Chad Michael Eyer, M.Ed.

you, in another decade

A tuxedo cat with a lopsided mustache, crouching on a carpeted floor

Betty‘s mustache looks like my #HuxleyTheCat ‘s mustache.

Good deal. I used to administer a FidoNET BBS that acted as a regional hub. I was a QuantumLink user on my old Commodore 64, too. None of that compares to the speed and ease of use of today’s internet, but I have a certain nostalgia for those pre-internet days.

Did you participate in any FidoNET BBSes?

My senior year of high school was defined by _Dookie_. My favorite song was “All By Myself”.

There are so many good ones.

Literally unhinged, there…

I will, with God’s help. 🕯️

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

I feel that way 99% of the time, Kira. You’re not alone.

the bombings will continue until peace improves

Just saw @engageyall.bsky.social here in Pensacola, and I’m so excited for what’s to come! #VoteValimont

I don't work with code that often; I edit technical documents for an international audience. Seeing a mix of MM/DD/YYYY; DD/MM/YYYY; YYYY-MM-DD; Month D, YYYY; and D Month YYYY across our library drives me batty.

Unfortunately my team appears to have standardized on the wrong format: Month D, YYYY.

Oh, but I wish that everyone followed date and time formatting standards.

I get it… more than ninety-something percent are brides and grooms or mothers and fathers… still, though, there’s room for progress here. I’m glad that my church took the feedback well and said that they’d make changes.

R.E.M. “Out of Time”

I can't comment on that, only on the gender expectations. And I should follow my comment by saying that the staff said that they're looking to redesign the forms soon and that they'll consider the inclusivity issue as they do.

Screenshot of an information form for the rite of Holy Matrimony, with a blank for the bride's name filled in with a man's name

My parish prides itself on being inclusive, but I had to give feedback this week about the paperwork for the rite of Holy Matrimony. Ours won't be the first same-sex marriage at our parish, but the paperwork still assumes a bride and a groom. ⚓

Ash Wednesday - February 18, 2026 YouTube video by Christ Church Pensacola

Our choir director had us practice (1) deemphasizing the "but", (2) carefully articulating both the "t" of "but" and the "d" of "dust", and then (3) slightly accenting the "dust"... so as to not make it seem like we were singing about "butt dust". I think we got it.

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For Lent I’m giving up.

I'm not Catholic, but I observe Ash Wednesday and Lent...

I’m excited about the noon service, actually. My new fiancé is off of work that day (he usually works Wednesdays), so he can go to the service with me. He’s never met any of the folks with whom I usually worship on Wednesdays.

I usually attend Eucharist at noon on Wednesdays at my church, so I’ll go to the noon Ash Wednesday service. I’m singing in the choir, though, at the 6:00 Ash Wednesday service, too. Double ashes for me!

Thank you!

I hope everything went well for your friend’s baptism.

My fiancé and I met with our rector this morning in the first of several meetings to plan our wedding at the church. This is one week after my fiancé was baptized.

I feel so blessed to have found a church who accepts me as I am and that is wiling to celebrate my love for my fiancé.

⚓

Sometimes the answer to the question "How should this sentence be punctuated?" is "It should be entirely rewritten."

#copyediting

Layperson here, but I’m going to do daily morning prayer and attend a small group studying the seven deadly sins before Eucharist on Wednesdays.

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Was just talking about overcapitalization with a fellow editor this morning…