Ever Have One Of Those Days ... ?

 Ever have one of those days when just about anything you touch turns to shit? Run up against the cold granite walls of bureaucracy at its very Kafkaesque worst? Struggled to maintain simple human composure in the face of postmodern existence in the twenty first century? Well so went my day. Dealing with health insurance which in the failing stages of health care collapse in America, does not bode well for all of America. Of course members of all three branches of America government get their gold card health insurance gratis. Premium deluxe insurance and never a worry over any malady, health concern, strokes, and/or a simple case of mama doesn't love my blues. Lucky them no doubt. Yeah one of those days when it is best to avoid objects that can be thrown for distance, cats that can and should receive a swift kick on general principles, neighbors, and especially the wife that can give as good as she ever gets. That was my day. Sucky suck suck and goddamn, it is all just about over and then sleepy time. (it's Thursday evening as I pound out this here screed) Today will be a bright and sunny Friday and it will be most likely advantageous to relegate the events of a dang shitty Thursday to the history books. That is of course IF there really are such literary vaults. Now for Friday machine art and the weekend is up and oh right ... daylight savings time begins early Sunday morning. Crap! This all just gets better by the gaddanged minute.

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after a hard day's dealing with corporate bureaucracy, it is not a good time to go shopping for an AK-47 or an AR-15. you are simply not in a right frame of mind to make those manner homicidal decisions. 😐

p.s. - Joe gave his state of the union address Thursday evening. I didn't bother. not shit is going to change or get any better ,,,

Wooly Bully ...Mammoth?

 Scientists at Harvard and M.I.T. are in the process of resurrecting a 'wooly mammoth'. You know that big dang elephant guy that wandered our world during the "Ice Age" and is now famous for being a cartoon character in those silly darn 'Ice Age' cartoon movies. Ray what's-his-name and Queen Lafeeyah or whatever, have jobs for a guaranteed almost life time as voice actors. The things the fabulously famous do for the big money. Anyway and back to the science details. The research kids doing science at Harvard and M.I.T. are "almost there in their pursuit of bringing back the mammoths." The whiz kids have formed a company headquartered in Texas, (you had to know that Texas would be in this curiously screwy mix) name of "Colossal Biosciences" and doesn't that just sound almost science like. Not really. The entire purpose and efforts behind bringing mammoths back to our horribly under duress world would be the profitability factor contingent on zoos being able to house 'wooly mammoths' and generate profits in excess of any zoos wildest dreams of avarice. After all, money and profitability specifically, are what drives American ingenuity (?) and achievements in science. Can you imagine the fascination our worlds' children will have with the chance of being able to see a real live piece of paleo-prehistoric fauna right down the street at the local zoo? Look out Disney, you are about to be replaced by "mammoths." Tinkerbell will shit bricks at the thought of losing her (?) position in a Disney hierarchy. Disney Corp will declare war on Colossal Biosciences for damn certain and just watch how fast Ron DeSantis makes nice with the Disney bane of DeSantis' existence. In the what goes unmentioned here department, the whiz kids and the pseudo-intellectual money guys have obviously never watched any of the 'Jurassic Park Lost World' movies. So this is almost like life imitating art. What could possibly go wrong ...

Now for Thursday machine art and happily not any wooly mammoths were harmed in the generation of this screed.

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rocky -

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wooly mammoths are extinct and have been for a very long time. I really don't think science kids and geneticists should be fucking around with what's already passed. I hate to think what a resurrected mammoth will make of our sorely messed up Planet. 😐

Stung In His ... Balls?!?

 Dateline Sin City, Nevada -

A man gets stung by a scorpion whilst asleep at a Vegas Strip Resort. The Venetian to be precise. The kicker to the "incident" would be that the guy was stung by a scorpion in the balls. Oh good lard ahmighty ... that would hurt all to be damned. Oh yes that would. Ancillary to the guy having his manhood damaged and his dignity exposed to global mockery, stung guy is now in the process of suing the Venetian and anyone connected to the Venetian and that is to include the maids, janitors, bell persons, limo drivers, and probably anyone even kinfolk to the Venetian. Okay and so, after a quick check to get the litigants correctly named, the Venetian is The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The guy's name is Michael Farchi from California. Farchi reported the "incident" to the Venetian desk person after his being stung and then headed to hospital for a thorough check of his testicles and sure enough, his nuts were victim of an assault by scorpion stinger and the medical records can confirm Farchi's predicament. Now here's the deal about scorpions, Vegas is situated in the Mojave Desert and deserts are home to any number of fauna that will, if you happen on a desert inhabitant, cause you some damn embarrassing encounters if you don't respect and give a wide berth to stingers, fangs, spikes, and bites. Scorpions can and will get in your home, get in your sleeping bag or resort bed, your boots, and openings invisible to the naked human eye. It is wise to check under your bed coverings, shake out your boots, and even check under a toilet seat. Farchi didn't check his bed or his underwear and so, stinging testicles and embarrassment deluxe. At least Farchi will have a Vegas story to tell. He is after all suing the Venetian Strip Resort. Farchi's 'incident' will not be kept in Vegas. Every word of Farchi's painful encounter will be in court records for anyone to exam in future law school curriculums. Farchi is now 'infamous' and he will live with that and the damage to his balls for the remainder of his life. Pity that no doubt. 

Now we break for Wednesday machine art and someone please cue the camera.

