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Taking a little time off from attending to business in LaG City, friend David invites me to his backyard shop where he and his two partners construct/deconstruct all manner of vehicles.  Here we see a ’68 Chevy Camaro that was intended to get a little paint touch-up, but one thing led to another.  Now it is slated for a “resto-mod” workup, to be show-worthy and streetable, all 600 horsepower worth, by next summer.  And we see the progress on a frame-up restoration of a Suzuki offroad vehicle.  David says that Heather lets him do what he wants in the shop, so long as she reigns supreme in terms of management of their adjacent house.

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Hands-down the best balloon photograph of the entire week, including upcoming images you have yet to see, was this.  Made by Kim with Android help near or on the way to Bennington Lake for the early morning trek with Charlie-Beast.

And some balloonery observed downtown on my customary workplace walk:

Some vehicular portraits in the urban wilds of WaWaWA:

Finally, we look in on Dog 163.

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Balloons.  Everywhere.  A previous post told us that the Balloon Stampede is taking place in WaWaWA for most of this week.  Balloons, if you’ve seen one balloon, you’ve seen … Even the fact of balloon photography is a cliche, but I have nevertheless been sucked in.  From the sunrise launches to the night-time burns.

The Matter of Facebook, Again

By now my viewers should be aware of my curmudgeonly views on Internet privacy and Facebook in particular, perhaps owing to my decades of professional experience with the Internet and Webness, particularly as a programmer with ISP EONI.  For several years, I have tried to warn Facebook users about the potential of unwanted use of their personal data and lack of transparency on the part of many social media platforms.   (Exception:  Social media participation is probably a warranted — and almost necessary — competitive position on the part of commercial enterprises.  We’re just talking personal, individual accounts here.)  Here is one of the latest guides on how to expunge FB and Instagram from your personal virtual entanglements.

Addendum – October 29. 2018

See: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/10/25/facebook-autocracy-app/