Thankful for Friday after being out of town last weekend and a long work week this week. After work today the plans are for an evening out with the wife, then watching some Final Four basketball and crashing this weekend.

Well, Google’s search results feel crappy enough today that I’m gonna break down and give Kagi a try.

I read this book to my kids dozens (hundreds?) of times when they were young but never considered it with the detail and joy these guys did. A delightful read.

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Iowa High School Mock Trial state competition, Day 2: 100 high school students in black business suits wandering the event center hallways mumbling memorized arguments to themselves. Next round starts in 30 minutes.

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.

T-shirt with the phrase "hottest journalist in the group chat" on it

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…