Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever

@laranewsom.com

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Cisco Technical Lead, Angular GDE, NX Champion, Pluralsight Author, Angular Plus Show Co-Host, a nerd but not that kind of nerd, one husband away from being a full blown cat lady. Trans Right are Human Rights and Black Lives Matter 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿✊🏾she/her

A petite long haired tuxedo cat with white mittens and white whiskers is inside her triangular scratching furniture sharpening her very bitchy claws.
My family is dressed up like doctors wearing lab coats. We all have on blue gloves and myself and my kids have a glob of ointment on our first two fingers. My husband is holding a gallon sized jar of “Hermans root and herb curative liniment”. The card reads “this Christmas give the gift of Hermans” and it lists a bunch of illnesses it can cure including scrofula, dropsy, Black Death, restless legs, autism, French pox, and tennis elbow. A ribbon in the corner says “this is your pappy’s liniment”
Me with my two kids after we all voted, we are holding “I voted today” stickers.
Selfie of me and ,as my kids call him, the Cheese Icon, Spivey
A green dog shaped silhouette reads “I code so my dog can have a better life”
The adorable little Koolaid Man. This is Tiddles, he is a small shorthair brown tabby cat. He is laying on the carpet feeling very happy that he got his outside time and his head is upside down. He is looking right at the camera and one of his paws is sort of dangling over his chin because he is so relaxed. I am also laying on the carpet so the camera angle is straight on across the carpet.
The perspective is from the inside looking out at the back of a sad long haired orange cat who is looking wistfully out over his domain. He clearly needs a well to whisper secrets into.
This is a fandalier. It’s an ugly round crystal chandelier like you would find in your grandma’s dining room with five curved black ceiling fan blades on the top. It looks as bad as it sounds
A completed bright blue crocheted bolster pillow is sitting on a golden yellow chair. It is stitched using the crocodile stitch so the texture of the pillow looks like leaves or scales.
The birthday presentation on our dining room table. There is a round green tray with chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and a red raspberry on top. There is a silly flower shaped candle contraption that when lit on fire opens up and spins the burning candles while playing the happy birthday song. There are pink pompoms hanging from the chandelier over the table. There is an assortment of wrapped gifts mixed with photos of the birthday kid. There is a bouquet of spring flowers in the back in a green glass vase.
A black yarn dice bag crocheted using a crocodile stitch has a red embroidered edge with a red string tie with black and white ceramic beads
Cazador is a long haired orange and white tuxedo bro that looks like a dirty shag carpet but in the most adorable way. He is crossing his baby front feet just a little and is just about to pass out. He’s the dirtiest dirt lad to ever dirt.
A Sansevieria plant, also known as Dragon Fingers because the leaves are round and finger shaped and come to a point at the end, is hanging in a beige crocheted plant holder. The plant holder has several dozen finger like protrusions all around the sides and bottom with small burnt red-orange crocheted balls at the end.
A bright blue crocheted cylinder is sitting on a low bookshelf with a Sage green ceramic piece that sort of looks like a motel mushroom. In the shelf below is a lamp that gives Dungeons and Dragons. The crochet stitch is a crocodile stitch so it looks like fish scales. It is very dimensional
An orange and white longhair cat with a pink nose is making direct eye contact with the camera and is making a face that implies that he is the superior being.
A long haired orange and white cat is sitting on my lap in a veterinary office. In the background there is equipment and other vet supplies. Cazador the cat is facing me. His ears are slightly pulled back and the look he is giving me can only be described as “bitch I will kill you”
A black shorthair tabby cat is laying on a carpeted floor looking directly into the camera. He is a 10/10 loaf and appears to have no legs. He’s a really good loaf.
Selfie of me (Lara) at my desk taken from the perspective of the monitor, so the keyboard is in the foreground. A long hair tuxedo cat named Cookie is sitting on my lap. Cookie has her head turned sideways and is looking up at me, and I am looking down at her. It’s pretty cute.
Panasonic RP-HZ47 headphones. The headphones are small circular discs that have a clip that hooks over the ear. They do not insert into the ear canal and do not have a headband. This pair is corded.
Iopevi makes a portable Bluetooth sticker printer. We bought one for our kid and it works good.
A young shorthair black tabby cat is laying on a hardwood floor in a sunny spot. He is laying on his right side and his head upside down. He is looking at the camera. The sun is illuminating his fur so it looks like he is glowing. The cutest part is his front left foot which is slightly raised. If you look closely at the floor, you can see why we need a roomba, bro loves to shed fur.
A young shorthair black tabby is stretched all the way out in a sunny spot on a hardwood floor. Both of his feet are stretched out and pointing away from his body. He is slightly rolled over on his side and looking away from the camera. He is purring wildly.
A crocheted hanging planter that is dark teal in color with at least 25 silly dangling dark red fleece balls hanging from it. It sort of looks like a raspberry that exploded.
An Instagram Advertisement for Jeremy’s Razors that looks like a breaking news story that says “men are ditching their woke razors for a brand that doesn’t hate them” the post reads “Jeremy’s razors isn’t for liberal white women. It’s for men. Conservative men…”
These black slippers are not a cat. Two black slippers are overlapping heels slightly and pointing in opposite directions which make them look like a cat. Also the room is dark. Also they don’t look like a cat.
A photo of what is obviously a cat. He’s a little shorthair tabby and the camera is looking down as he is looking up. You can tell he wants to be petted.
A bowl of ramen. The toppings include enoki mushrooms, roasted chicken, pickled carrots and daikon, Kim chi, steamed rapini, shiitake mushrooms, corn, 2 soft boiled eggs, and crunchy chili garlic topping. You can’t see the noodles, but they are glass noodles.
The corner has a large blue felt bulletin board with several dozen conference badges and ten years of Lara’s holiday cards on one wall. The other wall has shelves over a cabinet. There are plants with grow lights on the shelves with other knickknacks.
A framed poster is hung on a dark teal wall with golden oak wainscoting. The poster looks like a movie poster. It has a hero shot of a bloody axe and the name of the movie is “The Bleeding Edge of Angular - a session by Lara Newsom”. It is presented by Techorama Studios in theaters October 2024
A hand is holding two CDs, the red one says macromedia Fireworks 2, the blue one says Macromedia Dreamweaver 2
The text reads “Looking for the perfect house? we’ve got you covered” in the center there is a background of a flat golden cornfield with blue sky and scattered clouds in the foreground a family of four (dad, daughter, NB child, and mom) are all wearing suit coats and slacks. They are standing in a line from tallest to shortest they are all holding their hands over their eyebrows looking the same direction at a home for sale sign that has a photo of the same family on it. There is a house shaped logo that says “Newsom Faine company” at the top of the card is a man peeking over the center image also looking at the home for sale sign.
A hand is holding a rectangular shaped canister with what appears to be a stash of cash folded in half at the bottom. There is also a small baggie with blooming tea balls inside the canister.
Sneep-snorp, a black and white Saluki dog makes awkward eye contact with the camera. Salukis are tall thin dogs with long legs and long snouts.
A cutting board with a peeled potato and a peeled potato that has been cut with a circular apple slicer. A pot sits behind the cutting board and it is full of potatoes that have been sliced with the apple slicer. The potato chunks end up being about the size of a thumb.
Two fresh baked pumpkin pies sitting on a countertop
A completed Lego tuxedo cat sits next to an actual tuxedo cat who is sitting the same way that the Lego cat is sitting
Dismantled treadmill
1980s Electronic Merlin Toy