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\n@heyloura Many thanks, Amiga.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88301851","date_published":"2026-04-15T13:23:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 13:23","date_timestamp":1776259430,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88301829","content_html":"@jthingelstad Thanks, man. We’re getting there. One day at a time.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88301829","date_published":"2026-04-15T13:23:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 13:23","date_timestamp":1776259408,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88301810","content_html":"@gregmoore Thanks, amigo. Means a lot.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88301810","date_published":"2026-04-15T13:23:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 13:23","date_timestamp":1776259397,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88301805","content_html":"@mroutley Many thanks. Many many thanks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88301805","date_published":"2026-04-15T13:23:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 13:23","date_timestamp":1776259389,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88301783","content_html":"@workswellforme Good news! You can see it again in IMAX and catch all the subtle details you missed during your first time. (I’ve not yet seen it a third but I’m very tempted.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88301783","date_published":"2026-04-15T13:22:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 13:22","date_timestamp":1776259361,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88258570","content_html":"@ablerism Never would have guessed. (ok, that was a lie; totally checks out.)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88258570","date_published":"2026-04-14T21:36:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 21:36","date_timestamp":1776202601,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88240201","content_html":"Based on the crying and genuine heartbreak from my 5-y/o, you would be forgiven for thinking I violated the Geneva Conventions. Nope. I gave the baby raspberries to make her giggle. Big sis never saw me do it anyone else. She thought this whole time it was just a special thing between us.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88201973","date_published":"2026-04-14T00:53:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 00:53","date_timestamp":1776127998,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88184009","content_html":"My old colleagues did a Lincoln-Douglas style debate over the resolution whether we should repeal the 2nd Amendment. The Student Paper at ASU did a very good coverage of th event and its signifance for teaching civil discourse.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/04/13/my-old-colleagues-did-a.html","date_published":"2026-04-13T19:13:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 19:13","date_timestamp":1776107604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88179292","content_html":"Well it took most of the morning and afternoon but I finally got DEVONthink syncing between my iPad and Mac. (After battling my university IT for several months to let me us iCloud Drive on my computer.)
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/88165941","date_published":"2026-04-13T14:50:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 14:50","date_timestamp":1776091801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88131467","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593135211/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚
\nFirst book I read with my kid. He listened to the audiobook this week while I read it on Kindle. A nice experience to bond over the rich story.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/04/08/i-buried-my-father-today.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T02:58:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 02:58","date_timestamp":1775703525,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87502109","content_html":"@rom hahahaha! Just yesterday I got an ad for a query and I recalled immediately a quote from Altman about how an ad in a chat bot is a failure because it means the AI isn’t better than a basic web search (or something to that effect).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/87502109","date_published":"2026-04-03T00:34:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 00:34","date_timestamp":1775176481,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87430480","content_html":"Watching Artemis II launch with my kids on the TV was way cooler than I expected. Quite surreal to live the kind of moment I’ve seen in movies and documentaries.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/87256672","date_published":"2026-03-30T15:29:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 15:29","date_timestamp":1774884545,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86632389","content_html":"@ayjay Correct… you don’t need them, but not everything in life is about needs alone. (I’ve been resisting the LOA Joan Didion for years but won’t be able to resist forever.)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86632389","date_published":"2026-03-20T20:49:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 20:49","date_timestamp":1774039787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86631889","content_html":"@miljko I rarely have time to read fiction, but I loved the film so much I put the hardback in my Amazon queue. Andy Weir might be the greatest novelist of the last 50 years.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86631889","date_published":"2026-03-20T20:44:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 20:44","date_timestamp":1774039475,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86631536","content_html":"@johnchandler So glad to hear that I’m not alone in my assessment. I’ve been a fan of Gosling’s work since La La Land, but this performance was world class. I expected to be entertained and even impressed; I was not planning on being emotionally moved.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86631536","date_published":"2026-03-20T20:41:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 20:41","date_timestamp":1774039298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86631285","content_html":"@mwerickson Let me know what you think about it. I’m heading back with my oldest to see it again (and his first showing).