Friday, August 31, 2018

vrijdag 31 augustus 2018

vrijdag 31 augustus 2018 Happy Malaysia National Day! Mark O'Dea loves Malaysia. Culture, food, beaches... Mark has enthusiasm! This Mat Salleh explains himself. Homophobia in Malaysia. For a country which is obviously forward-looking, a country of diverse ethnicities and religions; LGBT rights in Malaysia are suppressed. Malaysia accused of 'state-sponsored homophobia' after LGBT crackdown. The LGBT community in Malaysia face arrests, canings and beatings in the street as part of a recent upsurge in violence. Photograph: Mooreyameen Mohamad.
Greetings from Trader Joe's. I got a $3 bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and a Spicy Lentil Wrap with Spicy Tahini Sauce - $4.29. I'm glad for their vegetarian choices.
Don't you hate rules? I do! NPH Talks to Kids about Rules.

Thursday, August 30, 2018

donderdag 30 augustus 2018

donderdag 30 augustus 2018 Famed Malaysian Hindu temple complex gets technicolour paint job. France 24 visits very interesting places like the Batu Caves. I'm fascinated with the culture of Malaysia and the national capitol of Kuala Lumpur. Revolution with a rhythm... Xiuhtezcatl with the world's first Climate Positive EP Broken. A young warrior for the environment. Ellen is NEW with the muy caliente Mario Lopez as guest host. Tiffani Thiessen has the perfect ingredient for a milkshake. This is rum? Blue skies! 😊 Fresh air! Nice... HOW CAN WE KEEP IT THAT WAY?

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

woensdag 29 augustus 2018

woensdag 29 augustus 2018 Answer: CHECK THE MAIL. I'd like to know where this photo was taken. I admire the view. I admit that it's nice to finally see blue skies and the sound after all the gross smoke!
There is nothing rational about rebellion. To rebel against insurmountable odds is an act of faith, without which the rebel is doomed. Serious words from Wages of Rebellion - my new book. Author - Chris Hedges - is going to teach me how to rebel.
A rebel: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. As they say in Star Wars...

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

dinsdag 28 augustus 2018

dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 On Rick & Morty, the Cromulons run a reality television show named Planet Music, in which these planets compete to perform music. Planets that lose or are disqualified are disintegrated by a massive plasma ray cannon in Get Schwifty.
Socioeconomically we have synchronized with the Omni-intertransformative kinetics of the entire Universe. I'm going to miss those run-on, transcendent sentences by Buckminster Fuller. I finished Grunch of Giants.
Passing by the Bellingham Options High School, I see our 3 flags at half-staff. Donald Trump, half-staff flags and the death of decorum.

Monday, August 27, 2018

maandag 27 augustus 2018

maandag 27 augustus 2018 Daddy O's was packed on Sunday morning. Some Kauai businesses remained open during Hurricane Lane. Loco moco to go, please. Thanks KHON 2 for all your great reporting. I want to stay in Hawaii for the rest of the day. Turn on 88.1 FM - KHPR. LOCAL HEADLINES - Tropical Storm Lane Continues to Degrade, All Watches and Warnings Canceled for State. Something a little more reggae - 93.1 FM KQMQ. Da Pā'ina! (Hawaiian for large fun gathering and party). Play it for me! Redemption Song by Bob Marley.
Whoa! Hula Dog is VEGAN! Location - Ward Village Honolulu, Hawaii. At last! Star Trek - Hawaii 5-0 style!

Sunday, August 26, 2018

zondag 26 augustus 2018

zondag 26 augustus 2018 Mellow morning. Turn on KUOW to listen to an April rebroadcast from New York City - Live From Here: Sufjan Stevens, Tracy K. Smith, Jonathan Biss, and Colin Quinn. I like Christ Thile's tribute to classic outfitter - the Rue St. Denis Clothier - in the East Village. Au Revoir, Rue St. Denis! I like Chris' interview with Sufjan Stevens. A little taste of Fall today. Cool and misty with Visions of Gideon. This is one of the saddest episodes of Rick & Morty. It's heart-wrenching and mind-bending. Watch Season 2, Episode 3. The last full moon of the summer lights up the sky.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

zaterdag 25 augustus 2018

zaterdag 25 augustus 2018 Up at Midnight for Real Time. Love the monologue! HBO’s Bill Maher celebrates ‘Orange Tuesday’ So many Pecker puns on HSRPM. One of the top trending topics on Twitter. Hal Sparks cracks up.
The imaginations of the people at Rick & Morty! Good-bye Moonmen a song sung by Fart in the episode Mortynight Run. Chuck Morris is a Double IPA that will roundhouse kick, karate chop and machine gun its way to your heart. I like this beer!

