July 29, 2026

• The trick

  It's a real source of strength for me to remember what it felt like to wake up in an Army barracks on the first day of Basic knowing I had a four-year desert to cross. I hadn't yet seen _Lawrence of Arabia_, so I eventually discovered "not minding that it hurts" all on my own.

July 26, 2026

• I was playing a lot of No Man’s Sky until I suddenly realized I was actually playing a lot of Animal Crossing, except more tedious, so I’m downloading the Animal Crossing Switch 2 update and putting down my mining laser.— toot

July 25, 2026

• downtown— toot

  

• “Had to lay ’er down” machismo is endemic to motorcycle culture, so there’s a fundamental fatalism built into the scene, but I thought I’d noticed more deaths this year.

  Oregon lane splitters are idiots tho.— toot

• downtown— toot

  

• downtown— toot

  

• bye and bye— toot

  

July 17, 2026

• That bittersweet moment where you tell your 22-year-old child about a professional accomplishment or personal achievement, then realize their admiration also includes a very minor adjustment to their deeply held belief that you’ve always been an idiot.— toot

July 12, 2026

• Worked in Yellowstone and saw a few tourons chased inside by bison. One coworker claimed to have seen one roll a car.— toot

July 11, 2026

• Around the night market— toot