End Times
End Times Originally shared by Irina T. 11|30|2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/japan-lonely-deaths-the-end.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
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Wavelength
Wavelength Van Morrison sings: "Waaaaaaaaavelength..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePm3FhAfGOo When I was younger, I pored through my ARRL Handbook, built a crystal set with windings around a Quaker Oats can, strung a wire in the attic, the whole deal. But I crashed and burned on the whole Morse code thing. Morse code seemed to be for prison escape movies, and not for adventures in Spaaaaaace. I went on to work in radio and television, including doing a little broadcast tower and point to point microwave stuff. But I never got a ham license. However, as befits my increasing age, general crankiness, the elimination of the requirement for 13 wpm of code, and the amazingly feature rich, cheap radios from Baofeng... I let my arm get twisted into taking the test a couple of weeks ago. I kind of surprised myself by passing. Undoubtedly the saving throw was when they asked a couple of questions about tubes, just as if people still use the dang things. As you can imagine, th...
Still Afloat
Still Afloat Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Lovely. "LONDON — The two men who run London’s only floating bookstore, Word on the Water, are living proof that there really is something you can do in life with an English lit degree, other than teach English literature. The store — a 50-foot-long canalboat stuffed to its bulkheads and overflowing onto the towpath with books — has a permanent berth on the Regent’s Canal, around the corner from the British Library. This comes after years of its owners staying one step ahead of eviction from the canals, by relocating fortnightly. It is doing so well that Paddy Screech, 51, an Oxford-educated Cornishman with a close-trimmed beard and a soft-spoken manner, and Jonathan Privett, 52, a gaptoothed Yorkshireman who has trouble staying still for long (except with a book), finally took their dream vacations this year. Mr. Screech, who describes himself as “Buddhish,” meaning sort of Buddhist, went to Laos. Mr. Privett, once nicknamed the “Si...
Sic Burn
Sic Burn Originally shared by Anne-Marie Clark One of tonight's tweets by Trump already has appeared in a court filing (in which Trump torpedoes his own govt's case) Chris Geidner tweeted this, and then the lawyer who filed it replied, adding this: "I leapt out of bed to file that; I think my wife is still annoyed with me." https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/936072594431803392 Note that footnote. Direct link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4315020-document-21468844.html https://twitter.com/big_cases/status/936071287893647360
Organ Of The State
Organ Of The State via George Station Originally shared by Karl Auerbach Oh, so Twitter's Terms of Service are selectively enforced and they admit it ... In fact, it appeared that Trump’s account was essentially protected from being deactivated over Terms of Service violations. In June, Twitter explained why: Some tweets that seemingly violate its terms of service are nevertheless “newsworthy” and therefore in the public interest to keep up. So remember kids, if you are going to defame someone, you can insulate yourself from liability by saying that what you are doing is "newsworthy". https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/29/meet-the-man-who-deactivated-trumps-twitter-account/
Vareet Appypolly Loggy
Vareet Appypolly Loggy via Eric Hansen Originally shared by The Onion Droog member Georgie explained that although the group had systems in place to swiftly address such allegations, it clearly did not adequately follow those procedures. https://trib.al/SY5wKg7
Gran Torino
Gran Torino Get Off My Lawn. Originally shared by Damn interesting http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/features/house-on-the-corner/clearwater-shooting-defense-anthony-roy/
Mr. Blue
Mr. Blue I enjoyed various parts of PHC over the years, but I won't miss it as much as The Writer's Almanac. I enjoyed the Mr. Blue agony columns he used to write. It showed a more realistic, messier side to the man. Anybody remember H.L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore? He hated a lot of things, including women, until he married one. He wrote this epitaph in jest: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl." After Keillor gets his comeuppance for whatever bad thing he did, maybe he'll straighten up and do better. I'm all for giving bad behavior just desserts. But it's best to leave some room for corrective behavior and the possibility of redemption. But of course I'd say that, wouldn't I? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567241644/garrison-keillor-accused-of-inappropriate-behavior-minnesota-public-radio-says
High Sierra Pass
High Sierra Pass Oops. via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Peter da Silva Nitty gritty details. The basic problem is obvious just from seeing the symptoms, but the details are... dang, Apple. https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html
Kerflooey!
