: Ted Lasso, Season 3: the show still hits all the beats you want, but with more seams showing. A …
: Updated because someone forgot to include the new season of “I Think You Should Leave” …
: Current Things: June 2023 Currently Reading I read a book this month! But I really need to start Sea of Tranquility! …
: Yellowjackets, Season 2: the show remains delightfully uneven and I’m beginning to think …
: Watching the Cards/Royals game this afternoon. A shot of Arlington National Cemetery comes up and …
: Succession, Season 4: there’s always another move to be made
: Another month with the solar panels making more energy than we used. It’s a bit unintuitive, but …
: Paid for two new Mac apps this weekend (upgraded to Mars Edit 5 and lifetime unlock for Photomator …
: This is such a blow to what was a good option for getting to Europe from the U.S. It’s what we used …
: Man, this brings me back to college and drinking a ton of Pepsi to get free iTunes downloads (Last …
: Happy Zelda day to all who celebrate!
: Non-ironically excited about my cross-country flight home today. Not sure when else I’d get five …
: Finished reading: Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) by …
: Weirdly enough I’m the only person who brought a book to this ribs joint
: Work trip out west this week— drove through the Mojave Desert today!
: The Mandalorian, season 3: I thought all season that the show just didn’t remember why …
: Currently reading: Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) by …
: Not sure how I scored this, but Alexandra Petri’s new book is ready for me to pick up at the …
: Current Things: May 2023 Currently Reading Still nothing! But I really need to start Sea of Tranquility! Currently Watching …
: It’s that time of year when the solar panels produce more energy than we use! It’s …
: Would love to see this. The convenience of DCA can’t be overstated New coalition pushes for …
: I vastly prefer to work from home than go into the office, but it’s nice to change things up …
: Capitol Hill is a fun* run *objects in mirror may be less fun than they appear
: Ugh, stopped my watch too early and recorded my run at 3.99 instead of 4.00 miles. Definitely not …
: Star Trek: Picard: in a show that exists purely for nostalgic reasons, it finally remembers what we …
: One of these days I’ll remember that it’s Mastodon with two Os instead of Mastadon with …
: Beau is Afraid: it’s not only beau
: Beau Is Afraid, 2023 it’s not only beau
: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: what an emotional mess of a movie. It wasn’t great at a lot, …
: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, 2022 What an emotional mess of a movie. It wasn't great at a lot, but it deserves a lot of credit for …
: I put bourbon instead of tequila onto the margaritas if you were wondering how today is going
: Hoping for some rain tonight! The solar panels are coated in pollen!
: Ran across someone at work yesterday who has a last name that matches one of my text shortcuts and …
: The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Worth the price of admission for a couple of soulful Jack Black ballads
: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, 2023 Worth the price of admission for a couple of soulful Jack Black ballads
: I like to use my Current Things page as a monthly snapshot of what I’m consuming and the …
: Bumpy ride into STL, storms all day, and the Cards lost bad, but…I got to ride three trains, drink …
: I swear I’m not gonna liveblog this game, but had to let everyone know that Nolan Gorman has Nelly …
: Alright folks, time to shut it down. Simba Cam has won the greatest thing at the ballpark
: First time at Busch since the pandemic. Great to be back!
: My parents had an extra ticket and I found a cheap last-minute fare, so took an early flight to St. …
: Oh man, a replica of the old 930 club is opening next month by doing 44 shows this summer for $44 …
: Current Things: April 2023 Currently Reading Still nothing! But I really need to start Sea of Tranquility! Currently Watching …
: Tetris: if you can suspend an L-shaped block’s worth of disbelief, there’s a lot of fun …
: Tetris, 2023 If you can suspend an L-shaped block's worth of disbelief, there's a lot of fun to be had here
: How it started/how it’s going, etc.
: Yesterday’s Cardinals v. Blue Jays game was fun to watch even though the Cards lost. The new …
: Andor, Season 1: Star Wars has always been so fun that the full impact of the strife between the …
: We found out last night that Jude got into our neighborhood school for (free) Pre-K 3 next year. He …
: Adam Wainwright singing the National anthem is exactly what my day needed
: Happy Opening Day to all that celebrate! May you all beat your pitch clocks and stay out of the …
: Just was assigned the star/best role in the annual Passion play (i.e. Pontius Pilate). Just have to …
: I love the framing of this NY Times article on the three major rule changes MLB is implementing this …
: One of the things I keep turning over in my head about Triangle of Sadness is the idea that it …
: The Kiss from a Rose clue in the NY Times crossword today has led me down a Seal rabbit hole and …
: It’s that time of year! It’s getting warmer, the birds are out, and I swear to myself …
: I love the epic feel of season-long story arcs! But they’re not mutually exclusive with each episode …
: Poker Face, Season 1: this and Star Trek: SNW have made it very obvious how unsatisfying …
: I know they’re completely different-styled shows, but who at Showtime thought that debuting …
: Does anyone know the animator for Apple’s yellow iPhone commercial? (I ask because I get big Bojack …
: The real buzzer beater is if Kentucky can pull this out before Encanto is over
: At this point it would be more efficient for everyone to just send a percentage of my paycheck …
: The Last of Us, Season 1: it’s always nice when shows that give you something to think about are …
: Vale, on the field trip to the National Portrait Gallery this morning: I want to go see the …
: Time to reset the counter on the number of days since a Time Machine backup really saved me
: Oh to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be Let Thy goodness like a fetter Bind …
: I think I could have held onto basketball if Kentucky was better, but alas
: I need to do some further thinking as to why, but the pandemic destroyed my affinity for sports …
: This first four thing is dumb. Just expand the field to 128 and let’s see some real chaos
: Thoughts and prayers with Lydia Tár tonight
: As for what will win tonight: I’m not sure anything can stop Everything Everywhere All At …
: Best picture nominees RANKED: TÁR The Banshees of Inisherin The Fabelmans Avatar Everything …
: The Fabelmans: there’s an artifice of movies that allows for more truth than real life
: The Fabelmans, 2022 there's an artifice of movies that allows for more truth than real life
: Cocaine Bear: not sure anyone will buy that this took place in Georgia when we all know it actually …
: Cocaine Bear, 2023 not sure anyone will buy that this took place in Georgia when we all know it actually took place in …
: 🐻 Still need to see one more 2022 movie before Sunday, but have tickets for tonight to see the …
: “Conversational snow” is equally the best and worst thing
: Re: Women Talking I would like to apologize for wrongly attempting to nudge the proceedings, but …
: Women Talking, 2022 here to take the minutes
: Triangle of Sadness, 2022 wealth is a disease that none of us can escape
: Programming note: due to its recent availability on Hulu, Triangle of Sadness will be tonight’s …
: The Banshees of Inisherin: being human is awesome, but hard (but being a donkey is harder) (also, …
: The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022 being human is awesome, but hard (but being a donkey is harder) (also, the world is a hard place to …
: In related news: movie club this week! On the docket: Tonight: Banshees of Inisherin Tomorrow: The …
: 2023 Best Picture Nominees Ranked TÁR Avatar: The Way of Water Everything Everywhere All at Once Top Gun: Maverick All Quiet …
: Every year the Oscars sneak up on me and I have to knock out like four movies in the last week.
