Smooth seas make not a skilled sailor.
thoughts
“Never give your critical faculties away to people in power, regardless of how admirable they seem to be”
- F Herbert
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
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)
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
I got over it - the procrastination that is…
I’m currently procrastinating on going for an hour long bike ride. Some sort of nonsense in my mind about needed to “decompress” before I go…
Work and the day off.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
I felt a need to put quotes around the “day off” portion of that sentence. Before one can consider answering it, you have to consider the phrase’s definition. I mean, a day off what? Work? There is work everywhere. When I come home each day, I know I have enough work waiting for me to never face much “leisure” time in my foreseeable future. Is it time away from my paying job?
Proper start to the morning @coffeesock @cuveecoffee #coffeemug #coffeeporn
Saturday, November 12, 2016
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Broken clutch lever. 😟#ducatilife #ducatisti #996
Friday, November 11, 2016
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"Woman! Where is my supersuit?!?" #armylife #incrediblesreference
Thursday, November 10, 2016
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Ft Polk has a pretty good trail network - I do wish I'd brought my cross bike. #cxeveryday #missmybike
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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My desk hi lights an interesting dichotomy between me as a Soldier and me as a person. #reader #pineywoods #traveler
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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Just a typical Friday night for the Hunter Family #smartkids #readmorebooks @halfpricebooks
Friday, September 9, 2016
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I think you are automagically #roadieaf if you have a bike with butts (hairy legs and all) - or, even if you just know what butts are... #rideordie #betteroutside #pinarellocicli
Friday, September 9, 2016
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A quick stop at #andersonscoffeeandtea for my weekend supply and its #onemoreinthebooks #tgif #imout
Friday, September 9, 2016
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I've been thinking about my main man #smilinjack here a lot lately, and as we're hanging out watching "Stranger Things" again together I'm reminded just how far he's come in the last few years. #greatkids #oldestson #theyjustkeepgrowing
Thursday, September 8, 2016
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So this just happened - Land Cruiser folks know exactly what's up - everyone else, the sun will now be in my eyes #landcruiserlife #dailydriver #meh
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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Great clouds tonight when our little storm blew through #cloudporn #storms #atxwx #weatherwatchers
Sunday, September 4, 2016
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#tbt with Mr Personality #circa2007 at @marathonkids #atx #coolkids #healthykids
Thursday, September 1, 2016
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Looks like me and the Falcon might be about to get wet #landcruiserlife #fzj80 #atxwx #austinweatherwatching
Monday, August 29, 2016
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