Time for a mental health break from the socials. Take it easy, y’all.

Good morning, Internet! Data center made a major system change over the weekend so that means it’s gonna be a busy day in the IT department. Coffee is brewed and I’m as ready as I’m gonna get…

I wrote this “E” super weird. Guys, am I AI?

Gull on pole. 🏷️ #Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography

Rubber plant. 🏷️ #Art #Flowers #JunkArt #Tires

Meerchi in 2019. Miss this guy. 2004-2021 🏷️ #Animals #Cats #Pets

Padawan, when he was still a youngling, inside Pine Tree Arch in Arches National Park, taken 10 years ago today. 🏷️ #Adventure #Arches #DadLife #Desert #EastCoastKin #Hiking #Photography #RoadTrip #Utah

“Trash Panda” 🏷️ #Art #ArtYear #DailyDoodle #Doodle #EastCoastKin #Raccoon #Sketch

Delicate Arch, taken 10 years ago today. 🏷️ #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Photography #Scape #Utah

🦠 The invasion is not going well for me right now. 🏷️ #Art #Chibi #DailyDoodle #Doodle #EastCoastKin #Sketch

Padawan when he was just a youngling, staring out over the Utah desert somewhere on a road trip to Moab. 🏷️ #DadLife #Desert #EastCoastKin #Photography #RoadTrip #Utah

“Unexpected Descent” 🛶 #Art #ArtYear #DailyDoodle #Doodle #EastCoastKin #FebuArty2026 #Flight #Ink #Sketch #WackyWednesdayArt #Waterfall #WaterfallWednesday

Started reading this a couple months ago but then ADHD’d everywhere and it got dropped. Trying again! 📚 #40k #BookSky #NowReading #WAAAGH #Warhammer40k

I’ve never drawn a horse before. Not too shabby, I think, even if I did accidentally wander into “Sinister Little Pony” vibes. 😆 🐴 #AlphabetChallenge #AnimalArtTuesday #Art #ArtYear #DailyDoodle #Doodle #Drawing #EastCoastKin #Horse #WeekHForHs

My last legitimate excuse for having my phone in the bedroom no longer holds water. Now it will join all of my other electronics to charge in my office downstairs at night.

Hoodie Ninja vs The Escape Room. 🔒 #Art #Chibi #Drawing #EastCoastKin #EscapeRoom

✍️ Doodled some minimalist mountains for this Monday morning. 🏔️ #Art #DailyDoodle #Doodle #EastCoastKin #Ink #MinimalMonday #MountainMonday #Mountains #Utah

False. Indigenous people knew it was here thousands of years before he even existed. 🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_... 🏷️ #History #Utah

Tarantula hawk wasps have one of the most painful stings in the world. 🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantu... 🏷️ #Desert #EastCoastKin #FlyDay #Insects #Photography ©️ BY-NC-SA

Found an old thing while cleaning the office. Ready to get up-to-date on all the happenings in computer news from December 2004!

It snowed yesterday. I knew that. Did I wear appropriate shoes? Ha! What am I, sane? … My toes are moist.

A bronze statue depicting a pioneer gardener on the estate of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. 🪏 #EastCoastKin #HistoricGardens #History #LDS #Mormon #PalacesAndGardens #Photography #Pioneer #SaltLakeCity #SLC #Utah

Me: "Time to put on some Lofi Girl and get some writing d…" Reka: "NO!!! THERE IS NO WRITING, ONLY CARROT!!! THROW CARROT!!!!!!!" 🐶 #Dogs #Pets

Cascading creek. 🦦 #Creek #EastCoastKin #Forest #Hiking #LongExposure #Nature #Photography #River #Spring #Stream #Trees #WaterfallWednesday

A trail down the length of a fallen redwood tree. 🌳 #California #EastCoastKin #Hiking #Nature #Photography #Sequoia #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trail #WestCoastKin

Climber. 🐜 #Desert #EastCoastKin #Insects #Macro #MacroMonday #Nature #Photography

