Brian
@dabolts.bsky.social
Father of kids that somehow turned out great. History buff, Chargers fan and Padres fan (so comfortable with tragedy). Occasionally lifts heavy metal objects, heavy being a relative term.
For work I do software, but old school desktop/DB type stuff.
For work I do software, but old school desktop/DB type stuff.
There was a woman at the gym working out in a full length dress. Have to admit, I respect it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There was a woman at the gym working out in a full length dress. Have to admit, I respect it.
There is a family of spiders in the back of our mailbox and I enjoy greeting them every day. Pretty sure our neighbor thinks I'm quite mad.
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There is a family of spiders in the back of our mailbox and I enjoy greeting them every day. Pretty sure our neighbor thinks I'm quite mad.
Every year around Christmas the Y has a Poinsettia dinner and they close off the squat racks for like a week to set up. Is it even Christmas if there is no squat rack?
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Every year around Christmas the Y has a Poinsettia dinner and they close off the squat racks for like a week to set up. Is it even Christmas if there is no squat rack?
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande has been gathering dust on my bookshelf for about ten years. My wife saw it and now when I don't check my todo list she whacks me in the head with it, so ... very effective!
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande has been gathering dust on my bookshelf for about ten years. My wife saw it and now when I don't check my todo list she whacks me in the head with it, so ... very effective!
Smaller guy next to me at the gym hitting three plates easily; I need to figure out when he comes and pick other times.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Smaller guy next to me at the gym hitting three plates easily; I need to figure out when he comes and pick other times.
Thinking the ultimate Advent Calendar for Dad's would be a new tool every day. But obscure tools, ones you need like once or twice in your life. It would make you a king among your peers. "You needed a pickle fork? Should have just asked..."
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thinking the ultimate Advent Calendar for Dad's would be a new tool every day. But obscure tools, ones you need like once or twice in your life. It would make you a king among your peers. "You needed a pickle fork? Should have just asked..."
I saw this woman in a walking boot working out at the gym. I mean if I have a hangnail I am skipping leg day.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I saw this woman in a walking boot working out at the gym. I mean if I have a hangnail I am skipping leg day.
Told a young woman her front passenger side tire was very low on air, so think I have achieved peak boomer. In my defense her tire was really low and it worried me.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Told a young woman her front passenger side tire was very low on air, so think I have achieved peak boomer. In my defense her tire was really low and it worried me.
Joe Alt out for the season.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Joe Alt out for the season.
lol, Herbert will not talk to the TNF crew and they ran off to the studio.
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
lol, Herbert will not talk to the TNF crew and they ran off to the studio.
Replaced our garbage disposal.
bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring and says just call me champ
ALT: bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring and says just call me champ
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Replaced our garbage disposal.
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
a painting of a mountain with the word dolby on the bottom right
ALT: a painting of a mountain with the word dolby on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
Bandy flashback there.
September 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bandy flashback there.
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Things that make you go hmm...
July 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Things that make you go hmm...
When my daughter was in college she volunteered at a suicide hotline. Then she worked at Americorp teaching reading at an under resourced school. Now she is a school psych at a bilingual school that is losing mental health grants. This administration has cut everything she has worked for.
Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Funding will not be continued next year after bill signed in 2022 helped schools hire more mental health workers
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When my daughter was in college she volunteered at a suicide hotline. Then she worked at Americorp teaching reading at an under resourced school. Now she is a school psych at a bilingual school that is losing mental health grants. This administration has cut everything she has worked for.
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We are being liberated from our retirement accounts.
April 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are being liberated from our retirement accounts.
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
Wait until Elon does for Social Security what he has done for Twitter.
March 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wait until Elon does for Social Security what he has done for Twitter.
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“In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.”
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.”
Apparently cheese lovers live longer; I knew it!
February 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Apparently cheese lovers live longer; I knew it!
It feels like they can just fire all the writers at SNL now.
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It feels like they can just fire all the writers at SNL now.
That's how you pronounce Camus? Why am I not informed of these things.
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
That's how you pronounce Camus? Why am I not informed of these things.