Conversation and nature… doesn’t get much better. Wow, what a convenient place to drop an entire tree…
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A tree!
Published October 5, 2016 · All posts on Oct 5 ·
A tree!
This to this
Put this together yesterday. Incredibly gorgeous morning to be moving… aka rapping my head on the bars first thing in the morning :P
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Intermittent renewables can’t favorably transform grid electricity
Few people have stopped to realize that intermittent electricity isn’t worth very much. It may even have negative value, when the cost of all of the adjustments needed to make it useful are considered.
Energy products are very different in “quality.” Intermittent electricity is of exceptionally low quality. The costs that intermittent electricity impose on the system need to be paid by someone else. This is a huge problem, especially as penetration levels start exceeding the 10% to 15% level that can be handled by operating reserves, and much more costly adjustments must be made to accommodate this energy. Even if wind turbines and solar panels could be produced for $0, it seems likely that the costs of working around the problems caused by intermittent electricity would be greater than the compensation that can be obtained to fix those problems.
~ Gail Tverberg from, Intermittent Renewables Can’t Favorably Transform Grid Electricity | Our Finite World
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I’m not saying “abandon all renewable energy sources.” I am saying, “you should go read this article… and everything else on that web site.”
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Jeep!
In other news… actually went off-roading today. Pennsylvania shale and mud; smells like home :D
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QM in the real world
Three foot crawl space. Yeup, Craig is detail oriented and checks everywhere. First use of sideways monkey when it was literally the best form of locomotion :)
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A house!
Had the first walk thru today…
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Do Not Trade
Don’t trade away your happiness now to earn money in hopes that if you make enough you’ll be able to buy it back later.
You can’t.
~ Unknown
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Lower Manhattan
Couple of shots from the Brooklyn ferry leaving Govenor’s Island last weekend during the Art of Retreat event #artofretreat2016
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Dessert
The waiter here delivered the most inconceivably amazing dessert descriptions in the history of culinary overindulgence. Pears, Tiramisu, Cheesecake… somewhere on the upper east side of Manhattan. yowza! (Coversation and company was *nearly* as good. ;)
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I stand, despite
I stand loving America, aware that I often fall short of what that love should mean. When I say I love America I mean I love certain shared values and founding ideals like the rule of law and equality before it, liberty, and self-determination, and what people have done to achieve them. I love the values as lofty as the right to speak and worship and as humble as the right to raise a family and work and live as I see fit. I love it knowing that these ideals are more aspirational than descriptive, more a to-do list than a resume. They are what Lincoln called “unfinished work” and “the great task remaining before us.”
~ Ken White from, «https://popehat.com/2016/08/30/i-stand-despite/»
I happen to be that sort of middle-aged-softie who is deeply moved by our National Anthem.
…but, when I stand for the National Anthem, I do not judge those who do NOT stand (even if they are in the row behind me talking loudly). I love America all the more for its ensuring their right to a freedom of expression; An America where they should never be forced to declare their adoration for the State as a precursor to watching some random sporting event.
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Start Counting When It Starts Hurting
I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.
~ Muhammad Ali
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Sunset
It’s not an ending… it’s a new beginning.
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Various routes from day three
Various photos of a few of the routes we worked on day three, in the Upper Gorge. This area is “trad[itional]” climbing. In many areas, hangers are bolted into the rock for clipping in safety gear. In this area, you have to bring your own hardware which you temporarily insert into the nooks and crannies of the rock.
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Birds’ Nest
Great bit of play at the end of day one.
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Adult Life
Where’s the Puffin today? …en route to Govenor’s Island for first full day of Art of Retreat.
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Middle gorge
It’s hard to convey the sheer scale of the rock faces in Red River Gorge. These photos are from the walk into the Middle Gorge. About 20 minutes of steep hiking, and suddenly these ~200 feet tall rock faces appear overhead through the trees.
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The hallway of inspiration
“Oceans destroy cities!” Also in the hallway, “Your butt looks good in that outfit.” Why thank you! :)
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Doing stuff
Guggenheim. Just a quick peek in the lobby :)
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NYC
A b-e-a-utiful day in THE city!
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Beautiful block from day one
On our first day in Red River Gorge, we drove to a nearby “roadside crag”. After a brief walk in, we encountered this magnificent block covered in 10a+ routes.
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