The Uncertainty Principle: January 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

I'll be with you in a moment, I'm just sealing some fates....

I've been struggling lately with the problem of

Being Functionally OCD---force magnifies,
the one step forward, two steps back phenomenon
everyone experiences and most accept, in day to day life.
Unfortunately for me one step forward, two steps back as a process
easily becomes overwhelming.

The size and scope of any problem makes absolutely no difference in my responses.

Large projects or small jobs are all treated to the same level of importance by OCD.

Repetitive projects such as cleaning or organizing that result in the

one step forward, two steps back circumstance

can become devastating for me.

My mind computes the repetition of these processes

as not having been completed correctly the first time.

I know I am in trouble when i begin to think that everything i am in the process of doing is nothing more viable than simple damage control..

OCD refuses, absolutely refuses to allow me to
dismiss the unsolved problems, mechanical or organization failures around me..

and

the standard universal platitudes such as
shit happens..
When stated to or at or for me...
only makes my mental state worse.

It is integral to my belief foundation that

with enough planning, work and effort,
That my personal world should
operate, maintain itself, and appear at all times
as if it is the work of German meticulous precision.

German meticulous precision does not accept that shit just happens..

I am therefore always, always, fighting to stay balanced,
against what most believe to be a harmless platitude.

record everything I do each day writing in a Moleskine notebook?
Only Moleskine notebooks by the way, only.
Included in each daily entry is the
weather, sleep results, personal physical conditions for each day.
Occasionally sketches, plans & mad scientist designs make their way onto the pages.
Accomplishments and failures on personal tasks are included that particular day.

I have made these entries for more than 10 years
and have a huge box of Moleskines stored away.

The Republicans in Texas wanted to indite Planned Parenthood

for supposedly selling human tissue from abortions with evidence based only on

rigged/tampered-with videos.

The Republicans established a Grand Jury Investigation.

What the Grand Jury did tho was, it wound up inditing the creators of the

Phony videos instead of Planned Parenthood.

Well Bubba this didn't work the fuck out so well
The problem is that all the Republican Dim-fucking-Wit Presidential candidates
rushed to support these fucking fabricated videos---claiming outrage??
You would think the candidates would be pissed getting conned like this--
but the truth never gets in their way of this crowd.
They want to continue the Planned Parenthood investigation
and dismiss the Grand Jury investigation.
George Orwell was always right.

With the Intelligent Design theory is:

Intelligent Design Theory
Human teeth.

This week

I did repair work on my Braun Classic Chronograph which had been
out of service.
Battery replacement, watchband compass attachment and cleaning.

This particular analog quartz watch just burns through batteries
for unknown reasons, possibly just a design glitch?
It keeps outstanding time, and it's Bauhaus design style face
although small for me at 40mm, and un-lumed, the face
is, in daylght, an easily read black on white numeric.
I purchased this particular watch years ago for $80.00 i believe,
and today this same watch unchanged retails for up to $350.00.

My watchmaking/repair craftsmanship has been remarkably
up and down in quality as of late.
I was very happy to have even a small maintenance success.
I would have been unable to replace this watch.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Jeez! Tolkien couldn't follow this---

My day to day existence continues on a strange path.
I view it happening but am incapable of prevention
struggling as I fall into

total nasty retired guy mode...

I require waking myself up in so many zones.

The Palins are back in the news this week.

I would feel sorrow for the Palins but--

The Palins are in a constant struggle attempting to maintain their
illusion of conservative Republican family values.
This illusion is too often disturbed by facts and the families actions to the contrary.
Drunken brawls, arrests, multiple illegitimate pregnancies, domestic abuse.
It must be difficult to live such a total lie--to sell yourselves as a lie for money.

What prevents me from feeling badly for them is the fact
that this family confidence game's their followers for salaries and donations,
while spreading degrading propaganda against the poor on assistance.
The Palins are truly lost souls,

but those who believe in them and support them financially are beyond lost.

The Joy of Field Rations is a small blog detailing
military field cooking on campaigns.

Although the blog does not have a huge number of postings
it has interesting recipes--for example:
how to bake the exact same bread as carried by
french troops in World War I,
or the recipe for US Army WW2 Cinnamon rolls.
Worth a look--
The Joy of Field Rations

Tired of never having the right technical screwdriver for
electronic repairs or detail work.
I finally broke down and purchased a great little screwdriver kit
the TEKTON TECH-RESCUE kit.

A compact, 45 piece kit that even contains a small, magnetic pad to
hold removed parts. This Tekton kit is perfect,
to keep in my mad scientist tool box or to carry with me.

I take it apart, I fuck with it, I put it back together
only to discover something entirely different is now wrong?

What should have been a simple belt change on the recently received GE boombox
to cure slow tape play---went totally fucking wrong?
There was a ton of other shit wrong with this box, shit wrong that i just couldn't fix!