Category Archives: Thoughts

👽👽👽 Second Alien: My friend, you do not appear to be in balance. First Alien: Alas, I am not. I was given a second chance and yet failed to deliver on the trust placed in me. Second Alien: Do not fret yourself. All of us know that information gathering among humans is a difficult endeavor.Continue reading “Attending a Science Fiction Convention as an Alien In Disguise, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. WTC: Wedge of Light. ~~~ Hoover, Alabama USASeptember 2026 Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Ars Technica: Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners, Ouellette, Sep 3, 2026. Improbable Research: The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, video. ~~~ I felt ignoble, and not in the clever-make-you-think way. Yes, there are two sets of ears. I bailed halfway thru the first ride and wasContinue reading “It Takes Two, Saddle Seat Lesson”

Awareness of the outside world. Braymere Custom Saddlery: The Akhal Teke World Championship ~~~ GoldyRosewood Stables5 September 2026 It was hot. [Too Hot] Then less hot. [Back To The Goldy Mine] Then hot again. This time, the mornings not were not awful. We thought we could slip in a lesson before the heat ramped upContinue reading “A Brief Sparkle of Goldy, Hunter/Jumper Lesson”

Awareness of the outside world. Related to yesterday. NPR: Boston Students Get A Glimpse Of A Whole New World, With Different Maps, Dwyer, 2017. New maps since 2017. Article points out that the equator is in the “wrong” place on the Mercator map. I had never noticed, or had noticed but not really thought about.Continue reading “Milton & Me, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Equal Earth. I was most surprised by the apparent size change to Russia (obv the country itself is the same size). That could be an artifact of living with the Cold War when the USSR loomed VERY LARGE in the collective psyche. [Inauguration Thoughts, The Secret Bits] ~~~ Phooey. Bruise orContinue reading “Hoof Treatment, Horsekeeping”

Large animal art of the outside world. Matthew Mazzotta: Home. A supersize pink flamingo who lives at the Tampa airport. ~~~ Biggest crane I have yet folded. A 22″ square piece of paper makes a crane with 11″ high wings. One inch square horse treats for scale. Paper from Alabama Art Supply. No deal withContinue reading “Large Origami Crane, Paper Art”