: Current Things: March 2023 Currently Reading Still nothing! But I really need to start Sea of Tranquility! Currently Watching …
: Two weeks with the Ultra convinced me that targeting 18 hours of battery life for the normal watch …
: If you do anything even moderately battery intensive (e.g. sleep tracking, runs longer than five …
: He’s got a funky style and a cool at ti tooooood Horrified to learn that Elvis Costello …
: Turned on my first Cardinals game of 2023 just in time to see Dylan Carlson hit a bases-clearing …
: A Peroni or two (or three) to end a day on the slopes
: Skiing above the clouds this morning
: So nice of the Alps to bring some east coast skiing here for me
: Oh no these rental ski boots are way more comfortable than my boots
: Does anyone know etiquette for using EV chargers at airport parking garages? I feel bad about …
: All of these positive reviews of the new season of Star Trek: Picard make me feel like Lt. Barclay …
: Sad to hear about Tim McCarver’s death today. His announcing was seldom in the box and that …
: The Apple Watch Ultra is at its lowest price ever on Amazon and my wife is not responding to my text …
: I feel bad about it, but I let my Fantastical subscription lapse. I’ve happily paid the past …
: After what happened to their QZ, we’re all Chiefs fans tonight
: 🍻 Heading out for unlimited pizza and beer at a nearby food hall for the Super Bowl!
: I’m not sure this is that controversial, but we really should have more nationally-observed …
: The absolute best part is in the box: going Kathmandu ✈ Moscow via [checks notes] Seoul. Almost as …
: I mean, how am I not supposed to pay $450 to keep adding to the Flighty passport?
: no YOU’RE going back and adding flights you took ten years ago to Flighty
: Every time I do a month’s subscription to Flighty Pro I try to figure out how it would be …
: God, the swagger of this speech
: 🫣 About to nuke and then rebuild my entire HomeKit setup. Not the way I was planning on spending my …
: 🥓 Having some biscuits and gravy with a side of bacon at Tune Inn
: Y’all need more Tár thoughts, so I’m gonna oblige: Power is a lot like that scene in Back to the …
: I’ll be interested to see how the social aspect pans out, but the utility of Artifact is immediately …
: More (Tár) on Tár: I could keep talking about how deep and layered it is, but it’s also so …
: TÁR, 2022 A perfect inversion of subtext to text and how power is inherently fleeting. This is probably the …
: 🎞️ Incredibles 2/Tár double feature
: Moonlight through the skylight
: One thing that’s really been undersold in the reviews of these new HomePods is how much faster …
: Listen, I’m a simple guy: open up some J space, deliver me some HomePods and I’ll be …
: New HomePods just delivered! Everything is coming up Jordon this morning!
: 💺 J saver space opened on Jude and mine’s flight! Julie, Jordon, Vale, and Jude are finally all on the same flight to Geneva! (With two weeks to spare!) 💺 J saver space opened on Jude and mine’s flight! Julie, Jordon, Vale, and Jude are finally all on …
: With Twitter’s announcement this morning, I guess it’s finally the time to figure out …
: 🎰 Just finished the first episode of Poker Face. Wish it wasn’t stuck in Peacockurgatory
: Current Things: February 2023 Currently Reading Nothing! But I really need to start Sea of Tranquility! Currently Watching …
: 🛌 Putting off putting Vale to bed
: The Book of Boba Fett: this was pretty forgettable until the Mandolorian showed up. (that spoiler is …
: Elvis: Pretty. Good. Movie. Shot. In. Totality. In. About. Three. Second. Takes. (Austin Butler was …
: Elvis, 2022 Pretty. Good. Movie. Shot. In. Totality. In. About. Three. Second. Takes. (Austin Butler was …
: This is the first medium-haul award flight I’ve booked on Star (I usually focused on One World, but …
: Now open up J saver space on that IAD-GVA nonstop, you cowards!!
: United finally opened up J saver space on an IAD-LHR flight (and then onto GVA) that I’d been …
: All Quiet On The Western Front (2022): People are gonna say “oh this part, this part shows how …
: All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022 People are gonna say "oh this part, this part shows how pointless it all is". But it's all parts. …
: Example from inside my brain: what if the second analog stick on the pro controller messes up my …
: I’ve legitimately been sitting here for most of the day in deep consideration of how well my …
: No school tomorrow (don’t get me started…), so taking Vale on a day trip to go skiing. …
: Can’t wait to hear how well a stereo pair of the new HomePods play Baby Shark in spatial audio
: It’s an unfair comparison because Barbarian was a near masterpiece, but it showed how both the …
: I’m harping on The Menu because I think it was really close to being great: the pieces were …
: Expanding a bit on my micro review of the menu: this movie feels deeper than it was. We all know …
: The Menu: Horror comedies remain the best way we have of explaining society’s deepest problems …
: The Menu, 2022 Horror comedies remain the best way we have of explaining society’s deepest problems (good, but not …
: I’m bummed about Vox laying off Emily St. James. She’s the single person who’s …
: But “recreating what I’m getting from Twitter” requires introspection that …
: I’ve been using NetNewsWire as a Tweetbot replacement and it’s been a fairly seamless …
: Prepping for my first trip to Europe bringing the kids and googling for every article there is on …
: Why are we calling it Dry January instead of Janudry?
