A Womanned Mission to the Moon Is a Total Waste of Taxpayer Dollars. There is Nothing There! We Checked! This Entire Thing is Just Variation on the #MeToo Movement! I Wanna GO! I Wanna GO! Take #MeToo! #MeToo!

Nasa postpones plans to send humans to moon...
Artemis III mission to land four astronauts near lunar south pole will be delayed until 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/10/nasa-postpones-plans-to-send-humans-to-moon-artemis

Ladies! The Sixties are OVER!
We Were all Excited About Putting a
Man on the Moon in the Sixties,
But We Won't be Having Another
Woodstock or Summer of Love...
Maybe another Stonewall Riot but...
Going to The Moon
Again and Again and Again
is an Obvious Waste.


I understand That the Fact That
100% of the People That walked
on the Moon were White Men...
Annoys Women and Minorities...


Well, 45 and 1/2 of the Presidents
in the United States were
White Men Too!


Get Over IT!

Here's How to Contact Your President:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Let's Motivate Congress To Cut
NASA Spending in Half!

SENATE: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm 

HOUSE: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

On FaceBORG I Posted a MEME:

and then FC Replied: Someday, there will be. And we will go further so that someday, when the sun goes nova, humans will still thrive.

and I Said: Instead of Spending $10 Billion Dollars to Help Jeff Bezos build his Rocket, Let's Fix some problems here on Earth with That Money... Like Paying for Child Care... of Feeding the Poor... or Teaching all those new immigrants how to Speak, Read and Write English... or... Buying Fire Fighting Helicopters BEFORE this Summer's Wildfires! Training People to Be Pilots, Training people to Be Mechanics... The Fires have Already Started!

and FC Replied: While we're doing all of that let us also work to lessen the divide between rich and poor. Tax them what has, not them what hasn't.

and That made me Say: Good Plan. Difficult to Actually Enforce since the First thing a Billionaire Buys is a Senator... or A Couple of Corrupt Congressmen... and those Politicians write Bizarre Tax Laws Designed to Allow Rich people to Not Pay Taxes...

RM Said: A moon base and orbiting lunar space station will be necessary to reduce the cost of future missions to Mars and beyond. Reaching escape velocity from Earth is too expensive.

and then I Said: The Entire reason we are planning to go to the moon again is... Someone NOTICED that the only people to Walk on the Moon were White Men... and THIS Time We're Gonna Have a Woman... a Person of Color... a GBLT+Q and a Native American! and SULU from Star Trek!

GE Said: There is a lot of waste of taxpayer dollars. The exploration is not one of them.

and I Replied: What's the Point of Going There? Is there a Goal? a Mission? Anything? Anything at All?

and GE Replied: I am sure there is an accompanying scientific mission. Geology? Minerals? Test for Mars?

and I Replied: We brought back moon rocks last time we went... there is nothing there... Really! We Checked! It's all just Corporate Welfare so Lockheed & Boeing can Squeeze More More More Money out of the Taxpayer.

JB Said: Right? It's not like we're gonna discover anything 

and I Replied: Exactly! We already went there and There's Nothing Interesting. I went to the Smithsonian Institute and saw a Moon Rock... So What! Was my Impression and Moved on to the Diamonds and Opals in the Next Room... Let's Send a Robot to Look for Stuff... Just like we are doing on Mars. The Manned Mission is just Public Relations so we can Have Someone Walk on the Moon who is NOT a White Man. Oh! #MeToo, #MeToo We Wanna Go Too!

End of Message...

I awoke from a Dream about Strange Sculptures on the Streets of Hawthorne, CA... I dreamt that I was Using Google Earth to View them... So... I looked for the Sculptures in Google Image Search and Google Maps but only found a City near Los Angeles... That looks Like this... Just another Street in LA...

Looking at it from Above and Below 

at the Same Time...

I've been Ignoring TV News Recently... and The Google News Page on my Computer... It Always Seems the Same: People I Don't Know, Who Live Far Away are Behaving Crazy and Therefore their Lives SUCK! and the People Near Them Are Not Having any Fun Either! and I say: "Hey, DumbF*cks! Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot! That's No Way to Learn Dancing!"

