Mike Hoff

Honestly, if I could never hear the word “deal” again, that would be great. We used to have other words, like treaty or agreement or compact or accord. Now thanks to Trump it’s just “deals”, “the best deal” “nuclear deal” “trade deal” “I love making deals” Just. Stop.

Folks in the DC area: remember if you see someone in MAGA gear who looks lost, kindly give them incorrect directions.

Here we go again, conservatives conflating minor property damage with the destruction of human lives.

Reached the age where I realized I need to do daily stretches. Hopefully this prevents some other issues from getting worse.

Always check your hotel prices before travel. Saved $350 by canceling previous reservation and rebooking. Only works if not paying in advance.

Tech teams naming themselves leads to some interesting conversations. Can be having a serious discussion about a feature then be like “Yeah we are waiting on Dumbledore’s Wand to release their fix before proceeding” #productmanagement

Retail therapy is great and all, but have you ever finally dropped off that bag of clothes at the donation center? Liberating.

Reading to my wife’s kindergarteners this morning.

As the markets rebound this morning this is your reminder to zoom out on those graphs.

How quickly Republicans went from “things will be cheaper” to “scarcity is good! Buy less things!”

Nothing satisfies like removing a blocker on a Friday morning. … What is my life… #Product

Me: Alright, expensive flights for trip booked. Maybe save some money between now and trip. Also me: Hmm, maybe a new travel camera…

The quality of my work week can be determined by how many times I use the face melt emoji in Slack 🫠

Old San Juan.

San Juan at night from our hotel balcony.

I used to not be an allergy person. But these last two years. Pollen is the enemy.

The beach resort rush to get chairs, umbrellas, and prime positioning every morning kinda defeats the purpose of vacation. Anyway I dragged my chair though the sand at 7am. Gotta do what you gotta do.

Off to Puerto Rico to disassociate for a few days. Though I’ll probably still be on here. Just rum fueled.

The true secret to one bag travel: shoes. Not the bag. One pair. The ones you have on. That’s it. No shoes in the bag. Maybe flip flops in the bag. But that’s it.

So... if the tariffs are being removed does that mean we are liberated? Or is the liberating on hold for 90 days? What is the status of the liberation?

Nobody is coming to save us. He will not come to his senses. His advisors and party lack the courage to take action. Strap in.

Sales: Can we guarantee this will work for customer next time? Me: Well there are no grantees in life so… #productmanagement

Reminder… zoom out.

Me dodging White Lotus spoilers all day because I can’t watch until later tonight

This is like a self inflicted gunshot while stepping in your own bear trap and punching yourself in the nuts all at once. Totally avoidable. Chaos and pain by his own design.

Checking on the markets after hours

Washington DC Cherry Blossoms at Tidal Basin.

Some ball hockey shots from Sunday.

Street meat, NYC

Needles in the sky, New York City

“We’re clean on OPSEC” I post into my non secure group chat as I Irish exit the bar.

Just give Adolescence all of the awards now. Powerful in so many ways.

“Not there yet” says man who is there.

Think I unwittingly had decaf coffee yesterday. Explains a lot.

One short walk through Times Square and I will never complain about tourists in DC again …maybe. Probably not.

Tourist season has begun in DC. Feels early this year.

Graffiti in Richmond

Perly’s in Richmond VA at night during recent work trip.

My fellow Millennials ready for yet another economic downturn/recession caused by Republican policies?

To Trump’s credit, it normally takes a new Republican president a couple years to topple the Economy the prior Democratic president built.

When Tump said that he would bring down prices, he apparently meant stock prices. Cause damn. 📉

Canadian solidarity aside 🇨🇦, All Dressed chips are outstanding and an S tier flavor. Side note: Someone needs to do a All Dressed chicken wing flavor.

Elected centrist Dems will defend norms before they defend our rights.

The wall, the wasteland, or the camps, at least we will always have norms and decorum. - Dem Leadership

So all the dems having a ping pong tournament after this? 🏓

Happy Tuesday