Kobayashi, Spies, Moscow, callers and More

We have managed to visit our old friend Boris in Moscow, broadcasting the show live from a hotel in the city. My thumb has been injured for awhile now. Every important movement requires sacrifice. My thumb has been just a minor tool for agreeing from a distance and to aid in the pinching of my nether region.

I've just finished giving a dying woman a drink of cold tea. Parched from a nights want, she gets satiation from what the rest of us take for granted. I am completely committed and entrenched in my program. I've managed to wake and realize that one more sand has fell through the glass and one more cell has failed me.

However, like most other survivors, I take joy in the small comforts of this giant refuse pit we decorate with holidays and the lucky. But my real comfort lies away from people.... a view of a million years with little change, no obligations, and where living is to stay alive.

Oil Spill

With oil spilling in the Gulf, is technology only efficient at siphoning resources in the hopes that something will never go wrong? The race towards alternative energies will come out of necessity and most certainly too late.
When everyone runs out of gas...maybe it's a good thing. We can all learn to look at our neighbors in a different way. Perhaps daily routines will involve sharing and cooperation instead of competing in the credit game.
No one's willing to look backwards for answers.
Atm's are being developed that use biometric scanning to identify customers. No more ATM cards to worry about. Maybe thieves will just cut your hands off in an attempt to gain access to your accounts. But behold, scanning will identify veins not fingerprints so no luck dismembering others for quick cash.