Taught the history students how to play RISK today. Some had a better feel for strategy than others. At press time, Yellow is dominant in the Western Hemisphere while Blue tenuously holds Asia/Oceana. Red, Cyan, and Green are reduced to small regional powers and magenta is history.

Passed the MTTC for Social Studies. 💪💯✔️ Now on to the Professional Skills test.

Left eye checked and cleared by the vet. Eevee is healed and back in business!

Are rainbows bad for dogs? I'm not sure how much she ate but I'm thinking it was a lot?

Springtime photoshoot

You can't keep Eevee on the bench.

This is Eevee. She played too hard and scratched her cornea on brush in the garden. We had an adventure today getting her the proper treatment and now she's resting up in the outfit of an upper middle-class airport patron who just wants ONE barista in this whole terminal who can get her order right.

[youth pastor voice] Do you know who else was weak on crime?

Running on the Beach

Wine and cheese date night in, with a haunting by our personal cheese-demon, who once again went without an offering.

Some Easter Treats.

Christ Leading the Thief into Paradise by Joakim Skovgaard, 1890.

Jesus is the Lord of history. He loves us “to the end,” blesses those who mourn, the meek, the merciful. The Spirit and the Church say to his kingdom, “Come!” “Let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”

Here it is folks, the best Easter meme.

Tea after Sunrise Mass. Happy Easter!

Pray for all the catechumens tonight! And everyone completing their sacraments of initiation! Instead of judging people for whether they receive "rightly," trust in God's objective work. Defer to the priority that the ancient church gives to belonging, which invites us each to greater holiness.

🦊🦊

Just a little anti-Catholicism on my commute home:

This is the second time in a week a smart person on this app has been subject of a pile on because people refuse to read

Painting the town.

The plot of the next Oceans movie has just dropped.

Pope Leo serving as Jeremiah the prophet while Trump surrounds himself with court prophets is too funny

Eevee making sure I finish these lessons plans.

Start of Day. End of Day.

Beowulf and his finest men with their "forest of grey-tipped ash" (spears)

Each March, I run a writing tournament for my students. They pick a saint, argue why they are the best. These essays are ranked into a bracket, and then the write new essays arguing their saint is better than their opponent's saint. We just got to the Sweet 16. Any upsets? Bets? Scandals?

Forgot my thermos at home this morning, so no tea at the bus stop. Conveniently, my transfer route was a little delayed giving me a calm moment for a little espresso before my bus rolled in with the clouds.

"Man, look at that. A guy in a suit" -Guy with face tattoos to his friend as they walked past me getting off the bus.

My watchful guardians.

Start of day, end of day

Doing my part to reduce fuel demand/prices. 🇺🇸🛢🚍

I run an afterschool club that is a catch-all for students who have niche interests: D&D, anime, comics, MTG, etc. Today I introduced a few of of the boys to wargaming. My favorite part was seeing how quickly they became enamored with taking "realistic" action photos of their troops after each move.

Eevee enjoying yesterday's warm weather.

Independent religious, human rights & legal-aid organizations should have regular access to federal immigrant detention centers, including & especially those privately operated. Humane conditions & treatment need to be verified. Assertions that everything is fine are not enough.

Yesterday's homily was about Tom Monaghan, and how he rejected the temptations that were offered to Christ in the desert. Didn't see that one coming.

I finished up painting legendary Danish King Hrolf Kraki (front and center) and his 12 loyal berserkers this evening. Next I'll paint up some worthy shields after doing a bit of research on what 4th and 5th century Danes considered stylish.

Went to Texas Roadhouse with a friend's family yesterday. First time ever being at one. I feel like I've lived completely unaware of a national institution my whole life.

Grading some DBQs

This puppy turned 6 yesterday.

"BUT LOOK AT THE DOW"

Loaded up my level 1 DND players with a unopened bronze age tomb's worth of treasure. Gotta incentive them early to build good habits.

No Kings includes Draft Kings

if you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who", or "Transformers."

Had a chance to work on some more miniatures, recently. These are from a set of "Early Anglo-Saxons. I was able to assemble two mythical warbands of that era/culture: Beowulf and his 14 men with spears, and King Hrolf Kraki and his 12 Champions, from Norse Sagas.

About 8 months in and Rescue Pup Abigail has decided toys aren't scary, and actually are Fun To Use™️

Took the pups Up North. :)

Merry Xmas!

Abigail and Eevee geared up for a winter walk.