"The heart thinks constantly."

 what remains of my wool gloves i found in a snowbank on the Siuslaw river at a boat launch near the mouth of Wittaker creek...some years ago in oregon

i picked up a great DVD collection for a buck at the pawn shop yesterday by the band the "Eagles" live from Melbourne, actually 3 DVD's...Joe Walsh sings a song he wrote called "One day at a time" about his getting sober...there are more vices in the world than most people know...

I'll start with some music recommendations...well hell there ain't no music recommendations in the notebook ...however there is an interesting presentation by Sierra Ferrel..."Let me show you my thingies"..she has a collection of stuff which she has gathered around herself to bring her comfort and solace...i also recall Florence Welsh inviting us into her home to have a look see and she had diaphanous gowns hanging all over the place...which is why she goes on stage with bright lights behind her revealing...well whatever...as i have brought up before some men seek "victims" more than lovers and i think a good example of this is the Vuecrypt presentation "This painting hides a sickening reality" (10 min)...this site has a lot of good art history...Fact Quickie has a good presentation called "The truth about Houdini's death"...who knew! ...also Gutsick Gibbon has some pretty academic presentations such as "New smallest human relative discovery. What does it mean?" (41 min) pretty detailed..."Japan zoo! Inside the worlds most interactive park feeding 2000 animals" maybe if you count the sparrows and the carp in the ponds..and the last image at the ringtailed lemur exhibit is a mongoose lemur i think certainly not a ringtail..."How gasoline is made, why it expires and what if it runs out."  (23 min) History of simple things...these folks make some great short videos about a lot of stuff...i worked in the petro/chemical industry quite a bit but never knew exactly how gasoline was made...now I know!...one of my favorite songs by elvis costello is "A good year for the roses"...i thought he wrote it but "The story behind "a good year for the roses" shows otherwise.from Tennessean(10 min)..."I rescued a wild roadrunner" from the Sweet hug (7 min) is pretty extraordinary video of a bird i thought was pretty dumb...i was wrong...if you haven't got a belly full of Epstein yet this is some interesting information...""Where did Epstein's money come from?" "If your'e listening" an Australian news presentation i think..this guy was a school teacher!...who knew!...

 "The heart thinks constantly. This cannot be changed. But the movements of the heart- that is, a persons thoughts- should restrict themselves to the immediate situation. All thinking that goes beyond this only makes the heart sore." from the I ching or book of changes

"Death: something like birth,..."

 soooorry!...this is the san francisco peaks as of this morning...the SNOW BOWL is open...

well, off this morning, knowing my room would be entered...same old, same old...i am trying to curb my thrift store habit...not to great success but sold my 5 dollar purchase at the "vintage" store for 10 bucks and donated a dozen DVDs to other thrift stores and picked up 5 free books on antique furniture and pottery etc and took them to the estate sale store where they need all the help they can get...then to the grocery to check out the scratched and dented reduced fare and got some muffins for 2 bucks and some peanuts for a buck sixty etc etc etc...the undercover personnel were leaving as i pulled into the parking lot which is standard for this town...did i mention i was on the "grassy knoll"...yeah that was me...made a mug of fresh brewed coffee at lunchtime...may make another...well enough chit chat let get down to the "nut cuttin'"...i probably shouldn't be eating a blueberry a pie while i write this but...a very interesting youtube presentation i recently watched is "Something non-human has been here a long time." (one hour and 30 min.) this is Jordan B. Peterson in and interview with Dr. Garry Nolan...both of these guys are respected scientists and the information is pretty amazing...i have only had two experiences in my life when i was unable to discern what it was i was seeing...both times i was in the desert and there were "lights floating in the air" above me...i have no idea what they were...along the same lines is from Wiley films "You eat other animals? Aliens question Humans (6 min)..."Night in space" is pretty funny as a science fiction comedy "12 min)..."little Chinese everywhere" (32 min) Yan and Flo tour Damascus, Syria which has been around for 11 thousand years...the food and crafts which they film sort of gives perspective to how long they have been around...why anyone might need a wooden inlaid chess set that has been in construction for 20 years i cannot imagine but they have such things...if you have the money...if you want older "Toumai" the new ancestor" (54 min.) Best documentary and two more." this is sort a "docu-drama" but has some great video of how a fossil skull when subjected to all the latest scientific tools can be re-created...even with flesh and hair!..

