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# 2025-04-09 18 A prayer for the thing that died

# 2025-04-09 18

A prayer for the thing that died
though no one ever knew it lived — until
news of its demise hit the social web
Spiders seek confused prey
for casual fun — no arachnophobia per-
mitted
But frequent flyers more than welcome
Right, the thing — lost and gone
no one really mourned, just argued
Strong opinions on what the thing was
and was not, while it lived
Some still speak on what it is —
bees like what they like
so they stay on top of what all the
buzz is about
How to keep a thing alive —
even when it's dead
Simply share it without shame
Zombie things — salvation
just out of reach
Nothing said before, but postmortem — now they speak

Coworker gave me this little baby Bundt cake for m

Coworker gave me this little baby Bundt cake for my birthday. And, yo...this shit was *beyond* delicious! I meant to take a picture of it, but I was already on the last bite when I realized I'd forgotten to 🤷🏿‍♂️

Time to batten down the hatches

Time to batten down the hatches

For everybody asking --

For everybody asking --

...I wonder what happened here 🤔

...I wonder what happened here 🤔

Prevail: An old message from me to me I should pro

Prevail: An old message from me to me
I should probably take Younger Me's advice...
Yes. That is the smoke detector beeping 😂

...can't sleep.

...can't sleep.

# 2025-04-09 18 A prayer for the thing that died

# 2025-04-09 18

A prayer for the thing that died
though no one ever knew it lived — until
news of its demise hit the social web
Spiders seek confused prey
for casual fun — no arachnophobia per-
mitted
But frequent flyers more than welcome
Right, the thing — lost and gone
no one really mourned, just argued
Strong opinions on what the thing was
and was not, while it lived
Some still speak on what it is —
bees like what they like
so they stay on top of what all the
buzz is about
How to keep a thing alive —
even when it's dead
Simply share it without shame
Zombie things — salvation
just out of reach
Nothing said before, but postmortem — now they speak

One, two, knowledge, wisdom. Now's the time to put

One, two, knowledge, wisdom. Now's the time to put together what you've learned. Understand,
you know more now, far more than your twelve years here can parse, but wisdom comes of testing
knowledge, seeing what it sparks. That burn might hurt, but it is not a reprimand.
It's how you come to understand these things that plague your intellect's manifesting.
All at once or slowly, you recollect — retrospection teaches, pain's baton conducts.
Now comes the knowing, the effects of actions, and how they affect another's trust
in you, my love. Understand? I'm there, through any hell, whether real or pure construct.
My love for you, agape — now comes the wisdom earned — what have you learned? We must discuss.

I lost a year of pictures,
and my memory ain't great,
but you are always on my mind,
you shine and captivate

Let's make this 12th year great

Happy Birthday
Radéjà Layne

Didn't know about the daughter / son day thingies.

Didn't know about the daughter / son day thingies. Well, here ya go, I guess 🤷🏿‍♂️

If you've been seeing stuff about Harvard expandin

If you've been seeing stuff about Harvard expanding its free tuition program - it's true

In case you were only seeing images and news posts -- here's the info directly from Harvard with official links

...

What Does Harvard Cost?
Harvard costs what your family can afford. We make sure of that.

*$100,000 family income and below, with typical assets: Free

Financial aid covers all billed expenses, including tuition, fees, food, housing, and more, including a $2,000 start-up grant (first year), health insurance (if needed), travel costs between campus and home, winter gear, event fees, and other activities, and a $2,000 launch grant (junior year) to help students prepare for post-Harvard life.

*$200,000 family income and below, with typical assets: Free Tuition Plus

Financial aid covers the full cost of tuition, plus. In addition to tuition, students qualify for financial aid to cover additional costs, such as fees, food, and housing, based on their individual financial circumstances.

...

- https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/03/harvard-expands-financial-aid/

- https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability

"Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa fou

"Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in their New Mexico home, police say" -- CNN

The headline caught me completely by surprise

Hire me for odd jobs - I'm out here raking leaves

Hire me for odd jobs - I'm out here raking leaves in the wind 😭

My views on immigrants, refugees, and 'illegal ali

My views on immigrants, refugees, and 'illegal aliens' remains the same as always. And, you can find those views literally written on a plaque in the base of a statue that stands on Liberty Island in NY Harbor:

*
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
*

That's all. That's it 🤷🏿‍♂️

Context: As the video starts, I'm on drums, he's o

Context: As the video starts, I'm on drums, he's on keyboard, and he's finishing up a freestyle where he's talking shit about me cuz I'm not following his directions. Note the disapproving looks he gives me 🙄

Trick or Treat at Gallery 24 -- 10/26

Trick or Treat at Gallery 24 -- 10/26

We're currently under a heat advisory - for those

We're currently under a heat advisory - for those who don't know
...
Heat Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 102 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast
Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

* WHEN...From 1 PM to 8 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Came across a bunch of my old junior high and high

Came across a bunch of my old junior high and highschool essays and whatnot. I present to you what appears to be a rough draft of a paper I had to do on the Great Gatsby 😅 Teenage me was apparently on one 😂

---

→ To start off let me just say this. The "American Dream" is an ethereal candy coated piece of chocolate buried under a mountain of like-colored shit. And that's nothing compared to the pursuit of it through the "American Experience."
→ Jay Gatsby's dream is just that, a dream. An American dream at that. That means that before he pursued it he should have somehow acquired an industrial sized shovel to dig through all the shit. He didn't.
→ Gatsby's dream was youth and beauty. To recapture an age and dwell in it eternally. It's sort of similar to the early explorers who found this land. They wanted to recapture a time that had eluded them and dwell in it forever in seclusion and relative religious safety. And both of these are similar to the "American Dream," and that simply put is "the pursuit of happiness." Unfortunately both dreams were corrupted and eventually destroyed by the want of and subsequent accumulation of material wealth.
→ Yes wealth; monetary gain. Gatsby, like most Americans pursuing the "Dream," believed that wealth could solve all problems. He thought that the more he gained the closer he would be to his psychological paradise, his retro Nirvana
→ And I say: "Poor self delusioned Jay, destroyed by a dream of happiness and materialistic gain. Just as the American landscape, people, and Dream is slowly being corroded by the pursuit of tangible wealth, and not the mental happiness and well-being that we should all pursue."

Like...why wouldn't I want to see these types of n

Like...why wouldn't I want to see these types of notifications, Facebook?? 😑

Maybe this will fix the years long problem of me not getting my damn comment notifications 🙄

It's a curse 😭 * via Buni - @bunicomic *

It's a curse 😭

* via Buni - @bunicomic *

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