Your periodic reminder not write and edit your own wikipedia page. It’s just bad form.
You guys! I don’t pickleball is coming in Spring 2024.
44 rotations around the sun. (It was yearerday, but I always give D-Day pride of place, especially this year, 80 years since.) I have this running joke with the kids that I’m 100+my real age, hence the numbers on the cake.
🎥 Jocko on 80-years since D-Day, YouTube
📰 More than 200 mayoral candidates have been killed in Mexico during this election season, WSJ (ungated link)
🗞️ NCAA 2.8 Billion dollar settlement will pay college athletes directly. WSJ
Long-time coming. Probably bad for college sports, but justly over due.
Monday vibes
Sunday vibes.
I was in Washington earlier this week. The view as we left in a light rain and fog was splendid.
Perils (and joys) of homeownership. 25+ year old oven finally dies, 4 years into my ownership. But the 25+ year old cabinents were not built to spec, and required some attention to fit the new one. (The new one cooks much better.)
It arrived early! @ayjay did a marvelous job. Beautiful layout, typography, binding. Looking forward to a good slow read of it just as classes and the hectic pace of finals ends.
I finally pre-ordered Auden’s Shield of Achilles, back in print thanks to the hard work of @ayjay — it is top of my summer reading queue.
Finished reading: Nation Builder by Charles N. Edel 📚
Finished reading: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 📚
(Finished in January, but didn’t realize I had not yet moved it over.)
Finished reading: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian 📚
A flawed book, but comprehensive overview of the entire war. Recommended, esp if you’ve read other books on the subject.
🎥 Deadpool and Wolverine (Trailer), YouTube.
LFG
How to ruin a pair of shoes, for $90, my Google Review
Moral of the story, always keep your receipts. Sigh.
Currently reading: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian 📚
Finished reading: The Diplomacy of the American Revolution by Samuel Flagg Bemis 📚