Wow, this one caught me off guard!
THIS IS SO SO GOOD!I love it!! Thank you so much for sharing. I feel honoured. <3
Okay - here's one I wrote a while ago:
"Like summer snow which fell from trees,
Lifted gently upon the breeze,
A light you shined upon thy face,
With tender kiss and tight embrace,
And like the moon doth have the sun,
Your heart was mine,
And mine yours won".
There you go.It's not great but it's mine.
Favourite genre - metal/rock and pretty much all sub genres of both.
Oh girl same! I actually feel ill if I don't go outdoors all day. I enjoy it so damn much. I can feel my soul dying if I'm stuck inside. I love grabbing the tent, gas cooker, and speaker, finding somewhere to go, and set up camp. Damn! If we lived closer, we could have camped out together.
Italy. I studied there, and because of that, my heart is there. I also absolutely love Germany, and Canada. What about you?
Geoffrey Abbot - he writes books on torture lol. I don't read a lot of fiction, my books are mostly educational... very boring, I know. However, I've just finished reading Troy, Heroes, Mythos, by Stephen Fry. I do love folk stories too. And I have read a few Stephen King books. What's your favourite of his?
You totally should! It takes a lot of time and money though. I went super fancy and put heating and a wet room in mine, cause I need to wash. Having a home on the road is the best. Again, it allows me to be in nature as much as possible.
That's one of my offices. It was build in 1520. So proper old haha! Where about do you live? Are you in Europe or the US?
I can relate to that. This is the puzzle I just finished, and I'm really attached to it. I'm trying to figure out a way to frame itIt was a really shit puzzle, but I liked it in the end. I hate starting a new one, because I think I'm never gonna like it as much as the last
I've seen the next puzzle I wanna buy. It's on my Amazon list.
I'm not sure I have a favorite... never thought about it. I guess the best story I have, one of the largest cactus I have, a Lophocereus of some kind, I traded for a $5 beer. A bum came up to me while I was on a local patio, and offered it in exchange for the beer. So, the whole night I hung out with the cactus and a new beer. At that time, it was about the size of my hand, now it's bigger than I am.
I have never read Steven King, perhaps I will some day. I have a marine saltwater aquarium. I keep a Regal Tang, French Angel, Yellow Tang, two humbug damsel fish and two small sea wrasse also known as cleaner fish - they help to clean the other fish by eating parasites that cling to the gills and body. My tank is modest 4ft in length, so it's not a good idea to have too many fish in a tank this size, as keeping the water chemistry stable could be difficult.
Wow wow WOW! You and I would be fantastic adventure buddies if we lived close. I'm all the way over in the Pacific Northwest of the US.Favourite genre - metal/rock and pretty much all sub genres of both.
I also really enjoy Classical, dub, eighties and nineties pop, country, blues, breakbeat, folk, jungle... tbh, I love music so damn much, that I find it hard not to enjoy most genres.
At the moment, I'm loving a bit of Faith No More, but I think a lot of that is wanting to sleep with the lead singer haha!
Oh girl same! I actually feel ill if I don't go outdoors all day. I enjoy it so damn much. I can feel my soul dying if I'm stuck inside. I love grabbing the tent, gas cooker, and speaker, finding somewhere to go, and set up camp. Damn! If we lived closer, we could have camped out together.
Italy. I studied there, and because of that, my heart is there. I also absolutely love Germany, and Canada. What about you?
Geoffrey Abbot - he writes books on torture lol. I don't read a lot of fiction, my books are mostly educational... very boring, I know. However, I've just finished reading Troy, Heroes, Mythos, by Stephen Fry. I do love folk stories too. And I have read a few Stephen King books. What's your favourite of his?
You totally should! It takes a lot of time and money though. I went super fancy and put heating and a wet room in mine, cause I need to wash. Having a home on the road is the best. Again, it allows me to be in nature as much as possible.
That's one of my offices. It was build in 1520. So proper old haha! Where about do you live? Are you in Europe or the US?
the sun has come out--a treat!
Hey man, that's the best plant story I've heard so far. A cactus and a beer??? What a score!
Michael that is absolutely fantastic. I have always been immensely impressed by people who can keep a healthy saltwater tank going. I've researched a bit about nitrates/nitrites in a freshwater tank but never for saltwater, I imagine it only gets more complicated. I used to volunteer at my local aquarium and they had some incredible reef tanks--with a team of 10 professionals managing them (at least). Goes to show how much work it takes!
Growing cacti in my experience, is almost counterintuitive to "regular" plants. I pot mine in a mixture of 40% vegetable potting soil, 40% playground sand, and 20% gravel. This makes the soil really porous, and lets water escape the soil quickly. To help with moisture evacuation, I only use naked terracota planters.
In my teens I kept a tropical freshwater aquarium and had it for many years, then progressed to marines as some people do. Keeping a marine aquarium is not difficult providing you take your time to gain experience. Some people are too hasty and want to keep exotic fish that are beautiful but extremely delicate and don't realize the skill that's required to maintain them. Unfortunately this lack of experience will undoubtedly result in the early demise of the fish, which will cause heartache and would have been expensive to purchase.
Are you sure we're not the same person!!?? Are you like the American me??
I could not agree more with this. And I fricken love Circle, Floyd, Primus etc. Music wise we would 100% get on.
