Solo Trip

Mitchell airport

Early Friday morning

At the gate

Watching a young family and smiling

I'm not traveling with kids

I'm all alone for this trip

To see the sights in Cleveland

My stomach flutters

Can I do this by myself?

Of course

Of course I can

I'm forty-six

But admittedly used to being surrounded

Surrounded by my family

Naomi eager to snuggle

Levi keen on playing a game

I smile as I think how strange it is

48 hours without them

Without their constant need of attention

Without hearing them bicker and whine

And also

Not needing to care for them at the airport

Levi cramming his tablet into his backpack before boarding

A few deep breaths 

It's not like I'm hyperventilating

Just getting used to the idea that I can do what I want

In a few minutes I'll hear the ultimate permission

Relax and enjoy your flight

Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians

Guardians hold on to beat Nationals 3-2.

Forgot to switch from Nats to Guardians broadcast, but Nats broadcast a breezy listen.

Box score:

MLB Gameday: Nationals 2, Guardians 3 Final Score (05/27/2026)

RLS 5-26-26

 5.26.26
RLS 45 Mins
until 3:10 pm

Alfie's Theme Differently (1) +
The Stone Interlude
All The Way (2)
Everybody's Changing -
You Never Give Me Your Money -
Stumble And Pain
Anthony
Swahililand (3) (OK) -
What You Need
Boris The Spider
Cuckoo Cocoon
Driven To Tears
Scrapple from the Apple (4) +
A Night In Tunisia (5) -
Pale Shelter

1- Sonny Rollins (tribute) 
2- Sinatra
3- Ahmad Jamal
4- Charlie Parker
5- Dizzy Gillespie
- can be left off future installments

Thoughts- many jazz debuts and kind of misc tracks from various artists, so this one wasn't a great hour.

RLS 5-19-26

 RLS

5.19.26

1:25-2:10

Entire Catalog
Rise Again
Shadows In The Rain
Alone Again Or
Please Forgive Me*
A Gal In Calico (1)
Anthony
Second Hand News (delete)

Random Pool Playlist
It Happened In Monterrey
Downtown Lights
Roll Me Mama
Allentown

Mother's Day Brewer Game

What a Brewer game on Mother's Day!

Bolgert tailgate was a great time. Here's the box score from the game. Turang walks it off and I wasn't paying full attention. Second walk off I've seen in the past year, although the one in Cleveland was a walk-off HBP.

MLB Gameday: Yankees 3, Brewers 4 Final Score (05/10/2026)

RLS 5-7-26

Pharaohs
Ants
Love & Blessings
Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
Gold Dust Woman
You Promised Me
Caught A Long Wind
High Wire
Lights Away From Home
My Groove Your Move
I Know What I Like
Grandma's Hands

RLS 5-6-26

 RLS
5.6.26

50 mins

Too Much (Elvis)
Circus On The Moon
Secret Separation
Take Five
Mi Viejo (1)
House of Blue Light
J'y Suis Jamais Alle
Born And Raised Reprise
Fortress
Long Tall Cool One
In Ohio
Mutineers
Timshel
Heart And Soul

1-Dominic Miller

RLS 5-5-26

 RLS
Tues 5.5.26
45 mins

#41
Gratte Poil
(Me And Sarah Jane)
Everybody Wants You (To Emerge)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1) +
Is There Something I Should Know
Can't Explain*
Raven
I'm Not Moving
Satellite (Spoon)
This Too Shall Pass

*Weird, because I was thinking of this song to lead off
1- Django Reinhardt

Ex Machina and The Worst Person In The World

 Sarah was out of town this weekend, so I watched two movies. The first, Ex Machina, is a sci-fi/suspense film starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, and Alicia Vikander. Isaac plays Nathan, the head of an AI company. Gleeson plays Caleb, a coder who wins an invitation to join Nathan at his laboratory. Caleb and Nathan are to test out Nathan's latest AI creation, Ava. 

Nathan has an unsettling demeanor at times, and Caleb begins to suspect that Ava, who he has kind of fallen for, will be retired and no longer exist. Turns out the test is to see if Ava will use Caleb to try to escape, which she does. The film asks questions about AI and the viewer is put in the difficult position of rooting for Ava when in fact she might lead to humans' extinction. In the end, Ava does escape, thanks to both Caleb and Nathan's carelessness. 

I thought Ex Machina was unnerving at times and very engrossing. Isaac plays the part of the enigmatic villain very well. Gleeson alternates between flummoxed and conniving, and Vikander effectively portrays a not-quite-human humanity in trying to manipulate both of them into getting what she wants.

Te

RLS 5-4-26

 RLS
5.4.26
2:15-3:00

Are You Serious
View To A Kill (Duran Duran) +
Passion And Compassion (Open Sky Unit) +
Low Life
Think I'm In Love
(Dodo/Lurker)
Long Way Home
Butterfly (Snail Mail)
The Duke
Henry Nearly Killed Me
Shadow Days