Weeknotes 25:39

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Putting on an art show*

My wife and I traveled up to Murray, Kentucky on Friday to attend the opening of my son’s solo art show, Of Methods and Madness. Ryan was the recipient of the “MAGpie Award” at the Murray State University OMAS group’s Annual Student Art exhibition last spring. This award consists of a cash prize, a pie, and the opportunity to exhibit at the MAG (Murray Art Guild) in September. He started thinking through the exhibit over the summer. We are both very proud of his hard work in putting this together. We enjoyed getting to see him talk with people about his work and bask in the joy of his accomplishment.

The artist posing with one of his pieces. He scanned his face with plastic wrap between him and the scanner. He did this everyday after he got up and before he went to work in the morning. The piece consists of the different images printing on transparent film over acrylic. The panels are removable and you can try different combinations. It also looks different based on the angle you are viewing it.

* Based on the lyrics of Twenty One Pilots new song, Drum Show

  • I continued to work hard on editing and updating content for the True Woman ’25 conference which happens later this week. I have built 5 different livestream pages for English, Spanish, Portugeuse, German, and French. Each of the pages have different content and I worked with the different teams to update content and images throughout the week. I have also built five different forms pages that will be part of the the conference takeaway. We are challenging women to join other women to read through the Bible together in 2026.
  • We really felt the loss of our guinea pig, Teddy, this week. It is so much of my routine to go to my daughter’s room each day and talk to Teddy or give her a treat. It is hard to believe she is no longer with us and it is hard to retrain the impulse to want to go and see her knowing she is no longer there.
  • It was nice to get out of town for a couple of days. I enjoyed being able to roadtrip with my wife. I am glad that we were able to travel up to Kentucky and be part of our son’s special night.

Articles I read

What I watched

It might be time to rethink box-sizing: border-box (Kevin Powell) – I am not sure I am convinced yet. Kevin started wondering about this after reading Miriam Suzanne’s Don’t Inherit the Box Model.

  • Chiefs-Giants (NBC) – Chiefs looked more themselves in the second half.
  • Tucci in Italy, Episode 5 (Disney+)
  • No Taste Like Home Episode 6 (Disney+)
  • Project Runway, various episodes (Samsung TV)
  • Ant Man (Disney+) – I love the first two installments of Ant Man. Love the cast and the music.
  • Ant Man and The Wasp (Disney+)
  • Matlock (Paramount+) – My wife signed us up for Walmart+ and Paramount+ comes with it. We watched this show up until Thanksgiving so we have enjoyed catching up with episodes we missed.
  • KU-Arizona State volleyball – We watched the final 3 games of the match on Friday night after getting back from son’s art show and dinner.

Books I am reading

What I played

  • MLB The Show 20 (Twins)
  • NBA 2K25 (Nuggets)

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