I didn’t think I was going to do it. On the 25th, I had it in my head that I had zero books read this month with about four that I’d partially started. But I discovered that I actually had read one back on the first and then I hunkered down and made the rest happen with the final one wrapping about 30 minutes ago.

ABC canceled Home Economics?!?!

I have officially hit four months soda free… AND IT HURTS SO BAD!!! I JUST WANT ONE GINGER ALE, DAMMIT!! JUST ONE!!!!!!

This is why I like to get ahead on my reading goal early, it allows me to plan for the inevitable wall I’ll hit at some point during the year when I have zero desire to read (or listen) to a single page of text.

Nothing quite so much fun as finding a killer deal in a store.

Ho boy. Today I became that person. The person who puts wine in a coffee mug.

Thank you, Walmart (words you won't hear me say often), for providing me with the base design for what will surely become one of my Jack-o-lanterns this year!

Is it weird that, since I was a child and to this very day, my dream car is a vintage Volkswagen Beetle?

Somebody I follow on Instagram on my hobby account posted this today. He doesn't know who the source is, but I may try to Google it once I transcribe this all off the screen cap he posted. It's all about Geek Nation vs. politics and the morons who say their childhoods have been raped and pillaged by "wokeness."

Well, poop.

There’s no better way to shoot a reading goal in the foot than by getting caught up binging a streaming series with multiple seasons available all at once.

He’s 11! Freaking 11! How in the name of all that’s holy did that happen?!?!

A local geek-run coffee shop just texted me a special deal on their Iced Red Wedding Latte and it just sounds so oddly unique that I feel the need to try it.

Not that I actually expect to score any, but I have officially registered through Ticketmaster for the chance to get in an early queue to buy tickets to Olivia Rodrigo’s concert at United Center in Chicago next March 19.

I found a new hot snack at Aldi today. They’re called Kronchis and the packaging promises “Spicy • Limey • Crunchy • Corn Snack.”

A major brouhaha is erupting out of this situation in which actors Ashton Kutcher and Mika Kunis, along with Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, wrote character letters in support of former costar Danny Masterson during the sentencing phase of his multiple rape conviction trial.

I was talking to my buddy today about weird U.S. state facts. Mostly like about how each state has its own official weird this or that. Illinois' state exercise is cycling. Arizona's official neckwear is a bolo tie. That sort of oddball crap.

Aw man! I completely forgot that I pre-ordered a book from one of my favorite authors Clay McLeod Chapman. Until, that is, it arrived today at my doorstop from Amazon. 

Well this is a new one…

And the Chicago Bears start their season with a 20-38 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Nathan tried out that Simpsons filter in TikTok after he saw mine.

HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!

Sorry. Please allow me a moment to compose myself.

Nathan wants to start a sweat jar for me. Yeah, I swear. I know it.

Kids, this is why AI cannot be trusted. Check out how they think I’d look as a Simpsons character…

My fantasy football league at work held their draft tonight. It’s yet another year of me proving I have no idea what I’m doing.

And just like that… three months have passed, summer is (almost) over, and our community pool is closed.

It doesn’t happen often, but once in a while, I find myself with the time and creativity to put a little extra effort into my toy photography.

I hate when I find things the origin of which I know not.

A busy and fast-paced month, indeed. But a productive one. Let’s review.