Kevin Jolly, PhD
@kevinjolly.bsky.social
Has $25 and a couple of chickens.
I read some Godzilla comics every year, but Volume 1 and 2 of this series weren’t very interesting to me. Personally, I think there was too much going on which you’d think would be the point? Just can’t say I was entertained though. Big G is still awesome though! (27 and 28/40) #booksky
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I read some Godzilla comics every year, but Volume 1 and 2 of this series weren’t very interesting to me. Personally, I think there was too much going on which you’d think would be the point? Just can’t say I was entertained though. Big G is still awesome though! (27 and 28/40) #booksky
Inside your office there are two woofs. One is a goober. One is a potato. You work from home. #dogsofbluesky #schnauzergang
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Inside your office there are two woofs. One is a goober. One is a potato. You work from home. #dogsofbluesky #schnauzergang
Made some shells, buttermilk, and peas for dinner tonight, with a recipe very close to this one. I should have added pistachio and maybe pine nuts too (maybe?) but I’ll toss them in tomorrows leftovers. Didn’t think to tonight. Pretty hearty meal all in all.
www.oldfashionedmom.org/orecchiette-...
www.oldfashionedmom.org/orecchiette-...
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Made some shells, buttermilk, and peas for dinner tonight, with a recipe very close to this one. I should have added pistachio and maybe pine nuts too (maybe?) but I’ll toss them in tomorrows leftovers. Didn’t think to tonight. Pretty hearty meal all in all.
www.oldfashionedmom.org/orecchiette-...
www.oldfashionedmom.org/orecchiette-...
Thirty five years ago I stumbled (literally) across a piece of quartz crystal the size of two fists, and it’s sat on my home desk ever since. Finally read up about its more mysterious benefits - apparently it clears out stagnant energy? Whatever, it looks nice in the sun! (27/40) #booksky
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thirty five years ago I stumbled (literally) across a piece of quartz crystal the size of two fists, and it’s sat on my home desk ever since. Finally read up about its more mysterious benefits - apparently it clears out stagnant energy? Whatever, it looks nice in the sun! (27/40) #booksky
Another small Halloween tradition is letting the chickens carve a pumpkin that has been “started” for them. Legitimately, they did pretty good this year, but they are now sticking their heads in the hole they pecked, like some maniacal chicken dentist. #Halloween #backyardchickens
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Another small Halloween tradition is letting the chickens carve a pumpkin that has been “started” for them. Legitimately, they did pretty good this year, but they are now sticking their heads in the hole they pecked, like some maniacal chicken dentist. #Halloween #backyardchickens
Every Halloween, I reread The Whisperer in Darkness. It’s maybe 50 pages but I think it’s the best that Lovecraft wrote. Like so many of his stories, you know how it’s going to end but you’re internally screaming as the narrator follows his natural curiosity to its mind-breaking limits. #booksky
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Every Halloween, I reread The Whisperer in Darkness. It’s maybe 50 pages but I think it’s the best that Lovecraft wrote. Like so many of his stories, you know how it’s going to end but you’re internally screaming as the narrator follows his natural curiosity to its mind-breaking limits. #booksky
Went to the Pumpkins A Glow event at the Franklin Park Conservatory last night and had a blast - great seasonal fun and perfect October weather. Bring on Halloween! 🎃 #Columbus #Halloween
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Went to the Pumpkins A Glow event at the Franklin Park Conservatory last night and had a blast - great seasonal fun and perfect October weather. Bring on Halloween! 🎃 #Columbus #Halloween
Saw this in the book Top 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die just yesterday and recognized where you were standing.(Personally, I never got into KISS).
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Saw this in the book Top 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die just yesterday and recognized where you were standing.(Personally, I never got into KISS).
Did the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus half marathon yesterday and took today off to recover. Got a good time, but running 13 miles in the pounding rain and through water-filled potholes…is not fun. (Also, the little schnauzer continued her tradition of being sick on days I run 10+ miles).
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Did the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus half marathon yesterday and took today off to recover. Got a good time, but running 13 miles in the pounding rain and through water-filled potholes…is not fun. (Also, the little schnauzer continued her tradition of being sick on days I run 10+ miles).
First time I’m ever doing it - full sized candy for Trick or Treaters this year!! First 112 get full sized…and anyone after that gets snack sized candy. Cost $180 for the full sizers, but it’s worth it for Halloween! 🎃 #Halloween
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
First time I’m ever doing it - full sized candy for Trick or Treaters this year!! First 112 get full sized…and anyone after that gets snack sized candy. Cost $180 for the full sizers, but it’s worth it for Halloween! 🎃 #Halloween
Really interesting non-fiction that dives into the question: If Japan fell in love with guns immediately upon learning about them, why did the country gradually lose interest in them until Commodore Perry showed up? Short read, but well-worth it. (26/40) #Booksky
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Really interesting non-fiction that dives into the question: If Japan fell in love with guns immediately upon learning about them, why did the country gradually lose interest in them until Commodore Perry showed up? Short read, but well-worth it. (26/40) #Booksky
Will Freya and her friends appreciate the full coop clean-out in preparation for winter? Yes, but also probably not. 🐓 That’s chickens for you. #backyardchickens
October 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Will Freya and her friends appreciate the full coop clean-out in preparation for winter? Yes, but also probably not. 🐓 That’s chickens for you. #backyardchickens
Getting a small alumni profile from UTEP (go Miners! ⛏️) and so I had to go back through old photos from when I was in El Paso 20 years ago. Came across this gem of me from 2007. Camera phones were awful then so this must have been from an actual digital camera. Still got my El Paso phone number!
