2026-06-13
“They grow up so fast,” the grandma in the checkout line said
7 p.m. on a Tuesday, kid on the floor at Trader Joe's, and the grandma behind us smiles and says “they grow up so fast.” Same cliché as “things were better back then,” I think. So I went home and did the math. We're past 50% already. LastDays is the app I built so I'd see that number on my phone every day.
2026-05-31
He won't listen, but I want him happy
WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. And my kid won't listen, but I want him happy. I lined up the 1984 slogans next to my own, and turns out I'm running doublethink in my living room every day. Nobody made me do it.
2026-05-30
Just listen, kid. It's easier.
Same kanji, same wrong stroke, third time this week. I already hit this wall 30 years ago. I'm trying to hand him the history. He's not taking it. A note on Bismarck, Piaget, and a parent's late-night plea: please, just be the wise one.