Believer, husband, dad, optimist // Strategy & design at Crema // Expert dabbler // Steward of /pony /midwest /aethletics tylerhilker.com
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Been trying to spend less time on socials lately anyway, so I'm going to not log in again on my phone for a while and see how it goes.
Hot dog Mac & cheese Bourbon peach bbq sauce
Very cool viz of World Cup match activity https://wc26.bogachev.fr/
The only parasite that functionally replaces an organ. The tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua) is one of the strangest and most disturbing parasites in the animal kingdom. It enters through the gills of a fish and attaches itself to the base of the tongue. It severs the blood vessels, causing the tongue to wither and fall off. Then it replaces the tongue, attaching itself to the stump and functioning like a prosthetic tongue. The fish can still eat and live normally—with the louse acting as its new tongue.
Joined a board today. Helping fund children’s cancer research at the hospital where my son was treated. Feels good man.
Two weeks ago, my mom was diagnosed with cancer. Stage 4, metastatic, all the words you don’t want to hear. So she’s optimizing for quality of time left, not quantity. She’s the fourth person in my immediate family: son, sister, dad, mom. Add my mother-in-law and grandparents beyond that. Beyond excited for the time when cancers are detected early and treated easily.
Rewatched Good Will Hunting for the first time in many years, this time with the two older boys. Wow, that holds up.