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I’m sorry, we are nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and if your automated mailing system can’t handle that my full first name has 11 characters and it chops off the last one, I’m not taking anything you send seriously.

And yes, I absolutely turned a Jack Carr book signing in to my own personal Jack Stewart book signing. Had to get his autograph on my copy of Outlaw, his awesome Clancy-esque thriller. šŸ“š

And what a trooper, coming straight from the office to hang out!

Great seeing Jack Carr at Half Price Books again. I’m thinking Jack is going to need a bigger venue in Dallas in the future. Happy pub day, Jack!

Clearly the people complaining social media is toxic and awful are not following the right people online. Because I am crying from laughter from my Instagram feed today.

People are hilarious.

At one point tonight, the Mavs had a 48-point lead, the largest lead in NBA Finals history in FIFTY years. I was a toddler the last time a NBA team led by that much in a Finals game.

Dallas' 122-82 victory was the 3rd largest margin of victory in NBA Finals history.

If that was the last game the Mavericks win this season, man, what a high note to go out on.

The Meta Quest commercial with the soon-to-be dad assembling the crib is sweet, but WHY IS HE NOT DOING IT IN THE NURSERY?

YOU THINK IT’S FITTING DOWN THAT TINY HALLWAY??

Seeing The Goonies on the big screen with a couple of my Goonies.

Spending the morning watching this kid do his thing on the lacrosse fields. Complete team effort in the first matchup, resulting in an 8-1 win. Tougher competition in the next game.

This is what happens when you sell out. Now the only thing Deep Ellum about DEBC beers is the name. What a shame. dallas.culturemap.com/news/rest…

(Via Brent)

Iā€™m living in Office Space.

Stars win on the road in Edmonton, and Angel Hernandez retires from umpiring in the major leagues on the same day?!? God is good, y’all. God is good.

I really appreciate the dad-nerd humor in the AutoZone commercial about the slow-starting car:

“It just needs a charge. Don’t worry, it’s free.”

“Are you sure it’s free?”

“Positive.”

It’s now more punk to be a practicing, Bible-believing Christian, than it is to be an actual punk rocker.

And politics aside, what a story of God’s grace and mercy Dave Mustaine is. https://x.com/auronmacintyre/status/1791656400268988496

Very shortly will be decoupling the retrophisch.net domain from my Micro.blog account. Part of an online presence reorganization I’m undertaking.

I’m not sure how this might affect those who follow this account purely on RSS, so you may want to check in over the next few days to see what’s what.

<Ponders how to get one of these, the perfect job for himself>

Loud? āœ…
American? āœ…
Would love to tell people how stupid they are? āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…āœ…

According to my college hockey player’s online reading, Golden Knights captain Mark Stone was injured in the handshake line following the conclusion of Game 7, and will be unavailable until the next postseason. #IYKYK

I will not be able to hear “they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions” enough in all postgame broadcasts.

LET’S

GO

STARS!!!!

#TexasHockey

It’s a rather odd feeling to fly from the US Central time zone to the Eastern time zone, then drive back in to the Central time zone in the same day. The whole “lost an hour, gained an hour” thing has zero meaning in this case.

DFW šŸš€ GSO to drive the college kid back home for the summer.

Will fly over 4-5 states and drive back through 4 states later today.

We really are just going to give #Skynet every tool with which to obliterate us, aren’t we? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024…

Probably the best eclipse totality shot from the three family members in DFW area. Our high schooler captured this at school.

Best eclipse totality shot in our family came from our high schooler.

Happy new Sigum Regis music day! The band released a dedicated single, “No Middle Ground,” a classic metal tune with some Judas Priest vibes. And Jota’s vocals wail!

Find Me’s “Dancing To a Broken Heartbeat” is like a perfect clone of ’80s adult-oriented rock, and I’m not saying that like it’s a bad thing.

“One does not simply fly in to Mordor.” babylonbee.com/news/in-9…

Sly not making enough in royalties off the Rockys, the Rambos, the Creeds, and everything else, that he has to do a reality show with his family?