discouraging words

Driving across Kansas I asked myself, “Where did everybody go?” I saw people in other cars, and there were people at the filling stations, but along the road I did not see anyone. I conclude that when the first people arrived, drawn by the naturally occurring interstate highways, they decided that this would be a good place to put Black Angus cattle. To keep the cattle comfortable they erected enormous fans on giant towers on the hilltops. When these fans are going there is a pleasant breeze, but when they stop the air becomes stagnant and the heat is stifling.

playful disposition?

I’m sure all my readers will recall how while getting my head turned completely around exploring the Axial Twist Hypothesis I kind of glossed over that part of the literature which referenced zebrafish because glossing over is how I manage to cover such a broad diversity of topics ranging from the Axial Twist Hypothesis to Very Large Pencils. Turns out zebrafish are good for aquariums due to their “playful disposition, rapid breeding, aesthetics, cheap price, and broad availability.” Plus I’ve learned that zebrafish can regenerate their damaged spinal cords which is why the market for zebrafish wheelchairs remains vanishingly small.

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People were making stencil prints of their hands on cave walls nearly 40,000 years ago. Around the same time, some cave folk were finger fluting in the moonmilk, which, get your mind out of the gutter. My point is, these simple communications from our distant ancestors have stood the test of time. We can read the story of Jacob and Esau from maybe 4,000 years ago to understand the underlying moral, which is don’t accept soup from your younger brother. A 400-year-old Shakespeare play needs no translation. And yet a 40-year-old floppy disc is harder to decipher than Linear B.

Coincidence? I think not.

I wanted to follow up on the world’s largest collection of pencils even after the Newton News of Jasper County, Iowa, tried to block my investigation. I’ve discovered that the record-holding collector is currently a math teacher in Colfax, Iowa, and that he is a native of Albert Lea, Minnesota, which coincidentally is the hometown of Eddie Cochran, who I mentioned here last month, and also of Richard Carlson, star of Creature from the Black Lagoon. What strange confluence of cosmic forces is at work here? More research is required around the inexplicable phenomena associated with the Albert Lea Vortex.