The sword-making process consumes grind-stones at a fairly amazing rate. Yesterday, I spent most of the day going back and forth on a coarse water stone, and ended up with a much smaller water stone.
The sword-making process consumes grind-stones at a fairly amazing rate. Yesterday, I spent most of the day going back and forth on a coarse water stone, and ended up with a much smaller water stone.
Other than “drive over night and get to the airport at 3:00am” the flight out to Portland was uneventful.
Whenever I make it to the met, I visit the Japanese swords. Some of them, I have considered old friends since I was a kid. To them, I’ll always be a kid.
The people who read and believe this stuff are the foundation of American anti-intellectualism. And they vote:
(Learn From My Fail)
Imagine if North Korea decided to boost its economy by renting out nuclear deterrent, “Dictators: keep the US away with Credible Deterrent(tm) warheads! (first strike capability not included)” – with Iran, Nicaragua, and Taiwan being their first customers.
Computer systems have grown so complex and interconnected that it’s very difficult to identify a failure; back when I started things were simpler and were not as virtualized as they are, now.
We had no idea this was going on, so we were heading toward the arms and armor (naturally) and took a turn through medieval and byzantine art, and walked into another world.
To distract you: this is just some random footage off my camera; I don’t have time to edit it and honestly it’s not that interesting. With a bit of luck, right now, I am either eating dim sum down on Canal St, or wandering around at The Met.
Will be back monday.
