I was thinking of doing laundry, but then think the air will make my clothes uninhabitable on the way back.
Would’ve made a good One Battle After Another double-feature. A wanted couple is staying on the move, low on resources and comrades. Their teenage daughter is starting to become a liability, acting impulsively and attracting attention. In increasing order of importance, the daughter just wants: cigarettes, stability, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, trip-hop. A boy she meets tells her about his parents vacant modernist house, so the family moves in and plans one more bank job. Surely if they can pull…
Waiting for the doors to open for Semisonic with Humbird opening.
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When I want to be immersed in music, I usually listen alone, in those rare moments when life allows the kind of deep listening that evokes images, emotions and dreams. But like dreams, they're intensely meaningful to the person having them, and intensely boring to everyone else. Live music is supposed to be one of those rare moments. At least based on the ticket prices. You get the immediacy, a more all-encompassing sonic and maybe visual experience, shared with a crowd of dozens to thousands.…
Backpacking is limited this year due to the fires. But some opportunities for camping exist in some local-ish peaks. Read More ... Continue reading Local-ish at PMags.com.
Once a year, a little less than 4000 Microsoft MVP's have minor breakdowns, on what some just call "F5 day" (because they are obsessively refreshing their inbox), while others barely notice something is going on until all kinds of group chats wake up from hibernation in the middle of a lazy summer. This year, this day was July 15, and I'm happy (and judging from the myriad of LinkedIn posts the lingo is "humbled and honored") to be renewed for another year. Same category, same technology area,…
The tide rolls in and the ride rolls out. Read More ... Continue reading The Once and Future Bears Ears at PMags.com.
LOST ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS. Gustav Herz Spends Three Days and Two Nights in the Dense Underbrush. He Missed the Trail and Became Hopelessly Astray in the Ravines of the Range. AWFUL HOURS OF DESPAIR. A Seasoned Traveler, He Attempts to Descend to Bolinas, but Was Overtaken by Darkness and Could Not Retrace His Steps - He Was About to Lose Hope When He Found a Fence, and Followed It to the Cabin of Portuguese Cattle Herders and Safety. After wandering for three days and two nights in the ravines…
Given the good weather there are quite a lot of butterflies around this week. This one looks like an old one that has been in the wars, black faded and very ragged. I wonder what tales it could tell. My butterfly by month page is building nicely.
My first harvesting of the year with Glorious Grasslands, and we returned to the same place where we had been two years ago to the day. One of the memorable features of the last harvest here was the huge swirl of hawksbeard seed which really irritated the eyes, and marked the point where safety glasses became a standard part of my harvest PPE. However, today the hawksbeard had mostly blown away. There were five of us today and two harvesters. It was pretty full on from the off, especially as a…
A year ago I was working in the basement for my job of 37 years, today I am in a coffee shop in Loveland, Colorado casually drinking a latte and reading. Nothing more than realizing how my life has changed.
the pine soap bursts in a bright white foam under bare feet disappearing prints on soaking wet cotton weave arms tender, knees sore a persistent horse fly as company I'm seven again helping the best I can the smell of pine soap sticking to skin even though the lake soon calls to me as it does and I answer as I do
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre BayardThe Tiv teach us about the internal books we have as a collective... The inner book is strived for as an individual, but only seen in fragments, and reworked the moment books are read by our imaginations...Every writer who has spoken to one of their readers has experienced an uncanny valley of what they meant by what they wrote, versus what they hear back about what they wrote according to the reader...The anxiety of the writer increases…
It’s very warm here today, but at least there is shade. I spent the day traveling here in order to be part of the ConGregate science fiction convention this weekend. I will have panels and do other stuff! If you’re in the neighborhood, come on down. — JS
I guess going through the basement to get to the bike is also part of my commute?
17:38 Spambots have found my commenting system. Not unmanageable yet, though. But fun to read what they post. 17:42 Mastodon is launching newsletters now!? Sorry, but delivering toots via email is not a newsletter. 17:53 I am getting through my YouTube queue today. The aim is to make that subscription page less tempting. Without history turned on, the home page already is. Reply to this post
A company doesn't care what you write. They'd need a government order to touch you. No opinion. A contract and nothing. Some small platform, one guy running it, can delete you the moment you annoy him. No order needed. No court. Just his mood, dressed up as a rule. IRC, no rules at all. You don't say "she" fast enough, you're gone. No clause, no appeal. Just a man with a button and a grudge. Store, covid, a mask. A security guard, not a cop, decided you were the enemy of the room. Your…
One of my least favorite things about myself is that I’m a “fainter.” Specifically, I tend to pass out when I have to get my blood drawn (or an IV placed). Getting a shot isn’t nearly as bad, though I still always look away. I hate the feeling of cold, sweaty dread that comes over me when I get my blood drawn. It feels like there’s nothing I can do to fight it, and the harder I try, the worse it gets. But I’ve found a technique that’s kept me from passing out the last two or three times I’ve…
Regular readers will know that I am a sucker for kinky DIY. I once built my own spanking bench, and a (very shoddy) clamp/holder for a Fleshlight launch so I could fulfil my dreams of milking a man while he was restrained. I’ve also been delighted to host an incredible guest blog about a DIY […] The post Guest blog: I built my own kink devices appeared first on Girl on the Net.
Oops! The book we gave the guy in the Chinese room was about Mandarin, but all the people passing slips actually wanted Cantonese
Up at the usual time. Not a bad day. Did all the mowing and cleaned the small rose bed out of all the dead roses. Had a chat with chap from over the road.
The other half of the vehicular element of this year's Plastic Warrior plunder; only a few, it is - after all - a figure show, but I took loads of photographs of one of them, because it was such a cool find! TN Thomas Toys boxed jem: Submarine Base with Rocket Battery! I was very pleased to find this, I think it was my first purchase of the day, along with the smaller
In 2023 I posted an item related to my visit to Huntsville Hospital in 1958. That admission for a tonsillectomy was documented in a Huntsville Times newspaper article published on June 10, 1958. I was listed along with numerous other individuals who were admitted, born or discharged at Huntsville Hospital and Fifth Avenue General Hospital. These listings may have been common at one time and here's another one from the Gadsden Times on January 16, 1944. Specific diseases and surgeries except…
Yesterday: I panicked. My small battery was low, it rained in the morning, and nothing was charging up. Solar panels were only producing 30 watts. I'm working afterall, and I had two and a half days of work still... So... I purchased not just one night (Thursday), but TWO nights (Friday Too) of camping where they have hookups for me to run my gear. I didn't need Friday, but it was available, and only $40 per night. Well, fuck it. At least I know I'll have power through all day tomorrow. It was…
I've felt pretty unwell all day, but my consolation prize has been this lovely tree in a car park.42 words · 1 image
I backed this pen Kickstarter despite breaking my rule of no hardware Kickstarters - the company, Antou, seem to know what they're doing but we'll see. They have a lot of nice stuff on their site including this pen rest. The pen should be arriving in August some time. Pica is a new font management app that looks great and it's free. I need to get a handle on all the fonts I have. I'm not a font designer but if I was I might need to make proofs and Hellbox is the one. Two fascinating fonts I…
Naty is hosting a new Homebrew Website Club event on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 5:30pm to 7:00pm Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). If there is interest, the event may turn become regular!If the time works for you and you love chatting about websites, I recommend checking out the event. Homebrew Website Clubs are always fun, providing a place to chat about what people are building on their websites, the culture of the web, HTML/CSS, writing on the web, and more.This event adds to several other online…
