0832
hours. Earlier I awoke thinking about the humor [Grandma's Story - 8] in the term "kissing
cousins" in that we are all blood cousins so to speak. Then when I
volunteered to go get and deliver the morning papers (it was 13 degrees outside
at the time) lo and behold I looked up to see a Half Moon in the upper western
sky. More good humor, I chuckled. Such is life, such I hope these Merlyn books
reflect it from time to time. The royal bloodlines are a put on and reinforced
by legend and mythology. Human beings seem to like these sort of
things from time to time. I would think by this time in the world in all of the
cultures there have been in the world, and all the royal cultural lines we are
all royals by now from one culture or another and we are all commoners for the
same reason. That's the way I like to think about it.
Personally, I have taught two royal lines along the way. One Russian and one Kenyan, a prince and a princess, at least that is what I have been told. I have also taught many others from all parts of the world, same smiles, same laughter, same anger and frustration and sadness, same aloneness, all the same humanity. I read it on their faces and in their personal essays.
These words remind me of a quick flash memory I had while relaxing in the tub yesterday. With shut eyes I saw the white whale from the original film, it floated by not more than ten feet away I saw his eye looking at me as I looked at him as he passed by ever closer in a diagonal from my right to left. I opened my eyes and thought Moby Dick, Ahab and Melville. Queequeg used the same words, "same, all the same" in the context I had just used them here.
This is a fact, we are all human, no question about it in my mind or heart or soul either for that matter. We are all kissing cousins, we understand what it is like to live on a planet with a large moon out there not so far away and a sun much further away. Leave the 'sin' out of it for a change just accept our humanity as it is first. That's how I see it.
Personally, I have taught two royal lines along the way. One Russian and one Kenyan, a prince and a princess, at least that is what I have been told. I have also taught many others from all parts of the world, same smiles, same laughter, same anger and frustration and sadness, same aloneness, all the same humanity. I read it on their faces and in their personal essays.
These words remind me of a quick flash memory I had while relaxing in the tub yesterday. With shut eyes I saw the white whale from the original film, it floated by not more than ten feet away I saw his eye looking at me as I looked at him as he passed by ever closer in a diagonal from my right to left. I opened my eyes and thought Moby Dick, Ahab and Melville. Queequeg used the same words, "same, all the same" in the context I had just used them here.
This is a fact, we are all human, no question about it in my mind or heart or soul either for that matter. We are all kissing cousins, we understand what it is like to live on a planet with a large moon out there not so far away and a sun much further away. Leave the 'sin' out of it for a change just accept our humanity as it is first. That's how I see it.
Coming
on noon. Carol needed ink for the Canon printer and is leaving within a half
hour for her Blue Ash Retired Teachers luncheon in Madeira, not too far from
where you and Laney had drinks at Starbucks.
1136
hours. Ink never runs out unless you are using it. I think it is a law of
physics. Anyway it was a rush as I was awoken from a nap by, "Did you get
the ink?" On the way I had a real Coke. I cannot remember the last time I
drank a real Coke with sugar, caffeine and all the other ingredients in it. Now
I am hyper with a buzz. Amazing, all this is from one 12 oz. can of Coke. I'm
even in a slight sweat. I hardly ever sweat, never on purpose if I can help it.
This would be funny to put in Pouch-8, Yermey has a Coke for the first time.
What a shock to the system that would be.
We can work that bit of humor in, though I
doubt most readers could relate to it. I am reminded of when you did not eat
food and drank nothing but diet colas and water for thirty-three days trying to
purge your system of excess weight. Then after you fainted in the school
library you took the rest of the day off and had a small bowl of Kellogg's
Raisin Brain. The milk and flakes going down your throat -- you could feel it
all the way to your stomach. - Amorella
Gary
Popplewell the main school counselor is the only one who knew my condition
besides Carol. Actually, I didn't miss the food most of the time because I saw
it as 'habit' forming. I don't remember being hungry after the first few days.
Alas, eating is habit forming, just like life. I am in my black lounger chair
in the bedroom looking out. Lots of birds, mostly chickadees and woodpeckers at
present, one huge redheaded woodpecker larger than a pigeon. I don't think I
have ever seen one that big. Blue winter sky, very pretty backdrop to scores of
trees and the bare branches.
