Forward On The Count Of TWO

 Yes, as it behooves us to do, as though we were beasts with hooves. But seriously, folks, fiends and nebbishes, one and all, I had a great evening last evening and a fine morning this morning, with mild temps, brisk winds, and the promise of more rain in the air. The forecast has changed, it seems, with a fresh charge of moisture from Alberto. The "clock" problem in physics seems to be underestimated, as all time-keeping devices are extended objects. The typical assumption is that of a temporal continuum but in fact, there is no way to confirm that. It's a matter of, on very tiny scales, backward light cones comprising the various bits and pieces of any putative "clock", with which we would define a "present". Weyl assumes a temporal continuum. In practice, that seems problematic, at the very least. One motivation for string theory was the problem of dealing with points, the points comprising the wiggly lines in Feynman diagrams, for instance. 

I think Susskind has dealt with this problem in terms of clocks as physical objects embedded in de Sitter space.

ONE Can Continue

 Just as some can cook, one can continue, and I mean, of course, this one. So pleasant on the patio last evening, and so fine this morning. So far no rain, but I encountered a light mist and perhaps later there will be rain. New Mexico needs rain badly. I have done what needed to be done this morning and all else is optional today. No doubt, much reading, and some guitar. 

I will be reading Dickens, and Hermann Weyl. 

TODAY

 So much accomplished yesterday and today! And the weather change has arrived, too, and I like it. It only gets better the next couple of days. Chances of rain increase as a system in the Gulf of Mexico sends moisture our way. And they say it will be a very active hurricane season, and that could help us, too. I'm enjoying cloud cover and winds, and mild temperatures right now. Let it rain.

I've got nothing but this junk, until I do a lot of image processing with recently loaded files, almost 1000 of them! That should keep this blog provided with my own peculiar form of content for the rest of the year, or close to it, if I do things right. 

YESTERDAY

 I had a sensation of change in the air. It was windy and the air was fresh with a hint of coolness. It turned quite hot later. This morning it is very windy and masses of clouds move in, from the south. There is s weather change coming. I had occasion to extend a morning drive into an area to my east where the "boonies" are, and I think it would have been grand to have made the drive in some sort of drophead coupe or roadster. Lotus Elan? That would have been great fun!

I have been photographing the heck out of my growing garden/jungle. I need to get those photos out of my camera and into my computer, for the usual adjustments and enhancements, and do it soon! So much to do!

Corn!

 There are open fields not far from me, normally planted with cotton but this time there's corn, a lot of it. Excellent conditions for that crop, with high soil moisture and more rain likely later this week, and a drastic drop in our high temperatures. My own crop of sunflowers is doing very well, recovering from the recent barrage of small hail. I look out my window here, and see a sea of green, a jungle. So gratifying! And I made no effort to plant anything. The sunflowers come back, year after year with no effort on my part. The effort comes much later when I have to deal with the dead stalks, but there won't be that many this time, since I've kept things under better control.