same ol’

Nothing to see here
please
move along

i can’t see your newsletter

There’s a favorite digital newsletter I receive which used to come in text-copyable PDF but has switched to a “presenter” called Canva.

In this new format, I cannot enlarge the text to accommodate my vision or save it locally for preservation and future study.

Also, the presenter sometimes leaves text missing off the page breaks or has it hidden under the images.

I so wish that organizations would stop using a “helper” service for everything and just stay simple.

hex

Inkem binkem notamus rex, protect us all from the man with the hex.

diesel wabbit

Decades ago I drove a VW Rabbit Diesel with a half-blown engine. Back in those days, Diesel cars were exempt from emissions testing.

I would pull into the inspection station in that clattering smoking mess, they’d slap on a sticker, and I’d be in and out in no time.

The gasoline car drivers would all be looking at me and scowling, like “fuck that” written all over their faces.

wtf

#wtf

hotel room overlooks graveyard

Tombstones right outside my hotel room window. ⚰️

Things like that don’t bother me a bit. If the weather was good, I could sleep contentedly IN the graveyard.

spicy quiche

Quiche petit-déjeuner à la sauce Texas Pete

the big bottle

We got another val-U-size today. The more U drink the more U save.

country park

At last. Not raining. Outside for some sun and fresh air.

el derecho de vivir en paz

Morning reading. Chile, Vietnam, the World.

I had a UNC-Greensboro professor from Chile years ago who was in Chile when the big shit hit. I read everything he provided and more.

We became friends. He had a stressed mind and damaged body from being imprisoned in one of the stadiums. Somehow he could still make his way in the world enough to keep researching and teaching.

I had a few courses at UNCG that were mind-blowing. His was one of them.

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/03/05/the-right-to-live-in-peace/