Monday, September 28, 2026

Train Nerd!

 

The last few days, when I could sleep in a little longer, I woke up promptly at seven, but this morning I was deeply asleep when my alarm went off at that time. Usually I'm only in deep sleep between one and four in the morning, so it seemed odd that I had a short bout of it just before my usual wake-up time, but when I mentioned this to Hardingfele during our lunchtime walk, she thought I was nuts to wear a device that tracks my sleep. It was not a particularly noteworthy day at work, but the weather sure was beautiful. The shuttle driver today is one I've had before - she drives too fast and mutters under her breath about everyone else on the road. And she's only getting worse.

As promised, here is the photo of me from my department picnic on Saturday, demonstrating how I am a "train nerd."


I am also a train graffiti nerd. Here are screenshots from a very long train that went through town yesterday, from a video posted on social media. I may have posted some of these before, and I didn't include the "rail heads" car because I've already posted that like three times.





























































I don't know if there's any deeper meaning to this art, but I love the aesthetics. Give me this over the modern "art" in museums any day!


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