Me, today.
2021
Currently reading: Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) by Dan Simmons 📚
Phases and Stages
Monday, July 5, 2021
I’m reorganizing this space to import my non motorsports posts from my old wordpress blog. There are over 1700 entries there, as I’ve had that space for a very long time. I dont intend to bring them all here, just a subset. so far the importer seems to be doing rather well.
“The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed” - William Gibson
“Photography is truth. The cinema is truth, twenty four times a second…”
-Jean-Luc Godard
my Letterboxd profile
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Letterboxd I really like movies…
Sunday Morning
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Good Morning. Im beginning my day with some Miles Davis courtesy of KUTX and Sunday Morning Jazz, which I enjoy to no end. Summer has arrived here in Texas. I walked Miss Betty this morning at about 830, and it was already 84 degrees. We’re no where near as hot as it usually is this time of year, and we’ve been thankful for the cooler weather so far, but I can’t help but think Mother Nature is saving up to give it all to us at once.
“Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.”
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The result was a fine cup of Alfred’s Blend 👍🏼
I had a coffee pot misfire this morning. I pulled the pot out for my expected delicious cup only to find it full of grounds and water still. I salvaged the day with a careful cleanup and hot water added to the very strong brew, americano style.
Knowing Someone
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Silly statement, there have been literally endless pages written about the impossibility of truly knowing someone, regardless of how relatively close they were to us in our lives. I’ve been thinking lately though about how little I truly knew about my mother after her passing this last November. Today this was put in my mind by a memory of something she found amusing. There is a scene in the movie Jumping Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg, where she is being pulled behind a car inside a phone booth.
It is the want of happiness that makes one unhappy, not the absence of it.
Is the process more important than the product?
I’m decompressing to some of the best come-down music ever written and recorded. Moonlight Sonata. (Ludwig Van - obviously)
One should never underestimate the restorative powers of a truly hot shower. Even if that shower is taken in what could pass for a Sadam-era murder chamber.
We are having one of those days that defines spring time in Texas. We need the rain, and we love just sitting around on these days spending time together.
falcon 9 starlink launch
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Some super cool footage from the Falcon 9 launch tonight. This booster has flown 7 times before.
Next up!
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Mission.
Chinese Long March 5B
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
watching the Chinese launch a Long March 5B with the first module of their new space station.
Tornado Watch
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
woohoo! tornados. I understand one from this supercell was pretty destructive out west of us so it makes sense.
Big Weather Night
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Looks like one of those nights for us. KGRK - Super-Res Reflectivity Tilt 1 20:02 CDT #txwx
Helocast
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Had some fun today.
Soon my dear, soon.
lovely morning
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
I like to sit out here in the mornings and take it all in. Today is threatening rain, and the humidity is high, but it’s a lovely morning.
Delta IV Heavy
Monday, April 26, 2021
I appointment view pretty much any rocket launch conducted from the continental US. I just watched ULA launch a Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg, CA, with a National Reconnaissance Office payload. I believe that was the first time I’ve ever seen a D IV launch without delay.
We had a relatively short weekend. I took Friday off work since the whole family was getting vaccine dose two on Thursday. Given my experiences having been sick for two days, it seemed prudent. Thankfully they came through with only some fever and headaches.
We (well, by “we” I mean NASA via the JPL, and Ames aeronautics) flew a freakin’ helicopter on MARS.
#winning
Weekend
Monday, April 19, 2021
Well, it was an interesting weekend. Too short, as always, but somewhat rewarding and generally enjoyable. We closed it all out last night with a bit of dim sum. 👍🏼
I’ve been thumbing through the micro.blog users that I see with similiar interests to me, so I have been following a few folks here the last two days. Hopefully this is the preffered method of developing this little network, and no one takes offense to it.
Dave
The weather is not on my side today it would appear, so a trainer day it is.