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Getting a small alumni profile from UTEP (go Miners! ⛏️) and so I had to go back through old photos from when I was in El Paso 20 years ago. Came across this gem of me from 2007. Camera phones were awful then so this must have been from an actual digital camera. Still got my El Paso phone number!
Got the feeling that I was being watched while running today, and I was right! Going to have do some research on this birdo…a Coopers Hawk maybe?
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Got the feeling that I was being watched while running today, and I was right! Going to have do some research on this birdo…a Coopers Hawk maybe?
It’s a tradition - every year I read a Clive Cussler novel and my direct reports at work choose what I read off of the cover and I have to do a book report on it. They chose this, and it was bad even for a kids book. Needed more explosions and a villain who curses. Desperately! (25/40) #Booksky
September 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s a tradition - every year I read a Clive Cussler novel and my direct reports at work choose what I read off of the cover and I have to do a book report on it. They chose this, and it was bad even for a kids book. Needed more explosions and a villain who curses. Desperately! (25/40) #Booksky
Had a little retirement ceremony / sending-off party for the crock pot that gave us two decades of service. Always hard to say goodbye to something that predates your relationship! How few things from the college days remain now! Enjoy your retirement and thanks for the chicken tacos and roast beef!
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Had a little retirement ceremony / sending-off party for the crock pot that gave us two decades of service. Always hard to say goodbye to something that predates your relationship! How few things from the college days remain now! Enjoy your retirement and thanks for the chicken tacos and roast beef!
Used to commute 30 minutes to work each morning and afternoon - now that I work from home, I spend some of that time before and after work doing puzzles next to my desk. Helps to get my mind into/out of work mode and to unwind. Finish a puzzle per month or so! Hope it helps other work from homes!
September 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Used to commute 30 minutes to work each morning and afternoon - now that I work from home, I spend some of that time before and after work doing puzzles next to my desk. Helps to get my mind into/out of work mode and to unwind. Finish a puzzle per month or so! Hope it helps other work from homes!
Made Claire Saffitz’s blackberry caramel tart, and it came out picture perfect! Baking is a pretty good skill to have, and everyone should be able to succeed at it (if they precisely follow the recipe). Thrilled with the color and the taste! 😎 m.youtube.com/watch?v=LzkE...
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Made Claire Saffitz’s blackberry caramel tart, and it came out picture perfect! Baking is a pretty good skill to have, and everyone should be able to succeed at it (if they precisely follow the recipe). Thrilled with the color and the taste! 😎 m.youtube.com/watch?v=LzkE...
Almost forgot I had ordered a copy of Gradius Origins, so this was nice to get in the mail. No need to think anything through, just blast it all up! Gradius III was one of my first SNES games, too, so I hope the nostalgia factor is still there!
September 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Almost forgot I had ordered a copy of Gradius Origins, so this was nice to get in the mail. No need to think anything through, just blast it all up! Gradius III was one of my first SNES games, too, so I hope the nostalgia factor is still there!
Maybe I didn’t grok it in fullness but it took three tries in my life before I managed to complete this one. A classic, yes, but very dated…certainly felt like how I imagined 1961 would have felt culturally if I was there. Read Moon is a Harsh Mistress instead. So much better! (25/40) #booksky
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Maybe I didn’t grok it in fullness but it took three tries in my life before I managed to complete this one. A classic, yes, but very dated…certainly felt like how I imagined 1961 would have felt culturally if I was there. Read Moon is a Harsh Mistress instead. So much better! (25/40) #booksky
Taking the day off work today - among other things, enjoying playing Pharaoh: A New Era on the Steam Deck. Really nice remaster of the classic city-builder (see also: Caesar III) from the late 90’s, it reminds me of my childhood so I’m all smiles today!
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Taking the day off work today - among other things, enjoying playing Pharaoh: A New Era on the Steam Deck. Really nice remaster of the classic city-builder (see also: Caesar III) from the late 90’s, it reminds me of my childhood so I’m all smiles today!
Spent some time at Blacklick Woods Metro Park - Columbus has a lot of nice parks and this one has a relatively new canopy trail which was a lot of fun. Perfect weather to get outdoors!
September 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spent some time at Blacklick Woods Metro Park - Columbus has a lot of nice parks and this one has a relatively new canopy trail which was a lot of fun. Perfect weather to get outdoors!
It’s uncanny but both times I went on 10 mile runs this year, little Ginny wakes me up at 5am to barf. She’s totally fine and healthy, but it’s a little too much of a coincidence, yes? Can’t wait until I do 13.1 miles at the Nationwide Half Marathon in October to see if she goes 3-3! #SchnauzerGang
August 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s uncanny but both times I went on 10 mile runs this year, little Ginny wakes me up at 5am to barf. She’s totally fine and healthy, but it’s a little too much of a coincidence, yes? Can’t wait until I do 13.1 miles at the Nationwide Half Marathon in October to see if she goes 3-3! #SchnauzerGang
Yes, it won the Philip K Dick award in 1983 but at the end of this one I didn’t understand it and frankly couldn’t care anymore. Too much time travel, body-switching, cloning, and instances of “let me explain my big plan for the reader!” A library book, at least it was free! (24/40) #booksky
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Yes, it won the Philip K Dick award in 1983 but at the end of this one I didn’t understand it and frankly couldn’t care anymore. Too much time travel, body-switching, cloning, and instances of “let me explain my big plan for the reader!” A library book, at least it was free! (24/40) #booksky