My Christmas gift to myself arrived. I don’t wanna critique a professional, but honestly, buying online was way easier than Indy made it look. And thus far, no shady French dude has tried to steal it.

I did not open the door at midnight. 2025 can kindly see itself out, and 2026 has to prove itself. I have trust issues in the area.

If this pops up in your feed, it’s the universe saying we should be friends. And by universe, I mean algorithm. It’s always the algorithm. But we can still be friends. Especially if you like books and movies and theatre and science and coffee… even straight drip. Just listen to the algorithm, ok?

Who agrees? ✋

Basket of deplorables: Mean, name calling, rude. Radical Left Scum: Really? Kinda like it. Sassy. Let’s own it. Who are the snowflakes again?

I know it’s too late for Christmas, but I DO have a birthday coming up. Just sayin’.

The new Harry Potter is certainly going in a surprising direction. www.threads.com/@mcovino/pos...

Today, one of my 7th Graders was on autopilot. As I clarified something, the student said, “OK, yeah, love you.” There was an awkward silence. After a moment I carried on with my wrap up to the class, then pointing at that kids added, “…love you too.” 1/2

A movie I quote a ridiculous amount of times. If you’ve ever made a bad choice around me, this is also where my, “Danger, Will Robinson. Danger!” comes from. If a musicians can provide the soundtrack to your life, Rob Reiner did the movie version of that.

Last year I killed the ‘skibidi’ nonsense in my class by making it an art prompt. This year I’m taking a run at 6-7. Nonsense meme, meet your ancestor, Dadaism.

Hope is my business. I teach. I hope. I inspire. I hope. I plant the trees I'll never sit under. I hope. I live in hope. I build with hope. I hope. Hope is my business. I hope. #poetry

7th Grade Art this afternoon. Girl 1: Girl 2 has been rizzing me up today. Girl 2 nods: I have. Me: That’s what I’m all about. Both girls look at me, a combination of surprise and disbelief on their faces. Girl 1: D’you even know what rizz is!?

My 6th Graders have been bugging me to play Christmas songs, which I refused to do until December. Today I explained Whamageddon to them and they all agreed they could TOTALLY avoid "Last Christmas" until Christmas Eve. I then played "Last Christmas." They're mad at me now. BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HAR!

All I’m saying is, give all the Tylenol/Autism data to a few folks on the spectrum and let them crunch the shit outta those numbers. It’ll reveal all this as garbage TWO ways.

I can still remember a time when the only response to Tylenol causes Autism, would be, “You fucking idiot. Sit down and shut up.” It was a more civilized time.

Art is politics. Art scares authoritarians. Art has power.

TOP TIP: When you get a wrong number phishing text messages, play along for a while, then when they push to know your name, location and age, tell them you’re from the area code they’re pretending to call from and that you’re name is a non-gender specific one… and you’re 14. Gets quiet real quick.

This. In my classroom and on my footy team.

Neighbor swung by, but didn’t stay.

As a Gen Xer, I’m just gonna say it. Same shit. Different asshole with a finger on the button.

I live within the city limits of my small town. I think it definitely counts as the ‘downtown’ area. In the six or so months of living there, in my yard/street there have been: a Peahen; a deer; a fox; a mama raccoon and three kits; numerous fat squirrels; a couple of skinks; a small rat snake;

There must be more productive ways to make money.

Lunchtime Quote: "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston Churchill

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." – Maya Angelou

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become." – Buddha

"Each day provides its own gifts." – Marcus Aurelius

"Out of difficulties grow miracles." – Jean de La Bruyère