Two days ago (November 9) was Carl Sagan’s birthday.
I didn’t forget it, but I got really busy and didn’t manage to do my usual post. So happy birthday and rest in peace to one of the greatest humans.
There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.
Carl – Pale Blue Dot
If you are interested in the problems plaguing social media, I recommend you read the Part 6: Community in this book, Indie Microblogging, by Manton Reece.
Every year my wife creates an ofrenda in the days leading up to Dia de los Muertos. This is a tradition and day I was totally unaware of until we got married three decades ago. If you want your life enriched, marrying into a new culture is a good way to do it. Not the only way, but a good way.
I really love this tradition. I enjoy having a time to remember those who have gone before and celebrate them. I would like to be remembered when I’m gone.
A few years back I got a wide angle/macro lens to clip on my phone. It works like a charm! However, it makes me look fatter when I film myself skating with it. Tonight I decided to use the macro part to take this shot of my fountain pen. Pretty cool. I can’t seem to find my old point n shoot camera with built-in macro. Oh well.
After a pretty rough week — busy at work and losing our cat, Casper — I got out to skate a bit today. I was pretty worn out, but Pandemic Parking Lot is always fun. Didn’t really “work” on anything today. Just rolled around and enjoyed skating. I streamed it live on Facebook, and these are clips from there, thus the shitty quality. I need to take my push broom out there. There are a lot of acorns, twigs, and random junk up by the curb, under the trees.
It’s fun to stream sessions on Facebook. I like to check and see who is watching and talk to them.