Starting out the long weekend right with a run. Not sure what was better about today, but I shaved 1m15s off my previous best 5k yet this year. (Still only 28:40 so not great yet, but progress!)

Had a weird hiccup with Tailscale yesterday that pushed me to get a couple installs upgraded and re-logged-in. Which mostly highlighted to me how magical Tailscale is as a VPN solution the 99.9% of the time it’s working properly. It really does just work.

Good lord, I don’t care if you’ve already got your playoff seed set, a 7-game losing streak is not the way you want to head into the playoffs. The way they’re playing the last two weeks the Stars will go out quick in the first round and have a lot of explaining to do.

#NHL #Stars #Hockey

Looks like I picked the right time to turn off the Cubs game and go to sleep last night. Went to bed with the Cubs up 4-0; as soon as I turned it off the bullpen came in and blew it. Final score: Padres 10, Cubs 4.

#MLB #Cubs #Padres #Baseball

2025 Reads: Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood 📚

Entertaining little noir mystery. I’ll go backfill the series.

Really concerned about the #Dallas #Stars at this point. They were competing for 1st seed in the Weat and now they are dropping games left and right. Giving up far too many SOG. Collapsed against VAN, shut out by WPG, now down to UTH… ugh.

#sports #hockey #NHL #DallasStars

Poking around recordings of the Mozart Requiem and it amazes me how much variety of interpretation there is. My favorite movement right now is Domine Jesu, and across the recordings on Apple Music the track length varies anywhere from 3m24s to 4m49s. (I’m partial to the quicker tempo.)

2025 Reads: Where God Happens by Rowan Williams 📚

A lovely little collection of thoughts on Christian community drawn from the Desert Fathers.

That’s an embarrassing and disastrous loss for the Dallas Stars who are in a real playoff race. Led Vancouver 3-0 after two periods, up 5-2 with 3 minutes left in regulation; ended up losing 6-5 in OT. Ouch. #NHL #Dallas

Sounds like the plot of a TV show pilot: US tourist boards wrong boat in London, accidentally becomes fan of fifth-tier soccer club.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/…