Pride of Baltimore II with everything set. Ringtail, topgallant, stuns’l, everything. I think I’m at the helm in this picture. It was a glorious day, though the wind had died and shifted a few minutes before.
Photo credit to Chief Mate Hank Moseley
Yee Peng Festival, Chiang Mai
the difference between ryannorth and I
dicksihavestudied submitted to medievalpoc:
I apologize if you already have this, but I think you might want this cat licking its butt as a medieval reaction.
Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.
Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 72r
I think this just stands on its own, to be honest. I know my day just got a little brighter.
mako with mako in the mako on a mako
RSS: I need it.
This post is not about the day to day operations of The Old Reader or anything of that nature. It’s about how our team came to get involved with RSS and how we see the future of this application and technology that we value so highly.
As a long time user of RSS and Google Reader, I’ve...
What aspect of me is making it so hard to sit down and do the work I know I need (and, truly, want) to do?
Ha. Maybe more of a pointed answer than you were expecting?The Fool wants to wander off and surrender to the whims of the cosmos — he trusts that they’re identical to his own whims, which at this stage are still a secret to himself. You’re lucky to have this aspect of yourself so close to the surface!If you can’t indulge him right this second, you can at least honor him. Put his image where you can see it, as a reminder of the freedom that awaits you on the horizon once you’ve satisfied certain obligations. Honor him by spending some of your downtime in a way that’s nourishing or invigorating — don’t just numb yourself or fall into hibernation.
If this important work of yours is a longer-term endeavor, then you’ve to find a way to answer this calling — because that’s what it is, not laziness or just some passing fancy — in a way that runs alongside your current path. Repress him and you’ll get nowhere. Indulge him — even a little — and you will feel gentle winds guiding you toward progress.
Also, here’s a video version with sound.
Would totally watch a full-length feature about these kids. Would be even more excited to watch a Disney film about black/brown American kids.
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