Day: June 19, 2025

I’m doing this before I get started on the school stuff or the novel stuff, ensuring that it gets the priority position it so well deserves. It’s 2:22 and I am only now sitting down to do the day’s writing. Far too late, I know. Two days like this is enough to form the sort of negative habits I’ve spent an eternity undoing–or at least starting to. I have to be firm and lock in on the work, or the work isn’t going to be done.

Meanwhile, Trump refused to acknowledge Juneteenth, which is unsurprising yet still a bold move reflective of a man who is showing as little more than a poor man’s bully. He’s about a year off from lame duck status, so let’s see what happens then. That, has nothing to do with anything I wrote above, which means I’ve wandered into…

Some Thoughts:

1. I am stream of consciousness man… My super power is self-evident.
2. I’m starting to get the impression that My kid’s team (Northern Colorado) might surprise this year and win a few games… They have a strength of schedule that allows for it, and a stronger offense than before. It could be a turn around year. The fans are split on it, but I’ve been able to get a sense of how it looks behind the scenes. It looks promising. First game out the gate will be telling–a D2 team that has been playing together for a few years now–lots of experience and also ready to make a move. Gotta get a decisive win, and then it’s on to Colorado State.
3. The High schooler’s team was invited to the top 7’s tourney in the state: Just Chilly’s Flight Club. That’s a good look for them. Perhaps coming off the NAU tourney the day before they will have a chance to grind out some tough wins.

I used Mebound in casual conversation today. I was putting an empty bottle in a garbage can and missed. I caught it on the way down and made the second attempt. Yep. The term hits. Moments later I explained it to the Lady Talis and she found it pleasant enough. So, yeah it works. Go get that money Angel Reese. It feels like money is the name of the game anymore. It used to be about recognition as a catalyst to the next level, but anymore it is about getting financed by recognition as a catalyst to be well off. High School recruit Savion Hiter is considered the #1 rb recruit in the 2026 class. He is expected to earn 600,000 to 800,000 in this freshman year… off what he did in a Virginia High School? Hype engine all the way down.

My kids got no HS glaze. The one who is still in is craving it, the one who missed out is already collecting top NIL for his squad and looking to turn that into real money with a standout season this year. He understands that he needs to board the hype train to get paid. He also understands that he needs to work on his game all summer in order to be ready to do it. This is a life for them both right now. The younger one doesn’t have a plan B, so he needs to really slide into action over the summer to have the kind of Junior season that gets you on that hype train.