Since no one will read this anyway: Summer foods are not my favorite, and I'm kind of glad their time is drawing to a close. You should not have to wash your whole face and floss your teeth just because you ate dinner. Other seasonal foods do not create this kind of drama. There, I said it.

I went on eBay and bought some actual compact discs of music recorded in the 2020s. It feels good.

I never got too active on Twitter because I felt isolated there. Seemed like you had to be very extroverted and spend a ton of time chatting with strangers for it to be more interactive and less just taking in news from your feed. How should I do Bluesky differently so that doesn't happen?

a cartoon character with a fist in the air and the words `` next time '' below him . ALT: a cartoon character with a fist in the air and the words `` next time '' below him .

My 6yo has decided to try out "how dare you" and "or else" as regular phrases in his daily vocabulary. Living with an 80s cartoon villain is not boring.

Happy 100th birthday to a novel that drew me into literature, and still has a lot to say to us today.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

—Saint Augustine

When people tell me "I don't know how you do it with 4 kids" I feel like they're picturing American kids paying $2k/yr for travel sports as standard. Oh no my friend. My kids' hobbies are church, scouts, their tablets, and hanging out with their weird family. They're going to be okay.

Wow, that is way more specific and genre appropriate than most fortune cookies I've seen lately. They're mostly proverbs these days.

TBH it feels pretty lonely here for me. I know it's a better moral option than FB, but I'd love to have some actual interactions with the real people I follow/am followed by. What's something funny that happened to you last week?

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

Unplug your Echos & Alexas before March 28. They're listening.

Moving furniture out of our house is like doing the "all aboard board" in a low ropes course. The same amount of random stuff, smaller and smaller flat surfaces to pile it on. Chaos awaits when we move the dinner table...

Popeye's logo looks to me like a human stomach. I applaud their straightforward approach, frankly.

This is a classic. Can't wait to ponder it over a pint.

Closing Day. We are homeowners! The pen I used to sign a stack of closing documents came from the Courtyard Marriott, Bay City, where I spent my first night here 18 months ago. We had a picnic dinner in the new place, a house blessing, and a toast (complete with confetti 🤣). It was a great day.

The FB app keeps crashing on my phone today, and my life is a tiny bit better for it. 😆

You know, my wife is right about a lot of things, but when she said "don't pack the clock first," yet there was a super convenient box that already had "clock" written right on it, so I dropped it in there...

...she was also correct about this. Like, absolutely a whole other level of correctness.

NOBODY has more hope than an adult man packing the dusty martini and margarita glasses into a moving box. Again. Next time for sure...😆

Hearty comfort food, thy name is Brussel-Taters.

YouTube video by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA responds to false accusations on X 02-02-2025 | Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

“Be of good courage, Church, and let us persevere.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liqz...

Now that you mention, I could use another go or 3 at this morning's sermon. New stuff has come to light, man...

Our Story Lutheran Services in America leads one of the nation's largest and most respected health and human services networks to empower people in America to lead their best lives—so all communities can thrive...

The Lutheran Services in America network reaches one in 50 people in America each year, including elders, veterans, refugees and disabled people.
lutheranservices.org/our-story/

Musk and Flynn’s Attack on Lutheran Social Services: How the Coup Will Undermine Community Care I don't know if facts matter much anymore but I guess I'll still just share some basic f

IT IS NOT Illegal for the federal government to give competitive grants to NON-PROSELYTIZING faith-based charities to provide essential services like disaster relief and resettlement of legal, fully vetted refugees. What is happening now is unprecedented, it is illegal, and it is wrong.

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

This is alarming.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

YouTube video by Andy Friedhof Raising Arizona (1987) - Freeze or Get Down

How was your week, America?

God, our rock of refuge, be present in healing mercy for the victims of the catastrophic air crash in Washington DC. Strengthen rescuers and investigators. If there are survivors, deliver and protect them. Comfort grieving families, in Jesus' name. Amen.

…for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.
-Matthew 25

What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive,and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.
-Martin Luther King Jr

Evil.

Took my son to see Nosferatu today. Seemed like a good way to spend a random Monday.