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purplbear · 13 days

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road trip slide show!

It’s not the destination, but the journey” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Road-trip to view the 2024 total Solar Eclipse in Missouri, USA was packed with experiences (only 3 minutes of which was viewing the total eclipse). See/read the slide show under the cut!

Our journey started on Saturday and we expected to spend at least 5-6 hours in the car each day (it is 12 hours drive time to our eclipse viewing location in Missouri). Actual time spent on road each day was around 9 🤣 - so our greatest effort on the math figuring out how long our days would be. Ufda, getting to your Airbnb at 9pm each day is exhausting.

There are three humans and one animal on this trip, myself, husband, friend, and friend’s dog.

First event we experienced: the Mississippi River!

Now this needs some background - I live 3 minute drive away from the Mississippi in Minnesota. Could walk to it if I wanted. I’ve been to the headwaters in Itasca, MN and the delta in Louisiana. I cross this river almost daily for the grocery store or to see family … it’s like a big part of life where I live.

We arrived in Guttenberg, IA to Lock and Dam #10 and I’m like - ooh big river! Hey guys, which River is this?

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Yeah, the big River here in this part of the United States is …. The Mississippi River. 🤦

Laughs all around - we enjoyed a short walk near the lock and dam, enjoyed all the fun street names, found a bathroom, and got back on the road.

By the way - one of our road trip companions was very cute and a very good puppers for the entire trip. Just amazing!

So day two - husbeast (husband) loudly stated a desire for a roadside attraction during today’s driving. The world’s biggest something, or weirdest whatever …. Something cool. Our friend did some kick butt research and found …. American Giants museum in Atlanta, Illinois. A mere 15 minutes off the hwy; and we were incredibly fortunate cause it was the first weekend they were open on Sundays too!

Upon entering the main downtown area we were greeted by: Paul Bunyon (hot dog man)

And our Minnesota hearts were so happy to see this large giant friend who is also a Paul Bunyan - but different name spelling cause of copyright issues 🤣🤣🤣 (or so the sign stated).

The dog was NOT a fan of hot dog Paul Bunyon man, but we were!

And the museum - y’all it was top notch! A single room, but like, FABULOUS write ups for the history of the Big Friends fiberglass works. Just awesome. The volunteers - also top notch. So friendly and happy to chat.

And if you’re anywhere near there, Memorial Day weekend they are getting one of the last remaining 6 Texaco giants!

Back on the road and onto our next stop which was ….St. Louis and the Gateway Arch.

And guess what! We saw a BIG RIVER! Hey guys, which River is this ….. it’s the Mississippi, still. 🤣🤣

Back on the road to Union, MO to rest up for ECLIPSE DAY!

Many many many friends and family informed us that the traffic TO the eclipse would be pretty good … but leaving the eclipse location would double or triple driving time. WORTH IT!

Many people have written about viewing an eclipse, how it’s an amazing experience. The highlights for me?

When the sun is totally eclipsed you are able to see SUNSET colors at the horizon EVERYWHERE - which is just like …. I love clouds and sunsets and that was AWESOME

Again, totally eclipsed you can see STARS (maybe it’s a planet?) - like the brightest starts are visible!

as the sun returns, the sky opposite the sun looks like twilight, while the light illuminating your front is like day. It’s wild.

total drive time on eclipse day:

1.5 hours from Airbnb to eclipse viewing spot

4 hours to travel same distance away from eclipse

Oh, and side note, traveling to our overnight after the eclipse, we crossed the Mississippi again. “Hey guys, what big river is this?” 🤣

The eclipse was a real highlight of the trip. But not the only highlight.

On the final day of travel, our picnic lunch location took us to a small town in Iowa. As we turn off the highway we see “Welcome to Riverside, IA” and immediately husbeast is exclaiming …

“We’re going to the future birthplace of CAPTAIN KIRK!” We’re huge Star Trek fans in this house - and we met the friend traveling with us thru a Star Trek podcast group many years ago. She’s been to Trekfest in Riverside before, and highly recommends attending. It’s a sweet gathering of wonderful Star treky people … and the few locals we spoke to in Riverside were very friendly!

Fabulous trip. on final count, we crossed the Mississippi 4 times, and I asked which River it was only 3 times. Go me.

It wasn’t just about the destination, but the journey along the way.

