The following is a post from a Model Railroading group, BUT is generic enough for ALL hobbyists, whether the hobby is quilt-making, woodworking, crocheting, whatever. [for every model railroad jargon word below, insert a jargon word from your particular hobby.] ==== THE SUNDAY EVENING POST (Dave Pye) THE CASUAL MODELER Not every modeler has to […]
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Random thoughts
[don’t read this – it’s just totally random and miscellaneous thoughts] It’s really been a strange week for me (for a variety of reasons) – I’m off on vacation all week, and have been doing a lot of physical hard labor (over a period of a few days), and I’m just exhausted from it – […]
Movie: Peacock
Watched a really different movie tonight, “Peacock”, staring Cillian Murphy (whom I find to be always seemingly play very bizarre characters), Ellen Page, Susan Sarandon, and Bill Pullman. It’s kinda mystery, psycho thriller. Not scary though. If you intend to watch it, don’t read up on it before watching – it’ll ruin one of the […]
Leisurely Sunday – Biking down the River Kwai
Embellishments follow. Lots of embellishments. Got invited to go on a bike ride today. Knowing I’d not been on my bike since 3-4 yrs ago, they said, “It’ll be fun – don’t worry, it’ll be an easy ride – just round the neighborhood, one time around” Ok, I said. For whatever reason, they convinced me […]