Yall. The Elite 8 was intense. The two best acts from each genre fought it out until the end. I won’t keep you waiting, let’s get to the results! Remember all “scores” are in percentage. Continue reading “March Music Madness – Final Four”
Author: Josh Sorensen
March Music Madness – Elite 8
We’ve narrowed it down to the last match-up in each region! Time to get down to the winners of each genre. Guys, there were some huge upsets in the Sweet 16. Yall have surprised me at every level but as the match-ups have gotten better, the votes have been harder and harder to predict. Let’s get right to it. Remember all “scores” are in percentage.
March Music Madness – Sweet 16
Well here we are, the first weekend is over and we’re at the Sweet 16! There were some big time upsets in the round of 32. Let’s get right to it. Remember all “scores” are in percentage. Continue reading “March Music Madness – Sweet 16”
March Music Madness – Round of 32
Well, that was fun! The first round of our bracket had a few surprises. As you would have thought, none of the top seeds were upset. The Pop region went almost chalk. There were some big upsets in the other 3 brackets. Let’s go region by region and see the results (all “scores” are in percentage). Continue reading “March Music Madness – Round of 32”
March Music Madness – Round of 64
I thought we could have a bit of fun with the NCAA basketball tournament upon us once again. The original idea was to take 4 of the largest musical genres and narrow it down to the 16 best bands or artists in that genre. Super easy right?
Wrong. This was an impossible task. The wife and I spent a good portion of Tuesday evening picking artists and seeding them to the best of our abilities. Some of our favorites didn’t even make the final cut. Many of our favorites are going up against each other or face certain demise in the first round. We tried to keep the personal biases as little as possible, but of course we made some decisions based on our personal likes and dislikes. In the future, remind me to be more specific in theme. Continue reading “March Music Madness – Round of 64”
A Little Health Update
Over the past 5 years I’ve had some bouts with dizzy spells. The first time I passed out was at JC Penny. It was hot (August in Houston has a way of being that way) and I was crouched down looking for jeans. When I stood up and walked towards the fitting room everything started going black. I ended up with tunnel vision, sweating my butt off in the dressing room. I felt sick and looked as white as a ghost. I figured I just stood up too quickly.
Fast forward 5 years and about 50 different doctor’s appointments. There were spinning sensations that occurred pretty frequently but these seemed different. Over this time-frame, I had 3 more episodes of this “blacking out” for lack of a better term. Once while I was walking the dog, once while I was working. Continue reading “A Little Health Update”
Let’s Get Less Fat (an update)
The lose weight train left the station about a week ago. At least I started in earnest about a week ago. I really started to try and lose a few pounds, like most of the rest of America, around the New Year. I’m going to try and give a quick update here once a week.
There is much debate about how long it takes to create a habit. Some reports say 8 days while others have said 21 or even 66 days. It’s more important to focus on keeping up some momentum so if I try to keep up with it here weekly maybe that will help keep up the good habits. Here is how the first real week has gone. Continue reading “Let’s Get Less Fat (an update)”
Resolutions Schmesolutions
Everyone knows that resolutions are for busters. But seeing how we are all busters, we continue to make them every year and then proceed to lose track of them pretty soon into the new year. I’ve fallen into the resolution pit once again. I had two main resolutions for this year. Write at least two spots—hopefully more— on this page each month (fail.) and, like the rest of the free world, lose some weight. Continue reading “Resolutions Schmesolutions”
Looking Back on 2015
I’m still trying to figure out exactly what I want this space to be. It’s going to be a little bit of personal anecdotes and some sharing pieces. I’ve been bad about remembering to write here often enough and with the new year starting this weekend my hope is to write at least two pieces every month. Procrastination has always been a huge issue for me – I wrote my senior thesis in college the night before it was due. Maybe TCO will be a way for me to work on that.
Every time we are coming back from a trip or come up on an anniversary, my wife asks me to name my favorite parts of the event/year/trip. I can always count on a quick smile and a “What were your favorite parts of _____?” With the new year upon us I thought it would be fun to look back at the year. With that, I give you a few of my entertainment favorites.
Turkey Day
Happy Thanksgiving! There aren’t a whole lot of days better than Thanksgiving, are there? Food, family, and football. All day football.
I still remember my first Thanksgiving as a married man. Six years ago I was working security at Target. This holiday has a much different meaning when you work in retail. Thanksgiving day is really just a pause in the middle of the two busiest days of the year. Continue reading “Turkey Day”
The Clumsy Optimist 