LOL! So fucking true. And yet, it is mostly the poor, old, and otherwise vulnerable people who are suffering. We should have sympathy for individuals living in the most sophisticated oligarchy in history.

I think you just wrote a song.

Going out on a limb here, but maybe because people are getting off work, getting out of school, or otherwise transitioning resulting in the need to move via a car because the US has no public transport?

Do you mean... by using a VPN?

How I so wish I were in Okinawa right now and not Aomori. Some people love winter and snow. I'm not one of them. Okinawa is a wonderful place!

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Yes, I need the Zen element! It is so cold and dark and dreary here in the winter, so I made this little garden.

A poem for my friends- just wrote it.

I've only had it going for a few weeks, and started in the middle of winter in a dark apartment with one low watt bulb, so it's a challenge, but I like a challenge. Life will find a way!

Some of the plant are house plants, some garden, some are sprouting from seeds I took from weeds from the side of the road in northern Japan. The seedlings are wild. You have: citrus, lavender, yam, spider, local veggie, and wild weed.

It's doing better than my garden! I found an old aquarium and reused it with a single bulb.

This is a lovely and somewhat disturbing picture, having grown up in the burbs. It's unsettling to me, heaven to others no doubt. Very well shot.

No worries. I came into life in the early 60's and I feel the same about life.

I kind of like that old model in which we had to spend our own ETH to post.

Just a picture of a snake on my fence. I put my hand right on top of this fellar in my morning sluggishness, and wondered, what is that soft thing I'm touching? He didn't budge. This was a couple years ago in FL.

So to answer your question, I would do what absolutely must be done next, what can wait no longer. If I cannot do that and maintain quality, I cut back on the work I take in.

OK, defined. I work a second job, and limited time has this effect. I'm highly efficient because I have so little time to spend on it. I prioritize. I do the bare minimum for the maximum benefit. I cut corners that can be cut. And it works. Everyone is happy. I'm experienced.

Well, define work. If I only had an hour a day to do any activity, assuming the rest of the day I'd be confined to a room, I'd garden.

At the time, it was the tallest building in SF. Mid to late 80s.

I believe so. If memory serves that's 455 Cal in bike messenger lingo. 455 California Street.

And this was taken with that Rollei 35:

Another old SF picture with loads of imperfections. Just like the city!

Clark Labs have been around forever and still process color but not B&W. I found this link recently: https://istillshootfilm.org/post/122857940835/this-is-how-much-you-pay-for-film-developing. That may be useful. I've used Dwayne's before for B&W and received goo service.

Taken with that Rollei 35 a long time ago. The negative was trashed and I recently scanned it. Taken from my bedroom back in the day.

I am, but no regularly. I have some very cool old cameras that I love to use. One my dad bought for me, one I inherited from him. Both from the 60's, early 70's. Dwayne's works for B&W: https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/

I should have clarified -- looking for black & white 35mm mail-in processing services in the US.

Does anybody have suggestions for inexpensive, mail-in, black & white film processing? (35mm).

Excellent perspective.

Hello Gustavo! I like you're drawing very much. I make paper when I can, and I'm also impressed with the paper or pattern. Did you draw this digitally or on physical paper?

Absolutely. Pain relief definitely calms the mind. The relief of physical pain is the best drug! Yet, most of my memories are related to mental states, not physical. Mental/emotional pain forms stronger memories than physical pain, unless the physical pain is profound, of course.

Indeed. Fear is certainly useful, and if we didn't have physical pain we'd quickly die of injury. But it seems that our brains needlessly amplify fear.

By mental pain, I am including all forms of mental discomfort, from the menial to the severe: anxiety, boredom, anger, frustration, sadness, depression, dysphoria, etc.

I've been thinking lately about how mental pain is worse than physical pain. If you could choose to eradicate only one in your life, which would you choose?

Right back at you Shigako! 2020 is a year full of promise. The days are getting longer (in the northern hemisphere anyway), the sun is getting stronger, and little froggies are waiting to emerge.

This is probably my favorite use of an adjective: unconditional love.

Thanks for the confirmation. I guess I'll use FF for Peepeth for now.

I tried to log in via Brave and the Brave wallet function tried to hijack my MetaMask session and drive me towards a Brave wallet, oddly. I ended up using Metamask on Firefox. No biggie, but why does that happen? First time.

And just one more...

And another...

Some fall pictures, a couple of weeks late...

What should a 15-year-old student be learning right now?

No, you're not back. You're 3/4 back.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. At the end of my 5th decade, and my partner and I have quit making long term plans for this reason. We have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen in the next eight months, barring any unforeseen events. Beyond that, it's a beautiful mystery.

I just watched this yesterday which seems relevant: https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes

Come on folks. Clearly Daffy is giving it to the Grinch. Is that not obvious?

Going out on a limb here, but, does this picture not seem to show a Dr. Seuss character having anal sex with a Disney character? Is that even legal? And who do I call to report it? Where is the Sky Marshal?

I miss CA. A picture for a picture.