Tommyjournal

Friday 30 Jun 2017 comment?

I've had this phone for almost four years, I keep it in a back pocket, occasional episodes of unintentional data entry occur but so far I've been lucky enough not to press Send.

Tuesday 27 Jun 2017 comment?

staff sergeant

First time I've had Air Force personnel visiting. They asked if they could look around my lot for parts of their drone that crashed last week.

Thursday 22 Jun 2017 comment?

a few miles west of my neighborhood

The site of yesterday's expensive drone crash
is still smoldering this morning.

Tuesday 20 Jun 2017 comment?

black+white film with red filter

I'm mystified as to how the sign got bent.
It's not scraped up.

Tuesday 13 Jun 2017 comment?

I don't follow professional sports much but occasionally a competitor comes to my attention who I really admire, not just for the quality of their play but for their character. If you asked me what player (of any game) I'd most enjoy meeting now, I'd name ______, who:

has an unassuming, gentle manner despite often being considered the best player of his sport ever
normally plays right handed but occasionally switches to left
exhibits composure, never throws tantrums when he screws up
is nicknamed "The Magician" for executing technically difficult plays.

If you follow his sport you know who I have in mind. It's a game I like playing but I can't say I follow the pros at it. I only recently felt like watching a few matches on YouTube and discovered who this guy was. He's not a household name because it's not a big spectator sport.

Sunday 04 Jun 2017 2 comments

I'm growing a plant from seed I collected. Two seeds out of about twenty sprouted and of those two only one survived.

It's as if nature made the success rate low on purpose to endear to us each plant that does grow.