“Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.”
—Shakespeare, the Sage of Git/Github
Palacios Family Reunion, 2023
Short half-weekend in California including a stop in Joshua Tree on the way to my mom’s on Friday.
My family reunion was the main event.
And now we’re already back.
I just successfully disassembled my wall oven door and replaced the hinges. Should have taken before, during, and after photos but I was too focused on not breaking things while the kids were screaming in next room.
Nine beautiful, wonderful, grace filled years. Love you, Lucia, to the moon.
Started Reacing: The Beginning of Politics by Moshe Halbertal 📚
My tablet/smartphone native son is using his mom’s 9-yo laptop (it’s older than him) for the first time. It’s like watching a monkey try to figure out what a power tool is. It’s hilarious.
Happy Father’s Day, folks
We had the cheapest and best celebration at one of the city pools.
“If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment. He is not hampered by a sense of humour or by charity, or by the dumb certainties of experience. He is the more logical for losing certain sane affections. Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
—G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Early bird gets the worm, we, donut. (Yesterday morning on a pre-7am run to Lowe’s. He was the only kid awake, so he got to run with me.)
Bookworm 📷
The kiddos love “surprising” me for my birthday.
The sign greeted me when I arrived at home as. My age is an inside joke with the kids.
Sony animators > Disney/Pixar.
She is such a diva.
Note the semi-prone flop, wherein she contains the option of spreading out more if the adults don’t respond to this faux-tantrum in a manner befitting her attention.
I’m reading Walt Whitman at the boys’ first day of summer (indoor!) soccer. ☕️📚⚽️
“Mom, I wanted to see how far it would boomerang,” he said after my wife heard the ominous snap from behind the minivan.
Look, all I’m saying is get yourself a Gorilla Cart. Great for moving stuff around the yard.
And in a pinch, they make great water tubs.
Wild video of storm chasers intercepting a tornado. Just wild.
She’s the best mom. Love this woman.
🛫 PHX -> BWI