Friday, August 24, 2018

vrijdag 24 augustus 2018

vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 From the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, HI, live updates on Hurricane Lane.
It's always something. A huge brush fire started near Beacon Hill. Drought, smoke, fire. It's crazy! At least the air seems fresher today. The AQI is 74 - moderate. It's a cool - 69.8°F. This is a White Rose that I found on Halleck & "I" Streets. Also, the White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in the Third Reich. History!
Just breaking now! It's a burger burger! Trump is barfing. And God bresh the United Shtates of Amrica. Including Hawaii.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

donderdag 23 augustus 2018

donderdag 23 augustus 2018 Up with KING 5 News. O, woe is me, T'have seen what I have seen, see what I see! Smoky skies prove costly for some Seattle businesses. I miss the blue skies and breathtaking views. I agree. We're going to see more fires in the future. 😖 Lucky dogs! With 563 wildfires burning in B.C., Puppies found by firefighters in Kamloops reunited with owner.
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold photographs Hurricane Lane near Hawaii in the Pacific. Hurricane Lane looks absolutely massive.
Concentrated Dark Matter is what we need! What can this exotic substance do exactly?  Rick tells Morty that they'll be safe if they're naked, as the Zigerions are immensely uncomfortable with the sight of nudity in M. Night Shaym-Aliens!. Quick! Get that stuff!
Rick loves Baker Street. The song is very Rick.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

woensdag 22 augustus 2018

woensdag 22 augustus 2018 Up with Imagine Dragons. I love I Bet My Life. 😅❤️👍🏻 What? Did Dane DeHaan take some LSD? Trippy. Demetri Martin is one of my favorite comedians. Watch the Netflix special - Demetri Martin: The Overthinker.
The AQI is 171 - unhealthy. Air Quality Alert extended as smoke lingers in Western Washington. The smoky forecast - Wednesday morning: Poor air quality, still unhealthy for all. Wednesday evening: A noticeable improvement, but still probably poor air quality, especially for sensitive groups. Thursday: Good air quality finally arrives, although still smoky and hazy aloft. Friday: Good air quality. Here's a view of the sunrise against Seattle's smoggy skyline.
Neutrino bomb: armed. The Neutrino Bomb is a powerful bomb invented by Rick Sanchez that could potentially wipe out all life on Earth and other planets. Rick and Morty: Pilot. More!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

dinsdag 21 augustus 2018

dinsdag 21 augustus 2018 Turn on CKWX - Vancouver News 1130. The top story isn't about Manafort or Cohen. Today - Feds announce ambitious plan to cut poverty rates, activist far from impressed. OMG Yes! I AM impressed! What a radical idea!
Our AQI is 191 in Bellingham. Worse than yesterday. I really wanted to get the Smoke Report since 550 wildfires are burning in BC. Flights back to normal, but air quality still poor as B.C. wildfires continue to burn. Canada is now a world leader in the fight against climate change. Check out Climate Change Canada.
Bus to downtown. Brunch at the Community Food Co-op. Walk down to the library to pick out a new book. I find a real winner! Grunch of Giants. Written by my old hero Buckminster Fuller. In college, I read almost everything he wrote. He was one of our world's first futurists and global thinkers. I remember at this time, last year, we were thrilled by the eclipse. A Year After the Great American Solar Eclipse, the Excitement Remains.

Monday, August 20, 2018

maandag 20 augustus 2018

maandag 20 augustus 2018 A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar... I'm enjoying Disenchantment.
Voice work by Abbi Jacobson - Princess Bean, Eric Andre - Luci, Nat Faxon - Elfo. Ultimately, creator Matt Groening said in a statement, Disenchantment will be about life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you.
Restless night... But I'm up for Stephanie Miller live and in the studio with actress and activist Jane Fonda. A talented woman of many achievements. I love the Hollywood-style sunglasses.
Despite the 151 unhealthy AQI, I ride my bike here and there. Down to the Grocery Outlet to pick up a bottle of Murray Run Chardonnay - $5.99. White wine from South Eastern Australia.
Reviewing Discovery... I'm up to The War Without, the War Within. Starfleet must use unconventional tactics and sources to take their next action against the Klingons.
I feel bad for our friends up in Calgary. Air quality of unhealthy! Smoke, air quality advisory likely to continue into the week.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

zondag 19 augustus 2018

zondag 19 augustus 2018 AIRNow - Bellingham. I can't see the sun.
What the hell! I bike down to Elizabeth Park to read the 13th chapter of The Healing Of America. Questions! Which inequalities will society tolerate? Is it acceptable that some people are left to die because they can't see a doctor when they get sick? That question encompasses a more basic question: Is health care a human right?
I hear Waiting on the World to Change. Now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it. We just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it. Is this a coincidence?

