My wife always keeps tabs on Dick Van Dyke because we want him to make it to 100 in December. Keep dancing folks!

The family and I had a wonderful evening out yesterday with a friend from church. We sat in the back courtyard of a small local brewery and enjoyed some food and drinks with the pups. The weather was perfect and later we walked all around our small, but lately modernized downtown. Lots of people were out, business was good, but it wasn't crowded. The community was alive and healthy. Evenings like these make me glad I never put down roots in some remote place. This morning we're having a baby shower and saying farewell to a friend heading off to medical school. Community is so important.

I love that they went through the trouble to diagram this.

This song's been stuck in my head, I think the only way to get it out is to share.

My youngest daughter named her toy mermaid Maria today, so I showed her this.

The unbearable weight of massive talent.

“During the summer of 1982 artist Agnes Denes planted, cultivated, and harvested a two acre wheat field in a landfill just outside the financial district.”

Smoking a 10 lb Boston Butt tonight for the 4th. Representing NC with some red slaw too! It is usually eaten with pork BBQ in the Lexington area, but works well with a lot of dishes. Here's the recipe if you want to give it a try: - 3/4 cups ketchup - 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar - 1/3 cup white sugar. I used a little less this time and also added a spoonful of pineapple juice concentrate. - 1/2 tsp black pepper - 1/2 tsp salt - a few drops of your favorite hot sauce, I use Texas Pete Mix these ingredients in a small bowl then, in a strong sealable container, add a grated cabbage. I've used red cabbage before and, although not traditional, it is prettier and a little more nutritious. I use the larger holes on the cheese grater, and it ends up looking like a rough pulp that's ~2 lbs. Dump the sauce in with the cabbage, seal, and shake/mix the contents thoroughly. Refrigerate or keep in cool place overnight. Enjoy!

Probably late to the party, but TIL about Braess' paradox. I knew there was inherent cost in self-interest baked into the system, but Braess summed it up nicely.

A whole lotta NOPE!

In the 1830's and 40's the average British rural worker consumed around 6500 calories per day. Most of those calories came from bread. The average family of 6 consumed around 55 pounds of bread, around 31 modern loaves, per week!

We woke up today without any plans for the day. It’s been at least a couple of years since we’ve had a Saturday like this!

Got my dad a record player for Father’s Day and he and my mom are jamming out to their old collection. This one’s from 1964 and doesn’t skip a beat!

One of my upcoming projects... My first impression was that it was a Roller Coaster Tycoon prank. No one who's seen it likes it. Like a red serpent crawling into the Capitol.