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I learned today that Johann Strauss wrote a polka to commemorate the demolition of a wall in Austria.

The environmental services dudes brought the Vactor 2100 to career day. I was indeed jumping up and down like the kid I am. That is one fucking awesome piece of machinery.

Got to talk engineering to a class of special needs kids today and apparently really inspired them. They definitely inspired me. I think career day is at least half for the grownups.

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Fucking hell y'all are the worst at times.
STOP THINKING ABOUT YOUR SELFISH ASS. IT'S A COMMUNITY. COMMUNICATE.

Got blocked (instance/user)? CHILL THE FUCK OUT. WAIT A FEW HOURS. Then either stop caring or try to solve it by discussing it calmly and defending your case. Can't do that? Ask me I'll help communicate if that's needed.

BUT DON'T JUST SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY TALKING SHIT PUBLICLY ABOUT THE ADMIN WHO BANNED YOU, YOU FUCKING IDIOT

My chose Flathead by the Fratellis for this morning's earworm.

When the world flips the bird, I watch Te Chronicles of Riddick. Melkor, you da bettah killah.

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Hello, mastodon! I'm over here because I strongly agreed with ToS.

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Make a fucking scene. Scream. Keep screaming. Don't let the collective group-think be that women are acceptable collateral damage for white dudes to have a space online.

some days are best characterized as a series of inadvertent experiments.

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I would love a cookbook where recipes are explained through Gantt charts.

Here I am, a scientist running an engineering company, trying to eat spaghetti and meatballs with a soup spoon and a butter knife. or ?

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there are men on the fediverse terrified by the very presence of witches.town and that's the most fucking on-brand thing

sitting in a McDonalds in Silverlake and there are two guys at the next table singing along to Motown on a blue Bluetooth boombox. coffee is just the right temperature and all is right with the world for these precious minutes.

why would anyone ask if we were selling pot plants at our elementary school garden sale?

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Def Leppard is the safest music to air drum to while driving because you can keep one hand on the steering wheel.

that being said I'm tooting on Shabbat so that should tell you something I GUESS.

Temple was almost as hamische as I wanted. Im not the most observant Jew, but it's good to have the tribe around us to remind us that tikkun olam and tzedakah are still alive and kicking.

Found a bunch of mismatched cocktail glasses at the thrift store and made these tonight. Somehow I'll get them and about 120 tomato plants into my car tomorrow for the big school sale! Too bad the shishito and poblano aren't big enough yet. If you are in the NELA area and bored tomorrow morning, drop by 50th and San Marcos and buy something to help the kids like the good people you are.

Tomorrow is all about our elementary school seedling sale. Tonight is all about Shabbat at the temple for the first time in over a year and making terrariums from stuff found at Goodwill