Really nice win for the #Iowa women’s basketball team over a very good Nebraska squad. Love the post play from Stulke and Heiden and the defensive energy from Wright and Stremlow.

#WBB #B1G

2025 Reads: And the Mighty Will Fall by K. B. Wagers 📚

I have enjoyed the NeoG series. An entertaining read to close out the year.

2025 Reads: Nightmare Obscura by Michelle Carr 📚

Fascinating stuff.

Last night at this time it was mid-40s F outside and I had a nice walk with my kid. Tonight it’s 15F and blowing 20+ mph. Guess winter’s back.

2025 Reads: The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell 📚

Beautiful essays capturing portraits of a people and place long lost to history and urbanization.

2025 Reads: The Spirit of Hope by Byung-Chul Han 📚

There’s a lot to chew on here. Hope as an opposite of anxiety and as something more grounded and realistic than optimism… I am here for it. “The spirit of hope seeks out in the past the traces of what is coming.”

2025 Reads: The Alteration by Kingsley Amis 📚

Not really reading this on Christmas Eve night… just catching up posting. 😂

Imaginative alt history, but why oh why must it be centered on testicles?

So far today I have procured breakfast, hit the gym, read a book, eaten lunch, watched a Christmas movie, done some miscellaneous chores… and it’s 3:30 pm, which means I still have 7 hours before I need to be to church for the late Christmas Eve service. May resort to caffeine. Oof.

2025 Reads: Dead Money by Jakob Kerr 📚

A very solid, twisty thriller. Recommended.

2025 Reads: On Repentance And Repair by Danya Ruttenberg 📚

Brief, clear, and profound.