Books of the Bible, one hour at a time

Books of the Bible, one hour at a time

This month has seen a new high in the amount of data I've been using on my wireless plan. Virtually all of it is in watching movies, or the YouTube.

Lots of stuff out there that can be very useful. It so happens that one of these videos popped up on a list of suggested videos that YouTube lists on the screen. There are a lot of videos like this one. I don't know if he has ALL of the books in the Bible, but he does have quite a few. I've watched several.

I've avoided discussion of the Bible for the most part, because I haven't read hardly any of it. Videos like these can get you something of an education. So, maybe I'm not as ignorant as I was before. I like self-improvement. It is better to know than to be ignorant.

I linked to this particular book because there's something familiar about it. However, there is something quite important that is NOT. That's another thing. I won't get phony if at all possible.

If there's anything I like, it is to find out I am on the right track. It appears that I am even though it may also appear that I am NOT.

Although it may seem to be a waste of time to be on the internet so much, this much has proven to be profitable. Maybe it isn't all bad. Just seems that way.

Mr Soul by Buffalo Springfield 1967

 

Mr Soul by Buffalo Springfield 1967

This song came to mind for reasons I cannot fathom. The subconsious is a strange thing.

It was from the sixties, and written by Neil Young. It was performed with the group called Buffalo Springfield. It was a hit, apparently, as I recalled it being played on the radio back then. Maybe not a smash hit, but a hit just the same.

I got a bit curious about the song, so I googled it. I only remembered a few of the words, and so finding it was an amazing thing in itself. That's one of the things about the internet that I like. Never mind the things I don't like. The internet is like a gigantic library that you can get answers to any question.

The song seems to be about fame, and how it is handled by the person affected.

Why write about it? Why not? I have a shortage of ideas, and this is as good as any.

Constructive attitudes in short supply

No names will be mentioned. However, I note that there are plenty of commentators out there who don't seem to be the least bit interested in being constructive about anything.

It seems that almost everybody agrees that things are on the wrong track, but nobody seems interested in keeping the train from going over the cliff. There seems to be a few who want the train to go over the track. Maybe more than a few. Or those who take a fatalist view of events. This is not what I mean, nor believe.

One reason for the doubt about doing much more of this comes from that fact. There is no other way that I can conceive of to have much of an effect here. Hence, the feeling that it is all for nothing.

This blog HAS been an attempt at being constructive. Could it be that the spirit of the times is such that such an effort is likely to fall on deaf ears?

If you really want the train to go over the track, just be aware that the trip may not turn out the way that you figured it would. There are people who think that they can make the trip without a scratch. It's a helluva bet to make. It's going to be one helluva crash.

An interesting time

Looks like there's been no blog posts for several days now. There's something going on, but not with me personally.

That's not the real reason, but it sort of pushed me over an edge, so to speak. Once the habit of not posting starts, it seems rather easy to stop altogether. I've been pushing myself a bit to continue blogging, to tell the truth. Same thing with this post, as it has been for a long time now. To put it another way, I've been going through the motions.

For awhile there, I thought of doing a farewell post. But I'm not so sure that I want to quit this blog. The trouble is that it is hard to find things that I want to blog about anymore. Politics has never been my favorite thing. At least, that is what I thought. It just doesn't seem to do anything worthwhile to write about it. It is like, what's the point? Those motivated in that way aren't likely to want to listen to reason. At least, that is the way it seems to be.

I've been writing about the off-grid project, but it is getting harder and harder to write about that too. Just one thing seems to occupy my mind, and that is getting the solar project finished up. After that? I don't know.

There's been some good things going on in politics. But mostly, it still seems bad. There's some good things going on in other fields that I've written about. Especially at SpaceX. I wouldn't say this is driven by despair.

The world has always been in turmoil. It is a bit of a myth that there was a "good old days". Not everything was good in the good old days. Not everything is bad now. It just seems different when you think of the past, and today's troubles are foremost in your mind. It seems to overwhelm anything good.

Time keeps marching on. It takes us all to the conclusion that will find us all at some point. What that will be remains to be seen. All good things come to an end, or so I've heard.

In the future, if I have a new vision, I may start blogging more. Or maybe this will be it. I just don't know yet.

Does it have a secret meaning

An interpretation of film The Big Lebowski

Not too long ago, the song by Kenny Rogers came to mind. It was a song made while he was still doing rock 'n roll. The song was called Just Dropped In ( To see what condition my condition was in). I recalled a segment of the film "The Big Lebowski", which featured the song.

