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About listening to music while I work… Transcript

So far today I’ve watched a close end to Ohio State - Indiana, a nailbiter in OT for Florida State - Miami, seen Auburn upset #1 Georgia, and BYU survive a last-ditch attempt by Notre Dame.

2026 Reads: Christianity and Evolution by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 📚

Ran the prices and for this week’s business trip it would’ve been about the same price for me to Uber to/from the airport as to drive my own car and park it there all week and hike in from the long-term lot.

I almost missed it on my trip to DC this week, but if you turn down the right little alley on Georgetown you see this sign and find a legendary jazz club: Blues Alley.

2026 Reads: Diamond Mask by Julian May 📚 Dang it now I wanna just jump into the next (last) book in the series.

I just completed my second week of my podcasting experiment on micro.blog.

On the fun of air travel and its weather-related snags…

As a Cubs fan I can’t really bring myself to cheer for either the Brewers or the Dodgers here in the NLCS.

Some thoughts on elections… but not a political post!

Some thoughts on… embassies?

Ran the new micro.blog blog audit.

A few thoughts on big-city life from a small-city guy.

I’m headed to an airport for a business trip.

I’ve got a mini PC running Debian for my home media and utility server.

The Iowa Hawkeyes playing in Seattle tonight against U of W, didn’t start until 8pm central.

2026 Reads: The last kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the battle for the soul of American cinema by Paul Fischer 📚

Don’t know that I intended to run a half marathon when I started out today.

I made it almost a whole week without talking theology… almost.

We’re at the point in our relocation plan where I want to keep an eye on real estate listings to get a feel for the housing market, the homes available, the neighborhoods, and so on, but where I am not actually in position to buy a new home for several mo…

Sitting in a work meeting today, a co-worker was describing a presentation he had given and the immediate dismissive response he had gotten from another teammate.

Let’s talk coffee!

One year ago today I had my first interview with Boeing for a job I would eventually take and start almost 4 months later.

Today’s topic: social media.

Lace up your shoes, talking a little bit about running.

It’s about books, including a couple I’ve read lately.

2026 Reads: Bewilderness by Jonathan Maberry 📚 Underdeveloped rapid-fire sci-fi thriller.

In the first half, Nebraska has given up two TD drives that took < 1 min each, have almost 100 yards in penalties and only just over 100 yards in total offense, and still have the possibility here of going into halftime with a lead.

2026 Reads: The Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck 📚 Somehow had never read this one before.

Every podcast has to have a cringey first episode.

Thinking about doing a little mini podcast here on Micro.blog.

I don’t know that I intended to run 10 miles when I headed out, but my legs felt good so I just kept going.

Excited to get to see Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers in concert tonight!

One of those things I’m sheepish to admit: I have never listened to Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life before.

Gave my Now Page a little update.

2026 Reads: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez 📚 KKDM has done it again.

I walk into the gas station bathroom and hear music.

Ah, the glamour of business travel.

More than 5” of rain overnight, almost 11” in September already.

It’s an odd sort of thing to brag about, but it is pretty cool to have a friend who is literally the Pope’s editor.

I really appreciate this post from Dan Foster about Christian Universalism: What if Everyone Goes to Heaven - and the Bible Backs That Up?.

2026 Reads: The Fingerprints of God Tracking the Divine Suspect Through a History of Images by Robert Farrar Capon 📚

2026 Reads: London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚 What a story.

2026 Reads: The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen 📚

Apple event: new iPhone camera seems nice, but I miss last year’s orange color.

Watched: The Christophers 🍿 This is an under-the-radar but really good film.

2026 Reads: Murriyang by Stan Grant 📚

2026 Reads: A Community of Character by Stanley Hauerwas 📚

2026 Reads: Jack the Bodiless by Julian May 📚 Golly, what a story.

Went for a run at 6 AM and it was already 78F outside with 80% humidity.