Nathan Howe
@natehowe
Musician. Educator. Creator. Fixed a window once. Madly in love with @AllisonHoweMPH.
We're officially in a new year (resolution season), so it's time for an update with 5 helpful strategies I've been trying for the past few months. If you haven't read about my window, do that first for context. #adhd #gtd #resolutions
Several years ago, a neighbor kid kicked a football and shattered a small basement window. We were a family of six living on a teacher's salary at the time, so I boarded it up, thinking I'd get to it someday. The frame was rusted shut. I couldn't fix it. 1/
Our local Target mid-renovation is giving me Werner Herzog vibes. If they leave it like this, I might think about shopping here again.
My wife found me an extremely specific shirt at Goodwill.
I feel so fortunate to have hiked both the north rim of the Grand Canyon and the south rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in the past couple of years. It's a gut punch that nobody will get to do either for some time because of fires burning now.
To all the long-time Trump supporters who are now turning away from him because of the Epstein files: welcome. I don't have time to hate you for your past beliefs. There's a lot we need to do together right now to make our country better.
I've reached the magical age where the only two options are looking old with a beard or looking weird clean-shaven.
If Saturday's Warrior taught us anything, it is that only bad guys get to sing total bangers.
My son plays the bass. I told him to study the choreography from A Charlie Brown Christmas. That's 90% of what bass players do on stage.
I'm going to see my son's band for the first time tonight, and he's super nervous. He's trying to advise me about mosh pit etiquette as though I didn't live through the entire 90s. Also, I'm clearly a dorky dad in linen shorts. Horseshoe pit, maybe. Mosh pit, no.
If you grow up as a Latter-day Saint (especially outside Utah), you develop at least one of these as you try to fit in: - Athletic - Hilarious - Very specific geek culture - Obsession with a particular caffeinated soda - Hunting - Entrepreneurship - Piano How many did you get?
Okay, I'm late to the Brian Wilson tribute tweet game, but his work is an important part of my musical DNA. He made complicated harmonic progressions so easy to enjoy. He didn't hide broccoli in brownies. He made you think you wanted broccoli all along.
I'm beyond excited that "Brother James's Air" is in the new batch of Hymns For Home And Church. It's one of my favorite hymn tunes, paired with a great Psalm 23 text.
If I were a Texas teacher, I'd post the ten commandments as required by law. And in a completely unrelated move, I'd post photos of 10 Texas legislators whose public actions are specifically antithetical to each commandment.
The small minority of teenage boys who align with Andrew Tate makes for a compelling headline. The 5/6 majority that have no time for his hate is the real news. The kids are going to be okay.
My parents raised me with Nick at Nite, so I'm better with Boomer/GenX pop culture than many of my Millennial counterparts. I've paid it forward by ensuring that my Gen Z offspring know every Homestar Runner reference possible.
Ever have a weird piece of pop culture you love but don't have anybody to appreciate it with because it sounds stupid when you try to explain it? Oliver Richman Twitter, I know you're inexplicably emotional about groundhogs today. open.spotify.com/track/67oGeNgZ…
The one Sunday each year when I can get away with pulling out too many organ stops...and wearing a seersucker suit.
