In the bones

This was an absolutely overwhelming moment. 

 

In Jimothy we trust

 

Jimothy is our current Seattle obsession.

The air does fight back

 

I loathe air conditioning, but that air outside fights back. Concluded once and for all that I am not a humidity guy.

World Cup number 6

 

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3

Qatar 1

June 24, 2026

Seattle Stadium

FIFA World Cup, Group B

Re-Finishing the W

Seattle Storm 110

 Dallas Wings 112

WNBA Regular Season (OT)

CPA, Seattle, WA

June 22, 2026

A few years ago I realized that I needed to re-finish the W.  A few teams had moved and branded so i went to a LVA game, and this year got GSV and now Dallas Wings. With the 26 expansion to Toronto and PDX, I will target seeing them. The Fire were not a team I saw before they went away, but I have seen the Comets and Rockers, so when they return I will see them, but I saw the earlier incarnations. Never saw Detroit when Detroit so expansion there and Philadelphia will noth be new when they happen.

This was a fantastic game last night.

Awa Fam, Malonga, and Johnson are a core to build around. Paige and Azzi are legit. Half of the ten starters are the last two lotteries. It is an amazing wave of talent added to a league that was already pretty talented.

Paige rolled taht ankle recently, scroed ten points early, and then Azzi took over.  The young Storm have a decent roster, but it just has not won games. This yound starting idea should stick around. Paige came alive in the list 90 second and OT and went from 10 points and a team down six to 27 and a 2 point OT win when she went full Buckets. An amazing display.  This Seattle team will add a high draft pick to the core and be good.

The Big Three

 Seattle has the big three women's pro sports leagues.  Soccer, basketball, and hockey are establishing as solid pro leagues.  Other sports are giving it a go, but these are the big three.  I have now seen home matches of all three already in 2026.

Storm v Golden State

Torrent v Boston

Reign FC v Utah

Perhaps I really will flip this

 

Ending up getting this last month was crazy.  

What to do with it it s challenge. The value now would help with a lot of things.  I rarely do this, but this is perhaps one of those times.

Five times

 

Escape the Fate

VOWWS

Lacuna Coil

w/Escape the Fate & VOWWS

The Crocodile

4/4/26

Good show.  Having seen them five times it is good that they mix up their sets the way they do.  Opening bands were interesting and enjoyable. I liked those shoes, though.

Student Discount

 

A very cool walkabout and visit this past week.

17 years ago I started this journey in con work

 

Stranger Things have happened, I guess.

More than just getting it

 Twice in Seattle

A friend and colleague convinced me that I should explore KPOP.  With the work I do and have done in rock as a journalist and now community college instructor I was interested in it academically.

Fast forward a few years and I was at a show.

This is why friends are so important.

Hello 2026

 

Ephemera 2025

 
Ephemera 2025

A day of joy

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Trips

SEA-BOS-NYC 1/17-20 (Planes/Trains/Buses)

SEA-LAX 4/26-27 (Planes)

SEA-HAR (CHI-DC-NYC) 5/23-26 (Planes/Trains)

SEA-LV July 29/30 (Planes)

SEA-PDX 8/10 (Trains)

SEA-BOS-NYC (Planes/Trains/Buses) 10/23-27

SEA-PHI 11/19-24 (Planes)

Ferries

Seattle-Bainbridge 6/30

Edmonds-Kingston  8/16

Convention Work

ECCC 3/5-8
ECCC 1991 Rocked: When the X-Men and Nirvana Ruled the World Panel 3/7

PAX West 8/29 -9/1

- 2 5e24 PTI sessions - 1 Community Meetup lead

PAX Unplugged 11/21-23

- 1 5e24 PTI session (not launched)

Child's Play Charity Auction 12/5

Live Events, Concerts, Lectures, & Theatre

Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern Stage 42 (w/Ify & Jacques) 1/19

Pirates! The Penzance Musical Todd Haimes Theatre 5/25

As You Like It Wooden O / Lynndale Park 7/17

Maybe Happy Ending Belasco Theatre 10/26

Drunk Dracula The Ruby Theatre 10/26

A Klingon Christmas Carol LatitudeTheatre / TPS Center (Armory) 12/18

A Very Die Hard Christmas The Habit Comedy / Village Theatre (Everett) 12/28

Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Volume 2 (w/Nita Strauss) Moore Theatre 2/25