Kerflooey! G$ does Don Martin. http://redkiteprayer.com/2017/11/the-colliding-worlds-t-shirt/
Spare The Rod
Spare The Rod Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. https://terminallance.com/2017/11/17/terminal-lance-fly-hard/ "...because the military loves to pretend it isn’t generally an adult daycare center for people with lots of guns and anger problems." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/17/a-navy-pilot-drew-a-penis-in-the-sky-its-not-the-first-time-something-like-this-has-been-investigated/ https://terminallance.com/2017/11/17/terminal-lance-fly-hard/
High Tech Interview
High Tech Interview http://ohnewsroom.tumblr.com/post/167594016821/high-tech-interview
Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go The Dan wrote a song about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK2qICPP4o "and if Dave in Acquisitions, wants to get in on the action..." http://adage.com/article/media/rip-time-fun-long-lasted-joe-nocera/311409/
Who's The Boss?
Who's The Boss? Originally shared by Michael Pinto infographic of the day: Walmart Nation: Mapping the Largest Employers in the U.S. What worries me about this is that Walmart is already copying Amazon, and that very well could lead to a rapid decline in their national headcount. Most Walmart employees are paid poorly to start with, and often they're cheated out of working full time. So looking at this chart I can see an economic mess in the making, especially for the mid-west and the south. Source: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/walmart-nation-mapping-largest-employers-u-s/
Meritocratic Myopia
Meritocratic Myopia And not just Ta-Nehisi Coates. This article is more verbose than it needs to be, but it makes some good points. There is an awful lot of systemic inequality going around these days. Unfortunately, it's going to be hard for organized "labor" to fight a system that increasingly doesn't need it. Try imagining all the "gig" labor folks you know (some of which are quite highly paid) organizing themselves for political purposes. Go ahead. I'll wait. https://mronline.org/2017/11/17/the-meritocratic-myopia-of-ta-nehisi-coates/
Hard Choices
Hard Choices #SaveTheTrees https://mobile.twitter.com/LittleDebbie/status/928682954439774213 https://mobile.twitter.com/LittleDebbie/status/930150654538076160 https://mobile.twitter.com/KelliReding/status/932628612238467072
The Pie Is A Lie
The Pie Is A Lie http://beta.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-credibility-20171125-story.html
Party Like It's 1994
Party Like It's 1994 Still waiting on upgrades... Originally shared by Chris Jones Switches on DOS computer for the first time in a while. It: It's 1994, right? Me: Let me explain. No, it is too long, let me sum up. Goodbye Lenin is nothing -- um, yes, you're right, it's still 1994. It: Boots up happily, humming to itself. (thread) https://twitter.com/BluejoWalton/status/933816630970343424
But All I've Got Is A Photograph
But All I've Got Is A Photograph And I Realize You're Not Coming Back Anymore... Originally shared by **** November 24, 1973 - “Photograph” by Ringo Starr hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week. Written by Ringo Starr and George Harrison, it is the first solo chart topper for the former Beatle drummer. Ringo Starr’s self-titled third album, has its genesis in early 1973 after producer Richard Perry (Nilsson, Captain Beefheart) asks Starr if he’ll be a presenter at the Grammy Awards which are being telecast in Nashville, TN that year. Starr in turn suggests to Perry that they work together. Perry accepts the offer, quickly assembling musicians and booking studio time in L.A.. They record five songs in five days including all three major singles from the album. Ringo calls on his former Beatle band mates including George Harrison, who writes two songs for the project, with he and Starr collaborating on “Photograph”. The track features various musician friends including Har...
