{"id":33727,"date":"2022-12-23T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/?p=33727"},"modified":"2022-12-23T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:03:21","slug":"bomb-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2022\/12\/23\/bomb-cyclone.html","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"
December 23 2022 805am<\/p>\n

I unearthed a jacket I was certain I\u2019d donated to a Salvation Army or Goodwill. It\u2019s still in good shape, some minor bloodstains notwithstanding. It\u2019s a nuclear winter jacket, good for 50-below and survival in the upcoming bomb cyclone black hole time tunnel into which all earth\u2019s creatures will be swallowed.<\/p>\n

I want to see if my mighty Payphone Radio cards survive on their perch at the 35th Avenue Q66 bus stop. They have been there for months and I don\u2019t even know why. They are not adhesive, just cards. It\u2019s like someone is taking care of them for me.<\/p>\n

I was laughing at myself for setting up the phat jacket. I\u2019m horrible with zippers so getting the hood thing to stay attached was bother. All this for what will likely be no more than 10-15 minutes in the elements. Temps supposed to hit -10F windchill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

What does it all mean?<\/p>\n

I found the story of Mr. Santos intriguing. How far lies can get you. Lying works, and in much of life it\u00a0 faces no scrutiny. But how do you get all the way to becoming an elected official when everything you say about yourself is a lie? Everybody lies on resumes but not like this guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I got a fresh batch of panic pills last night. Every month it\u2019s a test, it seems. The pharmacy delays by one day, then two, this time three days. I don\u2019t use the full pills every day, so the 30-day supply goes more than far enough. But with these controlled substances you never know what kind of attitude a pharm is going to give you. I remember one dude at a now-closed RiteAid looking at me at great length as I stood aside, waiting for him to process the order. What was he looking for? Was he waiting for me to work the phones, letting my panic-pill-addicted customers know I had fresh pills coming soon?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never done anything like that, though I once considered giving a friend a single panic pill, just to satisfy his curiosity. It proved too risky, I think. The guy drinks and mixing those pills with excess booze could lead to a bad outcome, and I\u2019d want no responsibility for anything like that. So I\u2019ve never shared a single pill and do not know why I would.<\/p>\n

I might take a little extra today, though. I usually take 1.5mg but today I might top it off with a full 2mg. That\u2019s the most I\u2019ve ever taken on a regular day. In the past I might need 4mg to settle down but that is when I was not taking the pills every day, and anxieties had ways of accumulating and climaxing. After those incidents, after popping at least 4mg of the stuff,\u00a0 I would feel like I had been on fire. Nothing like that has come up lately , since I take a suite of pills regularly.<\/p>\n

Trying to think of anything important I have to discuss. Oh, I\u2019d been getting into discussions with OpenAI about masturbation. Its CW seems to be that there is no evil in it, none whatsoever. It choked on Onan wasting his seed but most readers do. The bot did recognize the stigma associated with masturbation but seems satisfied believing it\u2019s all natural and all good.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t wholly agree. It can be considered selfish and, in certain moments of intimacy, inappropriate. The latter depends on the insecurity level of parties involved.<\/p>\n

I consider it wasteful, and can find no argument to change my mind about that. Waste defines masturbation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I showed off my poor man\u2019s laptop to the woman at work yesterday. She feigned being impressed, but I did not really present it very well. She does not even own a computer. It\u2019s nothing to do with that last bit, but I don\u2019t think we have any kind of a future.<\/p>\n

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