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Sitting down for the first round of Iowa High School Mock Trial state competition. (Youngest kid is competing.) Over the next 48 hours I will hear at least 3 and as many as 5 trials arguing the civil liability of a (fictional) college who had a student die in a hazing incident.
Whee, it’s Opening Day and my Cubbies are already one game back in the standings. Curse that pseudo-exhibition Tokyo series!
Well, Raygun got this one out fast enough. Bravo!
My idea for them was gonna be “Currently clean on OPSEC” but that might’ve been a little too obscure.
A very “I grew up evangelical but now I’m Episcopal” problem: I can never remember how to spell “diocese”.
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Two hours of academic assembly at the high school this morning. Youngest daughter recognized for lots of participation and achievements. Proud of her.
My backside, though, was not designed for sitting on a gymnasium bleacher for two hours straight. Oof.
Orchestra choir rehearsal yesterday afternoon means I’ve had Mozart’s Requiem in my head all day today so far.
I mean, there are worse things…
2025 Reads: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 📚
I’m only a decade behind on reading this one… phew, what a book. Sprawling, messy, and transcendent.
2025 Reads: Polostan by Neal Stephenson 📚
Watching the Arkansas/Kansas game. So far as I can tell, there’s one player named “Boogie Flan” and another one named “Badoonga”. It sounds like a Marx Brothers movie to me.