: Those of you that run on nearly empty trails: how do you deal with missing out on the best thing …
: Avatar: the way of water needs a mastodon content warning if you have a family
: Avatar: the way of water: totally dependent on your tolerance of earnest. Happy to report I …
: Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022 Totally dependent on your tolerance of earnest. Happy to report I don't have an entire heart of …
: One of Vale’s friends had a birthday party watching Encanto at an old theater and it was just as …
: With Twitter currently denying access to Tweetbot, I decided to try out the official app. How have …
: She-Hulk, Season 1: Tatiana Maslany continues being the greatest actress that I constantly forget …
: Amsterdam: when you spend the last 15 minutes of the movie explaining what happened in the previous …
: Amsterdam, 2022 When you spend the last 15 minutes of the movie explaining what happened in the previous two hours …
: Mythic Quest, Season 3: even in a down season, the central relationship between Poppy and Ian is one …
: McCarthy better wrap it up at 15. No way that Gaetz goes over 17
: Current Things: January 2023 Currently Reading The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren Currently Watching Andor, Season 1 Mythic Quest, …
: Rick and Morty, Season 6: This show continues to be one of the most innovative and deep pieces of …
: West Side Story (2021): I’m not sure we needed a remake of West Side Story, but it was so well …
: West Side Story, 2021 I'm not sure we needed a remake of West Side Story, but it was so well crafted that I'll allow it
: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, 2022 There may have been more efficient ways of marketing this movie besides burning down Twitter
: 🎸 Off to see TSO with my mother in law. Who rescued who?
: That beautiful sound of nickels. Nickels nickels nickels
: 📮 That time of year where living in a city divided into quadrants with streets based on numbers and …
: Related: music.apple.com/us/album/…
: 🎄 Gearing up for holiday party #4 (of 6). Prayers and donations are welcome and appreciated for my …
: I’m focusing on keeping my heart rate low and my breathing steady rather than trying to run faster… …
: Every week I still feel like I’m getting away with something when the kids are in school all …
: What I’ll be really interested in with the Barbie movie is if it plays well to multiple …
: Related: if you nail the tone, you nail the movie
: Does anyone know if the Barbie trailer can win best picture this year and the Barbie movie win best …
: I’m kind of ashamed to say that I’m going to miss the rush you get from watching …
: stop getting my hopes up Frigid air poised to invade U.S. during Christmas week with possible …
: Someone remind me: does two-hour school delay mean mimosas or bloody marys?
: Great Twitter thread here on, well… Twitter. I was trying to write this yesterday, but I couldn’t …
: Whenever it looked like it was going to snow, we’d skim the last-minute ski house listings at …
: Been putting off joining mastodon.social because someone else had the @Jordon handle. Turns out that …
: Finished reading: Nasty, Brutish, and Short by Scott Hershovitz 📚A tour through all the great …
: Fight club>tunnicliff’s>beuchert’s
: There was an article making the rounds a few weeks ago about how Positano was “the most unpleasant …
: Current Things: December 2022 Currently Reading Nasty, Brutish, and Short by Scott Hershovitz The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren …
: One really nice feature of the Gen 2 AirPods Pro is the versatility to charge via Lightning, Qi, …
: I don’t have them yet (blame Santa!), but I’m excited about the design and …
: Sometimes I have to figure out if the cause of the dopamine rush was checking a box or doing …
: Atlanta, Season 4: I was going to quip was “so there’s this condition, that’s …
: Julie: who are you texting that picture too? Me: oh ya know, my micro.blog friends
: Consider this your annual reminder that Jingle Jangle is the truth
: Julie took the kids to stay with her sister, so had to head downtown to try the new pizza place
: Happy Thanksgiving! I’m grateful for all you turkeys out there on micro.blog and beyond!
: The Patient (Limited Series): The follow up from the showrunners of The Americans is exactly what …
: Currently reading: Nasty, Brutish, and Short by Scott Hershovitz 📚
: Finished reading: Celebrities for Jesus by Katelyn Beaty 📚 While ostensibly about how the pursuit of …
: ✈ Nonstop flights are the best
: Obligatory Savannah ghost tour. This one gave us tools to find the ghosts ourselves!
: At a highly recommend Edgar Allan Poe themed bar in Savannah. Trying to decide between the Black Cat …
: Taking the ferry to the conference this morning
: Flying to a conference for work this week after also flying last week. Sometimes I miss the days of …
: The new Admirals Club at DCA has a taco bar. I may just stay here for the next four days!
: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: can confirm, sufficiently weird
: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, 2022 Can confirm, sufficiently weird
: Elon buys Twitter Elon loses all his money on Twitter Elon loses control of Tesla Teslas get carplay
: 🗽 Happy Veterans Day! I live close enough to the Marine Barracks that I’m currently listening to …
: Hello friends! Today is Election Day in the good ole US of A! I would be grateful for you— yes you!— …
: We honestly could not have asked for better weather for our trip to Kentucky. Warm days perfect for …
: Ending the day with a look at the moon
: This rental house has a Ms. Pac-Man machine and the kids are losing their minds
: Good morning from Lake Barkley, Kentucky
: 🧳 Long weekend off from school, so taking the kids by myself to Kentucky while Julie stays in DC for …
: Babysitter cancelled an hour before we were supposed to leave. Anyone know which Mastodon instance …
: 🌫 Foggy morning the day after a friend’s 40th birthday party is like nature saying “I got your back” …
: Currently reading: Celebrities for Jesus by Katelyn Beaty 📚
: Finished reading: What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill 📚How do you appropriately weigh the …
: The definitive ranking of package deliverers: UPS USPS Honorable mention for sometimes delivering …
: I’ve been playing around with Ulysses as a cross-platform blogging app. Julie wants to write …
: Current Things: November 2022 Currently Reading What We Owe The Future by Will MacAskill Celebrities for Jesus by Katelyn Beaty …
: 🎃 Wrapping up trick ‘r treating
: The biggest part of my personal website that I haven’t quite figured out yet is travel. …
: Slowly but surely whipping my personal website into shape. Love the confluence of things like …
: Barbarian: Horror comedies remain the best way we have of explaining society’s deepest problems
: Barbarian, 2022 Horror comedies remain the best way we have of explaining society’s deepest problems
: The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993 Watched on Friday October 28, 2022.
: These ads with Jon Hamm playing Santa Claus give me hope for the world
: Apologies to our favorite Texas-based founder, but go Phils!!
: Happy Halloween to these skeletons riding flamingos and no one else
: Stage Manager on the iPad doesn’t feel poorly designed, it feels punitively designed. …
: The most frustrating thing about Stage Manager on the iPad is that it’s so useful when you …
: I’ve not seen Barbarian yet so maybe he turns out to be a nice guy, but I wouldn’t stay …
: Barbarian coming to HBO Max the weekend before Halloween is a very fortunate turn of events
: 🏃 I'm very grateful to live three blocks from my kids' schools (i.e. I forgot their water bottles …
: LotR: Rings of Power, Season 1: It took a bit too long to get established, but it really felt like …
: There’s a version of the House of the Dragon that focuses less on these characters as pieces …
: House of the Dragon, Season 1: it was fine as these things go, but I watch this show for little else …
: Season 3 of Tuca and Bertie: The season finale took a big swing and (mostly) missed, but it remains …
: Picked up the new iPad Pro today. Overall pretty happy with the upgrade. It would have been nice to …
: 🏌♂ Text received! Now for my favorite part: running the "Julie Work Pick Up" shortcut!
: ⏳ Waiting for the text to go pick Julie up at work. Living that one-car lifestyle
: Bluey before school today so mom and dad can have some “us” time (i.e. rotate the …
: …and the Apple Watch is the big winner. Thanks for playing. See y’all for 16.2
: It’s time again to play the game of which Apple device shows the update first
: Today we’re all [checks notes]… Phillies fans? [Rechecks notes] Phillies fans!
: 🌌 Heading to check out the new wing of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum!
: Any volunteers to come keep my kids while I go see the new Martin McDonagh movie?
: It sucks as a Cardinals fan to go out in the first round, but man it’s gotta be worse for these Nats …
: Another fun Peru story: Jen Gentleman (who’s on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft) was …
: Backstory of that fedora on my previous profile picture: I really wanted an “Indiana Jones …
: Retiring a Profile Picture Ten years ago* my friend, Emily, and I hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and she took what is …
: I’m into the number “fucks” that Taylor throws out in Midnights
: I’d never heard of Zuckerberg describing Twitter as a “clown car that fell into a gold …
: A good motivator for a run: leave 30 minutes before the (probable) iPad announcement
: 👨🍳 Too tired to cook so heading to the food hall to pick up pizza (for me) and noodles (for Julie) …
: Update: the kids did indeed sleep
: Men, 2022 It's not subtle, but there's nothing subtle about the subject matter. Always love how there's (at …
: How great would a Mariners/Guardians and Padres/Phils LCS be?
: Little League then a birthday party and then park all afternoon. These kids are sleeping tonight
: 😴 Little League then a birthday party and then park all afternoon. These kids are sleeping tonight
: My neighborhood feels so much like a small town that when I do venture out to some place like …
: 🤧 0/10 cannot recommend having a sick kid
: 🧺 Work work work before picnic picnic picnic
: Currently reading: What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill 📚
: Confess, Fletch, 2022 There's such a huge comedy-shaped hole in recent mainstream movie releases; it's so nice to laugh at …
: It’s always funny to me when I go out to the suburbs that every service requires …
: Currently reading: The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren 📚I’ve been meaning to start this series forever, …
: That being said, I’m not an AppleTV+ Friday Night Baseball hater, but I’m a little bummed that …
: It’s funny how we measure our lives against things like professional sports. Albert Pujols hitting …
: I’m in that very annoying in-between time when you’re like five days away from a book …
: I can’t be the only person who just obsessively cleaned their old AirPods Pro, right?
: Yes, please Apple TV+ lands Vince Gilligan’s new TV project with two season order, starring Rhea …
: Finished reading: Bookish People by Susan Coll 📚Such a fun and clever book that’s way outside what I …
: Vale asked about the plot of E.T. today and I barely made it to Reese’s Pieces before crying
: Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022 No one understand like George Miller that it’s the wrinkles that make the stories
: Three Thousand Years of Longing: no one understands like George Miller that it’s the wrinkles that …
: One last iPhone 13 Pro selfie
: My kingdom for the Twelve South HiRise 3, but with 15w MagSafe and 5w Apple Watch charging
: There’s always (at least) one thing I take away from Austin Mann’s iPhone reviews and this year’s is …
: It’s a happy coincidence, but a lot of what we have planned this weekend is p-e-r-fect for testing …
: The Up Next queue on the Apple TV app really is an underrated wonder. I love placing everything I …
: This is absolutely wish casting, but I’m hoping the delay of live activities for third-party …
: Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022 One of those movies where you’re on board or you’re not. I like my movies like that
: Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 My mom taped me to a chair because of raccoons
: My mom taped me to a chair because of raccoons
: Has anything good ever come from an email with the subject line “Bathrooms”?
: The “Far Out” tagline for the apple event is probably referring to the astral photography feature …
: Hope everyone is ready for that cardinals’ devil magic
: No Thursday is complete without an IAD-BWI flight
: Currently reading: Bookish People by Susan Coll 📚
: Finished reading: Doing Good Better by William MacAskill 📚 I’m sure this book was fairly …
: If you start with the premise that republicans are crooked, but democrats are dumb, there’s …
: Hello from 30K feet where Jude wouldn’t take his nap and the very generous people next to us played …
: My next three flights are leaving out of three different airports. Underrated benefit of living in …
: I’d been dabbling in Raycast, but v5 of Alfred quickly stopped that. Alfred’s new …
: The Northman, 2022 Watched on Sunday August 14, 2022.
: “Hey Siri, Play Roar by Cyndi Lauper” A+ for effort, Vale
: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022 Watched on Saturday August 6, 2022.
: Always nice to beat the yanks and always nice to be on the right side of the story
: Currently reading: Doing Good Better by William MacAskill 📚
: Finally reaching the point where the older kid needs her own iPad, which means younger kid gets one …
: Jude watching the game from (behind) the best seats
: Honestly, I think my biggest hang up with photo sharing is that pretty much every photo I take …
: I’ve posted a few photos to Glass over the past week or so. I’m really liking …
: Nope, 2022 There's a lot here that I've been unable to get out of my head even three days later, but there's …
: Man, I’ve missed walking out of movies listening to people talking about movies
: Now for the sober talk: does this make it less likely that the GOP helps pass contraceptives and …
: Perhaps the funniest thing is how pissy the GOP got: voting against a [checks notes] VETERANS HEALTH …
: McConnell says Senate GOP won’t vote for CHIPS+ if Dems do climate+corp tax hike …
: I’ll be honest: it’s nice to see the Democrats using some of the GOP’s dirty …
: Shout out to the car that just drove by blasting Snow (Hey Oh)
: Last Night in Soho, 2021 Watched on Saturday July 23, 2022.
: The Last Duel, 2021 Watched on Sunday July 10, 2022.
: 11 Days and 36 Hours For a over a week, Julie and I were without the kids. It was a bizarre-o turn into a world where we …
: Always sit on the left side of the plane when flying into DCA
: Fireworks from the National Mall
: We don’t have to deny or overlook pieces of our past in order to celebrate today. Even in a …
: The final part of that chorus goes: We are more than the sum of our parts All these broken bones and …
: There’s a song called “We Americans” off the Avett Brothers latest album that I …
: It’s shameful it’s taken us this long to go to Crazy Aunt Helen’s for brunch
: LeveL: a small plates lounge.
: It also was 100% the right decision to stay home. I originally booked a solo trip to Helsinki for …
: We’re also very lucky that the kids do well away from us for this long. It’s been fun without them, …
: We’re very lucky that my parents can (and want to!) take the kids for these ten days. It’s been nice …
: Jurassic World Dominion, 2022 Watched on Tuesday June 28, 2022.
: Night 3 sans kiddos and we’re already back to the old ways of hopping on a bike and finding pizza!
: I’ve gotten older and more careful. Which are good things. Except for when they’re not.
: I wish I could get back to writing like I was back then. Dumb tweets about Santa not coming until …
: Just spent a considerable amount of time going down the rabbit hole of all the tweets I imported to …
: Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 Watched on Monday June 27, 2022.
: Top Gun, 1986 Watched on Saturday June 25, 2022.
: Here, we have the halcyon period during which nothing is too good for you and you must be saved and …
: Living up to it’s tagline, The Onion is at it again
: I’m not sure SCOTUS has ever been above politics, but they’re saying the quiet part out …
: You’re going to hear this from much smarter and more cogent people than me, but the lack of …
: You should read the whole thing, but @gruber’s highlights of the dissenting opinion on Dobbs …
: I liked obi wan well enough, but man, does it have zero idea how to do stakes. It feels like the …
: Tell me the kids are staying with their grandparents next week without telling me the kids are …
: Find it a bit hard to believe the prompt going around on Twitter this weekend that the average …
: Glad to see my down-the-street neighbor having my back despite the fact that I couldn’t quiet …
: Not everyday can be a G-man day. But today is and that makes it a good day. Mangialardo’s
: Hour delay has turned into five. Attempts to pace were futile
: Hour delay + Old Forrester is complimentary bourbon at Sky Club= first post-pandemic test of pacing …
: Not a bad view from the top of 700 Penn
: Apologies for all the random posts about sandwiches today! I’ve been trying to figure out Own …
: Stage Manager sure does look like it’d be useful with another portable product that doesn’t run …
: My WWDC wishlist: Apple retcons my decision for the iPad to be my mobile computer as a good one My …
: The Batman, 2022 I'm more writing this review as a test of what this looks like the RSS feed. But I did like this …
: What’s helped me wrap my head around Apple’s AR/VR product is the idea of it as Mac …
: I’ve also been relistening to Lorde’s Solar Power and while it didn’t catch me immediately, somehow …
: I’m not sure what kicked this off, but I’ve been using the past few days to catch up on some albums …
: Vale came home from school the other day excited about her first earthquake drill. “We got to …
: Missed yesterday’s wordle, does this mean I should get a new computer to restart my streak? y/n?
: It will never not be funny when my pastors sign their emails with a ‘+’ at the end of their names …
: The French Dispatch, 2021 Watched on Saturday May 14, 2022.
: I’m literally the most average Wordle player there is (I’ve been playing everyday, but play from my …
: Ghostbusters: Afterlife, 2021 Watched on Saturday May 7, 2022.
: The Many Saints of Newark, 2021 Watched on Saturday April 23, 2022.
: A Modest Proposal Waiting for a Covid vaccine for your under-5 kid? It may take a bit longer.
: The Worst Person in the World, 2021 Watched on Saturday April 16, 2022.
: Licorice Pizza, 2021 Watched on Saturday April 2, 2022.
: Weird issue with the MLB app on the AppleTV 4K: If you’re using a HomePod as the audio source, …
: What a night. [Non-Oscars Edition] I absolutely was not emotionally ready for the Cardinals to sign …
: What a night. [Oscars Edition] I watched Apple win on my AppleTV and listened to the sound through a …
: The Power of the Dog, 2021 Watched on Friday March 25, 2022.
: I struggle with knowing what to and not to write about. I far too often err on the side of not …
: Forever I’ve had a project in Things titled “Blogging Strategy” that’s had …
: Have we settled on whether we’re calling them todos or To-Dos?
: King Richard, 2021 Watched on Saturday March 19, 2022.
: Nightmare Alley, 2021 Watched on Saturday March 5, 2022.
: The King's Man, 2021 Watched on Saturday February 19, 2022.
: CODA, 2021 Watched on Saturday February 12, 2022.
: Bang up job on this one everybody. Real team effort to screw up the messaging this bad. (To be …
: Eternals, 2021 Watched on Saturday February 5, 2022.
: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, 2021 Watched on Saturday January 29, 2022.
: thank god encanto is a good movie
: I can’t believe y’all didn’t tell me that season 3 of bluey was out
: Don't Look Up, 2021 Watched on Saturday January 22, 2022.
: Encanto, 2021 Watched on Saturday January 1, 2022.
: The Matrix Resurrections, 2021 Watched on Friday December 31, 2021.
: Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 Watched on Sunday December 26, 2021.
: i’m going to three five-year old birthday parties in the next week AMA
: Luca, 2021 Watched on Thursday November 25, 2021.
: No Time to Die, 2021 Watched on Saturday November 13, 2021.
: Ooohhh 20 minute wait at the dabney
: I’m guessing the Braves would be open to continue trading broken legs for World Series wins
: Dune, 2021 Watched on Saturday October 23, 2021.
: Going to Sam’s Club, want me to pick you up anything?
: Y’all better be careful complaining about that MacBook Pro notch or Apple is going to make the whole …
: The whole country is counting on the Atlanta Braves to save us. What could go wrong?
: Black Widow, 2021 Watched on Saturday October 16, 2021.
: I forgot how laugh out loud funny Succession is
: I think what’s tripping me up the most about iPadOS 15/new macOS Safari tabs is the change in …
: Supervising the solar panel installation
: Contagion, 2011 Watched on Sunday September 12, 2021.
: Cruella, 2021 Watched on Saturday September 11, 2021.
: The Suicide Squad, 2021 Watched on Saturday September 4, 2021.
: “Darkness plays funny games. That’s why you keep the fire going all night” As Hikers Vanish, These …
: Who’s ready to play guess which movie Vale watched at summer camp based solely on the …
: A Quiet Place Part II, 2020 Watched on Saturday July 31, 2021.
: No Sudden Move, 2021 Watched on Saturday July 17, 2021.
: In the Heights, 2021 Watched on Monday July 5, 2021.
: Sleeping Beauty, 1959 Watched on Saturday June 19, 2021.
: Raya and the Last Dragon, 2021 Watched on Saturday June 12, 2021.
: Saint Maud, 2019 Watched on Saturday June 5, 2021.
: Sound of Metal, 2019 Watched on Saturday April 24, 2021.
: Minari, 2020 Watched on Thursday April 22, 2021.
: There goes any thought I had about getting a new iPad Apple’s new 12.9-inch iPad Pro won’t work with …
: Still may not happen, but what’s more telling that they’re considering letting iPads run macOS? That …
: The Father, 2020 Watched on Sunday April 18, 2021.
: Mank, 2020 Watched on Thursday April 15, 2021.
: Promising Young Woman, 2020 Watched on Saturday April 10, 2021.
: The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020 Watched on Thursday April 8, 2021.
: Such a great tribute (and I use the word tribute in the Hunger Games sense) to DCA’s Gate 35X. …
: Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021 Watched on Monday April 5, 2021.
: Nomadland, 2020 Watched on Saturday March 27, 2021.
: It’s just nice to know that there’s a zero percent chance that getting this ship unstuck …
: Was this reminder (set in April 2020!) too optimistic or spot on?
: “Hey Siri, intercom the playroom…” “Shuffling your music in the playroom” “I’m sorry, I’m having …
: Today we’ve poured half a salt shaker and 1/4 pepper shaker into a bowl, made face-down snow angels, …
: Vale and Jude are here for it
: Good morning from Capitol Hill, everyone! Spotted a helicopter over the house this morning, thought …
: Hey folks, getting a lot of texts, so just want to let everyone know that while we obviously live …
: My kingdom to be able to choose pictures to stay downloaded to my phone and iPad
: Hi friends! Vale and I went for a walk to get some tomatoes (berries) and lettuce (leaves) for the …
: How I'm watching the election What do I know about elections? Not as much as I’d like! But I needed a cheat sheet for watching, so …
: On the heels of that DoD study from yesterday stating that aircraft ventilation systems are not …
: Also me, still a dummy: you know what I need to do five days before the election? Follow Trump on …
: You, an intelligent person: let’s watch Ted Lasso the week before the election Me, a dummy: …
: This is the third day in a row it’s felt like Friday
: Can’t wait until— ya know— I can actually use this Apple Pay With Express Transit Mode Goes Live for …
: Folks that use the Siri watch face (there are dozens of us! Dozens!) and using smart stacks on the …
: Y’all need to cool it with the paw patrol talk before my two year old realizes it’s something more …
: What the Apple Music algorithm really needs is an “ignore kids music” toggle
: Just got a push notification that my coffee cup has a firmware update. How’s y’alls day …
: Perfect analogy (and some may say the same goes for the very publication that published this in the …
: Orson Welles Marathon Touch of Evil The Lady from Shanghai Citizen Kane The Magnificent Ambersons Othello Mr. …
: Great callback in Rise of Skywalker that I missed the first time: Ben/Kylo: …
: We keep hearing rumors about this upcoming iMac redesign (which I very very much want), but I just …
: Happy Fourth! I’m thankful not that I live in a country that has it all figured out (spoiler: …
: I’m probably imagining this, but it seems like Haptic Touch in HEY is just a tick quicker than …
: I’ve not had time to dig into much of the WWDC announcements, but one thing that strikes me as …
: Hey, at least I brought my DSLR to the hospital for this birth
: Anyone else notice Face ID working almost all the time while wearing a mask?
