So many slides. Over and over. Hours and hours. That’s the story of my week. Couple of big briefings for folks in the rarified air of senior management, plus a handful of training sessions on how to use simple SharePoint libraries delivered to uncooperative audiences, along with all the preparation and editing and run-throughs and re-ordering and, and, and….

My subconscious is presenting things in slide format. My dreams are coming with bullet points. I can’t frame my thinking in any other way. I ended up hiking an extra two miles at the State Park down the road after work on Wednesday because I got a bit lost and misdirected because trail markers are on posts rather than Teams windows…okay, it might have had more to do with my Avenza map temporarily losing contact with the GPS network, but I still missed my turn and went out of my way.

Whatever. I need this long weekend coming up. I’ve got some recording to do, some errands to run, and, frankly, some resting to do.

But tonight, I’m going to go out with my spouse and eldest child to celebrate a friend’s birthday by having a drink or two and doing some potentially embarrassing karaoke.

Anyway…tunes. Still a bunch of indie americana and alt-country, but it’s getting a bit broader, as the whole Super Bowl business has had me listening to Taylor Swift; gotta do my part to support the Deep State™ after all:

1. “My Dog and Me” – John Hiatt & The Goners
2. “Been Worryin'” – Cat Clyde & Jeremie Albino
3. “That’s All I Know About Arkansas” – John Leventhal w Rosanne Cash
4. “Simply Belong to You” – Shinyribs
5. “Everything I Like” – The Suitcase Junket
6. “Roll With It” – The Record Company
7. “Macon If We Make It” – Lucero
8. “I Gotta Get Drunk” – Redbird
9. “Baby, I’m Still Right Here (With You)”- – THGe Pink Stones w Nikki Lane
10. “A White Shade of Pale” – Houndmouth
11. “Pilgrim” – The Wood Brothers
12. “While I’m Down” – John Cragie, TK @ The Holy Know-Nothings
13. “Old Man” – The Wailin’ Jennys