Chunkaholic

b1-66er: ScottVille will love my newest discovery...

 Madonna's daughter is...

....Lolahol

from here:

"Lolahol is the alias of Lourdes Leon, the first daughter born from the relationship between Madonna and director Guy Ritchie. Lourdes is famous since the day she was born, as many of the songs in Ray of Light, Madonna's seventh album, were dedicated to the artist's motherhood. Lourdes, however, has taken a different path in her musical career with collaborations with artists like ***Eartheater***, known for their experimental music and outlandish performances. Lock & Key, Lolahol's first single, was released last August."

b1-67er: Is her sister Bffahol?

Barb-wire fly-over

b1-66er: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/ranch-owner-no-7m-claim-if-judge-rules-corner-crossers-trespassed/article_bc8840dc-e785-11ed-ba78-075ef5631547.html

b1-67er: That's a stupid lawsuit. I've heard of this kind of dispute.  Right to cross private land to reach public land is a big issue

They should immediately domain the corner right off that ranch if he wins.

66: Domaining the corner is a great idea.

First thing we do is build an overhead train system...

b1-66er:

10 minutes ago

AMTRAK: Train 11 on 4/26 is delayed. Est arrival in SJC now 12:19pm. Note: trains can make up time. For updates/questions reply UPDATE or click https://amtrak.com/?trainno=11&station=SJC&date=2023-04-26

'trains can make up time.' 

yeah, pull the other one.

D4rw1n: It may not be true the trains can make up time. But apparently train companies can make up facts about trains making up time. 

Just imagine if it was called 'Armadillo'...

Former Chronicler: I'm in Amarillo tonight. It seems like kind of a nice city, except it smells like cattle.

Striped Fruit > Yellow

MISTER Crypto: Apple Computer's revenue is more than 8x the global banana market.

Talking about books talking

b1-66er: Have you and I ever talked about audio books?

Solid Goldstein: Not really. You would think I'd listen to them often but mostly I've listened to them on the drive from SF to LA

Do you listen to them? 

b1: You know -better than most- how seriously under-read I am.

I mean, sure, I read probably 6+ hours every day, but it's mostly Bazooka Joe level stuff ... Websites, news, TXT conversations...

I got chummed in by a free Audible offer...

... Which I took advantage of to 'digest' the book "Immune," figuring I'd get the feel of it, and get my lazy-ass mind engaged in the world...

... And it was great. I loved it ...

... But it overflows me with questions.

Weird ones:

Like, am I reading when I do that?

And

What's the 'proper' way to read in such a fashion

And

How do you remember this stuff you're reading

And 

Why does that matter...

[I've gotta talk to The Accomplice, coming back.]

SG: I think those are really good questions. My own reading has changed pretty radically. I used to read a couple books a week. Now it's more like one a month. I'm not completely happy about it. The internet sucks my reading attention. 

<1 hour later> 

b1: Weirdly...

... I'm giving a small amount of thought to becoming a narrator.

But the funniest/weirdest/strangest/surprising thing about my audio book experience is I LIKE not running my eyes over the written page (and to a lesser extent, manipulating a physical book)...

... My mind still doesn't think of it as 'reading.' 

It's more like story telling.

Right now I have 3 books checked out.

2 Hunter Thompson

and a

Michelle Obama

But there's so many strange knock-on questions...

Like

What makes a good narrator?

And is it okay to listen to a book, then not have it available for reference?

SG: I think book narration would be pretty hard. Especially fiction. 

I'm not sure it matters so much how you take information in. 

Though it is a good question if you retain it differently if you hear it rather than read it

b1: I suspect I'm going to be following the whole audiobook world for a good long while. (It already appears to be a 'habit' I repeat.)

I'll let you know how it goes.

[I don't think I'll keep paying for Audible, although I DO like their service and the way it's designed...

...I think I'll stay in the free probably-associated-with-library world...

... The way the information and money flows in that system would be interesting to know...

... Like how/if the library pays for the books, and where THAT money comes from.]

... objectifying righteousness ...

b1-66er: ...And a judge ordered Elizabeth Holmes, the founder who defrauded investors at her blood testing start-up Theranos, to begin an 11-year prison sentence on April 27...

Zed Zed: Yes!

No justice no peace. 

b1: Know justice

Have a piece

Z: 😁

At least wear a neck brace. 

b1: She's gonna need to be bracing more than her cuello.