School of Heart Knocks
@st33b.bsky.social
Nerdy 👨❤️👨 asexual cat & dog owner in Atlanta. Former bowler and long-distance cyclist. I doubt anything I say is interesting.
Discourse? In this dystopia? I use this as an escape from the real world, so don’t expect me to doom- or angry-scroll with you.
Discourse? In this dystopia? I use this as an escape from the real world, so don’t expect me to doom- or angry-scroll with you.
My (mom's) dog is named Stevie, after Stevie Ray Vaughan.
On a walk today, we met a neighbor whose dog is also a Stevie, named after Stevie Nicks.
Now we just need to meet dogs named after Stevie Wonder and Stevie Winwood, and we'll have our all-star band lineup.
On a walk today, we met a neighbor whose dog is also a Stevie, named after Stevie Nicks.
Now we just need to meet dogs named after Stevie Wonder and Stevie Winwood, and we'll have our all-star band lineup.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My (mom's) dog is named Stevie, after Stevie Ray Vaughan.
On a walk today, we met a neighbor whose dog is also a Stevie, named after Stevie Nicks.
Now we just need to meet dogs named after Stevie Wonder and Stevie Winwood, and we'll have our all-star band lineup.
On a walk today, we met a neighbor whose dog is also a Stevie, named after Stevie Nicks.
Now we just need to meet dogs named after Stevie Wonder and Stevie Winwood, and we'll have our all-star band lineup.
Once again, I must shout from on high: needlessly restrictive password rules are counterproductive!
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Once again, I must shout from on high: needlessly restrictive password rules are counterproductive!
I want to go to there.
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want to go to there.
Uh oh. Autumn is coming in with a vengeance!
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Uh oh. Autumn is coming in with a vengeance!
She is displeased with the current cat dad-as-furniture situation. (She’s half on me, half on the blanket.)
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
She is displeased with the current cat dad-as-furniture situation. (She’s half on me, half on the blanket.)
Later, we reached a compromise.
October 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Later, we reached a compromise.
She hasn’t asked me to, yet, but I would 100% fight in a war for her.
October 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
She hasn’t asked me to, yet, but I would 100% fight in a war for her.
While I assembled our new dining table, Morgana inspected and then moved away to supervise from a sunbeam.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
While I assembled our new dining table, Morgana inspected and then moved away to supervise from a sunbeam.
Class action lawsuits are a fucking joke.
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Class action lawsuits are a fucking joke.
Our dog injured himself over the weekend (tumbled down the last couple steps on a flight of stairs) and now he’s whimpering with movement. Each time he tries to shake his head, it hurts him. Poor fella. The vet couldn’t find anything obviously wrong, so he just needs time. And meds. And snugs.
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Our dog injured himself over the weekend (tumbled down the last couple steps on a flight of stairs) and now he’s whimpering with movement. Each time he tries to shake his head, it hurts him. Poor fella. The vet couldn’t find anything obviously wrong, so he just needs time. And meds. And snugs.
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam 💜✨
September 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam 💜✨
The way Martin Gore was able to write songs about heroin addiction that sounded like love songs… And the drug subtext flew right over my head at 14. This is still one of my all-time favorite albums.
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The way Martin Gore was able to write songs about heroin addiction that sounded like love songs… And the drug subtext flew right over my head at 14. This is still one of my all-time favorite albums.
"Mrs. Sinclair says you look at the world and decide you can live with it or decide you can't. And if you can't, you decide what you're prepared to do about it."
Mrs. Sinclair is a smart cookie, and I would like to meet her.
Mrs. Sinclair is a smart cookie, and I would like to meet her.
August 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Mrs. Sinclair says you look at the world and decide you can live with it or decide you can't. And if you can't, you decide what you're prepared to do about it."
Mrs. Sinclair is a smart cookie, and I would like to meet her.
Mrs. Sinclair is a smart cookie, and I would like to meet her.
I’m trying to understand what the marketing team was going for here.
Inspiring—ok, sure. Lofty, aspirational, silly.
Immersive—a bit baffling. Like, am I going to be immersed in food? Smells? Am I the digestif?
Unscripted—this is the one that breaks me. Is this… a good thing? Make it make sense!
Inspiring—ok, sure. Lofty, aspirational, silly.
Immersive—a bit baffling. Like, am I going to be immersed in food? Smells? Am I the digestif?
Unscripted—this is the one that breaks me. Is this… a good thing? Make it make sense!
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’m trying to understand what the marketing team was going for here.
Inspiring—ok, sure. Lofty, aspirational, silly.
Immersive—a bit baffling. Like, am I going to be immersed in food? Smells? Am I the digestif?
Unscripted—this is the one that breaks me. Is this… a good thing? Make it make sense!
Inspiring—ok, sure. Lofty, aspirational, silly.
Immersive—a bit baffling. Like, am I going to be immersed in food? Smells? Am I the digestif?
Unscripted—this is the one that breaks me. Is this… a good thing? Make it make sense!
This is why I’m visiting San Diego this week
August 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is why I’m visiting San Diego this week
Avoid grad school.
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Avoid grad school.
Someone in the Michael’s supply chain decided that Halloween is pink and sassy now, and I don’t hate it.
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Someone in the Michael’s supply chain decided that Halloween is pink and sassy now, and I don’t hate it.
I have finished my cross-stitch project! My first completed project since age 11. (I am 48 now.)
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I have finished my cross-stitch project! My first completed project since age 11. (I am 48 now.)
If you see this I implore you to post a picture from your device without comment
July 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you see this I implore you to post a picture from your device without comment
Post that one photo of you from 2023
July 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Post that one photo of you from 2023
#NowWatching a film I’ve never actually seen before!
July 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#NowWatching a film I’ve never actually seen before!
This is just a comically absurd quantity of tater tots.
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is just a comically absurd quantity of tater tots.
Post yourself from a different era!
July 2010, 33 years old, halfway through my year of learning taekwondo.
July 2010, 33 years old, halfway through my year of learning taekwondo.
July 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Post yourself from a different era!
July 2010, 33 years old, halfway through my year of learning taekwondo.
July 2010, 33 years old, halfway through my year of learning taekwondo.
We’ve had Morgana for eleven years now, and she emits the cutest little squeak noise only when we return from traveling. I like to think of it as her “Where have you been?” squeak. 😸
July 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We’ve had Morgana for eleven years now, and she emits the cutest little squeak noise only when we return from traveling. I like to think of it as her “Where have you been?” squeak. 😸
Banff really is astonishing to look at. This is what I see outside my hotel window! 😻
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Banff really is astonishing to look at. This is what I see outside my hotel window! 😻