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/…

Daughter’s first high school tennis meet is this afternoon. Current conditions: 42F, 20 mph wind from the north, feels like 33F.

I am thinking that the state athletic association’s decision to move girls’ tennis to a fall sport next year is a good one.

I know that expecting NBA officiating to be even-handed is a fool’s errand, but the calls in this GSW - HOU game are really sus. Yes, Draymond Green asks for too many of his fouls, but calling him for flagrant foul while he’s making a layup is a new one. And Curry is getting mauled and no whistles.