Your Own Museum of Adventure

44, pacifist, autistic, aboltitionist, anarachist, non binary, dad

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I felt bliss at 10:20 am on a Monday in May.

She deliberately waited while I threw away a wrapper into the trashcan at the end of break.

She walked with me back to my station while we discussed spam phone calls.

She stood there longer than she necessarily had to.

I looked closer at her earing which had a hoop and some little blue things.

It was thrilling. My heart soared. I think I am still experiencing the bliss.

Trying to remember it and hold on to it. Keep the memory safe against the flood of horrors outside.

Whatever else happens, life was affirmed in her standing there just a bit longer than she necessarily had to.

Oh shit. Was she wearing lipstick today because of me?

I don't want to dwell on it too long. I don't want to spoil whatever magic this is.

It is still the morning.

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It's here!

was originally going to do it in pieces, but decided to post what remains all together!

(TW for violence)

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Little bunny found in the city. Quarter for scale.

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Good times

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This isn’t a historical marker but it definitely fits the theme.

Melvin Hurwitz WWII Every story deserves to be heard. Sign on a jewelry store.

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Top 50 favorite songs I want to listen to by Wm Blair on Apple Music

Playlist · 50 Songs

My favorite 50 songs with no repeated artists.

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The moon is still going to look very full but it is waning and so it comes out later and peaks after midnight. 10:12 pm rise

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How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter — Guardian US

As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaig

So this is one of my biggest pet peeves. Ridiculous lobbying efforts stalling progress. Companies that make certain roofing materials successfully lobbied to reverse a law passed in Tennessee which mandated using reflective roofing materials which cools temperatures. It is the type of well-reasoned progress we need to make to fight climate change. It isn’t going to save the world on its own but it helps every building and makes a difference. But it is being fought tooth and nail. I get so frustrated.

The two worst examples for me are rubber manufacturers fighting urban trolleys and other public transportation so that they can sell more rubber to tire companies to private cars

And the private prison guard lobby fighting hard to increase mandatory prison sentences across the board so there would be more prisoners in private prisons which would provide job security to private prison guards. Get a different job!!!!

Aaahhhhhhhhh.

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What happened to blogs? - a literary journal and rss feed with plans to publish a magazine and webpage and rss feed

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Donate to Graham Clark's 24-Hours of Stand-Up 2025 at LMG, organized by Brent Constantine

Graham Clark performs for 24 hours at Little Mountain Gallery (again… Brent Constantine needs your support for Graham Clark's 24-Hours of St

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A bit optimistic for Artemis III to be on the moon in two years

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The president and vice president wear make-up and either that matters or it doesn’t because it does seem to inconsistently matter to them in a way that makes it seem like a lie you would say about them but they so obviously both wear make-up so you can’t discriminate over who boy or girl wears make-up.

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What are these birds making a racket?

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Important update on tariffs and what order to call the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs

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I deleted my Twitter and so I may be posting more musings here. My aim is not to replace my twitter scrolling addiction but maybe to have my occasional pronouncements find a place here

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Peak tulip magnolia bloom