26 letters.
26 days until Christmas.
26 of you won’t make it.

Respects, as always, to the late, great Mr. Gorey.

Merry Christmas, Oppo!

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A to today is here.

...and I thought I would share.

This has been an incredibly stressful couple of months at work. A lot of difficult stuff going down. And yesterday was not a high point. I spent almost no time at all doing science and lots doing paperwork, compliance, and accounting.

Today started with me giving a test for my biomed class, so not my students' best idea of a fun hump day either. But one gal just came to my office to look at her test. Her face was stained from all the crying she had been doing. She has, shall we say, not been doing well in the course. At all. And, she expected nothing but bad news.

I got to show her the B she just earned, and she was through the moon. We spent a half hour looking over her exam, mostly as a well earned victory lap. She was giddy and gave me the biggest hug. She said I made her day, and that made mine.

This is why I teach.

F-88 concept car for your time.

26 letters.
26 days until Christmas.
26 of you won’t make it.

As usual, apologies to Mr. Gorey.

Archived Tinies here.

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A to today is here.

@beefchips

A to today is here

Thumbnail photo: my mom, dad, and me at my wedding in 1998. Mom passed in 2019 at the end of her battle with metastatic breast cancer. Dad was never the same after.

I’ve been in Indy over the last three and a half weeks helping my dad with his battle against Covid. We got him home, and he was getting better, but then complications made it worse and it was back to the hospital. Then, we went home again, but things turned south again. Saturday morning, we lost the battle. He coded, and they couldn’t bring him back.

I don’t really want to eulogize him here, though I may tell some of his stories later. He had some pretty jalop ones too, like the ‘47 Nash he bought for $50 and engine-swapped to get his first running car, and the time he got to aileron roll a Super Sabre.

Here is a goofy selfie we took two weeks ago after he got home from the hospital the first time. He was feeling pretty good but looking rough and wanted me to give him a hair cut. This is after the cut but before he shaved, thus documenting the closest he ever got to an actual beard. He said he was starting to look too much like me. The sun glasses were some cheap things from the 70s my mom left in the closet.

Goodbye, Dad. The world without you is already less than it was.

A to today is here.

Friends, opponauts, miscreants all! You have spoken, and you're voices have been heard! Your curators present to you the winner of the 2022 Summer logo contest, your champion...

...beach Uppu!

Production of the official Summer commemorative t-shirt shall commence immediately. Or rather, as soon as we get to it. Stay tuned for announcement of availability.

Your deity has spoken. Let it be so!

Lift a glass of whatever you have handy and join me in a toast to my father. He would have been 84 today.

Miss you, Dad.

@flatisflat said in "It's fine.":

@Chariotoflove said in "It's fine.":

@HammerheadFistpunch
Or maybe just not come back?

STAHP.

@HammerheadFistpunch
Or maybe just not come back?

@Mr-Ontop
hehe

@facw
Well, it's not that Nissans are bad cars per se.

Okay, listen. Buy a few Nissan badges from Amazon. Then get a family member to take her car shopping. You go on ahead and put the badges on whatever you're trying to get her to buy.

@derp
That is indeed soul-freeing.

@Dash-Doorhandle-and-Bondo said in Get Well Ringo, Peace and Love.:

@Chariotoflove They're coming with one half of Heart. Maybe not really the real deal, but Nancy Plays guitar like she's flying a spaceship, and the Not-Ann Wilson singer is very good.

Half of Heart is still pretty good.

@Dash-Doorhandle-and-Bondo
I saw Styx 34 years ago. Didn't know they still played. Go see them.

@davesaddiction
That's amazing. At 54, I tell myself that I should have gotten my MD when I could. Then I tell myself I'll be crippling my financial stability if I do it now. But boy would it be fun to spend all my time learning that stuff now.

@pos_camaro said in 60th James Bond Day - Top 5 Whips:

@Tripper As cool and gorgeous as the DB5 is, few remember that it was defeated by a mirror.

I hope no one ever bought an Aston for its quality or durability.

@Tripper
That’s cooler than the real car.