eclipse was awesome, traffic, not so much. Didnt make our flite and decided to just steal our rental and drive 10 hrs to Pennsylvania… so far we’ve been stopped for speeding, stopped at a truck stop, eaten a bag of pork-rinds, stuck in traffic again, and are discussing where to have breakfast. In seven hours. This is like being in college again…
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Exceedingly rare…
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We’re here with a gang of friends, playing with all sprts of fun ways to enjoy the eclipse. #2017eclipse
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We’re just takin hack photos before total… but i’ve never seen a perfectly symmetrical approach… (ipad, thru solar filter)
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Experiments with welding glass filters #2017eclipse
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soon…
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T-minus 90 minutes or so…. smack under the center line. no clouds no clouds no clouds….
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To develop this trait favorably one should stick to a job until it is done. Form the habit of staying, not quitting. And when you do feel like quitting think of Joe who trained for the distances, or Daguerre who spent fourteen years to get a photographic image to stick on glass. Don’t be a putter-off.
~ Brett McKay from, 5 Willpower Habits Every Man Should Develop | The Art of Manliness
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Nope. Just more running. Here’s the sun rising on its way to a rendezvous with the moon. #100days #artdudeplacement https://constantine.name/100days #2017eclipse
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I feel the sentiment with which Tycho Brahe died, perhaps as strongly as he did — His “ne frustra vixisse videar” was a noble feeling, and in him had produced its fruits — He had not lived in vain — He was a benefactor to his species — But the desire is not sufficient — The spark from Heaven is given to few — It is not to be obtained by intreaty or by toil — To be profitable to my Children, seems to me within the compass of my powers — To that let me bound my wishes, and my prayers — And may that be granted to them!
~ John Quincy Adams from, John Quincy Adams on Efficiency vs. Effectiveness, the Proper Aim of Ambition, and His Daily Routine – The Marginalian
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