“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
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“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
Oof, someone just slipped a 4–5 p.m. meeting on my calendar for today. Don't they know it's Friday?
Two dogs sniffing grass
Two chihuahuas climbing concrete stairs
Two dogs on leashes in the shade
I’ve missed our neighborhood patrol walks. Feels good to be back on the beat.
Black suitcase with blue paint on it.
People have been giving Southwest a lot of grief lately about all the changes they’ve made, but I appreciate all the little bonus services they still offer — like free paint for your luggage.
I've witnessed multiple pairs of birds in our neighborhood engaged in...uh, "amorous endeavors" today, so I guess spring has sprung.
2028 LA Olympics organizers gotta be sweating buckets at this point.
In theory, Southwest’s new boarding process is great. It’s basically the same as every other airline now.
In practice, however, it’s a flaming clusterfuck. I don’t understand why, but it is.
A dog laying on its back.
My parents’ dog is not concerned about the tornado watch.
Fire truck
Nothing like starting a long day with a (fortunately false) hotel fire alarm.
This score holds and it will go down as the greatest Mario Day of all-time.
For at least one night, Italy is better at baseball than America. Who would have thought?
Laundry machines
Going home with a suitcase full of clean clothes somehow feels better, so here I am on a Tuesday night.
Frame #3100 from S03 -E24 - Grand Finale - Part 1-628425
I know the world is on fire but this subplot is incredible
My favorite feature of this hotel room.
Toad in grass
Found this guy hiding in the back yard
Screenshot of a ticket purchase screen
To guy trying sell six tickets for the Sunday morning Great Britain-Italy WBC game for $11,000 apiece: I don’t think that’s going to pan out for you, bud.
Bonus squirrel content 🐿️
Warning: Incoming squirrel content.
Finally got in online to purchase tickets for Metallica at the Sphere....third-level seats in the corner are $1000 each.
Screw you, Metallica. Screw you, Ticketmaster. Screw you, capitalism and the world in general.
It’s amazing how quickly the Texan in me re-emerges when I go back. Less than 24 hours here and I’m already waiving at other drivers, calling everyone “ma’am”, and talking with a slight drawl.
Refrigerator interior with three yogurt cups and two larger plastic bottles
Bought yogurt. Forgot I don’t have a spoon in my hotel room. 🤦
As usual, Houston is warm and sticky.
Life moves so fast. Take a breath and slow things down, like a group of people walking five abreast at the airport.
Jason Benetti getting the NBC Sunday night baseball job is great news. Their broadcast is already better than what ESPN has been doing for the past few years.
Ah…$15 for a basic bagel and a bottle of water. Never change, airports.
Blurry streaks of multicolored light
This was my first attempt to take that picture.
Dark interior of a Waymo
4 a.m. and on my way to the airport once again.
Small black chihuahua
Small black chihuahua, two years older
Two years since we adopted this scrawny little pup with bald ears and a “broken” leg she refused to use. What a difference 24 months make.