Aaron Tinder
@thenewspeed.bsky.social
art educator, music person, amateur driveway mechanic, gen x midwestern guy
I admit, I enjoy it when FB shows me my old insta pics from years ago when insta was good.
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I admit, I enjoy it when FB shows me my old insta pics from years ago when insta was good.
Few more from this morning
August 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Few more from this morning
A little cars & coffee action from this morning. Can’t beat a shooting brake.
August 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A little cars & coffee action from this morning. Can’t beat a shooting brake.
These boomer memes make me laugh because yeah, I agree that feels like the correct sentiment. But also that’s what everyone said about ‘70s cars in the ‘90s. And ‘80s cars in the 2000s. And so on.
But also, it’s possible that no one will be restoring ANY cars in the apocalyptic near future.
But also, it’s possible that no one will be restoring ANY cars in the apocalyptic near future.
August 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
These boomer memes make me laugh because yeah, I agree that feels like the correct sentiment. But also that’s what everyone said about ‘70s cars in the ‘90s. And ‘80s cars in the 2000s. And so on.
But also, it’s possible that no one will be restoring ANY cars in the apocalyptic near future.
But also, it’s possible that no one will be restoring ANY cars in the apocalyptic near future.
So the one thing I’ve learned so far about my predecessor in this teaching job is that he apparently didn’t know how to tell students to clean their brushes.
July 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So the one thing I’ve learned so far about my predecessor in this teaching job is that he apparently didn’t know how to tell students to clean their brushes.
Summer reading on the new front porch, 7/9/25
July 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Summer reading on the new front porch, 7/9/25
There's so much important stuff happening in both the world and my life right now, but instead here's a distraction: check out this '78 C10 I just acquired.
July 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There's so much important stuff happening in both the world and my life right now, but instead here's a distraction: check out this '78 C10 I just acquired.
Christening the new space properly, along with a slipmat assist from the very talented @brianmorris.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Christening the new space properly, along with a slipmat assist from the very talented @brianmorris.bsky.social
The absolute irony of my daughter receiving her MS in Equity and Social Justice in Education the same week I read an email from the college where I've worked for 20 years replacing all of our DEI language with generic words about "community and opportunity". Glad she made it out of Iowa in time.
May 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The absolute irony of my daughter receiving her MS in Equity and Social Justice in Education the same week I read an email from the college where I've worked for 20 years replacing all of our DEI language with generic words about "community and opportunity". Glad she made it out of Iowa in time.
Also when in Omaha, gotta stop by Homer’s of course.
May 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Also when in Omaha, gotta stop by Homer’s of course.
So proud of my firstborn kid, who received her Master’s degree from UNO today. There’s much to celebrate in the world, even amidst all the noise and chaos.
May 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So proud of my firstborn kid, who received her Master’s degree from UNO today. There’s much to celebrate in the world, even amidst all the noise and chaos.
I am pleased to report that Record Collector still rules
April 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I am pleased to report that Record Collector still rules
April 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
April 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
GOP economic theory 101
April 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
GOP economic theory 101
There was a period of time, about 12-15 years ago, when I would make a hand-drawn flyer every time my band played a show. It was extremely satisfying (but obviously unsustainable). I would photocopy them for distribution, but I’m really glad I preserved most of the originals.
April 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There was a period of time, about 12-15 years ago, when I would make a hand-drawn flyer every time my band played a show. It was extremely satisfying (but obviously unsustainable). I would photocopy them for distribution, but I’m really glad I preserved most of the originals.
In today's edition of my Random Photo Memories: the Ruan Grand Prix, held in downtown Des Moines between 1989 and 92. Featuring buzzy little mini-trucks (locking 'em up into the corner), and a Newman-Sharp Oldsmobile Trans Am car. Good times.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In today's edition of my Random Photo Memories: the Ruan Grand Prix, held in downtown Des Moines between 1989 and 92. Featuring buzzy little mini-trucks (locking 'em up into the corner), and a Newman-Sharp Oldsmobile Trans Am car. Good times.
We've all got our own coping strategies in times of turmoil. One of mine is painting wheels.
36 x 24" on canvas, maybe finished but probably not quite.
36 x 24" on canvas, maybe finished but probably not quite.
April 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We've all got our own coping strategies in times of turmoil. One of mine is painting wheels.
36 x 24" on canvas, maybe finished but probably not quite.
36 x 24" on canvas, maybe finished but probably not quite.
Old photos carry meaning for each of us, however we define that. My dad used to drive us all over the place to photograph trains when I was a kid. Trains will always represent my childhood and particularly my dad. Most of these were around the Des Moines area in the late '60s/early '70s.
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Old photos carry meaning for each of us, however we define that. My dad used to drive us all over the place to photograph trains when I was a kid. Trains will always represent my childhood and particularly my dad. Most of these were around the Des Moines area in the late '60s/early '70s.
Please enjoy this random Friday photo memory of yours truly, piloting a '95 Impala SS in around 1998. Good car. Still exists in the back of my in-laws' barn. Hopefully it'll be resurrected someday soon.
April 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please enjoy this random Friday photo memory of yours truly, piloting a '95 Impala SS in around 1998. Good car. Still exists in the back of my in-laws' barn. Hopefully it'll be resurrected someday soon.
Eastbound, not so much down
March 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Eastbound, not so much down
Welcome to Motor Monday. Life is way too busy lately for me to make progress on this kind of thing, but at least it looks exciting sitting in the garage when I walk past it.
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Welcome to Motor Monday. Life is way too busy lately for me to make progress on this kind of thing, but at least it looks exciting sitting in the garage when I walk past it.
