Progress.

Aged like fine wine.

Baseball: the greatest sport.

I hope this game goes for 1000 innings

Happy Reformation Day!

If true—always important to note these things are often unconfirmed and not infrequently disproven later—this kind of thing is the fuel that should give future administrations uninterrupted energy to prosecute ICE agents ex post facto.

Reading @philipchristman.bsky.social’s new book in its natural habitat.

The downside of every fun trend is that screenshots of photo libraries reveal a lot more information than is apparent. This can be a privacy and security risk.

Still astonished sometimes by how lovely my wife is and how she goes places with me (willingly!).

@gruber.foo I am here to confirm your suspicions that a premium-priced iPhone mini would have a market. If Apple announced tomorrow a Vision Pro-priced iPhone 17 mini, instant buy.

Walking around high-fiving all the trees for doing an awesome job turning colors.

Cats are exemplars of socialism. If you want to understand the benefits of socialism, look at the lives of cats.

I have just discovered that Trader Joe’s sells bags of crispy fried garlic pieces. Probably intended as a salad topping but no one says you can’t just eat it as is.

Savory afternoon autumn walk through the neighborhood.

The speed and conviction with which my wife responded, “Okay, that’s wrong,” to one of my ridiculous assertions kind of has me reeling.

I hope the Union endures long and faithfully, but I have to admit: I go for long stretches of time without thinking about Vermont or New Hampshire.

Marilynne Robinson was interviewed by @peter-wehner.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com about a variety of topics, including her faith, her convictions about religion and beauty, and what she hopes her legacy will be: gileadsociety.com/post/7978412...

One of the simple pleasures of life is the smell from a new bag of coffee.

Losing the season in a 15-inning, five-hour game where your starting pitcher throws an all-time historic performance still hurts, but at least it’s a great baseball story if you have to go down. Rebuild the damn bullpen, go get some hitters, and give Skubal a huge contract. Go Tigers ⚾️

Tarik Skubal is good at baseball.

Tigers!

Another sign I’m now thoroughly middle aged: One of my favorite midday snacks has become a giant bowl of raw spinach drizzled in olive oil and dusted with sea salt flakes.

Tigers!!

The Lord is wonderful.

Today is the day…

The last morning I will every wake up in my parents’ house with both of them here. There is a strong sunlight this morning. We’ll go to church soon. Prayers first.

Tigers!!!

Back home to take care of mom and dad for a few days. Prayers appreciated.

FINALLY

That’s exactly the sort of diversion the Antichrist would s

The ol’ Takes Industrial Complex was working overdrive to bring us the @blessyouboystigers.bsky.social commenter who mused, “I think it would be fair to rate the Tigers farm as of right now as pretty mediocre.” (Three of the four farm teams won their league championship, the fourth barely missed.)

Summer’s last morning.

The thing about her saying “I forgive” is that we are obliged, as Christians, to honor that with sincerity.

AirPods Pro 3 one-liner review: Just like AirPods Pro 1 and 2 but with slightly better sound and much better noise cancellation.

The West Michigan Whitecaps are the 2025 Midwest League Champions! ⚾️

One of my core moral convictions is that killing young people is bad and there is no commentary or explanation needed beyond that.

Chimes is back for another year, and kicking ass as usual; still to my mind one of the best college newspapers in the country: calvinchimes.org

Football season again? In *this* economy?!

[gravelly voice] “I’m very sorry ma’am, but could you help an old denominator like me gather his spectacles?”

Just a spectacular weekend with perfect weather.

Our neighborhood church has a few hundred members at most; we maybe average 80 in worship any given Sunday. There’s a woman in the congregation, quiet and unassuming, who sews beautiful and intricate new paraments for each liturgical season. Only a few people see them, but they are very lovely.

Made it to 200 hours of flying tonight.

Boy it really feels like day one of school and the fall semester, doesn’t it? Cool air, fluffy clouds, the neighborhood is quiet, and everyone is back to work.

George Will throwing his hat in the ring for Mamdani: heck of a thing.

Yes.

As an anecdote, the GPT-5 announcement wasn’t covered by the local or national TV news we watched tonight, nor did it appear above the fold on the NYT or WSJ.

i am taking every chance i get lately to remind people that these evil institutions are far more fragile and untenable than we are led to believe.

Lovely, long article ‘Noah is Still Here’ by the extraordinary Sheri Fink: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/m... (gift link)

It would be easier and better to nationalize Google.