“Out of Time” is probably one of the most significant albums of my youth which always seemed to be playing in the background of some of the memorable parties and events of my life when I was in Grade 11/12.
Hard to believe it’s been out for 30 years which means I’m 47 going on 48. I’m getting old but man, some of the guys from R.E.M. look like they should be playing a casino somewhere! 😉
But of course the experts knew all along that it would be shocking! 😉
“Respect” – Aretha Franklin
I mean, a year ago to the day, I was making jokes about “Corona” virus using Mexican beers as a prop so Covid was definitely on my radar.
But no, I did not expect a full shutdown of most parts of society, working from home for months, wearing mask for the bulk of the year, watching professional sports broadcast from empty stadiums, and all sorts of other massive changes to my everyday life!
Sasha’s pretty obsessed with this True/False book about the planets. Future astronaut confirmed! 😉
The floundering Flames shocked the hockey world by firing their coach late Thursday night (after a victory even!) and announcing that former coach, Darryl Sutter, who led them to the game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004 before coming up short, would be retaking the reins of the team.
That run was when we lived in Calgary, about six blocks from the infamous “Red Mile”, and one of the best experiences of my life!
We’re into the same month as when Covid became real and the world shut-down mid-month so I’ll likely be posting a few different retrospective posts, whether it’s “Throwback Thursday” or not over the next few weeks.
For example, here’s all my tweets from March 2020.
I loved this tweet (but not that I managed a typo in both “quarantine” and “quarantino” – “quarantine” being one of many new words that would become part of my regular vocabulary as the year went on.)
#EditButtonNow
Me at home on day one of Quentin Quanantino…
#QuarentineLife pic.twitter.com/yDDe9w0spK— Jason Hammond (@headtale) March 19, 2020
Ted Lasso is an unexpected hit AppleTV+ show which began as a series of promos to promote NBC Sports showing Premier League soccer.
Those vignettes led to the character being developed and expanded into a 10-episode series of half-hour comedies which initially seems like a typical “fish out of water” story of an American football coach being hired to coach a British football team but become a larger story about optimism, trust and seeing the good in everyone.
In our increasingly polarized world, perhaps not a surprise it became a hit after all?
With vaccines rolling out, certain states (probably prematurely) removing *all* Covid restrictions, and other leaders speculating about the light at the end of the tunnel (or maybe not?), it’s time for a list…
