Voted as a family because for the first time all three of us can VOTE!

I watched a baseball game from start to finish for the first time this year. It only took 6 1/2 hours!

Big day yesterday! Today I feel… sigh.

First plum of the season. Tasted so sweet your mind would be blown.

I’m grateful that I I left the house to join this peaceful demonstration walking distance from my childhood home. I’ve never felt anything quite so powerful as being among thousands of Americans who joined together to state publicly that they believe in the U.S. Constitution and the Rule of Law.

Nerd.

Our apple tree is kicking ass and taking names.

Last night I learned that when your partner asks, “How do I look?” before a pic is taken, ask the same question back so that they can say, “Oh, your tie is totally crooked and they should kick your import or ass outta here.”

I honestly thought I felt no connection to my alma mater, and maybe it’s because Lily chose UCSB, but for at least half of our campus tour I was holding back tears. #sappyoldperson

There are two Jupiters in this photo. The Planet and The Owl. We named the owl Jupiter because after listening to it Whooo for years it finally showed itself and flew to the top of the pine. Jupiter!

It’s not every day that Chester climbs onto my lap during a standard back scratching visit. But he did on this day, so I encouraged him to take a selfie.

JOMO. This is me in four letters, but only now that I’m old. As a younger person it was definitely FOMO.

This excellent short film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film last night. Bittersweet for me. Our jury loved this submission to @shermanoaksff.bsky.social but the producers were unresponsive. Our emails are likely in their spam folder, which is why it didn’t screen at SOFF last year.

So… totally outside my comfort zone here. I started the @difwins podcast to interview filmmakers from @filminvasionla and @shermanoaksff back in 2017. I successfully dodged being the interviewee until episode 500 that released TODAY. Maybe y’all will enjoy it.

Guess I should talk about media or movies on here since I’m an actor. I’m playing the Indiana Jones video game, it’s really nice being in a universe where the fascists are the bad guys & also SAVE THESE DATES in your calendars - 2/28 and 3/15. We boycott. 3/15 is also my bday so fight Nazis w/ me 🎂

A bright orange Hummer EV with the vanity plate ASLAN. Such a cocktail of things I love and hate that I sincerely cannot process it.

Is sharing your Twitter/X deactivation message a thing? It should be.

Verrry late to this party, but it finally occurred to me to get “compostable” kitchen trash bags so that we can do a better job separating in the kitchen what heads to the green bin instead of the black bin. Not a bad compromise for a household that cannot get its shit together to compost at home.

You’re correct. I might enjoy doing projects around the house on a long weekend, but when the seventeen year old spends two days with me - helps paint on Saturday and drill holes/mount planters on Monday - that’s pure happiness in my book. I am officially my dad and it feels good.

Please tell me that I’m not the only one who sees a face in that sky.

Sometimes the sunlight that bounces off the orbiting rock comes through the water vapor over our heads and looks too beautiful for words.