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The last of the V8 interceptors finally ran out of guzzoline and was claimed by the rodent overlord

It turns out that the thing I didn't need in a jetlagged state is a party at Chuck E Cheese.

Presa De Beznar. Made me dizzy looking down, I had to step away. Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 20-40 EX DG 2.8

Wife will probably find me here in the morning, fast asleep.

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Going flat out for 24 hours (3 flights, just got home) sat down and treated myself to a beer. "So, you want to slow down" is clearly how my body read this. Help.

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Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware u.fsf.org/32h

Although I did enjoy the tinting windows on the 787. They replicate night time on a long daylight flight (going West transatlantic) it is nice for napping.

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I used to love travel when I was younger. It's just miserable now. And it's all human factors.

The TSA has essentially failed in it's madnate and appears unable to manage. For such an expensive agency that is a puzzler...

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Newark is such a badly run airport I don't even know where to start. It has the feel of a panicked population fleeing an alien invasion.

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Today in 2015, 8 years ago: The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

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Today in 1909, 114 years ago: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens in Indianapolis (United States).

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Today in 2003, 20 years ago: in Basra (Iraq), thousands of Iraqis demonstrate against the scarcity of gasoline and electricity, after the war.

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