Mail Delivery

Mail delivery around here is pathetic. It was o.k. for awhile, but then the regular guy retired or something... this is the guy I always saw sitting on someone's steps reading everyone's magazines. That was the "good" one. At least he got the addresses right. Now it's random luck of the draw. Last week, I got an unemployment check for someone who lives on Fillmore. Coupla times I've gone to the supervisor and handed him stuff, but after I had it a few days, and still didn't have time, I wrote WRONG ADDRESS and dropped it in the box.

Dancing around the world

Ya, the first time I saw one of these, I thought it was great. But the second or third time made me realize, "Hey, if I had made a ton of money during the dot-com boom, I'd be dancing around the world too!" Where did I go wrong? All these bastards blew into town, jacked up the rent, and now they're travelling around the world. ...and I was still living in the Tenderloin. Boy it's a good thing I got out of the Tenderloin. But I'm still eternally cranky. ...would be even if I had gotten rich.

Link to dancing video

Genetically modified...

Interesting the nuances of environmentalism in relation to genetically modified organisms.

Environmentalists would not mind if yeast or bacteria were modified in such a way that they could create better biofuels from cellulose or other sugar sources. However, they (maybe I should say "we" here) do mind when crops are engineered to be resistant to pesticides, or genes of one animal are put into another to enhance production, and then fed to us.

The difference here is that one project is entirely contained within an industrial facility, while in the other case, organisms are spread across the open environment and allowed to mingle with natural organisms. It's like the difference between having hydrochloric acid in a laboratory beaker and pouring it on a priceless art object. Some genies are best kept in the bottle !