Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse The sun has gone down and the moon has come up And long ago somebody left with the cup But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns And thinking of someone for whom he still Burns

My #chihuahua, Smidge, and her snaggle tooth say good day to you. #dogs

Because you're a FUCKING IDIOT, Todd.

@drdind.bsky.social hey I think you might like to help pass this along.

Me in my 20s: This radio station is playing my jams. Me in my 30s: This bar is playing my jams. Me in my 40s: This grocery store is playing my jams. Me in my 50s: This elevator is playing my jams.

@theonion.com I'm just going to leave this here.

I feel you on this one.

@georgetakei.bsky.social In case you haven't seen this one yet.

Now this is a #redhat I can get behind.

Elvira, Mistress of the bark. AKA shagamuffin #dogs #bernedoodle

Again not that anyone cares. toddballowe.com/how-building...

Mavis the magnificent. #cats #blackcat #kitty #shelookscutebutisabrutalmurderer

Once upon a time I was a musician.

Syphilisisyphus: When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night. Syphilisisyphus.

Real men fight for the oppressed.

More bullshit about me. toddballowe.com/punch-cards-...

The old man and the sea of code. Read yet another thrilling entry on my journey into becoming a lead AI solutions architect. toddballowe.com/my-life-in-c...

Yet another post no one will read about my journey from being a front end web developer to a lead AI solutions architect. toddballowe.com/the-long-and...

Another post about how I'm an old man and an idiot trying to play a young man's coding game. toddballowe.com/early-days-w...

WTF

Fact.

The latest in my series on transitioning from a #webdeveloper to an #ai architect. toddballowe.com/the-frustrat...

Our friends' 135 pound #bernedoodle, Moose, next to our 5 1/2 pound #chihuhaha, Smidge. #dogs

Fredrik Backman, #author of such great work like the #novels such as Bear Town and Anxious.

Ok, I love 90s #music and #pearljam, but as my friend Ward once said, you can sing an entire grunge song without using a consonant.

A group of Americans is called a cluster fuck.

I'm going to add some bourbon to this.

Part 2 of my journey from being a traditional #webdeveloper to an #ai solutions architect. I may love #code, but I love my #guitar more. toddballowe.com/from-lamp-to...

I'm curious why #elonmusk and other billionaires don't just pay their taxes instead of destroying our democracy for their own financial gain.

So, no bullshit, I had to try this on Google to see what the AI answered. Dying. #ai #artificialignorance

Mavis (AKA the Void, AKA Mavey-Wavey) #cats #blackcats #thevoid

I've been a registered non partisan for ~25 years, for two major reasons: 1) it used to be a fact that I would get less junk mail, and 2) when I made this decision I reasoned that both parties had valuable contributions to the political discourse. A thread.

I've been a fan of @butchwalker.bsky.social since the first time I heard the album Math and Other Problems by Marvelous Three. I could wax on about his songwriting skills, it several times I've seen him in concert. I'll settle for the one and only time I meet him at the Grand Sierra Resort in 2010.

Once upon a time I was a wannabe #rockstar

Hell yes.

I've been sharing this OutKast meme with my friends, and it deeply saddens me that many didn't get it. #memes #outkast

So, about a year ago my job transformed from being a Lead Web Developer to a Lead AI Solutions Architect. Here's a little taste of the beginning of the protect. toddballowe.com/madison-ai-t... #ai #codenerd #python

@drewhayesnovels.bsky.social is there any chance I can borrow Fornax? There is a certain billionaire that appears to be breaking democracy.

@nuno-bettencourt.bsky.social Not to brag, but....

Smidge, the 5 pound Chihuahua. #dogs

Mavis (aka The Void) and Willow (aka terwillowger, aka Naked Alien Trash Goblin). #cats

Barley (we call him Barf, in honor of the late, great John Candy) on the left, Elvira, Mistress of the Bark on the right. #dogs

Me after looking at the news today.

What if... What if I'm older than that? Do I get a prize? Or something for my aching back?

Not ten minutes ago I ordered my first book from bookshop.org. Written by my friend Russell Persson.

I would skip the starch.

Do the words "internment camp" or "concentration camp" ring any bells? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...