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I ended up deciding to go to Eclipse Totality after all and it was a great experience. I heard of a German couple who flew to Texas, then flew out to Boston when they saw the horrible weather forecasts for Texas. They drove out to near Jackman, Maine to experience totality under crystal clear skies for 3 minutes. Perhaps I should have gone to Maine also, but Franklin, IN was so close to us and weather predicted a chance of clear skies so I took it. The more southerly you are, the longer the totality duration - so in Indiana we had 4 minutes and 3 seconds compared to just about 3 minutes in Maine. The traffic from Boston, NYC, Toronto, etc. worried me as well. In the end high cirrus clouds were over the sun during totality in Franklin, thus I did not see the sharp pulsing waves of coronal radiation projections that were so emotionally affecting for me in 2017, but the entire experience was otherwise magnificent. I also fucked up in not removing my ND100000 solar filter from my 100-400mm lens just before C2 ("diamond ring") - it made me miss capturing the onset of C2, but I saw it directly which is what you should truly aim for anyway. I wonder if in trying to photograph the event, I miss the true human experience of the Eclipse which is so affecting and life-changing. Eclipse totality is utterly addicting and I can see ourselves in our retirement joining the brigade of Eclipse chasers worldwide. My shot settings for the time lapse & diamond ring procession was bracketed exposures around: - aperture f8 - shutterspeed 1/60 - 1/1000 - iso 100 - 400 - cam setup: Fujifilm X-T2 using Sigma 100-400mm f5.6-6.3 lens using K&F Concept 67mm ND100000 filter on Kirk ballhead atop Gitzo tripod.

Trinity EcoStorage 30x14x11.5 304 stainless steel utility sink with pull-out faucet from Costco. MSRP $600, on sale for $330. I’ve lived 25 years at this house with this cheap dirty plastic utility sink from Lowe’s hardware. I finally decided to replace it with a decent steel sink when I spied it on sale at Costco this weekend. I initially planned to hammerdrill it with masonry screws into the concrete wall using pressure-treated wood 4x4 pieces, but the sink was heavy enough (~75+lbs) that I thought it should be ok free-standing in the corner, so long as I don’t decide to stand in it or something. Perhaps I need to pin it to the wall to meet code, but I’ll figure that out when/if we move out of our current house in the future. For now the sink works fine as is. I liked the leveling feet, the storage shelf, the large basin, and especially the pull-out sprayer faucet. The hardest part of the assembly was the couple of trips it took to go to Home Depot and jigger the correct fittings from my ½” PEX water lines to the Apollo zinc-plated brass ½” PEX to 3/8” screw threaded Trinity faucet lines. I also had to use step-downs from our 2” schedule 40 PVC drains to 1-1/2” PVC, then supplement a standard PVC P-trap kit with a faucet drain extension to get it all to fit correctly. The Air Admittance Valve was attached with a long vertical extension to meet code and prevent sewer gases trapping and air exchange for good water drainage flow. Very decent quality sink by Trinity. Highly recommended. https://trinityii.com/trinity-ecostorage-30x14-basin-stainless-steel-utility-sink-nsf-w-pull-out-faucet/ https://www.costco.com/trinity-30%22-x-14%22-stainless-steel-utility-sink-with-pull-down-faucet.product.4000202991.html

Susi Gott Seguret provided an outstanding experience for us in Asheville. After luncheon at WWC cafeteria, we went truffle hunting with Natalie Dechiara & her truffle dog Eva - found 2.5lbs of truffles! We then had supper at the MarketPlace hosted by chef William Dissen to whom Susi provided T.melanosporum Perigord truffles from Margaret Townsend's KY orchard. Next day we had a memorable culinary truffle usage education from Gold medal winning Chef Chris Bugher at A-B Tech, then had luncheon at chef Katie Button's La Bodega to whom Susi had again provided Perigord truffles. Highly recommended.

