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Sunday Sundown Rundown - 3/22/26

The Sunday Sundown Rundown (formerly in the format of "3 Up and 3 Down") is where I share thoughts on three topics that piqued my interest, along with my favorite photo from the week.


Airports, TSA, and Safety

We all get frustrated with work. Whatever your work environment is, or whatever it is you do for a living, there is always a time or something that bothers you. 

This week I'm thinking about TSA agents. They deal with people - come on now, they deal with the same people we people watch and shake our heads to at the airport - every single day. And for the last couple of weeks, they haven't been paid. How's that for frustrated and unfair? 

And if the situation wasn't weird enough, ICE agents will begin working at airports tomorrow as part of their enforcement duties. 

Travel just got more weird. My heart is with so many of the working TSA agents - be kind to them, ya'll. And airports have just become the most politicized places in the country. 

What a time...


"I Believe in You"

My favorite part about March Madness (and, sports, really) is the stories behind the moments. Call me a sucker, but I still love those moments where an individual's character is refined, developed, or shaped - despite what the scoreboard says at the end of the contest. 

 

The moment that came out of the Women's Basketball Tournament between Maryland and North Carolina, with Coach Brenda Frese and Oluchi Okananwa, was awesome! Happy to have caught it live. 

"I believe in you". Possibly the most powerful four words we can hear. "You gotta want this moment." We all need a Coach Frese in our lives. 


Wacky Weather

It's concerning. From the floods in Hawaii, to the extreme heat out West, to the random hot to cold, to warm, to frigid temperatures, we've seen here in the Northeast - Mother Nature is all sorts of wacky right now. 

Many prayers to the folks in Waikiki, Hawaii. 


Cover Photo

People walk on a street during a blackout in the capital. Cuba’s electricity network collapsed this week, leaving about 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade that has crippled an obsolete generating grid

Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/AP
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