Wake up, John. It's July.
What? July already? Can't be. I'm going back to sleep.
It's July, John. You need to get up and write a blog.
Well, I'm looking at the calendar right now and it says, "July 1", so that means I have 30 OTHER days to write blogs and it doesn't have to be done right now. Thank you, by the way, for waking me up so early in July. You know I hibernate in the summer. Now, leave me alone.
Now, what kind of guilt-inducing blog conscience would I be if I just left you alone to procrasticate? You have to write. People want to know what you've been doing.
No they don't.
They do. WRITE.
Fine.
Hey everybody! How y'all are? Things here are actually going pretty well, considering the kids don't have any school or sports keeping them busy right now. This is our down time. July. July goes fast only in retrospect. When you're in the middle of it, July seems like a month with 74 days.
You should go ahead and read Suite Scarlett, 'k?
I've finished reading Suite Scarlett, finally - I know, and I'd say it was pretty good. Maureen was definitely on her game when she wrote this one, and it's cool to see so much of her own personality in her writing. Really enjoyable read. I don't know what I'm going to read next, but it will probably be yet another book about marketing, advertising and copywriting, which is a potential new career path for me. More on that if it actually develops.
Check out Lewis Taylor, too.
I don't know why I'm so late to the party, since Lewis Taylor has already quit the music business, but I recently heard a live version of his song, "Stoned Pt. 1" and it's so good. Wow. I could only find the studio version on YouTube, so I've stuck that in here. The live version I heard is on Volume 22 of the Live From the World Cafe series and it is better than the studio version, if you ask me - or even if you don't.
Out and about
Daughter 2 and I spent some time at Canal Day in Chesapeake City last weekend and had a really good time. The crowds were not as bad as they have been in the past and there were lots of things to see and do. We had a great little father/daughter time. I like when I can have some one on one time with the kids individually. I think that's important, but it can be hard to accomplish.
Could this be their year?
Our own Philadelphia Soul have finished the season with the best record in the league (13-3) and are all ready for the playoffs, which for them begin this Saturday. I took Daughter 1 and Son 1 up to the team headquarters this past Sunday for a little meet and greet with the players and coaches and a tour of the facility. It was great of the Soul to arrange that for some of their season ticket holders. The catered dinner was pretty good too.
Well, I guess that's all for now. I still have to go back and edit this to work properly on all of my various blogging outlets.