It began as something for the Spei family mid-February Christmas celebration extravgangza. The February date allows individuals to have their close family Christmas then be available sometime after Valentine’s Day for a bigger blowout. My birthdad, Dick Spei, was a gourmet/gourmand who taught all his offspring to approach each meal as if it were their last, adviceContinue reading “mega ghee”
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VD24
I hope you all had a lovely Valentine’s Day, dirty foreheads and all, some of you. Mine was wonderful, although it didn’t start well. Unable to tell my wife when that Kerrytown Cabaret show started, I went looking for the tickets and couldn’t find them anywhere. I dashed off a frantic e-mail to the concert house, butContinue reading “VD24”
critics!
We bloggers get very little feedback, except for the occasional comment. But I hope y’all are likin’ what I’m writin’, mostly.
all over again
The plot of the classic movie “Groundhog Day” is that Billy Murray’s character weatherman Phil Connors experiences Groundhog Day in Punxsutawny over and over again, getting things a little better each time. The music site Best Classic Bands (1) today circulated a story on the 2020 Super Bowl commercial Murray made for Jeep. I gave you aContinue reading “all over again”
marmota monax cometh
Where did January go? On this first day of the second month, we sit on the eve of one of our most underappreciated holidays: Groundhog Day. No one takes it seriously. Banks remain open, no one gets a day off, and the postman still comes. But this day – a “cross-quarter” day smack between the winter solstice andContinue reading “marmota monax cometh”
thank U, MSU!
The maize-and-blue faithful here in Tree Town and around the world are emerging from this January in an unfamiliar position. Instead of losing their bowl game at the start of the month, tucking tail, and saying “wait till next year”, they find their team is a National Champion, first time in 27 years, the twelfth timeContinue reading “thank U, MSU!”
Musings I.
My first book of compiled blogs from the pandemic years – there would eventually be 5, all titled Musing through a pandemic – contained my writings on coronavirus, whom I’d personalized as “Mr. Corona” (1). Looking back, it’s not a bad historical record. I got to wear my microbiologist/virologist’s hat as well as my doctor’s white coat. Plus,Continue reading “Musings I.”
home improvement
I’ve learned in retirement that home improvement doesn’t always have to involve plaster dust, power tools rented from the hardware store, and a pallet of materials on your driveway. While such might be needed to elicit a grunt of approval from Tim Allen (1), your home is awaiting gentler ways to make it better. For sure, there’sContinue reading “home improvement”
quaternary
Hello to my dozens of readers and anyone else looking in. The term quaternary refers to the fourth order in a series. As a lifelong striving academic, I’m well aware of the quaternary milestones of graduation from high school, college, and medical school. The rhythm gets fuzzy after that: residencies – at least for internal medicine –Continue reading “quaternary”
hooked!
They entered our house to help us hang stuff. 120 pictures, posters, and objects later (and that’s just the main floor), I think it’s been a job well done. But, like a restless army after a war, some have hung around to see how else they might be of help. A lot, as it turns out. Turning vertical spaceContinue reading “hooked!”
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