I’ve just started writing this. I have no idea what I’m going to talk about. I just went for a walk and it was starting to get hot. It’s kind of like an Hawaiian morning. Cool but humid, and gradually getting hotter as the day progresses. The stupid bird is still outside my bedroom window. I thought it had flown away but no, it came back.
There are no eggs on it’s nest as far as I know. Just the pile of shit that it sits on. Birds nesting and roosting in my house are annoying. They leave their shit everywhere and I have to remove it eventually. This is adjacent to and air conditioning unit which means when I turn it on it will suck bird poop into my bedroom. Thanks! I’m not in a bad mood however, by the time I’ve finished writing this I’ll be looking for a bagel and lox, which will be nice.
I like old tractors. I would totally buy this is it were for sale, flat tire and all.
But onto other topics. Over at the NY Post weight loss drugs are giving some people weird side effects like pETD, which is an ear condition that can cause people to hear their own voice, breathing and internal bodily sounds at an overwhelming volume. “I could hear things outside with my left ear, but in terms of my right, it was entirely consumed with the sound of my own breathing and my voice, which was like 400 times louder than the normal volume,” 46 year old Sarah Ago, a weight loss drug user said. At least 1 in 8 American adults have tried a GLP-1 to slim down, which gives you an idea of how bad the obesity problem is here.
In case you were wondering, the nations with the highest obesity rates are predominantly small island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean:
Cook Islands: ~68.9%
Tonga: ~70.5–71.7%
Nauru: ~69.9–70.2%
Tuvalu: ~63.9–64.2%
Samoa: ~61.2–62.4%
AI says that the reason for this is a rapid transition from traditional diets to imported, energy-dense foods. Also genetics. Ancestors of Pacific Islanders endured long, starvation-prone ocean voyages. Natural selection favored individuals with genes that efficiently stored fat for energy survival. Modernization and sedentary lifestyle changes are a factor. While Climate Change has not been blamed, it’s probably only a matter of time before it is.
It all begins right here.
Well that took up a couple of paragraphs. My hearing ain’t too good either. I have almost constant ringing in both ears and I have trouble hearing conversations in a noisy environment. Being in a room with loud music hasn’t helped. Now that I play guitar all the time, it’s getting louder. Why is it loud? Because it sounds better. You can’t get feedback when your amp is on one two or three. I play through a Fender Twin which is a very loud amp to begin with.
Has Bruce lost the ability to walk without assistance. What’s with the shoes man?
I can’t go past 5, but if I crank it up to 4 I can get some amazing sounds out of it. It all depends on the guitar as well. The best results in my opinion come from a hollow body. The pickups send vibrations into the hollow space and in turn when it feeds back through the amp you can feel the guitar really start to come alive. It’s cool man, but it will fuck with your hearing. There’s a little bit of it in the latter part of the May 7 video.
Good Day.