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Computer science teacher | Trekkie | Intellectual outcast | Mystic with a mortgage
Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.
What a moment.
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Screenshot of an X.com post by Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) reading, “Official @springsteen video of Streets of Minneapolis. Powerful. #springsteen #Minneapolis.” Below is a video thumbnail of Bruce Springsteen singing into a studio microphone; text at the bottom of the frame reads “Down Nicollet Avenue.”
Give a listen and a watch to The Boss’s new song. Video in comments.
31.01.2026 00:30 — 👍 2040 🔁 303 💬 52 📌 4When we say (and feel) ‘I am’ it is not only as a human being, but also as the whole of Humanity and all life on Earth, and elsewhere in the cosmos.
‘I am’ is the vibration of the entire Universe.
Excerpt from the Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding on the human condition.
From the Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding.
The human condition: being nothing and knowing that.
Yes, good fantasy is more than escapism. It temporarily frees you from everyday circumstances, opening the door for deeper truths to come through—like other good storytelling. Great lecture!
20.12.2025 12:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LEGO Star Trek shuttle with Ro Laren. In the background the box of the Star Trek Enterprise.
Ro Laren’s shuttle just left the Enterprise, but she forgot to close the hatches.
11.12.2025 16:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Four LEGO sets with the Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise, a shuttle pod type 15 with minifig, a Hot Chocolate Stand and Mini Knight's Castle set.
Look what Santa brought me! The LEGO Star Trek Enterprise— I wanted this set so badly, it's almost insane.
Now, I have to resist the temptation to open it before the holidays begin...
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) English poet and painter. The Dance of Albion from his work A Large Book of Designs , published between 1793 and 1796.
"This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye"
- William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
Having the courage to see the evidence of direct experience, instead of blindly following one's conditioning.
Cor Rentmeester’s 1984 photo of Michael Jordan for Nike with a jumping Michael Jordan holding a basketball.
Went to an exhibition in Amsterdam featuring the work of Dutch photographer Cor Rentmeester. This 1984 photo of Michael Jordan for Nike became truly iconic.
16.11.2025 09:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What can I say? Michael Ende’s Momo is so much more than a children’s book. And what a cover!
How to have a meaningful life, rather than exhaust oneself in a relentless rat race. And how to confront and transcend one's deepest fears.
My next read will be The Neverending Story by the same author!
Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding
From the Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding.
05.11.2025 08:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not the prettiest in the meowiverse, but lots of character. Love her in lower decks!
24.10.2025 06:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Diane Keaton
We watched Annie Hall probably for the 8th time, because of the passing of Diane Keaton.
In spite of all the controversy around Woody Allen, I just can’t unlove his movies.
Jane Goodall with small chimp.
First contact, soul to soul. RIP Jane Goodall.
03.10.2025 08:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock plus cat Lizzie.
Being able to give my undivided attention to a book is such a richness, but cat Lizzie doesn’t always agree.
Currently enthralled by this fantasy classic (Mythago Wood), about mythical creatures emerging from a medieval forest in post-war England.
Terry Pratchett bust in Salisbury museum.
Yes, I was reluctant to start the Shepherd’s Crown. Until we visited Salisbury in 2018 for the Terry Pratchett exhibition. Went to Broad Chalke where Terry lived, a small pilgrimage. Like stepping into the book itself. For me the perfect moment to read his last book, making me both sad and happy.
27.08.2025 11:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Guest House poem by Rumi.
One of my favourite Rumi poems, about being open to whatever shows up in your life. It needs courage.
27.08.2025 07:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
End of the SAIL event, ships leaving Amsterdam under a typical Dutch sky.
24.08.2025 17:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two friends with very different souls. One a monk dedicating his life to God, away from the world. The other an artist grasping all sensual pleasures. The warmth and love between them.
What a heartfelt masterpiece!
Tropical beach full of candy.
Today's figment of my imagination (with Google Gemini).
22.08.2025 13:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Castle Neuschwanstein
On our roadtrip to Austria we came too close to this beauty (Mad King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein) to ignore, so here you go:
09.08.2025 06:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘Courage is a love affair with the unknown’
- Osho -
You tricked me into this carrier and now you’re handing me over to the guy in the white coat ??
24.07.2025 19:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Watching Meat Loaf and Cher doing this to each other, you just gotta love life
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Yes, let’s keep faith in the strength and resilience of humanity.
05.06.2025 11:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek:
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
How far have we drifted away.
The Cupcake Crusaders
29.05.2025 07:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Born To Be Mild
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The Masnavi by Rumi
If I were sent to an uninhabited island and only allowed one item, it would be The Masnavi by Rumi.
Hope they also throw in a chamber music ensemble playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to get me to sleep.
Go ahead, Lizzie. Rub it in that you don’t have to work today.
12.05.2025 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
