On this Opening Day 2024 (Opening Day already for Yusuf, so it counts) I want to share wisdom from the great American philosopher, Bob Uecker:
“Opening Day. All you have to do is say the two words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over.”
NaNoWriMo, the annual “competition” to write (and all too often publish without editing but I digress) a novel during the month of November is allegedly a current burning dumpster fire:
Discogs’ vibrant vinyl community is shattering (www.theverge.com)
A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms.