Connect the dots.

Two incomplete concrete bridge sections extending toward each other with construction scaffolding, separated by a gap, behind a chain-link fence.

Sunshine and Rainbows”, Mazie’s first drawing on Nifty.Ink! I’ve been cajoling her a bit that I think she would find it fun to try, and indeed she did. Within a couple of hours she even sold one!

Two white cartoon bunnies in a sunny flower garden with colorful birds in the sky and a red heart between them.

Turning Red was a good afternoon movie on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon. I liked the depth of the story, and that the plot is primarily driven through the women in the story. 🍿

Disney Pixar Turning Red movie poster featuring a giant red panda hugging three animated kids on a cork bulletin board

Tyler did the MEL Science “Tin Hedgehog” project this morning. It was great to see him learning and having fun with it. I had fun too.🧑‍🔬

Open glass vial with screw cap lying on a paper towel next to a small spiky clump of crystallized tin metalSpiky ball of crystallized tin needles viewed through a magnifying glass lens, resting on a white textured surface

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was a really fun movie. The Nicholas Cage playing himself the movie constantly fluxes in this meta between the movie and the story of the movie. It reminded me a little of Being John Malkovich. 🍿

Movie poster for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, and Tiffany Haddish

I got my invite code to the Coinbase NFT beta today. I setup my profile and it all worked really easy. The social aspects of commenting on NFT’s and following users is interesting. You should be able to follow Collections too.

CODA was a powerful movie, great story, great acting. Delightful to watch.

Movie poster for CODA, an Apple Original Film, showing four people seated on a pickup truck tailgate near a harbor lighthouse.

All the chatter about Musk buying Twitter and taking it private misses an important point: Twitter failed as a public company.

Far too cold 🥶 and blustery 💨 for a softball doubleheader! 🥎

Person bundled in blankets and winter hat sitting alone in aluminum bleachers beside a chain-link backstop at a cold overcast softball game.

We had a big exterior project done this fall that finished in the winter. With the snow gone, I offered the kids a bounty to find nails in the yard. They decided to donate the bounty to charity. Proud parent moment.

Pile of rusty nails and screws scattered on weathered wooden boards in black and white