I’m grateful for pancakes for dinner. I’m grateful for seeing what was there all along. I’m grateful for the people in my life and the lessons they are teaching me. I’m grateful for things appearing differently. I’m grateful for my secret coffee spot. I’m grateful to be sober today.
Some of you may be saying, “Wait, that’s the same photo as yesterday.”1 It’s not, the sky was so amazing the other night that I took a bunch of pictures trying to get the contrast between the weird orange and blue sky and the dark building shapes. This is another picture in that “series.”2 The evening sky has been this color a couple of other times this summer and it definitely reminds me of this:
You ask, “What’s new over there?” Well, this still counts as “new:”
Also, if you missed yesterday’s Gratitude List where I unveiled the next strategic objective of Thanks for Letting Me Share/Breakfast with an Alcoholic:
Thanks to all of you with the great ideas for how to get Jeff Tweedy on Breakfast with an Alcoholic.3 I’ve learned that simple devotion and admiration4 are not enough, so am willing to be much more Machiavellian5 here, if that’s what it takes. You can look forward to the Episode 18 Liner Notes and a brand new edition of Breakfast with an Alcoholic (featuring my very own sponsor and spoiler alert: He’s been on the lot where “Planet of the Apes” was filmed, so yes, it’s a very special episode.6
Thanks for Letting Me Share
And if it were?
That sounds a lot more artistic than a “bunch of pics.”
Ummm, there were no actual submissions on this point.
Is it because I rooted for the Sixers in the 1980 Finals? You got hurt anyway, guessing you remember that rookie putting up 42/15/7 in Game 6?
No, I don’t really have any ideas at all. Hopefully, he thinks footnotes are really funny and creative.
And no, I don’t feel like I “have” to say it’s a special episode.