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  • A child's drawing of an airplane

    A gift from my daughter.

    For my brave Dad who soars the unknown skies.

    May 9, 2026
  • The Summer Portraits by Ludovico Einaudi

    🎼

    May 9, 2026
  • Canopy birdsong at dawn.

    May 9, 2026
  • I don’t know what to make of dealer maintenance shops. Just when I started to think they got the message and were trying to do a better job, they marked both cabin and engine air filters as “caution.”

    What they didn’t know is that I just changed both with brand new filters two weeks ago.

    So they didn’t actually look, or…?

    May 8, 2026
  • Let’s ride.

    🚲

    May 8, 2026
  • God Discontinues The Pebble - The Onion

    “Starting in the year of our Me 2026, I will be ceasing creation of the pebble so that I can turn My focus toward stones, rocks, and boulders,” said the all-knowing and all-powerful deity, who stressed that there were already 300 billion pebbles in circulation, the vast majority of which were no longer being used by humanity.

    May 8, 2026
  • I will never stop learning.

    But sometimes I find an error so basic in my web design, I just can’t believe it got by me.

    May 8, 2026
  • ChetCast

    Episode 282: First Communion

    I catch up with Lucy to chat about last Sunday.

    ☀️

    May 8, 2026
  • ChatGPT’s image generation skills have improved considerably. I needed a dummy logo to go on a landing page and I think it nailed it.

    May 7, 2026
  • Pages > Word

    May 7, 2026
  • ‘A Civilization Will Die Tonight,’ Says Donald Trump As He Enters All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp Buffet - Babylon Bee

    Trump greeted staff cordially before being seated at a presidential booth once used by William Howard Taft.

    May 6, 2026
  • A very long day of troubleshooting a serious web design problem that was traced to something quite trivial.

    I’m exhausted.

    May 6, 2026
  • Parents Excited To Learn What Grade They Got On Their Kid’s Science Project - Babylon Bee

    “She wanted to help, but she just doesn’t write neatly enough for the tri-fold, and she’s liable to mess up some of the placement of the dowel rods. In the end, it really worked better for her to watch Zootopia 2 while we got down to business.”

    May 5, 2026
  • With over a decade of web design, I’ve accumulated a lot of abandoned files.

    Time for some spring cleaning.

    May 5, 2026
  • Jumping The Shark: ‘The Chosen’ Criticized For Planning To Kill Off Main Character Only To Resurrect Him Next Episode - Babylon Bee

    Fans and critics alike feared the best days of The Chosen may be behind it, with the writers clearly struggling for direction as to what to do with the central character.

    TV writing has gotten so lazy.

    May 4, 2026
  • I normally am at Inbox Zero.

    I have 145 emails in my inbox, 45 of which are unread, and 52 transactions to approve in YNAB.

    May 4, 2026
  • PE

    May 4, 2026
  • Catholic Husband

    Church Family - Catholic Husband

    Sadly, many regard this sacred obligation unnecessary or burdensome. What they perceive as one more thing to do, one more appointment on their busy calendars, is the sustainment we need to endure the challenges of life. Not only is it good for us to gather and pray the highest prayer we have, the Mass, it’s good for us to know that we are not alone.

    ➕

    May 4, 2026
  • Emotional Passengers Board Final Spirit Airlines Flight For One Last All-Out Brawl - Babylon Bee

    Airline staff reportedly worked hard to preserve the authentic Spirit experience for the final voyage, including overbooking the flight by 60% and charging an additional $45 “pre-fight positioning fee” for passengers hoping to start conflicts near the aisle. Flight attendants, many of whom appeared visibly moved, have vowed to help instigate several conflicts and then not intervene during the altercations

    May 3, 2026
  • The reward for finishing the chores.

    May 2, 2026
  • Clean house, fresh mulch, cut yard.

    Ready for the weekend.

    May 2, 2026
  • New bike day.

    May 1, 2026
  • Theologians Struggling To Explain How Loving God Could Allow Ohio - Babylon Bee

    but when you look at a landscape that is 98% corn and 2% orange road construction cones, it becomes difficult to argue for a divine plan.

    2% seems low based on my experience.

    May 1, 2026
  • Skittles the chipmunk.

    🐿️

    April 30, 2026
  • ChetCast

    Episode 281: Skittles

    The children, while playing the the springtime afternoon, are downright giddy to discover we’ve successfully trapped a chipmunk. After naming it “Skittles,” we welcome him to ChetCast for a one time guest appearance.

    🐿️

    April 30, 2026
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