Trivium & Bullet For My Valentine: 'The Poisoned Ascendancy' Tour 

(w/ August Burns Red & Sylosis) Paramount 4/1

Wardruna (w/Chelsea Wolfe) Moore Theatre 9/13

The Who: The Song Is Over - North American Farewell Tour (w/Candlebox) CPA 9/25

The Swains LRH 2/23

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars LRH 8/8

Interesting Things/Museums & Exhibits

Living History Tour The Mark Twain House & Museum 1/18

Becoming Bohemia: Greenwich Village 1913-1923 NYPL 1/19

The Punk Rock Museum 7/29

Grand Prix Plaza 7/30 (F1 X, F1 Drive)

Discovering King Tut's Tomb: The Experience 7/30 Luxor

Drag is a Sport, Darling - Tush 8/1 (Reign FC Pride match halftime)

Finland and the Second World War: A Lecture by Markku Jokisipilä 12/4 National Nordic Museum

Run Like A Viking Challenge - virtual 5K

Seattle Saberfit

Record Store Day

Free Comic Book Day

Star Wars Day

Fremont Sunday Market

NKE - NKLFP

Float

National Virtual Turkey Trot 5K

Movies in the Theatre

Captain America: Brave New World

A Minecraft Movie

Dune (1984) - at SIFF Cinerama David Lynch Commemoration

Thunderbolts*

Sinners

Mission Impossible : The Final Reckoning

Superman

Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Sphere Experience with Darren Aronofsky's Postcard From Earth Sphere 7/29

Hamilton

Tron: Ares

Predator: Badlands

Wicked: For Good

Merrily We Roll Along 

Sense and Sensibility 30th Anniversary (2025)

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Seven Samuri - at Central Cinema

Sports & Soccer (media work & fan)
(+ ongoing virtual work with SRFC)
ProstInternational / Goalkeeper Guys

"Rise Up Stand Up" w/Brittany Davis - KEXP Gathering Space 2/28

Stateside Footy Podcast (guest) 1/2 - 2/11 - 7/25 - 9/5 - 10/7 - 12/4

Seattle Sports Star Banquet - SCC Summit 2/27

Seattle Reign FC

SRFC 1-1 GOTH - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 3/15

SRFC 0-1 ORL  - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 4/12

SRFC 1-0 PTFC - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 4/18

SRFC 1-0 KCC - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 5/2

SRFC 1-0 HOU - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 5/11

SRFC 1-2 WASH - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 5/23

SRFC 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds - Club International Friendly - Lumen 7/20 

SRFC 2-0 ACFC - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 8/1

SRFC 2-4 PTFC - NWSL Regular Season - Providence Park 8/10

SRFC 3-3 CHI - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 8/18

SRFC 0-0 SDWFC - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 8/29

SRFC 1-0 LOU - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 9/14

- 0-0 HT suspended - completed 9/16 closed door

SRFC 2-1 NCC - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 9/28

SRFC 2-1 UTAH - NWSL Regular Season - Lumen 10/17

Seattle Sounders FC

SSFC 3-1 Antigua GFC - CCC Lumen Field 2/26

SSFC 4-2 MUFC - MLS Cup Round 1 Game 2 (3) Lumen Field 11/3

Crashing the Net/Hockey

PWHL Open Practice - Kraken Community Iceplex  1/4
Boston Fleet 2 (3) – 2pts SOW Montreal Victoire 2 (1) 1pt SOL PWHL Regular Season – Takeover Tour Climate Pledge Arena 1/5

UW Women's Hockey 5-3 SWHC - Kraken Community Iceplex 2/15

Seattle Torrent 0 - 3 Minnesota Frost - PWHL Regular Season - Climate Pledge Arena 11/28

Baseball

Seattle Mariners 4 The Athletics 2 - AL - T-Mobile Park 3/27 (Opening Night)

Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 - NL - Dodger Stadium 4/26

Seattle Mariners 5 New York Yankees 11 - AL - T-Mobile Park 5/12 (Star Wars Night)

Seattle Mariners 4 San Diego Padres 3 - IL - T-Mobile Park 8/27 (Vedder Cup g6)

