Germy

Over the weekend I binge watched Wild Wild Country   a documentary on Netflix about the Rashneeshi movement and their effort to build a city in Central Oregon, basically isolated by dozens of miles in either direction. I can't recommend it enough, of course I have a unique element allowing for, perhaps, extra exuberant enthrallment in that I remember this unfolding on the 5 o'clock news, as I grew up in Portland. It was edifying to see the fiasco from both sides; the "free-love, humanistic sannyasins" versus the "ultra-conservative, undereducated white normies" in the nearby town of Antelope, population of 40 , at the time. The Rashneeshis were actually Sannysins, followers of Bogwan Shree Rashneesh . They, for most of their time in Oregon, wore all red clothing and were easily identifiable as such. Cult of personality if there ever was one. Many of his followers spoke about his "presence" and less of his teachings. This film inspired me to pon...

I've been a basketball fan as long as I can remember. I would stay with the grandparents and we would watch Blazer over-the-air broadcasts. I remember going to my first Blazer game, I think I was in first grade and my neighbor Jason took me with his family. They played the Mavericks. I had a hoop on the garage, with a sloping driveway as a court. Terry Porter came and gave talk at the elementary school (Lynch Park, now a Montessori School) and I remember watching him shoot hoops with my gym teacher. When Clyde, Terry, Buck and Jerome went to the finals (twice) my school was filled with signs and it was nearly a holiday of sorts as they kept winning through the playoffs. I've played and watched a lot of basketball in my years. And I hate James Harden and Chris Paul as basketball players so much. They each embody the very things that I dislike about watching professional sports. But most of all, and this is the thing that really gets me -- they've both quit on their...

If I had to guess where my love of falling asleep to background noise, whether it be music, talk radio or television it comes from listening to Blazer games on the radio (1190 KEX) and waking up with some talk show blabbing on and on. It could be the fact that our household did have the television on more often than not and when I was really young I imagine falling asleep with the TV in the background was common and who doesn't love being carried to bed? Or staying up late with visiting cousins, watching late night TV before Grandma and Grandpa had cable. And then later skate videos over and over. Later in my teen years I would listen to the Art Bell show --   Coast to Coast AM  -- a show that now seems to be lost to the "alt right" and new crop of the willingly ignorant. A distinct peculiarity of the modern age -- the ability to numb, or quiet our minds with background noise. Am I simply drowning out my own thoughts with incessant noise? Ehh -- whatever. A question for ...

Ten things I'm into this week: Bottomless mimosas for weekend brunch Blazers win streak now at a dozen and seeing them live at Staples tomorrow, going for 13 in a row Patience and understanding from attendings -- thank goodness for continuity clinic! Falling asleep and waking up to rainfall. This cool weather will not last Going to sleep without setting alarm Having the end of intern year in sight (72% done) Shaping the career to come; what should I do when I grow up (again)? Working in a field that demands competence and constant progression Don't Fear the Reaper  by Blue Oyster Cult ; for some reason this became my theme song to get through the toughest rotation of residency Intermittent fasting Ten things I'm not into this week : iPhone X face recognition bull!$&@ -- becoming more annoying with time Eating too much at the mexican brunch buffet while enjoying bottomless mimosas Ankle sprains, fractured thumbs and fractured rib cartilages. Golden S...

-------- Super Metroid theme song ring-tone on loud setting --------  Hello? Oh hi there, man, it has been a long time! Good to hear your voice too. No kidding! Okay I got just the thing! Check this out -- No! Just listen for a minute! So this is a quantity type of deal, you just gotta keep mashing on that 'fire' button, and only in a select places, or for that matter, with a certain level of expertise does a real aiming type of opportunity exist. It goes like this -- you have two levels of having to kill the alien ships that fly into the screen in a loopdy-doo type pattern, with various flight directions throughout the levels, with many repeated over and over. It should be a given that the speed of the ships increases throughout the game. The number of missiles that are fired at you also increases. Anyway, the ships fly into the screen and then form a holding pattern at the top of the screen, kind of fluttering in place and they all take turns, in groups, of...