Relief

Rick Thues May 19, 2021 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #642 May 22, 2021 From time to time in my life i have felt a freedom.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8h-Ltha_9w On the last day of high school i realized that there were no lessons to study. There would be no alarm in the morning. No test loomed on the horizon. i was accepted to college and would be flying to a new life after the summer, but that was a summer away. i had no job, nor did i need to work because of scholarships to Notre Dame. There was nothing at all for me to do. i was free. A...

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Painting

Rick Thues May 11, 2021 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #641 May 15, 2021 Painting is an art best left to painters.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVSdFvft4hc Fine art painting is a skill which requires great knowledge and training with an understanding of foundation, design, proportion, contrast and mathematics. Painting a house is just as technical as fine art, requiring the same skills. It is said that painting a house is 80% preparation and 20% painting. Preparation starts with an analysis of the substrate. Is the facia rotted? Why is the paint peeling? What replacement construction is required before the project can begin? Some damage can be repaired and patched by...

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Symmetry

Rick Thues May 3, 2021 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #640 May 8, 2021 There is symmetry all around us. Our bodies have a right and left side that are reflected duplicates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTyBs9C8d5A A mirror shows us that what we see is merely a reflection. Computers are filled with symmetry. The nature of a For-Next loop is to repeat until perfectly matched. While: :Sleep For zzz = 1 To 3 Next zzz GoTo Sleep # by rickiT Most computer code is circular. A circle has infinite lines of symmetry. A line of symmetry is a line which reflects one side of an object to the other. A bisecting line...

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Morality Music

Rick Thues April 27, 2021 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #639 May1, 2021 Music shaped my morality. It taught me the elements of my character and reminds me how to stay true.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMmbIdhP5NE i discovered girls in the 5th grade riding my Sting-Ray home from school singing “I want to hold your hand,” by the Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs Later the Beatles taught me that “All You Need is Love,” “Love, Love Me Do,” and “Money Can’t Buy Me Love.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3WJiqc_bEs At the high school dance i learned that a dance could be a good time to get to know a girl because “Light My Fire” by the Doors was...

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Instant gratification

Rick Thues April 20, 2021 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #638 April 24, 2021 A computer is an instant gratification machine. It does not start out instantly gratifying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MznHdJReoeo Computers must be configured. This is especially apparent with a brand new computer. When i open a new Mac, iPod or iPhone box and turn on the device i am grateful that a setup routine is included. The computer will ask to be connected to the Internet. It will prompt you to restore applications and data from another device or backup. When i wish to use an account, such as email, online storage, synchronizing software or banking webpage, i am...

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Loathing

Rick Thues April 12, 2021 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #637 April 17, 2021 Loathing is an emotion that some of us have felt, but have not fully realized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP4TP_YtAFA Loathing is an aversion to something, but is is more than that… it is disgust. When this distaste becomes horror the awfulness of how atrocious this dread feels is frightful. The grisly ghastliness is gruesome. The feeling is hideous, horrid and horrendous. The nausea, qualmishness and queasiness is a sickness. Loathing is so queer as to evoke repugnance, repulsion and revulsion. All these synonyms convince me that i have never truly felt Loathing. i am thankful for that.   Let’s consider...

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