hoosjon

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Double Hoo🧡💙, home: AftonVA, teach MS Tech in CrozetVA, baseball (Braves), Buffett, BBQ, beaches, books, & prolly a whole bunch of other things that start w/ B hoosjon.blogspot.com https://sites.google.com/k12albemarle.org/barbershop/about-mr-barber

I’m wearing this year’s city connect hat and jersey… Drake Baldwin just got a home run in the bottom of the ninth against the Mets
97° in Afton, VA with a high of 100° forecast. It feels like 108°.
The Tavern, formerly Sarge’s, historically the best breakfast spot in Charlottesville, and its famed roof
A mirror selfie focusing on a Jimmy Buffett-themed (temporary) tattoo
Ambrosia is a traditional Southern fruit salad, named after the "food of the gods," that typically combines fresh or canned fruit (like oranges, pineapple, and cherries) with a creamy dressing (often whipped cream, sour cream, or yogurt) and marshmallows, coconut, and sometimes nuts. While classic versions use fresh ingredients, modern recipes often use canned fruit and whipped topping for a sweeter, fluffier dessert or side dish, with variations including tropical fruits, berries, or even chocolate.
"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." Senator Claude Malhuret stood up in the French Senate this week and systematically torched every single member of Trump's cabinet. Nobody was spared. Not one. "A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court," Malhuret began. Then he went through the roster. "An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health." (That's RFK Jr) "A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy." (That's Scott Bessent) "An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces." (That's Pete Hegseth) "An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice." (That's Pam Bondi, whose former firm collected $115,000 a month lobbying for Qatar) "A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security." (That's Tulsi Gabbard) Then he pulled back and went bigger. "A Turkish proverb says: when a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king. It is the palace that becomes a circus." Malhuret pointed out that since Trump created his so-called Board of Peace, he has launched more military strikes than Biden did in his entire term. He called out the Boeing jet Qatar gifted Trump worth $400 million. He called out the stock market manipulation that only insiders benefit from. He called out the Gulf investment deals enriching Trump and his family. "Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret said. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests." Then came the line that cut deepest. "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." This is how the world sees us now. Not through Fox News. Not through Truth Social. Through the cold, clear eyes of allied nations watching a great country be hollowed out by crooks. - Anonymous author
Devilishly handsome man (check out that reasonably majestic beard) with an apparently smaller head with the new Braves City Connect hat on.
URGENT CALL TO ACTION EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND LET THEM KNOW THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SUBSTITUTE MUST BE REJECTED. EMAIL YOUR DELEGATE & SENATOR AT VEA.LINK/SZY VeA
Instead of signing the collective bargaining bill, Abigail Spanberger submitted more than 20 amendments that had not been discussed during the session which essentially gut the bill and make it so that a politically appointed (by any future governor) board will be able to decide who can bargain, what can be bargained, etc. That means our union (which finally won bargaining rights after working for it for YEARS) could lose our rights depending on who the Governor is and who they appoint to a board. She removed the ability for arbitration. She delayed any effectiveness until 2030 and removed school-based administrators from having their own bargaining unit (that would now be up to the PERB to decide.) It would be better for the GA to reject her amendments and send the bill back to her, where she may refuse to sign it, than for it to be passed in this form. 🤬
A pic of a beautiful Oreo kitty resting on my lap as I slowly ease into a waking state on the couch back in our Virginian home. I’m ironically wearing a brightly colored shirt with a parrot that I’d intended to have before I left for Cancun.
I’m hopeful these are dogwoods or something, ANYTHING that’s not a Bradford pear tree? Anyhoo, these flower white trees represent a nice counterpoint to my daily pictures of the Caribbean Sea over the last week
The pre-sunrise sky over the Caribbean Sea with one person standing and 3 people sitting on a beach front Bali Bed
Dominic Smith ‘26 Brooks Conrad ‘10 Frenchie ‘06 Brian Jordan ‘01 (18 days after 9/11 vs the Mets) Javy López ‘01 (also the Mets) Dwight Smith ‘95
What the cinnamon toast is this, except it uses a no-no word that one probably says when one encounters these 3 ingredients together ..
A large American flag spread across the outfield of Truist Park on Opening Day with 1966 on the 3rd base side and 2026 on the 1st base side.
You know you’re a bookworm when your ultimate goal in life is to have your own special library in your house (in front of a pic of some comfy chairs and floor to ceiling bookshelves)
A wise, but disillusioned Hoo fan deals with the wreckage that Duke (and the refs) dealt his beloved team. On to baseball (Braves?) season?
