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Going back to listen to an old favorite while working this morning: Sufjan Stevens’ sound track for The BQE.

As a #Cubs fan I both enjoy seeing them whoop up on the Brewers and also have this nagging feeling we’re gonna be wishing we could’ve banked some of those runs for later in the series.

Good golly, the Brewers have a position player in to pitch in the 7th.

Green Chucks to go with my acolyte robe this morning.

With my 6.6 mile run this afternoon I am up to 74 miles for the month and just broke 500 miles for the year.

Reminder to myself that when I’m cranking up my keto diet again, my body isn’t as fueled as I’d expect when I go run.

I just about choked on my coffee.

Last first day of school for us here as the youngest starts her senior year of high school.

With the kid back at college my home office gets moved back up out of the basement.

2026 Reads: The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen 📚

2026 Reads: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 📚 Beautiful writing.

Today we drive 2 hours to Des Moines for the youngest daughter to get senior pics at the Iowa state capitol.

It’s always a good day to support a Ben Shive Kickstarter campaign. www.kickstarter.com/projects/…

The Cubs with a nice W against the Nationals and the Brewers get swept by the Padres… suddenly the Cubs are only 3 games back in the NL Central with a lot of baseball left to be played.

OK, that’s kinda cool: just saw that I got my first patent issued!

A good chuckle at church this morning as a sweet older lady from the vestry stumbled over the church picnic announcement and said the vestry would be providing the meat and the condoms.

2026 Reads: Mrs.

2026 Reads: In the Beginning was the Spirit Science, Religion, and Indigenous Spirituality by Diarmuid Ó Murchú 📚 Well, that was a hand-waving mess.

So apparently last night was a good Caleb Thielbar night, and tonight he’s trying to give up the game again.