Another Week
About this blog …
I used to really enjoy Twitter — but when Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company in April of 2022, I quit Twitter because I wanted no part of creating content for a platform owned by Elon Musk. For good measure, I also quit Facebook, which had always felt to me like creative servitude.
Eventually, I decided to contribute my two cents on my own internet platform — this website. I launched Another Week on January 1, 2023.
Every week, I post an update, with assorted items that I’ve encountered over the previous seven days — movies, TV shows, songs, books, websites, products, news stories … whatever.
Meanwhile, events keep unfolding:
- During Week 4, I used artificial intelligence to illustrate a Bob Dylan song.
- During Week 8, my youngest sister, Lori, died of leukemia.
- During Week 23, we learned that my wife’s breast cancer had metastasized to her meninges.
- During Week 35, my wife and I took our last walk together.
- During Week 56, Amy died.
- During Week 79, Joe Biden looked completely lost at his presidential debate.
- During Week 98, national hemorrhoid Donald J. Trump was elected President of the United States of America for a second time.
- During Week 113, a house exploded a few blocks from me.
- During Week 159, federal agents executed an American mom on a residential block in Minneapolis.
And so on.
In between, I have listened to music and podcasts, watched sporting events and old movies, read a few books, and done some gardening.
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Another Week: Number 166
More Scrivener and Obsidian in my workflow, missing Epstein files, WISN 12 News loses Lindsey Slater, Trump takes us to war with Iran, and ‘The Fall Guy’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 165
Replacing a battery on a waterproof watch can be expensive. Also: ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale,’ ‘About a Boy’ (2002), and Alysa Liu wins Olympic gold.
Another Week: Number 164
Disturbing things swirl without settling, Divi 5 Migrator is not ready for prime time, and ‘Song Sung Blue’: Thunder, Lightning, and Greg Kohs.
Another Week: Number 163
Savannah Guthrie’s mom is kidnapped, Trump concentration camps meet opposition, and ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ (2026)
Another Week: Number 162
More Donald Trump chaos, Penn Jillette with Billy Corgan, ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ and ‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You.’
Another Week: Number 161
Subzero weather, football season ends, MLK’s renaming, Trump pandemonium, Patrick Bringley on BBC Outlook, Bob Geldof on RTÉ Radio, and jackbooted thugs.
Another Week: Number 160
Seasonal optimism gets slapped down, two years since Amy died, Trump’s chaos accelerates, and ‘The Life of Chuck’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 159
ICE executes an American mom. Also: ‘The Descendants ’(2011), ‘Molokai: The Story of Father Damien’ (1999), and the Bears beat the Packers in the playoffs.
Another Week: Number 158
Happy New Year! Trump snatches Maduro and is now running Venezuela. Also: ‘King Leopold’s Ghost,’ by Adam Hochschild, and ‘Only You’ (1994).
Another Week: Number 157
“I Saw Three Ships”: Jesus had a Lady? Daniel Lawrence O’Keefe and Festivus. Sarah Vowell’s book on Lafayette, ‘The Brothers McMullen,’ ‘The Family McMullen.’
Another Week: Number 156
Several troubling news stories, ‘The Five Pennies’ (1959), Trump’s Royal Christmas Message, ‘Brian’s Song’ (1971), Chicago Bears beat Browns and Packers.
Another Week: Number 155
The nasty winter weather continues, ‘I’ll Find You’ (2019), ‘Lives Less Ordinary’: Hayley Williams’ grandpa Rusty, kindness activist Samuel Weidenhofer, ‘Jay Kelly’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 154
Winter’s here. The USA has carried out 22 airstrikes off South America. Shovelwax works pretty well. Also: ‘Death By Lightning,’ and Johnny Carson.
Another Week: Number 153
Rutger Bregman: the BBC Reith Lectures, Thanksgiving football, National Guard members shot, ‘Light in August,’ and ‘The American Revolution.’
Another Week: Number 152
The luxury of an unexpressed thought; Trump loves Mohammed bin Salman and Zohran Mamdami — but especially Putin. Also: ‘Train Dreams’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 151
9 inches of lake-effect snow, Democrats cave on government shutdown, Jimmy Kimmel eulogizes Cleto, nutritionist Marion Nestle, and ‘Frankenstein.’
Another Week: Number 150
Bears win! Ten bags of manure on the flower beds. Who was William Blake? Natasha Lyonne on ‘Good Hang with Amy Poehler.‘ And: Trump/SCOTUS.
Another Week: Number 149
Goodbye to our beloved Jetta wagon — and farewell to Halloween trick-or-treating? Plus: ‘The Duke,’ a 2020 museum heist comedy.
Another Week: Number 148
Blustery weather — great for testing coats and hats, Trump demolishes the East Wing in favor of his colossal and trashy ballroom, and ‘Angel Face’ (1953).
Another Week: Number 147
Life whizzes by like a time-lapse clip, 2,000 people join Racine’s ‘No Kings‘ protest, the end of ‘WTF with Marc Maron,’ and ‘John Candy: I Like Me’
Another Week: Number 146
No Soliciting: Door-to-door is an outdated approach, American Experience: ‘Hard Hat Riot‘
Another Week: Number 145
Blissful weather, dragsters in the night, Trump to deploy US military against Americans, Billy Corgan/Amy Poehler/Jason Schwartzman podcasts, ‘Dark Passage’ (1947).
