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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 2h

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 3h

Crushing.

And fucking cheater-ass Springer, too.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 9h

My first year at my old school was the year they switched from pension to 401K. But the calendars were off, so I got ~4 months of pension contributions before the switch.

The last notice I got before they let me switch all my money over was that my pension would be $0.10/month when I turned 65.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 9h

By fans around the country, by other coaches, or by players?

I think Cignetti is pretty well enjoyed by fans around the country, but I'm think other coaches dislike him more.

On the other side of the coin, I think Ryan Day gets a lot of shit from fans, but other coaches largely like him

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

The kids would stash his classroom copies up there sometimes.

Other times, they'd put them in the back seat of the car of the aforementioned book returner, because his car was so old and busted the door locks didn't work.

They "friendly tortured" me (birthday celebrations, calling me "Dad", etc.)

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

About 4 months into my job here (QA Statistician, I get to be obnoxious with math), I went to my director with a "sorry to be a PITA about this, but..."

She cut me off at that point and said, "don't apologize for that, that's what we hired you to do."

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

I said, "You know, [Asshole's Name], I have all those AP History kids the next period in AP Calc BC, and I've never had an issue with them. Been that way for like five or six years now."

And then the whole table stared as he sputtered.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

Anyway, this guy thought he was hot shit, and at lunch every day would bitch about the students not respecting him(rolling oranges up his aisles, taking his ceiling tiles, etc.)

I grew tired of his complaining, and didn't much like him as a person, so during one bitch sesh at the lunch table,

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

My only real work enemy was the senior history teacher at my last spot (@paledragon.bsky.social can confirm ALL the kids hated him).

The guy would ask questions "from the reading" that were from the captions of pictures; he yelled at a student for returning textbooks that others took from his room

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 14h

"Why are all these presentations about effective pedagogy some asshole reading off of his PowerPoint to me?"

-Question I was basically banned from asking, after asking it too many times in a row

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Tilda, when someone asks if you're a god, you tell them YES

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

I also have been the SBN main character about this before and don't feel the need to do it again.

(The parasocial wishcasting gets EXTREMELY strong with the podcasters)

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

I am enough of a mathematician to do math.

I'm unsold on whether Billy Boy is.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Marcella's is bog-standard Italian, executed well.

If you want to travel a little more, Pierogi Mountain is over by CCAD and is always a hit; Bonifacio is a a delicious Filipino spot.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

By the arena?

North Market has a bunch of food places, Hoyo's is my favorite Somali food in the city.

Elevator Brewery is right there, and has sauerkraut balls, top 3 in the city.

People will recommend Wolf's Ridge, but both the food and beer have steeply declined in quality in the last year.

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