"Death is something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. from "meditations of Marcus Aurelius  

"Nothing in the world is weaker..."

 yesterdays view of the "peaks"...ski slopes will be opened for a few more days

so now i can get a little "scribble therapy" done as i have rented a room in a motel...i notice on this mornings news that 2 elected officials have resigned their positions due to "sexual indiscretions"...perhaps more consideration should be paid to governing this country and less attention to the private lives of those elected...but then what would the 24/7 news machine use for fuel?...glad to know that i live in a country that has not been restricted in their quest for "NEWS!"...however...these news people do not tell you what to think but what to think about...therefor it is needed that people have a broad "frame of reference"...i still shudder at the notion of censorship of the internet insofar as to obtain a broad enough view of the world and an accurate understanding of what goes on  we need to rely on others to show us...from where i access the world it is apparent to me that such information that can be utilized in decision making can be had via the electronic media...i am partial to "YOUTUBE" as there is enough accurate information via the presentations to keep me intellectually stimulated..i have never seen twitter, or tic toc, or any other format but i have noticed that there are an increasing number of youtube presentations that are false and AI generated... alas this is always the case...since the government that i have paid my taxes to is currently contemplating "destroying the civilization" of Iran...(Persia has been around for quite a long time!) i would like to cast a vote to not destroy said civilization...one of the most engaging presentations i have seen recently is "Village life in Iran...making cheese and cheese bread" @ kand.matbaxi  (45min)...these lovely women are featured in several presentations...milking the cow, feeding the chickens starting the wood fire and making the bread...lovely sight and illustrates a people who seek independence not the overthrow of the world...also Huberman labs has a great interview called "The biology of aggression mating and arousal" with Dr. David Anderson (about 30 min),...also i was interested in the fate of "Itchy Boots" as she makes her way across Mongolia on her faithful steed "Frankie" the motorcycle...she almost got her ass in a jam when her bike became stuck in a mud hole...she managed to lay down the bike and collect some wood and get free from the quagmire and eventually get to her yurt hostel...she has overcome so many adverse situations i feel silly even mentioning this but a come-a-long might be a good addition to her "kit"...anyhow she is a true adventurer and i think has become quite addicted to the "adventure"...and i came across a good musical presentation at "Floyd Country Store" with Sarah Kate Morgan playing and singing "Single Girl"...this is not a view that favors marriage...(about  5 min.) great singing and playing... 

"Nothing in the world is weaker than water,/ But here is no better in overcoming the hard"...Lao-tzu

"I am defeated..."

surrounded by crooked timber....

