Feeling Like Bobby Elvis

It is needless for me to state here that i hold

bizarre interests but restate it i have.

I have returned to the independent study of 

Bartitsu. 

WTF is Bartitsu?

I  step into and then step away from the study of this art dependent on my mood.

I attempt matching my age to an appropriate self-defense theory.

Bartitsu i find very, very interesting. 

I routinely am  on and off the self-study of this discipline.

After investigation, if you find you have an interest in Bartitsu,

 I recommend watching 

the Robert Downey Jr. versions of Sherlock Holmes films.

The fight coordinator of those films, used partial  Bartitsu 

techniques and concepts in laying out the film's fight sequences.

Two films came to mind the other day that i suddenly

felt the need to view again.

Public Enemies

Road to Perdition

This desire may be based on the fact that

I have begun to believe the time period we are now existing through

is a replay of the 1930's, with cellphones and computers,

unfortunately without the awesome styling ?

Just a thought string of mine...probably equates to absolutely nothing.

Not that great, I wouldn't recommend.

First generation Honda Insight to geek out on

A Cold Steel Tanto knife

A good leather shoulder holster to fit my Webley revolver

A minor limp so i can justifiably carrying my sword cane

Fall 

Organization

The ability to shave with a straight razor
(and not die of blood loss)

On DVD--Awesome!

"Strength does not come from physical capacity.

It comes from an indomitable will."

Mahatma Gandhi

the odds are good, but the goods are odd

Internally i have evened out.
Bounced back from a depressed state.
These states come and go with me, as I am sure they do
with so so many people.
I suppose the key in understand and surviving is to
remember that these states do come and go.
No matter how bad you feel it will not last forever.

Involves a new laptop. A Toshiba Satellite C55-A5245 model.

I re-purposed the Sony Vaio i had in service as my main laptop

to flight simulation.

So far I have to admit that this laptop is very clean, very capable.

Hardly any bloatware as compared to Sony laptops.

I have just read up on a film soon to be released

starring Antonio Banderas,

Automata.

The premise of the film is that humanity is on it's last legs..

Surviving climate change due to the assistance of

Robotics.

The focus is on both the balance between

automata's and humans as well as what or who

will be the future.

I will await a DVD release.

I have, unfortunately, read my way through the

Inspector Rostnikov series of mystery novels. 

I will re-read them at some point.

I am starting on the Holy Thief, by William Ryan.

The first in a series of three novels centering on a

 Soviet investigator this time under Stalin in 1937.
Not as good as the Rostnikov series I am afraid.
I am apparently trapped in an endless loop 
regarding mystery novels set in the Soviet Union.

I readily admit that my search for a possible

retirement car project i have been less than logical.

Researching numerous varieties of vehicles as possible subject matters

for a restoration project.
Posting possible vehicles here and wax poetic upon them.

I believe that i may have finally found a balance between cost and love.

I truly loved the being the geek that i am over my Prius which

I had owned for over 120,000 miles hypermiling it all the way. 

geek hypermiling

In a very small explosion of focused thinking i discovered that I should do what i love to do..
meaning in a vehicle to Hypermile and own something totally geek.

The result is that i am now researching and searching for a  first generation 1999 to 2006 Honda Insight.

first generation Insight

These vehicles are now reasonably priced and available used on ebay 

This was the 15 year old car of the future.

Perfect for an old geek.
There is a Honda dealer 20 blocks from my house for 
major repair work if necessary and as a two seater this
year insight would be the perfect around town car.
As always i will have to advise on possible results.

" I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams,

so i built it myself."

Ferdinand Porsche

like bringing a corn dog to a knife fight

I faced the world a bit stronger this past week.

Made it to the weekend without total mental exhaustion.

Accomplished a few internally set tasks.

I have stopped asking the "why" of things and have attempted to

live more within the moment. 

To recognize when pleased at the smaller things.

I do remain grappling with the future.

Reading the news, any news, now is

I am still in the process of devouring the Rostnikov series

of books via my Paperwhite.

There are a dozen of them.

I am reading them at night prior to sleep,

at work when on a break. 

When completed I will start over and read 

them all again. 

Antarctica and Omega Speedmaster watches.

I felt a bit more capable with my watch skills by

repairing my Braun Chronograph yesterday.

It now functions although the chronograph reset function

is one second off true.

I plan on enjoying it functioning this week and then

address the off true return problem.

I've managed to complete the physical segment of my flight simulator project.

I re-manufactured my Sony laptop to the singular

purpose of flight simulation.

Arranged an area in the nerd cave specifically 

to house the physical requirements and

I also obtained two additional simulation programs.

The first centered on modern combat aircraft

Lock-On

The second new simulator features the aircraft of

World War One, called
Rise of Flight.

I've yet to have an opportunity to try either of these programs,
or to set controls, and operating systems.

I am hoping to get the time and opportunity to attempt

to set-up and become more familiar with these programs.

The most recent, streaming binge watching subject:

The Killing
seasons 1&2

"Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment."
Evan Esar

Mad Max is not amused

For me it has not been a yuck yuck time lately.

One part of me would make an excellent Batman.
Only one part---the brooding.
A theory exists that one can determine one's overall view of the universe
based on the answer to a simple question.
"Who do you prefer? Superman or Batman?"
My choice even as a small child has been Batman.
Batman's brooding is the emotion in
a fictional character where i can honestly say..
That's me right there. 
I've got brooding down pat.

 I have been in a Batman brooding mode for some time now.
I am working on a way out.

I so wish i could figure out human sleep and create a personal

protocol on how to deal with it.

I feel constantly behind the graph curve when it comes to sleep.

I can sleep for ten hours on a work night or 

sleep only five hours.

The result is the same.

I am tired and worn at the end of the work day.

My brain which works off cause and effect logarithms

is at a loss with personal sleep results. 

My thought processes continually lock into a cycle of

more sleep should equate to a

longer cognitive wake time.

The human world is unjust.

I am going to start writing again.

I have been reading a series of novels on my Paperwhite by

Stuart M. Kaminsky.
Without a doubt i will wind up reading all twelve of the novels. 

Centered on a special investigation unit in Moscow

during and after the fall of the Soviet Union,

the special investigation unit handles problems which other

Russian police and/or intelligence agencies are afraid to face. 

The  multiple characters and multiple plots within each novel are just excellent.

These novels may not be for anyone.

I have a particular alignment with the dark, depressed Russian who

suffers through both life and the corrupt society surrounding him.

Production just finished on a new SF movie staring Norman Reedus ,
 Daryl in the Walking Dead.

The plot focuses on two men, charged with maintaining the last surviving members

of humanity who are frozen during a pandemic and stored in an underground bunker system.

This is all the information currently available on this film..

I will definitely hunt it to view.

"I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our

waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, i can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that?"