Chris

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Software nerd, musician, lay theologian, husband, dad. Iowan. Christian universalist. Fledgling Episcopalian. LGBTQ ally. Cubs fan.

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Not made for omniscience: https://chrishubbs.com/2024/07/17/not-made-for.html

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I always love watching people discover, or rediscover, this performance. Happy to answer any questions people might have about it. One thing I’ll highlight: he _always_ played like this! This was what he did every time out. (Also? The guitar was caught by Prince’s tech Taki, who handed it to Oprah.)

Speaking of all star performances, this is the greatest of all time. It starts off as a fairly prosaic, doing-it-for-the-paycheck ensemble performance. And then Prince shows up. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFN...

Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, more - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 2004 Inductionm.youtube.com Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others perform "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the 2004 Hall of Fame Inductions. http://rockhall.com/⁍ Buy...

iOS 18 User Beta 1 is out! Now, the annual question: how long will I hold out before installing a beta? If history serves, about half a day.

And yep, 45 minutes later it’s all done for us but a little more rain. We picked up 2” in a hurry, but aside from one small branch that came down I don’t think we took any damage. #IAWX

Family party in the basement watching the storm coverage with a Tornado Warning in our county. Looks like the worst is past of us, but there’s still more to come. Probably 45 minutes to be in the clear.

I’m never sure when I clean the coffeemaker whether the coffee actually tastes better or whether it’s just a placebo effect.

Sometimes being the responsible one at work means leading a big meeting; other times it means starting your day by running the descaling cycle on the coffee machine.

The #Fever were up 31 early in the third quarter and are collapsing here in the 4th, allowing the Mercury back within 11. Some bad coaching here - how the heck do you let the opponent go on a 19-0 run and not call timeout?

Caitlin Clark with 15 points and 9 assists at halftime for the #Fever leading the #Mercury. But for a couple of her teammates’ fumbles, she’d already have a double-double. More importantly, her 15 points are not leading the Fever’s scoring. #WNBA

More mess at The Village Church: https://chrishubbs.com/2024/07/11/more-mess-at.html

The best kind of meeting is a cancelled meeting, but the next best kind is a very short one.

Yesterday was college orientation for our second kid. Six weeks from today we move them into college. I’m not ready for this.

When we were at U of Nebraska yesterday for freshman orientation there was also apparently a big evangelical youth camp of some sort on campus. Seeing all those youth earnestly doing individual and group devotions triggered all sorts of memories. I hope those kids find their way out.

A couple recommended reads: Trusting your Heart, and Christianity as an MLM: https://chrishubbs.com/2024/07/10/a-couple-recommended.html

In the past 4 weeks, we as a family have spent 13 days traveling together, spending every day together and every night in a hotel or dorm room. You can tell it’s starting to wear thin. Tomorrow night we will get home and just be home for a while. I can’t wait.

Just finished watching Fargo Season 5. I’m sitting here in awe. 9.5 episodes of wonderful thriller drama, and the last 30 minutes was the purest Gospel you’ve ever seen. When Dorothy holds out the biscuit and says you just have to eat the bread and accept the forgiveness? Tears.

Last day in the office before six days out. Let’s do this.

Am I coming or going?: https://chrishubbs.com/2024/07/02/am-i-coming.html

Started in on a novel from the library. Had to put it down. Competently written dystopian thriller, but the dystopia is just a little too close to home. I don’t need that right now.

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The right wing majority on scotus legalizes bribery and criminalizes homelessness because to them, rich people deserve rights and poor people deserve nothing. If they were deserving they’d be rich.

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“I’m just a simple umpire, calling balls and strikes as I see them, and every now and then rewriting basic rules of the game with no reason”

SCOTUS overrules Chevron, a massive blow to the ability of federal agencies to function. The familiar 6–3, with Roberts writing for the majority www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

Ugh, this debate. On one side, a lying gasbag. On the other side, an old, tired man. I mean, I’ll vote for the old, tired guy over the lying gasbag in a split second. But I wish we had a better option.

2024 Reads: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell 📚 Not bad, but not nearly as good as it could’ve been. Ended up sort of light and fluffy when it could’ve been tough.

After poking around a while finally realized that I can pay Tailscale to have it use Mullvad as an exit node. Think this is finally the right VPN solution for my needs.

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Yeah, one might say they lost control of their commentary in much the same way they thought the ref lost control of the game.

Catching up on the end of the CZE-TUR #Euro match. The ref lost control of the game, but I don’t think it was quite so bad as the announcers made it.

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[extremely singin' in the rain voice] scotus discloses the way the case goeses/but scotus discloses erroneously

Wordle 1,103 5/6 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 So many options to guess. Gah.

26 years with my favorite person. Here’s to a whole bunch more!

2024 Reads: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar 📚 What a beautiful story and exploration of life and meaning.