Teng Ai Hui

Yesterday, I picked some dandelions. This morning, I'm drinking dandelion tea. I've got a good mix of flowers and leaves, so the flavor isn't overly grassy.

Windhaven (by Martin and Lisa Tuttle) was pretty good. The reader just has to push through the first part, which is predictable and somewhat rushed. It's basically a prologue so that the reader can witness how the society reacts to those events, which is the purpose of the story.

Whitey Herzog has passed at the age of 92. I’m glad that he lived a full life, but this one really hurts. He was the legendary manager of the St Louis Cardinals during the 80s and led them to the World Series 3 times, though they only won it once. (And, yes, I still curse the name Don Denkinger.)

Van de Ven does it again!

Last month, I finished Robin Sloan’s Sourdough and the short story that goes with it, called The Suitcase Clone. I enjoy Sloan’s writing style, but he has added an element of magical realism into his Penumbra-verse. Hopefully, this magical realism isn’t carried over into his next book. Currently, I’m reading Starship for Rent by M.R. Forbes. Some day I hope to complete one of those “read the Bible in one year” programs. I started one during my winter break from work. Unfortunately, I lasted only two weeks. After an awful start, I was surprised that I made it that far. The first day’s reading included Romans 1, which seems to be the beginning of homophobia. Then, the second day’s reading included Genesis 3, which seems to be the beginning of misogyny. I still want to finish this project, but the morality lessons need some major improvements.

My first thought was Requiem for a Dream, which was already mentioned. Also, if I can mention a docu-series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV was fairly disturbing.

I was watching a late night talk show recently and heard the phrase "quiet quitting". I had to look up the meaning, when an employee only does the bare minimum in order to not get fired. I didn't realize that the thing I have been doing for the last 8 years or so had a name.

20 years ago today on April 9, 2004, Henry scores an iconic goal against Liverpool, the 2nd goal from a hat trick in a 4-2 victory. "Genius at work, his name is Thierry Henry." (The main highlight starts at about 4:05.) The extra cherry on top is watching Jamie Carragher lose his balance and take out a fellow defender.

Hopefully, there will be fewer part-time champions now that Triple H is running the show. Also, I didn't understand why had a "run-in" during the final match.

Commentators on the UConn - USC game just said that it's never happened before.

I just now noticed that Dennis E. Taylor made a recent update on his website. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse 5) will be published on Sept. 5th.

"at the end of the 2026-27 season" So they'll be shit for at least 3 more seasons.

You know it’s going to be a bad day when you have to teach your high school English students how to spell the word English.

My alma mater is still playing in the post-season. Not sure how. The tournament is called the College Basketball Invitational. I'm guessing that there are 150-200 people in the stadium watching.

Dos a Cero!!!

Disappointing performance from the USA men today against Jamaica. At least, Haji Wright had another big game. First, he scored the game winner for Coventry against Wolves. Today, he scored both of USA's aet goals.

Last year, I enjoyed watching several games from the US Open Cup live streamed on Youtube. It seems that isn't happening this year. ETA: I found the live streams. This year they are on the US Soccer website.

I'm glad that I decided to tune in and watch the second half of Wolves v Coventry. What a great game!

I will have to use my wildcard in fpl this weekend.

A couple of months ago, a student told me that Arsenal have the 4:16 curse. They can't get above 4th place in the league and can't get past the round of 16 in the champions league. That "curse" is now broken.

Just hope they can score like this against Porto.

NBC's Thursday night Must See TV was at it's best when it was The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, and Night Court. Sorry for the threadjack but I never understood why Friends became so popular.

Another bad result for the USA women's team, 2-0 loss to Mexico. They finish in 2nd place in their group in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

Arsenal need to stop conceding last-minute goals. Also, I'd like to see Arsenal use a two goalkeeper system like Wenger had. Raya starts the league games on the weekends, and Ramsdale starts the midweek games.

Just an intriguing quote that's stuck in my head at the moment, from the book that I'm currently reading: "Here's a thing I believe about people my age: we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want to be sorted." -- Sourdough, by Robin Sloan