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If the cheers at those back-to-back homers are any indication, there are far more Braves fans than Nats fans in attendance here in DC tonight.
#MLB
Well, that was a heckuva comeback for the Dallas Stars. Now let’s see if they can carry that energy through the series.
#NHL #Stars #StanleyCup
Day 2 of industry committee meeting in DC this week. Great to get to hear from FAA and EASA leaders about how they are addressing current challenges within our industry.
In DC for work this week. Flight in went smoothly; got out for a 4-mile run mostly along the Mall; dinner at a wonderful Persian restaurant. Now time to do some ironing and crash.
Heckuva win for the Dallas Stars in OT on the PP. What an awful day for Mark Scheifele, who loses his dad this morning, scores WPGs only goal, but then takes the only penalty in the game. Dude gets a hug from ever single Stars player in the handshake line. Best tradition in sports.
#NHL #Hockey
Today: drove from Cedar Rapids to Lincoln. Loaded the college kid’s stuff in the car, drove back to Cedar Rapids. About 10 hours in the car… dang good to be home.
Biggest takeaway from my clean-shaven experiment is that my drink-from-a-bottle technique is sloppy. A smooth upper lip seals off the bottle. Apparently I have been relying on my mustache to break the vacuum seal for twenty years!
Super nerdy and awesome: A Leap Year Check in Three Instructions. Dude shaves 75% off the average execution time of the is_leap_year() check!
Only works out to the year 5965232499, though, so make a note to update your libraries before that epoch…
“There is no cognitive dissonance when your entire worldview is built on confirmation bias masquerading as divine discernment.”
Oh damn. That single phrase from Stephanie Jo Warren might sum up the Evangelical brainwashing experience better than I’ve ever heard before.