I was trolling the toy aisles at Walmart when I saw these Barbie gems.

I’m not sure when it happened, but I developed a rash in both of my armpits. I never really thought much about it. It was just a bit uncomfortable.

I think I may, for now at least, be done with audiobooks.

My son knows how to have fun.

Today I Learned: Michael and Virginia Madsen are brother and sister, not ex-spouses as I’d always thought with her keeping his last name like Susan after she divorced Chris Sarandon.

Congratulations to the WNBA on their recently announced expansion into three more markets!

I’m laying on a heat pad right now because I wrenched my back after going on a two-mile hike with the fam. I hurt, but I owe y’all a post. So here goes…

Once again, I deviated from the plan. At least half of it. Makes you wonder if I should just say “I’m going to read three books and three graphic novels” instead of listing the specific titles. But then part of me is worried the lack of specificity might make me lazier about fulfilling the goal. Hmmm…

Nate spent the night along with one of his cousins at my parents’ house. Katie and I spent the night eating Chinese food and enjoying some wine and then crashing hard asleep.

Back in 1985, when my family moved to Connecticut from Kentucky, I got heavily into sports cards. Some football (US), a dash of hockey… but my focus was baseball! I loved the game and still do.

To those of you who write online, be it a blog, a static website, or that rare instance of a social media service that actually allows editing of content after it’s been posted, if you happen to re-read your content and catch a typographical or grammar error, will you clock back in and edit it to fix or do you just let it go?

It’s kinda funny how fickle my tastes can be when it comes to entertainment.

I forgot to mention that a couple weeks ago when Katie and Nate were out shopping for my Father’s Day gift, they found one of the best gifts of all!

Have you heard of this film Bride Hard starring Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp, both of Pitch Perfect fame? It would be no fault of yours if you haven’t. Lemme tell ya why.

So the funny thing is that I’ve never seen any of the original The Toxic Avenger movies from the 80s and 2000. I wasn’t against seeing them, I just never did.

I’m just gonna leave this here for you. No filters. Dim lighting courtesy of Cooper’s Hawk.

It arguably hit about 100°F by us today. There was some variance but it generally stayed anywhere from 92-100°F.

This is so perfect. And, sadly, it might be the only way to get this epidemic to end. I will warn you that it’s long (11:25) but I loved it.

Once in a while, I use Google’s Gemini generative AI engine to create backgrounds for photos that I’m having trouble finding via regular Google Search. I find it funny that when you receive results, it warns you by saying “Gemini can make mistakes, so double-check them.”

Just try and tell me that these painted covers of Return of the Living Dead comics by Mark Spears for American Mythology Productions are not some of the most beautiful things ever. Go ahead. Try it.

Today I learned that Extra Small does not mean smaller than Small. It actually means, if pricing is any indication, something more along the lines of Small+, but not quite Medium.

Free coffee is the best coffee! I just received this from my buddy, Abe, as part of our work coffee/tea exchange.

How sad is it that I didn’t even know today was Father’s Day until just this past Friday when Katie and Nate announced they were going out to buy me a gift and I had to ask when it was.

I don’t know what kind of recommendation engine Hulu is using these days but it is failing miserably.

Happy Friday the 13th, y’all!

I realize I kinda posted a tease yesterday. Asking if we had enough treats for Nate’s post-surgery recovery without talking about the surgery. So here goes… 

Do you think we have enough pudding and Jell-o options for Nate to get him through oral surgery recovery?

This may not end well for my work laptop…

To be filed under Coolest Headlines Ever, I present you this… “Hammerhead shark falls from sky in South Carolina, interrupting disc golf game.”

No, not the meat substitute. I’m talking about spam calls to my cellphone. And they’ve ticked up a bit today.

Yeah, I do subscribe to newsletters from and club programs online that wind up giving you stuff on your birthday. Most of it is from restaurants that give you some kind of free drink or free dessert or free side or, far more rarely these days, a free entree.

One thing that has suffered greatly as a result of me owning an Amazon Fire tablet/reader is my use of the Apple Books app for reading.

My fridge has been overrun by Millennial hipsters!!!

Hell. Yes.

Of course when I see a headline that reads “George R.R. Martin Claps Back at Frustrated Fans: 'Some of You Will Be Pissed by This'” I’m gonna check it out. I have to.