Year 50

Year 50 Day 94

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Me standing in front of a white wall, wearing a black t-shirt riffing on the classic Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album artwork, only with text that says Tosche Station / Power Converters.

Day 94: A classic album by the best band under the twin suns of Tatooine! Amusingly, though I have three different spoofs of the Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album artwork shirt (this one which I’m pretty sure I got from Diesel Sweeties but the store appears to be down right now, Nimoy Division / Vulcan Pleasures, and Depeche Mode / Boys Don’t Cry), I’ve yet to add the original to my shirt drawer.

Year 50 Day 93

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Me standing in front of a wall; on a shelf mounted on the wall is a Lego pirate ship, shark, and small desert island with a castaway.

Day 93: We have a silly Lego nautical theme above our fireplace. On this side is a Lego pirate ship sailing through shark-infested waters by a small desert island with a castaway in his shack. We’ve decided that he was more interested in protecting his treasure chest than being rescued.

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Year 50 Day 91

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Me standing outside in a parking lot in bright sunlight, next to a red car with the driver's door open to let hot air escape.

Day 91: One of the advantages to my wife having the summer off before she starts teaching in the fall is that I can park in the lot next to the building I work in, instead of in the upper lot closer to the building with her office. Of course, the disadvantage to this is that the lot close to my building has no shade, while the upper lot has spot we can almost always grab that is directly under a big tree and nicely shaded. On days when the outside temperature is in the 80s or higher and the temperature inside the car at the end of the day is likely well into triple digits, I’m not sure the advantageous parking spot is really that much of an advantage….

Year 50 Day 90

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Me in our living room in front of a window, smiling and wearing a black t-shirt with a drawing of a sloth riding a bicycle and the text 'slow rider'.

Day 90: The latest addition to the ridiculous t-shirt collection. We thought it would be my wife’s, but the cut wasn’t quite right for her, so I got it instead. She’s a bit disappointed, but I’m not!

Year 50 Day 89

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Me standing outdoors on a paved path through a grassy clearing with trees to the sides and in the background. A power line tower is behind me. The sky is cloudy, but sun is shining where I’m standing.

Day 89: Started the day with another nice morning walk, this time three miles along the Soos Creek trail. Then off to a little shopping, an excellent lunch (and later dinner with some leftovers) at El Piketon, dozing on and off while watching one of the Women’s World Cup games and World Aquatics Championship events, and a convention planning session in the evening. All in all, not a bad day.

Year 50 Day 88

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Me in the middle of a room, with the background motion blurred as I spin around.

Day 88: Shopping in the morning, a mid-day nap, and then house work in the afternoon which had me busy and running up and down the stairs multiple times. Spining in place to get a good motion blur on the background seemed a good way to capture the feel of the afternoon.

Year 50 Day 87

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Me standing by the side of a pathway running alongside the bank of a river on a grey cloudy morning. The bank is overgrown with green plants and trees.

Day 87: Started off the day with a nice four-mile walk along the Green River. The only thing I don’t like about having 4-on/3-off weeks during the summer quarter is knowing that I’ll go back to standard 5-on/2-off weeks come fall.