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Sarah

@schtimpy27.bsky.social

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Academic librarian / rhetorician / hockey nut / curler / donut connoisseur / spinster / Oakland, CA born & raised / According to a student is a magical woman

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Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · Oct 23

I'm just posting this so I can pin it and look at it every day. Because I need something to give me joy.

Sidney Crosby wearing SnapChat glasses.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1h

Alameda serving some views tonight.

Sun setting behind the San Francisco skyline

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 8h

Saturday timing for the U18 girls.

Computers with numbers and curling in the background

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 21h

Marathon watched the first season of Cardinal, and shout out to the actor who played 95% of his scenes completely naked.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 23h

Are you kidding me? Three more deer! 7 total in my neighborhood walk.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m actually hung up watching this game. Just saw another touchdown and a random two point conversion. Hayward whooping on Piedmont. 28 to 7 before the half.

A high school football field with big purple letters in the end zone. Purple… an underused sports/scholastic color scheme. Say what I want about Piedmont, but their purple is sharp!

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is the same family I saw last time. The high school football game down the street is roaring, and they are like whatevs.

A buck next to a parked car

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1d

This deer in the city thing isn’t because we are moving into their territory. Not much new building going on in the hills. I think they are fleeing the coyote population explosion. It’s all I can really deduce. Even after the hills fire we didn’t get deer down here.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1d

Make that 6 times I’ve jumped out of my skin on this walk. That last one is thanks to another deer jumping out of the bushes of city streets in my urban neighborhood.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 1d

I love Fall. Halloween is fun. But Fall evening walks leading up to Halloween are challenging. I’ve about jumped out of my skin 5 times already

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bird/h @birdperhour.net · 2d

#birdbot

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 2d

Not that anything that comes out of his atrophying brain is logical, but circumcision rates have fallen steadily since their peak in the 60s. Below 60% now. My Catholic dad, born in the 1940s, was circumcised. As were all of my mom's brothers. Yet, they tell me there are no autism from then

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 2d

Though, it's made harder by the fact I won't really have a place for a year+. So it's not really packing as it is just getting rid of everything

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 2d

I'm incredibly lucky to not have had to move often. Now, faced with having to pack up my office (and more), I'm struggling.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 3d

Midday campus walk turned into gathering stuff to press for our paper mache latern making in a few weeks

A handful of leaves and flowers and a turkey feather

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 4d

Person who wanted to gossip didn't have an tea... he wanted to know mine. 😂 Our worst kept secret can't really be revealed until the 20th. A bunch of folks are connecting all the moving dots together, though. But I can't say anything yet.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 4d

Just had someone stop by to see me, but I was busy. So they sent me a message "when are you free? Wanna gossip?" And I'm like, yes! But now they are in class until later and I'm left hanging!

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 4d

@synonymforwet.bsky.social The local radio station just announced their December concert and it includes... Rob Thomas. Santana lives here, so the assumption is that there will be a special appearance. Smooth is now ruining my life at this point and I blame you. 😂

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 5d

They're much more focused on academic, for sure. And they have kind of a hold on that market. Lots of eggs in fewer and fewer baskets. Before we went YBP we were with Midwest. That was usually pretty good and we still use MW for standing orders

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 5d

All of our local public library's, too. It is really distressing.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 5d

That's a super bummer. One step closer to Library Orders by Amazon.™ We use YBP/Gobi, but have enjoyed our dealings with B&T for a few niche things over the years

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 5d

An actual IT ticket I just submitted: "Printer A sounds like it has been invaded by demons. It's working, but sounds like a car crash. I doubt that's a good thing" Not even midterms, and the print is as fried as we all are.

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 6d

I cleared out my garden patch this morning, and this encounter has me thinking about next year. Am I going to have to deer proof?

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t think deer really live in family units, but it legit looked like a mom, dad, and child. He had a pretty good size rack. Youngster was very curious about me

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 6d

And on my walk, met three new buddies 2 blocks from my building.

A doe, a buck, and young deer walking down the middle of the street

Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 6d

Trying to get back into daily walks after the start of the semester craziness. Easy with a week with the dogs. Harder to do now that I’m home