if you have been paying attention...and why not, it cost little and may have great reward...there is good news and there is bad news...as always...the bad news is the same as it has been for thousands of years...humanity is being inhumane to the planet and its inhabitants...the good news is that humanity has managed to hurl 4 humans into space, further away from planet earth than any humans have yet to travel...sounds promising...however those of us who will remain committed to sustaining a comfortable life on planet EARTH realize that the surface of this planet will need some more nurturing as it has been abused for a long long time...to that end i would like to recommend some you tube presentations which promote planet earth..."growtreeorganics" has dedicated his time to making his property in the high desert of arizona more conducive to plant growth...also "A life on the sea/ the meateater podcast" is a good introduction for Heather Douville who is a Tlingit native alaskan who left that place where her ancestors lived to see some other places and came back to embrace the Tlingit culture...she has some excellent presentations, unblinking and unhesitant about what that entails...her cinematographer is Mary Margarett Smith Genett who does a great job...i was inspired by Bruce Mitchells presentation "Sous Vide Steak" about cooking a steak...thick and juicy...and bought a package with 2 and a half pounds of beef steaks...ate said meat over a five  day period and enjoyed it much...my blood work indicated that a component was lacking which is derived from meat mostly...i will have more blood work today which should indicate that component is no longer deficient...of course tony santoro has continued with a scathing evaluation of common practices which destroy the planets surface..."Crime pays but botany doesn,t" has some really good footage of how bulldozers are used to destroy one habitat to install another less appropriate habitat... also Gisele Benoit has some great footage of moose in "In the company of moose" which illustrates what patience in the field with a camera can achieve...on a social criticism observation i would like to acknowledge the work of Joseph Foreman AKA "Afroman" who documented how his home was invaded as he was targeted by dim witted government employees who described him as a kidnapper and drug dealer...he had the foresight to have his home surveillance cameras up and running and documented his front door being kicked in and his cash being stolen etc. etc etc...the story here is that rather than going into a violent lather he wrote humorous songs and put them online and for this he was sued by the guilty cops for 3.9 million bucks for defamation and they lost but he was required to pay half of the court costs...malarky!...if he has a go fund me site i might put a buck into his coffers...now there is a subject which is of vital importance and it seems to me the current view in some places is that "SOCIAL MEDIA"...(what in the hell is that!) is being condemned as responsible for harming children...first of all these children have, or should have, parental guidance...375 million bucks paid out by META for said "harm"...i can understand how watching enough of the wrong social media might make your judgement skewed towards depressing thought...however, the antidote is not no social media but better social media...more positive social media...more empowering social media...when i was about 19 years old i told my house mate that i had depression at times..."nausea in my brain" is how it felt...he was a psychology student and suggested that i read "I'm OK you're OK" was popular and he suggested that i read that...so i did... so i was better able to mange my depressive thinking...you have to balance the bad input into your brain with positive input or the depressive input dominates...i have been watching "Roads and Roads" which is a podcast with Jorma Kaukonen and john whats his face about Kaukonens work as lead guitarist with the "Jefferson Airplane" and his work with Jack Cassady the bass player in their incarnation as "Hot Tuna"...Kaukonen is now 81 years old and quite articualte as is Jack Cassady...i saw these two guys in Seattle in 1994 in what i think was a gymnasium with no seats...but i was able to stand next to the foot tall "stage" and enjoy a good concert...even worse accommodations were to be had when me and my girlfriend ms Debra (camp counselor) walked across new orleans to see Paul Butterfield with the band Kilimanjaro at Tipitinas...no seats so we sat on upturned beer boxes...Paul was pissed off and not much fun but his band was great...never went back to Tips again...i came across a good independent film entitled "Miss Meadows" which is about a school teacher...sort of...a school teacher who carries a pistol...and a grudge...sort of...you go girl!...i read a couple of good short stories recently...a Raymond Carver story entitle "A small good thing"...excellent...might make you cry...and "Babylon Revisited" by F.S. Fitzgerald has a single incident which i found quite depressing...there are some interesting biographies by KAZ ROWE including one of mr. Fitzgerald...well there is a lot left in the notebooks but the coffee is depleted and the fingers are cramping so i will close here

"I am defeated all the time, yet to victory i am born." R.W. Emerson

 

"I think about how many times..."

