Tuesday, April 21, 2015

April 21, '15





April 21, 15


BEYOND GAY
  like myself, most of you have read about people changing their sex. I've always been a little confused about what that really meant. I remember the first one, Christine Joergenson, who changed from a guy to a woman in some scandinavian country.  I always wondered exactly what did He?she do ?  Recently, it has come up due to Snowden or some whistleblower and someone associated with someone famous. So you can imagine my excitement when I was reading "Bangkok 8" ( by John Burdett) and it was a principle part of the plot,  This may not be true but you might as well take my word for it as it sounds realistic. There is a the Charmabutra Hospital, twenty stories high, in Bankok that specializes in this procedure. 
   The author claims Bangkok is the capitol of penis transplants due to the many jilted wives in Thailand who feel that cutting off the wayward dick will solve that problem (Looks like it would to me!).  Anyway, the bottom line is that it's easier to change a penis into a vagina than the other way around as the reconstruction of that Vorpel sword is still in it's infancy. He claims that they do 1000 changes to every one hundred in the West. (And I thought only a few did this over the year). South Africa does a lot of dick reconstruction due to a plethora of botched circumcisions.
  So vaginoplasty  begins by cutting off the penis & balls, turning the correct skin into a hole so that it might function like a normal vagina. He claims all men have the space for it.  I find this hard to believe!   Anyway, that' s not all of it.
They have to be treated with drugs, psychiatry, hormone injections, et all to get the full effect. A women's voice has to be higher, therefor the Adam's apple is shaved a bit to tighten it up. Don't forget to slip in a couple of perfect saline inserts for your perfect breasts, (No silicone, please). Learn how to sashay around a bit and you're good to go. I think you can get this done for about $6,000 in Thailand,


MR NATURAL
  Let's talk about Natural drugs. From my early days of experimentation with Halucigenics,  I came to the conclusion that if you kept to Natural drugs, e.i. Peyote and  Mushroom , you would be better off in the long run. My theory is this; With natural drugs, you pay (read hours of major nausea) before you get high or an  altered consciousnous, but with chemical doses (LSD, etc) you bypass the sickness part, but wait!  You make up for it afterwards, but unknown to you, it affects your poor brain in ways you dont notice. The AmerIndians didnt seem to have many mental problems after using Peyote for hundreds of years, but how many nut cases have I seen due to a long usage of LSD? (You can  check my first wife, for one).  Some people are going to have a bad trip, but at least they are working it out at the source, and not later on, unbeknown to them, as they dont relate their problems to earlier doses of a chemical.
 


THE BEAUTIFUL KRONER
  Designed by the Norwegian Architect, Snohetta, One side consists of brilliant colors in a  wonderful abstract form, while the other side contains photos of various activities that are extant in the country.


VIDEO ALERT
  Being an old Beatnik/ Hippie/ my Jazz roots go way back and I certainly remember Clark Terry, an outstanding trumpeter, among other talents. As he grew old he began teaching other young Jazz men, such as Quincy Jones, and was certainly influential to Jazzmen like Miles, etc.
This documentary revolves around a young blind piano player who became tight with Terrry as he was dying of old age. Justin Kauflin  was a contender in a Theolonious Monk contest in New York  but but failed to win. However, there is enough piano by Justin to satisfy us all as he is phenomenal. Terry died in 2014 at the age of 93, but before that happens, you'll experience the great love between the two musicians, and maybe, even a tear or two may escape from your hardened heart.   

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Thursday, April 09, 2015

APRIL 9



MR NATURAL
One of my role models has been Crumb's 'Mr Natural'. You younger folks probably don't know of him. Early in my professional career I became enamored with him and consequently have acted on some of his principles. The first inkling my friends had that I had come out of the Unnatural Closet was I wanted to grow my beard and forever (it turned out) never to feel the razors edge on my facade. Now that every guy model in Vogue and on the courts and diamonds of major sports has a Micky Mouse rendition of facial air, it may not sound so radical, but in 1960 I outraged the Laguna Beach social circles by such out behavior.Come to think of it, my morals were pretty close to Mr. Naturals also, Zero!

THE GREAT POSTAL SERVICE
The USPS is currently getting bids from major auto manufacturers to design & build a upgraded version of their current vehicle. It seems it is too small, doesn't have air bags, etc. (How many air bags do you need for a rear-ender?) . They have set aside $6,000,000,000 ((That's BILLION) for a fleet of 180,000 mini trucks with big clutch and right hand drive. I hope they do better with the design than Grumman did with the current one. If anyone asks me, I would contract out to a Italian Industrial Designer for a design first, then put it out to bid. Electric drive would be a no brainer here. Maybe they could also just stop printing new styles of stamps every week, forget about the serrated edges (these are not tear off anymore.

GREEN REVOLUTION
Recently we had a new hospital (Sutter) built here in Santa Rosa and they are spouting their new 'Prestigious energy and environmental' rating from the U. S. Green Council. As you must know by now, I am a rabid opponent of these wonderful awards. but wait, lets take a closer look at this one.
First of all, you have to hire a 'Green LEED Consultant’ to the tune of several thousand dollars , mostly to fill out a bunch of bull-shit forms required by the government. And maybe you don't have to do anything special (Other than hire this guy) so let's take a look at the details.
  1. They had to upgrade all the plumbing fixtures to low-flow units. Well, the Building Code requires this so what's the big deal?
  2. 2. They got some credits because there was a water well on the site.
  3. They did use some kind of Fuel cell technology, (I have to look that up).
  4. Greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by stopping all vehicles that were idling more than 10 min. How much did they pay someone to monitor all that?
  5. They used some recycled content in flooring as it reduces impact on landfills. All that takes is use a more expensive floor.
  6. They controlled rain run-off into Swales (Landscaped) before dumping into the storm drain. WOW!
  7. This probably took about a thousand pages of documentation to accomplish all this, that by the way, was mostly required by the current codes.

SPORTS
The comedians Key & Peele - Broadcasting a Sports program. (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey)
Welcome back to another few hours spent watching adult men play a simple child's game, all the while being paid more than the President”