Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. 15 states have more than one time zone: Florida, Oregon, Kentucky, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, North Dakota, Michigan, Alaska, South Dakota, Nevada, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, and Indiana. “Before the establishment of time zones in 1883, there were over 144 local times in North America.” DOT: History of Time Zones 2021. HatContinue reading “Yet More Walking, State of the Now”

Awareness of the outside world. Medium: Why was Marijuana Made Illegal in the First Place? -part I, Dodge, 2018. ~~~ Rodney has been getting Smart & Simple CBD Pellets from Smartpak for about a month. The theory is that CBD gives the herbal benefits of hemp extract without the drug component. The claim is thatContinue reading “Dumbo’s Magic Feather, Rodney’s New Supplement”

Awareness of the outside world. ArcGIS Online: Alberta Wildfire Status. ArcGIS Online: BLM California Wildfire Dashboard (Public). ~~~ Virtual Tevis Cup 2023100 Miles in 100 Days19 April to 30 July Rodney – 12 miles this week, 79 miles totalMilton – 13 miles this week, 70 miles totalTues 16 May to Mon 29 May As lastContinue reading “Dressing The Part, Solidly in the 70s, Virtual Tevis 2023”

Awareness of the outside world. Vox: How African-Americans in South Carolina invented Memorial Day, Yglesias, 2014. Have not watched video. Plan to. Speaker cited here, Vox: How a group of African Americans was almost erased from the history of Memorial Day, Massie, 2016. ~~~ Milton, you have a big, nasty bug on your belly. LemmeContinue reading “Milton’s Belly Has A Brief Bump”

Art of the outside world. “Donald Jackson’s illustration of “Creation” shows seven vertical slices representing the days of creation, beginning with fractals and the Hebrew word for chaos.” Library of Congress: Illuminating The Word, IRL exhibition. Also, LOC: Illuminating the Word: The St. John’s Bible, Online Exhibition. Same image, without fractal in the description. TheContinue reading “Fractal Triangle, Graphic Art”

Gold is great. Don’t get me wrong. Who doesn’t love a soft, clinky pile of gold? But after a few hundred years, you get the knack of acquiring it. More is nice. More is always nice. But not exactly a challenge, ya know what I mean? Some of us have branched out. History Dragon. CollectsContinue reading “Types of Dragons, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. Coosa Riverkeeper. ~~~ Coosa River Gate to Nowhere Mise en scène Highway 280 over the Coosa River in Childersburg AL, USA. Bridges do not have names that I could find. Technical Details Water. f/14.0, 1/125 sec., 80.0 mm, 1SO 400 Truck. f/13.0, 1/125 sec., 38 mm, ISO 200 Gate. f/9.0,Continue reading “Coosa River Bridges, Photography”