 television on the news channel...I think there are only three wars...yesterdays war, todays war, and tomorrow's war...except for that...there is much speculation about whether the commander in chief of the USA has made the right decision about whacking the leaders of Iran etc....I remember when I was about 4 or 5 years old and it was Christmas Day and I was laying on the floor of our little house while my father was assembling the Lincoln logs which Santa had brought...pappy had put a leadership figure on top of the plastic hill that came with the "cowboys and Indians" toys and said we need to take out the leaders first...good lesson...so when I think about whether the leadership of the country here I live is doing the right thing I always figure that if I can sleep at night without fear of being attacked  the leadership is doing their job...also when I hear about this country or that doing this or that thing it must be remembered that "Iran", china. Russian etc etc etc are geographic definitions and do to represent the inhabitants of those geographic places...the governments, and the persons who have political power in those governments are the ones who declare war, declare peace, declare how the resource are to be used...I think too few resources are used to promote art and music...and the trillions used to promote war might be used to promote health and education also...the newly formed DEPARTMENT OF RECYCLING (just kidding) has been so successful that there is enough money to have a musical instrument in every Childs hands that wants one...I watched some of my favorite movies again last week..."The cheap detective " always makes me laugh out loud, and "Captain Ron" does the same and now I watch "The Planters" which is a masterpiece also....not very highbrow but very entertaining...like the croissants and chocolate I eat is not very nutritious but makes me happy inside..."What 400 prostitutes taught Machiavelli about male weakness"(15 min) is an informative piece about humanity...and lets not forget about our reading..."Under the spotlight" by Simon Callow (10/17/24 New York review) is a very good article about how much people are on "stage"..."performance allows one to transcend ones physical and mental condition." I looked up on YouTube how many places there are to post blogs..it seems that video blogs are most popular and everyone wants the most "subscribers" they can get and to "monetize" their work...I have to be content with my 12 readers and two sponsors and maybe someday someone will give me my dime...probably not...however as long as I enjoy the scribbling I will continue... and as long as it allows me to transcend...the video is of one of my "assistants" who came around to see what I had left beneath the tree in the sandy wash..."I think about how many times I have fallen/spirits using me, larger voices calling..." Stephen Stills "Southern Cross"

"Not always do we seek..."

 this old heel found at the homestead is too far gone even for cobblerG

eight days in the mesa country  revitalizes my spirits...20 degrees above "normal"

symbol on the bottom of a can...how old?...what does it mean?

Arthur S....not the pessimist he is often described as...

i will see if this blog is allowed to be posted...the close surveillance has followed me north...i think i have been banned from the dollar a pint grocery stores in yumertonville under suspicion of "reading the labels on the food"...maybe it is more than that which makes me "persona non grata"...here now so i need to adjust to this locale again...i have been watching the green clad folks who celebrate the "emerald islands" far away...i think people get too emotionally involved with their so called "identity"...i was thinking of a speech i heard recently..."i would like to thank all those who came before me..." yeah me too...like the denisovans and the neanderthals and the homo erectus and the "ghost" ancestral DNA (thanks ms Lindsay)...where does it start?...where does it end?... anyhow "be here now"...i got a new phone for $39 and got the no limit data package for $50 plus tax so i can look at youtube without being cut off...this make viewing more productive as far as informational access goes...i watched some strong stuff last week "Spiritually depraved misery inducing landscapes of north america" (18 min)@"crime pays but botany doesn't" in this critical view of current landscaping trends mr Anthony rips the landscapers a new asshole...they deserve it...i worked for three landscapers at once back in about 1973...Charbel, Walter, and Eduardo...these were good guys just getting started and i was a skinny kid trying to make enough money to get out of town...i hated laying sod but Walter used to pick up a roll and say "life is no joke! you have to make it count!"...he is an old man now and he doesn't lift the kind of weight he used to..."The woman who shook Nietzsche" is an excellent short piece about Lou Andreas Salome who lived her life independently and attracted a lot of attention from some of the most intellectually prominent men of her time...Nietzsche wanted to marry her, and she influenced S, Freud and the poet Rilke... strong stuff!..."Lets GO Geo" (Heather) has a great piece on creosote bush and "Itchy Boots" makes it to mongolia with a bad shock absorber and "Little Chinese Everywhere" Yan eats very well in Iraq.."All that is sacred" is a short documentary about the "HAPPENING" that was key west in the early 1970s...Lafayette, Louisiana had some of that fibe at that time....but with a cajon accent...i heard where one of the crew on "The deadliest catch" was drowned on the job...i cant get too excited about groceries that people have to risk their lives for..."Not always do we seek a solution, while of the truths we cannot do without." Lou Andreas Salome...

