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Three good things today:

1. Painting shelves as part of updating the interior house style a bit. It's been a while since I've had energy for hands on, practical creativity, and it feels good.

2. A cool and quiet morning, before the heat sets in for another day.

3. Coffee. One of life's little pleasures.

#threegoodthings #3goodthings #grateful #joy #happiness #creativity

Still feeling incredibly grateful for all the love and support since my Grammy win. I truly wasn’t expecting the outpouring of messages here, and it means more than I can say. Thank you to everyone who took a moment to reach out, celebrate, and share in this with me — community like this is everything.

#Grammy #GrammyWinner #MusicCommunity #Musicians #Arranger #Composer #Jazz #Accessibility #Grateful

🎉✨ We’re celebrating a BIG milestone today! ✨🎉

Sysfotion turns 1️⃣ today!

Thank you to our amazing clients, partners, and team for being part of this journey. Here’s to innovation, growth, and many more years of making it done! 🚀🥂

🌐 www.sysfotion.com

#Sysfotion #1stAnniversary #Milestone #StartupLife #Grateful #MakeItDone

Baidu wont tell us if human meat is yeet hay, but it does tell us that cannibalism is normalized in the USA because it is not illiegal in some states #grateful

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Grateful

Doofie is grateful for this opportunity to play.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=72#today

#Grateful #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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"Strength always comes back the moment you begin to show up again." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Today is a big day as I FINALLY head back to the gym.

For ten weeks, my world has been defined by limitations.

Don't twist. Don't lift. Don't rush. When you live in "protection mode" with a spinal injury for that long, it’s easy to believe that you’ve lost your edge. You start to wonder if the engine has rusted over completely.

But data doesn't lie, and it doesn't care about my worries.

Before heading back to the gym today, I ran a diagnostic on my own recovery when I went into my home gym on Saturday. And I was impressed with the results.

Looking at the hard numbers from this "shakedown" home workout. I expected to see weakness; instead, I saw a lot of capacity. My body handled 60 reps of heavy pulling without a single complaint from my back. My heart rate recovery has hit a "safety floor" and refused to drop further. My VO2Max has actually started to go back into the upper-edge of "above-average" with all the indoor 'mall walking' I've been doing.

The charts proved that while I was busy healing, I wasn't decaying.

My foundation is solid!

It might have to do with a screen I shared early into the story of this process - my biggest exercise for 2025, before slipping on ice and breaking 3 small bones on my back - was back extensions!

I've had long-running conversations in a chat with Google Gemini AI about my situation and recovery. One moment, it pointed out that what probably saved me from greater damage was all the muscle I built back there!

And my test workout shows that muscle never really left - it's just the bones that had a 'thing.'

That realization shifts everything.

I am not walking into the gym today to "fix" a broken body.

I am walking in to reactivate a strong one.

One way to put it - the rust is just on the surface—the steel underneath is as solid as ever.

Time to get to work.

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Futurist Jim Carroll will be working out with the guidance of his neighbor, a professional personal trainer, and has a tightly defined set of exercises that are compatible with recovery from his injury.

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/02/daily-inspiration-strength-always-comes-back-the-moment-you-begin-to-show-up-again/

Celebrating another year of amazing friendship! 🎉 Here's to the memories we've made and the ones yet to come. #FriendshipAnniversary #Grateful

I’m still trying to process this… I just won my first ever Grammy 🏆

Winner for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Super Mario Praise Break, arranged by Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, and myself with The 8-Bit Big Band. Deeply grateful to God, my collaborators, and everyone who’s supported this journey.

#Grammy #GrammyWinner #GrammyAwards #Arrangement #Composer #Arranger #Jazz #VideoGameMusic #8BitBigBand #SuperMario #Musicians #MusicLife #Grateful

Turning the calendar page today was harder than I expected. That last month held the final days of my dad’s life, and letting it go felt like I was moving farther away from him.

This photo, Solitude at Sunset, helps. That’s my dad in the silhouette. I took this years ago, after Mom had already been gone for a while, and gave it to him for Father’s Day. Somehow it feels like it’s come back to me now — a quiet reminder that love doesn’t disappear just because time keeps moving.

And the third thing is that I did it anyway. I turned the page, even though it hurt, choosing to carry him with me instead of leaving him behind.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #photography #ayearforart #grief #grateful

Silhouette of a man standing alone on a rocky shoreline at sunset, looking out over calm water. The sky glows with deep orange, red, and gold clouds, reflected across the surface of the water. Bare tree branches frame the scene on the right, and a dark shoreline stretches across the horizon.

Today’s Small Moment:
In the midst of losing my dad—and my brother just four months ago—I’ve been overwhelmed by how deeply simple kindness can matter. Friends, extended family, and even people I’ve never met have been a quiet anchor in these hardest days.

Grief has also shown me who steps forward and who stays silent. That truth stings, but it’s grounding. It reminds me to lean toward the people whose compassion shines without being asked.

This photograph came from a morning when I rushed up the Blue Ridge Parkway, hoping to reach Pine Spur Overlook before sunrise (several years ago). I arrived later than I planned, yet the light that waited there still found me—quiet and steady, much like the support that has carried me through these days. It might sound corny and cliché, but it’s true.

#SmallMoments #grief #healing #bereavement #community #kindness #support #photography #Virginia #grateful

A sunrise view from Pine Spur Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Soft orange and gold light breaks through a thick cloud bank on the horizon as the sun rises higher into the sky. The landscape below is dark and shadowed, with layers of clouds and blue-tinted ridges stretching into the distance. A quiet, peaceful early-morning scene captured just after the sun lifted above the clouds.

Today’s #3GoodThings
I took this photo in autumn at the Peaks of Otter Lodge, looking out toward Sharp Top. The empty Adirondack chairs hit differently now—reminding me that Dad won’t be sitting beside me on photo outings anymore. But they also remind me of the good that’s still here, held in the memories and in the moments I can continue to create. This image will be added to my gallery soon.

1. I’m grateful for all the times Dad did sit with me—quiet, simple moments that shaped so much of who I am.
2. I’m grateful for the beauty that still shows up, even on the hard days—like the light on Sharp Top and the calm of the lake.
3. I’m grateful for this craft of photography, which gives me a way to keep feeling connected, even when life shifts in ways I never wanted.

#ThreeGoodThings #SmallMoments #BlueRidge #Virginia #mindfulness #ayearforart #NaturePhotography #grateful

A pair of Adirondack chairs—one red, one black—sit side by side on a grassy lawn overlooking Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter in Virginia. Behind the lake, Sharp Top Mountain rises steeply, covered in autumn foliage of gold, green, and rust. A partly cloudy blue sky stretches overhead, and fallen leaves are scattered in the grass. The scene feels peaceful and inviting, as if waiting for two people to sit and enjoy the view.

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Looking forward to FOSDEM this weekend!

#grateful for live streams etc. for remote participation

Celebrating another year of amazing friendship! Here's to the memories we've made and the ones yet to come. 🥳🎉 #FriendshipAnniversary #Grateful

I'm also #grateful to see that HERON is still cited fairly regularly in #health #research

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?linkname=pubmed_pubmed_citedin&from_uid=22195209&timeline=expanded

#TIL pubmed offers ORCID as a relying party for login. yay! #grateful

#problem: when I tried to use it, I got a 500.

#help ?

#health #research #data

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Stream was a total W today! 🏁🦊 Thanks for the hangs, raids, and amazing gifters—welcome to the new faces! My rings are full. See you Friday for Sonic Rumble! 🥊 #SonicTheHedgehog #TwitchCommunity #Grateful

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