Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Rodeos are the opiate of the masses

Just about....almost there....?
Kinda better---sorta fixed--better than I was?

Hoping that perhaps there might be one individual from
my state--New Mexico reading this blog---
I am attempting to do what i can to support an on-line
New Mexico related petition from MoveOn.
The Republican Governor Martinez is attempting to
formalize New Mexico as a "right to work state"
crippling the few remaining unions here fighting for the working citizen.
If you are a resident of New Mexico please go to this site and send
a message to New Mexico law makers by standing against this issue.
Right to Work is a conservative scam---!

This week I was able to fulfill my quest to obtain
a good quality, reasonably priced, 1st generation Citizen NaviHawk chronograph.
My new/old (1993) NaviHawk pictured below is in route.
I'll be describing this watch in later blogs as well
as any work or modifications I may make...
Right now I am just dancing the happy dance after acquisition!

I completely agree with the protests against the Super Bowl
in San Francisco and protests against the upcoming Olympics in Brazil.
These huge for profit driven extravaganzas suck the money
from area's in which they are held leaving only massive debt behind.
The Super Bowl and the Olympics now affordable in person, only to the oppressors,
and the organizers are facing a viable question asked by we peasants--
Why is there money for these spectacles
but there is no money for needed community improvements,
higher minimum wage or money to fight the Zika virus in Brazil?
The Olympics, America and Zika
Why will our government will spend enormous amounts of money providing security
for the Super Bowl---a private commercial endeavor--
but nothing on it's citizens...?
Read the article below on what it's like to serve up hot dongs 
to the 1% at the Super Bowl---
The abused workers of the Super Bowl
Do these demonstrations prove that we
 the peasants are barely starting to wise up?
Eventually the real populations of the communities involved will hopefully
 refuse to hold future costly circuses?
Aren't people more important than spectacles?
Apparently not?
Super bowl inequality

 I completed the process of repair/rebuilding on a 
Timex T42351 chronograph displayed below.

This particular model Timex is featured enhanced with a beautiful sort of
Germanic touch in its styling. It was, at the time of purchase, quite a bargain.
Being a Timex however meant it crashed itself immediately after purchase.
I recently discovered that this particular model is now valued at 
four times my original investment hence the desire to repair & wear.
I pulled this watch from the "fix this someday" drawer 
and went to work on it.
Watches are like humans,
no two are alike and the so-called rules of "how to" never actually apply
to the watch, or to the human one is working on?
Timex has a shitty tradition of using snap on/off case backs
to access the watch movement. A cheap substitute to a screw off case back.
It took me literally hours to remove it's very heavy duty case back cover
off this watch, but i finally succeeded.
Replacing the rather huge CR2016 battery was not a problem,
nor was the standard cleaning, resetting of the chronograph hands,
 lubing replacement gasket etc.
Once opened, all standard tasks were accomplished and the watch
was running very well, very accurately, and all features operated properly,
there is always a but--isn't there?
For hours I was simply unable to re-install the case back on the watch..
It was the most stubborn fucking part i have possibly ever encountered!
The only tool left in my toolbox to 
 work this watch to a conclusion was
my inability to accept defeat.
I kept at it, finally closing the watch case and completing 
the process but it was a truly tough fight.
Wearing this watch has become almost a symbol for me...

Every Photo of Japan provides that
Blade Runner rush?
Keeping the Blade Runner vibe running is apparently a Japanese national goal,
 as evidenced by this Japanese men's belt with the auto-condom delivery system!
Science!

I waited over a year to view AIR on DVD.
 I was really looking forward to it.
It is an interesting SF film plot concept.
It has several unique hooks forcing character action.
It just never made a connection with me,
and I was one viewer who especially wanted that connection to be there...
but it just wasn't.
I can only recommend AIR for true, die-hard SF film fans..
Viewed for the first time DVD.
Awesome!

We won New Hampshire--60% to 38%...!
The political pundits said it couldn't be done!




Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Thomas Edison invented the pornograph, beginning the age of pornography..

We've managed to repair some of the most obvious
damage from blizzard last month.
There is much clean up to do yet tho.
Due to these limited repairs,
I partially recovered enough from the swamp land of de-motivation,
 to start the utility room re-design and re-paint project,
as well as removing debris as best I can right now.
I am not sure if i have truly made it across
 the desert of OCD depression & despair for sure yet?
I never know for sure until I look up from a 
job or a project and realize I am enjoying myself
on this one project and not browbeating myself over
what still needs to be done immediately?
When i can enjoy a simple, singular task, that's when i know for sure I am OK?

Hillary Clinton running for President is like  
Yoko Ono running for President.

The most recent report on the earnings of the 
legalized weed industry just in the state of Colorado 
 and just for last year is:
5.4 billion dollars....
Weed sales just in Colorado could have paid for the Pluto Probe!
This is with an actual decrease in Law Enforcement problems?
What the fuck are we doing by not legalizing and
taxing weed nation-wide?

On order:

On NetFlix
 OUTSTANDING!!
OCCUPIED
A Norwegian TV series (subtitled).
The European Union hires the Russians 
to take over Norway's oil and gas production to feed Europe energy needs.
The first season is mostly conspiracy involved but then suddenly armed resistance!
Once again to be clear this is a Norwegian TV show--?
I cannot wait for season 2!
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
 an excellent, little feel-good movie.
Sometimes you just want to watch something that makes you feel happy.

I ordered enough parts to begin building a new mechanical watch.
I will be building a modified copy of the 
German, Uhr Type A, (Baumuster A) 1940-Jan.1941
WW2 Luftwaffe Observer Watch.
 1200 of these watches were originally constructed.
Each watch was checked in and out for individual flights.
These watches were not issued to each flier.

I really wanted one of these and sold the last one I built.
Since there is no way in hell I can afford Steinhart's
 modern recreation of this watch I decided to build another one.
This Uhr Type A build will be only 44mm in diameter.
The originals were 55mm in diameter, big for easy visibility and 
were worn over the heavy padded flight suit.
A 55mm diameter mechanical watch is simply
 much too large for daily wear.
The Photo of an original Uhr A below displays the difficulty of a watch this size.
My build plan is for this style dial face with white numeric's,

large, yellow super lume hands and
 a flat black, diesel-punk style, large,heavy case with a matching
 flat black leather band.
Hopefully to appear and function somewhat like the below example
 when completed.
My parts are expected to arrive in 14 days.
I will provide photographs of the construction.
I've had a bit of success working on a Timex Tw2p78900 quartz
Chronograph.
This is an easily read chronograph that for reasons unknown
died right after purchase years ago?
I've been attempting repair for some time now but I may 
have had a break through this week working on it--I'll know for sure in a few days when
the necessary new parts appear via UPS.

Founding member of Jefferson Airplane, Paul Kantner, has passed.
Most now have no idea what an impact "White Rabbit" had when it was released.