That Nebraska - Vandy game is one of the best in recent memory. Amazing energy, a bonkers pro-Nebraska crowd, and a half-court shot that was this close to going in at the buzzer. Phew. Congrats to the Huskers for making their first ever Sweet 16!

2026 Reads: Godric: A Novel by Frederick Buechner 📚

This is a particularly mean subject line to send on a Saturday.

Chick fil a promotional email saying “tomorrow, set your alarm to chicken o’clock”

16 years ago, this girl turned 1 and her fearless, indomitable spirit was already evident.

Today she turned 17, and she continues to put in amazing hard work to boldly chase her dreams.

Couldn’t be prouder of this young lady. Can’t wait to see where she’ll go.

A small child wearing pajamas stands on a chair looking out the window.A person with long hair holds a white and orange cat while sitting on a colorful couch.

Spring in Iowa: went out for a run after work. Short sleeves & shorts, sweating like crazy. Having to make sure I dodge the piles of snow still up against the curbs.

Also: that was my first post sharing directly from Inkwell. Very convenient. I’ve been using Inkwell since the beta phase and loving it. Fits the niche for me for an RSS reader.

We are down to one teenager in the family! With today’s birthday, A19 will henceforth be known as A20, leaving K16(almost 17) as the last remaining youth in the house.

This starts our family’s birthday week; we have two more between now and next Friday. Let the party commence.

Working logistics to get us and our younger two kids and my MIL out to Rapid City for the oldest kid’s college grad, then getting the grad moved to Oregon, kid #2 moved home for the summer, kid #3 to all her AP tests. It’s gonna be a whirlwind couple of weeks in May.

Well, the Iowa women have had a great basketball season, but they are getting embarrassed by UCLA this afternoon. UCLA is bigger, longer, and settled. Iowa looks like a junior high team by comparison. Iowa still probably deserves a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, but UCLA is fully in another class.

I’ve now seen 4.5 of the Best Picture nominees: Sinners, Hamnet, OBAA, Bugonia, and started Marty Supreme. Hamnet and OBAA are clearly the top tier thus far but are so different that it’s hard to pick between them.