Every now and again I need to be reminded about why I love the Pacific Northwest. This was the view from the main lounge in SeaTac on Tuesday afternoon, rather ironically as I was leaving…
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A weekend of contrasts
Friday night out was easy, Black Happy were playing at The Crocodile (great music venue in Bell Town formally known as The Crocodile Café). I’ve heard of Black Happy, not sure I’ve ever seen them…
Another visit to the men in white coats
Saturday morning I played tennis for the first time in many, many months. It was fun, I stopped hard and pushed off my right leg a couple of times. It hurt, but not too bad….
The difference between imagination and real life
Growing up birthdays were never a particularly big deal in the Kean household, it’s just how it was. Anniversaries of pretty much any kind tended to be discrete affairs. A card, a couple of small…
Thanks Freddie, it’s been fun
If you have any interest in what led to the excesses of the NASL it’s worth looking for “Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos” written by Gavin Newsham. It goes into this in some detail and is a good read. In short the lunatics were running the asylum, and in the case of the NY Cosmos running it with other people’s money with little accountability.
A new toy in the drive way…
Dad hauls stuff home from the DIY store. OK not recently what with the whole in hospital thing, and certainly not in his tiny Hyundai, but he used too and he’s old…
Still cool, still desirable
Today I learned that the Chopper is 40 years old, for the initiated The Chopper is a wedge shaped bike made by Raleigh in the UK. With odd sized tires (16 inch front, 20 inch…
One Year On
This week brings up the first anniversary of davekean.com blog in its current iteration. When I started this I did not really have an aim or goal for the sit, I was not even sure…
It’s been two years
It’s July 4th 2008, it was a Friday and I’ve been invited to a barbeque at the friends house, I am looking forward to relaxing and being around a group of fun people. It’s just…