"Wisdom cannot be conveyed:..."

 

why would the ants pile all the dirt from their hole on one side only?

mysteries abound...much about J. Epstein in the news this morning...as usual...the most interesting thing I have seen about this never ending drama is a YouTube presentation called "Jeffery Epstein: the autopsy no one is talking about" (19 min.) by Lauren the Mortician...too many "non standard" events here to ignore...this guy appears to have been murdered...the magic bedsheet will go down in history with the "magic bullet" in the j.f.k. killing...

I felt silly when I tried on the Nike trainer II shoes knowing I would not wear them and they might get me conked in the head...better stick with my $3.50 shoes and let others deal with ridiculously priced collectables...my income has increased by about $20 bucks a year but my expenses has increased by more!...damn!...

WWII era improvised cook stove left behind in the desert...one of the secrets to contentment is knowing how to improvise...

life is not all sand and rocks...there are flowers to be found also...be patient...

"philosophize this" latest presentation is kind of dense but worth the mental effort...episode #244 "after virtue"-alasdair Macintyre and the philosophy he promoted...also @LindsayNikole two latest presentations explained some things I had often puzzled about...such as Bryozoa colony's which I had often seen in fresh water but never understood and her very didactic pursuit of human origins "How we became humans"...good work!..."The tanner. Transforming raw hides into leather...the shocking process..." yep it is pretty shocking and makes me think maybe an alternative should be sought...that said I just bought a used leather belt...I am sometimes long on intention but short on practice...I started looking at "Itchy Boots" (Rebecca Noraly Schoenmaker) from the Netherlands who has been riding her highly rebuilt Yamaha around Asia for several years...she has a Chinese guy who rides a Triumph riding with her...good drone footage and she overcomes many challenges..."The bizarre world of mummy tattoos" by  "miniminuteman" AKA Milo (minderbender) Rossi is well researched...(modern tattoo culture is also pretty bizarre)...I like to look at the videos which have documented how long abandoned practices have been continued by a few special people..."The old man and the sawmill' landline abc Australia (4:24) is about an old codger who has built a sawmill he can operate by himself...a genius at work...I have worked in three "sawmills" but only one was to saw logs...it was called a "ground hog" sawmill and was put together by a fellow who was an enthusiast...there is something rewarding about watching a circular blade open up a log...and if you wan even more "primitive" ways of doing things "Before electricity: How saw blades were sharpened:hanging a massive grindstone by hand (1971-38min) Raw Machines...these people put out some great videos!...I came across the practice of "therianthropy" recently I can't say that I am favorably impressed..."Cymatics: science VS music' by Nigel Stanford (6min) is very interesting..."everything owes its existence solely and completely to sound..."...he says that there are three times as many neural connections from the ear to the brain as from the eye to the brain...thats something to think about...speaking of which I have been listening to a lot of Raymond Chandler detective stories read by Elliot Gould lately...great stuff...and David Wengrow: "the history of human civilization "@doomscroll (2 hours) is very interesting...he says that "reparations" must be considered for the people who have been historically and systematically "dis-possessed"...this is a bit of a joke as 70 thousand dead and more people every day are killed in Gaza...and the power brokers are lining up to divide the spoils...anyhow I agree that it would be worth looking into devising a way to make everyone have an equal chance at gaining economic independence...Wengrow says everyone should have the opportunity to ..."move away, disobey and create alternatives..." yeah! not bloody likely mate!...need some music..."the hot sardines" video of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (means To me you are beautiful) this is a great music video...Amber Rachel and "the sweet potatoes" also do this tune well...I watched "Dark passages" with H. Bogart and L. Bacall (1941 106 min)...not the best but ok...

got to get packed and back into the desert...

"Wisdom cannot be conveyed. The wisdom a wise man tries to communicate always sounds like foolishness. True knowledge comes from experience, from union with the world." Herman Hesse

(there was a poster of a man dressed in a tuxedo and tails in a rubber tube floating in a swimming pool ...the caption was "Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgment"

I found that if I search for this blog on Yandex browser it comes up like it used to on google...Yandex is Russian...I have been canceled in America?!

