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Vive L’Espagne!!

Finally... I can't resist.

Unfortunately, the dusty haze kept me from capturing the full moon. It's normal here ☹️ I had planned to go to one of the highest points on the island on thursday to try and take some pictures of the Milky Way... I have confidence in my equipment but not in my abilities. Some photos with the RF 35mm F1.4L usm. I really like how this thing catches the light.

Wayback playback:

I actually think Phil has been more coherent than he was a couple weeks years ago. He's on some good brain supplements or something. It will be a sad day when he hangs it up.

Flea, fleaing it up, clothes remain on.

CONFESSIONS II by Madonna (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/l00mdxqzi41sa Example: The Example gives you a smattering of what is on the album. (also a reminder, don't look at the sources of the green lasers). It is pretty much a Stuart Price joint. Dance music all around, mostly on the EDM side of the fence. Is there great singing? Na, Is there great lyrics? Na. Is there drops and beats and drops and beats? yup. Sounds good and I bopped along. And there are some colabs here and there.

Found some motivation this morning. Weather was fantastic. Calories were burned so beer will be drank.

Experiments with monochrome (mostly), smoke and flares yesterday. Leica SL2-S and Light Labs Lab 35 f/1.4 AA "11873".

PetaPixel re-reviews the first consumer (under $1,000) digital SLR camera, the 6MP Canon EOS 300D from 2003:

25 Photobooks That Define America https://aperture.org/editorial/25-photobooks-that-define-america/

Quite funny!

Finally made it to the top of the local climb without blowing up. Key change was grinding out the steepest pitches sub 60 rpm to keep my heart rate out of the red. I was worried I’d be going too slow to stay upright, but it was fine. Also helps that I’m also slowly but surely getting more fit. I feel a lot better about the climbing on the Marin metric century now that I’ve finally been able to get up and over this thing. Nate is right, 32mm is the sweet spot. Put some on and they felt amazing.

Got the monster truck tires mounted on the Aspero today and went out for a spin. Was happy to average 19 with 40s and the bike turning itself into a single speed for the last 13 miles.

I think it might be time for NBC to retire Phil Liggett after this tour. Visma decision to race most of the "A" guys at the Giro looking catastrophic. Jonas gonna have to really battle for 2nd. His team is totally missing in action in these final GC bunches. I know Wout is missing, but the rest of the guys are not exactly helping their leader. Red Bull and Decathalon should be smelling blood right now.