More Zooming In

 It's been a long time since we've had rain-freshened air around here but I'm sure we will be back to breathing dust soon. Hurricane season might be the next chance for rain, assuming China's Hurricane Howitzer hits the Texas gulf coast just right. Another joke!

I like this stuff. I really do. 

It Rained

 Quite a hard rain last night. Surprised me. My connections in China finally got their top secret rain cannon working. Ha. Some people will be stupid enough to believe that. A lot of people are stupid enough to believe anything-- the dumber it is and the more outlandish, the quicker they are to swallow it. Go figure. 

The James Webb telescope is about ready to begin science operations. Everything has checked out. THAT is significant! 

Some oncologists have looked at recent photos of Putin and concluded that he is dying of cancer. One can hope. Now, if only my China connections can get their cancer gun focused on a certain Orange One... HA! HA! If only...

Will It Rain? Can It Rain?

 Pretty good rain chances today and anywhere else you'd sort of expect SOMETHING, but here? I don't think so. Or, if it does rain it'll come with 3" hailstones that'll smash the crap out of everything. I've lived here too long to expect anything good. I'd really rather have more drought than face the prospect of putting a new roof on this house. Lubbock is not a very good place to live, in my opinion. I'm only here because I'm already here and I hate to move, and have "roots" here. But living here, you are putting up with some sort of crap on a regular basis. At least we don't have earthquakes, and tornadoes are not as frequent as they used to be. I'm trying to look on the bright side. We aren't being hammered with cruise missiles. That's something positive.

I shouldn't complain. One of the crappy things about life in the PU (Physical Universe) is that it could ALWAYS be much worse and somewhere out there it IS much worse. It's almost enough to make a Gnostic out of one! Hey, what sort of shoddy, half-assed, crap place is this anyway?? I don't think sentient organisms of any sort deserve this shit-hole "world". 

The Past Looks Better And Better

 The future, on the other hand, looks more and more like shit. Over the past two weeks Covid deaths and cases have increased almost 50% in the USA. A new wave has only just begun, it seems. If even mild cases of Covid produced significant brain damage, much would be explained. It would be far better if Covid damaged the human reproductive systems, male and female, with infertility as a result. THAT would be very good. But nobody needs brain damage. There was more than enough crazy and stupid out there, even before Covid. But a drastic decline in the birth rate would be wonderful. 

And global warming is real, whether you believe in it or not. Nature, as I've said before, doesn't respect what you believe. Nature is a constellation of blind, inexorable, forces-- and it doesn't give a damn. 

From The Past Closely

 Will I ever do anything new? Eventually. Not today. Not tomorrow. Eventually. Probably. Someday.

Interest and motivation are lacking.