Effin' White Pipo
Effin' White Pipo They ruin everything. Originally shared by Anne-Marie Clark "In all fairness Brits probably don't do Thanksgiving because if we had to take a day off for the anniversary of us fucking over a native people and ruining their country we'd never have to go to work." https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/933798953216364544
Menu Board
Menu Board The conversation slowed quite a bit, as people got down to the serious business of appreciating the food. Even better? Nobody broke out a phone to take a picture. The Internet did just fine without us. We're happily noshing on leftovers today, even if there are fewer than we might have guessed at. If y'all celebrate the holiday, we wish you a fine one. We're thankful for all our blessings today, while being mindful of things and folks we've lost this year, and those who are less fortunate than us.
No Sugar
No Sugar Originally shared by NASA What are you bringing to Thanksgiving this year? Treat your friends and family to astronaut-style cornbread with this recipe straight out of our Space Food Laboratory, no freeze drying required: http://go.nasa.gov/2hZzCJJ #HappyThanksgiving
Originally shared by jade knights
Originally shared by jade knights Happy Turkey Day! Thanks for being awesome.
Prisoners On The High Seas
Prisoners On The High Seas Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/magazine/the-coast-guards-floating-guantanamos.html?_r=0
Voyeuristic Disorder
Voyeuristic Disorder Originally shared by Alex Scrivener This is amazing. https://twitter.com/i/moments/932783044573904896
Bookish
Bookish I blame books. Originally shared by Tim O'Brien Scary fact: One in every thousand children born in the US will become...historians!
Way Down In The Hole
Way Down In The Hole Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZZu93VsNA Originally shared by Randy Culler Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/science/japan-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-fuel.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/science&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
"And If You Hadn't Had That Gun..."
"And If You Hadn't Had That Gun..." "...She'd STILL Be Whoopin' Yo' Ass." Originally shared by G.K. Nelson Among the funniest movie scenes of all time. Rest in peace, Ms. Reese. You were one of a kind. https://youtu.be/LuEjEZioD4I
Life Is Precarious
Life Is Precarious https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-trip-to-new-york-and-a-dead-iphone/2017/11/14/a097b80a-c957-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html
Hey! Bo Diddley!
Hey! Bo Diddley! Originally shared by **** November 20, 1955 - R&B legend Bo Diddley makes his one and only appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Sullivan requests that Diddley perform the song “Sixteen Tons’, he defies the host by performing his current hit "Bo Diddley” on the live telecast. This angers Sullivan, and Diddley is banned from ever appearing on the show again. Though the major national television exposure introduces him to wider audience beyond his loyal R&B fan base. Though he never appears on the show again, Bo Diddley’s signature syncopated rhythm becomes one of the most influential in the history of rock & roll, inspiring countless songs from Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” and The Strangeloves’ “I Want Candy” to Bruce Springsteen’s “She’s The One” and George Michael’s “Faith”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38G5MKn3jlw&feature=player_embedded
BOOM!
BOOM! Originally shared by Ray Radlein "Instead of Christmas, this year I’ll be celebrating the first anniversary of the most savage twitter reply of all time" OMG. This really is one of the three or four most brutal replies I've ever read anywhere. https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/932038881712603136
Doing Hard Things
Doing Hard Things I have hard things to do today. And the day after, and the day after that, and on for quite awhile. I have done hard things before. It doesn't seem to make it easier. More familiar, maybe. Still hurts. This song has some sweet, hopeful things to say about that. But what it doesn't say? The part that you really can't say, about how hard things can be, but you have to keep going anyway? That's the part that makes me cry, sometimes, when I hear this song. And one other thing. A lot of hard things? You have to do them by yourself. Nobody can do them for you. But having the support of others? That's a priceless gift. Takes away some of the misery, helps heal the wounds. And for me? Biscuits. Biscuits help. Carrie Newcomer. Parker Palmer. If you don't know of them, maybe you ought to. Smart, talented, passionate people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGnftH_g4I
Stand And Deliver
Stand And Deliver What do you do when your pizza delivery guy is a Nazi? http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/11/18/when-pizza-delivery-guy-also-nazi-bob/NGHvJmfooYw04VXp5RRbyK/story.html
Micro-aggressions
Micro-aggressions My least favorite word, these days. http://writerthereseoneill.com/2017/11/18/princesses-broken-soldiers-lard-asses-and-draft-dodgers-unite/
He Died
He Died Who Said That? He Said That. Robert D. Raiford A Curmudgeon's Curmudgeon. A true original. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article185187083.html
Gonna Have A Whole Lot Of Fun
Gonna Have A Whole Lot Of Fun Originally shared by Semicentenary Project Country Joe And The Fish - The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag https://buff.ly/2zL9ARl
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't?
