My Sonos

 I always proudly proclaim that I don't care much about stuff. Except... I really DO dig my desk top computers, which I can type well on, the big screen TVs Wifey convinced me to get, and the Sonos, which Wifey also convinced me to get.

I'm really not at all how Sonos works, but I choose whatever music in the word I want to listen to, on one of 3 outlets. One is in the Family room, a sound bar under the TV, one is sets of speakers in the living room ceiling and under the front porch eaves, and I have a portable Roam device I can take anywhere.

Our routine is typically Wifey watching shows or old movies, and if I'm not napping or watching sports, I turn off the TV and turn on the music. I typically listen to WDNA, which has jazz and blues and Latin music, or a series of stations on Sonos Radio or Sirius/XM.

Tonight, I have on The Bridge, which is a Sirius/XM station featuring singer-songwriter compositions. As I type, I'm listening to Christopher Cross, after Carly Simon, after Steely Dan after James Taylor. Yeah -- my taste is stuck 40 years ago...

Occasionally, after a Zoom Happy Hour, Wifey will ask me to play DJ, and I'll play a selection of our music. Sometimes we even dance, if I put on The Ramones or B-52s. Yes, suburban life suits us just fine.

Ah -- now Jimmy is singing "Son of a Sailor." This makes me think of Key West -- been awhile since I've been there, and I do love it best in the Summer when it's less crowded, and Ocean Key House rooms are $500 per night instead of $1100 during season.

Tomorrow is a busy day for this lazy man. I have to get up early, and drop the man-sized Caddy SUV at Tire Kingdom for an oil change and tire rotation -- I'll walk to my gym from there, and if it goes like last time, the vehicle will be ready after my workout ends at 10.

After that, I'm rushing back home where Dan the Gate Man is installing a new board for our front gates -- I could have opted for a repair, but the board is jury-rigged from multiple insect incursions and prior power surges. I gathered all the openers, from Wifey and the Ds, and Dan will reprogram them once he's done.

In the afternoon Norman and his college buddy Jim are coming over. We will drive to Pembroke Pines in the hopefully newly oiled Caddy, and meet at a sushi place with Dr. Barry. We shall then drive to Sunrise for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals -- to see, I am confident, the Panthers win their second consecutive Cup.

Norman has season's tickets and was kind enough to invite us -- I'm sure he's giving up nearly $10K in potential sales to create this memory.

It occurred to me that I have only seen 3 championship games in my life -- the Orange Bowl victories that gave rings to my Canes. I've seen Marlins Series games, and Heat playoff games during their ring years, but never an actual championship. Go Cats!

So, to quote my favorite Alice Cooper ballad, that's enough for a working (formerly) man...what I am is what I am.

I recall that song from multiple LP playings the Summer of 1977. Come to think of it, it may be time for a play on Sonos.