Dubious Quality

I had no idea that avocados were both male and female, depending on the time of day: Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado.

We were getting ready to go to the U.S.

One of the best tennis matches in years happened last night.

I thought about happiness yesterday.

Longtime reader Ken P. does an annual ride to raise funds for the ALS Network.

Happy Labor Day, everyone!

Leading off this week, a stunning number: 1 in 4 NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, study finds.

Eli 25.1 said, "Do you have a Post-it note?"

Eli 25.1 is here until early tomorrow, so I'm scrambling a bit because we'll be gone most of the day.

I went to the U.S.

Peter Cullen, the beloved voice of Eeyore, passed away last week.

A bizarre story: The Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole Ever: What on Earth for?

I was at PT on Tuesday and a pop music loop was playing.

ESPN is removing the bottom line ticker from their college football broadcasts across all channels.

After Eli 25.0s time trial on Saturday, in an attempt to break my 1979 family record (57.0) in the quarter mile, Project 56 has a new name.

I did a full edit of the book (230 pages) in two days before I left for Austin.

It's a big week for the Guardian on Friday Links because they've had a plethora of interesting articles this week.

I'm headed to Austin to see Mom 96.5 on short notice, so I don't know if there will be a post tomorrow or Monday.

I'm at the point with the book (now with a title: We Trust the Future) where I'm spending multiple days considering the merits of "adventurer" versus "pioneer."

Eli has Project 56.

Leading off this week, a brilliant essay: Why play is at the core of a meaningful life.

Last week we talked about a book now going unpublished because there were questions about AI assistance.

Yesterday, five hours to edit half a a page.

I spent five hours on half a page today.

I've been spending quite a bit of time playing Pro Spirits 2026, the Japanese baseball game, focusing on high school (Koshien) mode.