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Breakfast For Lunch Thursday Rundown

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Happy April! I hope your month is off to a great start. The second quarter of 2025 is underway so either stay on track or get back on it depending where you are at. Let’s begin with the Thursday rundown.

Spa Date – For our daughter’s birthday party, we opened up Sloan’s Salon for an afternoon. A week later, Sloan had the chance to get pampered at a real salon. Our dear friend, Fidela, took Sloan on a “girl’s afternoon” to the Coeur d’Alene Resort Spa. In addition to getting manicures, they also walked the pier, ate lunch, and visited the toy store. It was such a generous and special way for Fidela to celebrate Sloan. And she did all this while pregnant! Which reminds me, please pray for Fidela that she continues to have a safe pregnancy and pray for her unborn baby.

Fidela spoiled Sloan with a special spa afternoon.

Free Concessions – My former place of employment has made a big splash this week. The Coastal Carolina University athletic department recently announced it will offer FREE concessions items during the 2025 football season. We are talking free hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, and soda. Dubbed the CCU Kickoff Meal Deal, fans will be able to order four free items at a time and will be allowed to go through the line as many times as desired. Perhaps the timing of this announcement was the most ingenious part of the whole thing. Because CCU announced the promotion on March 31, people speculated that it could be an April Fool’s joke. Nope, it is totally legit—but the speculation added to the buzz.

When I started working at CCU, Brooks Stadium still had green grass and a fraction of its current capacity. It also didn’t offer free concessions. It will be interesting to see how it all works out.

Breakfast For Lunch – On Tuesday, our EWU marketing and communications team hosted a potluck during the lunch hour. Everyone was told to bring their favorite breakfast item. Let me tell you, my colleagues went all out and brought some delicious fare. As for me? Even though I have felt extremely burned by recent modifications, I couldn’t help but bring Costco muffins to the party.

Can you see my muffins? This was before most of the other food arrived. That’s my boss, Eric Limburg, flipping chocolate chip pancakes.

To Catch A Killer – While browsing Netflix for a movie to watch on Sunday, Sidney and I selected “To Catch A Killer.” The film is from 2023 and it stars Shailene Woodley, who I like, as a Baltimore police officer. When a mass shooter murders scores of people at multiple events, an FBI special agent leans on Woodley for her insight. When Sid and I talked about the movie during dinner the following night, I told her I didn’t really like it. She asked why. I told her I didn’t really know. But as she pressed me, I mentioned it was really dark, a little hokey, and just not very clever.

Although I like Shailene Woodley, I wouldn’t recommend “To Catch A Killer.”

Keep Scrolling – Many of you know that I try to end these rundowns on a humorous note and tonight I have the opportunity to do so. My friend, Lindsi, shared this four years ago but it still makes me laugh because it 100% resonates with me. Whenever I submit an online application that requires my birth date, I find the “year” field defaulting to something like 2007. Alas, this requires me to scroll back quite a bit to find my respective birth year. It is funny and concerning at the same time, but, believe it or not, sometimes I feel a pinch of pride mixed in that I have lived to this point.

This “Price Is Right” meme resonated with me.

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This is going to be a record April for the Resers so I have to sign off for now. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for reading! Don’t Blink.

Toweling Off…I Mean On

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Back in high school, there was a coach from a rival basketball team with a peculiar signature “look.” Whenever he coached, he would always droop a white towel—one that was meant for players to wipe sweat from their faces at timeouts—over his shoulder. Mind you, this was during the days when coaches actually wore suits so this particular “accessory” always stood out.

To grab another memory from my prep years, our PE teacher in weight training required us to bring our own towel to class. This was mandated so we could use it to place on equipment while performing reps and to also deflect our own perspiration while exercising.

I think both of these influences—although the latter one more so—had an impact on me after I graduated from high school. Why so? Because since the nearly 20 years since I left Mead High School, I have always brought with me a towel to the gym that I constantly droop over my shoulder while I work out.

I always bring a towel with me to the gym to use while exercising

However, to be fair, the towels I use aren’t the athletic ones the high school basketball coach would use. Rather, my towels are pretty much whatever I can get my hands on. Some are hand drying towels, some are car wash towels, and others are promo items I picked up from events. So you might ask the following question: Do they do the trick?

My response would be, what trick? If you meant do they keep me cool and keep sweat at bay, I would say kind of. While they do help whisk away sweat while doing cardio, my weight lifting routine doesn’t leave me soaked and thus a towel isn’t absolutely necessary for that purpose.

Instead, I use a towel at each gym session for two other more obscure reasons. The first is that it helps me mark my territory. I can indicate that I am using a piece of equipment by sprawling the towel on whatever I am using. But when you use the gym at 3:30 a.m. like I do, let’s just say marking your territory isn’t always necessary when you are often the only one using the facility.

The more prominent reason for my dedicated towel use is what my wife terms “my OCD.” I simply like the comfort and familiarity of a towel drooped over my shoulder or in my hand at all times. I guess you can liken it to how a toddler becomes attached to a blanket. After exercising that way for 25 years, it has grown on me. I feel out of place and awkward when I don’t have a towel at the gym. If I somehow forgot to bring a towel with me, I will turn around and go home to retrieve one if I haven’t arrived at the gym yet.

So at the end of the day, I am very similar to the high school basketball coach. At one time we probably had functional reasons for our respective towels, but eventually they became more of a personal comfort than a practical necessity. Don’t Blink.

Subway: Just Not Worth It

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Back in the early 2010s, Subway was my favorite fast food restaurant. I would hit up a specific location in Missoula for a $5 footlong on a weekly basis. But the chain eventually hit tough times and prices went up. By the time the early 2020s rolled around, it wasn’t uncommon to pay $12 for a Subway footlong.

Way back in 2013 when Subway was a great value.

As you can imagine, our family stopped going to Subway.

But then we started receiving a sheet of coupons each week in the mail. It was a mailer sent by a group of Subway restaurants in the Spokane area for discounted sandwiches within its restaurants. Lucky for us, one of the participating Subways is located within walking distance from our house. The best coupon on the sheet for a family of four was an offer of three footlong sandwiches for $19.99.

This coupon came in handy a lot for us.

Although not equivalent to the $5 footlong price of the early 2010s, it did equal out to $6.66 per sandwich. Sid and I could each get our own and we would split the third sandwich between Sloan and Beau.

Nothing wrong with a dinner under $20, right?

The other day, Beau and I walked to get the mail. When I opened our box, the trusty sheet of Subway coupons was waiting for us. I grabbed the deals and started walking home while Beau led on his scooter. I looked down at the sheet and despite the formatting and layout of the mailer looking the exact same as it has for the past couple years, something else was obviously different: the prices.

A look at the difference in prices between the March 2025 coupon sheet and the April 2025 coupon sheet.

The coupon price for a 6” sub was a $1 more. Same for the coupon price of a single footlong. But price hikes for the other specials were either triple or quadruple those increases. For example, the original coupon price for two footlongs ($13.99) had jumped three bucks to $16.99. And the coupon price for the three footlongs we used for picnics, Saturday nights, and last-minute dinners?…

From $19.99 to $23.99!

The price jump was rather disappointing.

I have said before that I understand price hikes, especially in our country’s current economic climate. But I also believe that increases should occur in a controlled and transparent manner. The 20% price increase—even though it is technically still a discount—seems too severe. Again, I get the times we were in, but some type of a note either on the previous month’s coupon sheet or this month’s coupon sheet recognizing the increases would have gone a long way with me.

I know it is “just” a $4 difference. But psychologically, it is too much for me to handle. Like I said, I felt good about paying under $20 for dinner but now the same amount of food is priced much closer to $25. But even more problematic is the fact that a Subway sandwich sold at a unit price of $8 (with the new coupon price applied) simply isn’t worth the money—the sub simply isn’t good enough. #SorryNotSorry.

I think I am going to take a break from eating Subway sandwiches.

Again, call me a cheapskate, but for the time being this is a deal breaker for me. Don’t Blink.

Ancestry Thursday Rundown

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And just like that, March will soon give way to April. But on this April Fools’ Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve, let’s reflect on some random topics…

Sloan’s Cake – You all know the drill, when our family celebrates a birthday, I always showoff the cake in the following Thursday Rundown. Sloan specifically requested a cake that was teal and pink so we made it happen. We trusted the skilled and talented bakers at Rosauers to turn Sloan’s wish into reality.

Rosauers baked and decorated Sloan’s 8th birthday cake.

