If you are used to daily updates here, get patient. My only Internet access for now is the library, and they never have enough computers to meet demand. It’s a problem that could be alleviated by holding an auction in the bloated fiction and large print sections. Or the two aisles of “African American Studies” that nobody ever uses. The good news is the library no longer permits games on the computers. Cleared the punks out.
This rack of bicycles is becoming a far more common site these days. Rush hour only lasts an hour any more. The exception would be Miami Beach, where the town council planned the streets to be a permanent jam and death trap. Imagine a sand bar two feet above high tide with only three narrow causeways for emergency evacuation. Now imagine 70,000 people living there.Dave, the guitarist, called again. The more I talk to him, the more I realize his situation can be explained by a guy who suddenly came into money later in life. Who else has a brand new everything but doesn’t know how to use it? Well, besides the other guitar players I know. The bright side is the extra time I’ll have to invest training him may result in a better finished product. He knows nothing of chord progressions, the circle of fifths, or what a key signifies.
The problem is that I usually get paid to teach people what I’ve been showing him. I used to get them at the computer shop, where they would complain something wasn’t working when they really just didn’t know how to run it. They would try to get a free lesson by watching me fix it. So I’ve got a built in resistance to giving away computer knowledge for free.
I read the business section of the paper today, a very thin edition. BP is lowering a massive capping device into the gulf tomorrow. Almost as massive as the cap they tried to place on the media coverage of the spill. The oil pressure is reported to be an unbelievable 9,000 pounds per square inch. What I’m curious about is how did the planet react when natural oil spills occurred in the past, which certainly must have happened. Anyway, good luck, since we are also weary of hearing about people’s problems from the oil. The time to complain and act is before the disaster hits.
Also, gold is hovering around $1,230 per ounce. The rumor is it will drop to $700 before climbing to another all time high. And that is why I don’t often get my data from the dailies. So you'll know, 18 karat gold is made because it is stronger, not to save any money on the gold content.
Today’s trivia is music. Did you know that grunge music was invented as a joke? That is correct, a Seattle band called “Mudhoney” invented the word and the style as a parody. So all you Nirvana fans are part of the group that gets fooled all of the time. Did I break your little hearts? Too bad. Here’s even worse news. “Teen Spirit” is a brand of deodorant, and yes, it smells funny.
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