Final 20

Twenty school days left. 

I am beat. 

This has been the longest week in a long time.

I unironically say TGIF.

Confirmation

 

The Third Man

Watched The Third Man again last weekend. Such a great film. One of my favorites. Orson Welles’ big reveal is iconic. Carol Reed makes post-war Vienna look like a house of horrors. The sequence with the little kid following and pointing at Joseph Cotton as the killer is still creepy today. A true film noir classic. 

New Car

Got a new car this weekend. The family’s car. But if the boy chooses a college within reasonable driving distance it will be his  

 

4/19

 I will always remember Oklahoma City on this day. God Bless OKC.

The Nutmeg of Consolation

Just finished the 14th (out of 20) volume of the epic Aubrey-Maturin Series, The Nutmeg of Consolation. I have found so much joy in reading this series. I have enjoyed the series more and more as the years have gone on. I started in 2003 with intermittent gaps. So it's taken me twenty-one years to get through fourteen volumes and I'm not sure why I have taken so long. The books go quickly when I start. But there have been lapses of a couple of years before I acquired the next volume. Now days I try to search for the next couple of volumes at Half Price Books before I'm ready to start them.

But that's okay. Stretches it out longer. The series is one long continuous narrative and one novel leads right into the next. Such genius writing and planning. And who knows, when I get through them I'll probably be ready to retire, and I'll start the whole series again!

Peace!

 

Top Off

Took me five years but I finally got the top off the Jeep. I had to wait until my son was old enough to help me. 

Max Plays Bird

 

 

Discovered this album this week simply because it was playing on Sirius XM's Real Jazz channel. We were rolling to school when the music sounded nice and I made note of the album. The next day I had the chance to give it a listen and was impressed. 

It's an interesting album. No piano and two horn players, base and drums. First of all, any of the greats playing Bird is bound to be great. Secondly, Max Roach always had an eye for talent and was a great band leader. I've always dug Hank Mobley on tenor. In college I discovered Kenny Dorham and he became one of my understated favorites. His tone sounds very much like a flugel player on trumpet. A fantastic bopper. 

This is a very nice album.

Eclipse Day Playlist