FWIW, the Mario Brothers movie was not nearly as bad as my priors were going into it. Kids loved it, I laughed a few times. Many allusions and homages to nearly all the older versions of the game.
Finished reading: Safe Passage by Kori Schake 📚
Tough break, Aztecs. That second half of the first half killed ya. Next year.
This shot reminds me of Kris Jenkins of Villanova beating UNC in 2016 (though with Villanova for the championship and SD State for the trip to the final).
Congrats to the Aztecs, to San Diego.
Finished reading: Shakespeare’s Sonnets & Poems by William Shakespeare 📚
I haven’t watched a bad game this entire tournament. 🏀
It’s all fun and games until the 5yo scratches his older brother’s kindle screen on the backyard concrete. 🤙🏽
We caught the last day of spring training with two of my brothers who were in town.
Good times all around. ⚾️
Razorbacks! Bye Bye, Kansas.
Welp: there goes my bracket! Well done, FDU!
For the first time since starting college, IIRC, this is the first time neither my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes or Villanova Wildcats are in the tourney. I’m a free agent fan this year. No heartbreak, all in for the fun of it. 🏀
My considered judgement is that the pitch clock is amazing. ⚾️
Finished reading: The Odyssey by Homer 📚
Spring training tickets, secured. Taking the big kid to see the Padres on Saturday. ⚾️
Tom Seizemore, Rest in Peace.
Among the most delightful reads in recent memory, a claxonomy of horns in Mexico City.
TIL that I share a birthday with Alexander Pushkin.
Because Tapbots transferred my Tweetbot subscription to Ivory (or Mastodon), I’m giving both another go until the sub ends in 60 days. You can follow me at lmperez@mastodon.social if you’re interested.
While writing my narrative letter of the previous year for my annual review, and I gotta admit, adding that a student of mine is a Rhodes Scholar still feels “like wow, he did that. Boss move.”