Snapping turtles and herons: dinosaurs still live among us.

🎶 Also, puzzle me this:

  • shoegaze: more boring than alternative rock
  • blackgaze: less boring than black metal
  • deathgaze: same interest as death metal, just different vibes

🎶 Listening to this track from Dawn Treader and really thought it was Kardashev. It was not. Time to check them out.

Dawn Treader - Through The Teeth of The Machine

⚽️ So far I’m liking this host stadium much better than IUPUI (but less than Colts).

Butler Bowl

In any given community, there will be a profound divide between those who believe that the most dangerous lies are the ones told by our enemies and those who believe that the most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves.

Via @ayjay: lies, yours and mine – The Homebound Symphony

atrocious

It almost slipped my mind, but ... the first non-fatal incident in the IndyPedCrisis database was recorded on May 7, 2022 at 10:24 PM.

Since then we've received 1,407 total incident reports with 108 confirmed fatalities (going back to Jan 1, 2022).

#IndyPedestrianSafetyCrisis #Indianapolis #Indiana #HoosierMast #HoosierSocial

🖋️ Joke from my bookface archives (2015):

you can’t get a Midori traveler’s notebook in green

🏒 If you’re a hockey player and your last name is Toews I’m just going to to assume your family is or was Mennonite.

(I do not follow hockey)

🗳️ Primary day in Indiana today. Here’s Mirror Indy’s voter guide.

📑 Sunday Quote

> "That diabolical connection—demons associated with the political kingdoms of the world—is highlighted right at the start of the New Testament. In the temptation narratives in the Gospels, Satan is described as ruler over all the kingdoms in the world: The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.” (Luke 4:5-6) I don’t think the connection between the spiritual and the political could be any clearer. The price for political power is spiritual allegiance. Jesus rejects both offers, refusing to worship Satan and refusing to rule the world through political power. Turning his back on Satan, Jesus sets out to establish a very different sort of kingdom exercising a very different sort of power as a very different sort of King." (Richard Beck, Reviving Old Scratch)

🕊️ pianist played “How can I keep from singing?” as an instrumental piece. 🤭

🎶 new genre just dropped

Sign saying “solidcore”

Spouse:

‘Noise Unit’: another one of Toddy’s nicknames

🎶

I had never seen a Great Blue Heron and Great White (Great Egret) at the same time.

Two herons on a pond

🎶 TIL: Devin Townsend played guitar on Front Line Assembly’s Millenium.

Is there anybody playing kabaddi in central Indiana?

🎶 I’m coming to it late, but I’m really enjoying American Arson.

Request: camera recommendation 📸

Notes:

  • primary use is photos of wildlife
  • I’m a complete novice
  • … but I will take some lessons
  • primary frustration using iPhone (12 pro max) is getting a clear zoomed-in shot

🐢 I think 18 is a new record for Turtle Willow.