I’m sliding the moment I’ve gained a yard because the money the safety lights me up I will die on the field.

I think where I’m starting to land, with my experienced pre and post coding agents: 1. This is true, coding agents make you more productive if you know how to use them. 2. MBAs hoping coding agents will replace coders wholesale are going to be very disappointed with the results if they try.

BALL DON’T LIE

Same energy

Trying to get my friend who isn’t a college football fan per se into the Illinois-Northwestern rivalry with reasons to hate Northwestern. Great timing on the eve of the game to give me this.

When I was hit by a car in a crosswalk, it was closer to #3. Except he wasn’t hurrying per se; just totally unaware on a rainy night.

I’m late to this party and not really into journalist interpersonal drama, so let’s just say the first 95% I was wondering why I was wasting my time. Then I got to the end…

Some friends of mine went to Russia for the World Cup when it was hosted there. They relaxed entry requirements for the World Cup and tl;dr were literally more welcoming to tourists then we are going to be.

Me, to wife looking in cabinet while I’m making shopping list: “I’m pretty sure we have basmati rice, right?” Wife: “WE HAVE FIVE SMALL BAGS, WE DON’T NEED MORE!!!” Me: “I mean I figured but-“ Wife: “Oh I take it back one of these is Jasmine Rice.”

“Wow Yoshinobu Yamamoto won 3 games in the World Series!” “Look at Mr Constency, winning games 1, 4, and 7 clearly.” “Ummm….”

This is a Yoshinobu Yamamoto skeet

My wife just now: “How many innings do you think this goes?” Me: “Ehh probably Freeman just gonna mash one and end it.” What I’m saying internet is you’re welcome.

And here comes the rain for the second half of Illinois-Washington…

The Kreutz dropped pick six feels like it may be the difference. Not comfortable with our only stop being from a dropped pass.

In deep cover in enemy territory!

Longtime Seattle Mariners fandom makes one hardened against any pain.

GENOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Nothing can stop Jorge Polanco

Seattle right now

Checks in on the baseball

All I ask as a Mariners fan is to let me suffer like this through at least one 7 game series, also.

Longtime Seattle Mariners fandom makes one hardened against any pain.

OBEY

OBEY

W

The 2025 Illinois football experience:

Love when a cornerback jumps a route instead of playing their assignment. I-L-L

Walked into a Starbucks this morning ugly laughing like an idiot because I was listening to the Disney segment of this podcast episode. Thank God the staff there knows me and wanted details instead of asking me politely but firmly to leave 😅

Seeing that land bridge I keep thinking about the allied video guide to transiting through East Germany to Berlin, and what such a land corridor would be like if this happened.

When your primary care just got a stock of new COVID vaccines

My son now communicates like a Tamarian. Move over “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra” - here comes “Tommy Green Fire Alarm, Black Car”

How many turnovers did Duke have against Illinois today?

Illinois’ run game in the final drive.

That’s my coach, right there.

Illinois Football 2025: The torment of expectations.

As soon as I saw what the CDC was up to under RFK, thought something like this had to be coming. Proud of my coast for getting this done.

The exact episode scenario just happened in the Clemson LSU game of a 5 man rush, QB stepped up in the pocket, and threw a pick. I reflexively said “that was a bad throw” and now I don’t know what my alignment is…

I stand by it, great teams taunt. Talking trash like this when your team won 2 games the year before and then backing it up, you have to respect it.

Milo from earlier today, being very normal.

A return to home cooking normalcy with a newborn - made some Filipino Sinangag with Spam since I still had leftover rice and leftover spam after yesterday.

I’m just saying, if you don’t incorporate spam fried rice into your meals from time to time you really are missing out.

You want to click this button to get mass mail spam out of your inbox and keep only the newsletters you want to receive. It's hella useful.

Breakfast with a toddler: “Here’s breakfast!” “NOOOOO NO NO NO” “You don’t want breakfast?” “NOOOO ALL DONE NOOO” “Do you want berries?” “NOOOOO” “Do you want waffle?” “ALL DONE NOOOO” “What do you want?” “ALL DONE” “What do you want after all done?” *doesn’t answer, eating waffles and berries*

My 2 year old is all in his feelings processing having a new baby sister in the house today. The solution? Google Image Search of “Bus” and he’s excitedly scrolling, pointing at each one, and yelling “BUS!” God bless large vehicles. They’re basically toddler therapy.

Ideal Burger Variation 1: Potato Bun, Two 2-3oz Chuck Patties Smashed, Two Slices American Cheese, Mustard, Raw White Onion, Pickles Ideal Burger Variation 2: Brioche Bun, 10oz Fresh Ground Ribeye (cooked medium), Two Slices American Cheese, 1 Caramelized Onion (per burger, only condiment)

Farthest I’ve been (using latitude and longitude, not distance from home): N: Glymur, Iceland S: Buenos Aires, Argentina W: Anchorage, AK E: Sydney, Australia

This is getting out of hand! Now, there are two of them!

Power move: Logging off a meeting with “NTD having baby”