I buy a lot of comics but I tend to wait and read them in bunches. This was the Big Sort of Fall 2024.
I did some sorting. Need to do some reading.
Category Archives: fun
Greensboro, NC
October, oh October. Why so full?
Work took me down to Greensboro, NC, former home of Cone Mills, one of the OG denim producers in the US. The factory is gone, but the city still remembers.
We stayed at a hotel that was very into denim. Like, the bathrobes in the rooms were made of denim. I’ll spare you the selfie I took in it, but trust me when I tell you it was great.
I nabbed this little guy as a souvenir. He fits right at home on the souvenir shelf I’ve been building out in the office.
This wild-ass Jeep would also be at home on the shelf. I spent a suspicious amount of time taking in the scene.
2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic
October was pretty full. I got hooked up with some tickets to the 2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic, which is a stop on the PGA Senior Tour. They don’t call it that any more, I think because the golfers don’t want to be called “seniors”, but that’s basically what it is.
I had never been to a golf tournament in person before and we had a lot of fun on day when the weather was perfect.
I didn’t know at the time, but this event is a big deal locally and for the players. We got the whole bus-from-the-lot treatment.
Right out of the gate I spied Rocco Mediate’s fly Jordan’s. I like to think that I’d be cool enough to pull of J’s on the golf course (but who am I kidding?).
I know I am cool enough, and have the corresponding golf skills, to get stuck behind a green-side crepe myrtle.
the whole day was cool but the highlight for me was following Ernie Els for a handful of holes. He’s a beast, and definitely someone I remember watching on tv in his prime.
Early Morning Sesh
There’s a 5:30am game that I got into. It’s higher level players so the tennis is good, but holy shit is it early.
I enjoy starting the day with a workout but the early hour blows my day up pretty good.
Sturgil Simpson at the Hampton Coliseum
Big concert week last week, we went down to Hampton and saw Sturgil Simpson on his Why not? tour. I got to see him a few years back when he was touring the Metamodern Sounds album, but that was in a much smaller room. Luckily he translates well to a small arena.
And Hampton Coliseum was a good place to see music. I’d never been before and the sound was great.
Slowdive at The National
Great.
6.5 Season Swan Song
With one match left (and I’ve already played so much I may not make it in the lineup), I took my first L of the 6.5 Mixed Combo season this weekend, 5-7, 3-6. I took a nasty bite from the double-fault bug in some inopportune moments in the first set and then we just stunk it up in the 2nd.
Adding insult to injury, the match was on hardcourt so I was starting to get sore before I got back to the house. Playing on clay is so forgiving to these old bones.
Movie Season kicking off again
Saw Conclave this weekend. It’s got a lot of good actors doing a lot of good acting.
We’re going to try to see all of the Best Picture nominees again this year. We only missed one last time, and Conclave is definitely going to be in the mix.
Sudsy
I’ve never been much of a car washer. We don’t have a driveway and the road in front of our house is juuuust too far for the hose to reach.
Today I made a move in the clean car direction. This place has a light show inside so you get a show with your scrubbing.
We Lived to Tell
Had great fun last night watching the Halloween masses work up and down Hanover Av. here in Richmond.
We got invited down to a friend’s house for the show. I remember it being jam-packed with people, but this was way more than expected.