Hi friends.. sitting here in the bathroom.. waiting for the tub to fill. I’m covered with white paint.. a misadventure with the paint sprayer.. but   the bell tower is getting close to being painted..!

I had a good day of manual effort… . not much abstract thinking.. just.. how do i DO X’. i LOVE THE CONCRETENESS OF A REAL PROBLEM. NOT A STRATEGY.. NOT A VISION.. JUST.. A SIMPLE QUESTION OF HOW TO DO A complex TASK WITHOUT THE TOOLS, MONEY OR TIME REQUIRED.. NOW THATS A CHALLENGE.

aCTUALLY.. THE MISTAKE HERE WITH CAPS.. REMINDS ME OF THE TOPIC ON MY MIND

 

i started the day at homers.. I love working with him.. he’s one of the few folks (my brother  and my kids  .. my friends scott f, mike r and bill p  .. probably the only others) that I can work with without having to think too much.. a simple rhythm of combining things to make working machines.. it’s a real joy.. Today Homer and I were working on two projects together.. one was ‘project-x;.. the pumpkin robot and the other is an art project for another friend.. I so enjoy just puttering together in his shop.. designing, drilling, cutting,

Today we talked aout the F.U.F. (the F**k up fairy) .. the malevolent creative spirit that punishes creative thinkers that don’t know when to stop.. i.e. you design a cool new gadget.. but don’t know when to stop refining .. The F.U. F. will come in to get you to stop.. you’re 99% complete.. the last thing you try will destroy the project and put you back to square one.. It’s not just  ‘murphys law’ >. ‘Murphy is a blind application of chance. ‘anything that can go wrong ,.. will go wrong:.. while the F.U.F>  is more mindful.. it finds the most dreaded logical gap in a design and homes right in..   Homer was telling me about the F.U.F’s intersecting  with his new metal landscapes.. causing massive ‘paint failures’

I met the F/U/F on the interactive device I was building.. with sensors that appeared by turns too sensitive.. and not sensitive enough.   (fixed now.. I hope !)

The F.U.F was lying in wait for today’s big project, the resurrection of /project x. the giant pumpkin robot for the haunted forest..    It’ had been lying outside in homers yard.. and needed a major rewiring.. it’s now on its 4th year of service…. wwhich hcih is well beyond its designed life..

right in front of it  was a rotting skunk homer had found.. lovely

 

we dragged the beast out of its resting place..

how the heck did this thing work again ? Who designed this ? How did it EVER work ?

oh yeah.. it was us..

well.. despite the F.U.F> we made progress today.. hopefully tomorrow we can re-finsih the design.. I’m installign a radio control option to simplify  the rats nest of 20 foot cables.. .

 

I sure hope it works..

I’lll make an offering to the F.U.F tonight to ensure it goes somoothly..

ok.. I need my beauty rest.. more tomorrow.

nite all nite sam

-me