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I've encountered scorpions, snakes, cholla, mesquite trees, grabbers, stabbers, stingers, and bugs that can leave one serious bite mark after being assaulted by the aforementioned bug. in the Mojave there live tarantula wasps and the wasps are large and I mean as big as your thumb. you can tell if you happen on a tarantula wasp, they are black and red and at times belligerent. I do love me some desert. 😎

Maya ... A Short Story

 

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the supremes on Monday unlocked the doors to the asylum and all bets are off now. shit will get real and get real quick. hold on to your butts kids, the ride will get bumpy so keep those arms and legs inside the ride at all times. 😐

Get Out ... NOW!

 For Democrats and by way of disclaimer, I am NOT a Democrat nor have I ever been. I generally vote for Democrats for the simple reason that republicans are corrupt, racist. as stupid as they are inbred, and I don't be a liken' them no hows. So ... put the long arm of reason on, for the good of our Nation, and convince Biden to retire. Biden can pull an LBJ (google the reference kids) and head to parts unknown to live out the remainder of his life and rue the fact he blindly supported materially, the Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. Convince Governor Gavin Newsom (D - Ca) that our America needs him to run, tear holes in donny 'grease' trump, and begin a genuine process of healing our sorely divided country and moving forward into a potentially brighter twenty first century. Of just about all the politicians in and around our America at present, Governor Newsom seems to be an upfront guy and is certainly well prepared to govern our Nation. I thoroughly despise the two party stranglehold the political parties have on our system of democratic republican government. The sad reality is that is all we have at present. The situation will stay as it is UNTIL voters in America can divorce themselves from the way politics presents itself at present. Besides I'd would really like to see trump taken down in any public forum by someone that isn't cowered by trump theatrics. Democrats, you are running out of time here but it isn't too late. Man up donkeys and do what is right. Now for Monday machine art and that's enough political bullshit for today.

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evert damn politician in America should be jumping all over the Israelis for the bullshit they've done in the West Bank and Gaza. however that is not the case and America is despised and rightfully so, for this disgrace. SHAME ON ALL OF US. 😐

Nothing But ... Nothing

 Breaking news - ahhh ... to hell with it, there's nothing worth remarking on or reporting on. War, earthquakes, famine, the four horsemen of the apocalypso are missing in action over Gaza, AND genocide Joejoe Biden is losing in the ever so important (?) polling. I believe Biden's shit-hit-the-fans rating might have something to do with the Israeli onslaught and butchering of Palestinians. I could be wrong but, I don't think so. Besides, with just about our entire world standing on the sidelines with hands jammed ever so snugly inside pants pockets whistling a funereal dirge while enjoying the Israelis work genocide on Palestinians, well, what could possibly be the point. Same bullshit day in day out and about the only thing that changes would be the body count in Gaza and/or Ukraine. The politicians are encouraging the Israelis to go blood crazy while turning serious profit on their investments in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction. Ever wonder why the U.S. supplies wmd's to just about every government around our Planet? That's for the sole purpose of making the movers and shakers piles of cash dividends. Money in the bank. Ka - Ching! Hmmm ... I seem to have erred on the side of bluster and remarked on bullshit that I indicated I was NOT about to. My bad.

Now for Sunday machine art.

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I read headlines from some reporting nonsense that was all gaga over it being the 'lentil' season. I am almost certain that the writer/reporter was meaning to say "lent" but I don't bother with lent, lentils, or reporters for several reasons that I'm not about to get into. nope ... 😐 

A Roman Calendar Joke?

 The "Ides of March" is a one day thingy and one day only. Here I thought it was like some manner of days long Roman orgy thing. Nope and not even close. If Shakespeare hadn't penned that "Anthony and Cleopatra" soap opera high school literature killer, well, our world would have waved the old "Ides" thingy a bye bye and skated clean away on the crust of some thin ice and a new day. Damn, I should have paid better attention in my high school English class. That being stated, I did ace the Macbeth test and shocked just about everyone including myself. My mom was so proud of her anti-social recidivist son. Mr. Meldrum my high school English teacher was probably just as shocked as was I. (see what I did there ... proper grammatical usage of the 'I' pronoun) Some of my high school education actually stuck. Go figure. Now it becomes incumbent upon my person to pony up the Saturday machine art contribution and ... there you go ...

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the stand out stuff from 'Macbeth' was the Lady Macbeth being overly obsessed with blood spots on her hands. her blood spots were invisible so the woman was a wee bit daft in her head. you see back in those days they didn't have any jergens hand lotion or other goop or soft soap or stuff like that there ... 😐

Two Yes Two Weeks Away

 That's it kids, February is over and kaput. March is here and the Ides of March are exactly two weeks from today. Isn't it nice to have something to look forward to? I think that's nice. So about two days after the old Ides have come and stabbed Caesar, well, it will be college basketball madness and I may have already made mention of that. I won't be bothering as I find basketball to be simply annoying. Besides, there's all the presidential politics to keep America entertained for just about the entire year. Yippee ... So with much excitement on the rise, how about I toss in some Friday machine art and head up for the weekend. There will be no three days weekends this month. Bummer no doubt. 

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so as we wander slowly into the month of ... you can rest assured that the sun will more than likely rise in the east, set in the west, and the wind will blow crap all over a countryside. maybe a tornado or so will tear up towns in the midwest. one hit Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday so here we go. 😐