Another halftime buzzer beater. Not quite as dramatic as half-court shot but great play and timing to get the layup before the end of the half. I went on to win this game 110-104 to win the NBA Cup against the Knicks.

I have been enjoying playing NBA 2K25. I bought the game with birthday money in December. Several weeks ago, I started a season with the Denver Nuggets. In a game I played today, I hit a half-court buzzer beater to end the first half. It is the first time I have hit a long shot to beat a buzzer and it was the only three-pointer I had in the game. I still have not established a 3-point game. I get all of my points in the paint.

This one was painful to watch. Disappointed that they were not able to pull off the three-peat.

I am so excited that my hometown team is going back to the Super Bowl with an opportunity to make history–win three Super Bowls in a row. It is not something I take for granted. I am enjoying these years of immense success of watching so many years of losing seasons or early playoff exits. I feel extremely lucky that we have Patrick Mahomes. I love to see him step up in the playoffs.

It is great that KU’s first win at Allen Fieldhouse was against K-State. Looking forward to watching the game on Saturday. Rock Chalk!

I completed a 50K walking challenge on Strava today. The challenge was to walk 50K (31.1 miles) in the month of January. I have walked 32 miles this month so far and hope to double that before the end of the month.

“Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic.

“Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: “there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.

“Furthermore, writing is the foundation of nearly every technology and innovation because we have to record what we know before we can build upon it. And these innovations are passed down from generation to generation, allowing our children to inherit a richer intellectual fortune than what we were born into. The world is richer because we write and nobody is made poorer in the process.”

– James Clear, 3-2-1 Thursday, January 2, 2025

I went to see The War of the Rohirrim last night with my kids. We were going to go last week for my birthday but had to change plans. I enjoyed the movie and I felt like it fit well into the LOTR world and represented the culture of Rohan well. I liked that Miranda Otto (Eowyn) narrated the story. It was a nice tie in to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

For some reason, I thought about the time we saw Frozen in theaters with our kids this morning while taking a shower. Maybe one of the songs came to mind. Not sure why I started thinking about it.

An hour later while looking at my Facebook memories, I discovered that we saw the movie on this day 11 years ago. Wild coincidence that I had the thought earlier in the day.

I love this time lapse video of Budapest. It came up in my Facebook memories this past week. I visited a majority of the locations in the video on my trip this past April.

I enjoyed seeing Interstellar in IMAX® last night with two of my kids. I had seen it 5 years ago with my son on our TV. It was great to experience in IMAX® and I had fun hanging out with my kids.