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't? In my case, there is no maybe, ma baby. Originally shared by ****
Sign of the Times
Sign of the Times "Sorry, Goose... but it's time to buzz the tower..." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/nov/16/military-says-zero-tolerance-for-pilot-who-traced-/
The Over and Under of Sharing
The Over and Under of Sharing https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-figures-out-everyone-youve-ever-met-1819822691
True Crime
True Crime The Murder Ballad that helped launch the Great Folk Scare. A local favorite: http://www.dailyyonder.com/tom-dula-murder-sold-10-000-guitars/ via Randy Culler Originally shared by **** November 17, 1958 The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" hits #1 in America. https://play.google.com/music/m/Tqmrke24kgflzl3f7fgl2l2ftdm?t=Tom_Dooley_-_The_Kingston_Trio&utm_medium=organic_share&utm_source=googleplus
It'll Shine When It Shines, Pt. 2
It'll Shine When It Shines, Pt. 2 Originally shared by Darran Hughes People are strange. Working at a terrible place that is falling apart. Yet the old caretaker in charge polishes these two taps every day. The taps shine like gold and are smooth as silk to the touch.
Do The Desperation Samba
Do The Desperation Samba Jimmy Buffett-Desperation Samba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxm2kCZObg Originally shared by giacomo bencistà UGGGH–! Via: https://mudwerks.tumblr.com/post/167240471899/time-for-breakfast
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said There is a lot of bad behavior here, and I don't doubt it added fuel to the fire. More to the point, there is not currently a way to put fires like this out. Only to let everything burn to the ground. The big players better get started on this, or they will eventually be told how to fix it, like it or not, practicable or not. Originally shared by Damn interesting (Note: contains harsh language) https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-womans-digital-life-was-weaponized-against-her/
Kite Flying
Kite Flying Three races. Won the first two starts, got closed out at the committee boat on the third. Finished first in the fleet for all three. One boat corrected over us for one race. So two firsts and a second, nothing broken, nobody maimed, everyone pretty tired. We're thinking of getting t-shirts made that say "Focus!" on the front, and "Huh?" on the back.
As The Spartan...
As The Spartan... Originally shared by 7 Island Sweet Poet's Page . . . . For we have been with thee in No Man’s Land, Through lake of fire and down to Hell itself; And now we ask of thee our liberty, Our freedom in the land of Stars and Stripes. I am glad that the Prince of Peace is hovering over No Man’s Land. The New Day Fenton Johnson
Brisk and Airish
Brisk and Airish Thirty degrees and 10+ knots. Not for the faint of heart. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpp11sMXgcA
Respect The Warrior
Respect The Warrior Not worship them. Also, respect is earned. Just as with other professions, simply wearing the uniform is not an automatic qualification of integrity or professionalism. Shared trauma? Maybe.
