Monday Morning Quick Hits

Item 1: Go Mavericks.

Seriously, it's been a long time since we had a championship in any sport here in Dallas. The Rangers and FC Dallas made it to their respective finals last year, but neither could quite get there in the end. I admit, I'm not the biggest sports fan in the world, but it's difficult not to be happy for the team and the city as a whole. Even though I live in the suburbs.

Item 2: Go Mavericks.

Sorry, I just thought it bore repeating.

Item 3: Mythbusters.

Last Wednesday, my almost-eight-year-old son told me that he wanted to be a Mythbuster when he grew up. For that, he gets to stay up late and watch them every week now. I've never been so proud of him as I was at that moment. He's going to need a lot of lessons on firearms safety, though.

That's enough for now, I think. Back to work!

Introductions

Welcome, everyone.

What, you might be wondering, can you expect to see here? That's a difficult question to answer, at least for now. To begin with, I won't be posting with any overall theme in mind. I'll just be sharing things that interest me, and that I hope will interest you too. One day it might be an article about the latest developments in astrophysics, the next it might be about what I found in the pockets of the kids' clothes when I did laundry*. There's no telling, really.

Hope you enjoy!

*Last time it was a fuzzball with googly eyes, wood chips, a broken pencil, a penny, and a green plastic dangly earring. No, I don't get it either.