Assorted thoughts

It's been a bit of a dry spell as I read Bugliosi's book.  Not too much to say about it that I haven't said already.  The book, that is.

But there's something to say about the controversy itself.  One reason given for the conspiracy theories is how can a nobody like Oswald kill a somebody like Kennedy?  Answer:  It seems to happen that way.  How many presidents have been assassinated and how many of those assassins were "somebodies"?  It's not exactly like the Vice President would walk over and shoot the President or anything.   I would venture that all the assassins were nobodies just like Oswald.  The little guys do all the dirty work.

Besides, there's no controversy about John Hinckley.  He tried to assassinate Reagan, but somehow there is no controversy there.  Was Hinckley a somebody?  Not that I can tell.

Moving on, there is a bit of trouble in Ukraine.  Riots have broken out in protest to a decision by their President not to seek integration with the EU.  I'm agnostic on this one.  Russia is not very friendly these days and Europe is off the tracks.  I think Russia is trying to do right by itself, and their own people, however, they are sticking their noses in places where they shouldn't.  But so do we, meaning the USA.  You know, if people would just mind their own business, things might have a chance of not getting TOO CRAZY.  I suppose that is too much to ask.

The Democrats are saying that the website is fixed.  I checked in over the long weekend, and au contraire, mon frere.  Whatever.

My place sprung a leak.  It's going to be fixed today.

I managed to get a bug.  Lovely.  That goes with the rest of the dreary news.



A little more pleasant fare:

That news about warp drives got me thinking a little bit.  If this were to be invented, think of what it would mean.  If it took only weeks to get to the nearest star, then it would only take hours to traverse the solar system.  Settling the solar system would then become feasible.  It would be a like a flight across the ocean today.  So, a warp drive would be a big deal if NASA could pull it off.  A real game changer, even if the Vulcans weren't in the neighborhood when you take it out for a spin.

Maybe I ought to write some sci fi instead of this blog.  Trouble is, I'm not a story teller, or I haven't much experience at it.  I did once write a short sci fi story in high school.  The teacher said, "write one about your own experiences someday".  Except that my own experiences would be too boring.  Who'd the hell would want to read that?  Like Roseanne Rosanna Dana liked to say "it's always something".