Notes on a Zig Zag Paper Oprah has recommended reading three great William Faulkner novels to her pride of lionesses and I suppose we are going to be blessed with four million or more pretenders claiming literary knowledge who also raise kids, go to athletic practice, and smoke shit. Faulkner, for most of you who have been educated between 1965 and yesterday, is not easy reading; so don't read him if the endless sentences confuse you. Since it can be tough, you "need" somebody to explain it all to you, and of course Oprah has supplied that somebody. Bullshit. Read it on your own, let it settle in your guts, and then decide what Faulkner is all about. You can't be wrong, even---especially?---if you decide that he didn't know how to punctuate so this book really means that anybody can write, and write so badly that nobody can understand him. Or you may find that his writing hits you in the guts and leaves your head spinning with thoughts not mentioned by any "guide to right thinking." Try it. Read it all by your lonesome without "help" of some Harvard stooge. You may be in store for a private experience not to be missed. BTW if Oprah didn't mention a short story called "The Bear," start with that one, a terrific introduction to Faulkner and his style ---remember, don't let anybody tell you what any of Faulkner is about.
Have a car with a Mitsubishi engine. Time was when the best thing about Japanese cars was that every engine maintenence point was easy to reach. This AM I needed a battery. Quotes were a little high. Found out that in order to change the battery it had to be done from underneath the car. Car had to go on lift and the entire LF wheel removed before battery could be accessed and changed. Times do change.....
While waiting, I read the tree version of the LA Times. Wanted to plow through the propaganda. I have to admit that these guys have it down pat. All the lies are buried within stories, stories are placed, and they have the long knives out for Arnold in almost every column. Teachers Union good, Arnold bad. It's obvious that all have their children in private schools, live outside the district, or are homosexuals; I'd bet that at least half are homos.
New idea of LAT consumer re-written editorials is a bust. Nice try, but no cigar.
Nice to know "what goes around comes around" can actually work. Ten years ago Pep Boys, a local auto parts and repair chain, ripped me off something fierce. Others also complained. The result? Not many customers on a Saturday Morning. Great prices, but once you lose the public trust you lose it and it's tough to get it back.
Smoked a couple of "real" Cuban cigars yesterday; AKA Castro Sticks. The reports of the quality decline of Cuban cigars are not overstated. There is always the chance that these were fakes, but I doubt it. In latest ratings, many Dominican and Nicaraguan cigars consistently rate higher than Castro Sticks.
Some of the women at the Angels game were so hot they could melt iron. Tits, at least at Anaheim Stadium, are back. And back in a big way.
Go figure: as the EU sinks in the west, their currency rises from the ashes like the proverbial Phoenix..... I bet the Europeans are buying back their currency over the weekend so they'll look good. Or, the world is betting the breakup of the EU is a good thing for world markets.
And Blogger? At long last Google has it working as touted. I'd now recommend it highly.
6/19/2005
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YOU are the one who is wrong. The 380 is not designed to "compete" with the 747, but with an entirely new array of planes capable of reaching any destination in the world without refueling (non-stop). Boeing has developed one. There are two more that can fly to intermediate destinations with much lower fuel costs. There is no question that the new Boeing aircraft use less fuel, both per mile and per passenger mile. The 747 is a technology that is twenty years old. The EU thugs DID force Thailand to "buy" six of their planes after the Tsunami trashed the country under the threat of cutting off trade. Thailand had to use Tsunami aid to pay for them (although they have yet to pay and may never buy them). The 380 is a dinosaur; useless in today's market by other than state subsidized airlines who don't care what the cost may be. If you will check you will find that only state subsidized airlines have purchased them. Nobody in their right minds will want to ride in those huge planes when they find they are in a line of 550 people to board, 550 people to deplane (estimated time 45 minutes), and 550 people trying to find their luggage. EU is about to cease to exist anyway, falling birthrate so population shrinks each day, rising immigration from hostile countries, and a welfare load that gets higher each day as the old farts live longer and longer.
Minor correction to the above: 380 has a capacity of 800 people, not 550. Up to you to figure out the delays deplaning, boarding, and finding luggage. Many airlines will not carry the 800 but opt for a much loser number freeing up the space for things like gyms. Can you imagine the delays with that thing? Not to mention that all airports will have to expand just to handle it. Will any democracy screw taxpayers for more money to pay for more enlargements of airports? Nobody that has a vote will do it. One other correction: UPS is seriously looking at the 380 for cargo and has a letter of intent (no cash yet); because not a single U.S. hub will spend the billion dollars to expand facilities.
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