I am under the throes of video addiction at a level that concerns me. I went to the blog of Alex Carter, something I do less and less of these days, as in maybe once a month, since the quality of his writing has diminished, commensurate with his having taken up drinking again. He has astounded me by being a text book, central casting version of the California progressive liberal, or whatever is the label stuck to "them." I am starting to think that some globalist actor, or at least some group of U-Cal Berkley drop outs whose job it is to maintain the code for the Google algorithm, has as a ..read more

I was up at 6 o' clock, otherwise known as "first thing, Monday morning." I completed the "morning papers" as per the program laid out in The Artist's Way, by Julie Cameron. After the first page and a half out of the 3, I went and turned the shower on.  I made a note to myself to find out if Julie's instructions to plow through the 3 pages, first thing in the morning as soon as your feet go in your slippers, in a stream of consciousness fashion, not caring about the "quality" of the writing, nor even if it makes sense, and to complete the 3 pages, written "longhand" with an ink pen and ..read more

 I've got my schedule chopped into more equal and diverse pieces these days... Have been binge watching true crime stuff on true crime TV lately, but when not absorbed in that, have gotten back to work on brushing up on skills such as making animations, cartoons and making sure to practice the guitar for at least a time equal to that spent on what will be the optics to with whatever music... I want to get some artistic charcoal and do another big face to put in my front window. There is something slightly pathetic about having the same faces hanging in windows for years...  ..read more

 I stopped by the bar on my back from the store where I was like 66 cents short of getting a 50 milligram THC drink. I was going back home to grab the change off the cabinet top that the turntable sits on. There was a crowd outside the bar watching none other than the Tyson fight that a less lazy blogger would put a link to right here... Anyways, I found some copious roaches abandoned in ashtrays, after learning from one guy sitting there watching that nobody had really gotten hit yet. It was the 5th round... At the store run by Israeli's, or the Shell, as it is advertised, I learned t ..read more

Since we are the only animal that commits suicide; would that somehow be related to the divine half of us? Maybe I will resume blogging here, some day. I've been wondering, myself, why I just soured on the practice and just stopped -pretty abruptly around a certain time....when the posts stopped coming almost daily and turned into almost monthly. I think it was the age of censorship and cancel culture and all that, and I might have been wise to have clutched my pearls, rather than casting them out there... Idk ..read more

Hey, Jacob, how's it going on this Tuesday after a Monday that was Columbus Day, and thus, more like a Sunday? I trust that the tracks we laid down Saturday, at the "museum of crap," were adequate compensation for taking that night off from busking, I look forward to hearing that session (end of message). The Sum We made something like 44 bucks playing for maybe 2 hours on "Boardwalk," last night. Boardwalk, in the realm of busking in New Orleans, is the spot right where Rouse's Market on Royal Street sits. It was most likely available because it was a Monday evening. Park Place would be a c ..read more

I've been going through a toothache situation for nigh on a week... The pain goes entirely away sometimes; such as this afternoon. So I wish I hadn't told Lilly about the thing at all. Now she is liable to call me any time and demand an update as to the progress I have made on it.  I was too lazy to go to the emergency room. Last night I went there and, after a couple hours decided to leave; not having brought a book to read and being subjected to that Seth Meyers late night guy whom I once watched through the entirety of one of his shows and did not laugh at all. I shook my head over the ..read more

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I went out around noon Sunday, like I usually do, except this time I brought along a heavy stick made of carved redwood, that was given to me by David the water jug player before he passed away, for use as a self-defense weapon. That's because Steven stole my two towels plus my laundry card (and tried to steal the coffee filter, which I caught him in the act of, capturing the whole exchange on an audio recording that I was making with my microphone and guitar at the point I decided I wanted a cup of coffee and discovered that the filter was nowhere to be found. Arriving home, I went to Elizab ..read more

  So, Thursday, I get a summons for jury duty almost as if I am being punished for registering to vote, or something.   But there was this letter, addressed to me, telling me that on the day before my birthday I have to, under penalty of law, report for jury duty, when I can't even make a doctor's appointment without tying a string around my finger. And, there was the thing -and of course my first question is: do they pay you for your time?  Otherwise I am going to send them a letter telling them that I think capital punishment is murder committed by the state, and I am ve ..read more