A handsome, bearded, and clearly well-educated man reflects before the ACC Tournament in Orange and Blue, including striped overalls.
Doofenshmirtz meme with “If I had a nickel for every time a UVA team went on to play Duke in the ACC championship in Charlotte this school year, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.”
Behold the wonder of the 2000 era Google search page. So fresh, so clean.
Chart explaining frozen precip
Wow, we’re out Monday AND Tuesday!
CBS19’s forecast for central VA.
DT of WxRisk’s amounts map 8-12” for me!
DT has put the smiling snow dog as his profile pic on FB and predicts snow for my area. A lot of snow.
WxRisk report that the GFS and Euro models have reversed and now the Sunday snow is a cloudy memory.
FINANCIAL TIMES FT Alphaville X Corp + Add to myFT Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter A look inside Elon Musk's big tent With a picture of a Circus tent.
Perilous
Perilous
Mike Tyson hovering over a collapsed opponent, next to the words, “Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.”
“CLOSINGS & DELAYS” with the top fo a snowy school bus.
2 hour delay with snowflakes
Ellie is wearing a pot cover on her head and she doesn’t seem to hate it!
No school tomorrow! Enjoy your day off!
Virginia Tech’s daddy, UVA running back J’mari Taylor. #3 in your programs and #1 in your hearts. Wahoowa!
A picture of my wife about a month and a half ago. Isn’t she beautiful?
Roast Turkey, a new Virginia tradition #wahoowa
Post about a little measurable rain in Virginia
A MS student using a jigsaw just outside my woodshop
Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.
Unique friendship develops when a girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
A historically black inaccurate picture of the Washington monument from Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. It was not complete until after the Civil War or Lincoln‘s presidency and death.
My Belties hat, with an “I VOTED TODAY” sticker on it
A purveyor of the finest basketball defense that has ever played College Basketball wears a hoodie that I own too.
UVA coach Tony Elliott says Chandler Morris would have gone back in the game had Virginia not scored the game-winning TD, per the Virginia Sports Radio Network postgame show. Sounds like Chandler Morris is okay.
Moderately good looking man with a majestic beard sits next to a gorgeous cat, he’s wearing a chain with a V and sabres on it
Google Gemini unsurprisingly is incorrect about an EPIC scene from Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in the movie Tombstone, as it says “"Tombstone" is an episode of the TV show Friends that explores the lengths people will go for their friends.”
Scoreboard depicting UVA winning 55-16 over W&M
Several superimposed pics of the full moon last night from McDonald Observatory in far-west Texas
A map of ncaa logos in contiguous United States shape and it says College Colors Day is TODAY below it.
The Herculoids is an American Saturday-morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, created and designed by Alex Toth. With plotlines rooted in science fiction and fantasy, the show debuted September 9, 1967, on CBS. (WOW! TILI was watching reruns that were that were over a decade old, as a child!)
A spinning video tour of my classroom at Henley Middle School
Fantastic 4- First Steps
Nikola Tesla, long-lived vampire of the show Sanctuary
On this day 21 years ago Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett released "Its 5 o'clock somewhere"
Young Jonny plays in the sand, his blonde hair that would later turn brown (and recede) is covered by a cute sailor hat. His mouth is open, not unsurprising to people who know him.
A pic of Schwelly with the words: The Braves have SIX pitchers on the IL: Schwellenbach (15-day), Sale (60-day), Daysbel (Rehabing[sic]), AJSS (OFS), Reynaldo (60-day), Jimenez (60-day)
Delicious pork ribs made by my future in laws and a cucumber feta tomato salad made fresh by my fiancée
My mom and I on the metro platform at Herndon. She is shorter than I am and I’m wearing a big orange hat and sunglasses. #OmaHoos
Batting AB R H RBI HR K R. Acuña (RF) 4 0 1 0 1 › M. Olson (1B) 4 0 1 1 A. Riley (3B) 4 0 2 M. Ozuna (DH) 3 1 2 J. Profar (LF) 4 1 1 1 1 1 O. Albies (2B) 4 S. Murphy (C) 4 0 1 0 M. Harris (CF) 3 0 N. Allen (SS) 2 0 2 Total 32 1 5 1 1 11 Pitching IP H R ER K BB B. Elder (L, 2-6) 5.0 8 4 4 3 E. De Los Santos 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 A. Cox 2.0 1 3 R. Iglesias 1.0 1 3 0 ›