Pope Francis Recovery – Thanks be to God, Pope Francis has been released from the hospital. Over the past couple days, details have emerged regarding how close he was to death. With these reports, there is no doubt in my mind that God still wants Pope Francis on this earth to preside over the Church. I admire the Pope’s medical team and the faithful who feverishly prayed for him.

It is important that we continue to pray for Pope Francis.

Flipside – Did you ever play Bop-It when you were a kid? We had one that we played over and over. For Sloan’s birthday, she received a gift from one of her friends that reminded me of Bop-It. Called Flipside, the object is to match the colored blocks to the lights. It has caught on like wildfire in my family. Sloan, Beau, and even Sid can’t get enough of it. In fact, Sloan is so smitten with the game that she has played it on the car ride to school this whole week. Overall, I am happy for the kids to have a handheld they can engage with that isn’t a smart device.

Sloan playing Flipside in bed.

National Scrabble Day – I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to mark National Scrabble Day. Scrabble was my family’s favorite game growing up as we played many intense, competitive rounds. When we moved back to Spokane five years ago, I was delighted to dust off the board and play a game with everyone for old times’ sake. Another fond memory I have of Scrabble is from the sixth grade. My teacher, Mr. Jared Hoadley, took our class to a neighboring rival elementary school to play its sixth grade class in a Scrabble tournament. We might have mobile apps like Words With Friends and Wordle, but the ultimate word game will always be Scrabble!

A look at our Scrabble board from my homecoming game five years ago.

23andMe Tough Times – An item in the news cycle this week is the bankruptcy of personal genomics giant 23andMe. The industry has fallen on tough times and it has specifically impacted 23andMe in a negative way. I find it a shame because these companies truly provide fascinating and accurate information. Nearly seven years ago I opted for the competition and submitted my sample to AncestryDNA. I learned a lot about my heritage. The test was actually a birthday gift from my mom who spent $99 on it. Let me tell you, it has been a gift that continues to give. To this day, I still receive emails notifying me about new matches when relatives (both near and distant) submit their own tests. My wife took a 23andMe test in 2019.

My Ancestry DNA test confirmed a lot of what I already knew about my heritage.

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Thanks for your time this evening. Enjoy your last weekend in March and we will be in touch next week. Don’t Blink.

Like Vs. Love

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Earlier this Lent, I attended daily mass presided by my diocese’s bishop. On this particular day, the gospel reading was Matthew 5:43-48. This is the passage where Jesus teaches to love thy enemies (But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you).

Our Young Adult Catholic group surrounds Catholic Diocese of Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly (center, with hands in pockets). He preached a “like vs. love” homily on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at St. Thomas More in north Spokane.

Bishop Thomas Daly followed with an interesting homily. He advised those of us in attendance that we didn’t need to like everyone, but we did need to love everyone. Bishop Daly mentioned there were certain people long ago who made his job as president of a Catholic high school quite difficult. These individuals put Bishop Daly through the ringer and made him question their motivations for working in a Catholic school. As you can imagine, these people wouldn’t have been the easiest folks to like.

However, just because you don’t prefer to spend every moment of your free time around certain people doesn’t mean you ought not to love them.

And this is where Bishop Daly dropped the differentiator and defined what “love” means in the context that Jesus preached it. In its simplest terms, “to love” your brothers and sisters in Christ is to hope the best for them. It means, just like Jesus said, that you pray for them. You don’t wish ill will, you don’t secretly hope for their failure. Despite how difficult it might be to get along with someone, you still need to be a positive advocate for their general welfare and pray that they might have a close relationship with Christ.

As we mark the three-week mark of Lent today, it is important to love all, especially those who make it hard to do so. Don’t Blink.

It’s All About the Benjamins

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Because I was a U.S. president-obsessed nerdy child, my geeky interest naturally translated to American currency as well. Presidents were on money so what wasn’t there to like? Oh yeah, the very practical use of money wasn’t lost on me either.

Thus, you probably aren’t surprised that I took a big interest to updates in currency. Introduction of state quarters, new faces on dollar coins, and anything dealing with $2 bills all caught my attention. Something else also greatly intrigued me…

On this date 29 years ago, the new $100 bills were made available to the American public. Not tweaked since the 1920s, the fresh notes that entered circulation on March 25, 1996, packed major change. The one-dimensional “Benjamin” received a major facelift as the portrait of the bill became much more detailed and larger. In 2013, Ben Franklin would outgrow his oval-shaped frame altogether, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves—I am just focused on the 1996 changes today.

