Tomorrow Apple is widely expected to announce a VR headset. I’ll be excited to learn what it entails, while also anticipating the first night of my first softball game in a local league. Reality isn’t virtual! Play in the real world.

It’s a good day to be a TMBG fan.

My personal best is now 37.3 seconds…

I am typically able to solve a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube in <1min, now. My personal best is 39 seconds. My first competition is in 3 weeks 😱

Delicious rainfall in the Boston area, after a devastatingly hot day. That giant whooshing sound across the nation is the sound of Boston’s relief.

Biden was my last choice for the Democratic nomination for President, but the pragmatist in me appreciates how he’s been the right President for this time. He’s unusually savvy and lives, breathes negotiation. He proved it with this debt ceiling deal.

I’m intrigued by SmartWool running shirts, particularly because all my synthetic running shirts stink so bad, immediately after I put them on. I noticed some shirts are 100% wool and some haver a synthetic mix. Which is better?

Today’s amazing music is Jenny Lewis’s Voyager. Going to see her live in a month or so. “Late Bloomer”: www.youtube.com/watch

First selfie as a 48-year-old. Still got it 😂

Listening to the album Electric Version by The New Pornographers. 20 years old. A classic that still sounds new. www.youtube.com/watch

I finally got back on the water again this season at Community Boating in Boston. It was a beautiful, hot day. No wind … but, what can you do?

Most Republicans will buy the argument that their representatives have been savvy in “negotiating” cooperation to raise the debt limit. But they’ve only been savvy in the sense of threatening an outcome neither side wants. I think that’s reprehensible, and Republicans should be ashamed of their leaders.

Even if Republicans ultimately agree to raise the debt ceiling, remember that their threat to do otherwise was an existential attack on all Americans.They should not be praised by Democrats, Republicans, or independents. They are reckless fools.

Many people see running as a virtuous activity, and I agree. But it’s also a problem-erasing activity. Drink too much? Go for a run. Anxious? Go for a run. Angry? Go for a run. It’s not perfect, but the immediate impact of a high energy run often offsets the negatives in one’s life.

I’ve been powering through with Pimsleur and I think I’m making real progress. I feel that especially given my head start with Spanish, I’ll be fluent by the end of the year. Exciting!

I think Apple’s best bet for managing expectations around its likely come-from-behind AI ambitions is to wrap them up in a neat marketing package: “Apple Intelligence.” bitsplitting.org/2023/05/2…

It’s SUPER fun to hate on DeSantis and Musk and their bullshit media event, but we all know how this ends, right? The laughably inept, cartoonish candidate with thinly veiled fascist tendencies gets the nomination. That’s the new normal.

If I’ve ever neglected to write “Happy Birthday!” to you on social media, on your birthday, that was my birthday present to you 😂 enjoy the quiet appreciation…

Half olive, half cheese. All the basic food groups.

The last two things Elon Musk tried to launch blew up in about 30 seconds.

Imagine what a “stable genius” you’d have to be to think that doing an audio-only livestream with a crackpot CEO on an understaffed web site was a savvy way to launch a Presidential campaign.

Thanks to everybody who took advantage of the unprecedented 50% sale on MarsEdit. I just deactivated the coupon, but for anybody who was late to the game, I’ll honor it for a 20% discount through the end of this week. redsweater.com/store/

There’s no better name for this than “pizza”…

My wife is making Chicago Pizza for my birthday dinner. I have strong opinions about pizzas, what makes them good and what makes them bad, but one opinion I don’t hold is that there is only one valid type of pizza. They’re all good pizzas.

When I put MarsEdit on sale earlier today, it exposed a bug in my store (I’d never had a 50% coupon before), and 8 or so customers who purchased didn’t receive a license. If you purchased and ran into this bug, please let me know! support@redsweater.com - thanks!