Only 24 hours of political ads left this season. I will be SO RELIEVED

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif

Forgive me, have to brag one last time... Six competitions 5 1st place color guard awards (the sixth was a third...in the entire STATE) I am in absolute awe of this squad

Dear Canada and Blue Jays: that was one of the best World Series ever. I wish you could have won too.

Tonight is probably my favorite night of the season with the band. They come in from the stadium to be met with a platter of full-sized candy bars. Everybody got at least one, and they all were SO HAPPY. Even the seniors that have seen this for several years just light up

We are at the point in political ad season where three words will make MicroMuse and I just break out laughing and groaning This year, it's 'big data centers'

State marching championships today, and I *might* be a total wreck disguised as a functioning adult...

Just a quick reminder to keep breathing.

Background - I was a writer/production person for my college paper in Indiana (not IU/Purdue) This is *not* a small gesture. 1-the unis are BITTER rivals. 2-it is a ~2 hour drive between w/no traffic. 3-IU is a large campus, you're talking a box truck of papers. 4-And put out their own paper

Define your music taste in 8 artists ELO Muse Muete Alan Parsons Project Styx Dave Brubeck Foo Fighters Jean-Michel Jarré Yeah, I am a bit eclectic

I got a D on a paper in a 1998 Masters-level class in Information Technology because my main theme of a targeted physical attack on a backbone line as a primary threat was "paranoid, improbable, and frankly ridiculous" Funny enough, I used the same phrasing to my advisor when I dropped the class

The Martian is a science fiction story, not because it takes place on Mars, but because it imagines a futuristic world where NASA still exists.

Kahless tells us that even if you are confident that you can do anything, know that you can't do everything. Choose your battles wisely, concentrate on what matters most, and whatever you make of life, make it count.

I've worked with the marching band at my kids' HS for 11 years now, mostly as a roadie or with uniforms. Last Winterguard season, I was asked to be an assistant just because they needed a 2nd adult. Things happened, and now I'm the lead coach. Note-I did not do guard at any point in my life. (1/x)

While providing tech support for my FIL: FIL: What's that screen? ME: The terminal. You should never use it. FIL: Never? ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself? FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

And a very merry Yankees Elimination Day to those who observe...

Oh thank heavens!

Nononononononononoooooo! Not Dolly, not yet!

Please stop calling Cyber Security Awareness Month CSAM. Do not send e-mails with ideas for "Participating in CSAM".

Federal contractors do not get back pay for shutdowns Small businesses that provide services to federal employees - think lunch trucks/cafés and cleaners-just lose business during shutdowns. No one pays them for that It affects far more than federal employees

Replace any word in a Star Trek title with "knob" Knob of Chaotica!

What's your sign?

Two marching competitions, two first place guard captions. September did us well, band-wise. Now on to the October slog

Is this week 85 days long, or is it just me?

I use parenthetical references in far too many places (because it is a great way to jam in context) I also have an obsession with ellipses...because I am in Gen X

I must admit getting my Good Omens Kickstarter on the day of the alleged rapture is a bit too on theme...

Sometimes Kickstarters are like getting a surprise present from past you

Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was: * successful at everything he tried * genuinely intelligent & insightful * desired by women * envied by men * an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with * a tireless, lifelong philanthropist ... and he died peacefully in his sleep. 10/10 life. No notes.

Holy crap this is huge I have a friend in the 3rd round of battling it right now and lost family to SCLC. This explains why it is so hard to fight

Doink!

I think I may have picked either the exact wrong or the exact right week to start reading this @hntdove.bsky.social book...

#RIP Ron DiMenna, who drew thousands to the love of surfing and helped build Ron Jon Surf Shop into a #Florida icon, has died at age 88. He also contributed millions of dollars to the Brevard Zoo and quietly championed beach preservation. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/l...

There was a time in the late 1990s where you could walk into a tech start-up with zero experience, work in Helpdesk until you got grabbed by another group, and then get grabbed by a rival start-up. The timing on this was all dependent on how quickly you learned.

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

Showing proof of age to bsky

First paid? Babysitting from age 10 on. Made anywhere from $1-$5/hour First with witholding? Sportswriter at 10¢ a column inch

It is always a strange feeling when you realize that your now older than a friend or loved one got a chance to be In a related note, it's Mz's birthday today

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s was actually like.

"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie"

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

With the death of Jim Lovell, the oldest astronaut at 97, there are now 7 living Apollo astronauts (includes Apollo 1- ASTP): Rusty Schweickart (9), 89 Dave Scott (9&15), 93 Buzz Aldrin (11), 95 Fred Haise (13), 91 Charlie Duke (16), 89 Harrison Schmidt (17), 90 Vance Brand (ASTP), 94

I met Jim Lovell and Fred Haise in 1999 and got to spend 10 minutes talking to them. Incredible men, both of them. Raise a glass...

Extremely relevant, and a great read. Harry Turtledove is the only thing that killed the 2am marching band concert in my head this week

I have reached the point of marching band season where I'm hearing the music at an off-pace tempo with metronome backdrop in my sleep. On repeat. Bonus points-it's a song that came out while I was in college and working on-air

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died.

All I can do is try to bring joy to my band kids and give them a safe place to be kids. Oh, and snacks. So many snacks...

Even in a more northern market, ice time is golden. I had a figure skater and a hockey player and the only things that saved me were the difference in ages (9 year delta) and the fact neither of them went travel. Even LOW END travel hockey can go 5 figures a season. What Dallas did is heartbreaking

34/50, including actually being assigned to duty stations in five