I remember reading Charles Bukowski when I was a kid around 16 years old. It shaped me when I was young. Perhaps it made me jaded too soon. I remember this poem in particular. It is even better when read by Bukowski.

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

I was curious what the oldest photograph was. Not sure why but I looked it up. Nicephore Niepce was one of the pioneers in photography using a tool called a Heliograph.

In stark constrast we have one of the most advanced photographic techniques for producing Gigapixel quality photos. Sorta interesting how the old Heliograph shares a rusticness to it that the Gigapxl camera also exudes.

I always love these high-resolution sites. This one is of Yosemite at 17 gigapiscals which is acheived by using a photo-stitching software called Autopano. You can explore and see if you can find any sasquatches or day-trippers. Another timewaster. Check out Harlem while your at it.

I spotted some climbers.

Well, hardcore vegan’s and veggies will know this already but around a quarter of refined sugar in the US is made that way by using Bone Char; which is essentially charred animal bones that are ground into a fine powder and used in a similar way to carbon based compounds that you find in water filters and aquarium filters. <<Read the science on Wikipedia>> 

Of particular interest was that in the late 19th Century people were selling mass quantities of Buffalo bones to industry for this purpose. When they ran out of Buffalo bones some bone smugglers were digging up indian burial grounds, which I suppose now that I think about how Native American’s always prided themselves on using all the animal when they had to hunt makes an interesting moral conundrum. Either way it’s just another creepy thought to make you put down the donut and get to the gym.

My friends Dennis and Deanna turned me on to these albums. They play them for their musically inclined little one who we call the maestro (long story). Anyway, these guys turn classic tunes into Lullaby renditions which are very effective on kids as well as adults because I pass out to these tunes on more than one occasion. I like the Radiohead and Nirvana the best. Check em out here or on iTunes.

Anyway. LD’ing is amazing and everyone should try it. Again, check the wiki for more info.

Photo Credit: http://www.richardalois.com