"Well you can't really tell..."

 something afire in Los Algodones...maybe the trash dump?

this rather drastic looping in the sky may be the wind and a condensation trail...or not

I found this laying on top of the sand and rocks...I think it is a WWII jeep gas cap...or not

valentines day came and went without incident but the next night was Sunday and some jokers decided to launch fireworks over my truck while I slept...these clowns seek to defy the laws and flex their weenies as best they can...they are pissed off about the crack down on the lawbreaking which has been going on for years...loud is a bad choice for protesting...speaking of which I would like to try to do a reality check on the recent poor execution of a poor plan which resulted in the deaths of American citizens... according to what I have been reading for the last few years there are 12 million "undocumented" persons/aliens/workers/humans...whatever you like, in the USA...also the information I had been reading indicated the 8 million of these undocumented folks were from the republic of Mexico...I am very wary of most statistics I read because...how in the hell did they get these numbers anyhow!...so if these people are "without papers" (WOP)...AND someone with the proper authority says that they must be removed from the population it must be acknowledged that they ain't likely to leave of their own volition...SO...send in the HARD HITTERS...in a manner of speaking...according to the researchers...who may or may not be accurate...the vast majority of non-documented people do not break the law...EXCEPT FOR BEING ILLEGAL RESIDENTS!...so this is a dilemma...they are committing a crime but they are contributing something positive to society...THEY WORK!...I have visited other nations and they all have pretty strict laws pertaining to what non-citizens can and cannot do...anyhow, say what you will there will always un-documented workers and there will always be people willing to give them work and there will always be people who object to this...nevertheless use of deadly force will also have proponents and victims...thats about enough on that subject...

I watched some great YouTube lately... I don't want to give the impression that I am against...what for a lack of a better word I will call LOVE..."The AI generated intimacy crisis" by Bryony Cole...this is a 14 minute TED talk...and somewhat alarming to me...I talk to my phone when it says "HELLO MOTO"...I am afraid to piss it off...I say hello back...a very interesting interview with Peter Steinberger by Lex Fridman (#491) "Open Claw the viral AI that broke the internet". about three hours and 15 minutes...this is the most "Intimate" conversation I have yet heard about the actual "building" of a artificial intelligent "entity"...these guys talks about how programing well requires "love"...Mr. Steinberger is the proud father of OPEN-CLAW which is an open source AI which he recommends that people use with caution as it can "take over"...he describes many of the ways that this "program" has sort of become "self aware"...the whole interview is educational and helps to elucidate how the future is likely to be a lot different with these powerful computer programs running a larger and larger segment of society...I talk to the foxes, coyotes and ravens and prefer the living things to be fascinated with thank you very much...

"Well you can't really tell if something is an addiction until you try to give it up."  Doctor Who

"A man can't stay angry..."

                                       life got better...couldn't resist at a buck a pint!

made the eye doctors appointment...tests indicate I am not blind...eyesight is not good...surgery may be needed...whatever...the window doctors were efficient and replaced the busted door window...yeah!...bought  a new propane hose...I hope it solves the problem...

been watching the Olympic "curling" competition in Italy...the Scottish people should be ashamed to have invented this so called sport...this is not the only absurdity I have noticed recently...McDonalds burger joint is now offering caviar with a $25 gift certificate...bad choices available for all...AND! I see where already addiction prone kids can get a Pokémon/Legos fix...

so I have changed my mind about Artificial Intelligence being beyond my capacity to utilize it...I have listened to about 3 hours of the 4 1/2 hour presentation on Lex Fridmans podcast called "Future of AI and the state of the art in 2026" he has a couple of young experienced authors and master programers/coders who go into great detail about various and assorted current aspects of AI...about 75% of this was unintelligible to me but the 25% or so that made sense made me believe that I...yes even my tiny brained self could benefit from using AI...but I think I need to learn which questions are relevant and how to ask them before I can benefit from my expenditure of time and energy...It is pretty mind expanding to begin to understand the extent of this new technologies scope...like the invention of the wheel...where can this take you?...

