Sparky wants to be an Ewok for Halloween. He is still pissed about The Acolyte, so wanted to do a costume homage to a time when Star Wars was good. He doesn’t have the face for it, but I made him a costume and took some head shots for his portfolio.
Author: Richard Nestoff (Page 10 of 57)
The 20th Century was the Century of Physics. In 1905, Einstein published his “Special Theory of Relativity”, and up to about World War 2, modern physics was established. Very little of modern physics corresponds with what we experience in daily life, but it’s been experimentally verified and is used in current technology.
Physicists like Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, and others debated the new theories, and tried to make some sense of the universe.
We Are Legion [We Are Bob] is the first book in a five book series known as the “Bobiverse” by Dennis E. Taylor that came out in 2016. It’s funny, creative and thought-provoking, without any heavy-handed messaging for modern audiences. It’s an entertaining and engaging series, and one of the few that I ever revisit.
Dennis Kucinich has a bunch of crazy ideas, but he does seem to have integrity. Bernie Sanders is similar. I’d never vote for either one. Kucinich put out this statement with a few interesting observations, and a whole lot of superfluous jabbering.
When I heard Vice President Harris brag about former Vice President Dick Cheney endorsing her candidacy, that put the exclamation point on the fact that the leaders of the Democratic party are for war. I am not.
A paradox of this campaign is that the much-villainized former President Trump, (representing a party that has also taken us into unnecessary wars) is the one who speaks to the need to negotiate and to talk directly with potential foes in order to avoid war, or to end it.
What seems like a paradox to Kucinich is really his misunderstanding. President Trump got the leaders of North and South Korea to shake hands at the DMZ. That is incredible. Trump also got the Abraham Accords signed by Israel and Saudi Arabia. Putin invaded Ukraine under Obama and Biden.
When Trump took office, he was opposed by all of the Democrats and half of the Republicans. He was opposed by the war industry puppets to whom Kucinich refers.
Kucinich did not take the courageous step to endorse Trump. That would have been something.
Eight years ago, we should have spent more time talking about how much Mike Pence resembles Race Bannon from Johnny Quest.
Vote for whomever you’d like, I just think Tim Walz does resemble a walrus.
When Tim Walz takes his grand kids to play miniature golf, does he put pencils in his mouth and make walrus noises to amuse the children? If not, then, missed opportunity. Miniature golf is fun.
Turns out that Walz doesn’t have grandchildren, so he should file that tip away for later use.
It occurs to me that if I worked with an anthropomorphic walrus, like one might on BoJack Horseman, I might call him ‘Walz” if we got chummy.
Vote for whomever you’d like, I just think this kind of thing is funny.
Fox News: San Jose State Trans volleyball player.
The Utah State Aggies are the latest women’s volleyball team to choose not to participate in a scheduled match against San Jose State University due to a biological male playing on its women’s team.
It’s good to see female athletes finally showing the courage to stand up to the crazy Progressive ideology. Trans players in women’s sports is an issue that men can’t do anything about. When the players don’t tolerate it, change can happen, but not before.
Blaire Fleming is 6′ 1″. According to this site 7% of American men are that tall. About 1 woman in 10,000 are that tall, and I bet Blaire Fleming can bench press more than any of them. The NCAA women’s volleyball net height is 7 inches lower than the men’s net height because of the sex difference in height.
I don’t want to see a man smash a volleyball into a woman’s face at point blank range, but my opinion doesn’t count. The NCAA wants that to happen, and it’s up to the female players to allow it or not.
What went wrong with Gen Z? Why do they talk like this?
This was posted on the Teacher subreddit. So much about this post baffles me. We don’t know if the author is a man or a woman, but from posting history, is about 25 years old.
Why is this on a forum for teachers? This is a “dating a coworker” scenario, not a teaching, school or education topic. Does the poster have no friends with whom this could be discussed?
YUP! So I’ve found solace in forming connections with my colleagues. Recently, I’ve been bonding with another teacher over after-school work drinks, where we’ve both been able to vent about our experiences, students admin, and support each other through the ups and downs of our jobs. However, as we’ve spent more time together, I’ve started to develop feelings for her.
Many posts from young teachers are fraught and dramatic. Who says, “found solace in forming connections”? A normal person might say, “I’m getting to know my colleagues”. Better yet, leave it out as it isn’t relevant.
That could all be replaced with, “I am developing a crush on a colleague”.
Now, I’m faced with the question: what should I do about it? I understand I could just be trauma bonding with someone and maybe that’s why I’m catching feelings.
“Trauma bonding”? “Catching feelings”?
How in the hell would a bunch of anonymous online strangers know if this is a rebound crush or something more?
I’m thinking probably the best move is to wait for one of us to leave the school before we either make a move. But should I wait that long?
This person is a full-time teacher. I moved around more than most, and was at Normandy for eight years and seventeen years at North Royalton. Who waits years before dating? Younger teachers seem so frightened of violating social norms. Maybe the #MeToo movement shook them up.
The post ends with:
I also know a lot of teachers date/marry other teachers did y’all meet at the same school or what? Just need some advice.
This person doesn’t mention social anxiety or being neuro-divergent, which Gen Z brings up at every opportunity. The person sounds normal, except we doubt that the person has dated, has good friends to talk with or was ever in danger of a sexual encounter.
The topic of this post is unusual, but the word choices and writing style is pretty typical. It’s strange.
The video and photos of Hurricane Helene show devastating damage. As usual, there are reports of federal officials not responding sufficiently and FEMA not being prepared. Several reports are highlighting the published goals of FEMA. I went to the FEMA site to check.