On a call with our trade association reviewing the impact of the new US administration to our day-to-day business. The aviation industry needs regular updates to regulation and guidance to keep improving safety. Hoping the new leadership will see the light.

Joys of working for a big corp: IT pushes a Firefox update. Constant tab crashing. Disable all the extensions I can. Still crashing. Troubleshoot Mode works fine. Suspect the issue is the Endpoint extension that is IT-managed. Guess I’m running in Troubleshoot Mode for a while.

Started the day doing some minor editing for the oldest daughter. She was nominated for an award in her Engineering Communications class and needs to write a brief summary of what she learned there. Given that she’s the one nominated, she probably doesn’t need my help… but it’s nice to be asked. 😊

2025 Reads: Jesus and the Forces of Death by Matthew Thiessen 📚

Quite a good book, though if I never read the phrase “genital discharge” again it’ll still be too soon.

2025 Reads: The Ground We Share by Robert Aitken 📚

2025 Reads: Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley 📚

Good stuff.

2025 Reads: Language for God in Patristic Tradition by Mark Sheridan 📚

Not as unreadable as the title suggests. 😂 Really highlights that Christian interpretation of the OT has long been largely vibes and rationalization when the OT God doesn’t sound like Jesus.

Annual meeting at church today. I was elected to serve on the Vestry for the next 3 years. I love the people, hoping I can be useful in leadership and serve well. ⚓️

After a week of fussing with it, I finally have my 94-year-old neighbor’s Android phone unlocked, data restored, and he can send texts again. That was a pain. But glad he has an operable cell phone again!

Reviewed my work calendar for this past week and realized that by the time I get done with today I’ll have had 28 hours of meetings across those days. I know sometimes the meetings are the job, but it’s no wonder I feel like I’ve gotten behind on things this week.