For Example: Vlad "The Impailer" Putin... He could be Riding a Horse with His Favorite Dog but NO... NO... He Had to Go Kill a Buncha People... and NOW he's not having any FUN... and It Looks like he's Gonna Lose his JOB and Have to Go Live in a Siberian Prison...

SEE? Behaving Crazy often Causes Unhappiness!

Here's a drawing I made because I needed a chart like this... It lives in my Guitar Case so I Can Look at it if I'm playing in the Park... or at Grandma's House... print this! or print a Couple and Give 'em away!

Someone was asking about playing slide guitar in Standard Tuning... Realize that the B, G and D strings make a Chord... and You can slide it up and down the neck... and the High E string is NOT that Discordant... so... there you go... Just play those four strings and have FUN!

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Speaking Of CODA the Movie... I was partying with some Gallaudet University students after the show in the Parking Lot of a Grateful Dead Concert at RFK Stadium... and I had a Spiral notebook in my car and we just wrote words with a pen... That was an Interesting Conversation, Totally Documented! I reread that years later... One thing I Learned was... They really liked Phil Lesh because you can hear the Bass Guitar using your Stomach... not Just you Ears! They all drifted to The Phil Zone... and the Other thing was... What if You just wanted to Take LSD at a Party? What the BAND was doing is Just one Facet of the Entire Experience...

and I Posted on FaceBORG: I'm Sure Glad They Didn't Build the Damn Thing In the USA... at Taxpayer's Expense... Really... Name Three Ways that Discovering the "God Particle" has Made Your Life Better... GO!

and I Replied: We are having an election coming up here in California about Legalizing Online Gambling... and The American Indian Casino Owners are advertising a LOT on TV opposing the Legalization... They predict that with Internet Gambling, people will lose all their money and be unable to pay the rent... become homeless... VALID Concern... People ought to lose their money at a Tribal Casino... That;s the way to become Homeless!

​Image: Joe and Jean Campbell arriving in Honolulu. From The Hero's Journey.

"I have read somewhere of an old Chinese curse: 'May you be born in an interesting time!' This is a VERY interesting time: there are no models for ANYTHING that is going on. It is a period of free fall into the future, and each has to make his or her own way. The old models are not working; the new have not yet appeared. In fact, it is we who are even now shaping the new in the shaping of our interesting lives. And that is the whole sense (in mythological terms) of the present challenge: we are the ‘ancestors’ of an age to come, the unwitting generators of its supporting myths, the mythic models that will inspire its lives.”

-Joseph Campbell

GO POLYWOGS! GO GO GO!

 

a Painting Idea that Came to me in a Dream

Someone of FaceBORG Suggested Building a Zoom Book Club and I Think it's a Great Idea!

Could We Build a ZOOM Book Club? Select a Book and Then Have a Zoom Meeting Where we Discuss... Maybe 6 People Maximum...

My Recommendation for the Book: 

"The Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft...

or... 

"The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K Dick... 

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and then on FaceBORG: SE SAID: Sometimes I wish I had someone to talk about books with. I read SO MANY great books, and it would be so great to discuss them and analyze them with people. In a perfect world, maybe I'd start a book club. But it's not a perfect world, and my small, cramped, cluttered apartment would not be a good place to have people over to relax and talk about books. I try to discuss them online, but it would be so much more fun to discuss them in person over a coffee or glass of wine.

KH Said: Zoom book club!!! Drink wine/tea/coffee in your jams in your house and discuss books...

SP Replied: Here's what you do,keep the club to 5-8 folks, find a book for the month to read,then arrange with a coffee shop ( i know one) where you'll meet and share in coffee & pastries (baked in house) and talk about the book,plan on each member having a couple coffees or eats so it benefits the shop owner having a coffee table & chairs tied up and nobody drinking...(and i've seen that happen)

Then SE Said: I thought about that - doing it at a coffee shop or something like that. I'll think about it. There's also the whole issue of who would want to be in my book club? But I guess I could try to put the word out and see if anyone bites.

