fifteen: Egan again. I knew I’d have a 10 hours of plane time, so I brought “Oceanic” ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6741362-oceanic) and it delivered.
Egan’s political and hard science (the bulk of this set) stories are my favorites while the atheist ones like the title story “Oceanic” are probably more interesting to previously religious people, which I never was. I’ve always found faith to be entirely inscrutable, so exploring losing it is kinda just more of that to me?
introduced to Amos Tutuola’s “The Complete Gentleman” ( https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11169484-the-complete-gentleman) via “Black Water 2.” Tutuola’s novel “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” is what Brian Eno and David Byrne’s 1981 album is named after, which i did not know about and now would like to read.
i can’t find you a copy but here’s a fun analysis: https://www.tor.com/2018/12/19/i-aint-got-no-body-amos-tutuolas-the-complete-gentleman/
tacked a few days before a wedding to visit burlington, vermont for a day (lovely) and stay in a lake house on upper saranac lake (pictured, also lovely) for a two
had to “Draw a bunny" for a work training thing and there weren’t any rules so I printed someone else’s garfield sonic chimera, placed the paper out over my ipad, and used an apple pencil to trace their illustration into a notes.app note.
nothing about this is mine except for the ears, tail, and color
the center lane should instead be an overhead-wire trolly (modern or historical, w/e) that just bounces between mission and market all day long, back and forth, back and forth. I wonder what the headways would be with such a short route and where the shunting or passing spots might fit?
people double park in the center turn lane between chavez and 22n on Sundays mostly, to go to https://realitysf.com or when the lot overflows at the https://www.driscollsmortuary.com
afaik there is no legitimate other reason for the center lane to even exist. Lefts from Valencia are not causing traffic jams like lefts off of east bound Cesar Chavez do
Given they can just as easily double park on the new death-lane, why didn’t the city extend the death-lane to Mission??
I had to buy a new suit to wear to friend’s wedding because I’ve been [smug pause] working out often enough that my size 40 jacket doesn’t fit anymore. turns out i’m a 42 now.