but i do have an ironing board story from when ironing was much more "required" in polite society...i think i was in the third grade of elementary school...there was a dis-agreement between the household ironer (mama) and the wearer of ironed shirts (daddy)...both of these folks were somewhat disfunctional in their relationship...mama decided she did not want the job of "chief groom" anymore and put the ironing board into the 1956 pontiac with the 4 kids and headed out to her mamas house in michigan...a long way from south louisiana...we almost made it...but the motor burnt up somewhere in indiana...and her mother had to send her husband down to get us...we did not bring the ironing board...this behavior was a precursor to what was to eventually to be diagnosed as manic etc. etc. etc...mental health issues were poorly understood then as now...anyhow, ironed clothes still kind of ruffle me even today...
had to hunker down in a rather populated spot for the last 3 days waiting out the rain...good long life-giving rain...the phone reception was excellent...the neighbor ahead of me was...shall we say...determined...he spent 3 hours describing his life as a...what the hell was he? he said he had to "belly crawl" into north korea to do assasinations and he was good friends with fidel castro and he single-handed his 65 foot choi lee sailboat to a lot of spots...and on and on and on...the last fellow who i encountered in my campsite said he was drafted into the army in 1968 and he showed me a photo of himself with a hat that said ARMY... damn!...he said he had climbed mount kilamonjaro...etc.etc etc...maybe i should take it all with a grain...a very large grain of salt...
i am currently under surveillance due to my being a suspect...i am sure the crimes are serious and far be it from me to make light of such serious crimes...whatever they are...i think Kafka wrote about this situation...police types doing police type undercover type intimidation type stuff...reserved for persons who are suspected of doing criminal stuff...
well besides being a suspect i also watched some intellectually stimulating youtube presentations....one of the better ones is "A society with no purpose beyond money"(45 min) about the philosophy of Max Horkheimer....also "How the language you speak changes how you see the world" (16 min) this is an interview with Lera Buroditsky @ the institute of art and ideas...this woman was born in russia and teaches in san diego now...since she left russia at age 12 she spoke two languages and she explains how this lead to her interest in languages...she wants to learn the language of the indigeonous people of southern california....what with all the computer programing going on now i wonder if the "language' a computer program is written in has any bearing on what it can do...there is an interesting view of "life in russia"in "Typical family apartment tour" (how russians really live) 19 min....
new monkey species in the congo...a colobus species....and "Exploring the alien insects of the amazon river" has some great video of mainly treehoppers...(44min) @all out wildlife...
well according to the weather report on WWOZ radio from New Orleans the heat index will be about 118 degrees during the day...that will kill you...
on sept. 25, 1926 henry ford adopted an 8 hour day and a 5 day week for his factory workers....100 years ago...and in 1946 the supreme court ruled that it was not required for a person who applied for citizenship to swear to a willingness to take up arms...april 22 1946...
"The world is very complicated and there is an infinite set of things we can potentially pay attention to and our ability to process that information is quite limited..." Lera Buroditsky
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