16 years ago Douglas Adams took his last chance to see the Baiji.


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Something unravels, where potential superiorities fail to uplift you. How could we step from cloud to cloud, umbrellas thrusting upward towards the sun? What other options exist for a fantastical escape, but the ones reflected in the antiseptic glare of stars? Surely our destiny is feeted in this purpose, this righteous glorification of our natural ( Read more... )

Be careful what you wish for ( Read more... )

A mug I found at the thrift says ( Read more... )

Reunion went well. Pretty much chill, everybody on their own schedule, and Lake Owasco was beautiful. We (not the baby, as there were no life preservers in her size, but various relatives) went out on a pontoon, and took turns being dragged behind on an innertube (without a hole, so we could sit), which was super fun ( Read more... )

Interesting failure. The first quarter or so is almost unwatchable, especially in full screen, my only option on the DVD. According to the production notes, they went digital for the convenience, and because they didn't want to have to re-enact anything. I would certainly hope not, as by the end they had an incredible four hundred hours of footage ( Read more... )

Distance: 1.5 mi ( Read more... )

If you came to believe a nothing somewhere, would you put it down for absolutely garnished? Could you handle its translucency, its majestic keening? Surely in these hoardes of ophidian graces, there are some called by names we understand. There is no abolishment in victory, no fantastical leaps to be made for the sake of adequacity. We merely stand ( Read more... )

"Fuckin' Proof...shot first ( Read more... )

I stopped logging into LJ for a week or so as part of one of my regular bouts of head-in-shell-itis. I am now peeking out cautiously and squinting my black beady eyes at what little of the landscape is visible from down here.

This is what I mean:


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