From-Instagram

I posted on Instagram for a few years, but have stepped away in favor of keeping my content under my own control. This tag collects all posts imported to here from my Instagram account.

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Taken on my way to lunch today, on one of the bridges over the “Ganges” — the local nickname for the irrigation canal that runs through campus; so named because, well, it runs through a lot of livestock fields, and you really don’t want to swim in it. (I don’t actually know how bad it really is, and it doesn’t look filthy, but I’ve seen science classes sampling the water from time to time, so someone must know if the water’s actually bad or if that’s just local urban legend.) (230/366)

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What was conceived as a “flopped on the bed” shot turned into a “oh wow this made my forehead look gigantic” shot. Amusement overrode vanity, and here we are. (229/366)

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Scheduling conflicts meant I got to walk home today…in 95° heat. Ugh. This is the kind of experience that “builds character”, right? (228/366)

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Highlighting my #tattoo (just the one…so far…). Yin/Yang made up of joined smiley faces. Good or bad, light or dark, there’s always something to smile about, some humor to be found, some way to get through. (227/366)

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I’ve been seeing some people grousing about #StarTrekDiscovery being set pre-#TOS. While I can understand disappointment if one was hoping for a post-#Nemesis setting (though I’m fine with the announced setting), there seems to be this idea that there can’t be any real suspense because we know so much about #StarTrek universe in Discovery’s future. Well, I have shelves of Trek books that beg to differ: there are plenty of ways to tell interesting stories in eras where we know much of the relative future. Plus, most of these books are about a ship and crew that we know will survive intact; #DIS will be a different ship and different characters, so peril is still very much a possibility. There are so many ways to have good stories, drama, and suspense without having to put the fate of the entire Federation in jeopardy. (I’ve also seen people whining about the announced diversity; “we’ve already had women/black captains, why is this such a big deal”, and my favorite, “this left-wing liberal crap is going to ruin Star Trek”. All I can say there is that these poor people have a very odd idea of Trek’s messages, its past, and the politics of the show and its creators.) 🖖