We punted

Early evening here chez Random. I’m on the couch, bluetooth buds in my ears, reviewing possible near-future radio show tracks. Mrs. Random is playing a word game on her phone over in the recliner. Cats are strewn about in close vicinity to the fireplace. We punted our assumed-to-happen hike this afternoon. No reason except loss of turgor I guess. We agreed to shelve the idea until tomorrow. Mrs. R had a productive backup plan: scrubbing lower cabinet surfaces in the kitchen. Bright and shiny now! I spent the afternoon alternately napping and listening to music.

This morning was a long Radio Free Random broadcast, and I was happy to see DJ Hammy (Southampton’s own) in chat, just weeks after suffering a stroke! The part of his brain affected is what controls balance, so he’s been doing retraining and rehab and seems to be making great progress. The DJs of the (mainly UK) Mixcloud Massive group have been filling in for his Friday night and Sunday morning shows, but everybody wants him back in the saddle again soon, of course!

Another RFR-related point: I created a Google Sheet to keep track of the new subscription year’s shows, with dates, times, durations, titles, links and notes. I was motivated mainly by the desire to keep a running total of how much time I’m racking up on the air. A spreadsheet seemed the most logical. I made it shareable: click here.

Other hobbies are in the background, except for reading. I’m about 60% through the massive Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon, and it’s getting better, more interesting, as I go along. Other books have faded into the background, as sometimes happens when I get pulled immersively into the world of a particular volume. That’s where I’m at with this one right now, consuming it on various Kindles around the house, depending on where I find myself in a reading mood.

I’m hoping to be suitably energetic on Friday night: Ed Cole and his Trouble Cuts band, Dan Jones and The Squids, and The Visible Men are all playing at Sam Bond’s Garage! Only five bucks, with a reasonable start time of 9 p.m. Old school Eugene rockers from my own rockin’ heyday of the early 2000s. It’ll be a party!