CB Said: I tried to join a local book club that was having zoom meetings during quarantine but they were reading like 95% things I couldn’t hold interest in so I gave up pretty quickly and have just been reading on my own and browsing the Childfree Bookworms group. I tried to talk to my husband just a few minutes ago about what I’m currently reading and his eyes glazed over. I totally hear you. It’s hard when you’re excited about your book but you don’t know any readers.

SE Replied: Yeah, I hesitate to join existing book clubs because I'm not sure I'd be interested in what they're reading. I'm a fanatical reader, but I only like certain types of books. That's why I'm thinking in terms of my OWN book club - so I can choose the books! But I do pretty much the same thing you do - try to find people online to discuss my books with. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much.

I Said: Isn't there Something at the San Jose Public Library? Take the Light-Rail over... I had a wonderful time there in the 1990s when they offered free internet and I didn't own a Computer of my own.

SE Replied: I go to the San Jose library all the time to get books! I usually go to the Willow Glen, Cambrian Park, or Rose Garden branches.

and then I Said: I tried listening to "The Russians" on audio books... Got Bored with each book after about and Hour... "War and Peace", "The Brothers Karamazov", "The Idiot"... All those Writers were Fascinated by the Pre-Revolution Royalty... Huh?. "Everybody" is Supposed to read "The Russians" during their Undergraduate Years at College... I prefer Philip K Dick, HP Lovecraft and Dean Koontz... However, MODERN Russian Stories are Excellent... Try Martin Cruz Smith... "Gorky Park" and "Wolves Eat Dogs" it's EPIC...

My Best Pictures - Psychedelic Art and Travel Photos of California by gvan42 - Felt Pen Drawings and Potatoshop Freakouts! Download for Free or Buy on my Zazzle Webstore.

Link to my Webstore!

Rainbow Spiral Button for sale on Zazzle Gregvan

Posters for Sale - Perfect for Coloring 

More Posters for Sale 

Ezekiel's Wheel Poster

 While Reviewing the Thousands of Pictures I Stored in Google Drive... I Found these Gems!

Infinite Rainbow Poster

Cross made of Sacred Wafers... It's funny but I have no recollection of ever eating Blotter Paper LSD... I guess I Stopped Taking LSD before that Technique was invented... Mostly I ate Four Way Windowpane... a Square of Brown Gelatin about on tenth of an inch on a side... I used to Cut it into four pieces and eat one piece... then decide IF it was good enough quality to eat more... usually I didn't want to eat any more so I gave the rest to other people... Sometimes it was Bad Quality... made my body cramp... why? They said it was mixed with strychnine... but "They" say a Lot of Crazy Stuff...

Barbecue for sale in Fortuna, CA - Imagine Cooking PORK on this!

Coast Guard Sign... They Spray Painted a Sheet in hopes of GETTING THE ATTENTION of people visiting the North Jetty... Like: Hey Folks! We Mean it! ... and in Fact... It was an Excellent day to stand on the top of the Hill near the Parking Lot and admire the Waves... from safety...

Cows in Humboldt County... They saw me and Started Walking my way hoping for FOOD... 

and In the News Today: November 15th 2022: Russian Rockets Hit Poland... a NATO Country... According to the Charter, other NATO Countries May Bomb the Hell out of Russia... a Hydrogen Bomb on Moscow Would end the War in One Day... or Start World War Three... and End all Human Life On Earth...

In the event of all out Nuclear War... I'm Ready... I figure that I'm at a Ground Zero Location. Instant Death. One of the Advantages to being a Christian is The RULES for Going to Heaven After You Die. Only ONE Requirement... Really! All we have to do is Accept Jesus as our Personal Savior and YOU'RE DONE... I Did that in 1976 because I was Dating a Lady and She Wanted me to Be a Christian... I Couldn't Care Less but I Wanted Sex... and So... I Accepted Jesus... and At That Time I Really Meant it! Then After we Got Divorced, I Never Went to Church again... So I'm a Backsliding Christian... BUT... I'm Going to Heaven When I Die! Whoopee! 

