I know these are a bit dry at the moment in that they’re most lists/statistics, but the analysis is coming after all of the conferences are posted. And there’ll be charts! and graphs!

How about “hidden” cut-out lines? So that, when we’re done geeking out and commenting on a given thread- we print-out some or all of the handy “charts and graphs” in order to try and figure out (via hints, clues, jokes, and obscure mathematical references or classic lines that you might quote in your comments/replies from The Snake, or Madden, or Gifford, heck, Whomever? What about Spock, Bamagrad or BamaPhilosophe? Now those cats get me cracking the fuck up!) the cut-out lines.

How are you at torsion coefficients and Betti numbers? Cause I’ll tell you now slick, Mobius strips that one could cut-out and fold onto/over/within itself to make a stylish Christmas tree ornament or ironic home accoutrement is the next big thing I’m told. I personally have an Escher Mobius strip- shaped like a double tori, and leads you completely outta your mind if you’re retarded enough to try and follow the strange paths to nowhere on it. You know what would be way trick? Something like, perhaps a working/functioning Dodechahedron! Polyhedrals are kinda my thing I’m into these days!

Tellin’ you! Good stuff! Charts and graphs aren’t exactly the new Wii. But sometimes, time’s good for totally wasting. Take this weekend. I’m finally home for two consecutive weekends- something I haven’t enjoyed since the beginning of the year. Guess what I’m fixin’ to make? Yup, yup! A homemade two-directional robot/racecar. (get this, outta a non-working computer mouse and a few IC’s and switches!!!). And if I can find some 12-inch PVC for cheap, I’ma gonna try and make me wind-powered electrical charging machine. Slap that badboy to the back of my truck and charge someone’s (anyone’s) car battery or six? Hook them suckers up to all my neighbors blenders and majorly throw a Margarita-orgy!

Where the hell can I get 12-inch PVC? (i need that big of a diameter so that when i cut and file down the blades to this “not sure it’ll work” contraption- I have the proper curvature and angled lines. I have to carefully slice 3 blades outta that PVC)

Can’t wait ’til Saturday!

Remember. . . . . . cut-out Mobius strips for the pure iconic-ironic-ness of life, and all it’s jewel-boxes, butterflies, and revolutions!. . . . . . I’m in!

I was up in San Francisco last weekend and accepted an invitation to see Gilberto Gil perform at this non-operational winery/converted musical venue that’s about 60 – 100 years old and situated in the most serendipitous part of the Santa Cruz/Montara Mountain range (excellent natural acoustics)- place is called the Paul Masson Winery and it’s in a town called Saratoga. Wanna know the weird part about all this? The woman I met who invited me, I met at a house-party (Brazilian disco/Low-Volume Dub/Jungle/SF House music) in . . . . . .Oakland, CA. No shit. And the place was bumpin! Get this, Flavia- ticket-girl, just became a naturalized American citizen and is being fast-tracked into the FBI. She goes to Quantico end of May. (she has 3 pistols and a po-dunk 30/30. . . . BUT! she has guns)

I had a great time. Oh! There’s a point to all this. Somehow we got around to showing each other crazy stuff on the internetzs and whatnot. She showed me this, and I think you and all the other RBR-usual suspects might enjoy this. Here’s the set-up. About a month or two ago, two grown men got into it on an AC Transit bus (Oakland). Apparently the brotha got on this bus and as he was walking towards the back upon boarding he was saying something like, “Why is it that because I’m black I have to be a shoe-shine-in’-man?” However, one of the bus-riders thought the brotha was advertising/saying to the people, “Shoe-shine here! Lemme shine your shoes for you!”. Where this clip comes in is, when the “line” was “apparently” crossed and the realization that there was a total miscommunication thing going on. Seriously, I STILL laugh my tookis off. Lemme put it this way- it’s gone “viral” and has received insane hype in the Bay Area. There’s rap songs about it and everything crazy too! (i’ll never listen to a siren going off again without asking myself, “Is that an ambalamps?”)

Have a good one, Neek!
(my favorite lines on this are from the girl shooting the video. she says, “Say it again, Pinky!” and also, “Ooh, he leaking!”)