Chatting earlier with a friend who has offspring a bit younger than mine. One was born the day before the US invaded Afghanistan. We calculated that the young woman has been alive for 295 months, and her/our country has been at war with Afghanistan, Iraq, and/or Iran for 241 of those months.

Try sharing this with the cultists. It's not fun. In fact, it's soul-crushing.

Happy Seis de Mayo, also known as Mrs. Nash's birthday!! Count me as fully included in the group of men who did far better than expected/deserved in the marriage department.

Gig 'em, #Astros? Why the hell not!!

Josh Hader threw 16 pitches (9 strikes) in his first inning. Sinker was 93-95. He got a K, BB (CS), and a fly out to right. #Astros

Perhaps a bit wind-aided but Kevin Alvarez just hit a 2-run homer to deep LCF, his 3rd of the year. #Astros

So, of course, he follows up in the next AB with a K swinging. Anyway, his average exit velos are among the tops in all of full-season affiliated baseball. #Astros

In the first inning today, Xavier Neyens connected on his 6th HR to raise his OPS to .992 on the year. Still concerned about the K% but the power is real. #Astros

Home now for the day, waiting on wifey, and feeling a little NOLA...

After my book’s first weekend on the market, it is Top 10 among Legal Thrillers and Top 100 in Literary Fiction. It’s so rewarding to see my work in the world and being enjoyed. You can get your copy of ‘Nuremberg, Mississippi’ at MediaWellDoneLLC.com.

Kevin Alvarez led off the game for Fayetteville with... a walk, just his 3rd of the season. Incredibly impressive PA, he fouled off 8 pitches with 2 strikes and walked on pitch 14. #Astros

Oh, ye of little faith... and massively elevated blood pressure. #Astros win.

Get home in time to see the end of the #Astros game and Bryan Abreu is coming in to pitch. The Baseball Gods are none too friendly these days.

Meet me at The Twig in San Antonio tomorrow for my first book signing. I’ll be there from 11 am to 1 pm. You can buy my book there or bring one that you’ve already purchased. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

You can analyze the Callais opinion using legal tools, in which case nothing makes sense, or you can analyze it as a partisan political maneuver, as Adam Serwer does, in which case the world makes sense again. We're in a dark and threatening world in which Jim Crow is back and dominant.

DKHS online chastises me for being classless and then goes full-on homophobic. Please tell me you have a Mookie Betts jersey. #Astros

Cry harder, short bus.

I swear 90% of Dodgers fans on social media graduated Dunning Kruger online HS. #Astros

Been waiting a while to type this: Jose Altuve has just passed Mickey Mantle on the all-time hits list and is now tied with HoFer Pie Traynor at #123. #Astros

Anyone confident the #Rockets will hold on? Anyone?

Ethan Frey finally uncorked his first HR of the year, a shot off the batter's eye in CF. #Astros

Sigh. What a shit PA by Carlos. #Astros

Another 30-35% of the population at the time would never call themselves Anglo-Saxon and didn't have much love for England.

This Bayern Munich/Paris Saint-Germain match is bonkers.

A bit late to the party but just saw Kevin Alvarez led off the Fayetteville first inning with a HR. His first in full-season baseball. #Astros

We'll get an apology and probably a points deduction. #Everton

VAR is absolutely ridiculous. PL Corrupt as fuck. #Everton

Countdown to Pirro being fired is underway.

Raccoon penis clipper claimed doing heroin helped him make better grades. Somebody needs to give him another fix.

After a bumpy debut this season, Bryce Mayer's next two outings combined: 8.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 15 K. It's taken him 129 pitches (86 strikes) to produce those numbers, so, not exactly efficient, but not horrible. 19 whiffs and about a 1-1 FB/GO ratio. #Astros

Yes. However, the point has never been to read and follow. It's been to use the Bible to judge, to divide, and as a weapon against perceived enemies.

Can't watch much of the game tonight, but Asheville's Ethan Frey just singled in a run in the first, stole second, and went to third on an error. #Astros

Sent to me by a friend. LOL.

Oh, ye of little faith. For only the second time all year, the #Astros have pitched a shutout. It's only the 9th time in 26 games they've allowed 4 or fewer runs. They are 7-2 in those games.

We're about to get walked off, aren't we? #Astros

All hail... Peter Lambert?? #Astros

Bryan King's ERA has gone from 1.80 to 4.50 within the space of 5 batters. *Sigh* #Astros

Dumbwayne Dullin gonna have to explain to his Lord and Savior why he so enjoys bearing false witness.

Just me or does this Dustin Harris guy look like Terry Puhl at the plate? #Astros

22 pitches in the first by Arrighetti and not a single whiff. Worrisome. #Astros

Ryan Forcucci on the mound tonight for F'ville. #Astros

Correction: Corpus let him go back out for another inning and he punched out the side. I lost count but I think he got 10 or 11 swinging strikes. All 5 Ks tonight were swinging. Call his ass up, pronto. #Astros

Bennett Sousa made his 3rd appearance of the season and punched out both batters he faced. He's now thrown 2.2 IP, allowing 0 hits or runs, walking 1 and punching out 6. Hope he's ready soon. #Astros

Xavier Neyens later follows with a 3-run oppo taco, his 2nd of the season. #Astros

Anthony Huezo of Fayetteville just hit his first HR of the season to RCF. #Astros

Coming into tonight, Yainer Diaz had the 17th worst wRC+ out of 189 qualified hitters in baseball this season. After an 0fer with 2 K and a GIDP, safe to say he's not improved his standing. Oh, and he's 0-9 throwing out runners trying to steal. #Astros

With that leadoff hit tonight, Jose Altuve is now tied with Sammy Sosa for 125th on the all-time hits list. Next up: Mickey Mantle. #Astros

The Launch Briefing: April 16, 2026 #Astros