There’s a new episode of the Sneaky Good podcast up. A little football gets discussed, along with a whole lotta music. www.andthevalleyshook.com/2019/7/26…


I guess when the teenager returns from camp counselor duties, we need to watch Ladyhawke. www.foxnews.com/entertain…


Reason #1,484 to not let your kids use anything related to Facebook: “Facebook design flaw let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users”.


So you know Evite, that online invitation service pretty much everyone uses? Yeah, there was a data breach there as well.

You know what works for invites? Regular ol' email. No extra account or web site required.


There is a new episode of The Empowered Parent Podcast out, and we talk about just saying yes.


Trump Finally Loses Baptist Support After Video Emerges Of Him Dancing babylonbee.com/news/trum…


Still love Charlton Heston in True Lies: “So far, this is not blowing my skirt up, gentlemen.”


I have seen the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick. Twice. I have thoughts.

You’ll have to wait to hear them on an upcoming podcast.

But I have thoughts.


You know you’re a grammar nerd when you find yourself proofreading the @Rangers game program after finding an error.


Game program: check.
Theme night promo cap: check.
Dallas Stars Night with the hockey player in the last season of the Ballpark in Arlington? Of course!


I cannot help but wonder what is this I II III of which Louie speaks.


Happy birthday to my beautiful bride, my co-wrangler of our three yahoos. She’s truly a Wonder Woman. I love you, sweetheart!


Who has two thumbs and is co-hosting and presenting at Tapestry Conference in October? This guy! But don’t let that stop you from taking advantage of early bird registration pricing that ends today! tapestryconference.org


There’s a new episode of the Sneaky Good podcast up, and we packed the booth for an early preseason look.


ESPN showing the Joey Gallo/Bryce Harper youth baseball photo again, because they’re broadcasting a game one of them is playing in. Everyone drink. #SoPredictable


So long, comments

Occasionally, those follow-a-link-from-a-link-from-a-link blog trains land you in a thought pattern that ends up in a situation of “Why didn’t I think of this sooner?” And so I have arrived at disabling all comments on the blog. Jon Saddington’s post convinced me to take the plunge, and I even used the plug-in he suggested. Took less than three minutes. Easy.

Why do this? I don’t expect a lot of comments, for one. I don’t post often enough for conversations to happen, unlike my friend Michael’s blog. Second, I don’t need another time-wasting distraction that is approving or not approving comments, or going through the ones marked as spam looking for false positives. If there is a need for reader interaction to take place, they can hit me up on any of the major social platforms, or use the contact form linked at the top of the page. Finally, this blog should be about me writing what I want to write, not writing what I think people want me to write. Disabling comments helps that focus to happen.

And now I have one less thing to worry about.


The fact they felt the last four words of the tweet were necessary is what makes it. twitter.com/NBCNews/s…


You may laugh. You may cry. You may decide it’s better than “Cats”. We aren’t singing show tunes in the latest Empowered Parent Podcast episode, but we are talking about memories.


The Star Wars sticker family is not long for this world, as Kid2’s AT-AT driver is starting to peel badly. And you cannot get these particular stickers any more thanks to Disney Legal.


Finished “Enough” by Patrick Rhone yesterday. Gave me a nudge I needed. Definitely recommended.