Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic book (and movie). An amusing quote from it (with a deeper meaning): 📚💬 #mbmay
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I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.
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Today’s moment of cuteness: Paladin in a cardboard nest. 🐈
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This week marks the 40th anniversary of the big Mt St Helens eruption, so it’s fitting that my next scheduled throwback photos are of a visit there in August 2003. #ThrowbackThursday
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An excellent but underrated Heinlein book is Citizen of the Galaxy, literally a rags to riches story. Here’s a favorite quote I live by: 📚💬 #mbmay
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A wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice.
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A couple of people managed to identify it based on the second clue. The What’s It Wednesday mystery object this week was a springform pan. Congrats to those who got it, better luck next week to everyone else! #WhatsItWednesday
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Nobody has guessed the What’s It Wednesday picture today, so here’s another clue. I’ll reveal the answer in an hour or so. #WhatsItWednesday
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A Porcini reaction GIF. 🐈
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Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
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Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but his Dirk Gently series is also pretty good. A quote from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 📚💬 #mbmay
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It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.
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A moment of cuteness: Poppy and Porcini snuggling in their house. 🐈
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A video of a chicken telling me all about the egg she just laid. Sound on!
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Another favorite book is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. The whole series, really. Here’s a quote: 📚💬 #mbmay
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... such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it!
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On the homestead blog: yesterday we started the potato planters. I added some scoria and dirt to the planter frames, Jenn planted the seed potatoes, and I added new irrigation for them.
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Six Colors site 🔗 #MediaMonday
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An informative and entertaining Apple-focused news site, written by Macworld alums and podcasters Jason Snell and Dan Moren. A great membership podcast, too.
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Here's an amusing meta-quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, which was one of my all-time favorite books as a kid: 📚💬 #mbmay
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of — but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading books in recent years — nowadays I just read Twitter, Micro.blog, and blog posts. Not great, perhaps. So I’m going to re-interpret this week’s Micro.blog challenge as more quotes from old favorite books.
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Today’s color micro challenge is violet. This is a knitting project Jenn is currently working on, a shawl she’s doing as part of a mystery knit-along. 📷🌈 #mbmay
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One last #Caturday bonus: a GIF of Paladin demanding attention from Rory in her open crate. 🐕🐈
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Another #Caturday bonus: a reversing GIF of Paladin leaning on the dining room railing. 🐈
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A #Caturday bonus: a GIF of Pippin scratching on the parlor door, having pushed it closed. 🐈
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