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A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin Dec 5

DrMrsSys and I braved the near-zero temperature to go walk around in the snow to see some pretty lights! It was a beautiful date night and a marvelously joyful moment in what has been an otherwise horrible and stressful week. And now you get to see what we actually look like! And also, I am an utter goofball! 😁

A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin May 11, 2024

Bucket list item, checked off:

See the #northernlights!

#MNwx #MNwxPic #aurora

A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin May 4, 2024

So, as part of my work setup, I have a literal rubber duck named Paul on my desk. He helps me to, well, rubber duck when I need to work out a problem in my brain. He had quite a fun morning watching his brothers and sisters race down #Minnehaha Creek! Oh, and I guess his humans came along or something.

A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin Apr 4, 2024

Got my first "Get off the sidewalk, you're not a pedestrian" on tonight's ride.

From a driver.

In a roundabout.

Where all of the crosswalks are marked with signs indicating both pedestrians and cyclists are crossing.

And the crosswalks are all painted bright green. Y'know, indicating a bike lane.

And all three roads that approach the roundabout have sidewalks that are fully signed as bike paths and designated as such on the city's maps.

Oh, well. You can't fix stupid.

But I did see three deer on my ride! So that redeemed the whole thing! I was so focused on riding I didn't see them until I was next to them. They seemed quite unperturbed by me riding past, and kept on eating grass. The one I got a picture of only started looking at me when it noticed I was looking at it. The other two barely glanced in my direction!

#BikeTooter

A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin Oct 22, 2023

Your #cycling journey is your own. It's something I have to remind myself nearly every ride when I'm struggling up a hill and getting passed by someone 20 years my senior, or someone with all of the awesome gear, or even someone who just doesn't seem to be struggling as much as I am. But I have to remember that I'm riding for myself - my health, my time outdoors, my reduction in CO2 emissions, my weight loss. I'm only running my own race, not anyone else's. #BikeTooter

A Sysadmin, but not *your* Sysadmin Oct 8, 2023

Last summer, when my partner and I moved to the Twin Cities, I didn't have the space and time to fully organize my then-built #lego sets. I had to do what every #AFOL hates: I dumped them all in one giant bin. After remaining put away at our previous place due to space constraints, we moved into a larger space this summer. After four months in our current place, this piece marks the last of nearly 18,000 Lego pieces that are sorted and living in their correctly organized containers.