Tom Bozzo
@atbozzo.bsky.social
Dad, spouse, economist, cyclist, Lego maniac, long lapsed blogger (not necessarily in that order). Tend to prefer my 70 square miles to the surrounding reality.
I see things like that on the Bloomberg homepage fairly often (see the INTC/Intel line), and wonder if it's AI at work or just a keyword-type error.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I see things like that on the Bloomberg homepage fairly often (see the INTC/Intel line), and wonder if it's AI at work or just a keyword-type error.
It's that time of year in the upper Midwest, TBH not so early this year.
I like the advanced thermal imaging of where our roof could be better insulated (it isn't *not* insulated, but the area below the dormer line is not easily accessible absent redoing the roof or major interior work).
I like the advanced thermal imaging of where our roof could be better insulated (it isn't *not* insulated, but the area below the dormer line is not easily accessible absent redoing the roof or major interior work).
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's that time of year in the upper Midwest, TBH not so early this year.
I like the advanced thermal imaging of where our roof could be better insulated (it isn't *not* insulated, but the area below the dormer line is not easily accessible absent redoing the roof or major interior work).
I like the advanced thermal imaging of where our roof could be better insulated (it isn't *not* insulated, but the area below the dormer line is not easily accessible absent redoing the roof or major interior work).
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
Clip of "Where'd You Go," which is the first track on "Phonetics" and kicked off the tour.
August 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Clip of "Where'd You Go," which is the first track on "Phonetics" and kicked off the tour.
#12: Horsegirl kicked off a midwest-and-west tour for the excellent "Phonetics On and On" at the High Noon Saloon in Madison (sold out). Godcaster opened.
August 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#12: Horsegirl kicked off a midwest-and-west tour for the excellent "Phonetics On and On" at the High Noon Saloon in Madison (sold out). Godcaster opened.
Sorta funny that the "Just Like Heaven cover is one of Dinosaur Jr.'s encore standards 38 (!) years later.
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sorta funny that the "Just Like Heaven cover is one of Dinosaur Jr.'s encore standards 38 (!) years later.
This was the second time seeing Snail Mail for both Julia and me. We'd previously seen them in Madison on a first-rate post-pandemic triple bill with Momma and Hotline TNT.
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This was the second time seeing Snail Mail for both Julia and me. We'd previously seen them in Madison on a first-rate post-pandemic triple bill with Momma and Hotline TNT.
Live music outing #11: Dinosaur Jr. and Snail Mail at Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee.
The age distribution of the crowd was distinctly bimodal, with one group that (like me) heard the cover of "Just Like Heaven" when it was originally released, and another than hadn't been born at the time.
The age distribution of the crowd was distinctly bimodal, with one group that (like me) heard the cover of "Just Like Heaven" when it was originally released, and another than hadn't been born at the time.
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Live music outing #11: Dinosaur Jr. and Snail Mail at Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee.
The age distribution of the crowd was distinctly bimodal, with one group that (like me) heard the cover of "Just Like Heaven" when it was originally released, and another than hadn't been born at the time.
The age distribution of the crowd was distinctly bimodal, with one group that (like me) heard the cover of "Just Like Heaven" when it was originally released, and another than hadn't been born at the time.
The "playing Slayer at full volume" part of VBS brought down the house.
July 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The "playing Slayer at full volume" part of VBS brought down the house.
Lucy Dacus at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, July 27, 2025. The spousal verdict was that Lucy has embraced her inner rock star after boygenius; I agree (they segmented some quieter material mid-set by having people join Lucy on a couch). We also both thought that the stage design was clever.
July 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lucy Dacus at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, July 27, 2025. The spousal verdict was that Lucy has embraced her inner rock star after boygenius; I agree (they segmented some quieter material mid-set by having people join Lucy on a couch). We also both thought that the stage design was clever.
Show #10 of the 2025 campaign: Jay Som opening for Lucy Dacus at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Show #10 of the 2025 campaign: Jay Som opening for Lucy Dacus at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee
And yet born yesterday.
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
And yet born yesterday.
We so messed last year, as both the front stoop and the roof above it had deteriorated enough that something had to be done.
The materials choice was not the big splurge so much as the roof framing (prev. a flat membrane roof). Still probably less than the laundry room cabinetry in that WSJ house!
The materials choice was not the big splurge so much as the roof framing (prev. a flat membrane roof). Still probably less than the laundry room cabinetry in that WSJ house!
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We so messed last year, as both the front stoop and the roof above it had deteriorated enough that something had to be done.
The materials choice was not the big splurge so much as the roof framing (prev. a flat membrane roof). Still probably less than the laundry room cabinetry in that WSJ house!
