Changes to the wiki: upgrading, markdown implementation, and creating a personal (local) wiki. More in the CaptainLog.
Sometimes, you got to take a chance and take a dark tunnel to reach the light at the other end. #mbmar day 27
I came to appreciate the National Weather Service’s graphs. It gives a general idea for the day (and tomorrow) and all the details at the same time:
A nice day temperature-wise 🌡️, cloudy ☁️, with a decent chance of rain ☔.
Reposting old posts
If you go to the first page of this blog, you will notice something odd. There are some old posts (dating back to 2018) with a big gap leading back to 2022.
This is because I started pulling posts from my old blog. For the most part, I copied the old post as they appeared originally. This is despite the fact some of them make me cringe; some of them are terribly written.
Some posts won’t make it over here and will end up on the wiki, while others won’t make it at all. Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to find some older posts still (from before the days of TAONAW) and add them as well.
Took a picture 📷 of this insect about a year ago in the Brox.
Day 22 - #mbmar
Went to the #moma to see the making of Pinocchio. The movie was excellent! Here, on display, the tiny theater, one of many sets.
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This is Aloe. The only house plant I didn’t kill. His doing fine since 2019!
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analog. I’m told it works.b&w because of course. #mbmar day 19 📷
The supreme court, NYC. Portico #mbmar day 18 📷
Medicine for the mind
I’m on a train heading to Pennsylvania. We were stuck in New Jersey for an hour or so. Some complications with the power lines involving balloons, a parade, and people with too much alcohol in their blood in honor of St. Patrick. The ride takes 3.5 hours as is, so I’ve had more than enough time to contemplate what’s on my mind.
It’s been busy at work. Not just the actual labor; there was a lot of mental effort. We have a finite amount of energy each day, and we tend to underestimate how much of it we spend on things we don’t fully grasp. It’s one thing to evaluate a 3-hour project in terms of time and money, but how do you evaluate it in terms of mental energy? You can’t bullet-point energy units, and it can be difficult to know when you stopped autopiloting and wandered into brainstorming land. Comparing the mental “cost” of one project to another is hard as well; we don’t have a catalog explaining that “all projects in X category cost Y energy bottles.”
When we’re sick, we go see a doctor, get medicine, and take a day off of work. But when we’re mentally depleted we shrug it off and keep going. Why is a “mental day” considered a privilege still for most people?
I’m far from being the first one to ask such questions, but I realize I owe myself to ask them more often. I’m just tired. A bit of a rest, a walk in the sun, good music - and I’m recharged. Good to go. Medicine for the mind.