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0606-1153 · I tried something new for my walk today. Instead of doing laps on the path, I went to a nearby intersection, to look at a yard sale sign. I took a picture of the address, and went on my way. · The entertainment for the day was an episode of Provoked, with Scott Horton and Darryl Cooper. One problem with that show is they post it on Friday night, and then they don’t put the link up until Tuesday morning. I was looking for the link today, and I wasn’t careful enough. I downloaded last week’s show. I noticed that I was hearing some phrases from Darryl that sounded familiar, and I realized that I probably had screwed up. This happened to me one other time with Darryl. I was listening to Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem, his 27-hour history of the state of Israel. The media player on my phone does screwy things, and will cut off a show. I always make a note of where I am, for this reason. This time, I was listening to Episode 5, and when I went back to the show I went to episode 6. I wound up listening to about a half hour, before I realized what I had done. I wound up listening to that half hour twice. Unfortunately, that half hour was about the Nakba, an especially gnarly part to the Israel story.
0607-1030 · The walk went smoothly. The feet were acting up a little bit, but it never got beyond the nuisance level. The podcast was a show, Laundry Man: The Wild Ride of the Pig Butcher’s Banker. They were talking about this South African who went around to these various South Asian countries, and helped criminals launder money. He became quite rich as a result. One of the countries he worked in was Cambodia, which apparently has become a criminal state for hire, largely working with the Chinese Mafia. This money launderer had a yacht in the Persian Gulf. He got it out through the Straits of Hormuz the day before the war started. Did he have inside information?
0608-1100 · Just got back from my walk. The feet dizziness increased on the last lap, to the point where I was wondering if I could make it up the driveway. This is fairly unusual but not unheard of. I was starting my walk, I was put my earbuds in. I noticed that my basic buds were not working, so I used the backup buds. The podcast today was Deep Cover. Today was the 5th episode of a show about a bank robber. He goes to trial, and pleads guilty to the federal charges. He thinks he can get a smoother sentence on the state charges, so he goes to trial. The trial does not go well for him.
0609-1118 · The walk went well I had to wait until 1009 to go because it was raining. My feet did okay, with a little bit of slight amount of dizziness on the second lap. I got over that quickly, and wound up doing an extra lap after the buzzer. I listened to two podcasts. The first one was The Truth, with dramatic reenactments of stories. The story was Let’s Not and Say We Did. Jeff has a ethical non-monogamous (ENM) marriage, where his wife and him are both going out with other people. Jeff goes out with Leslie. When it comes time to do the deed he just can’t … all he wants is his wife. Jeff and Leslie start cooking up stories of fake dates to tell wife Ingrid about. Jeff and Leslie wind up in a non-sexual relationship, by making up stories of fake girlfriends. Eventually it doesn’t work, and Jeff and Ingrid stay together. · I when I finished that show I was going to go to the media player, and Talk Easy had already started. Sam Fragogoso was talking to Nathan Lane. I’m sort of familiar with who Nathan Lane is, and he’s currently doing “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway. The idea of a fabulously gay man playing Willie Loman seems very modern.
0610-1045 · The walk went well today, with almost no dizziness. I only did 36 minutes because it was getting hot, and I was going to have to go somewhere soon. a The podcast was Provoked, with Scott Horton, Darryl Cooper, and guest Ken Silva. This is the episode I thought I heard the other day. The show was about the shooting of Donald J. Trump, in Butler PA. Mr. Silva has an unpleasant voice, and talks fast. I didn’t really get a lot of the details. There was a lot of screwing up by the law enforcement actors during that incident. Thomas Crooks shot DJT in the pinch of skin above the ear cartilage, with little damage and a splendid photo op. It’s understandable that some people could say it was staged, but in all probability it was real. There’s a lot of unanswered questions. Powerful actors want these questions to remain unanswered.
0611-1128 · Today’s walk was a doozy. I got a late start, and the summer heat/humidity was kicking in. My feet did ok, with a bit of manageable dizziness. · I went through four podcasts. I started with Theo Von talking to former CIA actor John Kiriakou. I listened to 40 minutes of this yesterday, and always enjoy John K. Today we had the bonus of listening to Theo Von say Kiriakou. · So I looked at the media player to see where I was, hit the wrong spot, and went back to the start of the show. I decided to try something else. · The second show was Gone South. I usually enjoy GS. Today they are talking about an innocent Black Man who was executed. I may want to listen later, but just wasn’t in the mood for that today. · The third show was “The Writer’s Voice”, from The New Yorker. “Constellation” was read by a man, with a hispanic accent. He was talking about his mother. Here again, some other time I might enjoy it, but not today. · I hit the jackpot with the fourth show. Billy Corgan, the main man of Smashing Pumpkins, has a banger podcast. Today his guest was Pat Boone. If I wanted to get annoyed by Pat Boone I could, but today I just wanted to hear him tell stories. The man can tell stories. One bit of TMI trivia is the news that Colonel Sanders carried a bag of Limburger Cheese with him everywhere he went. · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in September 1940. “Mr. and Mrs. D’Anunnzio and their little girl, showing the condition of the roof in their house in the submarginal area of Rumsey Hill, near Erin, New York” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah