Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social
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@earthmothering9 I’ve generally used 3-5” cobbles with steel edger.
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In 1999 to 2000 I was going through a very rough patch in my life. In the span of a few years, I'd gotten married, lost a parent, birthed a child, gotten divorced, changed careers, and relocated 3,000 miles away from everything and everyone I knew. What with the state of things, I didn't get to see #GalaxyQuest when it was first released.
Finally, on a day I was feeling particularly low, and shortly before the movie left the theaters, I canceled work and took myself out to a midday matinée.
I was the *only* person in a vast theater, of a size that no one builds anymore, sitting and waiting for the lights to go down. At one point, I turned and peered up at the projectionist's booth. I saw a shadowy figure moving back and forth behind the window, bending and straightening. This was in the days before automated, digital films. The Phantom Menace had been released digitally in 1999, but the equipment to show such films was extremely expensive and most theaters hadn't converted yet; "projectionist" was still a real job.
While I was looking, the figure paused, strode to the window and peered back at me, then disappeared quickly.
I turned back around and continued to fidget and ponder the misfit pieces of my life.
At the top of the aisle behind me, the theater door swung open and banged loudly on the wall. The projectionist strode down the aisle toward me, a tall barrel-shaped man with a thick beard and glasses. My first thought was that the matinee was canceled due to low turnout, and I'd be getting a refund. Just as I'd resigned myself to that, the marching projectionist shouted out in a booming voice,
"WELCOME to your PRIVATE viewing oooooooof GALAXY QUEST!!!"
He stopped in front of my row, and I saw that he had an *armload* of STUFF. One by one, he began presenting each thing to me, and as the pile in his arms dwindled, the one in my lap grew.
"As our SPECIAL VIP Galaxy Quest GUEST today, YOU are entitled to..."
"- A commemorative t-shirt!"
"- A poster suitable for framing!"
"- A limited edition refrigerator magnet!"
"- A button to pin to your lapel!"
The list and the shwag went on. With every ridiculous item, I laughed harder and harder, until there were tears leaking out of the corners of my eyes.
Then he bowed and shouted, "WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW!" and turned on his heel to march back up the aisle and out the exit door.
Alas, of all the shwag only the magnet has stood the test of time. But the humor and kindness of the unknown projectionist lives on.
So, not exactly health food but I’ve tried two New England staples this week for the first time. Fluffernutters and Brown Bread. I’m a fan of both! The fluffernutter in particular didn’t match what either @mary or I thought it would taste like.
I’m so grateful that Heidi always wants to go on walks with “Daddy”. There’s an older lady who puts out chalk for the kiddos in the neighborhood and Heidi has been on a jellyfish kick lately. @mary made a cool paper mache jellyfish piñata for her 6th birthday. Thankfully the kids just pulled the tentacles to release the candy and didn’t have to beat it to death in front of her.🤣
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Whoa! Some people work behind the scenes and you never even realize how much of an impact they’ve had on you.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/
@OrbitalMartian That was a formative book for me and I read it again every decade or so. Bicentennial Man is another good story and better movie IMO. Worth a viewing.
I saw a 3D printed house in real life today. The foundation was traditional and the walls had some shear cracks, but new building methods are a good thing. Every site is different and this might be the best solution somewhere.
In my opinion, the best scene in Community.
https://youtu.be/yAQq5WHVgTk
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Was explaining the whole self-hosted/small web movement to someone at work today, and they replied “Oh, so you’re like one of those preppers with a bunker, but digital.”
And I will not be taking any further questions at this time.
I haven’t watched Doctor Who in years, but I could totally see Hugh Laurie in that role…
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Looking out over The City. Some pencils from the upcoming IN THE CITY comic. #comics b
Received today from our friends who have been living and doing ministry in Lithuania for the past couple of years:
Friends, these times are difficult. We stood by our students this week as they recognized three years of full-scale invasion in Ukraine. They wept, they worshipped, they remembered, and we participated with them as best we could. LCC is a strange place in that we share coffee and conversations every day with people from countries who are at war with each other. As an American, it is especially hard to describe the feeling of listening to a student share about the effects of your country’s actions on their family. You start to wonder, “Am I complicit?” In our roles at LCC, we care for the formation of our students’ minds and souls into those of well-rounded adults, but our government is taking actions that directly and negatively impact many of them and their families. If it isn’t clear, we stand with Ukraine. We stand by our students. Today, you will scroll past another video on Facebook of our country’s leaders making false claims, and tomorrow, we will hold a student whose life was directly impacted by it. To quote one of the faculty here at LCC: “When you have given your sole allegiance to Jesus and his kingdom, you never have to defend the indefensible, excuse the inexcusable, or feel
embarrassed by the one you follow.”
Ugh, why do LTO drives cost so much? I’m going to see if there’s a local transferring service until prices drop I guess.
It seems weird compared to now, but there wasn’t much homelessness where and when I grew up. Winston-Salem was around 150k people. The small number of people who chose the lifestyle sort of became well known and people helped them out. This lady, known as Night Rider or Bicycle Lady, has been in the public eye for around 35 years. She was recently attacked and is in critical condition. Once upon a time, she was a teacher, but lost a child and was never the same mentally.
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