Paul Rowe

@pauldrowe

Applied logician. Polyglot. Interested in curiosity, not dogma.

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Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· 6d

No cheating post your lock screen.

Screen capture of my lock screen showing a detail of the painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix. The photo was taken on my phone at the Louvre.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· 12d

And Mary Wollstonecraft!

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· 25d

Look at what I found in my used book purchase today! Both book and boarding pass are from 1983. I am guessing J. Pierce bought it at the airport on his way home to the US from Italy.

A paper boarding pass from 1983 for a TWA flight from Milan to New York. It is stamped as cleared to board. Passenger: PIERCE/J. Date: 13AUG. Flight: 0843. Seat: 43-3. NO SMOKING

A yellow colored “giallo” Italian translation of a mystery by Ruth Rendell.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· 28d

Oh come on! And it would have been a pangram to boot!

Screen shot of NYT SpellingBee game showing that CARYATID is not an accepted word.

Screenshot of the Merriam Webster Dictionary definition of caryatid: “a draped female figure supporting an entablature”.

It also shows a sketched rendering of a caryatid.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jul 10

Gerhard Richter’s Reader. It’s among the most stunning photorealistic paintings I have ever seen. I think of it often.

A photorealistic painting of young woman reading a newspaper.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jul 7

“One day I’ll be able to catch the squirrel.”

Tuxedo cat with his chin resting on a paw looking reflective.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Apr 22

Oh, hey there, Moon. 🌙

Picture of the Eiffel Tower not far from the base, meeting behind some trees. A crescent moon is to left of the tower at about the height of the top of the tower.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Mar 25

A small thread of flight routes deviating from the proposed/predicted path due to geopolitics.

A map showing a flight path from Johannesburg to Paris flying straight over the center of Africa.

A map showing the flight path taken that avoids central Africa, flying west over the Atlantic and over West Africa, through Spain.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Feb 28

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Sunset view from a river boat on the Zambezi River. The sun is framed by two tusks curving from the deck walls up to the bottom of the roof of the boat.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Feb 21

I sometimes post funny math words that aren’t in the NY Times Spelling Bee, but this seems like an actual oversight.

Screenshot of NY Times Spelling Bee showing that CONCOMITANT is not in the word list.

Screenshot of Merriam Webster Dictionary entry for the word CONCOMITANT.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Feb 13

My favorite part of skeleton in the Olympics is that it always has you asking the question, “Was he one of the members of Daft Punk?”

Olympic skeleton athlete with a large helmet and dark face shade.

Daft Punk, both in helmets, with one of them having a large face shaded face plate.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jan 17

It was normal rage bait until it got really bad. I almost threw my phone across the room at this point.

Text reads [emphasis mine]:

A: “it’s not that it’s “not possible” — it’s just not solved yet because the tools we have haven’t been strong enough.”

That sentence right there *implies that AI *will* help to build the stronger analysis that we need* the crack the case on the Riemann Hypothesis.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jan 7

We’re launching an investigation into where that paw near his chin comes from.

Tuxedo cat curled up on a couch. His two front paw are stretched out in front of him. His right front paw touches a hind paw. There is also a mysterious paw that emerges below is face. Where does that come from?

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jan 2

This was my 2025 in book reading. This is the year I started reading in Italian.

A messy grid-like layout of about 25 books. Just ask me if you want details on titles.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jan 1

I admit, I’m quite proud of my three-year streak of NYTimes daily crosswords.

New York Times games app showing a current streak for the crossword of 1,096 days.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jan 1

Happy New Year from the other side!

Sunrise at Angkor Wat. The towers of the temple are silhouetted by the sun rising behind them off to the right.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Dec 13

And another

Another tuxedo cat under a fake Christmas tree, this one on a knitted blanket used as a tree skirt.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Oct 7

I realize it’s not the same but after decades of not seeing Toy Story, they both remind me of the antagonist from that movie.

The villain kid from Toy Story looking half angry half sad

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Sep 26

I’m celebrating a notable personal accomplishment today. 🥳

Screenshot of my current NY Times crossword streak: 1,000 days

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Sep 16

This time it’s Milchick who would like a word with you, NYT Spelling Bee.

Screenshot of New York Times Spelling Bee game showing that “FECULENCE” is not an accepted word.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Sep 15

Beowulf would like a word with you, NYT Spelling Bee.

Screenshot of New York Times Spelling Bee game showing that “HWAET” is not an accepted word.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Sep 7

Some abstract photographic art for you weekend pleasure.

A photo of a skylight at night through a slanted ceiling. It’s a full color image that is largely gray scale. The ceiling and window well are painted white and sky outside the window is black. Shadow patterns from the room lights creat asymmetrical shadows of gray inside the window well.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Aug 14

When I thought this was going to be the pangram I was mad about it. But now that it’s not even accepted as a word I’m even more mad. 😡

New York Times Spelling Bee game board showing that the word DIRTBATH is not on the word list.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jul 2

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate!! (Half way around the circle of the year) 🧮

Apple pie with a pi symbol in crust on top.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jun 27

post an unusual sign if you feel like it

Sign that says “Moose Family Center”. It has a block print style picture of a family of four and also a smaller silhouette of a moose.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Jun 18

Kinda hard to get work done when your cat want to use your wrist as a pillow.

Picture of my torti cat layer her hand on my wrist with that hand resting next to the laptop trackpad.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· May 1

It’s been a while but I was engrossed by this one.

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Apr 23

Post your lock screen

Paul Rowe@pauldrowe· Apr 17

My cats were holding paws today? 🥰 Surprising for cats who are usually frenemies at best.