Terry

That would be a “more permanent solution!”

Lol, found out my company was acquired about an hour ago, and this is the first thing I see on Bluesky!

"Haywood's a convicted felon, isn't he, Monte?" 😀

Lol, oh, my wife is so lucky to have me relay the Tanier wisdom to her with every newsletter! "What do he write now??" 🤣

Book cover for The Endurance by Caroline Alexander. Inset photo of the ship, The Endurance, stuck in the ice near Antarctica.

Third book of 2025, and wow, what an adventure for Shackleyon and crew! The Endurance by Caroline Alexander.

If you went to college/uni
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?

1. Be a computer scientist
2. Computer Science
3. Computer Science to Accounting to Astronomy to Physics
4. Database Architect

One of my favorites!

A favorite character from a horror book? Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef!

#horrorbooks

Okay, I’m going to attempt to get out of this funk I’ve been in since the election, try not to be so effing negative about work. We still need to eat, which means money, which means not snapping at coworkers.

I had breakfast, and coffe, started a good book, small steps.

Some of my faves:

The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher
The Spite House by Johnny Compton
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Found The Willows after reading T Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places. Never looked at an otter the same after that story.

Same, one of the scariest books I’ve ever read. The “Dracula” movies I’ve seen don’t even come close to the book.

Kind of feel like Kinnie from Battleground this morning: "It's shining! It's shining!"

Don't really expect to be resupplied from the air, and no German armor threatening from the nearby woods, but sun in Oregon this time of year is most welcome (note, I do love the rain).

#Oregon

The angle of reflection = the angle of incidence

Hey, offensive defense is his specialty!

"offensive" coordinator?? I mean, yeah, his defenses are pretty offensive....(Sooners fan, yeah)

The road runs both ways

Re-reading Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams, and the start of the book, from Wowbagger to the rabbit bone to Arthur "shaking" when Ford offers his hand, to the Chesterfield is one of my favorite openings to a book.

Over exposed full/near-full moon over evergreen trees

"You're a jerk, Dent"

Been 5 months and surprise, surprise, typos! A “mew” tank. 🤦‍♂️

Still from themovie Super Shark, with a ultra silly large great white shark and an equally silly tank on mechanical legs. A silly, awesome movie.

Meant to post this on Veteran’s Day, as I am a vet - this was a few years ago, we were testing a mew tank that could walk like thos Star Wars things, and boy were we glad we were in that thing! Biggest danged shark I’ve ever seen!

Three bright yellow goldfinches perched on a cylindrical bird seed feeder with green vegetation background

Goldfinches in for an afternoon snack

Okay, the Sheriff Brodie thing didn’t happen, but sounded good after the fact.

Moral of the story? Go to the dematologist! Especially if you’re a fair-skinned boy from Oklahoma that lived in the AZ desert for almost 30 years, even if it results in a bloody mess and a divot in the side of your face.

Made it home, blood, the bandage saturated, running down the side of my face and pooling at that little hollow at the base of my throat, telling my wife, in my best Sheriff Brodie voice: “We’re going to need a bigger bandage.”

Dr: “My assistant shall begin the torture by jabbing a needle in that spot, over and over. Yes, we will make you talk, Mr Bond!” Dr Assistant: “You feel that?!? Do you!??” Patient: “Ow” Dr, returning to the exam room after a few minutes: “Now we begin operation ‘Carve a hole in this dude’s face’”

Setting: Dermatoligist’s exam room, the Dr, the Dr’s assistant, the patient (me) Dr, lingering over a spot on the right side of the patient’s face, next to the ear: “Hmmm, not sure I like the look of this brown spot.” Patient, to themselves: “Great, I’m gonna bleed, a lot.”

College football, FBS flavor, is the dumbest sport. I like to watch the games, but good grief, everything else surrounding it is just crap. And next season I get to care about Oklahoma playing in the SEC?

I'm sure totally unrelated - I don't watch near as many games now as I did 40 years ago.

Tri-color corgi, laying on a rug next to an glass front door so as to watch the world on a cold, gloomy, windy, rainy Oregon morning

A cold, rainy, windy start to the day, and Murphy really did not want to go outside this morning, so, out I went with him. Ears flat, a look of, "WTF, really, your going to make me poop in this weather?" But, he did, and now inside, cosy watching the world go by

Tri-color Corgi laying on a bed of red hued maple leaves raked into piles on top of green grass.

Last year at this time, Sir Murphy of The Backyard, claimed his throne of leaves.

This year? Used the lawnmower to bag those up. To be honest? Not near as fun as raking a yard full and finding The Murph's hidden landmines