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I'd started to write another post yesterday...but stopped fairly quickly. It's an off week for my course this week, but I do have some projects I need to work ahead on. In addition, I have a lot of reading and watching to catch up on, including Season 8 of Doctor Who, which leaves Netflix after today (sorry for all the commas there). So, here we are with just another Sunday Shuffle going up. Maybe in February I'll write about other things? 1. April's Song/Real Estate (4) - last played on 12/26/15 2. Be Your Man/Ivan & Alyosha (9) - last played on 3/21/15 3. Without Blinking/Superchunk (19) - last played on 7/19/15 4. We Can't Be Beat/The Walkmen (21) - last played on 10/26/14 5. Remember Last Time/Avi Buffalo (11) - last played on 11/9/14 6. Shadowcat/Canasta (4) - last played on 4/4/15 7. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?/She & Him (6) - last played on 2/22/15 8. Life Like/The Rosebuds (8) - last played on 4/4/15 9. Evil Eye/Josh Ritter (19) - last pla...

I've had intentions of doing a blog post about my new-found love for The Goldbergs, but my school work is relentless. Maybe I can squeeze it in this week... I'm hoping for a Manning victory over Brady this afternoon. I won't get to see all of that game, unfortunately, but should be able to at least watch the second half. I'm not necessarily rooting for anyone in the NFC game...I just want to it be a good one. Okay, let's move to today's ten... 1. Heart Problems/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (16) - last played on 4/18/15 2. Hi-Rise/The New Pornographers (9) - last played on 6/14/15 3. Dance Away/Smith Westerns (11) - last played on 10/4/15 4. Criminal Piece/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (15) - last played on 8/9/15 5. Like A Fool/Superchunk (21) - last played on 11/18/15 6. Fallin'/Paul Burch (3) - last played on 9/2/12 7. Black Out/Pavement (14) - last played on 6/13/15 8. The Young Thousands/The Mountain Goats (5) - last played on 4/6/15 9. Da...

It's a cold one here in NW Indiana, but I don't need to leave the house today. I'm also on day 3 of a 4-day weekend, which is also nice. Yes, I have schoolwork to do, but I also took time to watch the NFL playoffs yesterday (how about that Green Bay/Arizona game?) and will do so again today. Don't forget that you can listen along via Spotify every week...direct link to be posted this evening. And with that, here's today's ten... 1. Lost Coastlines/Okkervil River (6) - last played on 11/2/14 2. I Hate My Generation/Sloan (17) - last played on 4/18/15 3. Underwater Moonlight (Early Version)/The Soft Boys (5) - last played on 5/3/15 4. What New York Used To Be/The Kills (7) - last played on 12/31/12 5. Everywhere/Ex Hex (13) - last played on 1/10/16 6. King Of The World/First Aid Kit (9) - last played on 3/14/15 7. Well, You Can Do It Without Me/Father John Misty (14) - last played on 6/7/15 8. Faster Days/Velvet Crush (12) - last played on 1/18/15 9. S...

This weekend is about work for my new TTT class and the NFL playoffs. So, let's get right to today's ten... 1. Country Sad Ballad Man/Blur (11) - last played on 8/9/15 2. Take Off Your Ipod (Mono)/Tom Adamson (6) - last played on 1/29/13 3. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect/The Decemberists (7) - last played on 11/29/15 4. I Need Direction/Teenage Fanclub (8) - last played on 12/24/15 5. Better Half/Haley Bonar (6) - last played on 11/1/15 6. She Says What She Means/Sloan (17) - last played on 12/13/15 7. Rooftops/Pela (6) - last played on 8/16/15 8. Waste Your Time/Ex Hex (12) - last played on 12/23/15 9. Horizon/Real Estate (4) - last played on 12/26/15 10. Fool the Moon/Warren Zanes (7) - last played on 12/20/15

It's the first Sunday Shuffle of 2016 and the countdown to #400 is underway. Yikes. Anyway, I hope you all have had a wonderful couple of weeks with family and friends. For those of us in education, tomorrow is going to be tough...but what can you do? I'm not doing any resolutions, but I hope you resolve to listen along with me via Spotify this year. :) Okay, let's get to today's ten... 1. Sunshine State/Superchunk (11) - last played on 9/15/13 2. I Don't Want The Night To End/Nick Lowe (4) - last played on 5/22/11 3. In This Camp/Midlake (7) - last played on 10/12/14 4. We're Gonna Make It/Mavis Staples (8) - last played on 10/21/12 5. Shadows/Yo La Tengo (5) - last played on 11/29/15 6. Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore/Sloan (19) - last played on 11/27/15 7. Young Men Dead/The Black Angels (8) - last played on 9/27/15 8. Someone I Can Be True With/Sloan (21) - last played on 3/1/15 9. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)/My Morning Jacket (8) - last played on 1...

I'd started doing my traditional blog posts on the various pop culture things I loved...but my heart wasn't in it. Still, I want to share what I really enjoyed reading, watching, and listening to this year...so why not just do one big post? I'm not going to comment on anything but would be happy to share why I loved anything on the list with you if you ask. I hope you all found lots to love in 2015 and I'm sure we'll find more to love in 2016. MUSIC Courtney Barnett/Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Sleater-Kinney/No Cities To Love Destroyer/Poison Season Dawes/All Your Favorite Bands Alabama Shakes/Sound and Color Jason Isbell/Something More Than Free Veruca Salt/Ghost Notes Telekinesis/Ad Infinitum Mac McCaughan/Non-Believers Foals/What Went Down El Vy/Return To The Moon Twerps/Range Anxiety Wilco/Star Wars Drive-By Truckers/It's Great To Be Alive! TV The Flash iZombie Adventure Time - I'm through Season 3 Brooklyn N...

I had my strongest running year in 2015 and that was with a period of about 2 months where running was painful. After a long period of rest and some new shoes, I got back to it almost two weeks ago and have worked myself back up to 3 miles. Granted, my pace has been a work in progress (this morning's run in my cold and wind was particularly challenging), but I'm happy to accept that as part of the process. My running had one significant change for a large part of the year - I had somebody to run with. Our friend Jimmy decided to get into running and we started running together in March. He definitely helped to push my pace and keep that consistency. Plus, it was nice to have someone else out with me. I got to run with my cousin Heath at the lake over the 4th of July weekend too, which was a lot of fun. This year did produce my best race times ever, as I set personal bests in both 5K (25:19) and 5 mile (41:44) distances. I am very proud of that. As far as goals for 2016, I...