Went for a walk around town this morning. Ruminated on job, self, family, world, humanity. Went to the greasy spoon diner and had biscuits and gravy. Visited my neighbor. Came home. Wrote some scattered rambling thoughts...
Laying back and listening to an audiobook with my wife now.
I made it to my sabbatical. Finished getting a rough draft of a paper ready and submitted, handed off tasks to other folks, and headed out. I now have 8 weeks off and... not much planned!
It's both exciting and terrifying... stay tuned!
Congrats!
fair! Drop me a dm if you ever want to make it 4 different ex-cohost groups
(On a completely different topic, did you ever get the info on the Boston based former cohost discord that popped up after the meetup in 2024? It's not super active but they're good folks.)
I sorta feel this (well not all of it, but some.) I've been at my job long enough where I can take a sabbatical, so... that's what I'm doing. But just going into to the office these days leaves me fried...
New glasses today!
(I am color coordinated with my bathroom, apparently...)
Fun fact, it was filmed at a summer camp near where my wife grew up in the Poconos (Northeast Pennsylvania)
She knew some kids who played extras from her high school, and apparently the owners of the summer camp had no idea what the movie was and were a bit horrified when it came out
Tonight was the final push rally at Cobblestones in Lowell for Rep. Vanna Howard in the First Middlesex State Senate special election race! Next week, on Tuesday March 3rd, voters of Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Pepperell and Tyngsborough will go to the polls to pick our next state senator! #mapoli
BREAKING:
The @cambridgemass.bsky.social City Council just voted unanimously to discontinue using X. Thank you @councilloralzubi.bsky.social for putting this forward!
Highlight was the fire sculptures, which included an electric drum kit hooked into a propane controller that kids could use. Teaching small children to play with fire; heartwarming!
Went to Winterfest in Lowell, MA today -- they're celebrating the city's 200th birthday and it was nice to vibe with!
FLEET WIN IN OT SHOOTOUT! 💚💚💚
The charge just got two goals on Frankel in 2 minutes... I cursed it :(
Watchin @thepwhl.com @bostonfleet.com vs @pwhlcharge.bsky.social -- go Frankel!
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight
Masterful Troll, TCM.
Survived the snowstorm yesterday. Took a trip downtown this morning before work to get some coffee. Tried to make myself look cute.
Need to really get in gear and write my paper; 9 days left until SABBATICAL!
at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology
Twitter screenshot: "bisexuality is just being attracted to all women and 4 very specific types of men"
I struggled with identifying as bi for a long time because I felt similarly. I definitely had types but I think the fact that a lot of masculine culture is steeped in garbage left me more confused since dudes in general were just gross. It's definitely a thing tho -- hence the memes
"A photo of a burst tree trunk against a snowy landscape lies behind a vertical black text block with white letters saying: "i remember how meticulously he took care of plants the window frames lined with shot glasses of succulent cuttings that he gave to his friends the clay paw print impression of @ross_hrnndza cat named juice that he kept on top of the living room hutch alex pretti and i were good friends and then we weren't and then we were again over the decade that i knew him these days i have been thinking about him making breakfast: two poached eggs on two hard pieces of toast how his favorite pavement album was brighten the corners how i thought that was nuts, but it's my favorite now, too the siege on the state i grew up in does not end with ice leaving don't forget the lessons of 2020 keep pushing and refuse every deal, as another one of our dead would say may we set fire to the fire and type slowly"
Something from from Ross Hernández
for his friend, Alex Pretti
and for Daniel, Luis, Silverio, Gabriela, Thuy, Cristian, Conejo, Mahmoud, Renee...
Ross Hernández
@/ross_hrnndz on X
@dispoems.bsky.social on bsky
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
Do you post your writing anywhere? This sounds ridiculously fun
The Klingon Duras sisters, B'etor and Lursa, drawn in the style of Beavis & Butt-head
recently watched an episode of Star Trek TNG with the Duras sisters, so I'm reposting this thing I drew in 2022
Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something.
www.ign.com/articles/tun...
Portraits of Anne of Cleves, 4th wife of King Henry VIII
Hey, it worked out well for Anne of Cleves
if the Olympics were a competent, worthwhile organization they'd do this on purpose for every single event
Gray kitty sitting weird and licking his nose
My wife sent me a picture of our majestic cat Merlin this morning. Truly new levels of goober
oops this post broke containment, sorry if people are genuinely upset that i have particulars about breakfast foods; i'm sure the British version of both are fine and was more just commiserating with fellow new englanders with opinions about maple syrup
