2025 Reads: Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky 📚

Is it about the robot apocalypse? Yeah, sort of.

2025 Reads: Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism by Kathryn Tanner 📚

Current status: creating a Kahoot quiz to use in an upcoming work team meeting. The topic: “Drug, LOTR Character, or AI Startup?” 20 names, make your best guess for each.

I think it’s gonna be tougher than they expect.

Didn’t run for the better part of two weeks thanks to some travel and excessive heat. Trying to ramp back into it in prep for a 10K on Labor Day weekend.

Wednesday’s run was rough. Today’s was better. Think I can sneak in maybe 3 more before a couple pre-race rest days.

Just had a conversation with a younger engineer who independently worked to solve a problem that I tried to solve a couple years ago. His solution is very similar conceptually and a 100% improvement over mine. It’s cool and a very humbling experience.

Ok, Sunday can’t get here soon enough. #iawx

Screenshot of weather forecast with Sunday high of 71F

Rookie move: volunteered to give the scripture meditation at church based on when my calendar was free. Picked October 5th.

Looked up the Gospel for that week: Luke 17:5-10. Oof.

I’ve been catching up on The Diplomat on Netflix the past couple weeks. Kari Russell is wonderful, as expected. But then Allison freakin’ Janney shows up and boom, next level achieved.

And just like that, the middle kid’s car is packed and they are headed back to college for year 2. Last year was a family trip for move-in; this year we’re just waving goodbye from our doorstep. I don’t think it really gets any easier.