Rob Jackson

I’ve been re-watching the entire series, which originally aired from 2011-2019. I forgot about how good it is.

I remembered it being good. It liked it when I originally watched in the 2010s. But I remember thinking it peaked at the second to last season. The last season was at disappointment - at least that is what I recalled..

I started watching again earlier this summer simply because I forgot some of the storyline. But then I got hooked again. Now, I am approaching the end of the series and I realize how developed the characters are. There are many interactions in the last two seasons that I did not pick up on the first time I watched.

I have also been watching the House of Dragon series, which has got me in a Game of Thrones mindset. The stories are good. I have not read the books, but probably will. It’s unfortunate that GRR Martin hasn’t finished the stories yet, but so it goes. People are mad at him for not doing so, but you know what, it is his prerogative. There are his stories and he can do what he wants with them.

Enjoy Art…or Not. Don’t Stress About It.

I simply don’t get how people can get mad at him. He gave us these stories. They are not yours. That’s the nature of art and creativity, it’s never what you want. In the end, it’s just entertainment. You are free to do whatever you want with it. You can imagine different versions or endings or whatever. Nothing is stopping you.

That’s the beauty of art. It’s an individual experience. What brings someone to tears will bore the hell out of someone else. So be it.

Don’t be possessive of someone else’s art. Just enjoy it while it lasts. Because you never know when it will end or where it will go.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

• Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein

I love Heinlein. I think he is truly one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. And this quote is one of my favorites. Read him. You will enjoy it. Even if you don’t agree with what he says, he will make you think. And we need that more than ever.

I have a suggestion for a new motto.

Instead of “Don’t Be Evil” Let’s go with “Never Trust Google”

www.wired.com/story/wha…

Saw a wild mink yesterday for the first time. I added it to my “Colorado Creatures” list.

Still in Colorado and look what I caught.

I got a nice 13 in brown too

Well, I discovered why the photo challenge is called a challenge. Because it’s not easy.

Seems like it would be easy – just post a photo every day for 30 days – but it’s not. Life just gets in the way. For me I got sick for a while, I had a travel to a wedding, and work… the ever present work. Reminds me of something one of my professors said to me when I was in grad school. At a time I had a young family. It was living apart for them to go to school and commuting home on the weekends. It was difficult. I was also older and it was training for a second career after being in the military. Basically, I was not your typical student living your typical student experience.

When I mentioned these challenges to my professor, she said “well school would be easy if life didn’t get in the way.” But it always does, doesn’t it?

As I’ve gotten older, I realized that John Lennon was right, life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. It’s a journey that should be enjoyed. It cannot be planned to perfection.

And so, if you didn’t complete the photo challenge, who cares? There’ll be another one coming along soon, and if you fail that one too, no matter. All that matters is that I had fun posting some photos and I’m still posting at the end of the month. Why? Because I’m enjoying it. And that’s enough. It is all that matters

April photoblog: day 30 - hometown

Glen Hansard in my hometown. 2018

Dawn patrol at the lake. Early am ruck

April Photoblogging: Day 29 - drift.

Waiting for a fish to rise….

April photoblog: Day 25 - spine. This is a tough one… have no idea what to post.

April photoblog challenge: Day 24 - light. Wilco, 2016

April photoblog challenge: Day 23 - dreamy….

April Photoblog challenge: Day 22 - blue

Well to answer my own question, I clearly missed a week of the April photoblog challenge. So it goes. Here is my Day 21 entry: mountain.

So I took a little hiatus… had to travel for a wedding, then immediatly had a major work project due that ended up me getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night for almost a week beforee it was finished. Rested this weekend. Now feeling better and getting back in groove.

What did I miss?

April photoblog - Day 11: Sky. (the sky can do some wonderful things, especially in Colorado).

April photoblog - Day 10: Train (Prague Main Station)

April photoblog - Day 9 (delayed entry): Crispy. (breakfast ham)

April photoblog - Day 8 (delayed entry) - Prevention. Leakage prevention. Nuff said….