I woke up at 3:30. After cleaning up in the trash enclosure last night I'd pretty thoroughly given myself a fine coating of dust so I cleaned up super well last night, shaved, etc. so I'd be ready to jet out of here in the morning.
I was out of here at 4:30 or so, and Sheldon's Hobbies closes at 6. I rode at a nice steady pace (it was hot!) up to the post office and dropped off 9 small packages, then rent on up Oakland Road which changes to another name (stupid mainland thing) and turned left at Trade Zone. Sheldon's Hobbies is right there.
What a place! They have all different kinds of little cans of Tamiya spray paint for different surfaces, even a few shades of red so I can pick one out and use it to pain the internals of my Shakuhachi Yuu's red. They have all the props for model airplanes and drones in the damn world, a whole aisle of 'em. And a lot of other stuff.
Plus they have an R/C car track in the back, and I got to watch a race going on. The drifting skills of those guys are insane. There was a little quadcopter following the cars around and when the 'copter came in for a landing on the counter back there, I talked to the tall Black guy who it belonged to. He said the drone and first-person-view glasses etc cost about $400 to which I said "Wow!". He said he'd finally stepped up to 4K resolution and had to take it home to adjust the rates on the controls so he could fly it more smoothly. I bet he got some great footage of those cars.
Just a neat, neat place if one has money to spend. I'll be back for sure.
I stopped at H Mart to lock the bike up then walked over to HomeGoods where I found raw Brazil nuts in 1-lb bags for $10 each and a bag of 10 oz. of pumpkin seeds for about $5. Then I went next door to Ross where I found a great shirt for $9 and some Adidas sweats for $14 or so, but I tried them on at home here and they're too big so I'll have to take them back. They were the one pair with white stripes while the others all have red stripes but I'll settle for a pair with red stripes to have a pair that fit right.
I went over to Sprouts and got some "Fage" brand yoghurt, which someone on Reddit had said is keto-friendly and it is, but it's got a weird texture - like cake frosting or mashed potatoes. So at least I got to try it for $1.50.
I walked back over to H Mart and went in and got a can of coffee and thus was able to do one of my favorite things: Sit out in front savoring a can of coffee and relax and people-watch for a bit.
Done with that, I went around back and out of the dumpster there got a bunch of oyster mushrooms, a few red peppers, and some Asian sweet peas so my dinner is going to feature a soup with those and beef.
I stopped at the electric light place next and picked up a ton of little boxes I folded up so I could carry them. So all in all it was a great day.
So what's all this bit about the line? Here's what's going on:
Aww! Line go down! That's depressing!
Sorry to bum you out, man. Here's a line going up. Feel better now?
Yes indeed, shit is happening. And it's happening Sooner Than Expected(tm). Things that were forecast for 2030 are happening in 2023. Summer's not even over, and considering these changes just from this time of year in 2022, who knows how bad 2024 will be.
But Alex, you say, what about killer bees and acid rain and things we used to worry about decades ago? Well, I can't help ya on the killer bees, a lot of that seems to have been pure sensationalism. But I wondered about acid rain because I do remember reading about it in Audubon Magazine as a kid so I looked it up and it turns out, with regard to acid rain, it's still around. Partially, regulations have decreased the amount of sulfur being put into the atmosphere, and partially it's just been normalized. It's routine for museums and college campuses and such to cover up their marble statues or to have moved them indoors.
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