There is a 3 episode Dracula show that is sooooooo unique and sooooo good! It’s on either Amazon or Netflix. I forget which.

This falafel restaurant is the "Nicest Place in America" Yassin's Falafel House in Knoxville, Tenn. is the "Nicest Place in America" and has a lot to teach us all about great food, the American Dream and second chances.

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We have this falafel place in Knoxville TN run by and named for a Syrian refugee who is so happy to be a new American citizen. Yassin’s food is sooo good and he is all about giving back to the community. In 2019 the restaurant was named “Nicest Place in America”

More than a decade after the limited edition sold out, I was able to find and afford a pair of new in the box Hieronomous Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights Doc Martens. College me didn’t know they made them but future high school art teacher me is lucky to have them (and a little afraid to wear them)

Yes! I wanted one so bad, I finally bought myself a dark skinned CPK. I didn’t care and it never occurred to me anyone else might.

Here is a different link if the first one isn’t good. www.orau.org/k12/educator...

Want to do some good? My kid’s school, and the feeder school for where I teach, is in a contest for $25k for their STEM classroom. Videos of the finalists found here (scroll to the bottom to vote) orausurvey.orau.org/TakeSurveyPa...

I have a notion to document every item in my overflowing closet to try and make some sense of what I have and what I don’t need. I’m sure it’s more elaborate than necessary and I’ll probably stall out but it involves graph paper and color coding so let’s see how long I can hyper fixate.

I love this entire list. Also, how do you know so much about my sink full of dishes, all the books I bought but haven’t read, and my laundry piles. Heading out to touch grass momentarily. Thanks for the motivation.

Thank you for going to the rally.

DO SOMETHING!

I love Severance so much!

I’m wondering if it’s because I used the word “nude”. Either that or it objected to the actual nude painting image. Whatever.

My 16yo has suffered with hypermobility joint pain for a year. She’s gone to PT, OT, rheumatologists but it was only getting worse. Her grades have fallen and she has grown depressed. Yesterday she met with an amazing team at Vanderbilt Children’s Pain Clinic and she now has HOPE for improvement!

Oops. Got an adult content warning label for posting some art. Now I’m curious if it was the image or a descriptor I used. Posting a censored version just to see what’s up.

Pro tip: some glitter nail polish on paper money makes for a magical first tooth fairy payment!

And the space between what could have been and what we got widens.

Given an assignment to make a drawing opposite there normal style, my student (who typically makes realistic feminine art) drew this child like “Reclining Dude” as the antithesis of the “reclining nude” genre. There’s even a tech bro bearing gifts and dogs pooping everywhere. The kids are all right!

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Heroes

I am so angry about this.

Wow! I have this class from 8:30-10am (EST) and could do this lesson almost anytime (but a cold winter morning with pancake art is preferred) Let me know a date that would work for you and I’ll work it into our plans!

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I’m really good at winning contests but it’s mostly a skill set of hyperfixating on reading the contest rules very very closely. Most people don’t look at them at all.

I can get a room full of 32 high school students to sit quietly, listen to me, and then do what I ask them to do. It’s magical. During Covid I was able to get 30 kindergartners to do what I said via zoom. It’s a whole Pied Piper vibe.

I love all of this! I teach a high school drawing class and always schedule one day when they mix up batter and draw their own pancake art. It’s especially great when this class is 1st period. I’m going to look you up as a inspo artist!

I don’t like him or anything he does, but as an art teacher I must point out the slight lean in everyone to the right of him as if this photo was altered. Also the line is drawn from left edge of his head to right edge of his heal, exaggerating the lean. I think it’s there but this photo has issues.

For those interested the World Health Organization is on 🦋. You can stay informed @who.int

Teal paint streaks creat diagonal lines.

My advanced drawing students are experimenting with unconventional tools. This my example made by flicking a BBQ skewer in a puddle of paint. Next they will use their experimental tools and abstract mark making to communicate an action word. Gosh I love teaching this class!

@dnachtman.bsky.social hey! I miss you guys!

Choosing a hotel for our upcoming family trip to Kyoto!