embedded_hiker

Psilocybin for mental health treatment has been legalized in Oregon though a voter initiative. The new law requires a lot of administrative setup and therapy is not yet available however.

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Orego...

This reminds me of when I heard the phrase "lenticular cloud". I looked it up, hoping to learn something about how these clouds are formed, etc. It simply means "shaped like a lentil".

Here is a site in downtown Portland OR: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5230331,-122.6802471,3a,75y,...

Including frogs and birds.

Collins wrote a book about his experiences - more of an autobiography up to 1974. He talks about this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_the_Fire

Years ago, my daughter was 7 years old. She was precocious like I had been when I was little. I sat down with her in front of the python REPL, and showed her how to use it. She immediately understood what a variable was. A few days later she wanted to add up a few prices, and she fired up a python window, and got a floating point representation problem in the result. This put her off programming for life. She has never since wanted anything to do with it.