"Woman becomes Part of elephant herd" wild Thailand  BBC earth (6 min) is a good example showing what the right approach to animal relationships can result in...very inspiring..."Using play to rewire and improve your brain" from Huberman lab is a well done presentation...I have been listening to Samuel Johnsons Rambler essays as read by David Benson...if you want to listen to a master writers language skills there is none better than Samuel Johnson..."Crime pays but botany doesn't" is less of the queens English but a lot of impressive latin that this train engineer/botanist uses to describe his encounters with plant life...Python Cowboy has a lot of video of him and his crew and his dogs rooting out invasive pythons in Florida...pretty fast moving..."Why we are raising 100 plus guinea pigs to mow our blueberry garden"...thats a lot of guinea pigs!...I am not sure if they considered it a success or failure...it was certainly an adventure...especially when the guinea pigs began to escape....(13min)...

well some music is needed here...you remember Clario? ms. "Sexy to somebody"...she is now sexy to everybody...a veritable siren, an enchantress and unabashed coquette..."Clario live at Lollapalooza 2025 is here strutting her stuff...and doing it quite well!...you know I listen to Ella Langley and she has a lot of tunes and most of them are about her being less than satisfied with her relationships...such as "Damn You!"...well she is a great songwriter none the less...

"A man can't stay angry for five years...can he?...Marlon Brando as Rio in a conversation with Sheriff Longwood after Brando had spent 5 years in prison...unknown to the sheriff..."One eyed Jacks"  is the only movie that Brando ever directed...it is a classic...

this is not a drill?

"You are welcome to be..."

                    it doesn't add up!

windy as hell this morning from about mid-night until I drove out of the desert at one PM...I did not even setup the stove to make coffee this morning...fortunately the skies were clear but the temperature was going to be in the mid-eighties...way too warm!....the propane hose for the stove apparently sprung a leak at the fitting and flames were blasting from beneath the stove which was disconcerting to say the least...and the wind blew the mosquito netting covering the window from atop the truck and the large magnet holding down the netting (pretty damned inventive) was dragged causing the magnet (pretty damned inventive) to fall off the edge of the roof of the truck and somehow busted the truck door window on the drivers side (pretty damned stupid!) anyhow if it ain't one thing it's something else!...a couple of days ago captain goober showed up and parked his van about 200  yards away...I think watching him peer through the tree limbs as if he were a retarded detective made me hope a poisonous spider would bite him on his private parts...ten thousand acres of desert and this goober  commits the ultimate faux pas in the desert...DON'T CROWD PEOPLE!...I expect to be under scrutiny in Yumertonville as I have spoken openly about the very real corruption (it's everywhere)...I probably need to enhance my security...especially online...I think since I do not copywrite my blog some folks figure stealing my notebooks is OK too...as well as my photography...well I ain't ready to give up my blog therapy yet so I will do the best I can with my very flawed security...been up since 4 this morning (when BBC news comes on the radio) so I am getting ready to crawl into the bed and listen to some music...I have come across some great music on YouTube lately..."Tuba Skinny" "Papas got your bathwater on" is a great tune from "The little brown church" (whoever they are) this song seems to have some "double intention" kind of thing going on...also Sierra Ferrell does some great recording in "The littlest Honky Tonk" (which is a horse trailer) at the Calgary folk festival her rendition of "Give it Time' (3:46) this is Ms. Ferrell at her best...she plays her guitar and is almost solo on the vocals so her excellent voice comes through very well...I also watched David Choes' latest commentary on life "Everyday is a chance to start over"...someone said that William Faulkner was the literary equivalent  of Hieronymus Bosch...that being the case I think David Choe might be the artist equivalent of Charles Bukowski...maybe...there is so much doom and gloom on the internet I have found it refreshing to look at people who are making things better..."Cobbler G" takes well worn boots and shoes and refurbishes them excellently...this cobbler has attitude!...also "Girl with the Dogs" is braver than me and one of the best dog whisperers I have seen...her redo of the giant wolfhound is impressive...."Growtreesorganic" is a fellow who has high desert property in Arizona and he shows how he patiently re-adjusts the topography to hold water and thus grow desirable vegetation...and Jay Leno Garage does a review of a electric truck called the "SLATE"...which is due to be sold within a year...this truck is remarkable in a lot of ways and should sell for about $25K and is made in USA...check it out...I watched "Ball of Fire" a 1941 Howard Hawks movie with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck  (what a hot babe!) an excellent movie...

