Josh Derby

Dejected Orioles fan, fencer, dad, Sunday-school teacher, TV technologist, cloud apologist, and closet acapella nerd. Views expressed are my own.

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

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[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

It is time for the belated flight of Nathaniel the Pineapple Turkey! This year we were traveling on Thanksgiving, so I made Nathaniel today for dinner at my in-law's. Once again, he's composed of clippings from the plants in our yard.

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

Go Lynette!

[Fencing @FIE_fencing]

Team USA 🇺🇸 is WORLD CHAMPION! 🎉

In the Grand Veteran Women's Team Foil event, they beat Team Italy 🇮🇹 45-31 🤺

Congratulations Rachel Brown, Georgina Love, Jennette Starks-Faulkner, Anne-marie Walters, Lynnette Whitt! @USAFencing

Watch exclusively on https://t.co/IdYZ7Ivvix

#Manama2025 #veterans #FencingWorldChampionships #fencing #escrime #esgrima #manama #bahrain

[Fencing @FIE_fencing]

Team USA 🇺🇸 is WORLD CHAMPION! 🎉

In the Grand Veteran Women's Team Foil event, they beat Team Italy 🇮🇹 45-31 🤺

Congratulations Rachel Brown, Georgina Love, Jennette Starks-Faulkner, Anne-marie Walters, Lynnette Whitt! @USAFencing

Watch exclusively on https://t.co/IdYZ7Ivvix

#Manama2025 #veterans #FencingWorldChampionships #fencing #escrime #esgrima #manama #bahrain

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

#Orioles game right now:

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

You know you're a #Catholic cantor when you have a "liturgical color shirt" section of your closet. 😁

[Greg Payne @greg_payne24]

I recently read about man who collects pictures of hitters who had hit walk-off home runs. He said that the reason he did this is because this is how he views us entering heaven.

Look at the faces of his teammates waiting to welcome him home. Look at their excitement. They can’t wait to celebrate with him.

Look at the fans. Arms raised, big smiles, maybe even hugs for a perfect stranger.

Perhaps this is your first holiday season without someone important who is now waiting for you in heaven. Maybe it’s just another one with that big hole in your heart and an empty seat at the table. Either way, I hope you can find encouragement in this picture, what it represented to the man who collected it, and find joy this year. #heaven #hope #joy #grief

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

I hope all of you have a blessed Thanksgiving! Enjoy time with your loved ones, and know that Nathaniel wishes you well.

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time once again for the annual flight of Nathaniel the Thanksgiving Pineapple Turkey. The kids tell me that the way to get people to "mash that subscribe button" is instructables, so I bring you Nathaniel's journey as a thread.😁

[Josh Derby @JoshDerby]

Nathaniel's head is a clay sculpt by my oldest daughter. He sits sadly in the drawer with the birthday candles until it's time to fly, but he comes out ready every year. He goes on, and WHAM! Centerpiece.