Weeknotes 26:17

April 27, 2026

Week of April 19–25

It was a short work week as I took off Thursday and Friday to travel up to Kentucky. I continued to work on a lot of smaller tasks. One of the bigger tasks I worked on was to bring consistency in both structure and style to several “confirmation” pages (store purchases, donations, event registration, giveaways). I also continued refining two landing pages for our fiscal end of the year giving on Revive Our Hearts and Aviva Nuestros Corazones. Other teams gave input on edits and layout changes.

Art Show

The highlight of the week was attending the reception for my son’s senior art show at Murray State University on Friday night. He has been working hard all semester to make this a reality. He had a very ambitious vision but was able to pull it off. He was able to show the breadth of his skills through graphic design, digital fabrication, printmaking, video, and sculpture. His show was inspired the philosophy of speculative design which bridges the disciplines of research, future thinking, and creativity.

He explored the potential future of neuromodulation, which uses stimulation to alter nerve activity. He explored where this might lead with the potential to control our emotions and state of being in the future. He challenges the viewer to consider the ethics of human inhibition, enhancement, and our reliance on technology. His exhibit felt like a museum of the future with artifacts of the progress of neuromodulation and the ethical debates and protests that follow. He also had an interactive component where viewers could get a closer look at the packaging of the neuromodulation products.

We are so proud of what he was able to accomplish. He had shown me several of the pieces in process when I visited him in February. It was a joy to see how it all came together and to see the finished product of the different ideas he has shared with us.

This is one of my last trips to Murray, Kentucky. We ate dinner at The Keg Restaurant, which I have been wanting to try since my son’s freshman year. I wish I had gone sooner because I would have made return trips. Their brisket sandwich was very good. We ate at Culver’s on Friday night. As I have mentioned before, Culver’s is my favorite fast-food place and the one in Murray is where I first discovered it. We also got donuts at Murray Donuts, another favorite, before leaving town on Saturday. We will return to Murray in a couple of weeks to see my son and his fiancé graduate.

Articles I read

What I watched

Books I am reading

What I played

MLB The Show 23 (Orioles) – I won both games I played this week.

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