Actual October Baseball

 Scenes from a scrimmage

The last to fall

 

All the rest is down, yet the press box holds fast.  There is an urban fantasy story in this somewhere.

Been a long time

 

In Memoriam

Last week I turned 58. For the most part, I have tried pretty hard to cram in as much life and experience as I can into every passing year. Sometimes I succeed.  I have often failed. Sometimes I look back with pride.  There are things I regret. I keep going.

Because I have favored the doing of things over other choices; and because I have valued being there and doing that, I have had the opportunities to witness great art or sport or music in person. Pele, Jagger, presidents, a future pope, starship captains, jedi, Avengers, physicists, astronauts, and novelists have been people I have had the good fortune to see perform, speak, or even work with. As time passes, many of these people I have had actual contact with or experienced the work of in person pass away.  

Experiencing the artistic or athletic performances of the extraordinarily talented is inspiring. Looking back at photos or interviews of these people I have worked with is pretty cool.  There is just something a little different about experiencing it all in person. 

Ozzy passing away the other day is what specifically brought me to the keyboard for this. We get the art or work of these people. Keanu Reeves once commented on death that, "I know the ones who love us will miss us." A public life amplifies that in ways most people will never experience. For most, we will live and be grieved by friends and family, not millions of strangers.  

In the end, all of them are just people.  Having seen them in person adds something to the experience of their work; and it also adds a sense of realism to their passing. Remembering that those with a public life are also people with close family and friends who are experiencing the loss in close proximity is easy to lose track of or fully appreciate sometimes. Our world in 2025 is much too harsh in so many unnecessary ways. 

As people pass, I think back sometimes on those experiences. Jimmy Carter looked up at me and smiled and commented back when signing a book for me. Pele played his final match as I sat criss cross applesauce on the sideline in Portland at age ten. I managed to avoid being glitter bombed by Carrie Fisher working a show in New York weeks before she passed. A future pope presided over Saturday evening mass I attended at the Vatican when traveling overseas the first time. I drove Batman around back stage in an electric golf cart. I listened to Stephen Hawking in an opera house that was demolished days later due to earthquake damage. 

Being able to reflect so personally on people I did not really know is a privilege. I saw Ozzy Osbourne perform four times, including the final full Black Sabbath original members tour in 2005. The final performance I saw was in 2007. Ozzy barking out, "Zakk, hit it!" as he encored with a rocking version of Paranoid.

There are pics and videos of Ozzy in his last days with grandchildren, just being a grandpa. I lost someone of whom I was a fan.  His and other public figures families lose a real person. 

Rest in peace. 

Actually interesting

 

Sneak peek last night.  Gunn actually made him interesting. 

Tenth Broadway show

 

Pirates! The Penzance Musical

May 25, 2025 

Todd Haimes Theatre

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With this, I have now managed to experience 10 Broadway shows in NYC.

6th time a charm

Seattle Mariners 5

New York Yankees 11

Seattle, WA T-Mobile Park

May 12, 2025

My sixth time seeing the NYY all time.

Judge: 6 at bats, OB 4, 2 BB 2H(1d) rbi run 4 outs + a dive

7 total home runs, terrible injury, Star Wars night

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA202505120.shtml

LA weekend

 Went to LA for the weekend to celebrate my bro's significant birthday.

Hollywood

Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Pittsburgh Pirates 4

April 26, 2025

Dodger Stadium - LA, CA

NL Regular Season

I am getting too old for this

 That is not going to actually stop me though.

The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour

4-1-25 The Paramount

Bullet For My Valentine

Trivium

August Burns Red

Sylosis

Filled the room

 

2025 Panelist

Some self betterment

 

First Travels to NE and NYC 2025 1/17-20

New England portion 

NYC portion

PWHL Takeover Tour Seattle game day

 worked with Crashing The Net

PWHL Takeover Seattle 2025

 PWHL Takeover Seattle 2025

Saturday open practice at the Kraken Community Iceplex on 1-4-25

http://www.goalkeeperguys.net/2025/01/04/pwhl-takeover-seattle-2025-practice/ 

Ready or not, it's 2025

 

Skugge has the right idea for starting off the year.

Ephemera 2024

Ephemera 2024

Convention Work

ECCC 2/29-3/2 SCC

C2E2 4/26-28 McCormick Place

PAX West 8/30-9/2 SCC (Leaf) (PTI Room sessions 8/31 & 9/1)

Child's Play Charity Auction 11/22 SCC

PAX Unplugged 12/6-8 PCC (Mothman 12/6-7/LFG 12/8) (PTI Room session 12/7)

Live Events, Concerts, Lectures, & Theatre

1/18 Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring - National Nordic Museum

(Landscapes and Land-spirits in The Fellowship of the Ring - Dr. Lauren Poyer)

2/22 Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers - National Nordic Museum

(Helmets and Halls in The Two Towers - Dr. Colin Connors)

3/14 Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King - National Nordic Museum

(Skalds and Songs in The Return of the King - Dr. Lauren Poyer and Dr. Colin Connors)

