Fair 2024

The annual trip to the State Fair of Texas 

 

Tiring

 Birthdays can be tiring 

Bugs

 

New Ride

Our new ride.

 

Forever Royal

Well, it wasn't the ending America wanted but it was a great season! Coming off a 106 loss season to the ALDS the following year? No one would have predicted that. It was a closely fought series despite the Yankees payroll being three times that of the Royals. The Royals shall return and vanquish the high and mighty! Kansas City Royals forever!

Highway 61 Revisted

Found an album last Saturday at Half Price Books. Not an old pressing. New release actually. Never opened. But the price was only $9 so couldn’t pass it up. This was after seeing an original The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and almost having a heart attack. But the cover was really in bad shape and the record was so scratched up I don’t think it would be playable. So I had to pass. 

October Believer

Always a good day when the newest issue of The Believer arrives in the mail. 

A Good Night

Pretty rare to see the Royals and Chiefs win on the same night  especially in October. And on a Monday! It was very nice to see. 

 

Grand Champions!

Exciting Saturday as little Kaufman showed up to a 5A marching competition in Midlothian and won Grand Champion! 

The Aeneid

Another long term read (2 pages a day during breakfast) project in the books. This Robert Fagles translation is very good. I really enjoyed the first half. Seeing the famous story of the Trojan Horse from the Trojan's perspective was great. The telling of the fall of Troy is spectacular. Aeneas's doomed relationship with Dido is well told. I found the second half kind of tedious. Lots of repetitive battles with lots of names of warriors I didn't know.

I'm sure the original audience knew what was going on. Great first half. Meh second half for me. Enjoyed overall.