"It is very easy to mistake..."

                       leaving behind desert sunsets for a while as I migrate north cooler temps

                           this is Ernie the pampered pet (even the dogs don't use their real name)

in keeping with thousands of years of migration tradition I am moving north away from the intensity of the desert heat...temps to top 100 degrees in 4 days...much snow still in the destination site.... I bought new snow boots last month at the thrift...8 bucks for the boots and 2 bucks for the new bootlaces...have pretty good winter clothes...lots of sweaters and long underwear....every time I have made this journey either headed north or south I have been stalked by one of the numerous government workers who's Jobe it is to keep me in "THE BOX"...I wassubjected to much harassment at the government run river control site

the new lens apparently can detect alien beings...or maybe I just shook the camera....whatever

                                              angular fencing everywhere I go...

and angular fences

 

I just spent several hours writing my blog and all of the written portion was deleted when I attempted to post it...a I have heard many times someone simply hacks my computer and appropriates my intellectual property...this is a felony...but here in outlaw land there is not much care taken to protect the unpopular like myself...sooo I must make arrangements to dissuade this sort of crime agains me...maybe I can get my blog published intact next time....

"We called her the woman..."

                    TAFT california coke bottle...from the WW2military dump.              

the above coke bottle looks silly compared to those watched unearthed  by Adventure Archeology too damned hot!...predicting 96 degrees F today in and around Yumertonville...too damned hot...I hear the news about the serious cold weather along with snow and ice and much lamentation and gnashing of teeth...It used to be said "cain't do nuthin' about the weather"...however it is becoming increasingly apparent that the weather "norms" are changing...I disparage of those folks who have not incorporated the possibilities of "extremes" in the weather and it suddenly occurred to me that the temperatures in the mid 90s here are not what I have experienced in the last ten years...so rather than be a good example of a bad example I awoke at a little before 4am this morning and made my cup of coffee (found a couple of cans of Cafe du Monde with chicory at the scratched and dented store) and managed to get on the road by 9ish...figured if I was hurting yesterday at 94 degrees I would be going down for the count today at 96 degrees...also I had to figure in the fact that the near black rocks and gravel which make up the majority of the area around where I stay probably push the temps north of 100 degrees and my age and "co-morbidities" make me a  good candidate for a body bag...but...I came into town and dropped off a couple of items at the storage unit and went into the thrift store  behind the VFW place and bought 3 pairs of like new dollar each pants two of which were ripstop nylon which I have been looking for since my last ones wore out a year ago I also picked up a couple of DVDs for 50 cents each and something I have been looking at for several months a MIKE PENCE doll still in the box for 2 bucks...anybody who has a malevolent mob trying to lynch them and they still do their duty is high on my list of honorable people! then to check the mail ,then to the thrift near the library and as it was half price day and I got lucky and found a like new 50mm prime Nikon lens for 12 bucks! at the Wally World  grocery I bought a dozen green seedless grapes for  67 cents so I could get cash back then went to the scratched and dented grocery store and bought 4 avocados for 50 cents each and a can of tuna for 67cents then went to the library where I sit even now in the air conditioning...there is a lovely young lady at the scratched and dented grocery who looks remarkably like a 16 year old Salma Hyak... she needs more intellectual stimulation than a cash register and stocking shelves can provide so I gave her three books which I was culling from my truck...the "Oxford book of the English  language and a large collection of "sayings" and the "Anti-memoir"...all of which had ragged or no covers...good brain food if she will read them...being young and beautiful can be a one sided affair unless one can also cultivate ones intellect...from looking at some of the women who are interviewed by L.Fridman and A.Huberman beauty and intellect can certainly be found in the same person... speaking of which...well I had to scroll through a lot of my YouTube history before I came to this great interview "Genes sinning and morality: how genes shape your risk taking and morals" Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden with Dr. Andrew Huberman...