Aug 17, 2026: danny manning
While my day of travel anxiety was elevated, I managed to sneak in just a bit of card sorting to help me avoid climbing too far inside of myself.
No pictures of the work so you will just have to trust me. See the 2020-21 Upper Deck (Hockey) page for more information as that's still the most relevant snapshot, should you be curious. That set is going to be hard to complete because those YGs are not easy to get ahold of.
scroll amendment · 2026-08-17I wrote a portion of this chronicle waiting in airports. Airports themselves aren't so bad, it's what is on the other end of them that keeps me on edge. How on edge am I right this moment? I can hear my heart beat. Can you see my heartbeat in my eyes?While this exact sentence was written in Appleton, I'll be in Kansas when you stans (stalkers?!?!) read said sentence. When I generated today's chronicle I thought to myself: "self, what's a Kansas thing that pops into your head when you think about Kansas?". The first thing that came to mind was jayhawks, but that's a lame name for a chronicle, because, like, fuck those kirk hinrich types.
Still, danny manning went to kansas and as a former buck it's not 100% fuck those guys (it turns out). Anywho, I logged him into the database for the first time today in celebration of the homie:
That's a sneaky important character in basketball history right there. IYKYK
As I taxied on a Chicago runway, running behind schedule, the exact right music landed. The big Google Algorithm in the sky said it was time for mac miller and I went for a ride.
The concert ended at cruising altitude and frankly it couldn't have been better timed. I was bored, and then I wasn't. Now here we are, together again.
🥹 RIP 🥹
I did a bunch of other stuff and also ran out of time. We'll close with one final photo of my evening instead.
I don't really want to be here. 🫠
“danny manning”; Aug 17, 2026.
Take 2; Day 209, Kansas Jayhawk.
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