Our new Constitution
Somebody planted this very official looking sign in Belmore Park. These are all excellent rules and would make a much better Constitution than the load of old cods we have now.
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Neuroplasticity and musical taste
Neuroplasticity is a ten buck word for a simple idea; the brain is designed to keep learning things.
The truth about Van Halen's green M&Ms
Everybody knows about contract riders; those bizarre clauses in the entertainment industry that require a venue or producer to jump through fiery hoops on behalf of the talent. I heard of one author... oh all right it was Jeffrey Archer... who demanded that a freshly peeled Mars Bar appear in his dressing room less than a minute before he arrived.
Montana
I've been learning a lot about Montana, mostly how purdy it is.For those of you who are following the End of the World Project at Patreon, Montana is my Boulder, Colorado. It's where I've pointed my survivors, good and bad, of civilisational collapse. It's almost Tolkienesque in some respects, but populated by cowboys rather than hobbits.
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Pennywise Administration
“I work for the horror clown in chief but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.”
Home repairs
Replaced a bunch of halogen lights with LEDs today - or rather, I paid a guy to do it. Some had burned out and another two had been half eaten by possums (mine oldest enemy).Been a few repairs to effect around here recently. It's been a decade since we renovated and the years have worked their magic.
Little brother is watching
I had a co-worker in the word cave today. Thomas was off school with a tummy bug and... well, he can't really expected to keep his head in the books without a stern disciplinarian standing over him with a cat o' nine tails, can he?
So he took up position somewhere behind me, gurgling and farting away all day.