hobby horse

Collection and tinkering.

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Now with a holy host of others standing round me, still I'm on the dark side of the moon. And it seems like it goes on like this forever, you must forgive me if I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind.

James Taylor

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Home

I’m feeling a little homesick. Sometimes we find ourselves in places we didn’t expect to be playing roles we didn’t expect to play. I feel like I couldn’t have predicted the course of my path. Then again, that’s an example of the “End of History Illusion” and a common error that humans make in assessing the future.

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When you asked how I've been here without you I'd like to say I've been fine and I do But we both know the truth is hard to come by And if I told the truth that's not quite true Some days are diamonds some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds some days are stones

Richard Dean Feller

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Joke for the week

There are 10 types of people who understand binary. Those that do and those that don’t.

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This is where I live now.

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The new Miss Dior flanker, Absolutely Blooming, is better than the “original” and closer to Miss Dior Cherie (R.I.P.) in regards to sweetness and staying power. This is a lovely candied floral. I’ll be buying at least one more bottle for the archives.

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Charlotte, NC. On one of the green ways.

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Successfully moved myself to Charlotte. Rest stop pic along the way.

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I've sunk this low with packing. Moving tomorrow morning. Charlotte, here I come.

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Ownership is bad but loyalty is not.

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Maybe bronze is all I have to give. But I gave it to you.

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Bloodline.

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Portrait of Veronica Lake by Eugene Robert Richee, 1940

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Beautiful.

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South Florida.

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My favorite post office in the world.

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Moving

Packing starts off with great care using bubble wrap, sturdy boxes, and labels. Then one gets a little sloppy and crams random stuff into any old box, hoping that nothing will break. The final stage is throwing shit into the moving van, not caring if it breaks or is a house plant.

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The Everglades National Park, March 14, 2015. 

Can you spot the alligators?