White Negronis just taste like malört.

Last night in hockey, I got 2 buzzer beater shots off at the end of each half. On goal. Just in time. Both blocked, hahah. Still felt good. And we won anyway.

Scored a goal against the best goalie in the league tonight. Upper left corner, off the post. Felt good, man.

Just had a handful of the coolest and most creative dudes in Des Moines over to sip whiskey and talk shit. That was special.

The game and commercials were mostly boring, the halftime show was dece, and the side commentary was completely embarrassing. Hell yeah, Seattle.

I wish you all could’ve seen the way I just kicked my shorts off my leg, all the way across the room and right into my open shorts drawer. Perfection.

On a south side dive bar crawl and someone played the insane clown posse on the jukebox. I am so happy.

My company is doing a Super Bowl ad with Lady Gaga. If you need some positive, neighbor-focused energy, here's a preview of the track... inspired by Mr Rogers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...

Last night’s Colbert and Jon Stewart monologues were nailed… Minus Jordan Klepper’s bit, they articulated everything that I’ve been feeling about the Alex Pretti murder and our administration’s response. Absolutely worth a watch. These are dark times.

Played my first game of hockey in a month last night. Skated hard, got a couple assists, steals, scored a goal, and took a puck to the shoulder. Starting today sore and drained af. 🫠🪫

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This administration is a fucking joke. Anyone who supported these people, whatever you saw in them… I hope you can now shun these fucked, corrupt pieces of shit. If you can’t, you are also a fucking joke.

Just to recap today’s all company meeting at Rocket… - Steve Aoki opened - We talked about progress + vision - Watched inspiring videos about our impact - Got a sneak peek of our next marketing campaigns - Changed a woman’s life - Most of us cried - Eminem closed - Got merch … pretty wild meeting

We have an all company meeting today and Steve Aoki is opening for it. I work for a ridiculous company, hahah.

I started taking a vitamin d supplement a little over a month ago and cannot believe the difference it’s made in my life. Seasonal depression: gone. Motivation: high af… like it used to be. Feels great to feel normal. I just needed a lil D.

Boarding the flight just when the bears come back and go into overtime… this has been a fun season.

Sure do love seeing tariff surcharges added to my orders. #maga

Serious question: Why isn’t there a Casey’s serving pizza by the slice inside the Des Moines Airport? Add beer and bloodies. Call it Casey’s Tavern or Casey’s Concourse. It’d be the most popular spot in DSM, hands down.

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Whenever I get sick, I try to pretend like it’s not real… but it’s not working this time. Flu weekends are the worst weekends.

The United States is fucked.

The latest iterations of iOS and watchOS are the buggiest, most beta-feeling releases that I can remember. … It’s almost like apple lost focus after falling behind on AI, so the dev teams are stuck in a cycle of launching a bunch of half baked shit while leadership figures out wtf they’re doing.

Today is the first day of the holiday break that has truly felt like a holiday break. Not sure if I’m ready to go back to work tomorrow.

Child funerals are brutal, man. Elias was such a cool kid. Shit is unfair.

Made it to Chicago in 4.5 hours… with a stop. 🏎️

Sunday, we lost our “nephew,” Elias, at just 17. He and his family fought with everything they had after an unimaginable diagnosis. He was an incredibly special kid with big aspirations. Sending so much love to Steph, Manuel, Ian, Sherry, Elizabeth, Jon, and all who loved him. Rest easy, buddy.

Tonight after golf league, I went to a local bar with my buddy, Carson. A random dude down the bar makes eye contact and then holds up his phone with a giant photo of Les Claypool. Points at me, then the phone. Guess I'm out here looking like Les Claypool.

I’ve reached the point in life where I now use a pill organizer. I also meal prepped my lunches this week. Kill me now.

The people at fancy restaurants in the suburbs of Des Moines are so goddamned weird. Heading back to a Des Moines dive bar to cleanse my soul.

I want breakfast pizza so bad

I’ve been experimenting with going gluten free again. As a bread and beer lover, this is very hard. Last night, after a few weeks of being GF free, Kari made GF waffles and I devoured 6 of them. 6 waffles is too many waffles.

I would like someone to invent a chewing gum that crunches like chips the whole time you’re chewin. I’m a crunchy snack slut and do my best thinking when I take a break to go munch on some chips… but I dunno if my body can take any more chips.

NGL - I’m kinda jonesin for another pandemic. Not like a real one that fucks a bunch of people up, but maybe just like role play a pandemic… and hang at home with kbroox for a year or so.

Thinking about buying one of those hats that has a word that I identify with written upside down on it.

Usually when Kari leaves town, I have a strong urge to throw a party… but this weekend, I think I’m just gonna chill.

My skin is on fire from eczema, my cholesterol is high and I have coronary artery plaque higher than 75-90% of men my age. Getting old is a blast.

The first time leaving work after daylight savings ends… it’s so dark. I kinda hate this time of year.

Last night, @kbroox.com and I went to a pop culture themed Halloween party as the Insane Clown Posse and won best overall costume… even after arriving an hour after voting had started, hahah. Woop woooooop.

RIP Krut… My first boss and a seriously hilarious person, who had the world’s tiniest nipples… What a dude. ☹️

Kari and I have some pretty great people in our lives.

TWO DECADES ago, a couple young lovers and best friends decided to get married... and it was the best decision ever. Happy 20th, @kbroox.com! More photos here: derek.broox.com/photos/our-w...

Man. There is nothing like getting into your own bed after a week away. Especially when it’s freshly made and tightly tucked with clean sheets.

The hardest and most rewarding scavenger hunt is finding diet dewskis in airports.

Just got to watch my nephew block a field goal attempt at one of his last football games. Super fun stuff.

Home for a few hours before flying out to visit my sister for the weekend… First time ever laying over in DSM, heh.

I’ve been wanting to see the Red Wings play in Detroit for the past 30 years and finally made it happen. Many thanks to my childhood buddy, Jeff for hooking me up with tickets tonight. That was some excellent hockey. Fun watching them beat the Panthers too.

The modern prepper is: trying to figure out the logistics of getting the fuck out of this country.

This weekend: New Ulm, MN Next week: Detroit Next weekend: Atlanta I am both excited and exhausted.

Yesterday, a nurse asked what I did for work. I told her that I was a software engineer and she replied, “Oh… I woulda never guess that... Don’t judge a book by its cover I guess!”

Went in for my physical. Unsurprisingly, my doctor told me to lose 10lbs. I’ve unconsciously been on this mission to consume every food and drink within reach for a long while now. I have no self control when there are so many flavors to taste, chips to chomp and drinks to sip.