Papering the record for appeal.
¶Renee and I watched this kid at the airport this morning as he watched, and recorded, planes come and go. He reminded us of Jake when he first showed interest in flying. Buying Jake a discovery flight for his fourteenth birthday is easily one of the best decisions we ever made. Changed his life…and ours, all for the better.
¶Shortly after this photo, this kid and his mom and brother took off in a sightseeing helicopter. I hope he asks his parents to buy him flying lessons.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset will occur tonight at 08:14 PM. My sunsetter script is set to take a photo at that time and at six deviation times.
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¶As with all of our trips to the beach, I’ve been doing lots of thinking around Daystream over the last couple weeks. I’ve solidified ideas on a few new features and improvements, and made a few decisions that, well, needed to be made. I plan on making updates over the next month or two. More to come on all fronts.
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¶We saw a gem of a game last night (posting this to the day of the game on the following morning). The Guardians came to town and opened a three game series against the Rays.
¶To start things off, we were a bit conflicted. The Guardians are our team, and the Rays are our second team. Who to root for? Everyone else pulled for the Guardians but I donned my Rays hat and pulled for the home town team. Why? First, we’re in St. Pete. Second, and probably more importantly, the Guardians sold at the trade deadline (including Ace pitcher Aaron Civale, to the Rays…and he started tonight). That’s a huge signal to me (and the players) that ownership doesn’t believe the team has it this year, and they’re taking actions to support that lack of faith. Indeed, the starting lineup for the Guards included several players I’ve never heard of. They’ve given up on 2023. Meanwhile, the Rays are a legitimate contender this year, and bought at the deadline to solidify that. The Rays still believe, and the Guardians don’t. That contrast is clear at the ownership level, and I suspect it will become more clear on the field in coming weeks.
¶The game itself was incredible, too. Back and forth, with a lot of scoring. And long! More than two and a half hours of baseball, which is rare these days without extra innings.
¶And speaking of extra innings, we nearly had some free baseball. The Guardians scored four runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game, thanks in large part to some lousy pitching by the Rays closer and some equally lousy catching (several passed balls that let runs in). So, to the bottom of the ninth we went, evened up. Wander Franco of the Rays promptly settled it though, two pitches into the home half with a walk-off home run. Wild finish to a ball game. Certainly the craziest finish I’ve ever seen in person.
¶This photo shows the first pitch of the game. Looking back at it, I remember another strange aspect of this game. The Guardians started off with two, back-to-back lead off bunts. Rays pitcher Civale (who played for the Guardians just two weeks ago) botched his fielding assignment on the first one, letting Steven Kwan reach base. In the photo, you can see Kwan showing bunt as Civale prepares to release the first pitch of the game. Second batter Andres Gimenez then bunted Kwan over to second. So the game started almost as weirdly as it ended.
¶Let’s go Rays.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Renee and I just got back from floating in the ocean for a bit. The water is still a bit warm, hot even when you first get in. It seems to want to cool down – every cloud that passes overhead gives an immediate and noticeable drop in temperature. I even hit a cold patch, once. Waves were back today, too, which was nice.
¶Now back to the pool.
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¶Sunset will occur tonight at 08:15 PM. My sunsetter script is set to take a photo at that time and at six deviation times.
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¶Jake and Denny doing a little post-game breakdown after the show while we waited for dinner to arrive.
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¶I mean look at that interior. And those lines…that dip behind the door reminds me of the lines on the Spitfire. Perhaps Triumph was inspired by the lines of the Bel Air. I’ve never noticed that on the 1957 Chevy before.
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¶This was my favorite car of the show – a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. Beautiful car!
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¶If there’s a car show, Jake and Denny will find it. Tonight we had dinner at Quaker Steak and Lube in St. Petersburg…solely because the restaurant hosts Larry’s Car Show every Thursday evening. I was a little worried the turnout would be low in light of the heat, but they had plenty of great cars and a decent amount of lookers, too. Great show!
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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