It's hard to imagine what's going on in the Army right now and the last of my friends are now retired but I won't advise young people to join right now. I'm very unhappy about that. The Army was good for me.
The shuttle from behind. The engines are on. Landing gear too but that not really visible from this angle.
The underside of the shuttle with the landing gear on. The bottom is standard Lego underside. I'm a bit disappointed they didn't smooth that out. I remember being really interested in some science show about the shuttle and the ceramic plates for reentry were really cool.
The landing gear, engine, and engine attachment are off and sitting beside the shuttle. The bays are open.
The bays are open showing the landing gear, engine, and engine attachment are stowed inside.
Addendum to #4
This bag is you build the shuttle like it's going to land and then take off the landing gear and the engines and stow them inside, then build the tail fin and piece for the aerodynamics. It's kind of fiddly though and the engine piece prefers coming apart more then off.
The shuttle is complete. The tail fin is on and there's the piece on the back for aerodynamics while on the carrier aircraft.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #4
The shuttle from behind. The engines are on. Landing gear too but that not really visible from this angle.
The underside of the shuttle with the landing gear on. The bottom is standard Lego underside. I'm a bit disappointed they didn't smooth that out. I remember being really interested in some science show about the shuttle and the ceramic plates for reentry were really cool.
The landing gear, engine, and engine attachment are off and sitting beside the shuttle. The bays are open.
The bays are open showing the landing gear, engine, and engine attachment are stowed inside.
Addendum to #4
This bag is you build the shuttle like it's going to land and then take off the landing gear and the engines and stow them inside, then build the tail fin and piece for the aerodynamics. It's kind of fiddly though and the engine piece prefers coming apart more then off.
The shuttle is complete. The tail fin is on and there's the piece on the back for aerodynamics while on the carrier aircraft.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #4
The shuttle looks close to complete with the cockpit and bay doors.
From the other side. The bay doors are open in this shot.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #3
The shuttle looks close to complete with the cockpit and bay doors.
From the other side. The bay doors are open in this shot.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #3
The shuttle is built up a bit with more in the back
The incomplete shuttle from the back. It looks like there a place for a snap on piece.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #2
The shuttle is built up a bit with more in the back
The incomplete shuttle from the back. It looks like there a place for a snap on piece.
Lego NASA Enterprise bag #2
It needs more attention and defenders.
And then there's people like mayor Lynn Spruill. I'm still pissed off at her for the time she called the post office obsolete.
It looks like the base of the shuttle is mostly complete. There's a couple stickers with the US flag on the left and "USA" on the right.
The underside. Mostly black.
NASA Enterprise bag #1
It looks like the base of the shuttle is mostly complete. There's a couple stickers with the US flag on the left and "USA" on the right.
The underside. Mostly black.
NASA Enterprise bag #1
On the right, the new Lego Enterprise from Star Trek TNG is completed and on its stand. The mini-figs are in front along with the Rho Laren shuttle that came with it. On the left is the Lego Enterprise NASA shuttle on the carrier aircraft stilll in the box.
I enjoyed building the Lego Enterprise so I got myself another.
Grandpa was an alcoholic but managed to keep a job as a clerk in an iron mine. His dad was the unemployable kind though.
Opa was a doctor and I have to go back a bit farther to find the worthless wastrels.
Two large prints of the cover art from the first and second book of the series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams. They are each more than three feet across. More description in the close ups of the individual prints.
The cover art by Michael Whelan of "The Dragonbone Chair" by Tad Williams. The frame is dark ribbed wood and the matting is a wintry grey-blue. The artwork is a single piece but designed such that the left and right look good by themselves as the left was the back cover of the book and the right was the front cover. On the right, teenage Simon is stepping out of ruins that still show much of their former glory. He's holding a wounded friend who is smaller but somewhat older looking. On the left a wolf runs through the ruins. The print is signed in the lower right.
The cover art by Michael Whelan of "The Stone of Farewell" by Tad Williams. The frame is dark ribbed wood and the matting is a wintry grey-blue. The artwork is a single piece but designed such that the left and right look good by themselves as the left was the back cover of the book and the right was the front cover. On the right, young adult Simon is standing in a snowy woods full of butterflies. He's holding a very large sword, a mirror and a white arrow. He now has a white lock in his hair. On the left, there is a lake at the bottom of a sharp drop. In the middle of the lake is a tall natural rock formation. The print is signed in the lower left.
These arrived today. Thanks to @michaelwhelan.bsky.social and @mrstad.bsky.social.
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Roof!
This morning’s Blood Moon hangs in the sky like a rusty lantern, hiding in the Earth’s shadow before slipping beneath the horizon for the day. #bloodmoon
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Title page of "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman, the printing where John Scalzi wrote a forward and was then wrongly credited as co-author. Signed by Scalzi with the personalization "I, John Scalzi, did not write this book." Also signed by Haldeman, "I did write this book! Honest!"
But sometimes your signature has great value in entertainment
Got a question. Can Anthropic turn off trust and safety only for the government? Or would this blow up T&S for everything?
More food than last week and slightly fewer eating at the fish fry so I actually got a plate this week.
A story
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
An A-frame portable street sign faces a fence, behind which is a parking lot and a stucco, Spanish-style building, which looks closed or perhaps has been turned into a warehouse.
Uninstalled from the phone for Lent. When I get home, checking it all is not possible so I just check my catch up list, mostly. If I had to keep it for work, maybe I could just keep to the list? Got to be hard.
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I'm looking at the Lenovo X1 I got on black friday for $1489, usually $1750 and it's $2109 right now. Looking at Apple's website, it seems a similar spec Macbook Pro is $2200.
The Lenovo will go on sale though. Just $1800 something instead of $1489.
So, if I were in this position, I guess in order to properly gauge exactly what the job is worth, I'd have to start looking for civilian jobs even if I would have skipped the job hunt with a moderate hard offer.
So, extra stress because it's harder in practice to compare a theoretical offer than it is in theory.
Nobody's getting robbed of a 20y retirement though. Those will just put a low number.
