I’m sure you’re well familiar with the famous Saturday Night Live “Cowbell” skit, starring the amazing Christopher Walken. For the past few years, I’ve been noticing that some rock songs from the ...

In 2023 and 2024, it became clear to us that the next few years will probably include more multi-hour road trips. Brooke’s father splits his time between Tucson, Arizona and Durango, Colorado. My m...

OK, time for another bit of news that I would’ve posted about months ago if I hadn’t broken my old website. But now that this new one works, here it is: I learned in late 2025 that I have cancer. N...

I learned a couple weeks ago that I’m getting laid off my job. My last day will be February 25. Brooke pointed out that in the 9 years since we started dating, I’ve had 4 jobs. I feel like that’s n...

This blog started in the year 2000. I’ve gone through periods where I’d post something short every other day, and other periods where I’d post only one long essay every six months. But until recent...

Since I’ve got all 25+ years of my blog restored, I thought it would be amusing to see what the oldest post is. I’m sure it’s something inane, like “hey, I made a blog!” Let’s see… It turns out th...

I’m in a deep funk this evening. I thought I’d write something deep and well-thought-out for the second post of my newly revived blog. But this evening, I heard two bits of news that made me sad. ...

Man oh man, it’s been so long since I wrote a blog post. I have so much to say and I’m not sure where to even start. This website - my personal blog called Todd Bradley’s Galaxy - was dead all of 2...

My Apple Watch freaked out this morning. When I turned off my alarm after waking up, it spontaneously started flashing random apps on the screen, then called 911 and texted my GPS coordinates to Br...

The company I work for is celebrating its 190th birthday this year. I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a company that existed more than 50 years. So 190 is weird to me. Think about what was going o...