Sloan holding one of the most current $100 bills.

Besides the portrait upgrade, the signature feature of the new bill was the prominent security feature—the watermark! Applied so retailers could hold it up to the light to view for authenticity, that was the very first thing my 10-year-old-self did when I first got my hands on a new $100 bill.

Checking for the watermark is also the first thing my 8-year-old does if she ever comes into contact with a $100 bill.

Which probably makes you wonder, how did I in fact find myself in possession of a C-note? Well, my grandpa never owned a debit card or credit card in his life. To put in Randy Moss terms, he was straight cash, homie. Because of this, he always had cash in his wallet…including big bills. My siblings and I thought he was a millionaire because he always had $100 bills in his wallet. Not only did he have them, but he also generously dispersed them. My first new $100 bill came from my grandpa and I treasured it…

…until my mom took it from me and put it in the bank. 😂

It took more than 70 years for the $100 bill to be tweaked in 1996 but it only took less than 20 years for additional changes in 2013. In addition to even more prominence of Benjamin Franklin’s likeness on the bill, a mix of different colors were splattered across it. But again, that’s not the topic of today.

Are you old enough to remember when the new $100 bill debuted in 1996? Does your supermarket checker still make you feel like a thief by taking 30 seconds to closely inspect the $100 bill you hoped to pay your groceries with? Or, like me, do you just wish you had more of them (old version, 1996 version, or 2013 version be damned)? Don’t Blink.

Sloan’s Spa-Themed 8th Birthday Party

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Watch a quick video of Sloan’s spa-themed birthday party

For Sloan’s 8th birthday party, Sidney pitched a unique idea.

“How about a spa party, Sloan?”

The entrance to Sloan’s spa-themed birthday party.

It didn’t take any convincing past the initial question. Sloan was all-in for the spa concept and Sid went right to work planning it.

Sloan’s 8th birthday party crew.

Sid planned several different “services” to provide a true spa experience. But before any of that took place, the girls needed some spa snacks.

Charlotte, Mikayla, and Aminah getting some spa snacks.

After everyone had their fill of muffins, fruit, veggies, and lemonade, “Sloan’s Spa” was open for business. First up? Facials…

Facial time!

Following the facial experience was a good foot scrub…

Who doesn’t like a good foot scrub?

Once everyone’s faces and feet were feeling rejuvenated, it was time for perhaps the most popular spa service: pedicures! Sidney and her friend, Megan, gave each girl the VIP experience…

Sloan and Allie getting their pedicures while sipping on their drinks.

Part of that VIP treatment also entailed a special drink to sip while they had their toes done. We filled fancy drink glasses (from the Dollar Tree) with punch poured over a small scoop of rainbow sherbet…

These delicious spa drinks were made by pouring punch over rainbow sherbet.

Probably the most challenging part of the spa day took place next. Sloan and her friends made bath bombs. For some, the materials formed easily into a ball; for others, not so much…

These girls all had good luck with their bath bombs.

After all the pampering, it was time to do a traditional birthday activity—PRESENTS…

Sloan reading a card that came with a present.

And after presents, the girls returned to the table for the best part of any birthday party…

Sloan blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.

I didn’t realize all the stops Sid pulled for Sloan’s birthday party. I knew there would be a few stations, but she truly went all-out with the supplies, drinks, and overall spa treatment she gave each girl. After last year’s Taylor Swift party, I didn’t know how Sid would top that…but she found a way.

Sid threw a great party and it was so nice hosting these girls.

To see Sloan’s appreciation for her mom’s effort at the end of the day was heartwarming and genuine. She thanked Sid and recognized the time she put forth to pull it off. Truly, it was worth it. Don’t Blink.

50 Shades of Green Thursday Rundown

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It is March 20 today and that means one thing: We are exactly one month away from Easter. It also means that in 2025 this date falls on a Thursday so let’s get started with the latest rundown…

Make It Nine – Every year near Sloan’s birthday, I create the first ever photo we took together. On March 17, 2017, I posed with in my green polo as I swaddled my baby girl. Although I can no longer swaddle Sloan, I can still throw on my same green polo and we can still pose in a way that honors the spirit of the original photo.

