I guess I need to understand what “ready” means. Given notice at work? Given notice to landlord? Secured new employment and new housing? Movers hired? Bags packed? No? Then you’re not ready.
I’m thrilled to change the clocks this morning. I’m used to getting up while it’s dark, but this past week of sunrise around 7:30 was definitely affecting me. Even knowing the origin was physiological, I felt the effect emotionally. Walking out the door with light at 6:30 put me in a good mood.
31 years ago, I saw Phish play the White Album. These days, we take for granted the album-cover set, but in that moment it was a bit of a big deal. A year later, I’d be in Chicago for Quadrophenia. The year after that, I was seeing moe.
Listening to 10/30/68, originally billed as Jerry Garcia and Friends and later known as Mickey and the Hartbeats. I’ve listened to this show many times and it took until this morning to think about how wild it is that they played an Other One and a Lovelight without Bobby or Pigpen. #Deadheads
I’m having a legit Mandela Moment. I recall moe. playing an extra-long show Fall 1998 because of the clock change, and I swear I’ve listened to it, but the recording is not Internet Archive and there’s no record on PhantasyTour. 10/26/98. Did I imagine it?
I wish I had made it to 3:30 today. 2:14 today. Second cup of coffee in hand as I prepare for a full day of middle school students. The hard thing will be not going to bed at 7 tonight.
Big fan of the Grateful Dead here, well-versed in all of their iconography: the stealie, the dancing bears, the dancing skeletons, Uncle Sam, violin playing skeleton, jester skeleton, and this isn’t one of ours. I’ve also been known to drink more than my share and I never awoke with a Nazi tattoo.
So, that bearded dude killed it tonight on Jeopardy. But, I’m watching Wheel of Fortune, and I think the challenge of the show is that they won’t show the puzzle and the wheel at the same time.
I saw this run at MSG and I think this might have been the best of them. I was pretty young, and seeing six shows in seven nights (six seven!) was a big deal for me.
