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 186
The ‘dog days’ arrive in a heat wave with wildfire smoke. Trump’s Iran war continues, with 18 U.S. service members killed so far. Plus: Jungian podcasts and ‘The Aviator’ (1994).
Another Week: Number 185
America’s 250th of something, purple bee balm outside and Wimbledon on TV, ‘Man and His Symbols’ by Carl Jung, and ‘4 Little Girls’ (1997).
Another Week: Number 184
The alien landscape of Sturtevant, Wisconsin; America’s 250th was a dud; rapper listens to Beatles; ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ and ‘Hoop Dreams.’
Another Week: Number 183
Donald Trump’s harebrained obsession: painting the Reflecting Pool. Also: ‘Josh Johnson: Symphony’ on HBO Max and ‘Ghostlight’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 182
Donald Trump has lost our war with Iran. Plus: ‘The Seven Basic Plots,’ by Christopher Booker, ‘To Catch a Thief’ (1955), and ‘Pennies From Heaven’ (1981).
Another Week: Number 181
My mom’s 91st birthday party, Donald J. Trump is in the frustration stage of his tragedy, ‘Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle,’ and ‘Blue Moon.’
Another Week: Number 180
‘A Polish girl’ advanced to the French Open final. I cooked kidney bean salad and potato salad for my mom’s party. Also: ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Roofman.’
Another Week: Number 179
The weather’s warming, but kids are still arriving to school in coats. The Indiana Fever and the Chicago Cubs are struggling, and Betty thinks mustard is ‘baby poop’.
Another Week: Number 178
I paid $20 apiece for a couple of common milkweeds — then another $35 for Max Richter’s 8-hour ‘Sleep’ album. Also, Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund, and ‘Send Help’ (2026)
Another Week: Number 177
Lawn and garden season is in full swing, Donald J. Trump lurched around a red carpet in China with Xi Jinping, and Katherine Hepburn in ‘Summertime’ (1955).
Another Week: Number 176
I bought a new hat, and a dedicated outfit for yardwerk. Meanwhile, ‘Epic Fury’ becomes ‘Project Freedom’ for a few hours. Also: ‘Crime 101’ (2026)
Another Week: Number 175
The same old items keep going around. Also: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor, and ‘American Masters’: ‘Flannery.’
Another Week: Number 174
Trump moves deadlines in his Iran war. Also: ‘The Lowdown’ (FX), ‘American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke,’ and the (final?) White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Another Week: Number 173
His war against Iran stalemated, Donald J. Trump goes to war against the Pope. Also: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 172
Donald Trump’s insane Easter tweet about his Iran war, ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,‘ by Lucinda Williams, and ‘The Big Country‘ (1958).
Another Week: Number 171
A nasty week of storms, March Madness acrimony, Trump and Hegseth’s Iran war mess, and “Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Another Week: Number 170
Trump’s Iran war mess, ‘The Classical World’ by Robin Lane Fox, Spectrum Internet out, AT&T Fiber in, ‘No Kings’ day in Racine, and ‘Hail, Caesar!’
Another Week: Number 169
March weather, Trump’s corrupt and incompetent Cabinet, Pete Townshend takes ‘The Colbert Questionert,’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025).
Another Week: Number 168
I passed an injured deer in the dark, Trump is winging it with his war in Iran, ‘Let Them All Talk’ (2020), and ‘A Room with a View’ (1985).
Another Week: Number 167
Dream lessons complete with Venn diagrams, Trump’s war in Iran pounds on, ‘American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller,’ and ‘Oklahoma!’ (1955).
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.