Crossing The Bar
Crossing The Bar https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ELp0YvtBUUE I've helped an old college friend move her mom mumblety mumblety times... I was the logical choice, always being the Guy With A Truck and Mad Roadie Tetris skills. Today, I was invited to come and move her one last time. As a pallbearer. She was a busy little ray of sunshine, who always had time to say "I Love You". Even if she started by blessing you out about something. As Southern as they come. Raised three fine daughters, as good as they come. She'll be missed. Those left standing are little grayer and creakier, but still capable of laughter and tears. It was good to see them, even if the occasion was hard. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ELp0YvtBUUE
The Toxic Effects Of Agent Orange
The Toxic Effects Of Agent Orange https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/world/asia/trump-apec-danang-vietnam-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/world/asia/trump-apec-danang-vietnam-china.html
Two Great Tastes
Two Great Tastes Originally shared by Randy Culler Eric Joyner (born c. 1960) is a contemporary American artist whose body of work has focused on robots and donuts. In 1999, he chose to focus only on topics that he likes. After having collected Japanese toy robots as a hobby, he chose to use them as subjects. In 2002, he felt that he needed another element to work off of. Inspired by the film Pleasantville, in which Jeff Daniels paints donuts, Joyner added donuts. The donuts have been featured as both objects of desire and adversaries to the robots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Joyner https://ericjoyner.com/
Women's Work
Women's Work Originally shared by Irina T. The women who sew for NASA| BBC 100 Women "Growing up in Vietnam, Lien "never dreamed" of working for Nasa, least of all sewing for the space agency.But when her family fled the country in the late 1970s after the fall of Saigon, she found herself in the US, needing to make enough money to support six siblings.The family bought two sewing machines and began to sell clothes from their home, sewing by night."We did dresses, blouses, shirts, and other things. We got paid maybe 50 cents per garment," she tells 100 Women. Working a day job at a lingerie company, once a week Lien went to electrical engineering classes. At that time, engineering was a booming business in California. And Nasa were hiring.Lien's friend recommended that she apply for a job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and in 1994 she started work at the space agency - on the cabling team for the Cassini mission to Saturn. The intricate job of connec...
Sticks and Stones
Sticks and Stones Words and Power. Where would I draw the line? If you have power, real or perceived, and you threaten a minority? You might ought to find resistance. If you are a minority, and you threaten the majority? You might ought to find support. Levelling the playing field, so to speak. I'm not sure where to draw the line about rhetoric that threatens physical harm. Assault is not something to be encouraged, but rudeness? I don't think you can usefully prohibit that. But rudeness is a personal strength of mine, so I'm probably biased. Originally shared by Timothy Street Absolutely except sometimes Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Your opinion may be foolish. Striping away the foolishness of restricting free speech on campuses, lessons may be learned concerning culture, politics, social behavior, and possibly the survival of such outdated concepts as "freedom and "liberty" - The last section of the article "We're all partizans, too...
Y'all Yodel Along, Now
Y'all Yodel Along, Now Like a lot of things, this is partly Jimmie Rodgers fault. Also, a woman. In a bar. You could write a song about that. http://www.huapala.org/Hawaii/Hawaiian_Cowboy.html Originally shared by Geo. Tirebiter I came across composer Sol K. Bright's performance in the 1921 of his song, "Hawaiian Cowboy. " That was the year a paniolo (cowboy from Hawaii) won the rodeo in San Francisco. Sol was asked to make up a song. It's a fast tongue-twister song with complex lyrics. My wife could sing it. I couldn't even try. It's too fast. I believe it's easier if you're Hawaiian, but don't take my word for it. My wife didn't even speaka the language although she was 50%. Her grandmother and mother refused to teach their kids because they thought that the kids should learn to speak "standard English" to make it in the 20th century. The government tried to erase the language, even though there were numerous songs, books, an...