#Road trip #solar eclipse #total eclipse #road trip slide show #Travel narrative #Narrative #traveling #road side attractions #Mississippi river #car trip

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aftergloom · 5 months

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you for the tag @thegreatwicked! This is my main — @thenightmarketofdathomir is my sideblog (and I usually do these tag games over here.)

1. How many works do you have on AO3? Twenty one. Have deleted as many in as many years, probably.

2. What's your total A03 word count? 740,975. I had this horrified moment as I was tallying… what if my current WIP (not live) has a bigger total than everything else that’s up as of today? (It’s not. I’m not sure if I’m relieved because this thing is shaping up to be a trilogy.)

3. What fandoms do you write for? Stah Wahs

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? Kudos in ratio to chapter, orrrr just the volume? Some of them are shit and I pretend they don’t exist anymore so I’m not going to list them. They’re like bad dreams. That shit never happened I don’t care if it took 38 chapters. And I’m not counting the Nightmarket because it’s a hundred and eighty one-shots lumped together.

Somebody's gonna have a bad time by nxctuary (Opress Bros x Reader)

Drown Me in You by nxctuary (Mermaid!Maul x Reader)

The myriad applications and multiple uses for a Corellian HWY-280 class fresher. Article 342: One locking door. by nxctuary (Feral x Reader)

The Collector by nxctuary (Maul x Reader)

The Ritual by nxctuary (Maul x Reader)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Depends on a couple of things that aren’t always consistent, and often if I don’t reply it’s because the comment broke me. (I often will reply, but I’m like a cryptid — expect me to pop-up without warning six months after you’ve left a note.) It’s often someone saying something nice, my inner self-hatred seeing it and going, “LIAR!” And then taking six months to convince myself that I just can’t take a compliment when negotiating my own imposter syndrome.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Ah that’s… hm. I don’t think I’ve killed anyone lately.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if it’s a little twisted. I like horror endings, you know? The kind that, on the surface, appear as if everything’s actually going to work out for the better but there’s a single drop of darkness left on the page that implies everything can be lost at a moment’s notice.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Narp.

9. Do you write smut? Yarp.

10. Do you write crossovers? Just once. Let’s not talk about it.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Better not have. I’ve had multiple pieces plagiarized partially, though. In really hilarious ways (to me, at least) because there’s nothing like borrowing a turn of phrase said to you IRL (while you were sleeping with the person who said it), giving those words to Maul as he speaks them to the Reader character, then finding someone else pulled out several lines of the same dialogue to use in their fic without permission. Maybe don’t do that. You don’t know where this stuff comes from, and you definitely don’t know what I was working through when I wrote it. Awkward.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Not that I remember. (Maybe once in X-Men? I've had work turned into podfic, though.)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Nope.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship? Feral and Kai? Do OCs count?

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Nothing is ever finished even if it’s finished. I don’t understand the question. /j

16. What are your writing strengths? I show up every day and I do the work. Even when it sucks and when I hate it. I do the work.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? If I don’t have a clear overview of how a scene is going to play out (or especially the layers of an argument between the characters — what they’re saying VS what they really mean, what they’re withholding, what the reader knows but they don’t, etc) I will spin my wheels and fill up a page with setting description to avoid making a bulleted list of what’s actually happening so I can get to the point. Then edit it twelve times later like hacking away at a hunk of marble trying to get to the good bits.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Doesn’t bother me. There are circumstances where the jist of the conversation carries regardless, and if not, I’m assuming the writer’s offering a translation either in-text or as a citation. I mean, if you want to get granular about it, then start asking does doing that serve the story and what does it add, or does it detract, but that’s a situational thing and I think you need to experiment a bit to learn what works in context.

19. First fandom you wrote for? Harry Potter. Draco/Harry. I was baby.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? Archangel (unreleased). Heartsong (unreleased). Crown of Motherfucking Horns (current WIP). CoH my heart. CoH beloved. CoH my baby.