Seattle Mariners (postseason scrimmage) - Away 6-1 Home - T-Mobile Park - 10/1

Garage Rooftop Mariners 

v Texas Rangers W 9-2 4/12

v Toronto Blue Jays L 1-9 5/11

v Los Angeles Angels W 11-2 9/14

v Los Angeles Dodgers L 1-6 9/28

v Toronto Blue Jays W 6-2 10/17 ALCS (5)

Savanna Bananas 4 v 3 The Firefighters - T-Mobile Park 9/19

Gaming/MTG

FNM - Foundations Booster Draft - ATT - 1/10 

1-2 / 2-0, 1-2, 1-2 (6/10) 1 pack Foundations

Standard Showdown - Zulu's (Bothell) - 1/11

1-2/ 0-2, B, 0-2 (7/7) Disdainful Stroke Bebob promo

FNM - Innistrad Remastered Draft - ATT - 1/24

0-2 / 1-1 / 2-1 (3/6 Pod1 6/11 Overall) Deadeye Navigator promo / 2 packs IR

FNM - Aetherdrift Prerelease Sealed - Zulu's (Lynnwood) - 2/7

0-2 / 2-0 / 1-2 (12/19) 1 pack Aetherdrift - Riverpyre Verge promo

FNM - Final Fantasy Draft - ATT - 6/20

2-0 / 0-2 / 2-0 (3/8 pod 1 5/16 overall) 1 pack Final Fantsy - Oracle's Vault promo  

FNM - Edge of Eternities Prerelease Sealed - ATT - 7/25

0-2 / 1-2 / 2-1 (6/8 orange pod) Mightform Harmonizer promo / 1 pack EoE

FNM - Pauper Sealed - ATT - 9/12

2-1 / 1-2 (2/4 pod-overall) Sinister Sabotage promo / 1 pack Bloomburrow (choice)

Prerelease Sealed - ATT - 9/21

1-1 / 1-1-1 / 0-2 (11/12) Spinneret and Spiderling promo / 1 pack SM

FNM Avatar the Last Airbender Prerelease Sealed - ATT - 11/14

2-0 / 2-1 / 1-2 (2/8 Blue 4 Pods) Zhao, the Moon Slayer promo / 3 packs Avatar

Avatar Jumpstart Free - PaxU - 11/21

0-1 (single elimination/2 rounds) W/G - 2 free Avatar JS packs to play

Commander League - ATT 

0-2 - 4 player pod 1/6 - 5C Slivers - Boros 2/17

0-2 - 4 player pod 1/4 - WG Cats - G Dinos 2/24

(1 Aetherdrift booster  - Goblin Guide promo)

0-2 - 4 player pod 2/5 - 5C Slivers - WG Cats 3/3

0-2 - 4 player pod 2/5 - 5C Slivers - WG Cats 3/24

(Monastery Swiftspear promo)

1-1 - 3 player pod 3/5 - Boros - 5C Slivers 4/7

1-1 - 3 player pod 5/6 - White - Boros 4/14

0-2 - 4 player pod 1/5 - Black - Precon 4/21

0-2 - 3 player pod 5/5 - Black - Black 4/28

(1 Tarkir Dragonstorm booster - Augur of Bolas promo)

0-2 4 player pod 2/5 - 5C Slivers - WG Cats -   5/5

(Burning Sun's Avatar promo)

0-2 - 4 player pod 4/6 WG Cats - 5C Slivers - 7/14

(Acidic Slime promo)

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Podcasting

PWHL practice

PWHL Takeover Tour Seattle

prizes

Ray 80

Joe

NE Travels

Twain House

NYC in Winter

Stage 42 with Ify & Jacques

MCU

Self Betterment

LRH

Saber friends

w/Nita Strauss

51 to 6

The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour

Surprise, it was good

My bracket did ok

Hollywood

early arrival

first pitch home run

Judge

Jinkx

NKE 

Sneak Peak

The Bard in the Park

Museum

Sphere

F1 

Luxor Tut

Future baseball park

Guy's

A lot of nope up there

Still open for Knut

99 and muggy

XL

Prime Time

Kvitravn

Chelsea

1 Kilo

Float

10th Anniversary

Warduna

Wolfe

The Song Is Over

Candlebox

Go Bananas!

51 in right

SSFC

Taco time

Drunk Dracula

Maybe Happy Ending

sold out

the other end of I90

PAX U

Philly

Torrent opener

Auction team

theatre with subtitles

one more show for 25

Epic Movie Week