I received and began using the Leatherman Arc, the company’s new FLAGSHIP multi-tool introduced in late 2023. It is the best multi-tool I’ve ever owned. It incorporates the “Free” Balisong-like magnetic closure one-hand opening mechanism along with the very trending MagnaCut supersteel of Larrin Thomas. It’s feature-set is very rich and robust and has displaced my Sebenza MagnaCut for now. 20 Tools on ARC: MagnaCut steel knife PVD coated and w/flick-open thumbstud, needlenose pliers, regular pliers, large bit driver, diamond-coated file, small bit driver, wood/metal file, pry tool, replaceable wire cutters, replaceable hard-wire cutters, impact hammer surface, large screwdriver, bottle opener, can opener, awl, springed scissors, saw, wire stripper, electrical crimper, edge file – all with locking features, with removable pocket clip - made in USA Portaland, OR. SPECS: MSRP: $229.95 W/FREE SHIPPING • WEIGHT: 8.6 oz. | 243.8 g. • CLOSED LENGTH: 4.25 in. | 10.78 cm. • OPEN LENGTH: 6.45 in. | 16.39 cm. • BLADE LENGTH: 2.76 in. | 7.02 cm. • BLADE HARDNESS: 60-63 HRC • WIDTH: 1.3 in. | 3.4 cm. • OVERALL THICKNESS: .68 in. | 1.7 cm. • INCLUDES: Nylon Sheath, Partial Bit Kit • MATERIALS: 420 Stainless Steel, 440C Stainless Steel, DLC Coat, MagnaCut Steel, PVD Coat • INCLUDED BITS: Torx #10 & #15, Torx #20 & #25, Pozi #2 & #1, Hex 1.5mm & 2mm, Hex 2.5mm & 3mm, Hex 4mm & 5mm, Screwdriver 3/32" & 1/8", Robertson #1 & 2, Robertson #2 & 3

I assemble & setup a few items that came in this week. I needed a 6" large vise for various projects. I set up my Harbor Freight Hercules HE 041 table router/plunge router into newly received Bosch RA1181 router table. This router is NOT made for this stand, but I can get 2 screws to fit. This is inadequate mounting, so I may need to drill additional holes in the aluminum router plate and secure it better. I got this Central Machinery steel stand also, which is very solid, but much smaller top than I expected. I'll have to mount a piece of 1" plywood to it in order to use it as a grinding or drilling stand. All items received were rock solidly made though made in China. Chinesium is all about the original company designs and the degree of competency that management of the factory in China is maintained.

I finally found a transparent inner 10"x4.5" media cannister for the Pentair Pentek Big Big Clear 10x4.5 housing. Bulk Reef Supply had them for $25 each. Here I re-pour the choramine-removing nuclear grade color-changing deionization resin media from my prior opaque cannister into it, then re-fit into my system and test the conductivity of the output at RO outlet and the RO/DI outlets. I discuss the benefits of RO/DI water filtration for drinking/cooking at home.

This is a brief discussion of my RO/DI water filter system by Growonix that I purchased in January 2021 for $985. I added a 10" x 4.5" deionization cannister to the end of its output with pex fittings along with using nuclear grade activated carbon that filters choramines to the growonix patented reverse osmosis membrane setup that minimizes water waste. The total cost of my system was $1420. It has been providing nearly 700gallons/day capability, about 5 gallons in 10minutes output of 0.00 microSiemens conductivity pure water for our drinking, cooking needs. We are able to avoid almost all the contaminants in our city water of 315mS which contains not only E.coli, heavy metals, radioactive tracers, but pharmaceuticals including SSRIs, estrogens, fluorides, chloramines, among other salts and minerals.

I walk around Tokyo visiting the Meguro Parasitology Museum, I eat at Ichiran ramen near Shibuya, I visit the Imperial East Gardens, I roam about Tokyo National Museum, I walk through Shibuya Crossing in evening lights, I visit a Don Quixote before heading back towards Akihabara via the Ginza line.

I spent the final day in Tokyo buying a Panasonic Palm-In LamDash at BIC camera Akihabara, then walked to Asakusa and ate at Toyama Tonkatsu. I then walked to Tokyo SkyTree before walking around Takeshita Street in Shinjuku.

This is a vid I made in 2015 when I was 48 years old.