I don’t want people who participate in cancel culture to get fired for their old bad tweets, but a few moments of introspection would be pretty awesome.

It’s Fall Ball. Once again I have three kids to get to different practices/games plus Winchester along to spectate.

If I thought gun confiscation was going to pass, I’d feel it was my duty to finally buy an AR-15 just to not turn it in.
Knowing my luck, though, I’d immediately lose it in a tragic boating accident.

Is Beto right that you can get an AR-15 for $350? One of the reasons I don’t own one is I thought they were like a $1000.
Also, the ammo looked expensive to shoot.

Trump is a pretty embarrassing leader of our country except compared to leaders of other countries.

The libertarian in me feels the need to point out that when I say “leader of country” I really just mean “head of national government” and nothing more.

Sometimes it takes 6 or 7 times until you learn blackface is bad.

“Yes, I used to put on blackface. But now I know that’s wrong. You see, I’ve grown a lot as a person since…”
*new photo emerges*
“…yesterday.”

The new Rambo movie kind of sounds like “Taken, but with Rambo” which is actually a great pitch.
Did you know that Taken is rotten on RottenTomatoes? Who doesn’t like Taken? The “I told you I’d find you” scene is one of the all time greatest movie scenes.

I think the big problem with the Bill de Blasio campaign is that absolutely no one liked him and everyone was just kind of baffled he thought anyone would want him to be president.

I enjoy The Crown. It feels educational. Like watching a documentary.

Canada has guns?

*bang*
“Sorry.”
*bang*
“Sorry.”

If the Dems actually think the world is going to end, shouldn’t they be making big compromises with with Republicans to stop that?
“We’ll give you all free AR-15s in exchange for a carbon tax!”

So does having kids say things work to convince people? If so, I’m going to read my 4yo Economics in One Lesson and get her to lecture people on it.

“Do we want dangerous people like this getting their hands on military-style assault weapons?”
*Trudeau holds up a picture of himself in black face*

For those waiting on the Hellbender audiobook (which should be anyone who listens to audiobooks), it’s just waiting on Audible QA. Should be available to purchase in the next week or two.

They’re called “fire” ants because that’s what you want to kill them with.

If Trump is convicted and sent to prison, that might be good for him. I think he’d be a much better president with a guard watching him at all times.

*kids rally for action on climate change*
“We will not give up until action is taken to save this planet!”
“How about we give you some free Fortnite character skins instead?”
“Deal.”

In 2nd season of Halt & Catch Fire, and all the Commodore 64s are giving me such nostalgia. About the time this is supposed to be taking place, I was in first grade and we had a computer lab full of them where you could go instead of recess. Guess where I always was.

Was at the ball field Saturday from 11am to 5pm for three games (for three different kids) in 96 degree heat with high humidity. Nearly killed me. Only one still in good spirits is little Winchester. He did get scared, though, during some of the cheering.
My kids did great though! I don’t expect them to be great athletes—they have my genes—but I like to see them try.

Man, the not caring about partisan politics is sweet. If Trump is re-elected or if Trump is impeached and sent to prison, I’ll just be like “Whatever” and roll with it.
And probably crack a few jokes as I am wont to do.

Everyone always says to me, “Frank, how can I not care about things and be cool like you?” and I always says, “You can’t. Because you can’t help caring about things LIKE AN IDIOT.”

My unpopular opinions:
The Beatles were very talented
Coke > Pepsi
The Princess Bride was a great movie
Bacon is tasty
The Empire Strikes Back is perhaps the best Star Wars movie
Slavery is bad

I don’t care for Sophia the First and her catch phrase “Get away from me, commoners!”
I love how the king in the show has the most actively bland voice that it almost seems like a parody. Just keeping up the Disney tradition of the male royalty being people you can’t pick out of lineup.
I do wonder what all this Disney monarchy propaganda is doing to our daughters. Maybe it’s why libertarians skew male.

When you wake up at 3am and turn to see someone standing next to your bed staring at you, you’re going to freak out for a moment. True no matter how long you’ve had kids.

Dak Prescott + Kellen Moore seems like a pretty formidable combination. And it’s like the first half is just warm up.

I wonder what’s the world’s deadliest butterfly? I don’t think a butterfly has ever killed anyone, but one has to have come closest.

Kids, calm down. You’re not going to die from mass shootings or climate change. Learn to be more skeptical like when we Gen Xers were much more superior kids. Our “whatever” attitude now makes us look as wise as Solomon.

A passenger boarding the United plane I’m on just stopped in front of me, punched my shoulder, and started to say something, but I punched him in the face. My shoulder isn’t my weak spot, idiot. You’re going to have to try harder than that to take me down.

The whole Greta Thunberg thing feels like they’ve given up trying to convince anyone and are so frustrated they’re just trolling now. The whole exploiting a kid to do it is creepy, though.

I’ll be believe the world is ending when the climate change activists use the one thing in their arsenal they seemed to have vowed to never touch: humility.

“I know we’ve made a lot of mistakes and we’ve been dismissive of your concerns, and we’re sorry. We’re too arrogant to admit when we don’t really know things, but we want to change. We’re really worried about what’s happening and we want you on board.”
“Okay. Now I’m sacred.”

Is there any evidence Greta Thunberg is convincing anyone who didn’t already side with her, or am I missing the point?

It’s hard to take the UK seriously as a modern civilization when they’re worried about knives. I thought we got past the “Sharpened objects are going to kill us all!” panic thousands of years ago.

Don’t criticize kids? I’m a parent. It’s like 90% of what I do.

Little Winchester has a cold. This morning, both his eyes were sealed shut with eye crusties (he’s had some tear duct problems before as part of DS). Still, didn’t make him sad. Even though he couldn’t see me, as soon as he heard my voice, he smiled. He’s now 8 months old.
I think as part of being a parent, you can’t be a pessimist about the future. You don’t have that luxury.

Impeach him on one count of being a Trump and Pence on accessory to being a Trump.

If we don’t do something major about climate change, the world only has 7 years, 9 months, 16 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 23 seconds left.

Man, when I was a kids, we were worried about the world ending because of nuclear war with the Soviets. That makes today’s concerns look asinine in comparison.

Man, I was just thinking how much that would mess up 16yo me if I had a bunch of adults all over the world calling me the smartest and the greatest. A big part of moving from adolescence to adulthood is overcoming one’s own hubris.
And the thing is, I probably was the smartest, greatest teenager ever, just judging from all the other teenagers I met.

We have to stop the billionaires before they billionaire us with all their billions.

“Serial Killer Dad, all I ever wanted to do growing up was play catch with you, but you were too busy killing. Serially.”
“Let me out of prison and we can play catch and I promise not to kill anymore.”
“I’m not falling for that again!”
-from FOX’s new show, Serial Killer Dad

The thought of us getting to the end of the Trump presidency without at least one impeachment hearing seems crazy.

*I show up to an impeachment inquiry in tshirt and jeans*
“This is a formal impeachment inquiry!”
“D’oh!”

Is a formal impeachment inquiry what the Marshal of the Supreme Court was waiting on?

The thing is, everyone is really dumb and impeachment is really dumb so it seems like the thing everyone should be doing.
Impeachment will accomplish nothing, but it will accomplish nothing in a much more entertaining way than just doing nothing.

Near the end of the second season of Halt & Catch Fire, and it’s starting to feel like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in regards to the Clarks’ kids in that they’re never around but you’re not supposed to worry about them.