Tuesday, July 13, 2004

I wonder if we'll accidentally discover noospace someday, a lone programmer trying to mount a drive from no where, finding a storage space, and knowledge, from outside the sphere. 11:45:57 PM

Canadians must hate us. I was just thinking, watching more crazy, fearmongering U.S. broadcast news (they played the clip of John Ashcroft's press conference on the Patriot Act, talking about the 353 arrests, 170+ convictions - arrests and convictions for what? Terrorism? Plotting to commit terrorist acts? What were the arrests for?, no counterpoint, just on to the next alarming story about plastic bracelets with hidden sexual meanings among teens), how much we have made their travel around the world dangerous. We can always say we're Canadian when we're traveling, but pretty soon no one is going to believe any English speaking traveler - Brits will probably try it too. How many people really know the difference between Canadian, British and American English? Eh? I discovered this evening, after talking to Bill about it earlier today, that the increased awareness and fullness of my brain is allowing a closer link with my body. I finally realized, after over 20 years of shoulder problems, that the reason my left shoulder, and not my right, gets fried, is that I don't bring the stroke under and through, but pull almost straight down, off at an angle, when I'm taking a breath to my right side. I've been trying to break up my breathing, alternating left and right, to see if that helps, but just realized the why of that phenomenon tonight. I also, almost as if my shoulders where talking to me, helping me find a path towards healing, sculled tonight, something I haven't done for almost twenty years. I'd forgotten what a fantastic conditioning and feel exercise that is, sculling feet first especially. It's almost as if I'm expecting my shoulders to go to a heavy tractor pull before they've had a chance to just drag the harness around for a little while, build up some supporting, finer muscles. 11:14:44 PM