Saturday, May 30, 2015

Disaster Follow-Up Report

Nothing is busted in me but now it's stiff and it hurts.  I could tell Toby the Dog but he only knows Bark Language so that leaves out whining.

Status of lasers is unknown as that has to wait because the fans make a lot of noise and that will waken Yevette.  If you don't know the advisory on pissing people off before they have had their coffee, you are either dead or will be soon.

It sounded dramatic and in fact it was but I'm not any more damaged than I was previously but stuff got pulled a bit trying to save myself ... and further contributing to the disaster.  That's nothing chronic but rather the body's way of telling you don't be a dumb ass.

I did shoot a video with Toby the Dog some time after and it was about "The Life of Brian" as in when life's a bowl of ...   However, the video was more sanguine than that idea seems as self-pity isn't interesting to anyone.  It may be ok but it's a hassle doing anything with it.  I will take a look later and maybe it's good for an upload.  The talk included 'Cat, immer ich liebe dich' so that's not sounding morose to me.  I'm not sure if anything else was auf Deutsch but not much, if any.


In other disaster news:  it is not likely there will be an update on the iMac before Tuesday, the next time Chuck will be on-station.  He works four ten-hour shifts which, even if nothing else, gives him back a lunch hour he would have had to give to his job and would not have been compensated.

Every company in the country does that as none pay for the lunch hour even though the corporation controls when you will take your lunch and, in many cases, where you will eat it.  Thus far, I have never seen anyone voluntarily go to a workplace cafeteria.  And this is just one in the list of How Americans Are Screwed Twelve Ways from Sunday by their Jobs.


As to flood news:  this location is about fifty feet above the low ground and that, cleverly enough, is where they placed a golf course.  I don't think it's flooded but I can hardly be expected to be interested when the only concern is it may wash away some rich golfers.  Maybe I'd ask them to carry candles so they can light one and we can watch them while they float out to sea (sob).


That flooding is at least minimized is due to a system of levees constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers thus demonstrating the Army really is capable of doing good things for America but when they do hardly anyone says anything about it.

Any punk can shoot people but it takes a real bad-ass when you face danger with nothing but a firehose or a civil engineer's tools.  Multiple of the dams in Texas are in trouble and at least one has already given way.  The Army Corps of Engineers works to prevent losing any others.  Would you work on a dam which may cave at any moment.  Well, would ya?  The question is do you feel lucky because, just like the movie, you don't have a gun but, for this, a gun would be dead weight.

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