glasspusher

glasspusher, 2 days ago to random

@keithmorrisnm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_coprolite

glasspusher, 8 days ago to random

@edwilk @keithmorrisnm

sure, we can play guitar, but can anybody play the drums?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCNZGJSI0Ls

glasspusher, 20 days ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @Biff52

weather is happening!

weather station readout showing 11.4 mm of rain thus far today with a rain rate of 8.1 mm/hr at the bottom, the display says “It’s raining cats and dogs”

glasspusher, 26 days ago to Bloomscrolling

@Waitnwallflower here you go, my ornamental cherry tree has just started shedding its flowers, got some pix earlier this week though

#BloomScrolling

glasspusher, 26 days ago to random

@Alice hey slice I wrangled a bidness lunch at Giovanni’s tomorrow, so much winning 🤤🍕

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

I just typed this into work slack this morning, so I know my day's off to a good start:

“what could possibly go wrhog”

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

I have the sneaky feeling one of the vegetables in my garden is a government plant

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

@edwilk omg, tfg has Jason miller in the courtroom as one of his advisors? If there’s someone who would know about seedy underhanded sex situations, it’d be him. Guess Matt gaetz was busy

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

How do I explain my path to clear skies under the moon's shadow, quickly? I probably can't...

Went with two bffs of mine. One of them, hard to get out of the house, this would be his first eclipse. My other friend has seen two with me already.

Knowing the weather in the eastern US in April, we expected a roll of the dice. We decided last year I'd fly to NJ, meet up with them (they're in NY and NJ, respectively), and drive to Memphis 2 days before the eclipse to be ready for anything.

The week before the eclipse, it was looking like the weather in Texas would be dicey, as would the northeast, except, strangely, for extreme north NY, VT, NH and Maine.

The Thursday before the eclipse we decided to ditch our Memphis plans and throw our lot in in the northeast. I flew into NJ on Friday, and we drove up to my friend's in upstate NY.

Sunday afternoon, the forecast for Plattsburgh NY and Burlington VT was starting to look a little sketchy. We decided to head out early (230 AM) for Plattsburgh on Monday morning, eclipse day.

Drove out early Monday morning. 6AM, an hour south of Plattsburgh, I looked at the forecast for Plattsburgh/Burlington and didn't like it. East of that looked better.

Vermont and New Hampshire don't have highways that allow easy east/west travel. They're kind of north/south states. I started looking at towns up in Canada, and found one, Magog, that looked like a good spot, and a fast path to get there. I Totally winging it. I had no idea what the town was like.

I told my friends “guys we're going to Canada today. Gonna be another two and a half hour drive”

After resolving a bit of an...incident…with my documentation at the border, we got into Quebec and to Magog at 930 AM. A jewel of a town at the top shore of lake Memphrémagog.

1/x

#ChunderRoad
@KrajciTom @Quenby @tayfonay @Alice

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @AlterNewt @12thRITS

Welp forecast for Plattsburgh NY is now trending high clouds but they say it shouldn’t fuck with the view much tomorrow afternoon. Wishing a good view to all who are giving it a shot.

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @12thRITS @AlterNewt @keithmorrisnm @Biff52 @tayfonay @Quenby

ugh.

Emailed my professional mentor last week wishing him a happy bday and saying I’d like to stop by and say hi when I’m back east this month for the eclipse He got back to me saying he’s in poor health and probably only has about another 18 months. He has no energy and declined my offer for a visit.
I’m trying to get in touch with one of his daughters that I know. I’d like to stop by and shake his hand one last time.

Can’t say enough about him. On my all-star team, he's the player/manager shortstop.

Life, man.

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

@keithmorrisnm

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

sunrise season appears over with several mornings of fog in a row up here. The redwoods love it!

#fog

glasspusher, 2 months ago to animals

“let us assume that the cat is a perfect sphere…”

#CatsOfMastodon #physics

glasspusher, 2 months ago to chemistry

Come and get me, copper! I'm not afraid of your friends gold and silver, either!

#chemistry

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

I have a friend who has a high school age son who’s interned for me in my chemistry lab on and off since covid started. He's graduating high school this spring.

Dad really just wanted his kid to get off of his “what do you want to be?" "RICH!" mindset.

The kid has made progress- he's now interested in STEM, despite interning for a cranky old crazy scientist (feel free to arrange those adjectives as you see fit).

Each time he interns, he starts out pretty strong, but then gets tired of stuff quick and it peters out. I don't make him stay. If he doesn't want to be here, hey that's cool. I mean, he's a kid. I was one, once, as well.

I figured he was done in my lab being he's graduating this spring, and also since he's probably sick of doing that.

I stopped by my friend's house this last week to catch up with him. His kid comes in, listens to us talking, then when we have a pause, he asks “Can I intern for you again this summer?”

"Sure”

💕🫠

#AcademicChatter #ChunderRoad

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

@Alice @farah Election day is what, Tuesday, and my youtube ads are flooded with local political stuff, I'm almost getting nostalgic for the metabolism killer guy

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

so, with the discussion of porn stashes or not-

edit: "stash, not 'stache “

My dad was a very religious man, and graduated from a Jesuit university (U of Scranton). My mom said he once told her “It would be nice if one of our 3 sons became a Jesuit”

My mom said she replied "don't hold your breath”

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

@DeliaChristina due to some meteorological anomaly, it looks like it'll be halfway clear tonight. Thinking of heading down to the RR Bart around 6 with a telescope to show folks Jupiter. If the air is steady, the Red Spot should be visible.

I need something to get me out of my dank lab.

#EastBay

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

@tayfonay sounds like your kind of trade show

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

getting windier here, consistent gusts into the 30+ mph range, as the rain is coming down hard again

gotten about 50 mm of rain so far since Saturday. now over half a meter for the season.

Weather is happening!

#cawx #EastBay

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

a little machining pr0n for your pleasure this monday

@12thRITS

#machining

5 meshed steel gears on 1/4” brass shafts

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

Sunrise here this morning. Colors didn't last, sometimes the best plan is a little good luck

#sunrise #clouds

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

texas repubs trying to get a bill through to replace school counselors with chaplains who need minimal or no training. The video is…enlightening

https://www.tiktok.com/@jamestalarico/video/7334870702853541150

#ChunderRoad

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

@skinnylatte your rec on the Smith tea was great. I had been using Davidson's Organics through amazon when covid hit and I couldnt' get my usual at the supermarket.

Comparing Smith's to Davidson's this past weekend, they were indistinguishable by color, but compared to Smith's, Davidson's breakfast tea tasted like burnt burnt

thanks