Saturday, August 18, 2018

zaterdag 18 augustus 2018

zaterdag 18 augustus 2018 I had a dream in French. I dreamt I was a bartender serving a martini to a famous blonde person. (But I didn't have any vermouth.) I handed the drink to her, and she said Merci, monsieur. Gallantly, I told her Avec plaisir! Could it have been Nicole Kidman? Nicole Kidman: "Je ferais n'importe quoi par amour"
Thank you, Rachel, for wishing us a happy 81818. Palindrome!
I watch with much interest the one-on-one interview. John Brennan: Trump Is ‘Drunk On Power’ — And Dangerous. These are frightening times former CIA director tells Rachel Maddow.
I'm just riding my bike around town... mostly admiring the parks, houses and gardens. But these golden chrysanthemums shout Look At Us!
Downtown, I see The Comics Place is going to host Colin Cantwell... the concept artist and spacecraft designer for Star Wars.
NO DATA on the air quality. I can imagine that the Air Quality is unhealthy. It's tough to ride my bike today. My eyes are tearing and burning. My nose is burning. I heard of wildfires on Vancouver Island. B.C. wildfires 2018: Smoke leaves majority of province under special weather statement.

Friday, August 17, 2018

vrijdag 17 augustus 2018

vrijdag 17 augustus 2018 Tom Paris and his new wife B'Elanna Torres enter the Palace Theatre in Chicago holoprogram, a typical art deco (built in 1932, according to Tom) to see a 3D classic film, Revenge of the Creature. Voyager - season 7, episode 4 - Repression.
The cloak of smoke is gone. Air quality has improved as marine air pushes inland. It was getting bad people! It's nice to see crystal blue skies. May our children breathe fresh air.
Destitution - poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself... such extreme want as threatens life unless relieved. This guy is hanging out in the food court in Fred Meyer. Napping. Eating Hostess cupcakes. I wonder what his story is.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

donderdag 16 augustus 2018

donderdag 16 augustus 2018 TONIGHT: Is the president a racist? We investigate. @odeh_sven responds: waters wet , birds fly , spam might be meat , hitler was a nazi , trump's a racist. Stephen Colbert Rips Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Defending Trump’s ‘Racism’ On a scale from "Drunk Uncle at Thanksgiving" to "Drunk Uncle at Trump Rally"
Sad news - Aretha Franklin, "Queen of Soul," is dead at 76. Queen of the Apollo Theater. I'll Say A Little Prayer for her 🙏🏾 Her storied legacy is remembered in this NYT story about her historic performance on the Apollo stage in June 1971 - She's home. Aretha Franklin.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

woensdag 15 augustus 2018

woensdag 15 augustus 2018 Midnight movie - Armageddon. This has been on Netflix for a long time. Best review: Armageddon is as irresistible as it's indefensible - David Ansen, Newsweek.
Today is Maxine Waters' birthday. Representative of the people of California's 43rd District in Congress. She turns 80. HAPPY B-DAY!
Ride WTA with my bike up to beautiful Blaine. I can see metropolitan Vancouver across the bay... even through the hazy smoke. The big city beckons to me. The Peace Arch is on the right. The tide is very low today. I love the smell of the marine air.
So close to Justin but just can't cross the line!!!!!!
Visit the Blaine Public Library. They have AC! I read my book and relaxed for a while. Up to Blaine Harbor Boating Center. It's huge!

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

dinsdag 14 augustus 2018

dinsdag 14 augustus 2018 I'm learning lots of neat things from my new book - The Healing of America. French medical care is so much more efficient than anything Americans are used to. They have a system that enable the French to live longer and healthier lives, with zero risk of financial loss due to illness. Et voilà... la carte d'assurance maladie. Embedded in the gold chip is a digital record of every doctor visit, referral, injection, operation, X-ray, diagnostic test, prescription, warning, every financial transaction, etc.
The French healthcare system was named by the World Health Organization in 2008 as the best performing system in the world in terms of availability and organization of health care providers. Pourquoi? France - #1. USA - #37. Vive la France!
Captain Gabriel Lorca is searching the star charts. Is he making tactical plans against the Klingons? Or what? No matter how deep in space you are, always feel like you can see home. Don't you think? Maybe it's just me. I'm reviewing Star Trek Discovery.
It's 82.5 °F with smoke. I can't bike in this heat... and crappy air! My eyes and nose are burning. You can usually see the beautiful blue Bellingham Bay from this viewpoint.
Buzz cut at Jes's. The elderly Jes takes off my white hair. Shop at the Co-op. Home for Star Trek Nemesis on HBO. Is this film really 16-years-old? My dear Data! Nothing but blue skies. How ironic!