Very happy to see the Random Rewind is back.

It sounds like he's going to stay regardless, but

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I realized that, thanks to credit cards having a chip in them these days, credit card commercials can now show the celebrity's name on the card in a much less awkward way then sliding a credit card through a machine the wrong way.

I like KAT, like, a lot. He's an amazing player. I hear there's a trade happening. I don't know the specifics yet (posting Friday night), so I will hold my judgement. Still, I think the team is better with him than without him.

What do you all think?

The boy wanted to take his school computer up to his room to "do his homework" (he can't do much on those things, but he can access YouTube). I told him no, the living room or kitchen was fine. He said, "Dad, I'll cast my screen, okay?" I thought for a moment, and said, yeah, sure. And so, he could sit comfortably in his room, and while he was likely also talking to his special lady friend, I could watch his computer on the living room TV to see he was at least still working on his math. The future is weird.

Pour one out for the long suffering A's fans and the last game in their home park.

I am generally anti-Idiot On The Field, but if you're an Oakland A's fan during the last game at the Colosseum? What're they gonna do, ban you from future Oakland A's games?? Have some beers and take a lap, man. Totally fine.

— ℳatt (@matttomic) September 24, 2024

Getting to that age where, despite not doing anything strenuous, I wake up and everything hurts. Going on my second day of strong back pain without really doing anything to earn it. Good times!

The boy had a sleepover at his karate dojo over the weekend. I was thinking about some similar events I had at that age and how formative they can be. I still remember several of them pretty vividly.

Before this year's eclipse I was trying to find the glasses that I still had from the last eclipse. I knew they were in the garage somewhere, but couldn't find them after tearing through everything. They were nicer ones too (plastic frames instead of paper). I eventually gave up an ordered new ones before they all sold out. Naturally I just found them again. They somehow ended up in a box of random grilling implements. Oh well. Guess I better save them for 2044*!

*There's one in Japan in 2035 that I might consider trying to get to.

Looks like the temps are going to start dipping down from today. This could be the beginning of the end of (meteorological) summer.