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Most people here are talking about work, and indeed for work I'm leaning heavily on Zoom with pretty good results. LIke @cbrownlmath, I wish I had bought stock in THAT. But since @StephenL asked about downtime, I have to admit, as someone who has …

I remember that statue (the negative space one in Havana)! Really great!! One of my favorite statues is very close to that one in the same plaze (Plaza San Francisco) on the opposite side of the plaze: Chopin. It's not as artsy, of course, but I …

Makah Reservation on the Upper Tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. These statues are about 20 ft Tall and can be found in the town of Neah Bay.

Though I cannot find them now, there have been studies done that I seem to recall showed pretty conconclusively that paper towels are much more sanitary than air dryers. There was even an old Myth Busters episode on this exact …

"The Kiss" (El Beso), in "Love Park" (Parque del Amor) overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru. It is a self-portrait(?) of the sculptor, Victor Delfín (Peru's most famous sculptor), and his wife kissing. Honestly …

HI Stephen, the best advice I can give for a trip that has gone sideways is to SMILE and remember to be Amazed at the Amazing experiences. In other words, just roll with it best you can, and remember that when you are traveling you are not at home …

I consider myself very fortunate in that I have already knocked off many of the places from my bucket list (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Borubudor on Java in Indonesia, The Great Wall, XinJiang, Mt. Popa in Myanmar, the …

How about the app on your smartphone? You take it with you everywhere you go, it adjusts to different time zones. You can set multiple alarms. Has snooze capability.

Part two of the Sidewinding Adder: In this 2nd picture, after everyone left it alone for a second or two, it "disappeared" back under the sand, leaving only its nostrils exposed. You can still make out the shape of the snake, but within a few …

This photo and the next one go together. Not taken today, or even this year... but I think they qualify as "creature" photos. This is a Sidewinding Adder (poisonous) in the desert of Namibia. Look carefully at the sand around the snake in the first …

Beautiful!

I'm not sure you can generalize. I tend to drive too fast. But I always move over for someone who wants to drive faster than me and if I am in stop and go traffic I will ALWAYS give way to someone who SIGNALS and indicates they want to get in. I …

Stunning!

All of these are AWESOME.

I give you a broken heart because I am so freaking jealous!! GREAT photo, Chris! I have seen a few sloths in the wild in Costa Rica, but they were ALL sleeping and never got to see any of their faces. I was still happy as heck to see them, but man, …

I immediately recognized where that peacock picture was taken! I love the Picchetti Winery and hiking around those trails (usually after doing a wine tasting!). Saw a beautiful bobcat on that trail last year. If you can get away from all the …

Nice photo Vilen! The more I looked at that (before reading your text), I began to realize just how big those waves were... impressive.

Great stuff! If you want to venture just a little bit further south, come check out the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Alviso (they also have a location in Fremont). A real hidden gem in Silicon Valley. Shore Birds …

That park is near me as well. The first article I saw about the girl was one of the worst journalistic hack jobs I have ever read. It showed several stock photos of AFRICAN Lions. It said an adult mountain lion BIT the girl on the leg (which I …

Great thread Chris! If I had not been snorkeling in the warm turquoise waters and hiking to waterfalls in Fiji, this is where I would have been as well. Some nice photos of some nice eye candy.

Awesome!

Well I'm not expert on the Motorcycle market, and I'm not a rider, but I have been following Zero Motorcycles off and on for a number of years because I thought their technology was pretty cool. My take is that the torque on all of these bikes …

I'm all for letting investors or individuals make their own investment choices and would vehemently oppose any attempt at some self appointed or elected "elite" or "expert" dictating what is a good or bad investment. I just lament the herd …

Amazing analysis @dhirajkacker. You are covering this from all angles. Nice to see the WSJ article that agrees with my theory that negative interest rates are an addiction. I tend to agree with your hypothesis that we are in the best of times, and …

Definitely NOT the techno band on Pandora. This Native Alien was active from 1982 to 1988. Started in San Diego and ended up in the LA Music Scene. Was featured on KROQ (the alternative/New Wave station in LA once or twice) and also on KNAC (the LA …