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Oak leaves, river rocks and green grass
What does a body mean to you?
Last night, I sat on the toilet to take care of business, reached for the toilet paper and was attacked by the sping-loaded mechanism of a toilet paper holder. Like the proverbial spring-coiled snake in a can.
Needless to say, the toilet paper proceeded to roll across the bathroom floor, conveniently stopping on the pool of coffee I had previously spilled and promised myself to clean up after my job in the loo was finished.
Is there a medical study that show the longterm effects, positive or detrimental, of the short-term exposure of caffeinated toilet paper wiped where the sun doesn’t shine?
Speaking of which, did you know a nut institute (as opposed to an institute for nuts) sponsored study was released to the public showing the positive healthy effects of eating nuts?
Or the poll sponsored and administered by a polling company that shows polls are good for polling the public?
Lastly, whilst cheering for my favourite football team, wishing against hype and recent trends that they’d score more points than their instate (as opposed to testate) rivals, I realised that the men out there on the field had been heroes to me in my youth and inspirations to me in my middle years.
Secondly, if not first to next to lastly, I understood the unique situation in which I find myself entrusting my words and body with one woman without involving a sexual relationship is new and most unusual to me, opening up avenues of fictional territory to explore.
More as it develops…
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Thanks to Knoxville Police; El Coyote restaurant; Zach and more at Applebee’s; Sevier County wrestling team running the Petro’s concession stand; the Variety Shop; Gail and more at UBC; University of Tennessee; Hampton Inn…
When Irish eyes are hypermiling
There was a time, afore his nuclear stress test, not knowin’ what his heart was a’sayin’ that Lee took eternity as a given.
He danced like there was no tomorrow.
He flirted like the beautiful dame in front of him, friend or foe, male or female (fuh-MAHL-eh), was the only game in town.
He cherished the moments when Bai drove her elbow into him, sending him into a new bliss, an unexplored territory, an endorphin rush of pain that took him into un/subconsciousness, forgetting the seconds on the clock, losing himself in the foreverness of forgetfulness, her derriere pressed against his left cheek, her body pushing a knot in his muscles, not a skin ailment, into oblivion.
He danced with Kelly. He looked at Patrick’s face for permission. They both agreed he had the room to maneuver, to make his way out of Bai’s chamber of happy pain and into the room of traditional Irish bliss.
Karen held his hand for a brief marital instance, reminding Lee that he had a wife who wanted, not demanded, a West Coast Swing dance on a evening dedicated to the monetary support of military veterans transitioning from government to civilian work conditions.
He thought outside of time, reminding himself that the dance lessons with Bai and Stacy were two-hundred years away from his time with Guin taking care of Martian settlers intent on making a go at building a sense of community on another planet, when the difference between a naturalborn Earthling and a synaesthetic Martian was indistinguishable but recordable.
Lee passed a palm in front of his face.
He remembered Guin.
He remembered Bai.
He remembered Karen.
He remembered Kelly.
He passed through his thoughts his friends and lovers, his dance partners and academic study partners with equal aplomb.
Despite the fermented products that had passed through his system in an evening of whiskey/whisky tasting, he steadied his thoughts.
Gamma rays out of collapsed star systems equated to education systems out of whack with the times.
He separated the Zeitgeist from the poltergeists and geysers.
He dismissed comets from cupids and Donner Passes from blitzkriegs.
He pressed his palms together and calmed himself.
He removed himself from the equation.
It was not about him.
Suddenly, the room filled with light.
He saw Guin in anguished pain, concerned not only about herself but her family.
He was no longer alive.
The universe filled the room, extinguished the concept of self.
A phrase entered, saying, “Transferring from: Rick01. Do not disconnect your smartpen.”
A power setting requested permission to continue.
An Irish band disbanded for the evening.
A Martian settlement waited for the next moment.
Lee briefly reappeared, showing himself to be real, the universe part and parcel to the event.
