Mermaids, Not Singing, or, Catching A Wave
This is only tangentially connected to anything work related. On Saturday afternoon, I had a few hours to kill so I decided to do two things that I'd been planning to do for years: see Coney Island (which is neat - a huge beach just an hour's subway ride from Manhattan), and see its famous "Mermaid Parade". Hard to explain what it is, but I think this photo gives some flavor for 2 hours in the blazing sun, with lots of vintage cars, insane floats, and lots and lots of mermaids. No complaints here.
Now I noticed this morning on Boing Boing that there were over 2000 photos posted on Flickr, a photo site that I use to post often to Quantum Diaries. So I decided to catch the wave and post 8 photos of the parade to my photoblog. Then the fun started, as I realized that I spent about 2 hours on top of the page linked to on Boing Boing. Within that period, the photo shown here leapfrogged past photos that have been available for months into my #1 spot. Catching the wave, indeed...
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