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Oct 3, 2025: Starting Five Illinois basketball is set to get started in less than a month. I’ve seen some practice footage and watched Coach Underwood in his media availability, …

Oct 2, 2025: Shutdown The government shutdown because Republicans won’t negotiate with Democrats to keep it open. As Alex Shepherd in the New Republic points out: …

Oct 1, 2025: Elsewhere for Reason James A. Reeves – It’s the first of October but the weather is all wrong. Here in the Middle West, it’s been endless sunshine with temperatures …

Sep 30, 2025: Complicated John Mozeliak’s legacy is complicated, but it is a legacy nonetheless. Watching the Cardinals decline in recent seasons has made it easy for some …

Sep 30, 2025: Less Than a Blink Patrick Rhone – Reminder: Humans measure single years. Planets measure millions,. Stars measure billions. Your time here is less than a blink. …

Sep 29, 2025: Spite Matt Birchler – There was a thing I heard from some Republicans in my life during the first Trump administration, and it would always go …

Sep 29, 2025: Creative Incubation

Sep 28, 2025: Act Now Seth Godin – Start where you are. Start with what you’ve got. Start now. Now is the perfect moment. It only feels ‘fast’ if we’re rushing. …

Sep 27, 2025: Wonderful day. Spent most of the day with Dad and had a great time. Everything was just about perfect. Had a pretty great breakfast at Stadium Club and then watched …

Sep 27, 2025: First Line If Rick Moranis' first line in Spaceballs 2 isn’t, “Somehow, I have returned,” I will feel cheated.

Sep 26, 2025: Movement in the House Niklas Göke – I’m a big proponent of personal space. The ability to go into a room, close the door behind you, and just be yourself, with …

Sep 25, 2025: Digital Fatigue Manuel Moreale – I think I’m starting to feel what I can only describe as digital fatigue. I believe this is the result of a combination of two …

Sep 24, 2025: Kimmel I stayed up too late to watch the first few minutes of the show. I thought Kimmel hit it out of the park. The right tone, balance, and message. It was …

Sep 24, 2025: Medical Advice The medical advice you’ve been seeing has been brought to you by people you should never take medical advice from. It’s like asking your …

Sep 23, 2025: Nazi Isn’t a Slur Back in January, Hank Green posted the content below on Twitter. It was in response to Musk throwing Nazi salutes. He reposted it in response to …

Sep 22, 2025: Autumn Equinox Patrick Rhone – The Autumnal Equinox. My favorite season. Bring on the sweaters and apple cider, the changing colors on the trees and the …

Sep 22, 2025: Humanity over Naiveté Jason/End On End – What I think we need is more humanity. More sharing of our stories and life experiences. It’s how we come to appreciate …

Sep 21, 2025: Ghost Car Maria and Brynne experienced a truly weird occurrence today. They were out shopping, stopped at Panera to eat, and as they were leaving, a running car …

Sep 19, 2025: Words Patrick Rhone – Words matter. Words mean things. The words you use reveal not only what you think, they reveal who you are.

Sep 16, 2025: Gains Maria commented on my arms and shoulders yesterday. I don’t think there’s much in the way of gains there, but she disagrees. I would like biceps and …

Sep 10, 2025: Some Gun Deaths Charlie Kirk – I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second …

Sep 9, 2025: Give A Little Bit So this happened – University of Illinois alumnus Larry Gies has made a $100 million gift to the Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics …

Aug 28, 2025: Marketing is... Jason Fried – At its best, marketing is a transfer of enthusiasm. When you’re truly pumped about what you’re doing, when …

Aug 22, 2025: The Price Dave Winer - Every time I see Trump using his power as president to punish people I think of the time Obama humiliated him at the White House …

Aug 20, 2025: Time Frank Chimero – I asked AI what we do with time, and it came back with words that were commercial and violent. We spend time, save time, take …

Aug 19, 2025: Surfin’ Safari I’m playing with Safari this morning. I have no idea why. It’s too slow. I don’t like how it manages tabs. Soooo, back to Chrome. Seriously… …

Aug 14, 2025: Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me I recently discovered a new folk artist named Will Varley. I heard the track “Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me,” and thought it was …

Aug 6, 2025: Worked hard, got lucky Gina Trapani – How does anyone achieve something big? The answer is always, “They worked hard and got lucky.” Most people emphasize how hard …

Jul 17, 2025: I'm Sorry...This New Artist Completely Sucks Rick Beato breaks down the music of Eli Mercer and explains why it lacks cultural and artistic value. The twist, of course, is that Eli Mercer is …

Jul 17, 2025: Jack White – Archbishop Harold Holmes (Official Video) The video for Jack White’s “Archbishop Harold Holmes” is literally crazy. Of course, getting John C Reilly is genius. When I heard the No Name album, …

Jul 16, 2025: All-Star Game I watched the All-Star Game, and aside from a great catch early in the game and some of the players mic’d up, I found it somewhat dull. Initially, I …

Jul 14, 2025: Foggy It was incredibly foggy this morning. Mondays are also a bit foggy for me. I don’t always remember where I left off on Friday. I have a list and know …

Jul 13, 2025: Brake Lights This past weekend, Brynne put new brake light bulbs in my car. Over the last week or so, both bulbs had burnt out, and I just knew I was going to get …

Jul 10, 2025: Riding the Storm Out There’s some weird shit on YouTube, and I’m here for it. I’m obsessed with these three-hour storm videos on the Silent Field channel. I like how this …

Jul 9, 2025: Goodbye, Twitter Luke Plunkett – Elon Musk first bought the site in 2022. It’s now July 2025, and I just don’t know how else to ask this but: what …

Jul 2, 2025: That Kind of Writing Jim Shooter is gone. Cancer. He was the first writer I ever recognized by name. As a kid flipping through my Dad’s old Silver Age comics, it was his …

Jul 1, 2025: The Summer of Second Chances There’s something about July that suggests possibility. Maybe it’s the heat, the long days, or the way the world seems to slow down just enough to …