Jonathan Byrd

I have a great idea guy just sayin

It really makes me happy.

WELL?!!

My son took this from our driveway. He calls it “Orion’s kilt”

Their Roman Empire seems to be the Roman Empire.

a man with a beard is pouring soda into a glass ALT: a man with a beard is pouring soda into a glass

When the recipe says add 1 teaspoon of vanilla

“Disability is a family you can join at any point in your life.” — Judith Heumann

Actual footage of me in differential equations class

ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Gemini are all pretty good at physics and calculus, ymmv. However, they are all terrible at differential equations. Can any smart people weigh in as to why?

If momentum is conserved, it’ll be a very short performance.

When she says, “Find the parametric equations of the line tangent to the spacecurve at t=1”

When Plato says art can be used for the good of the State, I just think, Wow. Those were different times.

I had a differential equations problem today, and the only way I found to solve it was to create an excel spreadsheet and iterate for 16,000 rows, the whole time thinking about those NASA ladies doing that by hand for the space program, but also I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO PROFESSOR

Insightful, and needed.

My son did this last night in our backyard. I’m kind of flabbergasted.

Women casually make magic.

Fantastic.

Sometimes the timeline is a magic eight-ball of wisdom.

She’s worked so hard to get where she is.

The full English Brexit always seems like a good idea at the time.

Wild and Precious My lover asked me, “Do you like rubies?”

What I really think about rubies.

You went to Schmed school! Bless all our teachers, Hank. That’s how we feel about you.

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Mom, reality’s here. Something about a check.

I definitely take advantage of tutoring!

Wait professors have to be the enemy now too?! They’re going to have to drop some board meetings

Cowboy up.

We did Jack’s DNA and turns out he’s 100% good boy

Struggling today with applying calculus. Wouldn’t it be strange if I memorized a bunch of chess games but didn’t know how to use a bishop? Stranger still if I made As in Chess I & II! That’s how it feels. I know how to integrate but not why. Just venting.

I’m in Calculus III right now and LOSING MY FRIGGIN MIND! This is wizard school!