Any coating might produce this through reflective destructive interference.

My father’s death was one of the best things that happened to me.

Three is a magic number

40 arrests across 3 counties for violent crime accusations.

We’ve been sliding into it for months.

Dhalgren?

Usenet?

Very helpful. Excellent methodology and presentation.

Me too.

I was at this concert:

https://youtu.be/WY2p1gSOk3c?feature=shared

Info that allows me to break through any of the “brick walls” in my genealogy research.

I was a staff studio photographer doing jewelery work in the late 1980s. In NYC. If you are old enough to remember the Service Merchandise jewelery section, that was me. Lots of other upscale catalogs too. “Successful” in the business.

There were hundreds of people willing to do my job for free. Many were talented. So the pay was minimal. Tried other careers, landed in computer work in the early 90s. Got lucky with the rising tide. Rode it until now.

DO NOT REGRET. Photography is a lousy business. Now I own a house in the suburbs. Wife, kid, dog, car, 401k. Bills are on autopay.

My father always used to say:

“Last thing I remember, I was 18 years old, standing on a streetcorner with my friends. This morning I woke up with a wife, 3 kids and a mortgage.”

…drilled over 4,000ft into the earth’s mantle…

No, they didn’t.

You missed “become poor” and “have his family turn on him”.

I only recently learned of this:

https://youtu.be/olFmklCCccE?feature=shared

Time is the coin of your Life.

It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.

Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

And when you spend it, spend it wisely so that you get the most for your expenditure.

~Carl Sandburg

Thank you for seeing me. Some days, the worst is the feeling that all of the struggle is not only insignificant in the end, but also invisible. I think of all of the rest that are in situations like me and that I’ll never know them.

Most of those are due to COVID. Not that he didn’t make it all worse…

I’m doing the exact same.