A Number of Hobbies Interrupted

Hey Y'all, how about some live steam model trains outdoors in the snow, and then some real trains doing likewise. Something I'd like to be able to do is have my own garden railway but health limitations say no. Here's one recently posted by a member on the Large Scale Central garden railway modeling forum. Trains in this size can be powered by the classic 'train set' electricity through the rails; by radio control car and boat batteries; or steam engines can be actual steam engines, as is...

After all that serious stuff posted, this time, something fun, a UK canal boat video. I enjoy several different the YouTube channels done by live-aboard narrowboaters. This particular video is a break from their normal canal cruising.

Government workers with autism may go unpaid, despite their valuable contributions to science A volunteer program by USGS could provide setbacks for students seeking independence. Kelly Brenner December 2, 2019 https://www.popsci.com/story/science/unpaid-students-autism-science/ Yeah, THAT, Pretty much means that I did not exist until I was in my 30s, then all of a sudden in my 40s I magically materialized from empty air. :grumpy: But first ... I was misdiagnosed as bipolar for a...

While I'm sitting around saving energy for doing laundry tomorrow, which has now become today, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191203-what-we-get-wrong-about-time

Old space and rocket book that's new to me in the mailbox today. Book is almost as old as I am. :) And ohh I would love 1/144 scale plastic model kits of those rockets on the cover ... With nicely rendered miniatures of the astronaut figures shown ... It has 2 groupings of images with maybe 2 or 4 color plates of rockets & a number of astronomical images in B&W. {EDIT: missed the 1s, make that 12 to 14 color plates} Was hoping it would have more images of rocket ideas of the period, be...

Something elsewhere on the web this afternoon brought this to mind. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/language-immigrants-multiethnolect/420285/ While that article involves mostly a number of languages other than English, it in turn brings to mind this book of his,

A post on Tumblr brought this up again. Why Many Autistic People Prefer Identity-First Language Sue Abramowski May 9, 2018 https://themighty.com/2018/05/autism-identity-first-language/ God how I wish this absurdity would just go away forever. I am weary of it. And now I shall mock it; You are NOT “an adult”, you are “A person with adultism”. You are NOT “a parent”, you are “A person with parentism”. You are NOT “a woman”, you are “A person with womanism”. You are NOT “a...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2019/11/12/for-people-with-disabilities-asking-for-help-carries-hidden-costs/#2cb4bdcc4387

Hey, that sounds useful and interesting. And a lot like what our 15 minute timed writing exercises at creative writers group meetings are all about. Do I want to get that book? But I've already bought 2 books this month out of my 11 dollars a month below the poverty level SSD. And I kind of already do some of this anyway. But ... I could read the book and learn from it, Then give it to someone, or the local library, just because. (also of interest, at least to me, Grammar Girl, Mignon...

News about NASA's Parker Solar Probe brings to mind that, yes, there is such a thing as space weather & there is a website for it. Space Weather Prediction Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ and the solar probe news which prompted me to post here about that, https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun/