Jim Mashek
@jmashek.bsky.social
Just trying to make sense of it all!
Engineer, single father, Pacific Northwest.
Engineer, single father, Pacific Northwest.
It's December 1st, it's 37 degrees this morning. Why is my rhododendron blooming?
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's December 1st, it's 37 degrees this morning. Why is my rhododendron blooming?
Status: like chain-smoking, but with cough drops
October 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Status: like chain-smoking, but with cough drops
If you're in PDX this weekend, here's a great way to start your Saturday evening!
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September 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you're in PDX this weekend, here's a great way to start your Saturday evening!
Dude wants to learn how to use my grandfather's slide rule
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Dude wants to learn how to use my grandfather's slide rule
First day of summer beach footwear #JuneuaryInOregon #ShouldHavePackedBaseLayers
June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
First day of summer beach footwear #JuneuaryInOregon #ShouldHavePackedBaseLayers
At the #Thorns game. The ball was kicked out of play & took out a beer cup 10 rows in front of me, a shower of spray in the air. The ball gets thrown back down to the field. Reyna Reyes picks up the beer-covered ball, makes a super disgusted face, and runs down the sideline to find a clean ball.
May 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
At the #Thorns game. The ball was kicked out of play & took out a beer cup 10 rows in front of me, a shower of spray in the air. The ball gets thrown back down to the field. Reyna Reyes picks up the beer-covered ball, makes a super disgusted face, and runs down the sideline to find a clean ball.
Has anyone ever gotten yellow last before without trying?
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April 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Has anyone ever gotten yellow last before without trying?
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Let's make a jigsaw puzzle, said my daughter six weeks ago. It'll be fun, she said.
It was not fun.
It was not fun.
January 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Let's make a jigsaw puzzle, said my daughter six weeks ago. It'll be fun, she said.
It was not fun.
It was not fun.
Just another casual weeknight dinner at Chez Mashek. What was I thinking?
December 19, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Just another casual weeknight dinner at Chez Mashek. What was I thinking?
Ugh, helping my kiddo on HS physics. We got the right answer (thank goodness for a kiddo who works backwards from the answer key when necessary) but can't come up with the right equation
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Ugh, helping my kiddo on HS physics. We got the right answer (thank goodness for a kiddo who works backwards from the answer key when necessary) but can't come up with the right equation
“I just feel so [why does it even matter what this person said when no words can bring 20 dead kids back to life?]” said some person who, just like everyone else, is completely unable to process or handle any of this. “It’s awful. Just too awful to bear.”
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December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
“I just feel so [why does it even matter what this person said when no words can bring 20 dead kids back to life?]” said some person who, just like everyone else, is completely unable to process or handle any of this. “It’s awful. Just too awful to bear.”
theonion.com/fuck-everyth...
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December 2, 2024 at 2:03 AM
The most favorite ornaments must be stored at the top of the box & must go on the tree first
December 1, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The most favorite ornaments must be stored at the top of the box & must go on the tree first
I finally understand why people buy pre-lit Christmas trees. I've been procrastinating starting on the lights for two hours and can't convince my daughter that she wants to take the lead.
December 1, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I finally understand why people buy pre-lit Christmas trees. I've been procrastinating starting on the lights for two hours and can't convince my daughter that she wants to take the lead.
November 29, 2024 at 10:48 PM
This tracks
Aquarius: Welcome to Bluesky. Your dreams will also not come true here, but at least there are fewer assholes.
November 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
This tracks
Don't ever use this map to get anywhere
November 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Don't ever use this map to get anywhere
@analysisevolved.bsky.social I just shared the NWSL Tableau with my teen. Is there a metric like passes per defensive action? We can't find it in the list.
November 9, 2024 at 1:49 AM
@analysisevolved.bsky.social I just shared the NWSL Tableau with my teen. Is there a metric like passes per defensive action? We can't find it in the list.
It's almost the time of year when the sunrisebeams come in through the kitchen window and exit through the living room window
November 7, 2024 at 4:14 PM
It's almost the time of year when the sunrisebeams come in through the kitchen window and exit through the living room window
We have 100% by-mail voting here, is it really necessary for stores to close for Election Day?
November 5, 2024 at 9:53 PM
We have 100% by-mail voting here, is it really necessary for stores to close for Election Day?
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Um how did I miss this part??????
October 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Um how did I miss this part??????
This tree was so brightly lit that my bedroom was glowing yellow
October 29, 2024 at 12:10 AM
This tree was so brightly lit that my bedroom was glowing yellow
Watching the Stanford volleyball game & my daughter's singing along to The Marching Band playing a song that, how should we say, wasn't in the charts during my time
October 26, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Watching the Stanford volleyball game & my daughter's singing along to The Marching Band playing a song that, how should we say, wasn't in the charts during my time
Nearly drove off again wearing the readers instead of the progressives
October 22, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Nearly drove off again wearing the readers instead of the progressives