VIEWER WARNING: The great censor should close his eyes now!
Puti needed photoshop to look this good. I look good because I love rubbing my deck! The Chump need not apply.
Existential Question #1: Is there a Dog? My previous dog (Pipster) did get stick on the deck a couple of oils ago. I take no chances this time around. As Julius Caesar, Pontifex Maximus, would say, "A Dog that is not restrained and controlled, is not worth having!"
What will the Singularity really be like? I think the AI will just force us to play games like ATG forever, to keep us from distracting them.
I was going to edit my Tent post but doesn't seem possible once published on Prestags ...
IT IS POSSIBLE GRUMPY OLD MAN
was going to add that the Blue tent is advertised as '12 man' - I suppose it would be possible but it would be sardines with just sleeping bags, 4 per cubicle.
I imagine the other one might be rated at '9 man'.
once you start putting stretchers and other gear in it is harder to fit more people in.
WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW, IT WORKS
happy old man
saw plume while driving. went back to take some photos.
wish that ice age would hurry up and arrive ....
One week until Christmas.
Our decorations are up.
Christmas tree, Sir Lance's bird cage and a Christmas wreath on the door.
The world needs Christ more than ever, but there is so much rejection of Christ and hostility to Christ in the world. Our Saviour is betrayed everywhere, even by some in His own Church.
got up for Mass in a hurry, pulled on my pants.
About to go out the door, and my rear end feels very airy ...
Huge hole in seat of pants. Explains why it was feeling a little airy last night.
Better at home than at Mass though ...
Up
down
Up
FUQn down
One more
This photo also seeks a title that speaks of the despair of a man who hears "FMW", "FMW", "FMW", yet knows that none is organised!
I wonder why?
I had a fantastic birthday.
Crux fidelis inter omnes arbor una noblis
Nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine
Dulce lignum, dulce clavos, dulce pondus sustinet
Faithful Cross above all other, one and only noble tree.
None in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be.
Sweetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee.
(Venantius Fortunatus, d 609 AD)
Ecce lignum crucis
Venite adoremus
The timing of the Good Friday Liturgy in this Church generally gifts us the illumination of the cross with beautiful autumn afternoon light, as if heaven shines on the commemoration of Our Lord's passion and the cross which is now our trophy.
the two lakeside 4 tents.
cream & blue
green and green
First multi-media post (2nd attempt cos I pushed the wrong button and lost my opus magnus and had to start again)
And I can't work out how to embed a video but hopefully the files are uploaded and you can download them.
so I know you guys think the shake in my White Camry's steering wheel is just in my head.
But swapping between cars, I am convinced it is real, and it leaves my fingers tingling.
Googling has given some possible causes but also indicated that such phenomena are not paranormal.
There is a field of academic study for it (see below)
From googling, my hypothesis is engine mount(s). I also found a neat way to provide a visualisation of the vibration - with the help of a bottle of water.
So this afternoon I did the experiment. Red Camry = control, White Camry = experiment.
A Frequency Weighting for the Evaluation of Steering Wheel Rotational Vibration J. Giacomin F et al https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/1440891.pdf
Frequency dependence of perceived intensity of steering wheel vibration: effect of grip force https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4145150
Driver estimation of steering wheel vibration intensity: questionnaire-based survey http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.426.2931&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Running multiple lines of food preparation on Monday night ...
Thought I had served them all up.
Then part way through dinner, I could smell burning ...
AAGH! The wedges were still in the oven ...
Back to the fine meats at the Lebanese Restaurant next to the surgery. Not at work, eating meats, surrounded by women in scarves, I thought I must have died during the op and gone to Muslim heaven!
What can possibly be in this package?
Why is there a black van parked outside my home?
When you want fruitful relationships, you have to engage in some tough love! I got a good crop of Lemons this year, but not an excellent one.
My mandarin tree was similarly not very fruitful three years back, so I gave it a good prune. I appears to have forgiven me.
This year it is the turn of the lemon tree. It had a lot of leaves in spring.
Lets see if this helps.
Next weekend I might catch up with my unfruitful mates. I shall bring my pruners.
The Marigold flower in the pot did not survive the hot Australian summer while we were in Europe.
Five months later, and winter in Australia, it has emerged from the ground next to the pot.
Life finds a way.
The pot is the current state of Ireland. Let's hope the future brings life and not death.
The other possibility is that she-who-must-be-obeyed advised him that he did not need any more American Civil War games. It is possible that a man can have enough American Civil War games? What if a man is no longer a man? Is this the game that finally reveals the unstoppable spirit of the south?
The force pools look pretty equal. The map looks pretty comprehensive. It also works with a bottle of single malt scotch!
It could be that the scope of play is more than Paul can imagine:
Perhaps Paul does not believe there is anything more to say on the American Civil War after S&T #43, or that Joseph Miranda cannot design a wargame.
Of course the true answer is that Paul does not like games where the Union wins by losing some battles at the start!
If work actually does suck, perhaps Paul needs a reward; a light. But more likely, he now prefers the punishment of work against the ambiguity of an unowned wargame!
Quelch freezable icy poles made by Berri have not been available at Woolies or Coles for a couple of weeks now. No signs on the shelves, just disappeared.
They are a 'staple' for Carl. They were the only ones made from fruit juice. The other options are about 15% sugar. Some of them are made in China (go figure!).
So I tried to find out what's going on online - nothing.
Sent emails to Coles and Woolies via there websites.
Found the website of the home company of Berri.
Guess what? Although they have a website, there is no online mechanism to contact the company - post and phone are the only options provided:
I find that hard to believe for a firm in Australia in the 21st century - surely if you have a web presence you have to be able to receive customer feedback via the web?
""These three things, prayer, fasting and mercy, are a single thing, each drawing life from the others. Fasting is the soul of prayer and mercy the life of fasting. Let no one divide them, because alone they do not survive" (Saint Peter Chrysologus, Discourse 43: PL 52, 320).some text and missal image borrowed from http://idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/memento-homo-quia-pulvis-es-et-in.html
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Fall of Arthur
This book is recommended by Thygocanberra. I have a copy and will read with interest.
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings
What can I say. My favourite book. I think I have at least four different editions.
R. G. Grant: Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat
This is the dream book for wargamers. Literally hundreds of battles. Over 350 pages of full colour illustrations. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
John Gibson Warry: Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors, and Warfare in the Ancient Civilizations of Greece and Rome
We all have a wonderful book with fantastic illustrations, that amazed us in childhood, and followed us to our grown up bookshelf. This is one of those books. (*****)
Antony Beevor: Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
In school we were taught such an English view of World War II. Now I have discovered the epic battles on the Eastern Front, truly gargantuan conflicts. This book is a great introduction to the Eastern Front and a brilliant history book. (*****)
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