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Earlier today I recorded with Josh of DolphinsTalk about the upcoming Thursday Night Football game against our teams. It was nice to finally sync up together on his show after interacting in the Bad Faith Times Discord for the last few years. Also I joined my friend Ellen on her show about healing journeys earlier this month. She summarized the conversation well: …

Got invited to do a show with The Ravens Way and had a lot of fun talking about the state of the Ravens. They decided to run it back this year, which I think was a fine choice. Next year will be a big change to the roster with the multitude of contracts expiring. That said, might have a change in the coaching staff too.

The thing they don't tell you growing up about life is this: Life? It's every single day. -Gary Gulman The last few weeks I feel like I have been just treading water. This feeling started with Greek Festival Week (last post was right before then), and I think MAYBE just maybe it is coming to an end. So let's catch up.

The NFL has purposely transformed itself into the NBA over the last couple decades; ideally they want every game, esp every big game between contenders, to come down to the final possession. And that means you must keep scoring. The Ravens did not. Love this quote from Jim’s latest article. One reason I wrote my piece on John is because I don’t think he recognizes this change in how the NFL operates. Check it out!

Please consider donating to my 2025 St. Jude campaign. This year I’m offering photography tips, a bag of roasted coffee, and mini family photography sessions if you’re in the Baltimore / DC area.

If you’re looking for something neat today, look no further than Caleb Denison’s return to YouTube after his legal dispute with his former employer and my appearance on Derek Likes Sports where we discuss the very sad loss the Ravens had with a Bills fan along with other NFL Week 1 happenings. I come in at 48:30 but watch it all!

I don’t say this lightly, but I have seen enough. He is too conservative in games, no wonder he rubs elbows with Donald Trump. So many inexcusable mistakes, including not going for two to make it a potential 3 possession game and the horrid 2nd down call in the final offensive possession. And to make it worse, they elect not to go for it on 4th down.

I’ve got a lot of stuff I wanna write about that have nothing to do with this but in the meantime, something to munch on.

After complaining about the Blue app (what Meta calls Facebook internally), I decided for the first time in my mobile phone history to remove it from my homescreen. With my new found slot, I finally set up Tapestry and boy oh boy am I loving it. RSS, Bluesky, and Mastodon all under one roof! Should have done this months ago when it launched in February.

There are ways to preserve American democracy. None of them are ideal.