: Welcome Jude Bayless Wadlington! Mom and baby are doing great!
: Colin Powell says he’s voting for Biden. Other top Republicans may soon follow. Former GOP leaders …
: Alexandra Petri is the best. Trump explains his favorite Bible stories
: Yes! Now go watch Season 1! ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Animated Series Revived at Adult Swim for Season 2
: I have to imagine the reason is that something is happening with iPadOS 14, but why on earth did …
: Ten minutes after being available to purchase, the new iPad Magic Keyboards have already slipped 10 …
: I’ve been thinking a lot about how tracking person-to-person proximity is probably going to be …
: Nice article on my neighborhood in the Post this afternoon: Amid development, Capitol Hill keeps up …
: One hour of playing Animal Crossing on the Switch leads to two hours of playing Animal Crossing in …
: How great would it be if this summer Apple announced that the only new feature is that all current …
: I’m sure most of you have read the Washington Post article on our political and institutional …
: So it’s my first Lent as an Episcopalian, which means learning the whole ropes of this 40 days …
: So, I just deleted all my tweets. Not out of some moral stance on social media (though, I did delete …
: Podcasts are “baseball” and that’s what we listen to on the way to school if …
: wow that all state commercial was a deep cut 30 rock joke
: Number of years I’ve been in DC: 8.5 Number of years Vale has been in DC: 2.5 Number of …
: Selfie with 10% of the passengers on the midnight Chicago to DC flight
: honestly had no idea that joss whedon and joel cohen had writing credits on the original toy story
: My kingdom to be able to select specific photos to always stay downloaded to my iPad
: (In all seriousness, there’s few movies that are in the Christmas spirit better than …
: A few days late, but finally getting to our annual Christmas viewing of Tangerine!!
: Wishing you the Pappiest of Christmases from our family to yours
: This is such great news. A far cry from a few years ago when WMATA piloted an Apple Pay program and …
: How’s everyone’s day going so far? We’re having a birthday party for bacon
: this ruby tuesday’s music selection is a dmb run away from being described as …
: Big rain and freeze coming today in KY, so had to spend yesterday making sure all the leaves were …
: Fun day in KY. Fall is indisputably the best time to be here
: Spending the long weekend in Kentucky before heading down to San Antonio and Austin for the week. …
: our long national nightmare is over tvOS 13.3 adds setting to put back the Up Next queue on the …
: Hello Kentucky friends! Word has it that you have an election today. If I still lived in Kentucky, I …
: From the (brand-spankin' new) family blog, @mcwads: 538
: It’s pretty evident that in low light conditions 1x>2x>.5x on the iPhone 11 Pro, but …
: Few pictures from last night’s Black Keys concert at the Anthem. These are straight (not retouched) …
: It’s been three years since the Cardinals were in the playoffs and after that game it might take me …
: I have a Sony RX100 sitting in my Amazon cart. This was finally the year that I was going to pull …
: Ultra wide struggles a bit with dynamic range
: Able to get (most) of the Carnegie Library store in the frame without the pano shot this time
: Dimly lit metro stations are showing up great
: Light is pretty harsh this time of day, but I can already tell that smart HDR is way better than on …
: Heading back to the Apple Store to pick up the new watch (and see if they have a clear case for …
: For what it’s worth: the titanium Series 5 almost exactly matches the brushed metal on the …
: 10:45am at Apple Carnegie Library. Trying to make the decision between the Stainless Steel and …
: Ugh there was literally only one feature– ONE— that was going to get me to upgrade my …
: Oooh yeah, Sean Baker! Loved the Florida Project and Tangerine is a must-watch Christmas movie every …
: I’ve admittedly been out of the loop for the past few weeks, but it appears that …
: tfw you gotta finish that business deal, but it’s almost lunch
: Neat article on four of DC’s oldest liquor stores, including my neighborhood store: …
: Y’all gotta go to Joshua Tree
: Morning drive through the desert
: Seeing my first dust devil in the Mojave desert
: Lady in Trader Joe’s/my hero: why is everything meatless? I just want normal meat-filled stuff
: Just an absolutely incredible show on the National mall honoring the Apollo 11 moon landing. …
: That article also contains one of my favorite stories about how Hamilton’s daughter, Lauren, found a …
: Google’s tribute to Margaret Hamilton– the woman who developed the software for the …
: In the off chance that you (like me) are an otherwise reasonable person, but are considering putting …
: Great story in the Post today about how a top-secret weather forecast likely saved the lives of the …
: I hope y’all are ready for a week straight of Saturn V pictures
: Saw Spider-Man last night. Also saw no fewer than five people take multiple during-movie selfies.
: Spending the morning sitting in an above ground pool per Florida regulation
: Julie got dressed in DC. I got dressed in South Carolina. But somehow we both ended up in Florida …
: These annual building museum exhibits are always some of my favorite of the year
: At the National Building Museum’s annual exhibit. This year, it’s the…
: iPad Pro running the first iPad OS 13 public beta is now permanently stuck on micro.blog. Hardware …
: Disco ball sparkle dress on the way to see Lady Gaga!
: My last refuge in Vegas for 3:2 payouts on blackjacks at $10 tables– New York, New York– …
: Hard to believe these photos came through the same window
: …just when I was thinking about buying an iPad with LTE…
: Reading these System experience preview features makes it sound a lot like 3D touch is going away
: The biggest tell of how poorly HomePod has sold is the pitiful amount of cheers for multi-user …
: Apple is doing a pretty good job of convincing me to never organize photos again
: How many times have the iPad and Mac gone last in a keynote?
: Y’all laugh at the seasonal nature of Apple Watch bands, but Julie and I have least one conversation …
: I genuinely love the graphic style of this year’s WWDC and how it’s being used in the keynote
: Oh man, that iPadOS rumor. Yes, please. That.
