Perseus Greenman
@futharkvillage.bsky.social
Pagan sword-fighting dad who writes, rides a motorcycle, teaches math, and explores labyrinths. He/Him, BFC
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One of my students just called me "Witch God Greenman" during math class today. I think that means I win.
Ugh. I had 13 people say they were coming hiking with me today, and now we're down to 8, with only one of the children who said they would come and hang out with my big guy.
What are you all doing for Black Friday? Who else is hiking, camping, or otherwise going out into nature?
What are you all doing for Black Friday? Who else is hiking, camping, or otherwise going out into nature?
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ugh. I had 13 people say they were coming hiking with me today, and now we're down to 8, with only one of the children who said they would come and hang out with my big guy.
What are you all doing for Black Friday? Who else is hiking, camping, or otherwise going out into nature?
What are you all doing for Black Friday? Who else is hiking, camping, or otherwise going out into nature?
My preferred strategy has always been to live such a good life that even my enemies want to be my friends.
This is harder than either of the two Bronte cites and I have not always succeeded. But it involves less looking over my shoulder, waiting for the next attack.
This is harder than either of the two Bronte cites and I have not always succeeded. But it involves less looking over my shoulder, waiting for the next attack.
"It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble the foe."
—from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
—from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
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November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My preferred strategy has always been to live such a good life that even my enemies want to be my friends.
This is harder than either of the two Bronte cites and I have not always succeeded. But it involves less looking over my shoulder, waiting for the next attack.
This is harder than either of the two Bronte cites and I have not always succeeded. But it involves less looking over my shoulder, waiting for the next attack.
My oldest child has challenged me to a game called Bongo Cat. Whenever I click, the cat plays a bongo and I get a point. But it appears to also work when I type, so now I'm just typing because I'm a faster typist than I am at clicking things. Yep, just crossed 1,000 beats. It's definitely helpful.
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My oldest child has challenged me to a game called Bongo Cat. Whenever I click, the cat plays a bongo and I get a point. But it appears to also work when I type, so now I'm just typing because I'm a faster typist than I am at clicking things. Yep, just crossed 1,000 beats. It's definitely helpful.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Jonathan Coulton
Sonata Arctica
Jethro Tull
The CruxShadows
The Postal Service
I have eclectic tastes.
Jonathan Coulton
Sonata Arctica
Jethro Tull
The CruxShadows
The Postal Service
I have eclectic tastes.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Indigo Girls
House of Pain
Jean Batiste
Dandelion Junk Queens
Troll’s Cottage
Indigo Girls
House of Pain
Jean Batiste
Dandelion Junk Queens
Troll’s Cottage
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to.
Godsmack (x7)
Elton John
Dio
AC/DC
Eric Clapton
(Did I mention Godsmack?)
Godsmack (x7)
Elton John
Dio
AC/DC
Eric Clapton
(Did I mention Godsmack?)
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Jonathan Coulton
Sonata Arctica
Jethro Tull
The CruxShadows
The Postal Service
I have eclectic tastes.
Jonathan Coulton
Sonata Arctica
Jethro Tull
The CruxShadows
The Postal Service
I have eclectic tastes.
One of my students joked to another that they should leave her alone because she would use dark magic on them.
I put a tarot deck on her desk. She wasn't sure what to do with it.
I put a tarot deck on her desk. She wasn't sure what to do with it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One of my students joked to another that they should leave her alone because she would use dark magic on them.
I put a tarot deck on her desk. She wasn't sure what to do with it.
I put a tarot deck on her desk. She wasn't sure what to do with it.
A year in prison every time someone unironically says either "I don't read books" or "I hate math."
An additional 500% tax on people who stand in the middle of the escalators/walkway/general area of Waverley Station.
An additional 340% tax on people who say "yep, all day" when you ask them to confirm the correct date
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A year in prison every time someone unironically says either "I don't read books" or "I hate math."
1.) Average retention rate: 70%
If a student shows up to my free trial class, 70% of them stay. This is lower in one of my classes than the other (57% vs 85%).
2.) The average student who signs up after the free trial stays with me for a year and 4 months. The top quartile stays for over 2 years.
If a student shows up to my free trial class, 70% of them stay. This is lower in one of my classes than the other (57% vs 85%).
2.) The average student who signs up after the free trial stays with me for a year and 4 months. The top quartile stays for over 2 years.
Some math I need to do for my sword class:
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
1.) Average retention rate: 70%
If a student shows up to my free trial class, 70% of them stay. This is lower in one of my classes than the other (57% vs 85%).
2.) The average student who signs up after the free trial stays with me for a year and 4 months. The top quartile stays for over 2 years.
If a student shows up to my free trial class, 70% of them stay. This is lower in one of my classes than the other (57% vs 85%).
2.) The average student who signs up after the free trial stays with me for a year and 4 months. The top quartile stays for over 2 years.
