Someone sent my cat a book on how to make balloon animals. I’ve been practicing to relax after work.

Happy New Year - here’s more pics from my recent trip to Ireland

In just 1 day, driving from Bundoran to Carrowmore, I saw more rainbows than I have in the rest of my life combined.

I discovered I like mushy peas. (aka - unpopular American opinions)

Remember kids, anxiety and depression are not by default a mental illness! Some shit just sucks

"Who would have predicted this?" - Black women did. - Trans people did. - The *entire* disability community did. - The anarchists did. - Post-Evangelicals did. "Well why didn't I hear them." You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.

I started reading the list of Bucknell English dept faculty. I don't think I know any irl or on here but every single bio lists a current book project or a/many published book/s--expected, presumably, for tenure. Will Bucknell--upon closing Bucknell UP--stop expecting their own fac to publish books?

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple.

This is so far from even remotely being correct that I have no emotional reaction. I am just in shock. What happens now? They going to garnish my check for this amount?

Today I learned that it’s not “special treatment” but “ basic kindness” that students are asking for when they want me to break the rules for them at the expense of other students.

FWIW, I’ve got an archive of self-created, self-hosted, open-source, non-extractive, non-surveillant class websites going back 22 years! wordsinspace.net/classes/

Pics from my weekend in the North Woods 2 of these pictures have turtles in them :)

Feel the nostalgia

Achievement unlocked: Motorcycle grocery shopping.

Today’s bike adventure was an early morning ride. It’s been too too hot here otherwise. Did pretty good. Weirdly stalled in 2nd right at the start (thought I was out of gas, but no) then was fine after that.

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

Coincidentally stalled right outside a friend’s apartment… Friend: Let me know if you need something Me: naw - so what happened is I keep forgetting that my delicate little princess needs to be warmed up for a long time before I ride

Pics from the #distinguishedgentlemansride

Sometimes I wish I had telekinesis and the main reason is for when I need something but my cat Sieh is asleep on my lap.

No bike adventures today. It is a campus day and rainy. Eventually I’ll ride to campus but I don’t think the freeway is such a good idea just yet.

Today - got up to 45 mph then quickly slowed to avoid a car having trouble in front of me - very proud for not stalling out.

I've been updating various people privately on my journey to learning to ride, but that seems silly given that I could just type it all here once. Gotta be thorough though so I am going to catch y'all up a bit here.

Oh I guess I forgot to post this here …

Semester over, back in the shop (and my own garage)

Finally pulling out the costume box. Haven’t been to an event since lockdown - far too long.

Twitter, Meta, and Tiktok are all state media now. They will suppress and censor narratives, beliefs, and views opposed by the administration. Act accordingly. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@lynntendowii.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky

How weird can I make my profile? I’ve posted about motorcycles, kittens, Irish fest, games research, and now this … Took me 3 years to finish. The pinyin for this is xīnrúzhǐshuǐ. It means “one’s heart is as calm as still water” like to be at peace with yourself

I once picked up a mother walking with her screaming child who had a compound fracture of his leg (bone poking out!). I took her to the ER. She didn't call an ambulance because she had no insurance. Photo unrelated.

I just realized I posted that I was going to look at a bike - then never posted the drama that was getting it! This here is my Honda Shadow.

Going to see about a new motorcycle this weekend. In the meantime, Sieh.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #158,290!

And outside of the shop I am now mama to a fur toddler. Meet 14 week old Sieh - named after the child god from A Hundred Thousand Kingdoms … personalities match

3 hours of putting this together and taking it a part as I kept forgetting stuff that belonged under the caps 😒

I swear I drained it and yet…

Some before and after pics. This engine was caked in gunk - so gross ><

A little splash for my engine

Ok, frame is done in sterling green - I know it looks black - you only green flecks in the sun and well it’s been raining for days here

i wrote a post while stuck at the airport: Thinking About The Berlin Computerspiele Museum (Computer Games Museum) www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/thi... “A thoughtful curation of videogame history…just all out on display AND most of it invites you to actually honest to god TOUCH and PLAY.”

Small burn, but no blood shed today. 2nd rim now done - it cooperated much better than the first

Pics from my first #DistinguishedGentleman’sRide charity ride ( didn’t though - bike is still in pieces lol) #DGR with #neverendingcycles

Read this. What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/o...

Me, fucking up my frame 🤦🏻‍♀️

OMG YES!

As a side note- the reason I haven’t been posting much about my day job is that I’m waiting on IRB approval for the prosocial games study I’ve been planning for the past 4 months.

Update on my bike saga - just need to sand down a few spots and then I am done with tear down. Powder coating comes next then I can start to rebuild

This weeks update: Engine is out and some other bits are off.

Today I started a new project - the rebuild of a 1974 Honda. First step: tear down.

2 years ago I live tweeted a story about a piece of luggage someone left unattended next to me at an airport. (Tried to link here but couldn’t?) Now I’m at DCA and someone abandoned a laptop next to me.