“Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.”

– Romeo and Juliet

Have a jocund day.

(Image: Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

“How bloodily the sun begins to peer above yon bulky hill. The day looks pale at his distemp’rature.”

— Henry IV, Part I

Red sky in morning, sailor take warning. 

“What, Hal, how now, mad wag?”

— Henry IV, Part I

Finished reading: Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter 📚 Probably not going to continue with these. I wish someone could do tie-in novels based on the “Endeavour” prequel TV series.

Oh, Ravens. 🏈 🟪 😔

The telegraphickers at The Signal Station sometimes tap out their codes in metal.

I earned two demerits on my nerd card yesterday. I forgot it was “Space: 1999” day until someone else mentioned it.

“I’m shocked – shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”

“Here are your winnings, sir.”

“Oh, thank you.”

– Casablanca. And everywhere else.

Learned: When using the Dataview plugin in Obsidian, do not use a field name that begins with numbers. It won’t like you for it and you won’t immediately know why.

“You were just let down by time.”

— “The Great British Baking Show”

Falstaff: Why, there is it: come sing me a bawdy song; make me merry. I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter — of an hour … lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass.

Lord Bardolph: Why, you are so fat, Sir John, that you must needs be out of all compass, out of all reasonable compass, Sir John.

— Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I

I wish some Elizabethan terms found in Shakespeare were still around. I’d find it useful to say “Alas; alack!” throughout the day. Also “prithee,” “anon,” “marry” (meaning “indeed”), “fain,” and “base.”

My favorite would be to say I am “out of all compass.”

It’s heartening to hear newscasters call Artemis “NASA’s moon rocket.” 🚀

Finished reading: Inspector Morse: The First Three Novels by Colin Dexter 📚

Retro 51 Maryland flag pen from Penquisition, with matching pen sleeve by Rickshaw Bags.

Also serving Magritte Green Apples and Pollock Spaghetti.

Saw a sign for Saval Deli and it made me think of Salvador Dali. Now I want to open a shop called Salvador Deli. Come enjoy our famous Melting Cheese Subs.

Finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚

“And soon I shall have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being!”

– Evil, played by David Warner, Time Bandits

In memory. Actor David Warner, 1941 – 2022.

”… and dozens of others who made art from history’s trash and yoked together styles that felt like they belonged in different galaxies.” — Apple Music

Something to aspire to.

Signal Station Waiting Room

Currently reading: The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye 📚

“We taught you, because you already knew.”

— Master Kan, “Kung Fu”