Mom is Dying
Hold the condolences. Then stay for grilled alligator with marinara, a Venn diagram of salvation, a first communion and another glimpse into the 1980s.
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A collection of 7 posts
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: You Are Men and Women
My 8yo sailed through his membership vows with a clear yes to each, until the fifth one stopped him: "What does that mean?" Why I was glad he asked before agreeing, with detours into the Feynman technique, leftovers, and love languages.
Twenty-Two Cartoons to Twenty-One
Rain scrapped my trail plans, so I hiked the route I have named the calf burner. Then I gathered the kids to vote cartoons off their custom channel and we went from twenty-two down to twenty-one. Plus S out with friends, and a grill I luckily never had to uncover.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Lord's Most Powerful Evangelist
Meme of the day, courtesy of atheism: Neil deGrasse Tyson is secretly the Lord's most powerful evangelist, bringing people to Christ by making atheism so unbearably cringe you start begging for literally anything else. Also inside: week four of the diet and a Weird Al dance party.
Inside the Clouds on Mt. Sanderlin
After skipping a workout to feast on anniversary steak, I made up for it with a 7-mile run up Mt. Sanderlin, steep enough in spots that running would be comical. New phobia unlocked: sprinting down wet mountain roads I'm not sure I could stop on. Capped with a haircut and a rainy, empty winery.
Snobby Connoisseur of Software
I'm a snobby connoisseur of software, and very little of it impresses me. Exhibit A: my Oura ring, banished to its charger, whose app omits my actual run from the suggested workout. Exhibit B: an Apple Watch that taps my wrist every five minutes to ask if I'm exercising. Yes. Still yes.
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.
