Final Friday of the year, so we’re gonna keep it light today. No huffing, puffing, moralizing or moaning on about various and sundry. That’s what Monday’s for! (I kid, I kid.)
Inputs
1: The main event today was the Sun Bowl. I’m a pretty big Notre Dame football fan, owing to my being introduced to watching football by my uncle, and being taught to watch Notre Dame first and football in general second. Great game from a team of backups and second choices at many positions, with a restructured offensive line protecting the second string quarterback to a stellar performance.
2: I’ve been reading through Defector’s year end roundups and a favorite of them is the “What Our Families Thought Of Defector” series. It’s easy to see writers and columnists as autonomous voices, opinions in ink and inches1Or these days mostly pixels and ems, but metaphors die slowly., and forget the human behind the words, and the network of people within which they exist. I love that Defector wears its humanity on its sleeve and in its prose, that it isn’t afraid to be a collection of powerful voices rather than a monolith with a house voice and style. Congrats to another year to the best sports writing on the internet or anywhere else.
3: The MST3K Marathon! As is tradition, especially in the upper Midwest of the show’s birth2One of the few things I’ll give Minnesota full credit for., MST3K is running their episode marathon at the close of the year. It’s free, go watch some classics from Tom Servo, Crow, CamBot, Gypsy, and your choice of jumpsuited hosts3I’m a Joel man, myself, but they’re all great hosts, Brent..
Projects In Progress
Mostly didn’t do a thing today. It’s the last Friday of the year. Ease off the gas a bit, bud.
Notes:
- 1Or these days mostly pixels and ems, but metaphors die slowly.
- 2One of the few things I’ll give Minnesota full credit for.
- 3I’m a Joel man, myself, but they’re all great hosts, Brent.