I cannot tell you how jealous I am that you live in the US. Like seriously - if you've read some of my other posts, you'll see I bang on about it all the time. Your country and landscape is so damn diverse, that you don't need to travel. Plus, appreciating what you have in your own back yard, is an awesome thing. So many people overlook what's right in front of them.
I hope you both have a wicked time! I'm going away to a place called Exmoor next month. It's what we call an area of outstanding beauty in the UK. It has loads of wild horses, dramatic coastline, forests, and a tonne of little old towns and villages. I never been before, so I'm super excited!
I have this book at home, but haven't read it before. I'm going to dig it out and read it now. So thanks!
Dude! You must! It was simply the best thing I've ever done. I decided I wanted to be off grid because there was no way I was going to pay £1200 a month on rent and bills; and no way was I going to buy a crappy house in England for £237,000 plus (that's the going rate in my area). So a van seemed and was a great idea. Absolutely no regrets. Plus, now I'm racking up enough savings that I can buy a house outright somewhere else - hopefully Italy. I would jump at the chance to live in the States, but unfortunately with my career, there's not a great deal out there for me.
such a shame.That's hilarious! My bloody grandma is older than that!
I am so jealous. I bought a ticket to see them recently, but chickened out because of tinnitus, so I resold it. I'm still absolutely gutted that I did. :'(
I make great cinnamon rolls, although we go easier on the icing over here than they do in the US
People also love my apple cinnamon cake. I love all kinds of Christmas cookies because they're fun to bake with others and Christmas is my favorite time of the year!The Imperial Harem by Leslie P. Peirce, which describes the inner workings of the Ottoman imperial harem and the hierarchy of female power. Very interesting, especially since it encompasses the sultanate of women.
Yeah, true! Before I caught COVID-19 I exercised four times a week, which gave me a little variety. Afterwards my doctor advised me not to do anything too strenuous for a while and now that I'm good to go again I find it hard to get back into the flow. Plus I'm pretty knackered after work these days.
I appreciate the level of growing that you went into. I feel I might have to buy a couple for my van. I used to have loads when I was younger.
I've got a coffee plant too, and unlike yours it doesn't look so great. I suspect it's got something to do with the correct amount of water. My other plants are all orchids who are happy to be doused once a week and I've already learned that my little coffee plant doesn't appreciate the same kind of treatment so I've been experimenting for months now. It would be great if you could give me a couple of pointers when it comes to proper coffee plant care
Thank you for your kind comment!
This is actually great. When I was a teenager I stumbled across the (in)famous Riemann Hypothesis, probably the most famous open problem in Mathematics. The problem was tackled by some of the most brilliant minds that the human race has had, but nobody managed to crack it (yet). I was fascinated by these open problems, they drove my curiosity and my interest. Fast forward ten years: I have (of course) not solved the Riemann Hypothesis, but I am about to complete a PhD in Math where we tried to tackle other interesting problems.
Haneke, Seidl, Petri, Lanthimos, Eggers and Bergman are some of my favourite filmmakers. Most people have never heard about them
Do post a picture of the van. Would love to see. I love watching shows about tiny homes and stuff.View attachment 45091
Music, music, music! I couldn't live without it. It hurts my ears and makes my tinnitus worse, but I can't help but listen to it.
Historical Architecture - I'll attach a picture of where I am working today, so you can see how beautiful this building is.
Climbing mountains. Being in the forests. Swimming outdoors. Campfires etc. Anything outdoors.
Also, like @Michael Leigh, I actually love clocks and automatons.
Oh, and books! I have hundreds. Loads on architecture, history, art history. I love my book collection.
Travelling. I've been all over the world.
Van life. I converted a van to live in.
Surfing and swimming.
And, this is a random one - eating outdoors. I love it. I'll climb a mountain just to eat at the top of it. Yes I'm a weirdo haha!
Basically everything is a passion of mine. I have too many hobbies and interests.
It's absolutely insane to me that there are people out there that understand math. I had quite a bit of tutoring back in high school, but even then, when math was still relatively simple for normal people I was struggling. Sometimes I wonder if I actually have dyscalculia, but a lot of other symptoms don't really apply to me.
I enjoy street photography. I'm fascinated with old buildings, store fronts, and remnants of "old" NYC, or any other city. When I'm lucky to find them, abandoned buildings. I love urban exploration! Though abandoned hotel swimming pools -- those filled with black-green water -- give me the heebie-jeebies.How cool. What kind of subjects do you usually capture? I can imagine NYC would be full of picture worthy sights
Thank you @Stacken77 for your helpful advice. From the way you're describing it, I think my poor plant needs a lot more water than it's been getting. I was worried the opposite was the case because it's been showing the kind of reaction I get from my orchids when they get overwatered or I've forgotten to drain them properly.
High school math is probably taught in a bad way, high school math teachers are often mediocre bored (and boring) people. Math is a language that needs to be trained and understood; at some point you become fluent. I personally understand (well) only the "type" of Math belonging to my field of expertise. 99% of Math is gibberish to me. 99% of Math is gibberish for every mathematician.
If you search back through the 'members photo album', there's a load in there that I posted a while back. However, the van has been redone, so I will send over some updated photos shortly
I read a few Stephen King books when I was younger, and you're inspiring me to return to his catalogue. Did you watch the TV series of Under The Dome? Did you love it, hate it or something in between? I've not read the book, the series started well but by the second season I found it both enjoyable and annoying in equal measure. Stephen King was a great admirer of the series The 100 on The CW channel, though they kind of ruined it in the final season, Game-of-Thrones style.
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