Guin wanted support to know her place 200 years later was secure, if different.
Lee and Time agreed.
Bai nodded.
Karen slept.
The cats snored.
All was right, if only briefly.
A football team rested, its future in its hands.
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Thanks to everyone at Jackson Center; Huntsville-Madison County Public Library; Sonic; Dr. Brooke and Marjorie at Gleneagles Family Medicine; Dr. Staup, Mary, and Amanda at SE Eyecare; Dr. Pugh, Amanda and Linda at Artistic Dentistry; Abi the miracle worker massage therapist/sadomasochist/friend.
An investment in mobile desktop laboratory research
What to get when you don’t know what to get — a laptop flashback. Business casual, of course.
Catching up
Thx to Abi at Madison Ballroom; Maegan and Andrew at Staples; Renae and more at Hobby Lobby; Hobby Barn RC shop; Aaron and more at Radio Shack; Pier One; Kristie at Sonic; Jennifer at Walmart; Thai Garden; Taco Bell; Publix; Mapco…and to all the others who support my comfortable life so that I can give back to the community!
The inside story: how to turn a barista into a randomista
You only have to be 10% smarter than your tools
The Entrepreneurs Club announced a new contest today, specifically designed for youths aged 6-16. Five winners will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the annual Entrepreneurs Club, where the winners will be encouraged to pitch their dream projects for potential VC funding; alternatively, they will be given a small budget to develop a marketing plan to pitch their dream projects via crowdfunding.
The contest participants will attempt to accomplish the following goals:
- Design an autonomous rover*. (One winner will be announced for the best autonomous rover design.)
- Launch the rover into the upper atmosphere with a weather balloon**. (One winner will be announced for the best rover launch design.)
- Land the rover***. (One winner will be announced for the best rover landing design.)
- Retrieve the rover from its predetermined rendezvous point****. (One winner will be announced for the best rover rendezvous point design).
An overall winner will be announced that has shown the best combination of the most innovative and/or accurate achievement of the goals listed above. In addition to the all-expense paid trip, the overall winner will be allowed to recruit new team members from any of the other contest winners or contest participants to pitch dream projects (primary team size may not exceed seven members).
*The rover must have onboard the following capabilities:
- Self-powered — may be any combination of fuel cell, ultracapacitor, nonrechargeable/rechargeable [alkaline, NiMH, NiCad, LiPo, nuclear, etc.] battery, wind, solar cell, or other means clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
- Guidance control system — may be a combination of GPS, 3D visual mapping, solar, magnetic, or other means clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
- Data logging system — must have a means to record location data and broadcast location data periodically, no less than once a minute (location data may include GPS coordinates, geotagged/timestamped photos or other means (see number 4 below) to record and show the rover’s current location), keeping onboard its total journey information or other means of remote storage of data logging information clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
- Environmental measurement and collection tools — may be a combination of air/land/water temperature, humidity, water salinity/pH, atmosphere/soil/water contents, biological sampling, or other means clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
- Additional features will be allowed as long as they are clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
- NOTE: Keep in mind that the rover may arrive at the rendezvous point by air, land and/or water. The most/efficient use of all three will increase the chance of winning for the contest participant(s).
** A list of preapproved weather balloon suppliers will be provided.
*** The rover landing may include the following:
- Balloon remnants still attached.
- Balloon remnants detached.
- Parachute deployment.
- Self-guided UAV (powered or unpowered).
- Descent deceleration thrusters.
- Aquatic vehicle capabilities (surface/submarine).
- Additional landing features will be allowed as long as they are clearly documented and demonstrated to the contest judges.
****The rendezvous point must be preapproved by the contest judges before the rover is launched. The time from launch of the rover to retrieval of the rover at the rendezvous point must take no longer than 48 hours. The contest participants and their preapproved equipment must be in full view of the contest judges and/or their official representatives during the 48-hour period.
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