Matt B

@m8ttyb.bsky.social

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Desert rat, dreamer, & former narwhal ∙ Escaping into the world for dad-like adventures ∙ he/him

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Gwen McNamara

In the past we’ve done a similar thing as Gwen. Worked well for our needs at the time. postscanmail.com

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Chicken soup for the soul... canyon country never gets old.

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Chris McMahon

/me gestures towards "Southern Utah" (-;

This recently fun-employed narwhal skipped to the desert to complete a hike on my forever list. May the calm of the natural world flow freely into your body.

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I know it's late in the day, but I worked hard on getting this all polished today so I still wanted to do the soft launch before I settle into more relaxing tasks for the evening! New website for my engineering management consulting services is now up! (A few important details in thread...)

The Word Smitherywww.thewordsmithery.co

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Chris McMahon

The last company I cared for, beyond my self centered need for existence, was Mozilla and the open-source community surrounding those projects.

The least interesting thing about myself nowadays is that I work in tech. In the past, I've held this up as part of my identity, but not so much these days. That said, the company I'm currently aligned with gives more than two shits about this world. Something I'm proud of. planet.com

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Deep in the heart of the Bears Ears National Monument wilderness, we found an old-growth ponderosa pine. It's fragrance sweet, fresh vanilla beans, with the scratch marks of a young bear cub near it's base.

Another weekend, another spring trip to the desert

/me must show humility and understanding ... benefit of the doubt .. Also /me slightly raging inside. How the /f/ did the school bus route administrator /f/ up the instructions my kid was to use to ride the bus home? Is it not your job to give parents correct instructions? You had one job.

tl;dr kid was put on the wrong bus

In other news, for those who work in risk management, tabletop exercises work (-: Last night & before going to school this morning, the kid and I role-played several scenarios, ranging from smooth to Oops, zombies chase the bus. This ended up being an excellent self-esteem-building experience.

Other springtime activities include the all important smelling of boats at the 4 corners swap. And voting at the cast iron “dutch oven” cooking event.

It's springtime in the southwest—one of my favorite seasons.

I love being able to cut through my neighbor’s hedges and hop onto this trail. I’ve been trying to be better about getting away from the keyboard each day to do something, anything, active.

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Kate Violette

<3 thank you … let me do some QA’ing

I’ll pass along the feedback to them.

I am so impressed, and I want to celebrate my partner! She has been developing this product idea—the First Moon Journal — for quite some time. It's become real! We have several thousand journals about to be shipped to our house. bleedingmoons.org

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So I'm told ... sometimes, places adopt us and become home to our souls. I've been coming here for 25 years, and each time I return, it's like sitting down with a close friend. The remoteness, solitude, and beauty are always welcoming. It is where I go to heal or simply exist with myself.

If you'd like to visit this area someday or learn more about its past and current cultural importance, I recommend the visitor center and programs the Bears Ears Partnership hosts in Bluff, Utah. bearsearspartnership.org

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Chris McMahon

I still regret letting domain ownership of expectpants.com lapse. This time around, no absinthe.

Hogsback a little muddy but largely hikable /cc @chrismcmahon.bsky.social

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Chris McMahon

Likely covered in snow and some mud, but I'll check it out this weekend.

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Chris McMahon

I'm thin on time and have some travel coming up, but let's aim for a meal together. Maybe dinner and then travel to the talk together?

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Kate Violette

On Lent. One of the most .. let me correct that, the most impactful post I've read in 2024 is kateviolette.com/2024/02/15/o.... Kate is a beautiful and talented person. Let their words open your heart to loss, survival, and stubbornly beautiful strength.

Next Thursday, February 22 Steve Allen is giving a presentation on an area of SW Utah that is close to my heart. You can join in person at FLC or via Zoom. swcenter.fortlewis.edu/exhibits-eve...

Fifty Years in the Canyonsswcenter.fortlewis.edu

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Chris McMahon

Wow, it's new to me, but it's terrific! You're right; MQ is 10. We may have found the gateway music for him. He requested more Blue Brothers this evening.

Shaking a tail feather tonight and introducing the 10 yr old to the Blues Brothers. This is the soundtrack of my childhood.