Return
to the keyboard when you've worn off the chemicals. Later, dude. Post. -
Amorella
Coke effects is a good title. Leave it. Let others use their imagination for a change. How's that for dark humor? - Amorella
After supper. Yesterday
Doug sent you the following article, I have selected the first part for explanation. -
Amorella
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From:
Huffington Post:
Alzheimer's Disease May Be Danger For
Astronauts Exposed To Space Radiation, Mouse Study Suggests
By: Charles Q. Choi
Published: 12/31/2012 06:41
PM EST on SPACE.com
Radiation in space might harm
the brains of astronauts in deep space by accelerating the development of
Alzheimer's disease, a new study on mice suggests.
The research reveals another
risk that manned deep-space missions to places such as Mars or the asteroids
could pose, scientists added.
"This study shows for
the first time that exposure to radiation levels equivalent to a mission to
Mars could produce cognitive problems and speed up changes in the brain that
are associated with Alzheimer's disease," study author Kerry O'Banion, a
neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said in a
statement.
Space is filled with
radiation that can harm people. While Earth's magnetic field generally protects
the planet, once astronauts venture beyond low-Earth orbit, they are constantly
bombarded by a shower of dangerous particles known as cosmic rays. The longer
an astronaut is in deep space, the greater the risk, which is especially of
concern given NASA plans for manned missions to an asteroid in 2025 and to Mars
by about 2035 — the round trip to the Red Planet alone could take at least two
years. . . .
Now scientists have for the first time
examined the effects space radiation might have on neurodegeneration — in
particular, the biological processes in the brain linked with the development
of Alzheimer's disease, which typically involves progressive mental decline
over several years. They found "galactic cosmic radiation poses a
significant threat to future astronauts," O'Banion said. . . .
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On 1/2/2013 12:31 PM,
orndorff wrote:
Sadly interesting! Thanks, Doug! I'll
have to keep this one. Dick
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Dick, Yes this could be
quite a set back. Means we will need lots of radiation shielding which usually
means lots of weight which means lots of fuel and much bigger rockets than we
are developing now. I don't think I will live long enough to see us land men on
Mars. Saw a program the other day where they are trying to use hydrogen filled
plastics as low weight shielding as they are mainly shielding against high
energy protons from the sun.
Doug
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I
want this in the notes because this is something we need to address early on in
this coming Pouch-8. You know of no means to counter act on neurodengeration
but feel this needs to be addressed, as it is a potential problem. This has
been resolved not from the outside, a shield of some sort, but by 'filtering',
'cleaning' and re-stimulating (pun intended) cell growth from within. This is
one of the reasons the marsupial humanoids have average lifetimes of between
450 and 520 earth years. - Amorella
You're right. I have been thinking
about some sort of shield to counteract the radiation. In 20,000 years your
solution appears more reasonable as longer alien age span has already been implied.
(2010)
Post
for now. - Amorella
2028
hours. I am ready to do some work on Pouch-8. What is going to be the focus
please? Do we begin with the humans the next day? I mean, looking back Blake
was talking about "penis envy" of all things.
Let's jump ahead. A month (moonth) or so has
passed and there has been no further contact. Blake assumed there would be
something, an email at least. Make it 1
March 2012 and put a marker on it. See what the headlines were in The Plain
Dealer on that day or one close to it. - Amorella
It's Thursday and the center of the
page focus is "Chardon School Shootings article: TEENS: 'WE'LL ALL GET
THROUGH IT TOGETHER'. The top, above THE
PLAIN DEALER, reads: "Cavs falter in third period, lose to Knicks,
120-103".
From:
Cleveland Front Page. com
The
Cleveland weather for 1 March 2012:
"CLEVELAND,
Ohio -- The weather pendulum will continue to swing erratically today, with
snow showers likely, possibly mixing with rain after 9 a.m., then gradually
ending and then reaching a high of 42. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Overnight,
look for low temperatures around 34 with a west wind at 8 mph becoming south.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny,
with a high near 57. South wind between 7 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation
is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
night: Showers and thunderstorms likely
before midnight, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 36. South
wind 16 to 18 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New
rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny and breezy,
with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall
amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around
29.
Sunday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of
precipitation is 30 percent.
Sunday night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."
From: blog.Cleveland.com
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I
notice the newspaper date and weather have been used before. With the plane it
is understandable, but why now?
Blake wants to take the plane up as the
weather is not too bad. He wants to keep in practice for bad weather flying. He
just wants to be prepared so since the weather is a little mixed but the high
will be in the low forties. It won't be too bad. Less than an hour of flight
time, swing over downtown and fly along I-71 to Medina and follow I-271 up to
the lake and along the lake back to Burke. He wants to leave between ten and
eleven and be back by twelve.
I
will have to check with Doug on the reasonableness of this.
2159
hours. I'm done for the night.
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