Monday Musings

Another Monday, this time with sick leave thrown in! Welcome back 30 degree temperatures and thanks for bringing along my old friends Upper Respiratory Infection and Acute Bronchitis! Next time, leave them in Hoboken.

How to pass the time while using the hard earned, too easily spent sick time (other than taking care of my 3 year old who likes when daddy is sick because he gets to play hooky from school)?

These things have helped me survive today:

Bon Iver – Man, oh man. Thanks to PASTE magazine, I have a new favorite singer songwriter to get me through my day. Wonderfully stripped down and moody, the high falsetto that is employed just crawls up your skin and into your soul – in a good way. He’s a modern day Hayden (who I recently found out still rocks).

Marvel Comics – yup, it’s lain out bare in the very first post. I am the comic geek of the bunch (there is always one, especially on the internet). Jason Aaron and Ron Garney’s current run on Wolverine is well paced, beautifully drawn and just what the doctor ordered. Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s current Fantastic Four run is a return to the grandiose larger than life FF of Lee/Kirby or at least John Byrne. And Joss Whedon’s Buffy Season 8 has a great take on Dracula that makes me wish I would have watched more of the show with my wife when it was on the WB/UPN/CW/NAMBLA. And let’s not forget the newest issue of the best crime series going – Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal.

Day Quill – Did I mention that I am sick? And how is it that my doctor cannot see me until 3:30 TOMORROW! Skanky urgent treatment center, here I come!

Buster Olney – The man when it comes to down to earth baseball reporting. While ol’ Pete “Red Sox” Gammons is an institution, Olney is the workhorse for the four letter network. Despite the fact that he is a Vandy grad, me likes Robert Stansbury Olney the Third.

And let’s not forget...

Ramone's House of Body Art (Didn’t I tell you I had a 3 year old?!?!?!?)

-Joker