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alyosha

alyosha@theforkiverse.com

<p>Christianity, radical nonviolence, civilization, and disc golf.</p>

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    I reached for my Thunderbird, stepped up to the tee, and threw. &amp;quot;Wow, I&amp;#39;m getting some nice turn on that Thundy, and it&amp;#39;s going waaay down the fairway. I must&amp;#39;ve really cranked on it,&amp;quot; I thought. And then I walked to my disc and realized I&amp;#39;d thrown a Valkyrie by mistake. (Apologies for the frolf geekery.) #DiscGolf #RealityCheck

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    @NickGates Stay tuned for the upcoming sequel, an unflinching meditation on the feeding habits of the hagfish.

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    RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@OKdad/116511610651362973 On my first day at my first real job, my new boss gave me something to do, and I got it done. Then he gave me something else to do, and I also got that done. This lasted all morning, and I started thinking, &amp;quot;Wow, I&amp;#39;m really getting a lot done, I&amp;#39;m probably going to finish everything and get to go home early.&amp;quot; Then my boss got me started on a larger project and the reality of the whole job situation gradual...

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    RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@Gully1965/116545318224608233 Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, All our ignorance brings us nearer to death, But nearness to death no nearer to GOD. Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

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    It&amp;#39;s time for another episode of Mad at Big Tech. I&amp;#39;ve been happily using MS Office 2019 (Excel, mostly) on my old MacBook Pro. Yesterday I got an email from Microsoft that said the software will quit working on 7/13/26 due to security certificates that will not be updated. I can&amp;#39;t upgrade because my computer is old, and I don&amp;#39;t want to use the web version of Office. I&amp;#39;m already blocking incoming connections with the firewall; will that help? Any thought...

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    I had a lot of fun playing ultimate yesterday and it got me to thinking. What do you holler? #ultimate #frisbee