4 day weekend LFG

The fucking mirrorball 🤩

Full(-ish) Jack Straw filmed via various crew members’ phones. They did such a good job on this cover. youtu.be/aLVDXRzCjc8?...

Brendan Bayliss is stupidly good at guitar.

Absolute unit of a Utopian Fir. Wow. ♫ Now Playing on @nugsnet: “Utopian Fir” by Umphrey's McGee, from 1/14/2026 🎶: Utopian Fir 🎸: Umphrey's McGee 2nu.gs/4qMC5nm

♫ Now Playing on @nugsnet: “The Other one ” by Spafford, from 1/14/2026 🎶: The Other one 🎸: Spafford 2nu.gs/3LkkHHP

Spafford did a single song set to start their show last night and it was The Other One

♫ Now Playing on @nugsnet: “Jack Straw” by Umphrey's McGee, from 1/14/2026 🎶: Jack Straw 🎸: Umphrey's McGee 2nu.gs/4qMC5nm

Jack Straw cover debut, and I’m told by someone in the room that Scotty slayed on lead vocals.

Had one of those nights where my head hit the pillow once the gummy started to hit, then the next moment my morning alarm went off.

Finance. I had a business minor for a bit & I just did not understand this subject. Accounting I & II, easy. Marketing, fine. All the others, ok as well. The language this professor was speaking was definitely English but the words were not making sense the way he ordered them. Dropped the minor.

Every year this one company based out of Stoughton, WI brings a little squishy toy and it’s always a cow dressed as a different profession. In the past it’s been a scuba diver, a cowboy, astronaut, miner, etc. This year the cow appears to be working 9 to 5.

Work conference today. My industry is mostly like dads in their 40s/50s/60s, which means that the typical work conference humor is compounded with dad humor.

I mostly listen to JRAD if I ever want to listen to the Dead’s music.

One of my coworkers sharpened by chef’s knife with this 60 year old knife sharpener his grandpa bought from a department store in Chicago in the 60’s. Can’t wait to go home and chop something just for fun later.

Alright Bears-Rams next week

I was bored earlier this afternoon and I said fuck it I’ll go to the gym and worked out for 90 mins. Honestly this method kinda works.

Has anyone checked in on @bigoliveman.bsky.social today

How about them Bears, eh?

Fireworks going off in Chicago.

I was ready to call it a season at halftime. Ben Johnson and Caleb and the rest of the team sure were not

I can’t believe the bears just beat the packers in the playoffs.

All time choke by the packers. Holy shit.

Dios mio

Oh boy.

Bears games do tend to go the full 60 minutes

Well it was a fun season while it lasted. Pathetic showing by the Bears’ very flawed defense.

41 year bustout The Other One coming night 1 of Mexico

Fuck. Not Bob. God damnit.

This is quite good for an NA. This whole area of beer has really taken off the past 5 years. I remember when it was sharp’s and o’douls and then Heineken 0 came along and then it seems like there was an explosion of it right around and after Covid.

The bottom of this receipt from the library is such a great example of how a public services can effectively advertise the value that their existence provides.

I feel like a new tattoo would fix all of my problems. It is at least worth exploring as an option.

Excited to take the train from Portland to Seattle in a couple months. Jam band runs via train is a thing I wish was way more doable in this country.

Being clear and over the soreness period that exists for the first 4-5 weeks when you get back into lifting weights is really freeing. I really noticed that this week. That initial period turns so many people off (myself definitely included in the past) from continuing and ya just gotta push through

Dave is a real one. the realest one, even. Never been afraid to speak his mind despite backlash and “shut up and play your little songs” or “you just lost a fan.” Doesn’t give a fuck. Not trying to play the middle or not upset anyone. Just telling it like it is.

At the gym before 9am on Saturday please clap

I feel like I am still catching up on sleep from all the shows last week and I might be asleep by 7 tonight so I can wake up at 6 and pace around my apartment for 13 hours until the Bears game starts.

Going out for a casual stroll because it’s 50 degrees in early January

Billy Strings wants to be in a heavy loud rock band so bad.

New Billy Strings & Brian Sutton song holy shit

Fuck

It lives, for now. But they should have released a partial lineup instead of this.

50 degrees in Chicago on January 8th

RIP to legendary Blackhawks goaltender Glenn Hall. He has the NHL goalie record of 552 starts in a row including playoff appearances, a streak that will likely never be broken. And he did so without wearing a face mask. WITHOUT A FACEMASK. GOALIE.

Umphrey’s McGee appears to have uploaded the entire show from last Saturday at the Salt Shed to their YouTube channel youtu.be/ABoeoow6rgQ?...

I deleted summer camp from my concert spreadsheet for this year. I just have no confidence it’s actually happening and even if it does it’s left such a bad taste in my mouth the way they’ve handled everything since asking for our money (I withheld) 8 months ago and going basically radio silent.

I went to Illinois State University and never went to a football game during my 4 and a half years there

This blog post from George RR Martin celebrated its 10th birthday on Friday! grrm.livejournal.com/465247.html