{"id":2836,"date":"2016-01-13T14:26:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:26:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-11T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:07:12","slug":"sir-houston-and-his-beloved-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tricorder.se\/?p=2836","title":{"rendered":"Wanda&#8217;s flower parlour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s rare that I forge a friendship with someone from the second camp. And, if they get me on a bad day, their reaction can feel like a gentle kick in the stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"graf--p graf-after--blockquote wp-block-paragraph\">I thought about this. Then I thought about my childhood. It turns out that I rode the bus to school nearly 200 days a year for more than 10 years. That\u2019s 2,000 days. I don\u2019t remember most of those days. They blur together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of exactly the same reason, a flat saddle is better than one that has a pre-formed shape.The motor Guzzi California that you see in this picture has a perfect saddle: broad and long and flat, so you can move around to sit in different postures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">IN FACT, LIFE IS MANY JOURNEYS. THE MORE OF THEM YOU TAKE, THE LONGER IT WILL SEEM.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My hotel was in Yountville and I\u2019d done no pre-planning. I asked the concierge for a running or hiking trail nearby, with underwhelming results. So in typical California fashion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.demos.pixelgrade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Death_to_stock_photography_bonus_floral_3-e1460204795190.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"488\" class=\"wp-image-488\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.demos.pixelgrade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Death_to_stock_photography_bonus_floral_2-e1460204830142.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"487\" class=\"wp-image-487\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.demos.pixelgrade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Death_to_stock_photography_bonus_floral_4-1-e1460204750589.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"489\" class=\"wp-image-489\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nI decided to drive to my exercise. A quick Google search turned up Jack London State Park. If it was named after the author of <em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">White Fang <\/em>and C<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">all of the Wild<\/em>, it had to kick ass, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chalk one up for the analog experience. I love maps. I buy them just before I leave on any significant trip and they end up cluttering my apartment, living under the bed in plastic bins and shoved in the corners of bookcases. Once in a while I try to organize them, and instead get lost in the various topographies, hieroglyphic legends and squigglinglines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the truth is, I don\u2019t expect everyone to be like me. Not at all. In fact, you should be focusing on what works for you. I think people ask successful entrepreneurs questions like \u201cWhat does a day look like for you?\u201d because they think they might hold some secret to success. 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