Jimmy’s having his cheeseburger in Paradise now. Had front row seats at a show he did in New Orleans in the mid-90s. Really fun. #RIP
https://apnews.com/article/obituary-jimmy-buffett-4295f355b39237f40663d485c4c6d557

A very Kroese-heavy mail day, and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

Everything in college conference expansion is stupid as the ATLANTIC COAST conference adds teams from California and Texas. /sigh
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38304694/sources-acc-votes-invite-stanford-cal-smu

Plane: booked
Hotel: booked
Car: booked
2-day pass: booked

I’m going to Immortal Fest II – Part 2!

From both aesthetic and tradition points of view, I do not care for the sleeve adverts on MLB uniforms.

I firmly blame soccer.

Always a good time to roll out this classic: https://youtu.be/tgbNymZ7vqY

Tom Cruise may very well be the last great Hollywood star.

Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning is incredibly entertaining. Even though you know the tropes, and can see the plot points coming, they still affect you when they come.

The band Behold the Beloved may have single-handedly redeemed the song “Oceans,” for me. It has been on my “Banned If I Were in Charge of Worship Music” list for many years. Doesn’t hurt they use a slice of Aaron Shust’s “My Savior My God” in it.
https://youtu.be/QXXTbB5LEt0

On the latest episode of The Empowered Parent Podcast, we’re talking about fear responses, and how they drive behavior. (Ours, as well as our kids’.)

https://empoweredparent.podbean.com/e/fear-episode-1/
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I get the sense, going through the Prime Day Kindle deals, that there is a certain segment of romance novel totally about the woman fixing the broken (from war, trauma, etc.) man.