Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

the two sons of the gas station owner, faces of humanity series, sudan. Two versions because the colors matched so incredibly well (right down to the sandals).
#FensterFreitag #photography #BlackAndWhite #portrait #facesOfHumanity

Very old work, but I really like the atmosphere on this one 🎤

#MastoArt #Clay #Art #Photography

A #Lego rendition of “Under the wave off Kanagawa” (aka the Great Wave) by #Hokusai at #MFABoston

Sometimes you have one of those days that just shows how incompetent you are…

We have a brand new family car (replacing one that was twenty years old - just to clarify that this is not something very common in our family). The wife is taking it up the mountain for some late spring skiing, so even though the season is pretty much over, it wants proper traction tires.

No problem. I’ve done this before, even if it’s been a few years. Order tires from Costco (they aren’t in stock, since what idiot would install traction tires in March?), and have them install them.

They call back half an hour after I’ve dropped the car off, because the new car has locking lug nuts. I’ve never heard of such a thing, didn’t know my car had them, and have absolutely no idea what a lug nut key is, much less where it would be.

So I go back to the tire center, google what said “key” is even supposed to look like, and try to find it, eventually just give up and say “let’s reschedule”.

In their defense, the tire techs keep a straight face, and don’t laugh in my face for never even having realized that my car has such things.

As I drive away, I light goes on. I have a manual. It tells me exactly where said lug nut key is (It’s under the carpet in the frunk, in case anybody wonders).

I drive back, feeling really stupid. But at least the car is ready for skiing now.

Moral of the day: RTFM.

A selection of 3D needle felted Terriers

inspicio: I inspect
Minimus is examining a calvaria (skull) he found in the hortus (garden) yesterday. Minimus agnoscit (identifies) it as an avis (bird), and as a palumbes (pigeon) by the shape of its rostrum (beak).
#LatinVerbs

One day Canada will rule the world, then you'll all be sorry.

Get it. Sorry.

I'll see myself out.

Am looking for artists. Want something nice to fill my walls with, and support struggling artists at the same time! Boost please!

A while ago I bought Tina a jigsaw from @spellingmistakescostlives which she is currently trying to complete.

It's possible that from now on she might only communicate with me via a solicitor.

#Jigsaw #Puzzle #HurledImprecations

Koinobori 鯉のぼり 🩷🌸
Koinobori are carp-shaped windsocks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate children's day. I wish that one day I can visit Japan during spring season.

#japan #kyoto #illustration #MastoArt #originalart #hanabi #ukiyoe #drawing #art

I love love love how this sweater turned out!

✨🌈 Born This Way 🌈✨

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqa1a-3DCOS/

DM to purchase a frog of your own! (wait list currently 9 weeks).

#knitting #KnittedFrog #FrogFriends #MrForg

A lovely welcome to #Scotland on the #coastal path when you reach the northern most point of England just above #Berwick. Very tempting just to keep on walking... but we had an afternoon tea booked.

The welcome from us #sassenach bastards when you come the other way is somewhat less inspiring. It was, of course, a sign in Scotland from which I learned that Cuddy is #Scots for donkey.

My new Cell cover!
(This is how memory works, right?)

'Anteromedial thalamus gates the selection and stabilization of long-term memories'
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867423001678?dgcid=author

#sciart #scicomm #neurons #neuroscience #memories #hippocampus

Big Bang & Big Crunch - Oscillating Spherical Universe

Longer Musical High Resolution Version: https://youtu.be/QkldKc83Y5M
(Watch 3 different universes rise and fade...)

Thanks to my Patrons for your Support!
I am eagerly awaiting your votes for next month's theme! 😁

#physics #creativecoding #physicssimulation

I promised the other day I’d feature another epsode of “Surprised by Printer Output — the good kind.”

Printed a test on letter size paper. Behemoth Epson printer and the letter size Canson Edition Etching, sheet, have a bit of an issue, and it’s hard to get it to print at all, yet alone straight. (I often print it from a roll). Anyway, knocked my socks off, the texture in the bokeh yellow-orange area, OMG. So printed it bigger. Will hang
#johnlehetphoto #photography #spring
Copyright John Lehet

Anyone know Black #librarians looking for work? Asking for my partner, who would love to not be the last one standing at one of the main #libraries serving Black #Boston. #BlackMastodon #LibraryJobs #Jobs @librarians

I've been cross stitching for almost 3 decades and this might be one of the coolest uses of a simple hoop pattern I've ever seen in my life #crafts #CrossStitch

When I was teaching third grade in Oakland and we had a lockdown because of an armed person in the building, one of my newer students started crying and another student said, "Don't worry, Ms. Harris will never let the man with a gun get you."

Do you know what that feels like?

The pressure. The trust. The fear that I'd have to. The fear that I wouldn't be able to.

It has been 16 years since I left the classroom and I am crying while typing this because of the visceral memory.

@settinger designed and printed a comic sans typewriter ball so we're testing it on my IBM selectric this afternoon and it totally does work!