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       Dances with Gophers
       
       Welcome to my gopher hole. When I was living in California,
       I took the opportunity to learn how to skydive. One of the
       places I used to jump regularly was at Hollister, way
       south-east of San Jose, beyond the home of Garlic
       (apparently). That DZ had a landing area a fair way from the
       airport: a field, shared largely with gophers and a handful
       of cows.
       
       Landing in that field was a tricky business. It's quite easy
       to get your foot stuck in a gopher hole and faceplant upon
       contact. Sometimes you could see them running for cover as
       you came in.
       
       Not that I ever did, but if you were to hook turn in for a
       fast landing the way to slow down on contact is to drag one
       foot behind you, toe outstretched so your ankle doesn't have
       to do any dangerous muscle work. Like a dance, if you will.
       
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       Local bits:
       
  TEXT Captain's Phlog
   DIR Another Phlog Another Planet
       
       Bits at SDF:
       
  TEXT 20230201T083244 Response to Screwtape's ChatGPT Essay
  TEXT 20230130T164607 Five Questions Redux, Asylum Edition
  TEXT 20230103T193635 Five Questions
  TEXT 20221202T163240 Why the Guardian Sucks
  TEXT 20221122T175630 James Clark is a Sainsbury
  TEXT 20221121T070322 International Norm
  TEXT first.txt
       
       I've been learning the colemak-dhm layout and practicing
       using texts that are worth a closer reading. I'll add them
       here as I complete them.
       
  TEXT Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco
       
  TEXT Public Key for Me
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