The materials choice was not the big splurge so much as the roof framing (prev. a flat membrane roof). Still probably less than the laundry room cabinetry in that WSJ house!
I'm doing my part - at 10-15 Wh/mile on the FX+.
Also happy to stick it to Sean Duffy, not sorry.
Also happy to stick it to Sean Duffy, not sorry.
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm doing my part - at 10-15 Wh/mile on the FX+.
Also happy to stick it to Sean Duffy, not sorry.
Also happy to stick it to Sean Duffy, not sorry.
Earlier in the week at the friendly confines of the High Noon Saloon, Dean Wareham did material from his new album and a good helping of Galaxie 500 and Luna classics (which I'd never seen live first time around).
I was around the median age for the crowd.
I was around the median age for the crowd.
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Earlier in the week at the friendly confines of the High Noon Saloon, Dean Wareham did material from his new album and a good helping of Galaxie 500 and Luna classics (which I'd never seen live first time around).
I was around the median age for the crowd.
I was around the median age for the crowd.
Ratboys more than earned an endurance-in-tough-conditions award for playing a headliner-length set in the heat and humidity. Japanese Breakfast got to play in the dark (which pushes past the limits of the phone camera).
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ratboys more than earned an endurance-in-tough-conditions award for playing a headliner-length set in the heat and humidity. Japanese Breakfast got to play in the dark (which pushes past the limits of the phone camera).
TFW you stay off social media for 12 hours and learn the news of the day from the band.
(Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan of Ratboys, at Summerfest in Milwaukee. 9th concert of the year.)
(Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan of Ratboys, at Summerfest in Milwaukee. 9th concert of the year.)
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
TFW you stay off social media for 12 hours and learn the news of the day from the band.
(Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan of Ratboys, at Summerfest in Milwaukee. 9th concert of the year.)
(Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan of Ratboys, at Summerfest in Milwaukee. 9th concert of the year.)
The most Madison and Wisconsin sign there could be for No Kings weekend.
June 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The most Madison and Wisconsin sign there could be for No Kings weekend.
Today in hallelujah, I saw that a multi-use path that had previously forced peds and bikes into the street at right has been rebuilt with a separated design.
The path connects the UW-Madison campus to neighborhoods to the west, about 1/2 block north of University Avenue, a congested stroad.
The path connects the UW-Madison campus to neighborhoods to the west, about 1/2 block north of University Avenue, a congested stroad.
June 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today in hallelujah, I saw that a multi-use path that had previously forced peds and bikes into the street at right has been rebuilt with a separated design.
The path connects the UW-Madison campus to neighborhoods to the west, about 1/2 block north of University Avenue, a congested stroad.
The path connects the UW-Madison campus to neighborhoods to the west, about 1/2 block north of University Avenue, a congested stroad.
Beyond the fact that Cuomo is terrible, an important thing this piece highlights is that so-called failures of liberal governance are sometimes if not often failures of reactionary governance overseen by (at least notional) members of Team D.
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Beyond the fact that Cuomo is terrible, an important thing this piece highlights is that so-called failures of liberal governance are sometimes if not often failures of reactionary governance overseen by (at least notional) members of Team D.
It was our first time at Spring Green’s Shitty (sic) Barn, Caroline Rose split their set between the not-on-streaming Year of the Slug and last year’s The Art of Forgetting.
June 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It was our first time at Spring Green’s Shitty (sic) Barn, Caroline Rose split their set between the not-on-streaming Year of the Slug and last year’s The Art of Forgetting.
Could be? It depends on payload and amount of refurbishment, and in turn on solving the apparent re-entry issues. Leaving Lockett, the pre-flight Musk interview at Ars might be concerning, for example, for the amount of ship heat shield experimentation.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
June 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Could be? It depends on payload and amount of refurbishment, and in turn on solving the apparent re-entry issues. Leaving Lockett, the pre-flight Musk interview at Ars might be concerning, for example, for the amount of ship heat shield experimentation.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Grand-cats Roger (L) and Mabel (R).
May 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Grand-cats Roger (L) and Mabel (R).
“Kids, you might not believe it now, but all through the teens and as late as the mid twenties, most people could afford to have as many pencils as they wanted.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“Kids, you might not believe it now, but all through the teens and as late as the mid twenties, most people could afford to have as many pencils as they wanted.”
Last night's opener was the Floridian band Pool Kids, who reminded me a bit of Mannequin Pussy in alt-rock mode (i.e., vs. hardcore punk mode).
May 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night's opener was the Floridian band Pool Kids, who reminded me a bit of Mannequin Pussy in alt-rock mode (i.e., vs. hardcore punk mode).