CoachPayne
@coachpayne.bsky.social
Retired old guy but still teaching schools around NC that don't have physics (remotely), Comp Phys online, Game Design, Head XC Coach, Asst Track Coach, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Half Marathon completed despite a complete lack of training Teaching physics and coaching cross country were priorities. Being 74 might have had an impact as well.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Half Marathon completed despite a complete lack of training Teaching physics and coaching cross country were priorities. Being 74 might have had an impact as well.
Nice evening on the deck, fire pit, planked salman, rice, and sauteed vegetables. Calm reflective evening.
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nice evening on the deck, fire pit, planked salman, rice, and sauteed vegetables. Calm reflective evening.
From our neighborhood walks - one of the reasons we love where we live...
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From our neighborhood walks - one of the reasons we love where we live...
One reason I love where I live - these flowers are bursting forth beside the walkway to our home...
April 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One reason I love where I live - these flowers are bursting forth beside the walkway to our home...
My hero, my wife Cecilia - a day at Hanging Rock State Park in NC a bit over a week after her first immunotherapy infusion. We got in five miles there after a couple of miles on the trails here in Durham. Wonderful Spring weather today!
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My hero, my wife Cecilia - a day at Hanging Rock State Park in NC a bit over a week after her first immunotherapy infusion. We got in five miles there after a couple of miles on the trails here in Durham. Wonderful Spring weather today!
Today, below our home, along the Eno River...
February 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today, below our home, along the Eno River...
North Carolina snow/ice event - first measurable in Durham in nearly three years!
January 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
North Carolina snow/ice event - first measurable in Durham in nearly three years!
First snow in nearly three years...A bit icy, but walkable. <2" ice-glazed...from our bird cam...about to dog walk shortly...
January 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
First snow in nearly three years...A bit icy, but walkable. <2" ice-glazed...from our bird cam...about to dog walk shortly...
Calm, quiet evening on the porch with Raven. Curley is on the other side. Got most of my work done, walked a bit under 7 miles with our Border Collie, thinking about the particle physics I'm introducing to Honors Physics students tomorrow as we prep for World Wide Data Day next week. #ilovemyjob
November 4, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Calm, quiet evening on the porch with Raven. Curley is on the other side. Got most of my work done, walked a bit under 7 miles with our Border Collie, thinking about the particle physics I'm introducing to Honors Physics students tomorrow as we prep for World Wide Data Day next week. #ilovemyjob
New first - stopped in a 5-mile race for a runner to take a picture of my shirt. Race went well given health issues this year! Not fast, but coming back!
October 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
New first - stopped in a 5-mile race for a runner to take a picture of my shirt. Race went well given health issues this year! Not fast, but coming back!
This fawn greeted us at our front door this morning! Happy Monday to all!
August 12, 2024 at 2:11 PM
This fawn greeted us at our front door this morning! Happy Monday to all!
Met this lovely one today while on my dog walk. It is a copperhead. Curley was unfazed and not interested.
June 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Met this lovely one today while on my dog walk. It is a copperhead. Curley was unfazed and not interested.
Yesterday a track meet (Conference, we won both boys and girls), and today a Dark Matter Masterclass we're preseenting virtually to high school students from around NC. #ILoveMyJob NCSSM North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
May 4, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Yesterday a track meet (Conference, we won both boys and girls), and today a Dark Matter Masterclass we're preseenting virtually to high school students from around NC. #ILoveMyJob NCSSM North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Great day today at KITP. Among colleagues and peers, all friends, and equally interested in the talks today!
April 28, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Great day today at KITP. Among colleagues and peers, all friends, and equally interested in the talks today!
Sauteed veggies, grilled bacon wrapped asparagus, and planked salmon on the deck with very pleasant weather. Priceless!
April 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Sauteed veggies, grilled bacon wrapped asparagus, and planked salmon on the deck with very pleasant weather. Priceless!
In X - Dr. Catharine Young @catgyoung
“If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.” Philip C. Plait, Bad Astronomy
“If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.” Philip C. Plait, Bad Astronomy
April 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM
In X - Dr. Catharine Young @catgyoung
“If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.” Philip C. Plait, Bad Astronomy
“If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.” Philip C. Plait, Bad Astronomy
Game Design class at NCSSM - first iterations of board games. Text Adventure games next. This class is a combination of Computer Science and story-telling! I love teaching this!
February 28, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Game Design class at NCSSM - first iterations of board games. Text Adventure games next. This class is a combination of Computer Science and story-telling! I love teaching this!
Might show this to the folks at The Regulator Bookshop here in Durham. Meanwhile:
February 11, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Might show this to the folks at The Regulator Bookshop here in Durham. Meanwhile:
From Dr. Catharine Young @catgyoung
Never a better reason
Never a better reason
February 6, 2024 at 2:38 AM
From Dr. Catharine Young @catgyoung
Never a better reason
Never a better reason
My favorite bird overlooking a rain-enhanced Eno River while I was enjoying my morning bumble among the puddles, with our dog Curley...
January 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
My favorite bird overlooking a rain-enhanced Eno River while I was enjoying my morning bumble among the puddles, with our dog Curley...
Signed copy, thank you. Now to hear the music.
January 15, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Signed copy, thank you. Now to hear the music.
A favorite!
From Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
It's impossible to find a bad #JWST image. But this is one of the best.
The Pillars of Creation, seen here in a near- and mid-infrared composite in an image from November 2022
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph DePasquale/Alyssa Pagan/Anton M. Koekemoer
From Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
It's impossible to find a bad #JWST image. But this is one of the best.
The Pillars of Creation, seen here in a near- and mid-infrared composite in an image from November 2022
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph DePasquale/Alyssa Pagan/Anton M. Koekemoer
December 29, 2023 at 1:12 AM
A favorite!
From Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
It's impossible to find a bad #JWST image. But this is one of the best.
The Pillars of Creation, seen here in a near- and mid-infrared composite in an image from November 2022
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph DePasquale/Alyssa Pagan/Anton M. Koekemoer
From Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
It's impossible to find a bad #JWST image. But this is one of the best.
The Pillars of Creation, seen here in a near- and mid-infrared composite in an image from November 2022
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph DePasquale/Alyssa Pagan/Anton M. Koekemoer
Heavy rain, reading after a good walk, sipping coffee on the porch, joined by Raven the cat and Curley, our dog. Just warm enough to be comfortable...
December 27, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Heavy rain, reading after a good walk, sipping coffee on the porch, joined by Raven the cat and Curley, our dog. Just warm enough to be comfortable...
From a Tweet (YES, Tweet!) by Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
This is what Saturn looks like in the infrared.
Still think it's cute?
This is what Saturn looks like in the infrared.
Still think it's cute?
December 10, 2023 at 3:11 AM
From a Tweet (YES, Tweet!) by Paul Byrne @ThePlanetaryGuy
This is what Saturn looks like in the infrared.
Still think it's cute?
This is what Saturn looks like in the infrared.
Still think it's cute?
I did a thing today, the Richmond Marathon. Took a big spill at ~5 miles and I had to walk a lot, but I finished, which was my primary objective!
November 12, 2023 at 2:54 AM
I did a thing today, the Richmond Marathon. Took a big spill at ~5 miles and I had to walk a lot, but I finished, which was my primary objective!