"You are welcome to be a domestic extremist, so long as your extremism remains safely domesticated" Herbert Marcuse
 

"In order build a career..."

not a 68K yr old cave painting...not from some ancient peoples....but not uncommon in the desert

             I have been hearing a radio notice asking folks to promote this area...dates are cheaper here than anywhere else in the USA...actually I think this is from a date farm out in a rural area...but 2 bucks a pound for fresh dates is a damn good price...it is worth the ride...also the temps are worth mentioning since I had to put on my air conditioner in the truck yesterday...maybe 74 degrees...it seems to me that since there are a couple of airports here a person could fly into Yumertonville and get a room for a month and thaw out...if you are a spy or something like that (there are a lot of spies here since there is a marine corp air station) you maybe can get special spy discount...but the bus service is almost non-existent so you might want to rent a car...there are a lot of activities for the so called snow-birds so don't be a stranger to the desert...enough of that..

I have been waiting for the news to bust loose with the earth shattering news about VL-JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) which I was alerted to by a post by Julia McCoy...her alter ego is Dr. McCoy and she wears a star trek shirt...but don't be alarmed...maybe a little alarmed...anyhow Yann LeCun who was Metas chief of AI has begun to promote this innovation in computation...I am not well versed enough to understand all of the intricacies of this change in computer architecture but there are several good presentations on YouTube which indicate a much improved method ....uses less energy too

one of the most common advertisements on the YouTube presentations is the promotion of bath soaps, deodorants and other scent related products....it seems that we are being told that people stink....this is a fiction....people smell like any other mammal might smell....Animalogic posted a piece about maned wolves recently and we had this species in a zoo I worked in...they have a strong smell which is normal for them....also the binturongs have a strong smell...and the tamanduas have a strong smell...and many others also...I think people are so used to perfumes that when they smell  a person without artificial  scents they think the person is dirty or un-cleaned or  flawed...not so....also all people do not smell the same...I imagine back before there were a lot of perfumed people a person could differentiate between different peoples aroma....

as usual the clash of "security" with "citizens" has led to fatalities....I repeat...DO NOT CONFRONT...you may think you are going to change things but you are mistaken...many if not most of the people in uniforms have PTSD ok...they are as fearful of being damaged as the protestors...they are law enforcement...what are they doing?... they are enforcing the law....please do not inflame the situation more than it is already inflamed...yes mistakes have been made...only a live person can point this out...stay alive

some good YouTube presentations I watched recently are "jungle wildlife rescue/the junglekeeper podcast" (30min) this guy seems to be doing good work and I may send him $5...he is wearing a tamandua t-shirt...the lesser anteater...he is right about elephants...they have more going on with  intelligence than most people who have never walked next them and felt their "vibrations" will ever know..."Before Electricity;Inside a water powered sawmill that still works today"-RaW machines(32min)..."Nutmeg. mace and the four small islands that changed the world" (1hr 51min) OTR food and history...this is a fascinating account of how much society will pay for spices....back then nutmeg was worth as much as gold..."The most terrifying man in the Vietnam war"(13min) @DarkDocs...this is about a fellow nick-named "MAD-DOG"...for a good reason...he was an effective killer...