4/3 Beetlejuice: The Musical - Paramount Theatre

4/25 Judgement Day - The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare

4/28 MacBeth - Drunk Shakespeare Society - The Lion's Theatre

5/15 The Rolling Stones w/ Joe Bonamassa - Lumen Field

5/25 Merrily We Roll Along - Hudson Theatre

5/25 Tommy - Nederlander Theatre

5/26 Hell's Kitchen - Shubert Theatre

5/26 Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern - Stage 42

7/13 OGoA: Unhallowed Grounds - Neptune Theatre

9/7 Taylor Tomlinson: Tries Out New Ideas - Here/After

10/5 Taste of Iceland: Iceland’s Crime Fiction Royalty - National Nordic Museum

(Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Jónasson)

11/23 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Lost Christmas Eve - Climate Pledge Arena

12/13 Back To The Future: The Musical - Paramount Theatre

Movies in the Theatre

Poor Things

Argylle 

Lisa Frankenstein

Madame Web

Dune: Part Two

Tha Phantom Menace - Star Wars Day - 25th Anniversary screening 5/4

Deadpool & Wolverine

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Megalopolis

Wicked: Part 1

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Fandango Screening 12/2

Sports & Soccer (media work & fan)

(+ ongoing virtual work with SRFC)

ProstAmerika / ProstInternational / Goalkeeper Guys

1/12 NWSL Draft Party - Rough & Tumble

2/15 89th Annual Seattle Sports Star of the Year Awards - The Westin Hotel

2/29 Ozzie Alsonso retirement press conference & training - Lumen Field

3/12 SRFC training & new international signings - Lumen Field

3/20 Ballard FC 0-1 Spokane Velocity - Memorial - USOC Round 1

10/19 SSFC 1-1 PTFC - Lumen - MLS Regular Season

11/7 SRFC EoY - Providence Swedish Performance Center & Clubhouse

3/6 SRFC 2-1 UW - Husky Soccer Field - Preseason (W)

3/17 SRFC 1-0 WASH - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (W)

4/21 SRFC 1-2 CHI - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (L)

5/3 SRFC 2-1 SDWFC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (W)

5/8 SRFC 0-0 KCC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (D)

5/11 SRFC 0-4 PTFC - Providence Park - NWSL Regular Season (L)

5/19 SRFC 2-3 ORL - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (L)

6/16 SRFC 0-0 PTFC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (D)

6/23 SRFC 1-1 LOU - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (D)

7/7 SRFC 1-1 UTAH - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (D)

7/19 SRFC 2-1 UTAH - Lumen - NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup (W)

7/28 SRFC 2-3 Club Tijuana - Lumen - NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup (L)

8/25 SRFC 1-0 NCC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (W)

9/16 SRFC 0-2 GOTH - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (L)

9/29 SRFC 0-1 BAYFC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (L)

10/4 SRFC 0-1 ACFC - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (L)

10/18 SRFC 2-1 HOU - Lumen - NWSL Regular Season (W)

Stateside Footy Podcast (guest) 9/24 - 10/20 - 11/10

1/1 Seattle Kraken 3 Vegas Golden Knights 0 - NHL Winter Classic - T-Mobile Park

1/3 MTHS Hawks 65 v Cedar Crest Red Wolves 54 - BBB Wesco 3A - Terraceum

02-17-24 Practice Viewing - Kraken Community Iceplex

Trips

CHI (Plane) 4/25-29

PDX (Plane/Train) 5/11-12 & (1W Train to SEA) 12/25

NYC (Plane) 5/25-28

PHI (Plane) 12/5-9

Ferries

Edmonds/Kingston 3/29 - 10/11

Mukilteo/Clinton 7/27

Interesting Things/Museums & Exhibits

Seattle Saberfit

WPZ 1/20

Heart, Sir Mix-a-Lot 1/1 & NHL Winter Classic Fan Fest

Ravnica Remastered Prerelease Sealed - 1/5 Zulu's 0/3 0-2/1-2/0-2

 National Nordic Museum - Søren Solkær: Sort Sol / La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns

Bodacious stage dedication & memorial with JPB 3/24 LRH

Record Store Day 4/20

Free Comic Book Day 5/4

National Donut Day 6/7

APES Reunion 7/27

FSM 8/4

Bob's Corn Maze 9/21

Quest Factor: Mad Scientist 10/25

2024 National Turkey Trot - Remote Runners 11/28

NHL Winter Classic

Heart

MTHS

Ravnica Remastered

NWSL Draft Party

First film of the year

National Nordic Museum LOTR p1

WPZ

89th Sports Star of the Year

2/17 Practice Viewing at KCI

The Two Towers

Ozzie

ECCC

p3

SRFC opener

USOC 

Hen tribute

The Stones

Memorial Day Weekend in NYC

OGoA

Clinton Ferry

APES Reunion

Wedding vibes

R15E

PAX West 24

Live comedy

First ride

Bob is real

Author talk

Podcast guest

Cascadia Cup 

The Great Pumpkin

Escape Room

GRE 

preview screening

The Vodka Fairy on auction night

Turkey Trot

TSO

Unplugged

sights

B2tF