We’re off to Crappy Tire to buy an awning – the awning we bought to shelter Headwater for the birthday gig they did for Jeff has gone the way of all awnings. I may retain a friend to make another cover as there’s nothing wrong with the frame on the old one.
I’m into the list of Human Universals. The Sixers share many of the human universals but where they are different from us it’s like the bottom dropped out. They aren’t materialists because they don’t need anything and can’t be made to need anything they can’t get from their environment, unless their thinking is disordered by religious fanaticism. They don’t experience the incest taboo, or groups larger than about 5 people living in one place, although they gather in groups to mate because it’s convenient. They don’t care about sharing food. There are no tabooed utterances or hierarchies; males and females travel the same amount over their lifespans and are equally likely to take leadership roles on the rare occasions enough Sixers agree that a leader is required – mostly it’s when Bossypants decides to take action and then grinds conspecifics into agreeing. They don’t have proper names, they don’t have polysemetic words (at least in the social linkage language) and part of George’s sophistication is that he recognizes puns. I’m having a gas with the list because it’s allowing me to see just how different the Sixers are from us, and how similar.
My facebook buddy Sean Haugh is a libertarian running for office. Fox News just found out about him. They hate him because OH NOES He’s a WORKING CLASS LIBERTARIAN. I didn’t think I could hate Fux Newsishness more.
He’s principled, funny, an SF fan, and a feminist libertarian (for realsies). And he drinks beer. If I lived in his district I’d work for his campaign. If I was a US citizen I’d donate to his campaign. I will be sending him funds earmarked for beer for his campaign workers after the results are in.
I feel somewhat less burdened by physical ickiness today. What I want more than anything is a really long road trip.
