Just the long version of my commute plus a 5 mile loop to have lunch with Joanne at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Hubble & others)- which is just a few buildings away from her department at Hopkins. This is where they translate the data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope into "scientifically meaningful units" (what a great phrase).
The drawing below illustrates how starlight turns into pretty pictures...
As it turns out in addition to taking amazing pictures of far away things they also make good sandwiches.Good to be back to commuting after a bit of a break - definitely more productive at the office when I start the day with a little exercise.
Today's Soundtrack - Simon & Garfunkel's El Condor Pasa - which as it turns out is a cover of a 1913 Peruvian folk song or at least the melody is - they made up new lyrics - "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail..." etc... - this brought to my subconscious by David Sedaris' new book - When You are Engulfed in Flames - in which he refers to the ubiquitous Andean Street Musicians that seem to be found busking in every major city of the world. I made this same observation in 1994 while backpacking around Europe - when I could have sworn we saw the same 5 guys playing in Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Rome, Paris, Edinburgh...
27 plus miles on the day1625 YTD
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