Sloan and I pose for the same photo every year. My green polo is still holding up!

50 Shades of Green – I shared this photo on Instagram and thought it deserved the Don’t Blink treatment as well. The different shades of green make this a spectacularly hideous image in terms of colors clashing but that also gives it some charm…a lucky Irish charm.

Green, anyone? ☘️

Leprechaun Trap – She makes one every year, with each new one getting more elaborate, but somehow the leprechaun always seems to get away. This is the leprechaun trap Sloan made on St. Patrick’s Day Eve. She put a lot of work into it, but alas, the leprechaun managed to escape once again.

Sloan had a lot of fun making her leprechaun trap.

Throwback – Is your bracket busted yet? Speaking of the NCAA Tournament, on this day 10 years ago I was in Omaha as part of the travel party for the Coastal Carolina University men’s basketball contingent. On this particular evening, I sat on the floor under the basket and shot photos as the #1-seeded Wisconsin Badgers defeated my #16-seeded Chanticleers. Even though it was a loss, the game was still fun. But even better was what transpired a few hours prior. I worked with the social media manager at Wisconsin to develop a back-and-forth between the two flagship Twitter accounts of both institutions. It went viral! Still a super cool career moment.

In 2015, I traveled with the Chanticleer men’s basketball team to the NCAA tournament.

2025 Hearts On Fire Men’s Conference – This past Saturday, I attended the Hearts On Fire Men’s Conference hosted by the Catholic Diocese of Spokane. Always held at St. Thomas More in north Spokane, I try to go every year. Curtis Martin, the founder of FOCUS Ministries, was the headlining speaker. A superstar in the U.S. Catholic world, it was really cool to listen to him in-person. He presented different talks based on the three stages of the evangelization model championed by FOCUS: Win – Build – Send. Besides Martin’s presence, it was a fruitful day that allowed those in attendance to attend mass, go to confession, pray the rosary as a big group, and worship at holy hour. What an event!

Curtis Martin of FOCUS Ministries speaks to the audience gathered at St. Thomas More in north Spokane for Hearts On Fire Men’s Conference.

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Hope everyone has a great weekend. We will be hosting Sloan’s birthday party on Saturday so hopefully I will be able to tell you about it next week. Until then, as my dad always says, “be good.” Don’t Blink.

Soda And App Family

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When Sidney and I give Engaged Encounter retreats, the first night we deliver a presentation titled “Understanding Myself.” The idea is that before an engaged couple can truly understand each other, they must be able to understand themselves as individuals. One way that we become the people we are today is through the families we grew up in.

In this particular presentation, Sidney and I dive into our respective families and describe how they shaped the individuals we are today. Although we address some major themes with our familial clans, we also touch on some granular, lighthearted topics—such as the beverages we drank growing up! Sid and I contrast the drinks at our dinner tables during our childhoods with my wife mentioning that each Mathis meal was served with your choice of a tall glass of Coke or a tall glass of sweet tea. In my household, we were given the choice of milk or water.

My family drank either water or milk growing up at the dinner table.

I give that backstory to explain a humorous TikTok video my sister sent Sid and me the other day. It showed a young woman (@laurenenslow) looking perplexed as she navigated the differing restaurant ordering preferences of her husband’s family. The TikTok explained that the woman grew up in a “water and no apps” family while her husband belongs to a “soda and apps” family.

This is one of the opening frames of TikTok user @laurenenslow’s video about “soda and app” families. After giving this perplexed look the video then shows a table with drinks and an appetizer with her significant other digging in.

We couldn’t help but laugh at the video because it explains Sid and me perfectly. Growing up in my family, eating at a restaurant was always a very special and fun experience but it didn’t mean we were guzzling soft drinks and eating potato skins. Much to the chagrin of my siblings and me, my parents would order us a round of waters. Appetizers? The only “starter” we were getting was if the restaurant offered free chips or bread.

Our family eating at Prospector’s, a delicious restaurant in North Spokane. Portions were so huge at this restaurant that appetizers were never needed.

In Sidney’s family, their restaurant table would be lined with glasses filled with different colored sodas, teas, and lemonades. Ordering an appetizer (or two) was always an option as well.

