Mike Timonin

Oh, to be as excited as a small child discovering purple carrots at the farmers market!

Do it early this week!

He came out ok. A lil angrier than in my sketch. Something displeases him... Fun tho!

I'm not quite halfway through this book, and goddamn it's good. Like, I'm tempted to get a pen and start making notes in the margins and underlining quotes. Probably the best book I've read this year.

I'm teaching the US Survey this semester (as always), and I'm teaching the "last third" of the survey - 20th and 21st Century. My syllabus needed to be approved, and the comment was "you've got too much at the end. I usually end this class in 1976." And that's the problem. There's too much.

Several weeks ago, I entered the @rpg.net drawing for a nice set of dice. As a basically optimistic person, I enter lots of things, but as a realist, I rarely expect to win. This time, optimism won, and so did I! These arrived this morning:

Elizabeth Andrews is set up across from my booth today. She's a local artist, specializing in prints and lithographs. This is my favorite of her prints. Here's the story behind it: www.elizabethandrewsstudio.com/elephant-sto...

Repost if $30k would change your life right now

Isn't this a Lake Woebegon bit? I'm pretty sure Garrison Keeler should be getting royalties for this particular speech.

It’s a little late, but here’s my submission for “Mysterium”! The prompt was creature comforts! 🍁🍂🍁 #mysterium

A Scaramucci is ten days (july 21-31). Zacharia was appointed on Oct 9 and lasted till October 16. So a Zacharia is seven days, or 7/10ths of a Scaramucci.

Just to note how stupid this system is...we just learned that 15 days ago, the Dept of Education awarded a brief contract to consulting firm Accenture to oversee sending emails to student debtors. It's a $350M contract. So it costs more to *service* the debt than to cancel it.

extending this to next weekend too. it's going to take some time for me to be out of debt.

Morning crossing guard thoughts: what if, when Trump put his hand on that glowing sphere during his first term, he was catapulted into a _Its a Wonderful Life/Christmas Carol/Simpsons future view_ bit, and now we're all trapped in that bubble of experience until he realizes he needs to change?

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

If you want a bat for Halloween, might I suggest one of our hand made leather critters. No taxidermy, and our leather is a by-product of the beef industry, so no endangered species. Plus, they're posable, and can be used as a key ring or bag charm! In a variety of colors. FrostnEmberCreations.com

I let my tea steep too long before putting it in my thermos this morning, so it's nicely strong, but not as hot as I would like. :(

@burnlittlelight.bsky.social vindicated yet again

He's in Syracuse this afternoon stumping for Blakeman - I can't be there, but I hope my fellow New Yorkers are at least as disruptive as the Texans.

Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series!