What's New With Mick

Tag: television

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sore neck and shoulders

    Current reading: n/a

    Recent listening: I’m With You, The Limeliters, Peaches, Philip Glass, The Social Network, Hoyt Axton, Burl Ives, Joan Baez, Peter Paul & Mary, Ricky Skaggs, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

    Recent viewing: Treme, Revolution, Lillyhammer, Burn Notice, Fringe, Grimm, The Walking Dead, Key & Peele, Sons of Anarchy, QI, Homeland

    Recent playing: Letterpress, Words with Friends, Monsters Ate My Condo

    Recently accomplished: finished refinancing mortgage

    Imperative To Do: Doctor appointments, Troop 820 accounting

  • 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: unmentionable

    Current reading: undecided

    Recent listening: Ray Charles, Harry Belafonte, Bonnie Raitt, Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations, Allman Brothers Band, Country Joe and the Fish, Pictures from Life’s Other Side by Johnny Dowd, Forever Changes by Love

    Recent viewing: Raising Hope, Community, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 60 Minutes, Stargate SG-1, Sons of Anarchy, South Park, The Office, The Walking Dead

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, Bloons

    Recently accomplished: Cleaned roof and gutters, outdoor winterization, iPhone LCD replacement, Christmas vacation planning, booked December work trip

    Imperative To Do: Finish Neil Young “liner notes”, put away hoses, organize recent garage additions, finish Xbox repair, reassemble Graham’s computer, Christmas CD burning

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: left foot arch

    Current reading: Fahrenheit 451

    Recent listening: Harry Nilsson, Billy Holiday, Green Day, The Zombies, The Clash, Matisyahu, Concrete Blonde

    Recent viewing: Warehouse 13, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Louie, Falling Skies, Leverage, Stargate SG-1, Columbo, The Benson Interruption, H.R. Punfnstuf, The God Who Wasn’t There

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, Mondo Solitaire

    Recently accomplished: Bug fixing for new job, bug fixing for old job, lawn care

    Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: ankles, back muscles, possible tongue thrush

    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

    Recent listening: Infected Mushroom, Foreigner, Primus, Greg Kihn, Massive Attack, Thievery Corp., Weird Al (new album!), Radiohead, Motown, Portishead, Canned Heat, Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Recent viewing: Leverage (season 3 & 4), Frontline, The Planets, Pulp Fiction, Stan Lee’s Superhumans, The Story of the Blues, Super 8

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, Mondo Solitaire

    Recently accomplished: Both children advanced to next grade level, camping/biking in Idaho, acquired fireworks of questionable legality, paid bills, Roundup for weedy areas, weed and feed for lawn, mowing

    Imperative To Do: Light fireworks, back to work, clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: right ankle
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, John Anderson, Eric Clapton, Booker T. and the MG’s, Bukka White, Electric Flag, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield Blue Band, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Harlem Slim, Jimi Hendrix, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jimmy Reed, The Band, Reverend Gary Davis, Dock Boggs, John Hartford, Pet Seeger
    Recent viewing: The Middle, Community, The Civil War, Frontline, 60 Minutes, Kickass, Surface, Lord of the Flies (1963), Strange Days, Suck, Twilight Zone, Network, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Black Swan, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Dark City
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends
    Recently accomplished: Teacher meetings (Thomas), Troop 820 treasurer’s report, bank trip, Tivo hard drive replacement
    Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sciatica, temperature sensitivity, left hip
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: The Chess Story, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Beckology, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Traffic, Boz Scaggs, The Rolling Stones
    Recent viewing: CSI, God in America, Sin City, V is for Vendetta, Commando, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, Secrets Beneath the Ice (Nova), Real Time with Bill Maher, Japan’s Killer Quake (Nova), BBS: The Documentary
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, WSOP Hold ‘Em Legend HD
    Recently accomplished: Couch acquisition, Troop 820 collections, mowed lawn, new couch prep
    Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bank trip, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sciatica
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: The Velvet Underground, Alabama, Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller Band, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, The Who, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Funkadelic/Parliament, The Kinks, Sleep, The Small Faces, Traffic, Warren Zevon
    Recent viewing: CSI, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Modern Family, Friday Night Lights, Big Love, Stripes, A Clockwork Orange, Fringe, No Ordinary Family, Six Million Dollar Man, The Simpsons
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, WSOP Hold ‘Em Legend HD
    Recently accomplished: Began Tivo repair (need new power cable), changed furnace filters
    Imperative To Do: Troop 820 transactions, clean garage, clean gutters

  • 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