I have to give my parents credit, by the time we reached late high school/college, the embargo on drinks/apps was lifted. We were often free (and even encouraged) to order a soda or beer. I point to the opening of P.F. Chang’s in downtown Spokane as the shift. When our family started eating celebratory and holiday meals there, my mom and dad would order us the lettuce wraps.

My family loving life at P.F. Chang’s in November of 2011. You might notice that we have the lettuce wraps as an appetizer but us “kids” are all drinking waters.

So now that Sidney and I have our own family, you might be wondering if we are a “water and no apps” family or a “soda and apps” family. I would say that we are a “sometimes soda family and rarely apps family” 😂. Many of the restaurants we frequent include a soda with items ordered off the kid’s menu. When it comes to appetizers, ordering a Blooming Onion at Outback is a non-negotiable but other than that we try to refrain. As for me personally? I still order a glass of water more often than not.🚰 😉

Thought I would end this post of an instance where we splurged on drinks for the kids in an open air restaurant as they ordered Shirley Temples. Can I make a confession? Beau and Sloan actually paid for those drinks by themselves with the vacation allowance we gave them prior to departing Spokane 😂.

What “type” of a family are you? Don’t Blink.

The “Shattering” Of A Neighborhood

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In August 2023, we moved into a brand new neighborhood. In fact, we were one of the first families to move in on the only street that was developed at the time. More than a year and a half later, our neighborhood has grown a lot and is nearing the 75% completion phase.

This is our new home by D.R. Horton.

It didn’t take that long after we settled in our house that a neighborhood Facebook group was launched. If you have ever had the “pleasure” of being part of such a virtual community, you know what comes with it: drama, drama, drama.

Our group is filled with constant posts about dog poop pick up, package theft, and property lines…you know, probably the same stuff that inundates your neighborhood page, right?

Sidney and I never post or engage with the page, but we do get our popcorn every now and then.

But one unique re-occurring issue our neighborhood tackles is amenity use. Our community boasts a basketball sport court and a really nice pickleball area with two courts. If you know anything about the insane popularity of the latter sport, it probably goes without saying that the pickleball courts are in high demand. And believe it or not, they are in such high demand that countless people who don’t live in our neighborhood like to use them.

Sloan usung our neighborhood’s pickleball court.

Unauthorized use by non-residents of the pickleball area and basketball court is by far the #1 hot topic issue of our Facebook group. Each day it seems like neighbors are trying to solve the problem. The solutions are pretty predictable and re-used by now: make our neighborhood a gated community, post signs, install fences around the courts, require people to sign up for usage, hire security to roam the areas, distribute access cards to community members only, etc.

Beau riding his trike on the basketball court.

Well, over the weekend, something happened that really caught the ire of our neighborhood and increased the urgency of pursuing one of the above options…

Our basketball hoop backboard was shattered on Saturday (photo courtesy of Elk Meadows resident).

How sad is that?! Our nice basketball hoop had its backboard shattered over the weekend. Of course, people jumped to the conclusion that “outsiders” are responsible for this unfortunate incident. Is there proof? Of course not. But it is always easier to blame someone, correct?

Okay, let me retract my sarcasm for this paragraph. Seeing the backboard shattered was jarring. I couldn’t imagine my childhood basketball hoop meeting the same fate. What happened was destructive and removes a really cool resource that our neighborhood offers. How do we proceed now?

I took this photo on Sunday. Better not try to bank it off the glass!

Sidney and I were both in the camp that the public playing on the basketball court didn’t bother us too much. Our opinion was that it is better for people to play on the court instead of engaging in other risky activities. Does this incident change our thinking? Again, we don’t know if non-residents are even to blame.

But perhaps there should be some layer of protection. We would move if a gate was installed at the entrance to our neighborhood (even when they aren’t broken they provide no deterrence). Not a big fan of private security either. From my vantage point, maybe some type of surveillance system would be the best route. If people know that cameras are watching, it will most likely keep them honest.

By later Sunday, the remaining glass—both still attached to the backboard and all the pieces on the ground—were removed.

Am I going to offer that suggestion on our neighborhood’s Facebook page? No sir! I don’t find that outlet to be very productive. But maybe I will find some other way to voice my opinion. Until then, I hope the backboard can be replaced. Don’t Blink.