Some math I need to do for my sword class:
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Some math I need to do for my sword class:
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
1. Calculate the rate at which students John after trying a free trial lesson. I think it's above 70%, but I've never actually checked.
2. Calculate the average amount of time a student who signs up stays.
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I took each of my children out for a run this weekend. My little guy was really excited to go out with me, but after only 1 km asked to turn around and go home.
My big guy wasn't happy that I asked him to run a km and a half with me. "Up a hill, Dada!? Do you know what a hill is!?"
My big guy wasn't happy that I asked him to run a km and a half with me. "Up a hill, Dada!? Do you know what a hill is!?"
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I took each of my children out for a run this weekend. My little guy was really excited to go out with me, but after only 1 km asked to turn around and go home.
My big guy wasn't happy that I asked him to run a km and a half with me. "Up a hill, Dada!? Do you know what a hill is!?"
My big guy wasn't happy that I asked him to run a km and a half with me. "Up a hill, Dada!? Do you know what a hill is!?"
Step 1: Fake it 'til you make it.
Step 2: Take whatever steps you need to take to stop faking it.
Step 3: Repeat until you are who you want to be.
Step 2: Take whatever steps you need to take to stop faking it.
Step 3: Repeat until you are who you want to be.
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Step 1: Fake it 'til you make it.
Step 2: Take whatever steps you need to take to stop faking it.
Step 3: Repeat until you are who you want to be.
Step 2: Take whatever steps you need to take to stop faking it.
Step 3: Repeat until you are who you want to be.
The difficulty of taking my youngest out on a run with me in the winter:
I had him all bundled up in coat, hat and gloves, clicked into the stroller with two blankets and...
"Dada, I need to go potty!"
I had him all bundled up in coat, hat and gloves, clicked into the stroller with two blankets and...
"Dada, I need to go potty!"
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The difficulty of taking my youngest out on a run with me in the winter:
I had him all bundled up in coat, hat and gloves, clicked into the stroller with two blankets and...
"Dada, I need to go potty!"
I had him all bundled up in coat, hat and gloves, clicked into the stroller with two blankets and...
"Dada, I need to go potty!"
I said I didn't want to be a teacher all throughout high school, but then one of my friends failed a quiz so I tutored her for a week. She went from a zero percent on the first try to a 95% on the retake.
I thought to myself, "Well, I guess I'm good at this." 5 years later, I was a teacher.
I thought to myself, "Well, I guess I'm good at this." 5 years later, I was a teacher.
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I said I didn't want to be a teacher all throughout high school, but then one of my friends failed a quiz so I tutored her for a week. She went from a zero percent on the first try to a 95% on the retake.
I thought to myself, "Well, I guess I'm good at this." 5 years later, I was a teacher.
I thought to myself, "Well, I guess I'm good at this." 5 years later, I was a teacher.
I just watched a local production of the play She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen. It's a beautiful story about a woman learning to pay D&D because her sister wrote an adventure for it before she died.
If you get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend it. Excellent story.
If you get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend it. Excellent story.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I just watched a local production of the play She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen. It's a beautiful story about a woman learning to pay D&D because her sister wrote an adventure for it before she died.
If you get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend it. Excellent story.
If you get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend it. Excellent story.
Which Smash Bros Ultimate character would each planet in our solar system main?
Mercury: Captain Falcon
Venus: Daisy
Earth: Steve
Mars: Sephiroth
Jupiter: Isabelle
Saturn: Olimar
Uranus: Ice Climbers
Neptune: Palutina
Important non-planets:
Moon: Falco
Pluto: Dark Samus
Ceres: Pit
Eris: Ridley
Mercury: Captain Falcon
Venus: Daisy
Earth: Steve
Mars: Sephiroth
Jupiter: Isabelle
Saturn: Olimar
Uranus: Ice Climbers
Neptune: Palutina
Important non-planets:
Moon: Falco
Pluto: Dark Samus
Ceres: Pit
Eris: Ridley
*looks up at the stars* I bet you're a Fox main. Or maybe Falco
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Which Smash Bros Ultimate character would each planet in our solar system main?
Mercury: Captain Falcon
Venus: Daisy
Earth: Steve
Mars: Sephiroth
Jupiter: Isabelle
Saturn: Olimar
Uranus: Ice Climbers
Neptune: Palutina
Important non-planets:
Moon: Falco
Pluto: Dark Samus
Ceres: Pit
Eris: Ridley
Mercury: Captain Falcon
Venus: Daisy
Earth: Steve
Mars: Sephiroth
Jupiter: Isabelle
Saturn: Olimar
Uranus: Ice Climbers
Neptune: Palutina
Important non-planets:
Moon: Falco
Pluto: Dark Samus
Ceres: Pit
Eris: Ridley
This.
Sometimes I wonder if the great secret of magick isn’t power or enlightenment at all...it’s fun.