Tagging (no pressure): @herbalinz-of-yesteryear @grinningnexu @sinisterexaggerator @inquisitorius-sin-bin @umber-cinders @graaaaceeliz @not0a0mundane and anyone else who wants to play :)

#tag game #on writing #Darth Maul x Reader #Feral Opress x Reader #Savage Opress x Reader #Opress Bros x Reader #that polyfic follows me to this day istg #Maul x Reader #Maul x You #Feral Opress x You #Savage Opress x You

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professional-termite · 2 months

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You’re wizard and computer screen :3

AHHHH DJGJGJG THANK YOU PERCY but also HWY DOES EVERYONE THINK I STAY UP LATE I GO TO BED AT LIKE 9 EVERY NIGHT 😭😭

also ur cumulus clouds (with sonic instead of super mario), labyrinth, and wizard

#ask #🔦#ask game

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crownmoto · 1 year

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#womenwhoride #girlswhoride #bmw #bmws1000rr #Superbike #superbikes #crownmoto #sfbayarea #motorcycles #motorbikes #hwy 9

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 6 months

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Actau 5:9-10 A Phedr a ddywedodd wrthi, Paham y cytunasoch i demtio Ysbryd yr Arglwydd? wele draed y rhai a gladdasant dy ŵr di wrth y drws, a hwy a’th ddygant dithau allan. Ac yn y man hi a syrthiodd wrth ei draed ef, ac a drengodd: a’r gwŷr ieuainc wedi dyfod i mewn, a’i cawsant hi yn farw; ac wedi iddynt ei dwyn hi allan, hwy a’i claddasant hi yn ymyl ei gŵr.

9 Peter said to her, “Why did you and your husband agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! Do you hear those footsteps? The men who buried your husband are at the door. They will carry you out in the same way.” 10 At that moment Sapphira fell down by his feet and died. The young men came in and saw that she was dead. They carried her out and buried her beside her husband. — Acts 5:9-10 | Beibl William Morgan (BWM) and Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) William Morgan Welsh Bible Edition © British & Foreign Bible Society 1992 and Easy-to-Read Version Bible Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Ezekiel 11:13; Acts 5:3-4 and 5; Acts 15:10

#dishonesty #death #punishment #Ananias #Sapphira #Acts 5:9-10 #Book of Acts #New Testament #BWM #Beibl William Morgan #British & Foreign Bible Society #ERV #Easy-to-Read Version Bible #Bible League International

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beni75 · 1 month

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Photo and texts: @eric_treece

1-. Thunder storm bearing down on a wind mill near Ramah, Colorado on July 21, 2015

2-. Yesterday's severe warned storm west of Peyton. Colorado

3-. Awesome Lightning display south of Calhan, Colorado on june 16, 2015

4-. Awesome Supercell storm north of Matheson, Colorado

5-. One of the most intense chases I've ever had. Bradshaw, Nebraska. tornado junio 2011

6-. Stormy night on the Eastern Plains of Colorado

7-. Beautiful Rainbow and Windmill after a Thuderstorm near Limon, Colorado

8-. Beautiful Rainbow in the wake of severe storms on the eastern plains of Colorado in july 2015

9-. Beautiful shelf cloud over Mackinac Island on july 23, 2011

10-. Beautiful supercell storm near Dalhart, Texas on may 18, 2010 just after sunset!

11-. between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan there was an epic waterspout outbreack!

12-. First tornado of the Simla, Colorado, outbreak on June 4, 2015

13-. I don't care how many tornadoes you've seen, the Simla, Colorado antyclonic tornado on june 4, 2015 has to be up there as one of the most graceful photogenic ones ever IMO

14-. In case you can't tell love windmills! This was taken after the storm in june 2005. I belive somewhere on the Easterna plains of colofado its amazing out there

15-. Insane lightning show near Peyton, Colorado (august 2010)

16-. intense bolt of lightining near Peyton, Colorado in august 2010

17-. Its amazing out there. Taken in Tribune, Kansas

18-. Lightning gives drivers a Natures Fireworks display along HWY 287 near Boyero, Colorado

19-. Lightning in Elizabeth, Colorado in june 2013

20-. Lightning off of Chicago!

#photography #world #usa #colorado storm catcher

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rastronomicals · 2 months

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5:58 AM EST March 5, 2024:

Kyuss - "Wretch" Complete (September 23, 1991)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

The whole goddamned thing.

1. "(Beginning of What's About to Happen) Hwy 74" 2. "Love Has Passed Me By" 3. "Son of a Bitch" 4."Black Widow" 5. "Katzenjammer" 6. "Deadly Kiss" 7. "The Law" 8. "Isolation" 9. "I'm Not" 10. "Big Bikes" 11. "Stage III"

File under: Generator Music

#Kyuss #Complete #Wretch

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musicfren · 2 months

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Protests March 2nd (this Saturday). Mostly USA, some global

Albuquerque, New Mexico

11:00 a.m.

Tiguex Park