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86631285","date_published":"2026-03-20T20:38:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 20:38","date_timestamp":1774039137,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86631206","content_html":"@KyleEssary I told other friends best film in theaters since Maverick. As a film it might be better than it. I’m taking my ten year old to see it in IMAX next week.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86631206","date_published":"2026-03-20T20:38:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 20:38","date_timestamp":1774039093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86614128","content_html":"@jimmitchell Huzzah! Congrats to you both.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86614128","date_published":"2026-03-20T16:02:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 16:02","date_timestamp":1774022524,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86574326","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FyihdXomYb5kTeSivtFndMy5iDmf.jpg\")
Watched: Project Hail Mary 🍿
\nI nearly cried at the end. What an incredible film and career defining performance by Gosling. The score, cinemetography, and editing were flawless. Easily going to be on a lists to @mwerickson’s request for top 5 films.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86533190","date_published":"2026-03-19T14:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 14:03","date_timestamp":1773928996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86469144","content_html":"@mwerickson Yeah, it’s not on the list for a favorite or best or perfect film. But man to do they hit the nostalgia feels.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86469144","date_published":"2026-03-18T16:33:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 16:33","date_timestamp":1773851637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86467321","content_html":"@mwerickson Many thanks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86467321","date_published":"2026-03-18T16:08:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 16:08","date_timestamp":1773850139,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86467309","content_html":"@isaacgreene I had the good fortune of watching Dark Knight within a few weeks of watching Liberty with friends so the comparison was right there. Something like 20 years ago a now defunct podcast had three episodes on “the Western” and the comparisons to Aristotle and political philosophy were quite illuminating.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86467309","date_published":"2026-03-18T16:08:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 16:08","date_timestamp":1773850122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86467028","content_html":"@JohnBrady @mwerickson If you want a real fun movie marathon, watch Yojimbo followed by two great American remakes, Fist Full of Dollars and Last Man Standing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86467028","date_published":"2026-03-18T16:06:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 16:06","date_timestamp":1773849977,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86418810","content_html":"@JohnBrady @ablerism @dwalbert I love the ambiguity of their relationship, viz., how they could be only friends or falling in love but then, like you said, decide to stick with what they already have.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86418810","date_published":"2026-03-17T22:18:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 22:18","date_timestamp":1773785934,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86408718","content_html":"@ablerism @dwalbert It’s the whole thing from the the way it picks up in media res without any prologue to its non-conclusion the way we normally expect films to end. That’s the human experience, as people become close—closer than family—for brief moments in our lives. Anyone who has bonded with someone while traveling abroad knows what it’s like.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86408718","date_published":"2026-03-17T19:52:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 19:52","date_timestamp":1773777161,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86401986","content_html":"@dwalbert Lost holds up for me. The airsoft scene and the “make-up” scene after the fire alarm are so poignant and human.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lukemperez/86401986","date_published":"2026-03-17T18:16:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 18:16","date_timestamp":1773771365,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86401906","content_html":"@JohnBrady It is only in hindsight that we can see the hints of what was to come in Dirty Harry or even the Fist Full of Dollars trilogy. But in realtime, yeah, no one saw it coming until maybe Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby (just a few years before Torino).
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While working on my post about my top five films, I went to Arrow’s website to link to my recently purchased Excalibur only to discover they’ve remastered Innerspace.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/03/17/while-working-on-my-post.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T15:56:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 15:56","date_timestamp":1773763013,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86389318","content_html":"Top Five Films: lukemperez.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/03/17/over-on-the-excellent-micro.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T15:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 15:15","date_timestamp":1773760553,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86327363","content_html":"Mini Tacos, Murder, and the Problem of Getting Exactly What We Want:
\n\n\nMaybe a seemingly infinite set of choices inspires infinite pickiness. Making the haystack bigger doesn’t make it easier to find that one shiny needle you’re longing for.
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In politics, in private life, in nearly all aspects of our lives, we create the scarcity that we fear.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/03/16/mini-tacos-murder-and-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-16T17:30:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 17:30","date_timestamp":1773682200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86317907","content_html":"\nWatched: Hoppers 🍿
\nTook the kiddos yesterday. It is arguably the best from Pixar since Onward.
