DIRTYBENNY WRITES

 

"YOU CAN"T FIX THIS PLACE." "LEARN WHERE YOU ARE." I am in agreement with Stepehen on the premise that there are different entities here.  We are not all the same.  And for anyone who thinks that there is legitimacy to this place, I cannot help you. 

 

One of the scariest places I ever visited was New Orleans.  My girlfriend at the time booked our stay at an old traditional second floor house in the French Quarter.  The first night, I kept hearing ominous noises....someone coming up the steps, voices.  I demanded that we leave the next am and we moved to a  Hilton.  Something is very creepy about that place.  It does not surprise me that AI would be rolled out there to a greater degree.  New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence when the stakes are considerably higher than writing an email or ordering dinner,   according to the New York Post . The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. municipality to put a bot directly between emergency callers and human operators. The idea is largely about volume. New Orleans' emergency communications center receives more than 1,000 calls on a ...

Today was one of the few days of the week that I venture off the compound...today, by necessity.  I was trying to make an online purchase with my debit card.  I called the customer service line and they told me that my card was deactivated.  No notice, no reason, just deactivated. I went to the local branch and all of the ladies were sympathetic to my plight and helped me out.  It is a Portugese community and they have empathy for the elderly.  One of the girls remarked about the troubles with 2 point verification for somebody who doesn't have a cellphone such as myself.  There was the flicker of humanity in these ladies, drowning in the technologic marass.  I then went to the local Polish deli.  It is truly a throwback to the past.  The owner is behind the deli cases, slicing up ham and cheeses for the customers in the long line.  Despite the delay, there is incredibly good cheer.  The lady in front of me speaking fluent Polish, sm...

Here we go again...

I have been going through a lot of Rick Beato's interviews with songwriters and performers.  This one was especially of interest as a musician.  Rick reviews the complexities of the chords, harmonies, and recording of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.   I posit that there is no way that this is of human origin.  In the "song" itself, Mercury tells the tale of murder and "nothing really matters."  This is overlooked in the discussion with Brian May....I believe purposely.   These layered chords and harmonies are beyond even the most gifted jazz musicians.   

I totally forgot that they did a cover of My Funny Valentine which ended up one of my favorite Chet Baker tunes... How is that for beyond a synch?   Not to mention that another one of my faves, Elvis Costello covered the Chet Baker version.

 Aside from all of my physical ailments, this reality is a never ending series of tortures. In the midst of another 90 degree heat wave, the one room that I have air conditioned had water all over the floor, damaging artwork and the bamboo floor.  After 2 hours with a repairman tonight, the condenser is cracked and the unit needs to be replaced. I have amazon Prime, still, the earliest delivery is Wednesday...So I have to struggle through 2 more days of 90 plus degree temperatures with no A/C. Then I come home from the flea market and get my mail...my mailbox is filled with wasps who are desperately attacking my car. Just make it end.