#Wordle 1,697 3/6*

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Not bad.

Didn’t realize how slow it was getting at my old job until I started a new job and for more than a week haven’t had a spare minute to even think about social media. I mean hopefully it lets up a little as I get oriented to it, but it’s nice to be busy.

2026 Reads: The Inescapable Love of God by Thomas Talbott 📚

Another re-read in prep for some talks I’m doing. So, so good.

A great week in Seattle getting going as a new employee at Boeing.

Also great to be headed to the airport this morning to fly back home! Remote work will be the name of the game for the next 16 months.

In Seattle (well, Everett) to start my new job this morning. Aviation safety is a small world, though: ended up running into an old boss from my last employer in the hotel lobby and having breakfast with him.

Cleaning out my last couple of desk drawers on my last day at this job. I’m excited about the new job I’m starting next week, but it’s still a bittersweet thing to pack up after working here for more than 26 years.

(Also: how did I accumulate all this stuff?)

2026 Reads: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami 📚

Pretty heavy handed and a little too on the nose for my taste.

After a long dalliance with lazily streaming music, I’m working through cleaning up tags and cleaning out the cruft from my personal 30,000-track MP3 library. Doing some random listening and enjoying albums I’ve forgotten I had. This afternoon: “Passenger Seat” from Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors.

A little personal news: this week is my last week at Collins Aerospace after nearly 27 years here. It’s been a good long run, but a new opportunity awaits. More about that next week. This week is for tying up loose ends and saying some goodbyes.

2026 Reads: God After Einstein by John F. Haught 📚

Very disappointed with this one. Tedious and repetitive. Not enough science to be science-y, not enough theology to be theological.