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Mike W
@mjwallace42.bsky.social
i solve problems. occasionally my own.

i enjoy running and taking pictures. manufacturing engineering continuous improvement nerd. i love pi[e].

he/him
We voted! (and the "kids" too!)

Fingers crossed we get a new mayor and retain some justices.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I paused a few times to take photos during my run along the Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park, and this one is my favorite. It was a beautiful partly cloudy fall day.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i dressed up for halloween;
i wore a necktie.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Happy Mole Day!
October 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Best ‘cup’ of gumbo I ever ate, and likely ever will, today at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. It was a warm loving embrace in a bowl.
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Violent Femmes! I know 2.5 songs! First time at Stage AE and it was crowded with fellow Gen-Xers! I was a last minute sub cause one of Pi’s friends couldn’t go. I still had a good time!
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is an appropriate time to post what I simply call “The Problem”. Basically an entire class of ChemE undergrads bullshitted our way through this exam by stating, “My assumptions are…” and going from there. I have never been able to solve this problem.
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
When a friend convinces you to run an ultramarathon with 4 weeks to go and you end up doing well despite A LOT of hiking during the last 10 miles, I call that an excellent day.
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I ran 6.9 miles this morning (nice!) (yes I planned it) after running 12 yesterday, saw a Polyphemus Moth caterpillar, and now I’m ready to begin my taper for OC 50K by playing trucks with my grandson. Support trans rights.
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s definitely looking like fall around here. Everything is so dry and withering away.
September 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I still get a little thrill when I find a new-to-me brick in a set of LEGOs.
September 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
After a nice trail run this morning, I helped my dad pick a couple of bushels of apples of his honey crisp (pictured) and gala apple trees.
September 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy.
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Incredibly fun time with Pi and a couple of my friends from high school at the NIN concert in Cleveland! It was an absolute blast!
September 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
First volleyball game of her high school senior season last night… and first victory!

I’m not sure I can stand a lot of 5-set-stress this season, though.
August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sunflower sunrise on the drive into work.
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bee on a thistle.
August 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“I Robot” by the Alan Parsons Project is a better album than “Kilroy Was Here” by Styx.
July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I got inked! Beautiful color work by Paul at Queen of Swords in Mt. Oliver.
July 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
7/24/25

Happy Pythagorean Triple Day!
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
One of my favorite woodland flowers are Ghost Pipes (monotropa uniflora). I don’t think I had ever observed the seed pod stage before last week (2nd photo).
July 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A Regal Moth (citheronia regalis) visited us at work today. Isn’t she (I think, given the small antennae) lovely?
July 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The sandhill cranes were very close to the road this morning. I was able to capture a few images from the driver’s seat through the open rear passenger window.
July 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thai basil has such pretty flowers!
July 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A goat ate my shoelace.
July 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM