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. Should be a fun last 6 weeks of the season!

#MLB #Cubs

OK, that’s kinda cool: just saw that I got my first patent issued! It’s obscure, unlikely to be used for anything substantive, and belongs to a previous employer, so I probably won’t even get the plaque for it. But it’s my idea, with my name on it. Neat.

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.

(Why is “condiments” such a difficult word, anyway?)

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2026 Reads: Mrs. Dalloway (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Virginia Woolf 📚

2026 Reads: In the Beginning was the Spirit Science, Religion, and Indigenous Spirituality by Diarmuid Ó Murchú 📚

Well, that was a hand-waving mess. Bleh.

So apparently last night was a good Caleb Thielbar night, and tonight he’s trying to give up the game again. Wish the #Cubs could just have him pitch on his good nights. #MLB

2026 Reads: Homebound - A Novel by Portia Elan 📚

Amazing how much the temperature affects my running. It’s been rough the last couple weeks, but today we had rain and the temps stayed in the 60s. Got out after work and ran 8 miles at a 9 min/mi pace, and felt good doing it. Needed that.

Wanted something to liven up my podcast queue. Realized there are feeds full of old time radio shows from the ‘30s and ‘40s. I used to listen to reruns on AM radio late night when I was a kid. Looking forward to revisiting them.

Two hours later, in tears at the end of Glen Hansard’s funeral. Not so much for Glen, but for seeing that community. What do you do in mourning and loss? Get together, pray, and everybody brings their instrument to sing and make music. Powerful.