Perspective

This video has been making the rounds lately, so maybe you've already seen it. It's about the 10 thousand previously undiscovered galaxies – not stars, but galaxies – found a few years ago by the Hubble Space Telescope.



It's harder for me now to get worked up about stuff happening on our own little pebble in space.

The greedy, megalomaniacal fucks are still running the show, as they have since the dawn of civilization. But as much as they might like to screw up the whole universe for the sake of a great fourth quarter or NBA season tickets, they'll never be able to.

Allergies

September has historically been my worst allergy month. I'm in the middle of allergy foo again right now. This year hasn't been as bad as some years past, though. Although the rain promotes ragweed growth, it helps keep down the dust in the air.

Nevertheless, I have had some mostly sleepless nights because of allergy attacks.

Another update

Now at the Red Cup. There used to be a regular weekend morning gathering here, but all of its participants seem to have moved on. So I'm out here on the patio by myself.

A smart and very laid-back Black Labrador has been hanging around my house for the past three weeks or so. I would guess he's about a year old. He recently acquired a collar, but has no tags. I think he belongs to someone on the street behind me.

He already knows how to play fetch, and I taught him to sit last week. I let him in the back yard to play with Bailey one day last week, and they had a great time chasing each other around the yard.

You may remember last year we had the stray pit bull wandering the neighborhood. I think this dog may be from the same house, although there are different people living there.

Next update

Finished breakfast at Jimmy's Egg. I'm wearing a pair of Dickies painter pants I bought at Westlake Hardware yesterday. I pulled three labels off of them, and thought I had them all. After I left the Egg, a panhandler pointed out I still had a size label stuck to the leg, then hit me up for money. I gave him five bucks.

About the garage... still a work in progress. Certainly won't be done until mid-October, which will be one year after demolition of the old garage.

There was a flurry of activity in the first week of September. The drywall and paneling is up, the windows cased and the plumbing functional (although the shower doors are still uninstalled).

I thought the issues with OG&E had been resolved last spring, but found out a couple of weeks ago they have not been. I assume we will be able to get electricity to the garage, but I don't know specifically how that will happen. Or when.

Sunday morning

I use my iPhone for almost all my computer needs now. It lacks many of the features of my computers, but it makes up for that in convenience.

Right now, I'm sitting in the Jimmy's Egg on Classen Circle, waiting for breakfast. While I'm waiting, I can write this quick post. But posting photos from the phone is difficult, while embedding YouTube links is, as far as I can tell, impossible.

I'm going to try to produce a flurry of brief posts today and perhaps tomorrow to update the blog.

I promise

I am going to update this blog. Someday.