Whoo, that snow. Coming down hard. Might need to put on… a brimmed hat soon.
Related: a Great Horned owl has taken roost in the palm trees out back, and I am delighted.
I’m about to travel again. I’m attempting to travel lightly. I’m torn about packing a physical book, even though I have many ebooks to read. This one is calling to me far more loudly than the others.
What a great problem to have.
My home life as a kid was difficult. It wasn’t bad, it was difficult.
I responded by staying at school each day until it closed, often even later. I would finish my homework and explore the off-limits areas.
My home life sucked, yet my homework was done, my grades were great, I learned a lot. I loved school and learning. I loved the refuge that school gave me.
My success in life was built on the foundation of those after school routines of front-loading my work; on those habits of working every day instead of intense single sessions; on the opportunities that arrived because I wasn’t at home with mind-numbing distractions, questionable associates, and no adult guidance.
Would I have been as successful had my home life been easier?
Might have I needed the chaos to become a better me than I could have / would have been without the chaos?
Do I have that difficulty to thank for today’s relative ease?
I have to say, likely not, yes, and yes.
Fun asteroid mining fact of the day: m-class asteroids contain platinum-group metals, nickel, cobalt, etc. If you tear apart a 1-km m-type asteroid, you’d have ~ 20 trillion dollars worth of metal at current market prices. The main belt has m-type objects that are 100 km across.
Both of us sick managed to walk to the closest Bone Daddies for ramen. I wish I had ordered a chicken soup dish, but the Tonkatsu was still delicious. /cc @snookca #adventureswithsnookca
OMG @joshsullivan! You sent me a Field Notes notebook along with the calendar! Thank you! <3
Micro Monday, we doing this? Oh yes, yes, we are. By following @jwhevans!
“You been stretching or doing yoga?”
“Eh? Why do you ask?”
“Because you haven’t lost the ability to put your foot in your mouth.”
”…”
Micro Monday follow Tim Gray @tgray - he’s talking plasma physics today, “meandering science and space topics” otherwise.
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Dying!
/me heads off to update The World™
Anyone have an extra 2019 field notes pocket size calendar card that would be tossed anyway? Will send SASE to take that extra one off your hands.
I’m guessing part # FNFC-19
Am thinking after this, I will go back to a year of no alcohol. It (tawny port in general) tastes dangerously good to me.
I’m starting The Mathematics Lover’s Companion. It recommends reading with a partner, someone to talk through the ideas with. Anyone interested in a math book club? 📚