http://www.gregfielder.com gregfielder.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:04:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, I've decided to poke my head out from "blog retirement" temporarily to post my mid-year music list. I'm still contemplating whether or not I'll do any more of this or not, but while I'm deciding, I figured I'd go ahead and post my favorites from the year so ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.07.03/back-for-a-moment-a-mid-year-music-list/ Last year in April, I took a month off from this blog. At the time, I considered just shutting it down for good. After more than a year and a half, I was tired of it. But, after some time off I came back and have, for ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.23/the-end/ It was 10 days early, but I went ahead and got myself an iPod Nano (8G) last night. We were out shopping for something else, and with my birthday coming up, I was already planning on getting one with my family paying for part of it as my gift. ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.19/ipod/ Here's my latest... Currently listening a lot to some solo work by Andrew Osenga (formerly of The Normals, currently of Caedmon's Call) and Jon Foreman (Switchfoot). Also, enjoying the new Delirious?, The Mountain Goats and Sandra McCracken (wife of one of my favorites, Derek Webb). Anyway, here it is (no embedding this ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.09/now-playing-marchapril-edition/ While I was wrong about predicting them to not reach the final four, my reason for doing so was, in the end, the reason they finished second - "Memphis’ bricks at the line will bring them down." I thought Kansas might have trouble lasting 40 minutes after the emotional game with ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.07/seven-months-to-tip-off/ God bless Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks. Danny Green isn't dancing tonight. Travel Hansblow is going home. And Ol' Roy may have changed his mind five years ago, but Kansas fans could still give a s*** about North Carolina. It had to be especially sweet for them to reach the title ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.05/my-favorite-day-of-the-tournament/ I grew up in a town where people who didn't look like me lived on the other side of town, on the other side of the tracks (literally.) The town was, of course, more white than black, and my memory isn't good enough to recall an accurate ratio of ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.04.04/not-there-yet/ Well, the NCAA tournament has come to this - what I like to call the "Digger Phelps bracket." For many years, Digger would inevitably pick all four #1 seeds into the final four on selection Sunday. I haven't checked to see what Digger's picks were this year, but ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.03.31/chalk/ I thought I'd try to get in an update post here before I'm gone for a few days. My kids are on spring break this week, and I'm only working through noon today. I'm taking off the rest of the week, starting with taking my daughter to lunch. ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.03.26/update/ I felt a lot of pressure trying to make my picks after last year. Last year, for the first time, I managed to pick all four of the Final Four teams (Florida, UCLA, Ohio State & Georgetown.) Unfortunately, I picked the two finalists incorrectly (I picked Georgetown ... http://www.gregfielder.com/2008.03.20/i-need-a-touch-of-madness/