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Monday 16 July 2018

certain geometrical shapes and a fire on the horizon | elon doubles down | Northland | Joseph Ceravolo: A Railway Stop

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Walker & Walker | by ADMurr

Walker and Walker | rectangles, trapezoids, a pyramid and a fire on the horizon [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 11 July 2018

Rawene. | by bobsan88

Rawene: photo by bobsan88, 11 July 2018

Cash only | by ADMurr

Cash only [Adams Blvd, south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 July 2018

Nolds Liquor | by michaelj1998
Western Ave. churchscape | by ADMurr

Western Ave. churchscape [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 15 July 2018

Girl with red hair | by ADMurr

Girl with red hair [KTown, LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 July 2018

Hollywood Hills | by ADMurr

Hollywood Hills: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 July 2018

Portra desert | by ADMurr

Portra desert [Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert]: photo by Andrew Murr, 13 July 2018

Sicilian wheat | by ADMurr

Sicilian wheat [central Sicily, near Valledolmo]: photo by Andrew Murr, 27 June 2018

Wingspan | by ADMurr

Wingspan [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 4 October 2011

Untitled | by el zopilote
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, 13 July 2018

Untitled | by el zopilote
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, 13 July 2018

Untitled | by el zopilote
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, 13 July 2018

Subdivision. | by bobsan88

Rawene. | by bobsan88
   
Rawene: photo by bobsan88, 12 July 2018
Northland

Now, as the sea birds
circle the sky above Northland
you will not take my hand, my love
and go with me to Northland
and my heart is as desolate
as a solitary pier, my love
on a gray deserted beach
beneath th'occluded sun
of far secluded Northland
and O, O, you would not go! *

* "perhaps silly, yet no less silly than the day before!"

Rawene, Hokianga, Northland | by bobsan88

 Rawene, Hokianga, Northland: photo by bobsan88, 12 July 2018

Rawene, Northland, New Zealand, 17 October 2007 | by PhillipC

The Metro | by GC_Dean

The Metro | Paris Rectangular shape that fast moving objects can go though. Congrats to France on their World Cup win.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2018

The Metro | by GC_Dean
  
The Metro | Paris Rectangular shape that fast moving objects can go though. Congrats to France on their World Cup win.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2018

The Metro | by GC_Dean
  
The Metro | Paris Rectangular shape that fast moving objects can go though. Congrats to France on their World Cup win.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2018


A horse is stranded on a rooftop after torrential rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan Photo @Peace Winds Japan/Handout via REUTERS: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 July 2018



Turkey's last nomads roam Anatolia: Half a century ago, 1,000 nomadic Yoruk families roamed the Anatolian steppe but now there are just 86 Photo Osman Orsal: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 July 2018

elon doubles down all over again on blast impact at the dq binger

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | by jurvetson

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | Out on the battlefield... as the fires still burn. "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" — the incredible SpaceX Blooper Reel just came out. My videos were incorporated, including this image.  On Aug 22, 2014, we were at the Texas facility and witnessed the final F9R test flight. We started the day with a fun DQ binger, and as we drove out to the launch site, I joked about the big bada boom to come. Not sure why. It was the first flight with three engines going, and a lot more fuel than prior flights. It arched over and something was clearly wrong. Then BOOM!I suggested to Elon that we should go out to the debris field for post-flight analysis... and artifact collecting!  Someone tried to cheer Elon up with a quote about learning coming from life's failures. Elon replied: “Given the options, I prefer to learn from success.” That is the quote I am using on the placards for the wreckage remains.: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 10 September 2017

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | by jurvetson

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | Out on the battlefield... as the fires still burn. "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" — the incredible SpaceX Blooper Reel just came out. My videos were incorporated, including this image.  On Aug 22, 2014, we were at the Texas facility and witnessed the final F9R test flight. We started the day with a fun DQ binger, and as we drove out to the launch site, I joked about the big bada boom to come. Not sure why. It was the first flight with three engines going, and a lot more fuel than prior flights. It arched over and something was clearly wrong. Then BOOM!I suggested to Elon that we should go out to the debris field for post-flight analysis... and artifact collecting!  Someone tried to cheer Elon up with a quote about learning coming from life's failures. Elon replied: “Given the options, I prefer to learn from success.” That is the quote I am using on the placards for the wreckage remains.: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 10 September 2017

Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | by jurvetson

  Elon Musk overlooking the remains of F9R | Out on the battlefield... as the fires still burn. "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" — the incredible SpaceX Blooper Reel just came out. My videos were incorporated, including this image.  On Aug 22, 2014, we were at the Texas facility and witnessed the final F9R test flight. We started the day with a fun DQ binger, and as we drove out to the launch site, I joked about the big bada boom to come. Not sure why. It was the first flight with three engines going, and a lot more fuel than prior flights. It arched over and something was clearly wrong. Then BOOM!I suggested to Elon that we should go out to the debris field for post-flight analysis... and artifact collecting!  Someone tried to cheer Elon up with a quote about learning coming from life's failures. Elon replied: “Given the options, I prefer to learn from success.” That is the quote I am using on the placards for the wreckage remains.: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 10 September 2017

We were wailin' away at the Dairy Queen when Elon came up with one of his crazy ideas  and when that happens everybody listens up because Elon runs the show and it's his way or the highway and this is Texas so the highway seems like maybe not the best idea, out here a highway might run off 200 miles straight into the middle of nowhere and if you get lost or make a wrong turn and aren't linked into GPS, you're soon going to wish you'd done it Elon's way

A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas | by jurvetson

 A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 24 December 2014

A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas | by jurvetson
  
A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 24 December 2014

A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas | by jurvetson

 A Reddit excursion into the DQ bingers with Elon Musk in Texas: photo by Steve Jurvetson, 24 December 2014

2 comments:

TC said...

Might have put me in mind of someone we know, this. Don't know why.

Stan Ridgway: Big Dumb Town, from Black Diamond (1996)

Now when the city was in flame you were on the phone
Sellin' fire hoses at a premium loan
Yeah the bankers all smile but when you pass they frown
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now we seen you drivin' down the boulevard
You throw that trash but not in your backyard
But like Newton and the apple what goes up comes down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb town

We'll all applaud when you break on through
"He's a genius, boys, but then we always knew..."

Yeah, lofty possibilities, you never had a doubt
We'd all scream from the bleachers when you'd always strike out
But now you're way out in front and you look glory bound
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now when the world is over, clocks run outta wind
Somebody will scrape through the ruins and find
A little picture of you and in a file they found
Sayin' just a little too smart for a big dumb town

Now you speak so soft but in your heart you're cold
In a tower of glass you've got a mountain of gold
Yeah you talk real sharp but we'll soon cut you down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb town

TC said...

Stan Ridgway: It's a Lonely Town