Slug city

Still no energy. Made a doc appt. Something may not be right.

The 4th. I hate it. I spend my time comforting Sketch and trying not to remind myself that in VA hospitals everywhere dudes are hitting the floor screaming "Incoming!" Great legacy.

Heinrich Kley

The older I get, the more I appreciate the grotesque brilliant drawings of Heinrich Kley, whose work I first encountered in te 1960s. Looks like the common state of human affairs to me.

Daily Kos: American Indians organize largest Get Out the Vote campaign in history. You can help make it happen

Daily Kos: American Indians organize largest Get Out the Vote campaign in history. You can help make it happen:

"A million American Indians aren't registered to vote. A million!"

Spray-on Rechargeable Batteries Could Store Energy Anywhere | Wired Science | Wired.com

Spray-on Rechargeable Batteries Could Store Energy Anywhere | Wired Science | Wired.com:

Conversation

A delightful evening, a two and a half hour dinner conversation with TS, my friend for 40+ years, beginning in grad school, actor, artist, retiree loving every moment of it. I should do this more often but I've outlived the local folks I once did this with.

Meanwhile, on the local front, gray weather extended through Tuesday. I don't expect to get much done, still taking it easy, maybe if the sun actually returns Wed. I can get a few chores done. Lots to read, lots of listen to, it's not as if I'm bored. I'm never bored -- well, unless I'm in an average conversation ha ha. Last night was great.

Shakespeare and me: Sir Ben Kingsley | Culture | The Observer

Shakespeare and me: Sir Ben Kingsley | Culture | The Observer:

Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench | Culture | The Observer

Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench | Culture | The Observer:

Let's end this rotten culture that only rewards rogues | Will Hutton | | The Observer

Let's end this rotten culture that only rewards rogues | Will Hutton | Comment is free | The Observer:

World football

It was the summer in grad school when we camped between Oregon and Nova Scotia. We had money and free time and no plans. It was fantastic.



One hot southwestern afternoon we rolled into a small college town in search of lunch and cold drinks. The town was in party mode. Turns out the World Cup was on and a large number of foreign students were showing their American friends what football was really about. We joined the party but only recently did I get the message.



All this comes to mind waiting for Spain v Italy.

Dinner date

My old friend Tom is coming through town and we're getting together tonight. Looking forward to it. He's one of the older friends I have left in this world, going back to U of O in the early 70s or maybe it was the late 60s. He played the lead in the first one-act I had produced.

Continued improvement on the health front. About time. No, let's not anger the gods, I take that back.

I actually did some writing this morning. I need to fill my mind with distractions from the world at large. Nothing ambitious, mind you, but something to keep me occupied.

ANTM cycle 18 British Invasion episode13 Final

SOPHIE SUMNER - British Model

Connections

Stumbled across the special effects climate disaster spectacle The Day After Tomorrow. Doesn't seem as far-fetched as when it first came out. Switched to see the news and the top three stories were about climate disasters. Not as extreme but extreme enough and all in the family. Tick tock tick tock.

O boy

An email from an actor friend -- are you going to make any more movies? -- got me thinking that, actually, a film adaptation of the recent novel would be doable. Small cast. All local settings. Challenges to find ways to do News and Heavy Reading in the film narrative ... this could be done. For starters, I invited the actor to read the novel and see what he thought. He'd be a good CJ.  His wife would have a role. Hmm. HMM.

Blue Muse Escapes Paparazzi

Recent work by Tom Strah. He's on a roll. Here is his drawing that I call "CJ" after my recent protagonist.

Attitude

Best thing about feeling better is a better attitude. Almost human again ha ha. Now for energy and stamina to get work done around here.

Was New American Review the best literary magazine ever? - Slate Magazine

Was New American Review the best literary magazine ever? - Slate Magazine:

"I dare you to name a better one."

So do I. And a regular contributor was M. F. Beal, one of the great short story writers to come out of Oregon. She wrote a novel, Amazon One, long out of print. She lived in Seal Rock for years and may still. She, her husband at the time David Shetzline, and myself were all at the U of O at the same time, getting grad degrees in writing (we already had better publications than some of our professors!). Beal and Shetzline both need to be rediscovered for their fine literary work.

Thomas Mann Said

Thomas Mann Said

How true

Slug city

I can't believe it. 2 weeks into my summer and I've gotten no planned chores done. Well, yeah, I've been sick, more or less bedridden for two weeks, these viruses always knock me out for a couple weeks, but it's gone now, I feel, leaving me weak and exhausted but on the mend. I need to get right and get to work.

Having fun with a comic story idea. Ah, me.

Rupp Edges Lagat In Thrilling 5000m At Trials - Track & Field Video | NBC Olympics

Rupp Edges Lagat In Thrilling 5000m At Trials - Track & Field Video | NBC Olympics:

"Galen Rupp beats Bernard Lagat in the men's 5000m for the first time in his career as both men, along with Lopez Lomong, qualify for the London Olympics."

Good long story on this in LA Times this morning. Can'f find a full story in The Oregonian anywhere. The Oregonian has become a terrible paper. Rupp also broke Prefontaine's track record! Man, can he get a medal in London? The build up begins.