Lack of muscle beach....

I am staying away from the news and society in general...

Scientists recently combined Pig and Monkey

DNA and are raising little monster piglets....?

My problem with this is----

We need a genetically created "Monkey-Pig"
for what precisely---???

and of course this will turn out like a 60's grade B
science fiction movie---!

piglets-born-with-monkey-cells-are-a-world-first

I often truly hate my generation---!
Joe-Biden vs. another old guy

I realize i am merely broadcasting to nothing...

I write and write--to nothing out there--?

It doesn't matter ....

N.A.S.A. funny lapel pin---

I guess I am living in the future--?

This week I used a video/Doctor service
for my nasty cold..
on Walgreens website...
https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/mdlive

believe it or not...
It was actually awesome and much, much
better than trudging to the Doctor's office.

No waiting God knows how long and
probably catching something else...?
No getting yelled at for being fat and smoking--!
The doctor I got on the phone was awesome..!

She was very nice and informative---!
You can call/video anytime 24 hrs a day
7 days a week--?
If you're like me and hate going to the Doc's,
or want to feel like you are being treated 
by a Science Fiction Doc...

 This was the future I would read about in 
Popular Science magazine in the early 60's...

Still no fucking Jetpacks tho---?

For watch freaks only:
a quick video displaying every watch
worn by every James bond in all the movies...

(I forgot about the Seiko's in the 70's..)

james-bond-always-has-the-best watches

Attached to the bands of two of my watches
are anti-kidnapping kits--

A ranger band on holds a plastic handcuff key,
a very small ceramic blade and a small, kelvar cord, saw..

The idea is that with your hands cuffed or tied
behind your back you have access to methods
of freeing yourself...
I have these kits on two of my watches, 
the bands must be black and wide to allow
the ranger band to avoid detection..?
Unless someone is specifically looking for this item,
it will easily avoid detection..

I am playing with a couple of other guitar

players next week so I broke out my Octave Mandolin..

Octave_mandolin

When I play with other guitar players I try to
play mandolin, or square neck or bass...
to provide some kind of a different sound...
otherwise to me it sounds like the guitar army
in Idiocracy---?

An excellent article on/with
my favorite author
William Gibson...
William_Gibson

In the New Yorker..
how-william-gibson-keeps-his-science-fiction-real
I have his new book on pre-order hopefully out on
01-19-20

I'm going to start slapping you now and I may never stop..

I keep noticing more and more glitches in the Matrix...?

Is this just me--or what---?

I have also been suffering from a cold which
simply will not pass...

Colds are worse when one enters Geezerdom...
Colds hit harder and it is impossible now to just ignore
them and drive on as when one was younger..?

A link to 50 little good pieces of news...

positive-news-2019

With the arrival of parts,

 I began work on modifying my Casio GA-100A watch
that I mentioned in my previous blog....

I removed the stock band---

Replaced the stock band with a replacement
black NATO band..
Casio G-Shock's require a pair of band adapters
to utilize anything other than a stock G-Shock band...

Next I attached a watchband compass,
this particular one has a snap down lid..

I am only now awaiting a black, bull bar,
crystal protector,

 that is coming from God
knows where in China to add more black to the watch face..
Once the bull bars are installed this project
is completed....

Well----working on the Esquire project as 

best I can this week with a horrendous cold...

I installed the tuners...

I had to position, mark and drill the 
mounting holes for the in-line tuners..
The photo above shows pre-installation---
and below post installation...

It can be tough combining so many
after-market items into one guitar--?
But so far everything looks very nice and clean..
Next I'll be drilling the neck to body mounting screws
(which is really kinda scary....)
If I screw that up the guitar is trash
which is why I've been putting off doing it..?

Japan has been evolving through a 
retro-revolution for the past ten years...
Consumers in Japan have been driving purchases of
all types of old, used analog styled equipment...?
The Japanese however, take excellent care of their shit---
so buying used there means as buying as good as new...
Plus Japanese guys develop new fixations,

on different hobbies all the time...so----?
They are constantly selling shit to buy more new/old stuff...?
Some say this is based on their economy being stagnant..?
I think some people are just searching--?
what-japans-love-of-nostalgia-says-about-its-economy

Totally hysterical....
on Amazon streaming
we've binged through this twice now..
We can't help ourselves,
it explains so much..!
BrainDead

My favorite is "Re:Brains"
www.jonathancoulton.com