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Latest — 10 Jun 2026

Just Let Me Win! (Fighting Strava)

Strava ranked me 5th on a segment during yesterday's hike, so this morning I ran it flat out for 1st place. Strava gave me nothing: the segment is classified as a hike, and a run does not count. The difference between the two is mostly speed. I'm coming for you, Michael Choyce.

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Caffeine in the Kombucha

My wife bailed on bedtime to sew and watch a cooking show, blaming caffeine in the kombucha. When the Apple TV keyboard prompt popped up on my iPad, I helpfully typed B-E-D-T-I-M-E. Maybe it was me. Maybe it was a super powerful alien race projecting its will across galaxies.

Caffeine in the Kombucha

Bookworm, X Ads

K is a bookworm and a homebody, but get him out the door and engaged and he is content for hours. I pried him away from cartoons for a walk to the waterfalls, where the creek won out over his Kindle. At least until the Kindle's siren song called him back.

Bookworm, X Ads

Exercise & Dangerous Journey

I ran the 5.5 mile round trip to fetch an Amazon package, down five pounds in two weeks. The cruelty of one meal a day: by mid-afternoon I'm in hunger torture, but once dinner finally lands I could almost take it or leave it. We also opened Dangerous Journey with the kids.

Exercise & Dangerous Journey

Seven Months of Daily Blog Posts

Seven months of weekday posts, by my count, since November 3, 2025. My blogging actually goes back to 2005, in simpler times. The purpose is clearer now: capture our day-to-day life in a way that is fun to re-read years later. Hello, grandkids!

Seven Months of Daily Blog Posts

Bedtime Books: Dangerous Journey by Oliver Hunkin

After finishing Little Pilgrim's Progress at bedtime, I went hunting for what to read next. R.C. Sproul's Knight's Map was tempting but short, so I settled on Dangerous Journey, a fuller telling of Pilgrim's Progress. It arrives today, and we crack it open tonight.

Bedtime Books: Dangerous Journey by Oliver Hunkin

The Ruler of this Domain

Reading Matthew 4 reminded me of a bizarre conversation with a Jehovah's Witness years ago, who used the devil's offer of all the kingdoms of the world to argue that Satan rules this domain. The devil wouldn't lie, right? I should have offered to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Ruler of this Domain

A Charger, a Catechism, and a Fawn

The brandless GaN charger was junk, so I landed on this UGREEN: it works great and is such a brick I half suspect they weighted it with lead. Also in this one: a bedtime lesson on prayer, and a two year old who tried to pounce on a fawn.

A Charger, a Catechism, and a Fawn

Stubborn Baby

W just learned to crawl and to sit up, which means bedtime is now a battle of wills: lay him down, he pops back up, crying. We ran that cycle a few times before the crying finally stopped. Was he asleep? Yes. Was he lying down? No.

Protein, Burpees & Waterfalls

My hunt for a decent protein powder ended at Paleo Pro: twice the price, fewer ingredients, and a flavor like watered-down fake chocolate. The lesson, again: do not put things in your body that you bought on Amazon. Then I taught the kids burpees in the driveway and we walked to the waterfalls.

Protein, Burpees & Waterfalls

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