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Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad Company.
-Rules of Civility #56
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Let’s try this again…
Posted on 1 January, 2017 | No CommentsNew Year’s Day. A time for reflection and resolution. I’ve had my share of resolutions, and big, sweeping changes usually fall by the wayside pretty quickly. So, late last fall […] -
Getting some practice…
Posted on 20 October, 2016 | No CommentsIt’s been a good while since I have written here. A LOT of stuff has been going on. Suffice it to say I have been reasonably good at keeping the […] -
It bears repeating…
Posted on 4 July, 2016 | No CommentsPay attention to the ‘Facts…submitted to a candid world’. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human […] -
Staying up late while I can, before I have to.
Posted on 17 April, 2016 | 1 CommentThe stars, despite many being larger and brighter than our own Sun, are very, very far away. Thus, their apparent brightness is significantly less than the ball of nuclear fusion […] -
Hail and Farewell.
Posted on 3 April, 2016 | 1 CommentIn the military, there is a tradition during the typical move cycle whereby the leadership of a unit welcomes new arrivals, and gives a final send-off to departing individuals. When […] -
Because you told me to Drill Sergeant!
Posted on 19 January, 2016 | No CommentsI already dropped a little note over on Facebook about Sequoia being gone. But he deserves at least the writeup Resa got. At least. He was the last of our […] -
You’ll go blind!
Posted on 1 May, 2015 | 2 CommentsSeriously. You could. Unless you’re paying attention to what you’re doing, and have proper equipment, the activities described in this post could cost you your eyesight. CAVEAT LECTOR. What is […] -
Facebook sucks at categorizing a year.
Posted on 3 January, 2015 | No CommentsSo, where to begin? The Facebook algorithm does a fairly decent job of picking some representative pictures from your year, and then setting up this “Jim’s Year” scroll-through. Which is […] -
Hours in the dark below freezing.
Posted on 30 November, 2014 | No CommentsAll of the telescope prep paid off. While I did not get to try shooting the GoPro through the lens for video frame stacking, I was able to get to […] -
Having the right tools.
Posted on 21 November, 2014 | 1 CommentI managed to get the Bahtinov mask I mentioned in the last post cut out tonight. There’s an astronomy site with a generator that will take your scope specs ( […]