A pair of finches perched on a cable across the street from the other pair I photographed.
Northern Mockingbird (singing on a wire)
Black Phoebe
Black Phoebe
This house finch is clearly in Engineering. “I’m giving her all the power I can, Cap’n!”
This house #finch is clearly in Engineering. “I’m giving her all the power I can, Cap’n!”
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Alternate caption: “Great, I’m stuck in Electrical.”
Floofy Bird and Moon
I saw (and heard) a bunch of finches – some house finches, and at least this one lesser goldfinch…
I saw (and heard) a bunch of finches – some house finches, and at least this one lesser goldfinch – when I took the trash bins out this morning. So I went back in, washed my hands and grabbed the camera.
Car’s going to need to wait for parts, but I can still drive it until …
Car’s going to need to wait for parts, but I can still drive it until then.
Finally taking care of some bike & car repairs that have been lurking for a …
Finally taking care of some bike & car repairs that have been lurking for a while. I have a bike again!
Kid: “Why do you have to force me to do whatever I want, no matter …
Kid: “Why do you have to force me to do whatever I want, no matter what???!!!!”
…
“I mean whatever you want. Sorry about that.”
phone helpfully focused on the window screen instead of the squirrel behind it. 🤷♂️
phone helpfully focused on the window screen instead of the squirrel behind it. 🤷♂️
Covid vaccine, family
Parents managed to get the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. MIL made it through an asymptomatic case & has an appointment for a vaccine (I forget which one). Feels like *something* is finally moving forward
Kid just referred to “The Backyard Scientist” as “Florida Man” and…he’s not wrong
Kid just referred to “The Backyard Scientist” as “Florida Man” and…he’s not wrong
Also dreamed that I’d worked on a satellite to deliver an EMP to a target …
Also dreamed that I’d worked on a satellite to deliver an EMP to a target location on Earth, had the targeting app on my phone, and was trying to figure out a way to make the satellite self-destruct so no one could actually use it, without it tracing back to me.
I wonder if that’s related to having listened to the Rogue One soundtrack recently.
covid-adjacent, dream
Also dreamed that my employer was holding one single in-office day for everyone to pack things up for storage before we went back to remote work. Everyone was distancing but at some point we all realized that none of us were wearing masks
Dreamed I accidentally opened Facebook on my phone for the first time in over a …
Dreamed I accidentally opened Facebook on my phone for the first time in over a year while trying to open an app to order McDonald’s. Despite the fact that I don’t even like McDonald’s.
Pre-dinosaur reptile Kongonaphon kely, “tiny insect slayer” was just 40cm long, and appears to have …
Pre-dinosaur reptile Kongonaphon kely, “tiny insect slayer” was just 40cm long, and appears to have been a common ancestor – or at least very close to the divergence – of both dinosaurs and pterosaurs
A cool high-res photo of the “happy face” crater on Mars
covid vaccine, snowstorm
Oregon healthcare workers stuck on the road in a snowstorm with vaccine doses they knew wouldn’t make it back to the clinic before expiring ended up walking up and down the road knocking on car doors offering the shots to other people stuck in traffic with them.
Kid heard the phrase “Yellow submarine” but didn’t know the song. Now he’s singing it …
Kid heard the phrase “Yellow submarine” but didn’t know the song. Now he’s singing it to the tune of “Pinky and the Brain”