Making A Hash Of Things
Making A Hash Of Things Originally shared by Ray Radlein What-Could-Possibly-Go-Wrong Dep't: "In Australia pilot effort, company will "hash" images, converting them into digital fingerprints that prevent any other attempts to upload the same pictures" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/07/facebook-revenge-porn-nude-photos
Twa Bridies
Twa Bridies http://www.scotland.com/forums/language/14731-dundonian-fir-beginners.html Originally shared by **** Would eat. http://www.extracrispy.com/food/4341/sausage-rolls-are-the-comfort-food-we-need-right-now?utm_campaign=extracrispy&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=extracrispy_socialflow_facebook
Improper Turn Or Signal
Improper Turn Or Signal https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/she-flipped-off-president-trump--and-got-fired-from-her-government-contracting-job/2017/11/06/4cf1af9a-c2da-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html
Not Cutting The Mustard
Not Cutting The Mustard http://ihnatko.com/2017/07/13/what-it-feels-like-sometimes/
Slab City
Slab City Guilty Of The Crime Of Unpleasant Conversation. From "Spotlight on the Genius that is Joe Sacco" (1994)
Spin Dump
Spin Dump via Yonatan Zunger Originally shared by **** Silicon Valley has reinvented the pay toilet. But this time, you have to use an app to get in, yielding metadata (foeterdata?) to the powers that be. Yield the who, what, when and where of your bowel movements with Good2Go, the shittiest valley startup yet. Their turd-key solution is free now, but you'll have to spend a penny later. This is where we are: the age of access codes and membership agreements for every aspect of public life. The only civilized thing to do, if you encounter one of these, is to play Louis Armstrong's We Have All The Time In The World at maximum volume while taking a dump on the floor in front of it. https://boingboing.net/2017/11/06/toilets-that-you-have-to-use-a.html
For The Birds
For The Birds Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Beautiful shots. "Every year, photographers submit thousands of images to Audubon's Annual Photography Awards, and every year our panel of expert judges must whittle the contenders down to just four that represent the best of the best. There are many more worthy images, however, that capture birds in breathtaking scenes and fascinating behaviors, and so we've compiled 100 of those in the following photo gallery. Go ahead and click through—we know you will be as taken with the variety of birdlife and the ingenuity of bird photographers as we were." http://www.audubon.org/news/the-2017-audubon-photography-awards-top-100
How Can You Tell If A Banjo Is Out Of Tune?
How Can You Tell If A Banjo Is Out Of Tune? Someone is playing it. Almost all the jokes I know for bagpipes will work for banjos. Almost. Originally shared by Randy Culler ACME Banjo Tuner
TWITCH
TWITCH Originally shared by **** "Trump was 'frantic' when he saw Twitter account had been taken offline - had every staffer stop what they were doing to 'try and fix it'" https://twitter.com/RogueSNRadvisor/status/926281488487911425
Everything's (Not) Fine
Everything's (Not) Fine Assuming you are one of those people who have such things, you've probably got one of these. The recall goes back to 1973 . The pushbutton ones were always craptastic, but I've owned (and used) a bunch of the heavier plastic lever ones (upper left of the graphic) without issue. Still, it's not something you want to fail when you need it, so I'll be visiting Kidde later today to see what remedy is offered. www.kidde.com ( https://inmarmarketaction.com/kidde/ ) via Ray Radlein https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/kidde-recalls-fire-extinguishers-with-plastic-handles-due-to-failure-to-discharge-and
Camelot
Camelot Originally shared by Damn interesting http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/new-jfk-files-highlight-kennedy-administrations-dark-side.html
Reflections
Reflections Originally shared by **** I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful‚ The eye of a little god, four-cornered. ~ Sylvia Plath, exerpt from The Mirror Show us something real and free and beautiful, you couldn’t. It’d break us, we’re too numb for it, our minds would choke. There’s only so much wonder we can bear, that’s why when you find any wonder whatsoever you dole it out in meager portions, and only then til it’s augmented and packaged and pumped through ten thousand pre-assigned filters, til it’s nothing more than a meaningless series of lights... ~ Bing's Speech, Black Mirror , 15 Million Merits, Charlie Brooker ...we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments t...
Cantankerous Cuss
Cantankerous Cuss Same. Except for all those FAs and Summits. Thousands, with remarkably few missteps. Galen Rowell was proud to be known as a second to both Beckey and Batso. “I guess you have your choice of trying to make money or getting involved with adventure.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/obituaries/fred-beckey-dead-mountain-climber.html
