Euterpe Jones

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Triumph, "Magic Power" youtu.be/JRYSbIqz6QM?...

(with apologies to Yes) Five down, one to go Another town and one more show State championships in two weeks. I can't tell the squad this, but they haven't peaked yet. I can see that. Now we just need two weeks without too much teenage drama...

'You can't buy happiness' I beg to differ. Three boxes of full-size candy bars and a box of full-size Skittles made my marchers very happy, thank you. Made me even more happy to hand out. This is the 8th year, and I treasure this tradition

How is it Senior night already? The season just started!

the story goes like this

If you need a smile today, Sir Roger Moore has you covered...

NO ONE IN THE NFCEAST WINS THIS WEEK TWO OF THEM PLAYED EACH OTHER

What the heck was that game, DC?

rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived

And since I'm in a spicy mood today, here's a long distance dedication for someone with a one word answer: No youtu.be/wUDRIC5RSX4

www.nytimes.com/athletic/761... Respect to this fan Strength to the Mayichs Nothing but curses and damnation to the coach that did this to the kid, and all who cover for him

1. It is not 1975 anymore. Different options are available 2. There generally is not a person staying at home all day who can prepare a multicourse themed meal with an immaculate house 3. Not everyone has a house! Hosting a dinner party in a small apartment is not ideal. 4. Multiple jobs/schedules

Blast, no pockets...

DOINK

One of the most bizzare competitions I've ever done * surprise all-morning rain * a lost bus order * getting to site 90 mins late * a broken bass clarinet * clarinet knee injury * having to clean literal dog crap from the warm-up area * only 4 passes for staff/pit Somehow, still got first place

Or, and this is just a maybe Mr Rolling Stone Author, I exist outside of the demographic for the song. I have no Tik or Insta, no FB. I watch limited TV, and my radio habits are...eclectic. Also, the song ranking system is garbage and easily manipulated, meaning very little

I am...not a country music fan. That did not apply to Dolly Parton, however. On this first 9/25 day, I'm donating at donate.imaginationlibrary.com because we all need good in this world

Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.

CATTE VERSIOUN (speculatyve! not based on real attested textes!) • OLD ENGLISH: Miæow • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Myeaue • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: Meowe

This is absolutely massive

Just encouraging all Mac users to contact Apple and tell them it's BS that Siri and Apple intelligence can no longer be fully disabled in the latest update (OS27). Reports vary by device, but between 10G and 30G of AI garbage models downloading. I just wiped and will be staying with 26 for a while 😡

Competition #1 in the books for this marching season, 3 caption trophies and a 1st in class to put up on the shelf tomorrow. Its amazing - every year my 3rd years and up get hungry for more w/a win and my second years just get cocky. Going to be a week w/this glut of sophomore low brass...

20 y/o me would be confused by current-day me. In general, mostly impressed but very confused by career path and the second job with marching band. Oh, and the whole thing of not living in the midwest

Why you never ever EVER let trombonists paint your props

Things I was frightened of as a child: -Tornadoes (I had been through 2 before the age of 5, it was legit) -Wind in general -Bulls (think of the Looney Tunes bull chasing everything, and then put that bull in the pasture that abutted my backyard. He also took out our fence twice) -Yellowjackets

No cheating. Share your last photo of the sky from your camera roll

My 40 seconds happened 25 years ago today, as an atypical (young and relatively healthy) patient. I am getting ready to go teach a color guard routine today because I had a boss who recognized the signs and got me immediately to hospital (And 11 mos of intense PT)

sports.yahoo.com/college-foot... My band kids and I grieve with the Marching Hawkeyes and the DCI Colts Corps

Adding on to this-the toys that are part and parcel with this? They might not be safe for kids. Just because yours survived doesn't mean they are safe. Especially if they have been stored in an attic! Plastic does not do well with 100+ degree changes

I never ever ever want to hear our second song again in my life (our last competition is November 7...I will hear it about 75 times a week until then)

And damn. Dolly.

[Exit Queen.]

We have reached the part of the marching season where I get woken up by segments of the music. On repeat. Over and over again. To make it worse this time, our ballad happens to be a song I skated to as a child, and had to play on piano as a teen. Hated it then, despise it now

Make a band bigger They Most Definitely Are Giants

The high school I coach at is on the smaller side (albeit 2.5-3x the size of the one I graduated from). I am constantly trying to tell my kids is that when they go on, being the best at their HS means nothing, since they're going to be with 100 other 'best at their HS' kids. Resilience is key.

Gif your mental health

Putting in the birthdates and graduation years for this crop of marchers has broken me Our youngest were born in 2013 and graduate in 2031 I just...can't