Another Week: Number 144
Packers lose/Bears win, The Three Stooges run our country now, ‘American Experience: FDR,’ ‘A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599,’ Bob Odenkirk/Nobody
Another Week: Number 143
Another brutal Bears loss, Apple’s ‘Liquid Glass,’ Indiana Fever advance, ‘A Story is a Deal’ by Will Storr, ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel.
Another Week: Number 142
Hummingbirds out, NFL in. Two stories about walking. A local cashier. The assassination of Charlie Kirk. ‘Thursday Murder Club’ on Netflix.
Another Week: Number 141
Gutter cleaning, new school year, RFK Jr. mayhem, ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel García Márquez, and ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ (1961).
Another Week: Number 140
Cicadas, signs of autumn, a raccoon in the White House, troops deployed to cities, ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ and ‘The Third Man’ (1949).
Another Week: Number 139
Peace and relief when aggravation withdraws, NotebookLM reviews this blog, the Dow closes at a record high, and ‘Charade’ (1963).
Another Week: Number 138
Whatever we thought “America” was, getting rid of it only took a few quick months. Also: ‘Song Exploder,’ ‘Adolescence,’ the Trump-Putin “summit,” and ‘Whirlybird.’
Another Week: Number 137
Cornered by a heat wave and wildfire smoke, the news and sports are no relief. Also: Torrential Milwaukee rain, and Petrifying Springs redesign.
Another Week: Number 136
Fighting Canadian wildfire smoke with my Coway HEPA filter, more Trump-Epstein horseshit and Gaza starvation. Plus: ‘Easy Living‘ (1937), ‘South Park’ (2025), and ‘The Lady Vanishes’ (1938).
Another Week: Number 135
Maybe, before it snows, my Bee Balm or my Agastache or my Penstemon or my Butterfly Bush will flower. Or maybe not.
Another Week: Number 134
Camp Lake birthday party, life-threatening yardwork, how Elon Musk can save public broadcasting, and ‘Your Friends & Neighbors.’
Another Week: Number 133
Hiding out as summer creaks past its peak, Iga Świątek wins Wimbledon, and ‘National Velvet’ (1944).
Another Week: Number 132
Local noise nearly reaches a climax on the Fourth of July. Plus: a pumice stone diagram — and ‘Stick’ and ‘The Studio,’ two Apple TV+ shows.
Another Week: Number 131
Dew point house arrest on my vibrating couch watching CNN. Some of the foods I eat. The magic of walking. ‘My Mom Jayne’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 130
Screw it — let’s skip summer altogether. Also: Benjamin Netanyahu dances Trump into war with Iran, ‘Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life,’ and ‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007).
Another Week: Number 129
Uneasiness and queasiness in the air — but we keep moving forward, Apple’s WWDC 2025 announcements, and ‘Michael Clayton’ (2007).
Another Week: Number 128
Canadian wildfires, fetching Trump’s pork chops, Marc Maron ending WTF, hummingbird validation, Mom’s 90th birthday, ‘Waitress’ (2007).
Another Week: Number 127
More perennials and mulch this gardening season — and maybe some moss. Elon Musk exits. NATURE: ‘Hummingbirds of Hollywood,’ ‘Bono: Stories of Surrender.’
Another Week: Number 126
Rose-colored glasses on or off: Infantile ‘hero’s journey‘ or bleak reality? Plus: goodbye Pocket, hello Anybox — and ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ (2021)
Another Week: Number 125
Playing chess against God, warmer temperatures, lawn and landscape progress, severe weather alerts, Trump grift tour, and ‘Jackie’ (2016).
Another Week: Number 124
The anticipation factor of TV news, a new pope, walking with Larry, Suleika Jaouad on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ ‘Nonnas’ (2025)
Another Week: Number 123
Wildlife week in my yard, ‘Donnie Two Dolls,’ ‘The Story of Medieval England,’ author Daria Burke on ‘Fresh Air,’ and ‘Paper Moon’ (1973).
Another Week: Number 122
Easter season hope, Pope Francis dies, Pete Hegseth’s pocket square, WISN 12 News and the NFL Draft, ‘Conclave’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 121
Wind blasts a squirrel’s nest out of my juniper, Trump is finally a constitutional crisis, Jason Isbell on ‘Fresh Air’ with Terry Gross, ‘Rick Steves’ Poland,’ “The Last of the Mohicans’ (1992).
Another Week: Number 120
Trump plays with the levers of power, UConn and the Bucks bring basketball joy, ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day,’ and the Liza Minnelli documentary.
Another Week: Number 119
A new purple pot for the parlor palm, Elon Musk loses Wisconsin’s Spring Election, Donald Trump drives America straight into a ditch, and ‘A Complete Unknown’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 118
Two hours of 70-degree weather, Trump bros’ Signal chat gets published, Coxey’s Army, stand-up comic Erin Maguire, and ‘Lili’ (1953).
Another Week: Number 117
Waiting to see what will emerge, baseball, basketball, snakes, the girl behind Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert, ‘Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years,’ and ‘My Man Godfrey’ (1936).
Another Week: Number 116
Winter and spring are duking it out, an 11-year-old guitarist, ‘Stay off the news,’ Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate, ‘How to Talk to Anyone,’ ‘ Jesus Christ Superstar.’
Another Week: Number 115
March comes in like an ornery raccoon, Trump flicks his tariff switch like a toddler, ‘Crossing Delancey’ (1988), and ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ (1988).