You’ve been good today. I think you deserve this timeline cleanse of Ernie Duck.

For those keeping track, there’s now been 1214 people disappeared by ICE

This morning’s Beatrix Plays DJ On The Drive To School playlist (with her commentary)

• The Smiths, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” (“They don’t really have any happy songs, do they?")
• Billy Joel, “Piano Man” (“I want to learn how to play the harmonica part and then this will be my party trick”)
• Fleetwood Mac, “Sugar Daddy” (“The most underrated song by them. No one knows this one but they should.")

I was playing The Cure’s latest album again yesterday. Ms. Beatrix asked, “Who’s this?”

I answered, “The Cure. A band that was very popular when Mom and I were your age. This is their latest album that they just put out a few months ago.”

“Oh”, she said, “They sound like that other band, The Smiths?”

She then sings a few lines from, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”.

“Yep”, I said, “Same era”

“Same energy”, she said.

We’ve raised her well.

Yoga And A Pint. 📍

Back on the mat.

Nina’s Coffee Café. 📍

Coffee with neighbors discussing the local goings on.

Just thinking about the fact that I’ve been a blogger for a very long time. All sort of different types of blogging too. I’ve experimented with other mediums in that time but never really stopped blogging and it is to blogging I always returned.

‪Reminder: The daily ups and downs of the stock market only really matter to the retail investor.

For those who play the long game, ups and downs should be evaluated and adjusted for over decades.

This includes your retirement strategy.

Don’t let the game play you.

Reminder: Part of this whole thing on tariffs is meant you to distract you from things like this.

There’s lots going on we need to pay attention to enough to speak/fight out/back against. Keep your eyes open. Realize when the game is playing you.

While we need to call him by the name we’ve given him so that he learns it, I keep wanting to call him him Mr. Martini.