I am watching a short piece on the news about some kid who is sueing various online businesses which he claimed cause him discomfort? because he paid more attention to a screen than to nature...nature is the cure for screen damaged brains...wake up people! the internet (social media) is not the problem...the problem is "balance" in ones sensory input...

watched some good music also...I might as well confess...I just watched the grammy nominations and I did not recognize one single person nominated...anyhow to offset the extreme bass of "crash test dummies'  I would like to recommend "The Froobsons" "the running kind"(the French family band...they are actually from Australia I think)..this kid has a great voice...the song I think is from M. Haggard...also "Why are you following me" By Emanuella Hutter from Hillbillie Moon Explosion is quite creative...this woman has a lot of talent...and some mystery!...

"In order to build a career and to be successful one has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music, and paint when I feel like it." Saul Letter (photographer) great stuff

                                                    new word...TENEBRISM

"...I beg your pardon I'm not quite clear..."

this is the only pottery i have ever found...i am not sure which native peoples were in this area...i have walked many miles across the desert floor in this area and since there were/are so many gold miners in this area as well as 4 wheelers and also military training operations i suppose if any artifacts have survived it is damned near a miracle...

this is the only certain tank track i have ever seen...a real artifact crusher...

there is a term called allelopathy which a guy on youtube used to describe creosote plants which drop their leaves which poison the soil beneath them to keep other plants from growing...however!...i saw some vegetation shoving through the soil beneath several creosote bushes...according to an article in Smithsonian magazine (i think) the creosote plant was brought here from Argentina 10 to 15 thousand year ago...anyhow after looking at this plant beneath a creosote bush i think it has no chlorophyl...a very strange plant indeed...

i bought this nice pair of rubber shoes for 2 bucks...i rarely shuffle my feet..but i do sometimes..."I beg your pardon,I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke, was that a parable or a very subtle joke?...from "God shuffled his feet" by the Crash test Dummies...one of my favorite songs

"military discipline is not..."

things change...everything can get cracked...

some things even wobble...and get out of focus...

and we can often be little more than tracks in the sand...

we are little more than shadows in eternity...well thats about enough of temporal philosophic musings...but ms. Sabine Hossenfelder has a good presentation called "I believe the future already exists' (13 min)...some food for thought...Dr. Huberman has a good practical bit of advise called "optimize your workspace for maximum productivity" (30 min)...and since there seems to be some disagreement in the ranks of government a good historical acount of this is "Why american soldiers started killing their own officers in vietnam" by simon whistler at 'into the shadows'...this just in on the radio..european nations sending troops to greenland... interesting developement...also a good presentation but very well done is "3 best and 3 worst chicken breeds" opinions of a breeder and homesteader (10 min)i am not sure why she kept the worst chicken breed but this illustrates the several thousand year quest to improve domestic animal characteristics...also the third shakespeare play discussed by "Philosophize this" (#243)presenter steven west is about Hamlet..a deep dive into the philospophy and psychology of this play..very well done... you have to pay attention or the important stuff gets by you...and "the genetic history of europe" with j.Krause(20 min)this guy points out that immigration and migration has always been a part of human history...get over it!..."I built 50 boxes for wildlife-here's what happened" the wildlife homestead...a good look at what human enhancement of the environment can do to improve the lives of wildlife (we are the ones that made it worse for critters)...i heard on "birdnotes" that ms. Ricki Lee in new orleans is putting out water and groceries for the birds...glad to hear it!..."What reading does to your brain" on "closed stacks" (9min)..some good information here...and i must comment on music and its effects on my mood...the Adele song "someone like you" as presented at her royal albert hall concert always makes me cry...and apparently half the people in the audiance are similarly effected...the Santana @woodstock tune "soul sacrifice" always makes me inspired and the XTC tune "dear god" makes my angry ...i don't know why...most of the stuff on "postmodern jukebox" is well done and i really like "ain't no rest for the wicked" featuring Joey Cook and "all about that bass" is a good bit of music and vocals... "...military discipline is not a given, it is a fragile contract, based on legitamacy. When its moral authority, in the eyes of its own soldiers, when the mission seems pointless, the leadership seems indifferent, and the sacrifice seems unequal, that contract disolves." from "Why american soldiers started killing their own officers" on youtube