(2hours and 42minutes)..yep I knew it, I need gene therapy!...however, I sort of got back into a "compulsive/addictive" mode when I came across "Adventure Archaeology" YouTube site...I watched for hours as these people dug into old garbage dumps and pulled out beautiful glass bottles older than 100 years from Coca Cola and various other products...this guy knows more about bottles than anyone I have ever heard of...I think my fascination stems from when I was about 3 or 4 years old and we lived in an old plantation style home in Dutchtown...the house was in pretty bad shape but roomy enough for a family of 4 kids and two adults...50 yards behind the house there was a barbed wire fence but just before the fence there was an ancient trash pile which I used to go and sit in and pull out broken glass and bits of metal and other treasures a 3 year old boy might be enthralled with...until mama spotted my my excavations and vetoed this treasure spot from my recreation...alas the bug was in me and I have been partial to garbage dumps ever since...on a more current note I hear about the "deposition" of ms. H. Clinton by persons interested in GOD KNOWS WHAT!...UFOs?...democratic child sex rings?...these are clowns in a circus sideshow asking these sorts of questions...I think they should dig up mr. Epstein and hang him some more until they get this absurdity out of their systems and can get down to governing the USA...he perhaps needed gene therapy too!...I have a good question for a well informed artificial intelligence program....how many people in business and government have been implicated in "sexual" misconduct in the last hundred years?...it ain't too uncommon that's for sure...common as dirt I imagine..."Growtreeorganic" is still making the earth more plant friendly...the government of the USA needs more input from people like this...also I watched and was amazed by "300 pregnant sheep, one mile of terrain, 3 sheep dogs."  these border collies are trained to perfection by this woman on the remote "isle of Bute" Scotland...(8:31) she also has some other presentations...I watched a DVD about Dorthea Lange the lady photographer and her companion/co-worker/husband...there is sign which reads "Tractored Out" which laments the fact that on this plantation there were 22 tractors and 13, 4 row cultivators which replaced 130 families that lived and worked on the plantation...it made me wonder how many people will lament their lack of employment when artificial intelligence gets more widely used...I think those folks who unload ships (longshoremen?) and who insisted that the machinery which can do the same task much faster (and safer) must not be used...what a load of crap!...these longshoremen minds can be used for a better purpose I think..."What was maslin? the medieval bakers famine proof  bread you've never heard of." this is about mixing rye and wheat crops so they have a better chance of producing...I expect there will be famine in the future because of the mono-cropping currently being practiced...speaking of protests the first protest in America was apparently when h.d. Thoreaus grandfather organized a protest when he was at Harvard university because they served rancid butter...who knew!...there are a couple of YouTube presentations which I do not agree with...one being about a young camel which is rescued from a life of giving rides...this is an Arabian camel and this species of camel has been domesticated for a long time...I know the camels I worked with had better health because they exercised regular...I switched them up every other day so they had one day off then they worked...I often got asked about whether the camels got tired but I never was asked whether I got tired...work animals like to work if they are worked well..."dangerous shelter dog reveals hilarious habit in loving home" GeoBeats animals...well a lot of good music was listened to also...Mel Tillis "Who's Julia" is an odd tune but interesting...and Joan Chamorro who is a Spanish lady has some great presentations many of which are of women she "presents"...I especially like "My baby just cares for me" ms Chamorro plays trumpet and sings with a great backup band...I have seen her play violin and I think trombone also...she has been making music since she was quite small so she now is band director also...also I heard of Lalala and Y2k who put out a musical? piece of rappish/hiphoppish sort of thing which got a lot of recognition...but I don't get it...even with the lyrics on the screen...however I did find an interesting presentation by"Broken Peach" called F*ck you (ce lo green)...can't understand many of the words but the idea comes across well...these girls will F*ck you up!..got to go and de-pressurize as the buzz is hostile....the books I gave ms.lovely seem to have metastisized into something horrid...I keep getting slandered by the local constabulary which "diminishes" my standing in the community....these clowns need to explain themselves in a court of law...they have no compunction about terrorizing little children with tales of my evil...I need compensation...and an public apology...