The interpretation seemed to be that it represented the "weak male" that has come to dominate Western Culture. It seems that almost all the males in this flick are ridiculously incompetent.

As for why it came to mind, I cannot say. Just one of those things. I looked up the song on YouTube. Subsequently, YouTube gives some suggestions for further viewing, and it turned out to be this intepretation of the film.

The film has become something of a "cult classic" as the saying goes. To me, I am of the opinion of the interpretation in the sense that everyone in the flick is absurdly incompetent and foolish. Another thing I cannot say is why the flick has gained a following.

But here I am, blogging about it. Why I am blogging about it, I cannot say either. Maybe there's nothing else to do. Or could there be some deeper reason????

Off-grid post, 6-22-22

There's nothing to post about because things are going pretty well now. No news is actually good news. If stuff were to be going wrong, I'd want to make note of it, and think up ways to deal with it. But nothing is going wrong. Perhaps I'm jinxing myself?

I'm looking around for new things to do. Did some yard work this morning. That's not really off-grid, though.

I've played small ball, so far. This comes a bit short of the ambitious goals I had in mind at the beginning. Back then, I wanted to be able to run my domicile on solar panels only. I'm far from that. Just 400 watts of solar panels is not going to be anywhere in the ballpark of the original goals.

The lessons I've learned ( or think I've learned) might enable me to put together the rest in a short time. So, how much of a leap do I need to make?

That's what is called a "good question". It all depends upon how much of the modern conveniences that I want to keep. Getting rid of the air conditioner may be too ambitious. To get rid of it, I need to go underground. That's a non-starter where I am now. It is also a non-starter out west, because it would be a pain in the neck to pick up everything and move. I'm stuck here for the time-being.

It would be relatively easy to go "bigger" without actually going "big". Another "beast" plus 4 more 100 watt panels is a possibiltity. I wouldn't necessarily have to build a stand for it. Just use the "wall" I recently built. It would need some more bracing. It may not be big enough for 4. Then maybe two 200 watt panels. That may be pushing it a little too far. Now I had 3 panels in parallel once upon a time. Now that can fit.

For such a system, it would require pretty much the same as what I have now, but it really wouldn't add any capability. I'd like to run something heavy duty for short bursts of time. Even the a/c! But I'd like to get away from big power draws. Therefore, it could run the dehumidier. It could run one for a few hours per day. What I've got now couldn't do that. At least it couldn't without unplugging some other stuff I'd rather not.

If a dehumidifier ran, it would take the humidity out that the swamper puts in. It would have to have its exhaust directed outside. I wouldn't know if this would improve performance any, but I could experiment a bit prior to building anything. Now that is an idea. Relatively clean water could be a bonus.

An upgrade to a second swamper to run off the water thus collected would be a possibility. This would keep the southern end of the trailer cooler. That's where I sleep.

Knocking around some ideas, but no moves are imminent. That's all for now... Time to think it over.

Just read the news today, oh boy...

 

The first words of a Beatles song there... Yep, just read the news today, oh boy...

It's hard to put into words what I've seen out there in the webs. An example? Some dude on CBS is claiming that to support the LAWFUL right to keep and bear arms is akin to slavery. Yep. This kind of drivel gets treated as a serious opinion. For somebody in a position that some would regard as authority, it is scary. These people are in a dangerous bubble. You can only believe that if you are mind-bendingly crazy. Slaves don't carry guns, so who is pushing slavery onto the people? The projection is sickening.

Another example is the opinion that the Democrats may be planning to steal this election too. Well, they're always doing that. It's just that they are getting better at it, and they're getting a lot of help from some Republicans. The idea that the Democrats can EXPECT to be re-elected in the midst of such mis-governance is in itself mind-boggling. But Biden is out there projecting "confidence". Confidence in what???

Truth is hard to come by. Some of these headlines are pure clickbait. To get you to click on it, and then don't deliver what you might expect. No examples to offer on this one, but it did happen a couple times this morning as I perused the web.

It is remarkable that, in an age where massive information is at one's fingertips, there can exist such a dogged attempt to mislead people. Even when it is found to be wrong, it persists anyway.

Goebbels would blush in such an environment. But we are told we are a free country. Darkness is closing in on us all, but hey, "weesa free". Take your guns, stick you with the death jab, lock you down, and shut you up. Still the land of the free, and the home of the brave. Riiight.