Underneath that fence is a retaining wall my buddy and I made about 40 years ago using concrete from the Albany Bulb back when it was a dump. The stairs we put in are old railway ties that still smell faintly of creosote. Aging is a trip.

Good old Oakland California.

Good morning!

I gotta say, I really am enjoying the whole AI thing.

Yep, here I am. I still be on X or whatever it is now, because I do enjoy watching the churn and burn, but I'm hoping this will become a better place for sharing fun science stories and talking about things that matter to me. And it's almost harvest time!

Here's mine. Very cool. Looks like I am in fact a geneticist. The non-specialist words are interesting too.

OK, just putting one out there to see if this works. Guess what this is: