Notices by @stevewfolds (stevewfolds@mastodon.world)

@bmacDonald94 A dear departed friend and mentor of 43 years was a math prof. He said that a PHD thesis 10 years ago would not have been accepted as an MS thesis in late ‘60s.
His webpage is still up. Partial Differential Calculus & Lineral Algebra textbook & teaching guide.
https://www.math.utah.edu/~gustafso/

@bmacDonald94 Education seems to have been in free fall since then

@kibcol1049 Dorothy Parker & The Round Table at The Algonquin Hotel in NYC were part of my life. Dad lived there 6-weeks to soak up the vibes while we moved in ‘60.

Dorothy Parker — 'If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.'

@jeffowski Viagra is #genderaffirmingcare

@bmacDonald94 Had fabulous schooling in HS, college seemed a breeze. Then I found a book that launched me on a rewarding collection, “Justine” by Lawrence Durrell.

Favorite Le Guin book is “Always Coming Home”.

@bmacDonald94 @zachvat Parents mocked them as “The Birch John Society, for the preservation of wood toilet seats”.

@ai6yr
Hahaha

@gerrymcgovern @reverendstanley @BobLefridge @DoomsdaysCW @Guy @funambolo @zachvat @simon_brooke
Lack of bugs on the windshield is a tell.

@kcarruthers @bmacDonald94 Doubt that any of the NH legislators ever experienced the effects polio.

@Urban_Hermit @eyrea @samplereality Numeric keypad is upside down vs phone. That caught me many times on computer & phone at the same time.

@flyblue @Urban_Hermit @eyrea @samplereality Learned touch typing in ‘61. Yes, locking keys & ink on fingers. Reams of paper through an Olivetti Lettera 22 ‘67-‘71. 1st laptop :)

@Urban_Hermit @flyblue @eyrea @samplereality My best college papers were typed, cut w/scissors & taped together for final draft. HS was essays w/fountain pens in inkwells, smeared by being left handed.

@mattly I do consider an accommodation as a perk. They were necessary & 4+ jobs provided them for remote work, skiing , sailing , logging & construction work. Slept in cars, vans & on floors as the couch was taken. :)

@hakan_geijer @HeavenlyPossum @TomSwirly
Sorry, somehow I missed Abbey’s racism.

@HeavenlyPossum @TomSwirly
“Obey little, resist much.”
- Edward Abbey

@lkanies @thomasfuchs Envy you. If you’ve time in Tucson, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is worth a visit. It’s ~25 minutes West of town, been 3x. A vest pocket size treasure is Tohono Chul park at Ina & Oracle, stayed at motel next door on purpose ~4x.

@RichardNairn @lednabwm “Temporarily embarrassed millionaires” was floating around 30 years ago.

@jeffowski Those words have meant “run away” in most endeavors.