Ken Gareau

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Heroes & Monsters of Geek Myth by Evslin, Evslin, & Hooped

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day18
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#GreekMyth
#IReadThisTooMuchInThe3rdGrade

Baking experiments might be back on the docket.

Cheddar Jalapeño soda bread

#bread #cheese #ExperimentalRecipe #IWingItMoreThanIShouldWithBaking
#TastyScience

It’s really fun how LinkedIn is starting to show me grocery store position ads in my “Senior Scientist” search as my unemployment is slowly ticking down to zero.

Super, super helpful and non anxiety inducing. Thanks guys.

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day17
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#Tao
#HonestlyImMoreLikeRabbit

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day16
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#WhenWasThastTimeYouThoughtAboutTheRomanEmpire

Not vax related, but I butted up against this when I was helping a local politics campaign for an override to fund schools, and was just exhausted by people who couldn’t take three seconds to pause and consider factual information instead of their knee jerk reaction.

Good insights to noodle on.

YouTube video by Wizards and Warriors Stormlight Archive - FULL STORY RECAP BEFORE WIND AND TRUTH

This is an excellent #StormlightArchive recap/history lesson for anyone who wants a shorter than 4,000 page reread. Or just timed their reread poorly like me.

#Stormlight
#Cosmere
#WindandTruth
#TruthwatchersRepresent

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I swear I’m way more thrilled with this shirt than my face gives on, but I have such joy as a molecular biologist to have a Jurassic Park Mr. DNA shirt.

Even if dinosaur DNA half-life is only like 500 years and I’ll never get my pet stegosaurus.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day15
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

Got to see three nice nidan exams tonight! Some of the time from being upside down and in mid air, even!

#aikido #ukemi #OuchINeedABathAndAleve

Seen on my way to sushi last night. What a happy little pair.

Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day14
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day13
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

Saturday morning at the gym is an introvert lifter’s idea of hell: crowded, loud, and with every piece of equipment you need for your workout taken by someone magically using it in a way to exercise the totally opposite way it’s supposed to be.

No reason why I’m posting this now. None at all.

If you buy the Protein cheerios it can even be considered Healthy! Yea, that’s it. Healthy.

(Same if you skip the alcohol and just use eggnog. Then it’s more protein!)

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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#Day12
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#FaeAF

Also I explicitly put down my Rhythm of War reread for something lighter because Kaladin’s arc triggered my brain a bit too hard so now I need to rest before I can finish that AND then tackle Wind and Truth.

Unless I just skip RoW and launch in but I want fabrial lessons…

Happy Wind and Truth Day for all who celebrate! My D&D group made this with a very explicit attack on my soul. Rude. #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WhatDidIDoToDeserveThis #Truthwatcher

I know it’s a dinky little fake tree but I do love this little thing. Bonus that is the first time I’ve put it in the front of my middle bay window and I delight in being able to see it twinkle when I come home at night.
#XmasTrees
#RecoveringCatholicTraits
#ItsMyHolidayNowICanDoWhatIWant

Relax, You’re Already Home by Raymond Barnett

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day11
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#Taoism

Circe by Madeline Miller

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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Day10
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

Gotta say too, first time I think since I started aikido that I’m just sitting on the sidelines instead of in seiza on the mats and my legs are so thrilled with this choice.

But I did at least make it

My current vibe as I’m supposed to go to aikido exams+potluck tonight 😭

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Those tunes sustain me
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Have you tried not being old and lifting correctly?

Global warming makes it less needed I guess.

Also #WeMissedYou

But as usual have my typical group of crazies who #JustShowUp and are #Weatherproof. #NP_BOS #MyButtIsStillColdThough

Waking up to temps in the 20s to go workout outside is mildly demotivating, but here I go anyway with this insanity