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  1. I finally have a couple things for Saturday’s Brain Drain but I won’t be available to share 🙁

    I’m also going to read The Running Man by “Stephen King” but as a ghost writer at the time because I remember it being awesome in HS…until I saw the movie which made it suck…then Jake reminded me that the book was awesome and the movie sucks and is nothing even remotely similar to the book…so I’ma read it…I dl’d it today.

    • The literary Running Man’s world is basically Trump land.

      Blew me away when I read it two years after the movie came out. Only the names remain, mostly.

      The only thing I really enjoyed about the movie was Richard Dawson was playing his real life self… From what I’m told.

  2. I’m in the same boat as Myo. I finished The Wild Muir, and I’d recommend other books by John Muir over this compendium. It was just OK, although short, so I didn’t feel like I was wasting precious reading time.

    It was one of the books in my dad’s collection that I brought home, so I felt like I needed to read it.

    • In the list of iconic late 19th / first part of the 20th Century nature writing, I’m a big fan of Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There.

      I also loved Ernest Thompson Seton’s Wild Animals I have Known and Biography of a Grizzly when I was a kid.

  3. I had an amazing adventure on Friday-Saturday following the Hōkūleʻa.  Unfortunately, the smoke came back in and I thought we were totally screwed for getting pics.  Luckily, it actually made a pretty cool effect, especially since the meaning of this voyage is…”understanding to mālama, or caring, and kuleana, or taking responsibility. With those values, we must move discovery toward choices and actions that we believe will help build a future good enough for our children.”  I can’t really show too many pics without doxing myself but I don’t think this one will get published anywhere that might do that.  I did though want to share the beautiful journey & the WA/HI connection.  The canoe even had a “Lahaina Strong” sign on the side as we came into Seattle.  I was almost in tears when the local tribes paddled out and met Hōkūleʻa in Elliot Bay.  Then off of that rush, today I got a shot in my foot in preparation for our Europe trip which my wife will make me walk way too many miles!

    • Great photo.

      There’s no such thing as walking too many miles in Europe as long as you stop for food and coffee and wine and beer along the way.

      • I would like to agree but you don’t know my wife or level 4 arthritic big toe.

        • I tell my wife ahead of time that I will do X number of tourist activities on that particular day, and once I’ve hit my limit, she can drop me off at a cafe/pub and continue with the rest of her “absolutely must-see” stops. It’s one of the few things I will not budge on when we travel.

        • Hmm…I wonder if you have gout. I have a big toe that feels arthritic when I don’t drink enough water. When I drink more water the ache goes away.

          • No, I ripped the tendon off my big toe & couldn’t afford my current doc to do my surgery.  Thanks cheap insurance!  If this guy had done it I would be good but budget Simpson doc, not so much.  My brother & some friends have gout, definitely n

    • I read about that meeting on the water and it sounded quite profound. You are so lucky to be able to be a part of it! 🩵 that picture.

    • Thank you for sharing your amazing photo!

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