The New England Patriots play the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC Championship later today, and the Sports Desk insists that we not post anything here during the game, and instead focus all our attention on the game and the Sports Desk's Tumblr page.

Ordered new tile flooring today to replace the worn-out linoleum in the kitchen of the UCV.  Also bought a new toilet tank cover on line to replace the broken lid in the unit.  When we were at Home Depot today, they told us they don't carry lids in store and only sell them on line, so we won't know if we bought the right size or not until it arrives. Also, we bought it from Amazon, because what's up with Home Depot not stocking their shelves?

The Music Desk has opined here in the past that with the indie-rock renaissance now over, rock music's peak years were 2005-2015, and the current scene is but a faded remnant of the glory of past years. But 2019 apparently takes exception to those remarks, and new albums released this January include great new LPs by the Atlanta-based Deerhunter, and by James Blake, Toro y Moi, and Juliana Hatfield.  And Sharon Van Etten's triumphant Remind Me Tomorrow may well turn out to be the AOTY.  Maybe intelligent rock music isn't dead after all.