What time is it?

What time is it?

It's TIME TO CLIMB!!!!

very slowly...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DljStQsY80I#t=23

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If you're interested in being part of the ad hoc reading group Leah Bloom and I are doing. Today is the official start day. We're reading The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa. Feel free to grab a copy and read along. Again, this is pretty loose, if you finish up by the new year, that's fine, but hopefully it'll be a fun read and you'll have something literary to chat about at holiday parties.

The World’s Ship Pilots Putter Around in Tiny Scale Models

I've wanted to do something like this recreationally for years now. Apparently this also happens in the US, I wonder if they've got "lubber classes".

ETA: SQUEEE!!! http://www.maritimepilotsinstitute.org/Manned-Models.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151207-port-revel-ship-pilot-school/

They say to dance like no one is watching.

They say to dance like no one is watching.

Lady in the car behind me on the commute this morning, I saw you, but it didn't matter one damn bit.

Rock on, Lady in the car behind me on the commute this morning!

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Dear G+,

Why is it that I can't change who I share a post with after I make the post? If I accidentally make something public, I can't go back and change it to private (or vice versa). Worse, on the next post it defaults to public so there's that as well. Apparently this has always been true? It's kinda dumb.

Dear My iPHone,

You've started doing this thing where I get in the car and you send notifications letting me know how long it will take for me to get where I am to where I'm (probably) going to go (either home or work so far). That's a bit creepy and I should disable that.

No love
Tom

Because there doesn't appear to be any way to replace low-quality photos with better ones after posting to G+, here...

Because there doesn't appear to be any way to replace low-quality photos with better ones after posting to G+, here are better pics from Friday's walk by the river. Hopefully the magic school bus will be easier to spot.

The Discreet Hero: A Novel - Kindle edition by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman.

Hey there!

So Leah Bloom and I are going to read The Discreet Hero by Mario Varaas Llosa as a sort of ad hoc book club. No regular meetings or anything, but we just think it'd be fun to read a book and then turn around and talk to someone else about it who has also read the book (and recently to boot).

So if you want to play along, feel free to snag a copy (I've linked to Amazon below, but you can probably get it at your favorite local bookshop as well). Leah expects her copy to arrive on the 8th or thereabouts so that's when we'll get started. Again, the timeframe is pretty loose. If you finish up by New Year's that's probably more than fine.


http://www.amazon.com/The-Discreet-Hero-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B00MSYXJ4K/