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0703-0917 – The journal of last week is available. The walk went well today. The feet worked well. My back is starting to act cranky, which means drinking lots of water and otherwise taking it easy. 48 minutes on the path seems to agree with my spine.
The first podcast was Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane from The New Yorker. Once a month at TNY, somebody reads a story out of the archive. Today there was a male voice that was referring to “my husband.” Since the author is named Fiona, it is safe to say we have a female protagonist. The story was fun. A couple meets a Swiss girl. She is in a bad way, and the couple invites her to stay at their place. A few weeks later, the girl and her boyfriend disappear, and are later found murdered.
The second podcast was Louis C.K. on Tetragrammaton. Louis Alfred Székely is a famous comedian, whose content I have never made friends with. LCK talks in technical terms about comedy. “ I’ve been surprised sometimes by what bits have grown, but they’re seeds. Jokes are seeds. And sometimes they just polish and harden and stay the same size and they you end up with a nut and sometimes they sprout and grow roots and all kinds of [ __ ] like crazy [ __ ]”
0704-0944 – The walk was uneventful. There were no foot problems, and I did the standard 36 minutes. The podcasts were kinda blah. Chameleon had a rerun of an old show. I got bored quickly. Broken Records featured Joe Jackson, another 80s rockstar I never got into. Finally, I put on Wolfgang Van Halen on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan.
0705-1001 – The walk was uneventful. The dizziness came up in the second lap, but never got too bad. The show was Danny McBride’s Delusions of Grandeur from Talk Easy. “Daniel Richard McBride is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer.” DRB has his story. He describes the childhood experience of learning that adults don’t always know what they are talking about. “Well, once you’ve decoded that, the rest of life becomes very funny. You start seeing it everywhere. It’s like the Da Vinci Code of Morons. You get to just dissect them all. It’s great. · And so that’s how you would describe your childhood, a Da Vinci Code of Morons. · Yeah. Exactly. Then you could see the keys. You’re like, they’re everywhere. They’re all around us.” … DRB casually says “I have a very bad gambling problem.” This might be his Da Vinci code for morons.
0706-0929 – The walk today went well. The feet were not a problem. The entertainment was EP:53 – Kiev Burning from Provoked. Scott and Darryl were talking about the war in Ukraine.
“… it’s just like Dan Crenshaw said, like a lot of these guys have said, it’s just we get to trade dollars that we print, anyway, uh for Russian bodies. Sounds like a good deal to me. You know, that’s like what came out of Dan Crenshaw’s mouth.”
I was unable to verify this quote. However, you can find quotes by other people saying essentially the same thing. Support of Ukraine is seen as a way to weaken Russia. The dead conscripts, on both sides, are just the cost of doing business.
“But Fiona Hill wasn’t man enough to say, “No, you stupid. That the point is not about …” Dr. Hill was “an intelligence analyst under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2009 with the National Intelligence Council.” If the photographs are accurate, Dr. Hill presents as female.
“ Jordan Peterson, I think he’s scum. I never was impressed by him whatsoever. And I read this hilarious thing by Nathan Robinson who writes Current Affairs. … he wrote this article about Jordan Peterson and about what an absolute fraud he is and how he just uses all these big words and lots of italics to try to make just absolute idiot basic truisms seem like these profound breakthroughs of, you know, meaningful whatever.” This is Scott talking. Darryl is more sympathetic to Dr. Peterson. Soon, Scott fought back. “I never paid attention to all that stuff, because I have a dad.”
0707-0933 – The walk today was fabulous. There was mild dizziness, and I walked 1.51 miles in 47:12. The podcast was Jim Morrison: Who Killed Jim Morrison?, from Disgraceland. Jim Morrison’s death was mysterious. One plot has Jimbo faking his death, and becoming Rush Limbaugh. Jake concludes that the most likely scenario has Jimbo confusing heroin for cocaine, and taking a terminal toot.
Another story I had not heard involves Janis Joplin. Allegedly, she kept a supply of cocaine in an amulet on her neck. If she felt an od coming on, she could snort some coke to snap out of it. Somehow, the cocaine was swapped out for heroin, with fatal results.
The first show ran out before the walk ended, and I went to the next show on the media player. It was Legendary Manager Freddy DeMann on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan Mr. DeMann is the former manager of Michael Jackson and Madonna. This show promises to be entertaining. “I used to smoke a little Reefer. And uh Reefer dates me, doesn’t it? · Yes, it does.”
0708-0953 – The walk today happened. I stopped after 36:00 minutes, with nuisance level dizziness throughout. The entertainment was more of Legendary Manager Freddy DeMann on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan. Freddy talked about Michael Jackson and Madonna.
“Michael said to me, “Fred, I’m so glad you fought with Quincy and won. I didn’t have the nerve to talk to him, so I’m so glad you did.” Michael’s first solo album, Off the Wall, was being released. Quincy Jones wanted one song to be the first single, and Mr. DeMann wanted another. As it turns out, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” was a huge hit.
“You know the record business rewards sociopaths. I’m not accusing Michael Jackson of being a sociopath, but there’s sociopathic behaviors that all artists have, and I would include myself in that. It’s a desire to be loved or cherished or celebrated or win, you know, all any combination of the above. Ambition being the central word in that.” This is Billy Corgan talking.
0709-0909 – The walk today was a bit tougher. The dizziness started, and never went away. A construction device at the top of the hill made a lot of noise. The show was The Sting That Exposed How Meta Endangers Kids from Question Everything. Host Brian Reed promoted the show on X. “@BriHReed In 2023, special investigators in the office of Internet Crimes Against Children created a Facebook account for a fictional 13-year-old girl named “Issa Bee.” (The name was inspired by the 21 Savage song.) They were trying to catch a specific sexual predator they were tracking.”
The state of New Mexico set up a sting operation to catch people who try to “date” underage girls. TSTEHMEK centers around a “13 yo girl” the LEO digitally created. Within a few weeks on facebook, “Issa Bee” had 5000 “friends” and over 7000 followers. How many of these digital pervs were real humans, and how many were bots? Is there an ai ourobouros of bots chasing after bots? … The case is in the New Mexico courts now. Whatever ruling the court issues will be appealed ad nauseam.
The pictures are haiku reductions created by some weirdo in Georgia.