Been messing around a bit with the blog today. Changed the background color up (again,) trying out a new header typeface (again, but I think this one is going to stick,) and I found a new body typeface I like, but am waiting for a heavier weight because the light weight is way too light (but it can be seen with the dates.) Also updated the About page, removed the Link and Media Diet pages, and added one for my Newsletter.

Taking a new header typeface out for a test drive. Not quite sure how I feel about it, but I’m going to leave it live for awhile and see if it grows on me at all.

Guess who has two thumbs and a J+J vaccine appointment for Thursday Friday?!

Mind is blown seeing Robin Sloan pop up in kicks Discord. 🤯

Wore a Cubs shirt to a Sox game in Seattle tonight.

T-Minus 3 days until I’m in Chicago drinking Hop Butcher.

📌 Warner Bros. cancels ‘New Gods’ from Ava DuVernay and an Aquaman spinoff from James Wan — this sucks…

For some reason, one of my videos from the 2009 (?) Riot Fest of Joan Jett shows up in my iCloud Photo Library as 1945 and I kind of love it.

Aw man, I really thought Oral Roberts was going to pull it off…

I like to imagine NBA GMs all in a shared Slack bouncing around trade ideas. “I need an extra roster spot. Anybody want this guy? Just send me back a second round pick.” Or “I’m working on something big with this team. Anybody want to get involved and make things interesting?”

Rondo to the Clippers! Oladipo to the Heat! Feels like one of the more active trade deadlines in recent history.

Been a busy day with trades though with Orlando emptying the coffers sending Fournier to Boston, Gordon to Denver (which is weird to me), and Vucevic to Chicago. Don’t know what Portland is doing though giving up Trent and Hood for Powell…?

Second Bulls trade of the day: Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchison to Washington for Troy Brown Jr. and Mo Wagner. Brown is maybe a slight upgrade over Hutch, but Gafford has really shown signs lately. And I wanted Mo’s brother in the draft, but they traded that pick…

Personally, I don’t think it’s worth it. He’s 30 and after this year, he’s got two more years on his contract at 24 and 22 million. Although… if the Bulls can actually land Lonzo Ball as a true PG and keep LaVine, PatWil, and Thad you’re looking at a five seed in the East. 🤷‍♂️

Whelp, surprisingly, the Chicago Bulls move first (and big) on deadline day and decided to ship out Wendell Carter Jr. and two first round picks (and Otto Porter Jr.) for Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu. It makes them better today, but two first rounders?!? I’ll miss you WCj.

The greatest scene in all of cinema. You’re welcome.

🌈 Used Kinopio to create A Meditation on Logging as I continue to stress out about digital tools and their uses.

Then you have Thiago and Wijnaldum filling the gaps behind them, Fabinho as the defensive mid, and a healthy back four with van Dijk, TAA, Robertson, and… somebody… plus Alisson obviously.

What if Liverpool move off of Salah and Mane and go all in on Haaland? Keep Firmino in the false 9 and play Haaland and Jota on the wings.

From Blot’s plans for this season: “Add support for [[Wikilinks]]. This will make Blot an effective companion for tools like Obsidian.” — color me intrigued.

Custom themes for Drafts!

Franz doesn’t give them a pure Point Forward like Cade Cunningham, but he seems like he can help with Point Guard by committee alongside Coby and LaVine with his playmaking abilities. He also provides some decent size for a formidable front court next to PatWil and WCj.