Pilot's Log

I wanted a Pale Rider, but I just bought a GM Quel.  Can I do with the Quel what I wanted to do with the Pale Rider, or should I just build the Quel stock, or should I mod the Quel in an entirely new direction?

Universal Studios is celebrating their 100th Anniversary this year by having a Sweepstakes on Facebook. The prize is FREE DVDs and Blu-Ray disks from their catalog, which is considerable. I went to their website just now to see exactly what I would want from them in the event of my success, or barring that, coming into a flow of cash to allow me to purchase my desired content.

I came up with about seventy titles, a mix of film sets and TV show seasons for the most part. A lot of the material shows up on Universal's TV channels, namely TH¡S and Retro.

Depending on how they count, I'd think I'd even have to find more titles to get if I won. Which, I suppose, is better than having to choose between existing favorites.

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of May 31, 2012

If you go to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor's opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here's the moral of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed.

I've always defined the Uncertainty Principle (rightly or wrongly) as "When the act of asking a question destroys the likelihood of getting a truthful answer to said question." I suppose you can add the corollary "Be aware of any ulterior motives that bring about quick answers."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNKg8Ex4Xr0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6_-urg5fo

Three of these four Eighties classics played over the Muzak in recent days, and I just have to give the credit/blame to Mum's ghost. I'm linking rather than embedding just because I have too much other stuff to do.

Letting my research addiction play out again. This time it's related to that project I mentioned in the previous post (the car race horror movie). I'm looking up cars of the middle to late 1960s for inspiration. The story I have in mind involves six teams and a solo campaign, each having a different "character", "philosophy" and "theme".

I'm coming along...slowly...mainly because I don't want to miss something I should have noticed from the get-go.

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Money is money. Of course, more often than not I have to spend on the mundane realities of life instead of myself and my morale.

...A Cosmic Zoom. ( Sense of Perspective )

Scientists Announce A Breakthrough In The Search For The Cause Of Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder.

As somebody who was in this condition as a child, and is somewhat still afflicted now (as in, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to motivate myself) I find this development very interesting. Remember, my childhood predates Ritalin. For me, it was either coffee or amphetamines.

The only drawbacks I see are the same drawbacks I see with prescription drugs in general--the out-of-control marketing of drugs by the manufacturers (yes, those fine-print-laden and sappy TV ads on the network evening news and talk shows and soap operas) which then feeds a black market (q.v. e-mail spammers allegedly from Canada) which recreational drug users/abusers will exploit.

But a philosophy question: If a pill gives a kid a happy childhood, is it really a happy childhood?

FP

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of February 5, 2009

A substantial fraction of the world's scientists are funded by the military. This saddens me. I wish we lived on a planet where most scientists were in service to peace and plenty, working to solve social and environmental problems. But corrupt exploitations of the scientific method are no excuse for me to banish it from my repertoire. I use it frequently. Likewise, I draw tremendous inspiration from the life and teachings of Christ, even though I don't belong to a Christian church and am distraught about the devastation wrought by the fundamentalist mindset. Would you consider applying this approach to your personal life, Sagittarius? For example, maybe you could come to a new appreciation of your parents' gifts without losing sight of the ways they messed you up. Or perhaps you could forgive your heroes for their slight lack of integrity, or borrow good ideas from a way of looking at the world that partly offends you.

The proverbial bathwater stinks so much either you can't imagine a baby being in it, or perhaps it smells like baby and you've forgotten. All I know is that I haven't been clean lately myself, and I don't like it.

FP