Extra Blog

I'll have an extra blog for the next month-plus. It's themed.

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Excitement Abounds

Most of my days revolve around thinking about Jack. More later, but there are other things that've gotten me excited as of late.

1. All Things NPR

• Best Shows: "Wait, Wait" , "This American Life", "All Things Considered", "All Songs Considered", and the recently discovered "Live Concerts from All Songs Considered" (podcast editions of the last two). The amazing thing to me is that that the later two actually talk about music (meaningful music that isn't Nickelback) in a very interesting way (or there's this site for a meaningful way). And the live concerts - fugedaboutit. They are amazing. And free. And amazing.

2. Impending Football

• The Colts went to training camp today. And fantasy football talk is beginning to rear its nicotine-like head. A buzz I'd rather not wait for. Although, to complain for but a moment, it's absolutely absurd that the Patriots (who are evil, and who went 18-0 last year) have, literally, statistically the easiest schedule in the NFL. A world gone wrong.
  

3. Olympic Buildup

• Just two weeks away. Watching the trials got me excited. Listening to the Olympic Fanfare and other related music (thank you John Williams) is exciting. I not-so-secretly hope that Jack is born on 8/7 so that I'll be home with him during the bulk of the Games. Here's to hoping.

4. New Music

• Along with the Free Samplers with my Paste magazine, recent ablums include: Sara Groves, William F. Gibbs, Micah Dalton, Rufus Wainwright.

And, if you read this blog, there's a decent chance you'll care when Stacey and I head to the hospital in the next month or so. If you'd like to stay up to date and keep tabs: Baby Bouse Blog.

Odds and Ends

Random thought: Is it weird that I just assume that the internet will eventually cease to exist some day? That it won't be a viable, or at least accessible resource?

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And in Big Brother fashion, I was looking at Analytics, the program I use to see who comes to this blog (along with a ridiculous amount of information on each visit - on browser type, length of stay, etc) and noticed two things. First thing:

About 22% of the visits come from Colorado (thanks Steph!)



And Second Thing: Why/how on Earth are people from Australia, India, Brazil, and various other nations looking at my blog??? (each dot represents a city - 294 different cities mind you)