Jim Higgins

Preach!

In a possible, and mildly unnerving, foreshadowing of my imminent future golden years, for complicated family reasons we ate dinner at 4 pm today

Is there a filter for TV that blocks all Manning commercials?

*complimentary, I meant to write there

Even at my age there are firsts. A colleague compared me today, in a friendly and complementary way, to a sturgeon.

Soundtrack for grilling: a new Neil Young tribute album, a Stephen Marley playlist

Moms at the playground at 7 a.m.: May you have strength for the day ahead

Drinking microwaved leftover day old coffee this morning. Like a good frugal elder Milwaukeean.

Alphabetically adjacent tracks on my favorites playlist: Friendly Advice (Luna) and From a Motel 6 (Yo La Tengo). Simpatico

16 guitarists, an annotated playlist I decided to make a simple, reliable playlist of jazz (and adjacent) guitar music I liked for occasions when I was having trouble deciding…

Friends and fellow music nerds, I've posted a new article on Medium about 16 guitarists I enjoy medium.com/@jimhiggins_...

Pet drama: Two family members are obsessed with a new puppy in the neighborhood, who looks like the mini version of our current beloved dog.

One (among many) reasons I liked a college senior I interviewed recently was that she unselfconsciously used the phrase "kitty corner," which we used all the time back in the Paleolithic, but which I rarely hear these days.

Yes, my favorites playlist has 2 different versions of “Lithium” on it. Why do you ask?

Reclusive Thomas Pynchon's new novel has a Milwaukee setting Reclusive literary giant Thomas Pynchon, 87, is publishing a new novel in October — and it has a Milwaukee setting.

Thank you, Thomas Pynchon, for a Milwaukee angle www.jsonline.com/story/life/2...

Wisconsin Literary Luminaries From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar's multicultural conflicts, the Badger State's stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker dre...

On this day 8 years ago my first book was published. Didn't become rich or famous, but I enjoyed nearly everything about the process. Publisher treated me well. Made a little money, did a few events, gave a few talks, had conversations. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

Interesting typo I just made: SteppenwoRf

My Pittsburgh sisters are united in opposition to A-Rod as a Steeler!

Made a John Peter Zenger joke this week. Marquette education is paying dividends!

The startling history of ‘London Calling’ vs. ‘New York, New York’ In London Calling New York New York (Trouser Press Books), the late Peter Silverton begins with a single, startling fact: The Clash’s…

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Is it just me, or is the NYT now beating a drum for medically-assisted suicide, with two huge recent stories?

And a short drive from Moon Township is Mars, Pa. (where I went to summer camp as a youth)

Wes

RP was one of the live shows that surprised me the most in a positive way. I believe guitarist Eddie Martinez (“Rock Box”) was in the band

The daughter immediately complained about it

Congratulations!

One lives in Chicago and I am in regular contact with him. But the other lives in NY and I have not seem him for a number of years. You would not be shocked to hear we commiserated about the condition of journalism today.

Met two Marquette classmates for lunch. Astonishing to think what has changed in 45 years, and what persists.

Instead of 2025 I typed 3035, like I’m in a Zager & Evans song

Cartoon of “Seven of Nine” with words “Resistance Is Female”

I drew this picture of @jerilryan.bsky.social as #SevenOfNine back in 2017. I updated it for 2025.

Tonight will conclude a stretch of 6 evening events in 8 days (4 theater, 2 sports), all with my favorite daughter. All have been worth it, but I will also enjoy staying home a few nights in a row.