Adam

I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.

Grammatical Destruction by @thefunkupnorth | Suno choir, 8-bit, key changes, dark metal, metal song. Listen and make your own with Suno.

I’m having too much fun with this… suno.com/song/614fc0e...

That wouldn’t be a bad idea, in my opinion. But either way, I strongly recommend reading Aftermath before Alphabet (which I also really liked - mostly).

I found the first Aftermath book to be a bit of a slog until close to the end. I liked the ending enough to give the other two books a chance, and am glad that I did; they were pretty good. The Interludes between chapters were sometimes really great!

Why Run on Sentences and Sentence Fragments are Bad in Acade by @exasperatingvibration1012 | Suno choral, dueling vocalists, acoustic, folk song. Listen and make your own with Suno.

I’ve just recently discovered how much fun “writing” music with AI is.

suno.com/song/7b58531...

It’s the weekend. Finally, it’s time to spend 48 hours keeping the naughty puppy off kitchen counters and ignoring the constant demand barking.

I have to say: Bluesky has really gotten much more interesting lately.

My sourdough starter is named Frodough Baggins.

Ships numbers 98, 99, and 100 of my #XwingTMG collection arrived this week. Think I might be about done, sadly. But I can now field pretty great squads for all 7 factions (some better than others).

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,304,467, Adam ‪@adamnorth.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 2, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,304,467!

Thursdays stink for being busy. School until 3:45, Professional Development at the library from 4-5, soccer practice at 5:30, PTA meeting from 6-7:30.
I’m exhausted.

Done with Inservice. Kids start on Tuesday. Excited and nervous, just like I am every year.

A picture of a new-in-box Trident-Class Assault Ship for the X-Wing Miniatures game.

Got this guy over the weekend. Never played a game with a Huge Ship, but would love to try. Looking for a Corellian Corvette to add to the collection in order to make it happen (buddy plays Republic, I play Separatist) #Xwing

Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a dolphin shaped metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."

It's the weekend, baby

Not maths, but ELA, here. I try to plan one week out, but only with a rough outline. I do my specifics two or three days in advance. There are too many times I’ll need to reteach or do a mini lesson on something spur-of-the-moment to go further out than that. Plans get ruined when I do.

She’s so cute. And so naughty.

Today is the last day of Summer Break for me (excluding the weekend). Meetings at school on Mon and Tues, then PD starts on Wednesday.
I could swear that summers keep getting shorter and shorter.

King’s Bounty

It can certainly be a lot of that time, but I think there is far more of it in the younger grades. I have MAD respect for the amount of time Elementary teachers put in (HS teacher, here).

Or a teacher AND a parent.

The moment Sha’Carri realized Team USA won the 4x100

Apollo Pursuing Daphne, artist unknown, mid/late 17th c, 📸 of @itsshacarri via @emesola

This is so strange to see in the #Olympics. I have no idea what’s going on, either. Are we winning?

First work meeting of the school year. The next two weeks are going to go too fast!!!

I’m currently sitting on about 2500 Pokémon living in the GBA,DS, and 3DS games. Having a hard time deciding if I should migrate them up to Home or leave them be. Been pondering this since the server shutdown back in April.

That looks neat! I love the Lego aspect of it. Will def look into that!
A buddy and I also went crazy with it, right around the same time. All of the 1st ed ships were insanely cheap, so we bought a ton of them each. Then, it was a rabbit hole of buying stuff on sale (May the 4th, Black Friday, etc)

I can barely describe my sadness that #X-Wing Miniatures has stopped production. Ships are already getting really hard to find, and those that remain are at exorbitant prices.
This was my first (and only) miniatures game, and I still love it.

Went with the spouse to see the new Deadpool movie this weekend. It was simultaneously hilarious, heartwarming, and disturbing. Loved it (even though Act I somewhat dragged on).

The reaction time on the table tennis players is just insane. I have a hard time even watching the ball with the speed it’s moving at. Super fun to watch, though! #Olympics

I’m going to have a student teacher for the first time this fall semester. I’m both excited and terrified. Any advice from teachers who get them regularly? #EDUsky