Dr. Fade

@fade.bsky.social

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Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.

A cream and orange dog with big ears lies on the couch, eyes almost closed, little front legs sticking out at an obtuse angle.
A Shiba Inu puppy, looking rather like a plush toy, turning around by a chain link fence.
A small dog with big ears lies on the floor, wearing a deeply judgmental expression. You can almost tell from his face that he spent several formative years of his youth surrounded by judgmental cats.
A llana shaped mug on a desk
A ginormous curved monitor with an external keyboard and the very edge of a laptop nearby for scale. The fake plant in the corner isn't helpful for scale, though, it's legitimately tiny.
A small speckled dog with big pointy ears sits in front of the fridge, staring off into the distance.
The pink blob person from the "oh no" comic saying "oh no"
A dog with big nose, big ears, and woeful stare sprawls on the bed.
A small speckled dog with big ears and short legs. He stands on fake grass, intent on staring down something in the distance. Probably a pedestrian or the wind or the thought of bicycles existing.
A small speckled dog with big ears is flopped on a mat, woeful yet patient.
Eight different fish stickers, stretched awkwardly from on their roll over a bit of desk.
White blossoms on a tree
Short decorative bushes topped in a heavy layer of ice
A small dog with big ears and a long nose stares woefully from the bed where he believes I too should still be.
A small speckled dog with big ears, short legs, and a sweeping tail stands on artificial grass, contemplating the inherently threatening nature of the physical world.
The tip of a tree branch with little rusty colored puffs at the end of each twig.
A small speckled dog with big ears is curled up on a gray blanket, and stares dubiously indeed at anyone not doing the same.
A small dog with big ears, wearing a sweater, flopped on his side on a messy bed. He is so flopped that only one eye is visible, but he is definitely judging me for getting up before 8am. Angrily.
A small speckled dog with big ears stares just off camera, dubious of this whole situation where no one is sharing chocolate cookies with him.
A detached boot sole, seen from the top. Which is to say, seen from the part that's usually invisible because it's attached to the rest of the boot. Which this one is not.
A tree with bare branches against a milky white sky.
Dry thistles on bare branches against the snow, with a sliver of yellow sky behind them.
On a bathroom counter, a stack of books (Latin English dictionary, Latin Sexual Vocabulary) and a glasses case.
A small speckled dog of cream and orange curls up in a ball on the bed, face woeful and ears alert for the crinkle of cheese bags opening.
A blurred, cut-off photo of a small dog in a sweater rolling on a blanket crocheted of bright green and blue yarn set in black squares.
The sign: "nothing says Ax-Man like a crate of clowns." It is attached to a crate of clown dolls. They're mildly creepy, depending on how you feel about clown dolls.
The same dog sitting up, and staring at the camera in a deeply disapproving manner.
A small dog in a red sweater lies on the bed, deeply dubious about this whole time of day.
A small dog in a striped sweater stands nobly in snow by a chain link fence, trying to decide if the snow badgers will stage their attack tonight or hold off until January.
A small dog in a cozy sweater lies flipped out on the bed, staring judgmentally up at the camera.
A strip of color-coded info on the tv ports, labeled: AC In Service HDMI 1 HDMI 2 l/r audio Rgb pc ) audio Component 1 (many baffling round bits labeled) AV 2: video l/r audio Dtv/TV cable/antenna optical Analog out l/r audio
A small speckled dog with big ears, half buried the n blankets on the bed. Mostly asleep, not looking at the camera, still adorable in a half-assed shot I took in bad lighting.
Two dead tree leaves stuck in a chain link fence above artificial grass.
A copy of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity: Divine Possession and Ethics in the Shepherd of Hermes, a book by Chance E. Bonar. It's a nice black hardcover with an image of a bilingual funerary inscription from the first century, engraved in limestone with Latin and Greek.
A small speckled dog lies on a throw blanket, staring vaguely up at the camera with his big ears twisting back. He is still adorable but less so than usual.
A speckled dog with big ears lies on the bed, curled up with his fluffy tail along his side, expression judgmental.
A small fawn dog with big ears stares woefully to the left, hoping against all evidence that this will result in additional treats.
A speckled dog with a single large brown spot on his side lies flat on a pillow, bushy tail curled in, ears perked, staring at Prue (not pictured) judging someone's highly sculpted tart.
A small dog with big ears sits on the floor, staring pointedly at us. He wants.
A small speckled dog with big ears stands on fake grass. He has concerns.
A speckled dog with big ears stands next to a black and tan dog half his size, both turned away from the camera.
A small speckled dog with big ears and a banner tail stands on fake grass, alert to the dangers of the world.
A store display of "Sharks & Friends Memory Matching Game" with a cartoon shark and pictures of cards with various sea creatures on the shiny box art.
A small speckled dog with big ears curls up woefully on a bath mat shaped like a shark. It's just not the same.
A small dog's enormous pointy ears. Do they look soft? Because they are even softer than they look.
A small speckled dog flops on his side, oppressed by the word of the world.
A small speckled dog with big ears lies on the bed, looking very dubious about the world and perhaps birthdays.
A small speckled dog (with one giant spot on his side) lies curled up on the bed, tail and paws tucked in, big ears perked up to catch any trace of the horrors. He is dubious about this.
A small speckled dog lies on his side, belly against the back of the couch, head pressed against an arm. It doesn't look comfortable but he's asleep there so presumably it's fine.
A small dog lies on the couch, big ears perked up fully as he stares warily into the distance.
A small speckled dog stands warily by a chain link fence, wondering how long he must pay for his dog crimes.
A small dog with big ears lies on a blanket atop a mattress pad, elegant yet wary in his repose.
Two shelves of books, mostly Greek and Latin texts or their translations or books about ancient Rome or modern European language references.
A speckled little dog lies flat on a bathroom mat, big ears perked up and expression woeful. His short legs might let him follow a badger into its den, but sky badgers? He is too short to reach them. Their bellows frighten him. He is a small dog in a big loud world.
A beautiful white and brown spaniel with long ears, sitting in a chair.
a pink blob person emits an "oh no" speech bubble
A small dog with big ears sits on the bed, staring alertly into the distance.
A small speckled dog with big ears stands between pavement and fake grass, staring with some concern into the distance.
Steven Universe grins enormously, pumping his fists up and down.
A small speckled dog with big ears sits on the bed, looking back over his shoulder intently.