Finished reading: Abundance by Ezra Klein 📚

I saw Ben Folds with the Oregon Symphony last night. It was magical!

Finished reading: Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum 📚

Now this is how you serve an overpriced desert! https://jonhays.me/2025/11/22/now-this-is-how-you.html

Found this picture of my grandfather and his crew.

Just an average run. At least it didn’t rain. 🏃💨

This weekend I participated in my first, ever Game Jam! It was a ton of fun. Playable game is here: supergobo.itch.io/nano-defe…

Happy Exploding Whale Day!!! www.youtube.com/watch

Finished reading: The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 📚

My Pebble finally came!

In DC this week and the kids are not all right.

Finished reading: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 📚

Standard run. Nothing too exciting. Glad the temp is finally dropping though. 🏃‍♂️💨

2025 NBA Opening Night Observations: The Rockets are really good. And really tall OKC won’t go as easily through this season as they did last year The Lakers aren’t a serious team Golden State with an entire season of Butler is going to be tough to stop This season is off to an awesome start!

Finished reading: Good Material by Dolly Alderton 📚

About 500 people turned out for No Kings in Manzanita, OR - population 600. You are not alone.

Spread it far and wide: isportlandburning.com

This just came tonight. Totally forgot I ordered it.

Finished reading: Lost Gods by Brom 📚

Drove past this on my way to the Farmer’s Market today. The people in this city are amazing.

Can I just say that I don’t recommend waiting until the hottest part of the day to go for a run? 🥵🏃💨

The Merry Wives of Windsor

About to see “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Finished reading: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 📚

Good day for a run. Decided to go the 10k route today. A little slow but feel good. 🏃💨

Started my morning off with a run. I don’t know why I don’t start my day off like this more often. 🏃‍♂️💨

We just posted our 10th episode of the Red Black Comeback – our weekly basketball podcast focused on Toronto and Portland. Find out who @combatdavey and I think is the most hated player in the NBA! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Bonus post from my weekend at the Oregon coast: Slumgullion!!!

A few selections from this weekend on the Oregon coast. The most beautiful place in the world.

We just dropped a new episode of the Red Black Comeback! If you are headed out for Labor Day or just love basketball, check out the episode on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #trailblazers #raptors #nba

Spotted in my neighborhood.

Absolutely did not feel like running today. But with my mood, I needed the endorphins. Glad I did it but hated every step today. 🏃💨

Over the weekend we went to a coffee shop “speakeasy.” It’s behind a custard shop and to gain entry you have to whisper the password to the custard shop attendants who will then hand you a metal knife which unlocks a secret door behind a cabinet at the back of the shop. So neat!!!

My post office still has PO Boxes that you access with a combination lock. How retro!

Tried to get a run in before the heat hits. Haven’t been great about it lately. 🏃‍♂️💨

What’s this? The Red Black Comeback podcast cracking the top 100? Subscribe now and join the masses! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Finished reading: Number Go Up by Zeke Faux 📚

Is there anyone more creative than the scamming community? I mean, this is pretty good.

I’ve been to DC a lot. It’s a beautiful, amazing city. The only people that make me feel unsafe there are the idiots wearing Gadsden flags.

If you like sports, @combatdavey has a fun regular trivia game. You can find here: oddball.blog/eight-twe… Questions are a little hard, but I find joy in the variety and in reading the answers after he publishes them.

This guy needs to get out of his house. DC is easily one of the most amazing cities I’ve ever been to. What a fraud.

Oh wow. I just read that Colson and McDonald are out for the rest of the season for the Fever with injuries. Clark is still nursing her quad strain so Indiana is going to only have 9 active roster spots. Not a good season to be a PG for the Fever! Yikes!!!

The pig swap portion of the Pig N Ford race. https://jonhays.me/2025/08/10/the-pig-swap-portion-of.html

100 years of the Pig N Ford races. https://jonhays.me/2025/08/10/years-of-the-pig-n.html

The weather in Portland the last couple of days has been in the 50’s and 60’s which is very confusing for August.

Finished reading: Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi 📚 This was a hard pivot from the other books in the series. It was not my favorite.

Some days I run. Some days I get run. 🏀

We’re going to shock some people this year. Buckle up…

First run in a couple months. Not feeling strong. Only up from here though! 🏃

Finished reading: Witch King by Martha Wells 📚