I see the WNBA just announced that next year their finals will be a best-of-7 instead of the current best-of-5. Unfortunately they’re not expanding the first round out from best-of-3, but at least they’re moving it to a 1-1-1 format. Indiana not getting a playoff home game this year was bad.

Too many sports choices to watch tonight! Two MLB playoff games, Stars hockey opener, an NFL game… and the one I’m actually watching: The WNBA Finals, Game 1.

A planned 5-day business trip last week rolled over into a family emergency which means I only just got home last night. Family situation is improving, sure good to be home. Gonna take my body and nerves a few days to recover, though.

This is my first trip traveling with my new personal MacBook Pro (after years of traveling with work Dell laptops) and the experience is just lovely. Enough battery for all day, iPhone mirroring means I can leave it in my pocket, remote desktop back to my work PC, easy to juggle all day. Love it.

Wow, Verizon has been down for me all day. Thankful for wifi on airplanes and in airports to help my travel go smoothly. I won’t be wandering far from my hotel, though, until I have cell service back!

2024 Reads: Extinction by Douglas Preston 📚

Over and over, Preston has his characters saying “This isn’t Jurassic Park!”. And it’s not. At least not quite exactly. Preston knows how to write a brisk, entertaining thriller, though. Fun stuff.

Nebraska in the second half looked like a different team. Relied on the run game and just pushed Purdue around. It was an ugly win, but we’ll take it. #GBR

Through one quarter, Nebraska looks like a team with great potential but no polish. False start while going for it on 4th-and-1, then they miss the FG. Frustrating.

2024 Reads: Airframe by Michael Crichton 📚

I’m sure I read this years ago, but it’s interesting to re-read after spending a career in aircraft certification. Crichton did a pretty good job getting the details right.

My HS sophomore got the job shadow hookup that she wanted, which means that in a couple weeks she’s going to spend a morning shadowing at the local FBI Field Office. 🤨