Cooling Off

Feels like 113? My van thermometer is off the chart...120+. A/C runs non stop and the desert never cools off even during the night. Feels like Lybia. This year I've made an improvement in lifestyle but that isn't saying much since passing out from heat exposure in my van on an alley in Austin isn't a real peak of my life, but it's still ungodly hot. I remember thinking that I would never stay for another summer because it's impossible to work outside and I'm not an office type so how could I remain inside all summer? It made no sense. But this job has the possibility of being an easy dollar with soft hands choking the wolf lifeless so maybe it will last the rest of the summer. I'm sort of indifferent because I've got the fat piggy bank and will have to accept my guitar status can't change without winning the lottery. Puebla, MX is looking so good right now. I'm going to surrender to the fates but I'm not picking up another rock bar for the rest of the summer so that sort of limits my function with this company. Either I'm an oil field radio network tech with some fancy guitars, or I'm studying Pre-Colombian art in Puebla with the same old beater guitars I've been playing for 5 years. Could go either way. I've wanted a job on a wind farm maintenance crew for years and one finally opened up but it pays less than I make now and requires climbs over 100 ft up a pole. I think Puebla is a better option right now.

Pablo

While I am writing, I am far away;
and when I come back, I have already left.
I should like to see if the same thing happens
to other people as it does to me,
to see if as many people are as I am,
and if they seem the same way to themselves.
When this problem has been thoroughly explored,
I am going to school myself so well in things
that, when I try to explain my problems,
I shall speak, not of self, but of geography.

Pablo Neruda

my pet turtle, who never dreams of interviewing himself

One Year in 10 minutes

Oggy attempts to summarize the last year and fails....

Simplicity

"Remotes acquire synchronization and configuration information via SYNC

messages. They can synchronize to the Master (the MODE M unit) or to any

valid Extension (a MODE X unit).

The Master will always transmit SYNC messages. An Extension will only

start sending SYNC messages after synchronization is achieved with its

Master.

The ability to synchronize to a given radio is further qualified by the sender’s

Extended Address (XADDR) and by the receiver’s Synchronization Qualifiers

(XMAP, XPRI, and XRSSI).

When a primary is specified (XPRI is 0...31), a radio will always attempt to

find the primary first. If 30 seconds elapses and the primary is not found, then

the radio attempts to synchronize with any non-primary radio in the XMAP

list."

I feel like I'm dancing on Pablo Neruda's grave when I read things like this.Oh, but I'm getting paid to read it so THAT MAKES EVERYTHING OK.

UFO PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE

three ufos in sky

I was walking around outside after watching a few ufo related videos on youtube and I swear I looked up and a bright orange light soared into the sky and became two small red lights that flew off to the west and then vanished. I am certain they were alien crafts. I took a picture of the lights and have confirmed that others saw the same mysterious objects. Believe! We are not alone.