"We called her the woman/ Who did not care /But the fool called her/ His lady fair. / (Even as you and I)...poem called "A fool there was"

"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

"Our ideal should be..."

my assistant the RAVEN...i was looking at some dates and the last time i posted a blog was on christmas...that hotel has been sold and the price of a room increased by $22 per night...so back here at the curryville arms...one of the things about living alone in the desert is one gets to better allocate ones time to such endeavors as one feels have priority...less people is more better... i thought a lot about the woman who was shot dead by the US government employee...my personal opinion is that there has been a "PHASE CHANGE" in our society...such as when ice turns to water and water turns to steam...same chemical make-up but sustantialy different materials...in the USA today the notion that "protests" however "legal" they might be are safe is exceptionaly short-sighted...i remember Pat Buchanan saying that at Kent State there were 18 year old national guard members and 18 year old protesters...the shootings that happened could have been predicted...group think is never the same as individual think...people behave differently when around other people...it is the responsibility of every person to be their own safety advisor...once a person is dead or maimed the chance to be safe is past...the commander in chief urging the Iranians to keep protesting is remakably ill advised...this country has turned its' back on others in similar situations...safety first...a dead protester is a good thing for the oppressors...safety first...

the temperature today was about 80 degrees which is warmer than average for here...the wind has been pretty steady for the last couple of weeks so less walking in the desert and more sitting in the drivers seat reading or looking at the screens (i have several screen options)fortunately i am able to avert my eyes a few inches and i can see for miles across the desert which makes my eyes and vision less damaged from eye strain...(i hope) i drove north to KOFA national wildlife refuge and went to the palm canyon entrance but the spot i usually stay at was occupied and i set up a couple of hundred yards to the west...

i don't know the name of these mountains but they are always dramatic to look at...then into quartzite where i bought 2 new pillowcases for 50 cent each then to the scratched and dented food store where i bought some necessities like whole bean coffee and chocolate...then back to the old site where i enjoyed the below average temps despite the gusty winds...i encountered several youtube presentations which joggled my brain and made me think...about sex...now for a guy like myself who has been deprived of testosterone for several years now to think about sex it has to be in the abstract...i was thinking i might put together a sort of description of myself and post it online to see if there might be any female persons who would be interested in spending time with me...so of course the "dickless" nature of my person might be described as "a feature, not a bug" so to speak...i was actually surprised at how many female persons would welcome a man without "turgidity"...another "feature" might be "intermittant dentation"...the lack of "disposible income" must also be mentioned as well as the minimal housing...a pick-up truck is however preferable to a tent perhaps...personality compatability seems unlikely as i have been without female companioship for...well, a damn long time...however...actually i cannot think of any positive aspects to spending time with me...and i do not take criticism well at all...i guess if i care to admit it the best thing i could do for a woman is stay away from her...damn!...the harsh light of reality shows a lot of room for improvement...but enough about me lets move on to sex...orion taraban posted another of his "one size fits all" evaluations entitled "Women are dirty: understanding their dark desires" (12 min) also there was post called "The dirtiest services ancient roman brothels listed on their walls" (27min)NSFW HIstorian...i am not sure but i think these references to "dirt" are not about soil. mud, or other impurities...i think these are subjective and biased views of people who are seeking voyeristic attention...the woman who posted the piece on the unearthd brothel in Pompeii repeatedly expressed the view that the women who were providing sex were somehow less than equal in every way to the other citizens...that does not make them "dirty"...as long as i am on the Pompeii subject i would like to recommend "The discovery that rewrote Pompeii" by "miniminuteman" AKA Milo (minderbender) Rossi...this presentation is packed to the brim with information and illustrates the need to be accurate in scientific investigations...and to close out the subject of relationships i would like to recommend Cal Smiths "An hour and a six-pack" for sentimental views..."Our ideals should be to make our battles a series of single combats, our ranks a happy alliance of agile commanders-in-chief." T.E. Lawrence "seven pillars of wisdom"