...The kind of fun you get from poking reality with a stick to see what wiggles. Of course, the universe kindly provides a toybox full of symbols, sigils, spirits, and the occasional rubber chicken.
...The kind of fun you get from poking reality with a stick to see what wiggles. Of course, the universe kindly provides a toybox full of symbols, sigils, spirits, and the occasional rubber chicken.
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This.
Aww, c'mon! The one time I really felt prepared for a meeting, the person who ran it was NOT prepared, so the meeting was cut short and we didn't even get to the things I was prepared to talk about.
(The main reason I don't run for office is that I'm really bad at meetings.)
(The main reason I don't run for office is that I'm really bad at meetings.)
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Aww, c'mon! The one time I really felt prepared for a meeting, the person who ran it was NOT prepared, so the meeting was cut short and we didn't even get to the things I was prepared to talk about.
(The main reason I don't run for office is that I'm really bad at meetings.)
(The main reason I don't run for office is that I'm really bad at meetings.)
I consider the fact that I am an incarnate being to be part of my spiritual practice. Every time I exercise my body, push myself to my limits and then break those limits, is an act of devotion, of faith.
Today, I set 3 personal bests in the swimming pool. I feel fulfilled in a profound way.
Today, I set 3 personal bests in the swimming pool. I feel fulfilled in a profound way.
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I consider the fact that I am an incarnate being to be part of my spiritual practice. Every time I exercise my body, push myself to my limits and then break those limits, is an act of devotion, of faith.
Today, I set 3 personal bests in the swimming pool. I feel fulfilled in a profound way.
Today, I set 3 personal bests in the swimming pool. I feel fulfilled in a profound way.
I am frustrated by how often "unplug it and plug it back in" works in this world.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I am frustrated by how often "unplug it and plug it back in" works in this world.
Gee, thanks RWS. I love being told off by a pile of cardboard.
Yes, I'll get to grumble grumble work. I know what I need to do and now I need to stop thinking and do it. Justice will be done.
Yes, I'll get to grumble grumble work. I know what I need to do and now I need to stop thinking and do it. Justice will be done.
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Gee, thanks RWS. I love being told off by a pile of cardboard.
Yes, I'll get to grumble grumble work. I know what I need to do and now I need to stop thinking and do it. Justice will be done.
Yes, I'll get to grumble grumble work. I know what I need to do and now I need to stop thinking and do it. Justice will be done.
Introspection thread on a day I'm feeling healthy, both physically and mentally.
TOC
1-2. Friends
3-6. Running
TOC
1-2. Friends
3-6. Running
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Introspection thread on a day I'm feeling healthy, both physically and mentally.
TOC
1-2. Friends
3-6. Running
TOC
1-2. Friends
3-6. Running
I fed my family by making a campfire and roasting hotdogs, but now everyone else has gone inside. I sit alone by the fire pit waiting for the right time to stomp out the final coals.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I fed my family by making a campfire and roasting hotdogs, but now everyone else has gone inside. I sit alone by the fire pit waiting for the right time to stomp out the final coals.
Me: I think [one of my sons] inherited my temper.
Other parent: Isn't that a good thing? You're just about the calmest person I know.
Me: I am now, but when I was younger I was so full of anger. I have put a lot in place to be who I am now. He can't do that yet.
Other parent: Isn't that a good thing? You're just about the calmest person I know.
Me: I am now, but when I was younger I was so full of anger. I have put a lot in place to be who I am now. He can't do that yet.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me: I think [one of my sons] inherited my temper.
Other parent: Isn't that a good thing? You're just about the calmest person I know.
Me: I am now, but when I was younger I was so full of anger. I have put a lot in place to be who I am now. He can't do that yet.
Other parent: Isn't that a good thing? You're just about the calmest person I know.
Me: I am now, but when I was younger I was so full of anger. I have put a lot in place to be who I am now. He can't do that yet.
I was really excited by a cool picture of a dragon on a pile of books, which I was about to buy as a blanket... Then I realized it was an AI generated image:
The open pages at the top of one book are the same color as the cover of the book.
The dragon has 3 toes on one foot and 4 on the other.
The open pages at the top of one book are the same color as the cover of the book.
The dragon has 3 toes on one foot and 4 on the other.
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was really excited by a cool picture of a dragon on a pile of books, which I was about to buy as a blanket... Then I realized it was an AI generated image:
The open pages at the top of one book are the same color as the cover of the book.
The dragon has 3 toes on one foot and 4 on the other.
The open pages at the top of one book are the same color as the cover of the book.
The dragon has 3 toes on one foot and 4 on the other.
I #amreading Man and His Symbols by Karl Jung. Now I find myself trying to understand the symbols in my favorite dreams and... My psyche is a weird place.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I #amreading Man and His Symbols by Karl Jung. Now I find myself trying to understand the symbols in my favorite dreams and... My psyche is a weird place.