doctorow
    Recent listening: Fairground Attraction, Essential Rarities by The Doors, Love and Rockets, Live at the Olympia by R.E.M.
    Recent viewing: Jericho (Season One), Beef, Overnight, Capturing the Freedmans, Orgazmo, Everest: Beyond the Limit (Season Two), Die Hard, NFL Wildcard Playoffs
    Recent playing: geoDefense, Link4 Online
    Recently accomplished: Christmas tree recycling, grocery shopping, replaced furnace filters
    Imperative To Do: Clean gutters, hook up antenna in the attic, get passport, clean office, clean roof, fix bathroom door (again)

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2567
    Aches & pains: numbness in left thigh, minor stomach flu, congestion, cough, sore right hip
    Current reading: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein, I Am America (and So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
    Recent listening: Run DMC, Bach, The Doors, Neil Young, Fairground Attraction, News from Lake Wobegon
    Recent viewing: Deadwood, Countdown, The Rachel Maddow Show, How I Met Your Mother, The National Parks, Arrested Development, Nova, football
    Recent playing: geoDefense
    Recently accomplished: Tina’s 40th birthday party, Christmas shopping (most), vacuumed office
    Imperative To Do: Clean gutters, put antenna in the attic, get passport, clean office, finish Best of 2008, rebates, clean roof

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2557
    Aches & pains: sore back and sciatic nerve
    Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
    Recent listening: Warren Zevon, The Beatles, Bright Eyes
    Recent viewing: Iowa vs. Wisconsin, Wartburg vs. Coe, miles of Iowa corn & beans
    Recent playing: Doodle Jump
    Recently accomplished: Iowa trip planning, visited Sunleafs in Dubuque, met J. Kelly Poole in Cedar Falls, Wartburg Homecoming 2009
    People I was lucky enough to see while in Iowa: Troy Munn, Mindy Eastmann, Kalen “Bubby” Eastmann, Taran Eastmann, Mark & Kathi Ring, Logan Ring, Kent Ring, Berdean Ring, Kathryn Warburton, Lorell & Myrtle Christensen, Michelle Cummings, Frank Fox, Jeff Mitchell, Annette Adams, Carl & Kristy Borchardt, Randy Maravetz, Jeff Fox, Art & Amy Sunleaf, Maja Sunleaf, “Belle” Sunleaf, Lizzie Sunleaf, Kelly Poole, Terry Letsche, Rob Marquardt, Caroline & Jim Druschke, Dave Marx, Lynn Olsen, Bob Dahlke, Terrell Hale, Al Vandenbergh, Tim Lieder, Jim & Sharon Parcel, Arnie and Louise Duryee, Sue Barnes, Judy Christensen
    People I wanted to see but ran out of time: Mariah Mindy Ring, Oren P. Phipps
    Imperative To Do: Return cans, put antenna in the attic, clean office, finish Best of 2008, rebates, replace rusted grill parts, clean roof

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2529
    Van odometer: 155627
    Aches & pains: mosquito bites
    Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
    Recent listening: Collected Works by Simon and Garfunkel, Red Hot + Rhapsody by various artists, Bachbusters by Don Dorsey, The Story by Brandi Carlile, Musique Vol 1 by Daft Punk, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
    Recent viewing: The Prestige, Terminator: Salvation, Rescue Dawn, Star Trek, Rocky Balboa, NBA Conference Playoffs, Witness for the Prosecution, Up, Call of the Wild, The Third Man, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    Recent playing: Galcon, Peggle (for iPhone)
    Recently accomplished: pulled blackberries, haircut, weed and feed lawn, turned compost, cat boxes, took Ming to vet
    Imperative To Do: Read Sam’s script, return cans, put antenna in the attic, clean office, finish Best of 2008

  • 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