: It’s still an hour before the WWDC keynote (and thus all our wishes will still come true). Mine …
: I finally made it down to the Carnegie Library Apple Store this afternoon. Such a great renovation. …
: Putting everything we saw in the GoT finale that happened before the council meeting in the previous …
: Game Thrones (or How a Missing Second Act is Causing Problems) I’ve not read the Song of Fire and Ice books, but I’ve seen a lot of TV and movies, so I …
: “Eat some French fries, then you can have more green beans” is not high on the list of …
: Bonus series finale tie in: I wonder what the You’re the Worst and Veep finales would have …
: One last Veep thought: Jonah-as-Trump may feel a bit obvious, but Jonah isn’t written to …
: I hope everyone is enjoying my slide into only writing about series' finales! Let's not mince words …
: Sad to have missed the Carnegie Library Apple Store opening this morning, but I’ll try and get there …
: Calzone delivery guy: have you all been on vacation? I haven’t seen you in a while Me:
: Quite a baseball sky tonight
: At the Capitol this morning with my mom and dad to meet with one of their former students– Rep …
: Not sure I’m going to be beating this Stand goal anytime soon
: One of the exhibitions at the War Memorial Museuem was a collection of photographs of the war called …
: Splurging on our hotel at our second-to-last stop, Hoi An
: Some of these cave swimming pictures are the things of nightmares (you’re welcome for posting)
: At Phong Nha National Park: hiking through the jungle, over the rocks, and into a crevice, to get to …
: Y’all, we did it! We successfully avoided peak pollen season in DC by being 8500 miles away …
: Also, it’s movie night at the Farmstay, so we’ve set up a screen, moved in the …
: seeing the notification of my last message, Julie says: “I wouldn’t say shouldn’t …
: Pictures to come, but can confirm that the types of active excursions I easily did in my 20s, I …
: Out of the city and into the country. Phong Nha Farmstay for the next few days
: Morning cruise on Ha Long Bay
: I’ve got lots of good Ha Long Bay pictures to post, but we got to talking with a group of …
: Letting the Post say it for me this time
: Have to fight the urge not to stop every five minutes and take pictures. Hard to imagine more …
: Xin chao from Vietnam! Leaving Hanoi this morning for the trek up to Ha Long Bay
: Forgot to mention it earlier, but in case y’all were wondering, Cambodia is hot too
: y’all our plane has propellers
: I’m not sure this counts as food, but here we are
: Finding all the Thai street food
: Wat Arun from the Chao Phraya River
: It’s my fourth time here and I’m still as impressed as the first time I set foot in …
: Our seats for the next 18 hours and 45 minutes on the longest commercial flight in the world: Newark …
: If this story from the Verge is accurate and Amazon truly only paid $97 million for Eero, it’s even …
: It was only five short years ago when FX debuted Married. I didn’t watch a single episode. I …
: I’d love to know why Apple is pre-announcing more and more hardware. AirPower is part of this, …
: Here’s a great article with lots of spoilers for everything up to the finale of Crazy …
: Hot take on Dropbox limiting the free tier to three devices: I get they need to better monetize …
: C’mon Dropbox, that’s a lot of pressure on Apple to implement feature parity on iCloud …
: Ooooh our Singapore to Bangkok aircraft was just switched to a 787. First trip on a Dreamliner and …
: Fingers crossed that the new 12.1.2 AppleTV update fixes my Up Next queue trying to play from …
: Getting a new Mac is a different kind of feeling. Phones, watches, and iPads are fun because so much …
: Nothing like getting a new Mac
: M. Night Shyamalan after finishing the first draft of Glass: “Nailed it!”
: Baby Vale requests that if the government shut down is going to last much longer, that we at least …
: That Hitchcock and Scully origin episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the exact amount of weird I …
: Remember the days when I would plan trips eight months out? We arrive in Bangkok three months from …
: Part of me also thinks that the iMac may be the first Mac to get an Apple-designed chip. But I could …
: Really the main hesitation on buying the new Mac mini was the potential for Face ID in the next …
: This new Mac Mini is also somewhat of an indictment of photo editing on the iPad Pro. iPad editing …
: Alright. Ordered a new Mac Mini (3.2GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD). Editing photos on my 2015 MacBook …
: Also, I just spared you all a ‘mind-‘bogle’ing’ pun, so you’re welcome
: It’s the nichest of niches, but it’s surprising to me that John Bogle’s passing didn’t …
: Hey Siri, what are some sick burns I can say to my dog
: Early bird does not get the scooter
: Two beers and then walk the aisles on the Acela train. Try it
: …and here’s that travel cable strategy in all its glory
: Oh ya know, just spent the morning trying to come up with a new travel charging cable strategy, as …
: Of course, Baby Vale asked that why— as residents of Washington DC— we have no federal …
: 2016 Films I've Seen Hail, Caesar! Deadpool The Witch Zootopia 10 Cloverfield Lane Midnight Special The …
: 2015 Films I've Seen Jupiter Ascending Kingsman: The Secret Service It Follows Unfriended Ex Machina Maggie …
: Favorite Films of 2013 Yeah, I'm a year late on this. Her Short Term 12 Gravity 12 Years a Slave The World's End …
: 2014 Films I've Seen The Lego Movie The Monuments Men The Grand Budapest Hotel Captain America: The Winter Soldier …
: 2013 Films I've Seen Mama Warm Bodies Side Effects Oz the Great and Powerful Oblivion Mud Olympus Has Fallen …
: 2012 Films I've Seen The Hunger Games The Cabin in the Woods Jeff, Who Lives at Home Chronicle 21 Jump Street …
: Favorite Films of 2011 Apologies to: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 50/50, Contagion, Super 8, Source Code, War Horse …
: Please Ridicule Me Until I See These I need your general denigration until I see this list of movies. Feel free to add comments about how …
: 2011 Films I've Seen Films I've seen that debuted in 2011 Take Shelter Cedar Rapids Martha Marcy May Marlene War …
: Favorites of 2010 I had trouble narrowing it down to ten, so I did twenty. This is not a list of the "best" films of …