SoC #21
July 8th, 2009
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- haven’t blogged in a while
- or maybe it just seems that way…
- hope you all had a good 4th
- I ended up making it a relaxing weekend, but
- got lured into the crowds of fireworks onlookers
- on the westside highway around 70th street
- might have gotten a couple nice shots with the camera
- (haven’t looked at the stuff on the computer yet)
- as it dawned on me that fireworks isn’t that easy to take nice shots of
- if you don’t know what is coming up and the exposure takes quite
- a few milliseconds and the fireworks come and go in that interim
- also without a tripod and a mulling crowd its hard to hold still for 200+ milliseconds
- even with an optical stabilizer
- and it took a full 20 minutes to exit with all the people
- just enough time for a mosquito to get me a few times on the leg
- so that answers the question
- do insects take the holidays off? (NO!)
- can’t complain much with this moderate weather, but still its more rain than I remember for a July
- and its almost mid month and haven’t turned the AC on yet, although I scratched
- the AC cleaning off the to-do list early this year
- finished that Elmore Leonard novel, it was fun to just read for pleasure
- at various parks, cafes, and other places
- and I’m starting another tonite
- that kindle dropped in price to 299, and it seems like a bargain
- but I think I’ll do some research and figure out how much
- I spent on my last 20-30 books and see where I’d breakeven with a kindle
- More recently I made it to the track for a couple 400′s but
- then got sick the next day
- and I think I actually slept about 40 of the last 50 hrs!
- which only makes ups for the loss of sleep from those pesky Mosquitoes
- but I do have nets now
- came across more references to Neil Howe’s work
- and his books are on my NYPL list now
- although I find my passions pleasurable, sometimes it does add
- to the stress levels, which could lead to me being sick
- and its awkward to have the sniffles during July
- so have to mix in some remoteness stuff, like
- Now to “Pagen Babies”.
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