December 31, 2020 at 12:36 PM
Spent a lot of the morning cleaning. Secretly threw away 2 garbage bags of misc toys. Don't tell my kids. If you're one of my children reading this in the future, No, I'm not sorry.
Notes — 2020
December 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM
Speaking of preferences, I'm mostly not a "Binge watch an entire season in a weekend" kind of person. I like when episodes are trickled out weekly-like Expanse S5 now. There's a rhythm to it and drama in the waiting.
December 30, 2020 at 09:47 PM
I've always been a "Shower in the evening" person. If you're a "Shower in the morning person," I get it - but you're still wrong! Going to sleep on clean sheets is the only way to live.
December 28, 2020 at 07:38 PM
I have an idea I can't shake - that on rainy, cold, icy, evenings, I am safer, because people who might be out to harm me will stay home b/c of the bad weather.
December 23, 2020 at 09:23 PM
Watching THE MANDALORIAN S2
December 23, 2020 at 04:01 PM
Henlo friends and world
December 23, 2020 at 03:16 PM
COVID 19 update #7: A lot has happened since my last update. I met someone for coffee for the first time - which probably wasn't the greatest idea, but you do it anyway sometimes. It’s wonderful Christmas time - having a concrete reason to do our own family Christmas is nice. Two new sections of back yard fence. Yesterday the soccer ball was kicked over the newest of them.
December 19, 2020 at 11:44 AM
Coffee with a friend at Race Street Coffee. First time meeting up with someone in public since March. Hope it was alright. Good coffee. Now I have a fancy coffee shop paper cup to use for a few days.
December 15, 2020 at 10:56 PM
This should appear at 7 AM if everything goes well. Good luck out there little buddy.
December 15, 2020 at 10:56 PM
This should ALSO appear at 7 AM if all went well. Good luck out there little buddy.
December 12, 2020 at 06:30 PM
Wonder sometimes what portion of my personality and actions boil down simply to “Coffee consumption.”
December 11, 2020 at 12:54 PM
Hello from my phone
June 07, 2020 at 04:32 PM
Technology updates: I rolled back to Mojave on my old unsupported Mac, thanks to a series of nagging Catalina bugs. My neighbor gifted me an HDMI cable. TV update: I found out that Midnight Diner & Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories are separate shows in Netflix.
June 04, 2020 at 09:05 PM
COVID-19 update #6: We have accrued an incredible amount of plastic bags left over from school lunch pickups. I’ve been watching David Lynch’s weather reports on YT. The splint on my injured hand got cut back above the wrist today. It’s not always coffee in dads coffee cup.
May 31, 2020 at 03:21 PM
Graduation happening for Marielle’s school today. At TX Motor Speedway. Cool place to graduate, all things considered. She’s helping. Getting an officially branded school mask.
May 30, 2020 at 04:49 PM
I’m pretty jealous of the astronauts today, because leaving the planet for a few days seems like a fine option right now. 
May 30, 2020 at 02:34 AM
Current status: sitting in the backyard, tending the fire, working on my stretching finger. Everyone else is in the tent, camping out in the yard, watching Cars.
May 07, 2020 at 12:43 AM
Caught my finger in my dog’s halter a few weeks ago and haven’t been able to move the tip of my finger since. Finally went to the doc today. Heading in for tendon surgery tomorrow morning. Having even a 50% working extra finger will be awesome.
May 05, 2020 at 09:21 PM
My wife is at a senior high school celebration event. Which is great. but it also looks like a football tailgater and not a responsible event held in the context of a pandemic.
Why??????
May 05, 2020 at 07:58 PM
My daughter just invited me to meet her at her skeleton horse ranch. In Minecraft, of course.
April 12, 2020 at 03:30 AM
Just now considered watching THE WIRE again. I watched it all back in 2008. What a ride it was then. Plus Prime Video plays it in the new 16:9 reformatted version. Then again, do I have time to watch a TV show through??
March 30, 2020 at 05:27 PM
COVID-19 update #5: I am eating lots of bread. This is the only time in the past decade I have truly wished for a printer. I fill the house with the sounds of distant talking.
March 25, 2020 at 05:27 PM
COVID 19 update #4 - my daughter can't find the way back to her ranch in Minecraft. The dog is having the time of his life. My middle son started calling Swiss Cake Rolls "Wonderpants." The baby is nearly crawling.
March 23, 2020 at 01:46 PM
COVID-19 update #3 - It is Monday. It is Monday. IT IS MONDAY - not Saturday or Sunday. Monday. I discovered that the mark that indicates the toaster setting is in a difference spot that I'd previously thought - so I've been toasting everything wrong.
March 20, 2020 at 02:19 PM
COVID-19 update #2: the kids' preschool is set to reopen 3/30 pending any orders from on high. With curbside drop off only. Parents not allowed in the building. Also, we haven't eaten all the falafel. It is raining again and again and again.
March 17, 2020 at 04:42 PM
COVID 19 update 1: we are making fallafel today. The robot vacuum ran on MAX mode and couldn't find its way home. I am formulating an arrangement of MARVELOUS LIGHT in my head I hope to finish soon.
March 07, 2020 at 03:41 AM
There was a coffee shop in Iowa City around 2004-I think it was called Hennepin Coffee-it was downtown at Iowa Ave and Linn-they served coffee in pint beer glasses with cardboard sleeves to protect from the heat.
February 20, 2020 at 07:39 PM
Me: Why do you enjoy causing me so much grief?
Daughter: haha yes. Grief is a funny word.
January 22, 2020 at 03:59 AM
Odd STAR WARS moment I will most remember from SKYWALKER RISE: the chimp expertly welding together Kylo Ren's helmet. Where did that guy come from?
January 22, 2020 at 03:55 AM
Finally saw the latest STAR WARS. It was fine. I honestly wanted to see it mostly so I could listen to the podcasts about it in my back catalog. But as an evening out, it was fun times.
January 20, 2020 at 04:02 AM
Watching the STAR WARS prequels for the first time since they were in theaters. These movies are not as bad as the purists would have you believe. Come on now, people.
January 06, 2020 at 01:40 PM
My wife, in her infinite wisdom, looked at the offical calendar and discovered that the kids don't return to school until tomorrow. Right as I was getting geared up to get them ready and out the door.