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Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin Ohio.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/6845/2026/e6328038a4-m.jpg\")
And later we were part of the world’s largest “human shamrock”
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\nCurrently reading: Thomas More by Joanne Paul 📚\n
Riveting first 100 pages. Strongly recommended.\n: micro.lukemperez.com
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Mom and baby are doing great and should come home later today. Her big siblings are very excited—lots of happy tears at the hospital when they came to visit.\n
","summary":"","url":"https://micro.lukemperez.com/2026/03/08/on-friday-march-we-welcomed.html","date_published":"2026-03-08T17:44:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 17:44","date_timestamp":1772991893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85602195","content_html":"I meant to write something to note the first anniversary since Paco died. But there is just so much going on that I couldn’t get to it. Not least of which is that we’re heading to the hospital in a little bit for my wife to be induced with baby number five. In the midst of the grief, there is joy...
","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/03/05/i-meant-to-write-something.html","date_published":"2026-03-06T00:15:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 00:15","date_timestamp":1772756145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84548971","content_html":"It’s Ash Wednesday. My father died this morning. He was a good man, and a great dad. Stoic to the end, he was in good spirits when I spoke with him on Monday.
\nLast year, Paco died on Ash Wednesday.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/02/18/its-ash-wednesday-my-father.html","date_published":"2026-02-18T22:48:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-18 22:48","date_timestamp":1771454896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83815058","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fa.ltrbxd.com%2Fresized%2Ffilm-poster%2F5%2F1%2F2%2F8%2F8%2F51288-cool-runnings-0-230-0-345-crop.jpg%3Fv%3Dfb0d8efc18\")
Cool Runnings, 1993 - ★★★★★: letterboxd.com
Drafting a new a syllabus for a Great Books course on Rome (Ancient, Christianity, Medieval). It’s shocking how much has to get cut to make it fit.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/02/05/drafting-a-new-a-syllabus.html","date_published":"2026-02-05T22:30:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-05 22:30","date_timestamp":1770330608,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3me5gwfolr72e"]}},{"id":"83104321","content_html":"If you haven’t had to shovel snow in slacks and loafers because the city did a second round of snow removal while you were at work, well then you haven’t really lived.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/28/if-you-havent-had-to.html","date_published":"2026-01-29T01:33:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 01:33","date_timestamp":1769650424,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mdjnh2fh5622"]}},{"id":"82862290","content_html":"10 degrees, stomach flu, and a foot of snow. It’s not a solution but I’m drinking a hot toddy while watching Gaby’s Dollhouse with the 5-year old.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/25/degrees-stomach-flu-and-a.html","date_published":"2026-01-25T23:41:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-25 23:41","date_timestamp":1769384470,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mdbvs4soxd26"]}},{"id":"82294838","content_html":"Few things are as joyous as surprising your collegiate best friend, in person over beers, that you moved back.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/17/few-things-are-as-joyous.html","date_published":"2026-01-18T00:56:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-18 00:56","date_timestamp":1768697796,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mcnwaepx2v2x"]}},{"id":"82083027","content_html":"Ladies and gentlemen, five.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/6845/2026/3ea36fb39d-m.jpg\")
See also, one year ago, today. Also, first pic not taken my wife.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-five-see.html","date_published":"2026-01-15T01:11:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-15 01:11","date_timestamp":1768439510,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mcgfopidrh2c"]}},{"id":"81656486","content_html":"The long national nightmare is over. I got my new work laptop today. It’s the most bureaucratically locked down machine I’ve ever used. And I’ve used military computers. But it’s also brand new. Trade-offs!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/08/the-long-national-nightmare-is.html","date_published":"2026-01-08T23:59:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 23:59","date_timestamp":1767916769,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mbx6u2p3uv2o"]}},{"id":"81518317","content_html":"Last day in California visiting my mom before the big move. We of course had our last meal proper. In-N-Out.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/06/last-day-in-california-visiting.html","date_published":"2026-01-07T05:45:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-07 05:45","date_timestamp":1767764752,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mbsrbqxeyb24"]}},{"id":"81168720","content_html":"Took all day to load the trailer. One last family photo before we left for good. Lot of tears. We’re going to miss this place.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/6845/2026/cf2f72cfb9-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lukemperez.micro.blog/2026/01/01/took-all-day-to-load.html","date_published":"2026-01-02T00:39:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Luke M. Perez","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Flukemperez%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lukemperez"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 00:39","date_timestamp":1767314345,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3r37hqk7htjs47bad2uge34g/post/3mbfnsoren62k"]}}]}![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/6845/2026/e0f73f9cff-m.jpg\")
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