Screenshotted just before the stream officially ended. Amazing! Love the #ProjectForAwesome and it's so cool to see this! 🍌 #Charity #DFTBA #P4A #P4A2026 #Nerdfighteria #Vlogbrothers

Over $4-million raised during #P4A2026!!! Amazing!!! So awesome @projectforawesome.com, @hankgreen.bsky.social, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, and everyone else who makes this thing go!!! And to my fellow donators, holy f*k, we did it! #Charity #DFTBA #P4A #ProjectForAwesome #Vlogbrothers

Dreamwalk Park (Orem, Utah) 👽 #Dreamwalk #Photography #Utah

Reka. 🐕 #Dog #Dogs #Husky #Kelpie

New profile pic. This one captures my general mental state on any given day.

Demostuffie! Valentines gift from @mookeymaru.bsky.social 🥰 #HappyValentinesDay #StrangerThings #Toys #ValentinesDay

It’s #TTRPG night! #Daggerheart starts in about 20 minutes and, in honor of @projectforawesome.com, Pizza John will be staring at my players from behind the GM screen as they face down the BBEG. #P4A #P4A2026 #ProjectForAwesome #Vlogbrothers @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social

WHUUUT. Holy crap, y’all! Thank you! I took a cue from @scalzi.com and made a donation to celebrate this Number Go Up Game milestone… since it’s going on right now, I sent a few bucks that I could spare to @projectforawesome.com!

Got to see a double rainbow on the way home yesterday! 🤩 🌈 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Rain #Rainbow

The look of a dog who just murdered her favorite toy.

Steps have been achieved. Engage potato mode.

Steamy. ♨️ #EastCoastKin #Forest #Geothermal #HotSpring #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Scape #Steam #Thermal #ThermalThursday #Volcanism #Volcano #Yellowstone

Honkisaurus. 🪿 #Bird #Birds #CanadaGoose #EastCoastKin #Geese #Goose #Nature #Photography #Water

Bit pipes. 🔌 #Ethernet #ITDept #Networking #Photography #Tech #Technology #TechTuesday

Finally, we got back to the adventures of Elytra & Light. They arrived in the Hydra System and fought a crab walker on the moon of Hera. Their tank took a beating but they won! 🎲 #ForeverGM #GameMaster #Gaming #Offworlders #RPG #TTRPG

D&D Saturday night was awesome fun. The party cased the museum, gathered intel, mingled with the nobility, and the paladin seduced a guard—who then got eaten by a mimic. 🎲 #DnD #DnD5e #DungeonMaster #DungeonsAndDragons #Gaming #KeysFromTheGoldenVault #KftGV #Photography #RPG #TTRPG

Had a really good weekend away from the socials! Got a server up and running on Pippinux, my 2012 Mac Mini with Linux Mint, for our home intranet and started with a self-hosted 5e.tools for when I run D&D 5e. ⌨️ #Computers #DnD #HomeLab #Networking

Rose just after it rained. Taken last Spring. 🏷️ #EastCoastKin #Flower #FlowersOnFriday #Photography #Rose #Spring

Reading the original D&D rules and excuse me what. 🎲 #DnD #DungeonMaster #DungeonsAndDragons #ForeverDM #OGDnD #TTRPG

Salt Lake LDS Temple undergoing renovations, Fall 2025. ⛪️ #Church #EastCoastKin #LDS #Photography #SaltLakeCity #Temple #UrbanGaze #Utah

Youngling told me his favorite stuffie, Deer, wanted to help me at work yesterday. Here is some of Deer’s day! 🦌 #99NightsInTheForest #AtWork #DadLife #ITDept #Photography #Roblox #Toys

Do Not the Don’t™️

Now lift them up and build a snowman. 🤪 ⛄️ #AtWork #Photography #Snow #Winter

Do these lights through the condensation on a bus window count as minimal? I dunno, but I like it. 📸 #EastCoastKin #Lights #MinimalMonday #Photography