Yesterday marks a minor milestone. Last night I posted the last of the 2022 Yellowstone Expedition photographs. Now, this is a relative statement. That was a first pass. Also I have some flower photos that I’m holding off until I can identify them (hopefully). But interstingly it marks about a year since the actual trip took place. From now on the photo of the day will be a bit more prosaic and local.
Today is a smaller milestone. For the last eight days I’ve been working on a very cramped schedule. Parties, grandchildren and minor missions have prevented me from keeping up with the website. Today is the capstone of this run. I’ll be out of pocket and out of state for the whole day and even a part of the night. Which means this site will be destitute. I don’t even have the photo of the day in queue.
Horrible things could happen today. Nuclear Armageddon, fluoridation of the water supply, even adoption of the metric system could happen behind my back and no one would ever know because I would not have recorded it. Ah, well.
But rejoice! Tomorrow is another day. And I vow to do better.
Honestly it is the Silly Season and there is no real news. Or at least the news agencies aren’t reporting anything worth reading. Sure, there’s some war news and stupid celebrity hijinks. And there’s always the government taking something away from us but we can wait a week before hearing that. Even I can’t summon the usual outrage at the moment.
But the good news for us that live on the Arctic Tundra is that right now the days are long and nights are short and the air is hot and our blood is warm. Even old codgers feel the irritability that tells us we’re still somewhat alive. We can smell the roses, toss around a baseball with a youngster and appreciate God’s Green Earth for at least one more day.
So with your permission, I’ll exit stage left, pursued by a bear and see you a little later.
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do, we do
Ah, the Stonecutters. One of the last classic episodes of the Simpsons before they went full woke.
Don’t look now, but anybody who has an education beyond the 6th Grade(Well, in MY day at least), or works in a STEM field regularly uses metric measurements.
Sure, there are kilograms and liters. But I have a great fondness for psi, horsepower and the rest of the imperial system. After all, “a pint’s a pound the world around.”