Were the situation not so tragic:
Cruise ship’s cook says captain ordered dinner after crash.
Together with Captain Schettino’s conversation with the Italian coast guard after he had abandoned ship.
Undoubtedly “Schettino” is in the process of becoming a pejorative noun.
“News” is the calculated manipulation of perception.
So enjoy. Executing your programming.
I can understand the first five. Maybe ten. But beyond a certain point, that was passed long ago. You know what a mummy is. It’s just corpse/grave desecration. With a university degree.
Tomb of an Ancient Egyptian Diva Discovered in Valley of the Kings
For which I shall coin a new term: archeonecrovoyeurism.
Celebrating. The return of the light. Showing. In every thing lies the seed of its undoing. In which undoing lies the seed of its re-doing. Endlessly. Always. And forever.
May you find warmth in this cold season.
And if you’re in the southern hemisphere. I’m jealous. Go away. I’m not speaking to you right now.
Having to withdraw under cover of darkness so as to avoid being attacked. Is not how I spell “victory.”
Interestingly, Obama never used the word “victory” in his recent speech on the ending of the military operation in Iraq. Undoubtedly because he recognizes he would stand on unsteady ground in asserting there was one. But he did use the word “success.” Too malleable a word to quibble over. Much.
To be clear. I’ve always thought the best victory would have been never going. Even if the flawed intelligence were true. But that bridge was crossed.
I rate the future of Iraq as cloudy at best. Which would improve significantly with secular counter-revolution in Iran.
Nothing is nothing. Unless/Until it is.
to warmly embrace
yet not be powerless to
our humanity
There’s the rub.
Ripping personal collection of SACDs using an older-model Sony PlayStation 3 (CECHB~, CECHA~, CECHC~, or CECHE~) and modified 3.55 firmware (CFW355-OTHEROS++.PUP), then playing the resulting DSD files (extracted using scarletbook.exe/sacd_extract.exe) as pure (native) DSD over a USB connection from computer to the Mytek Stereo192-DSD DAC (preamp version) using Pure Music/iTunes (Mac) or Media Center (Windows) or HQPlayer (Windows) as the playback software. This is the cutting edge.
The ripping process, unfortunately, is limited to these older PS3s in short supply that read SACDs and happen to have older firmware (3.55 or lower) with holes in copy protection. It cannot be done on a computer or any other hardware. After 10+ years the SACD format otherwise remains secure. Pure DSD over USB to a compatible DAC is also new and should yield the highest fidelity sound reproduction currently possible.
Why not just play the damn discs? That would be too simple, the DACs in the player are of lower quality, and the player cannot output the DSD data to an offboard DAC. Further, the Mytek converts to analog at very high quality additional types of file streams from the computer.
Discussion of ripping process.
Discussion of Mytek Stereo192-DSD DAC.
The Mytek Stereo192-DSD DAC (preamp version).
In no particular order:
Oat groats.
Whey protein isolate.
Unrefined coconut oil.
Unrefined red palm oil.
Avocado.
Pastured organ meats.
Dulse.
Nuts, including almonds, walnuts, pecans, and macadamia.
Berries, including blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries.
Other small dark fruits, including cherries, red grapes, and plums.
Wild salmon. Also sardines and mackerel.
Sweet potatoes, somewhat preferred over white potatoes, also included.
Pastured yogurt.
Pastured butter.
Raw, pastured cheese.
Brewer’s yeast.
Raw, pastured milk, especially goat, if available.
Bee pollen.
Raw honey (if a caloric sweetener is necessary, otherwise stevia).
Raw, true free-range egg yolks.
Olive oil, cold-pressed.
Apples.
Figs.
Garlic and onions.
Miscellaneous greens if so inclined, limiting those high in oxalate and limiting raw consumption of, or cooking, those high in goitrogens.
Various spices, including cinnamon and turmeric.
Listed foods with links are my recommended versions. Organic versions of listed foods recommended. Raw meats, eggs, and dairy should not be consumed by the very young, very old, very pregnant, those with compromised immune systems, or the litigious.
The sweeter the food listed, the less of it one should consume. Animal foods, particularly red meat, should be limited. With these foods and nothing more, I believe a person could maintain vigorous, which is to say well above-average, health.
If we die, it will be because we chose the simulation of life over living.
