Loving the new micro.blog Bayou theme from @Mtt. I dug in and learned enough Hugo to customize it a bit, pretty happy with how it looks at the moment. One of these days I’ll take the time to try to roll my own, but for now happy to have talented designers’ work available.

On a call with our trade association reviewing the impact of the new US administration to our day-to-day business. The aviation industry needs regular updates to regulation and guidance to keep improving safety. Hoping the new leadership will see the light.

Joys of working for a big corp: IT pushes a Firefox update. Constant tab crashing. Disable all the extensions I can. Still crashing. Troubleshoot Mode works fine. Suspect the issue is the Endpoint extension that is IT-managed. Guess I’m running in Troubleshoot Mode for a while.

Started the day doing some minor editing for the oldest daughter. She was nominated for an award in her Engineering Communications class and needs to write a brief summary of what she learned there. Given that she’s the one nominated, she probably doesn’t need my help… but it’s nice to be asked. 😊

2025 Reads: Jesus and the Forces of Death by Matthew Thiessen 📚

Quite a good book, though if I never read the phrase “genital discharge” again it’ll still be too soon.

2025 Reads: The Ground We Share by Robert Aitken 📚

2025 Reads: Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley 📚

Good stuff.

2025 Reads: Language for God in Patristic Tradition by Mark Sheridan 📚

Not as unreadable as the title suggests. 😂 Really highlights that Christian interpretation of the OT has long been largely vibes and rationalization when the OT God doesn’t sound like Jesus.

Annual meeting at church today. I was elected to serve on the Vestry for the next 3 years. I love the people, hoping I can be useful in leadership and serve well. ⚓️

After a week of fussing with it, I finally have my 94-year-old neighbor’s Android phone unlocked, data restored, and he can send texts again. That was a pain. But glad he has an operable cell phone again!