Alan

collage: back seat of self driving car, sumo wrestling, sushi, good friends

waymo to sumo
then sushi afterwards. what
an eventful day!
— #SanFrancisco #PalaceOfFineArts #SumoAndSushi #SakesanSushi
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/11/22/waymo-to-sumo/

man with brightly colored hair and nails and mask on an airplane with a lot of legroom because emergency exit row

heading #Seattle
in the #ExitRow and i
am #SittingPretty
— #LoveThatLegroom #Hair #Nails #MatchyMatchy #Watch #OnTheJob #Training #SJCSEA #MaskUp #FloMask #ILoveYouCalifornia
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/11/17/heading-seattle-2/

man's hands with two different nail polishes

very gold sparkly
AND shimmery indigo!
why choose only one?
— #Mooncat #NailsDid #MercurysTears #ImAMFSupernova
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/11/15/very-gold-sparkly/

"Target run" now means running away from Target

man's hand with magnetic nail polish reflecting light in multiple colors

magnetic polish
is my fave! glass bead first three
cat eye last two nails
— #Mooncat #404SoulNotFound #Magnets #HowDoTheyWork #NailsDid #MalePolish
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/10/24/magnetic-polish-2/

man and woman sitting on bench before concert in saratoga

no rain in forecast
for #Garbage concert, but we’re
happy anyway
— #Saratoga #MountainWinery #Fall #SchoolNight
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/10/23/no-rain-in-forecast/

Deep sky object "Thor's Helmet" captured via ZWO Seestar S50 from my backyard in San José and processed in Siril

had fun processing
Thor’s Helmet. i really like
all of the details
— #Astrophotography #Backyard #SanJosé #NGC2359 #Seestar #S50 #Processed #Siril
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/10/21/had-fun-processing/

Graduate at 11, protest at 1. #nokingssanjose #nokings #fdt

It all started to go downhill when people began to purposefully make vertically video

18 slices of bacon being readied to create a bacon explosion: a bacon wrapped, italian sausage and bacon filled masterpiece.

six by six weave and
frying six more for inside.
how’s your saturday?
— #BaconExplosion #666 #Apropos #ThePowerOfBaconCompelsMe #BaconFest
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/27/six-by-six-weave-and/

collage of photos for flight homeward from oslo via copenhagen

flying home westward
to #FollowTheSun to make
for a long #birthday
— #FollowTheSun #Timezones #JetSet #BirthdayFlight #CPHSFO #SittingPretty
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/flying-home-westward/

man in flomask protective face mask aboard airplane

exchanged knowing nods
to a couple in #FloMask
on the first plane out
— #SittingPretty #JetSet #MaskUp #OSLCPH
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/gave-the-knowing-nod/

man boarding flight in Oslo where the sign indicates that the rows are rad

starting the trek home
on SAS Airways where
every row is #rad
— #JetSet #OSLCPH #BirthdayFlight
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/starting-the-trek-home/

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

crochet willis the rhino joins chewbacca the wookie at our friends' place in Norway

Willis the rhino
stays with Chewie in Norway
as we return home
— #Yarn #Crochet #Amigurumi #Woobles #Ravelry #JetSet
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/21/willis-the-rhino/

imitating poses and expressions of paintings at the National Museum, Oslo

life imitates art
while roaming the national
museum, oslo
— #Commentary #IDontKnowArt #IKnowWhatILike
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/18/life-imitates-art/

opposites attract… opposites attract totally unplanned outfits on public transit — #Oslo #MatchyMatchy #RidingOnTheMetro

opposites attract!
totally unplanned outfits
on public transit
— #Oslo #MatchyMatchy #RidingOnTheMetro
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/17/o...

If you want to watch a Redford movie that fits the timeline, All the President's Men is right there.

quick hop to Oslo… quick hop to Oslo after a very brisk walk in Copenhagen — #TightConnection #SittingPretty #JetSet #CPHOSL

quick hop to Oslo
after a very brisk walk
in Copenhagen
— #TightConnection #SittingPretty #JetSet #CPHOSL #MaskUp
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/16/q...

midair lookbook for midair lookbook for our flight to Norway! plenty of matching colors! — #matchymatchy #watches #nails #shoes #hair #MaskUp

midair lookbook for
our flight to Norway! plenty
of matching colors!
— #matchymatchy #watches #nails #shoes #hair #MaskUp
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/15/m...

This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children.

Pay all workers a living wage.

breakfast of toast that was fried in a pan with an egg in a hole cut out then layered on avocado and onion

avocado toast
made with an egg in the hole
morning indulgence
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/08/29/avocado-toast/

man's fingernails with polish that looks like colorful glass beads using magnetic polish and a spinning magnet suspended by paracord

glass bead skittles nails
with lots of Mooncat polish
and spinning magnets!
— #DIY #NailsDid #MANicure
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/08/16/glass-bead-skittles-nails/

does anyone else have a cat that nags them to go to sleep? like buddy im working to pay YOUR BILLS

"Now that's what I call where are the Epstein files".

showing off nail polish with a different color each nail

couldn’t decide on
a single polish, so i
picked a few of them
— #NailsDid #SecheVite #Manucurist #DazzleDry #Essie #Mooncat #Skittles #Colorful
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/08/08/couldnt-decide-on/

shirt - "if the love doesn't feel like 90s r&b then i don't want it"

i had to give an example
because the cashier was born
in the two-thousands.
— #BoyzIIMen #ABC #BBD
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/07/31/i-had-to-give-an/

color boosted moon waxing towards first quarter

i prefer to live
life drama free… except for
my lunar photos
— #Breathtaking #Mineral #Moon #Colors #Seestar #S50 #Backyard #Astrophotography #SanJosé
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/07/31/i-prefer-to-live/