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Whoops! Figment was my guess.

I had my best day skiing of the season so far. Lovely chalky snow to carve turns through for days! I worked it pretty hard today too. I’m going to sleep well tonight for sure.

Excellent tape job! You get a gold star for that one.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Hospitals are no fun. I hope they get you healthy and out there quickly.

This looks so sharp! Well done. And bonus point for the Beatles Abbey Road crossing in pride of place!

And here all this time I thought AOL was sending me free coasters. They even fit perfectly in my computer’s retractable cup holder!

There most certainly are!

Thanks to visionary Dr. Carl Sagan, Voyager 1 captured the image of the pale blue dot, planet Earth suspended in a sunbeam, 26 years ago today.

It still serves as a sobering reminder of how precious and tenuous and tiny our living world is.

All over the Earh mountains are a magical, wonderful place to be. Especially at sunrise. It takes some effort to be there for it, but it always pays handsomely. And you’ve got some pretty generous mountains there!

The Cascades ski season is off to a very slow start with fickle weather and a desperately thin snow pack. An inch or two of new snow over the weekend was a welcome refresh and I got my best turns of the season so far this week!

Great picture! Go Hawks!

And to honor our Italian Olympic hosts, I learned to make beef ragú on pappardelle!

Celebrating the Olympic Opening Ceremonies last night; a happy moment to cheer for the USA, and also give a nod to the Ukraine.

Wait! You’ve been to Europe?! :-D

And I just noticed when Phil first calls for help… he’s in a prescient 404 error.

Every time I see this movie, gets even better! The writing is so tight yet leaves the right things vague; Murray’s performance is so much more than broad comedy; such careful editing to make sense of the looping story; and the whole thing altogether is as meaningful as it is entertaining.

My favorite airliner of them all. (With deepest apologies to the Queen.)

NYT Marinara?

Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl!!! It sounds like the 4th of July outside! (But a lot colder.) Go Hawks!

We’re having rare clear winter nights in Seattle, so I got outside with my telescope last night to enjoy Saturn and Jupiter. Both are conveniently up in the early evening right now. Cold outside, but worth it! The planet’s respective rings and color bands and moons were clearly visible.

Some of us do. You included!

Never heard it. Perhaps I should.

In the Vegas theme from that era I can recommend the eponymous first album from the band Dirty Vegas. It has many emotional attachments for me, but it’s also just dang good music.

HAL 9000 turned 34 last Monday, you know.

My ski season began today! 10 weeks late due to lack of snow, but it was the perfect installation day. Easy weather, but constantly variable snow conditions tested all my skills (save for powder). I bested my performance goals, pushed my leggies as far as they’d go, and didn’t break myself!

I’d be sad if you never got to perform at a furcon again. That would be a loss for all of us. But I’d feel especially sad, as I think you got your start on our stage here in Seattle. And you really impressed me! I bet you’re even better all these years later.

Strange thing about my parents place in Monterey. An invasive species moved into the Peninsula by the droves in the last 15 years. And it’s really strange. They can’t even fly! Wild Turkeys.

Wow! That’s a treasure! I’m a massive Apollo fan and really appreciate what one can learn when you discover material like that fully immersed in the context of its time.

What is the content on here?!! You’ve got my attention!