Pat L

@patloughery

Engineering leader; Grad Instructor in spirituality, creativity, digital personhood, pilgrimage. Passionate about the common good, human flourishing, being a good ancestor.💥Powerlifter, mountain biker, Gonzaga basketball fan, reader, lifelong learner.

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Pat L@patloughery· 3d

Spent the last 11-ish days driving around the Northwest US. One thing is clear: one of America’s greatest ideas is the National Park system.

Pat L@patloughery· Jul 10

I'd like to take 2 weeks off every month, personally

Pat L@patloughery· Jun 3

Yes! This is such a great image:

Pat L@patloughery· May 18

To my eternal disappointment, I missed the odometer shot by one mile due to inattentiveness.

Pat L@patloughery· May 18

Here’s a handheld night shot from a recent trip to San Francisco. Not a great shot but it was unplanned, I just found myself walking along the cablecar line and set up a few photos because the camera wa in my sling bag.

Pat L@patloughery· Apr 29

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 31

I participated again this year and for the first time finished the Irish Readathon. We had six book prompts to guide our reading of Irish authors. Here are the six books that I read.

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 11

Zag men: champs.

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 11

Zag women: Champs.

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 10

Champs!!! Amazing game by the Zags

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 10

Pretty awesome seats to see both my Zags squads play today

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 9

Zag women settling in

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 8

Well, turns out they pointed us to the wrong seats on night one and we found out today. We’re at the other end of the row - not quite as close to the hoop, but not a blocking view and sitting right next to the team bench. So look for us next to 15th man/woman on each team :-)

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 7

Portland v WSU. Both on Zags side of the bracket

Pat L@patloughery· Mar 7

If you’re attending or TV- watching West Coast Conference basketball tournament games this weekend , my wife and I are easy to spot 😅.

Pat L@patloughery· Feb 10

I was one of three people chosen for tickets, plus travel and hotel. My wife hasn’t been feeling well so my daughter joined me on the weekend and we had a fantastic time.

Pat L@patloughery· Feb 10

So I’m on a flight back from San Francisco after a week of work followed by a weekend focused on seeing the Seahawks win the Super Bowl 🎉.

Pat L@patloughery· Jan 25

I usually read lit fic, sci-fi or nonfiction in the <300 pg range. So it’s surprising me that this is next up, and I’m excited to see what the li h hype tail is about.

A hand holds a paperback copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, the 40th anniversary edition. The cream-colored cover features a black-and-white photograph of two cowboys on horseback herding cattle across a grassy landscape, with a gold medallion emblem on the right. The book rests on the person’s denim-clad lap against a gray wood-patterned floor.

Pat L@patloughery· Jan 22

Progress (though 9 steps back and redo several times)

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Partially assembled black LEGO structure resting on a table, with long plates and vertical supports forming a chassis-like shape. Red accent bricks are visible inside the build. An open instruction booklet lies beneath the model, showing steps labeled A100–A102 with diagrams of curved black sections. In the background are a bowl with leftover salad and utensils, a knife on a cutting board, and clear plastic packaging, indicating the build is happening at a dining or kitchen table.

Pat L@patloughery· Jan 16

Stopping point 1

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Overhead view of a LEGO building workspace on a wooden table. A partially assembled black LEGO structure with red and gray accents sits at the top center, with loose LEGO beams extending outward. Below it, an open instruction booklet shows step A34 through A39 with diagrams of black LEGO pieces and assembly steps. To the right are needle-nose pliers and a clear plastic container holding more LEGO parts.

Pat L@patloughery· Jan 16

So it begins (Christmas gift edition)

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Instruction booklet and parts for a Reobrix SR-71 Blackbird model kit spread out on a tabletop. The booklet shows an image of the black SR-71 aircraft labeled “Air Force,” with decal sheets partially visible behind it and several clear plastic bags containing black and gray building pieces arranged around the booklet.

Pat L@patloughery· Jan 16

Sad Zags news from the Hellsite

Pat L@patloughery· Dec 21

Let’s go Zags!!

Pat L@patloughery· Dec 21

Zags fam and others in Portland, do the Winter Lights drive through thing at Portland International Raceway. It’s really fun.

Pat L@patloughery· Dec 10

(this is a screen cap of the same waterfalls yesterday from the above video if you don’t want to click the link)

A phone screen capture from a video of a very, very full waterfall, crashing in a turbulent river

Pat L@patloughery· Dec 10

The local Indie coffee shop drive-through has line busters who use a mobile point of sale out where the cars are if it’s busy. Here is how the line busters are equipped today. 🤣

Pat L@patloughery· Dec 10

I took this photo from the base of that same waterfall last Friday.

a nature scene with a waterfall covering perhaps 25% of the spillway

Pat L@patloughery· Nov 18

I very rarely read the acknowledgment for a book (unless I think I might be acknowledged :-)). These are the closing words from Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by @annaleen.bsky.social . What a lovely way to end a very important and challenging topic.

A photo of a book page with a hand-drawn oval circling a paragraph. The highlighted text reads: “Thanks, finally, to my readers. I hope you find peace in whatever way you can: in public works, in the arms of your loved ones, or in stories of a better world.”

Pat L@patloughery· Nov 10

Maybe this won’t calm my rage at Dem leadership in the Senate but I finally moved this to my currently-reading. Thanks for writing it @annaleen.bsky.social

Alt text: A person is holding the book Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz while sitting with a brown dog wearing a red collar on their lap. The setting appears to be a cozy living room with wooden furniture, plants, and home decor in the background.

Pat L@patloughery· Oct 29

Fewie in the first preseason game