Cold but windless day. An improvement over the winds and cold (and humidity) of the last few days. We got some decent time the last couple of days.
I have been "struggling" with the "constraints" of Gemini. It was a fruitless and irrelevant struggle. In the end, I realize that the protocol is what it is and it is not the tiny-est bit conflicting with my *Typewriter Manifesto* deeper core beliefs. If I treat it like the typewriter world that I find so satisfying, all is good. I don't need inline formatting or links. I can use them but they show up as text. Maybe that's confusing to some. And not so confusing in a world where `Markdown` is rapidly gaining in usage. [Thanks, Github/Micro$oft.] In any case, it is what I would do on the 1953 Smith Corona Silent except I don't have the back-tick "`" over there.
Internally, I resolved the dissonances about **The Car**. The wagon at 18 years old can retire. If I need a pickup truck or big wagon for hauling it is a problem for the future. History says I will adapt to what's there. And my fantasies about hauling a yard or two of well ripened manure will be the kind of thing I waste my time on. But they won't drive any decisions ... especially this one. If she'll go for the 2014 E-Class cabriolet in GA at an OK price ... let's do it and put this one behind us. It doesn't matter what they offer for trade-in. Candidly, two cars makes zero sense whether I'd prefer the wagon or not.
The Island is no place to be who I am. Or rather, at least one of the "Who I Am"s. Anyone I would identify with has retired and moved on to another plane. But most of them never were "peers". Most were well compensated penguins, doing what they were told. I have had very few people who were "peers" or really good friends. Ben could be but is not yet. Dave too. But none of the three of us are moving that much closer. Maybe it is all my problem. Probably they are a lot closer because I am lazy/introverted/timid. Things to work on.
Too later for Peter. Much. My fault. Sad.
Long Contemplative day was published on 2022-01-30