Now Playing: SPC ECO “FRI-20-2020” August 26, 2025 Now Playing & Non-Fiction & Music Note: I wrote what follows on August 11, 2020, as a Facebook post. Part of the point of this blog is to preserve some of my writing in a place that Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing August 19, 2025 Matthew Perry & Non-Fiction Happy Birthday, Dad August 16, 2025 Roy Diaz & Non-fiction Yesterday would have been my father’s 74th birthday. Sadly, he only made it to 62. It’s now been almost 11.5 years since his passing and I really Bandcamp Friday: What I Bought! August 5, 2025 Bandcamp Friday & Music & Non-Fiction Just in case you’re not familiar with the concept of Bandcamp Friday I’ve linked an explanation. Ever since COVID, i.e. 2020, I have been an avid I, Diaz July 30, 2025 Non-Fiction Diaz. Completely unprompted by me, for most of my entire life I have simply become “Diaz” to friends, classmates, and coworkers. Maybe it has Road Trip Packing Tips for Michigan July 25, 2025 Gear & Non-Fiction Shalee and I are heading up north soon for a quick road trip to see a dear, old friend, and it got me thinking about things we bring or do on a road Even If You WFH, Always Wear A Shirt March 25, 2025 Non-Fiction & WFH & Writing If I have learned anything in the last five years since COVID, it’s this: even if you’re working from home, put on a shirt. It was the summer of Depeche Mode Memento Mori at 2 March 24, 2025 Depeche Mode & Violator & Music & Non-Fiction No, I don’t intend to write one of these for each Depeche Mode album’s anniversary, but on occasion I will post something when it is something I Remembering My Dad, Roy Diaz March 21, 2025 Roy Diaz & Non-fiction 11 years… Loss is not profound, it is common, it is ubiquitous, it is mundane. I just want to be able to talk to my dad. And that’s it, really. One Full Year of OUR GEEK THIS WEEK! January 22, 2025 Site Update & Writing & Non-Fiction I suspected the date was coming so I checked just a moment ago, and sure enough, yesterday, on January 21, 2025, was the one year anniversary for Thoughts On Formatting; RIP “The Daily” October 10, 2024 Site Update & The Daily & Non-Fiction File Under: Shit Michael Thinks About I’ve spent a fair amount of time the last 24 hours thinking about formatting, specifically how formatting Today’s Viewing: Will & Harper October 7, 2024 Today’s Viewing & TV & Non-Fiction & Writing & Film Spoiler Alert & Trigger Warning: This entry discusses scenes from the Netflix film Will & Harper in case you have not watched it yet. Let me start The Only Way Is Through June 21, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Motorcycle Roughly 10 or so years ago when I first started riding, I was uncomfortable going much faster than 45 mph. I realized such would be fine on back 365 Days of Sammy March 30, 2024 Samson & Delilah & Dogs & Writing & Non-Fiction Back in 2021 we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog, Samson, not even a year after losing his sister, Delilah. This is a loss that affects me far Finding Your Catharsis March 28, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction “…to sleep, perchance to dream…” I have long since passed that age where I realize that there is more track behind me now than lies before me. I Kurt Cobain at 50 (republished) February 20, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Kurt Cobain & Nirvana & Gen X I wrote what follows on February 20, 2017, on what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 50th birthday. Obviously Kurt died by suicide at 27, a lifetime On Death… January 22, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction I think of death all of the time. I’m ashamed to admit that I am a bit obsessed. Not the death of others, well, sometimes, but definitely not Depeche John January 22, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Family & Depeche Mode In the summer of 1988 my Uncle John, just 23 years old, was killed in a car accident. I don’t recall all of the particulars, something about a car Mackinac January 22, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Family It was the summer of 1984. I was 10yrs old, dorky and clueless as I’ll ever be, and for some reason oddly passionate about The Ghostbusters film. As Defeated January 22, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Family The light turned green, my right foot applied pressure to the accelerator as my 2004 Pontiac Vibe slowly inched forward into the intersection.