Oak pollen blues

It’s the oak pollen. I swear it is. Breathing it all day has sapped my energy, and Buck’s. All we do is sleep. Or sit here wondering when we can take our next nap. I can’t think of anything to write, but my mind says write about not writing, about the nothingness. Which is good … Continue reading Oak pollen blues

Why does HAL sing

Why does HAL sing “Daisy, Daisy” in 2001: A Space Odyssey? (kottke.org) Why does HAL sing “Daisy, Daisy” in 2001: A Space Odyssey? In 1962, Arthur C. Clarke was touring Bell Labs when he heard a demonstration of a song sung by an IBM 704 computer programmed by physicist John L. Kelly. The song, the … Continue reading Why does HAL sing

tentworms

With the blue of the sky today, you’d think there had never been anything else but spring here, though I still have residual shivers. Getting out of the car at home today: suspended over the driveway, a single tent worm, dangling on 15-20′ of web-strand, from the oak by the driveway. No other signs of … Continue reading tentworms