Youngest daughter has her school permit and is driving herself to school for the first time this morning. End of an era of doing drop-offs and pick-ups. Phew.

Brisket turned out great! I’d give myself maybe a 8.5/10. Think I could’ve pulled it a little sooner. Still, great flavor, texture is fine, lots of leftovers… yum.

One beef brisket, freshly sliced open after cooking

Nervously doing my research as I prepare to smoke my first brisket on the pellet grill tomorrow. Well, starting tomorrow night, going overnight into Monday. Getting hungry thinking about it.

I grew up in Nebraska, a huge Husker fan, and never made it to a football game. My kid is now a freshman at UNL and attending their first game today. I’m kinda jealous, but mostly grateful. #GBR

Looks like I’m going to need to buy a new suit for some work events. Last one was 60 lbs ago and cheap off the rack at Kohl’s. Think I’m ready to invest a little more this time. Not a fan of the shopping process, though…

Wow, Jannik Sinner, the 1 seed at the US Open, dropped his first set to unseeded Mackenzie McDonald, and is already down a break in the second set. Feels like a little karma after his failed doping tests.

I live in Iowa and work with a bunch of 30-something white guy engineers who ought to be in the MAGA demographic. To overhear their conversations about politics, though, gives me hope; they see the corruption of the media and of huge corporate wealth and MAGA’s moral bankruptcy.

One more post for the morning: got a new professional headshot taken last Friday. I remember thinking back in late March when I got the previous one taken that I was looking like I had lost weight; surprising to me how much more significant it looks in this one. (I’m down 60 lbs this year!)

First day of school today for our two college kids! A junior in Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota Mines and a freshman in Accounting at University of Nebraska. Completely up to them whether or not we get FDOS pictures or not. 😂

File under: WTF.