Kyle
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Ohio alum • former pro sports t-shirt thrower @OhioUniforms.bsky.social
We visited the Vonnegut Museum and Library on July 4, just before I was already planning on reading Slapstick next, and the typewriter they have on display there is believed to be the one KV wrote it on! Pretty cool timing (and a neat little museum).
Slapstick A weird sort of fictional autobiography peppered with and introduced by Vonnegut’s own autobiographical musings, I can see why this one has a panned reception—but it worked for me. I’d vote for a platform like Lonesome No More!
This Land is Your Land Another travel memoir for me, and the July @discordecke.soccer Book Club pick! A decent little (but wide-ranging) journey through some highlights and lowlights of US history via the places we can visit. Optimistic without ignoring our flaws, which mostly stuck the landing.
Galápagos There’s an odd bit of hope inherent to the thought that nature will just keep us and the rest of the world going despite all the trouble we get ourselves (and everything around us) into. More great Vonnegut weirdness and wit here!
Relegated A very fun and full-of-heart travel diary of sorts through many levels of the UK soccer scene, written by a fellow Wolves fan and admirer of underdogs, wherever they may be. Traveling vicariously through others is has been the core of my 2026 nonfiction slate—one day I’ll travel again 🥲
Cat’s Cradle My fifth Vonnegut so far was probably my favorite! I’m already 10 books into my 2026 goal of 15 (intentionally half of last year’s goal), but we’re about to hit another busy life stretch so I can’t get too excited about maybe blowing past it early yet 😅
There’s Always This Year I can’t properly express how beautiful Hanif’s writing is and how much I want everyone to spend time with his work. As someone who loves Columbus and Ohio, I love learning how and why he loves them, too, and that enriches my own love and understanding tenfold.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to type Grogu and my phone thinks I want to say George instead
The Sirens of Titan “…a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
Bicycle Diaries An enjoyable series of diary essays about how David Byrne sees parts of the world from his bike, diving into the art and politics of those places and the friends he’s made along the way. It scratched both an urbanist and a traveling itch!
Slaughterhouse-Five The third installment of my personal Vonnegut journey, a journey I continue to enjoy! This one’s a helluva read for when you’re forced to just sit back and watch while the freaks in power are getting off on their perverted lust for war. Who needs a soul, anyways?
With tonight’s free Final Four-adjacent show, twenty one pilots have furthered their lead as my most-viewed musical act (9x)—just under a half mile from where I saw them for the first time a dozen years ago this month!
Inverting the Pyramid I want to be a slightly better Ball Knower and I love historical context, so this was a necessary journey. It’s both very dense but also seems to only scratch the surface, so I still feel like I’ve learned a lot but have plenty more Ball Knowing to look forward to!
They should make sure Brendan Fraser’s Eisenhower does The Pose and make it like the new chicken jockey where we all go NUTS when he does it
I think this is the first time I’ve read a book just ahead of its adaptation into a Major Motion Picture and I am so happy to report that it’s terrific
IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY: 10 years ago tonight I saw Charli XCX's third performance following the release of her groundbreaking Vroom Vroom EP (with SOPHIE on the table in the back, RIP)
God, I wish I was in the Convo last night for what will go down as an iconic game. I’ve never seen it so full in my 13 years as a Bobcat, what a beautiful sight
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater My Vonnegut journey continues! This time we’re looking at wealth and how you’d simply HAVE to be crazy to give anything to anyone who didn’t earn their keep—at least, that’s what anyone hoarding theirs and droning on about bootstraps would say.
Real Costco dog lovers grab one on the way in to eat while shopping AND another on the way out for the drive home
Travel as a Political Act I’m so grateful for having had the privilege to travel a good deal—and I try to thoughtfully—so far in life, buoyed in a major way by my many, many years as a student of Rick’s PBS show. This has me even more eager to finish school and able to travel (and learn!) again.
School has been going very slowly the past couple months due to weather, but the last week finally allowed for a big leap forward culminating in flying my first solo yesterday! Court was able to watch from the ramp, too, which was extra special.