Classic Mushroom Peace Sign Image... Done using WINPLOT and Adobe Photoshop.

Swing at the Top of the World... looking at Humboldt Bay, King Salmon...

My Favorite Rest Stop... Highway 101 North near Trinidad... Makes me think of the EWOK Village in Star Wars...

Drawing on a Paper Plate...DragonRiders Guild Local 420... A friend worked as a Taxi Driver and He said that he felt like a Dragon Rider... When Driving Around... Stoned on Marijuana...

Drummers at the Marimba Tent. Rainbow Gathering California... at Night, I took my two colored LED Flashlights and Projected Blue and Green Lights on the White Parachute Tent... and a Lady Also had a Flashlight... we made a Light Show that danced to the Beat of the Drums... Excellent!

Hexagon Felt Pen Drawing... You can see the outline of the Paper Plate used as a Drafting Tool to make Hexagon Based Art...

Here's a sign that's BEGGING to be DEFACED - or Maybe Just Stolen... Who makes up these Laws? Crazy Politicians in the Town of McKinleyville? Someone Ought to FIX this Sign! Change NO to KNOW...

On FaceBorg Liz Merry Asked: Question Of The Day: Who has influenced you in a positive way? How? Can't be a relative, but someone you know.

and I Replied: Dr Harold Campbell - Computer Science Professor at Humboldt State University... He was also my Guidance Councillor and Had an Excellent suggestion. Take the Journalism Class. They are Starting an Online Version of the Lumberjack Newspaper and Need Computer Help. This would be an Excellent Real World Experience for You. THEY need to Get Something DONE and You Know How... Just Like REAL WORK When You Graduate! And Then... Surprise - Surprise: I Learned How to Write a Newspaper Article! and That's Been VERY Useful Now that I Own a Blog... and Write Full Time!

Trump Rises from the Grave to Haunt Mar-A-Loser Hotel... EXORCISM NEEDED NOW!

My Grandpa Malek - and Mom on the Right, Alberta on the Left...

My brother inherited a Shoebox full of family photos and he had them printed as a book... with Long stories written by Him and Many of my Ancestors... Letters... etc...

Actual Drawing I Did IN A MEETING at Work... We were required to attend an Hour Long Meeting every Friday Morning and QUITE OFTEN there was Nothing to Talk About... except our Plans for the weekend... but since it was a Government Job we were Required to Hold it... Often we would drive over to a Adel's Restaurant and Hold the Meeting There! Eureka, CA

Famous Magritte Painting... Asks the Question "Is this a Pipe?" - The Answer is NO... It's a Painting... and NO... THIS is a JPG Image File on a Computer! Makes You Think!

Drawing of the Flower of Life ON a Newspaper... Made with a Compass... When I retired I really got into drawing with pens and pencils on Maps, Newspapers and Stock Market Statements... often there would be Pages marked "Left Blank Intentionally" and That Made Me Shout... Blank No More!

Grandma Malek, Mom and Uncle Forest...

Another Classic Greg Drawing... Staged with Rainbow Glasses and Stuffed Animals in the Window... After I Retired I Really Got Into Smoking Marijuana and Drawing With Pens and Pencils... "Somehow" all that weed caused me to think up Ideas... However... all that weed Made my Music Videos Terrible... I have a Piano and a Guitar and The TIME of the Songs was screwed up... as My Brain Struggled to remember which chord to play next... I can see in the Videos unacceptable pauses as I try to Remember what I'm doing! Many Musicians love to play stoned on Marijuana but That Just Didn't Work for me... Let's see... First I Play an "E" and Then an "A" and then... uh... uh... Oh Yeah! I Play s "B7"

My Super Pot Pipe... With a Massive Cooling Chamber! Fill the Standard Tobacco Pipe bowl with a Bud... Suck on the hole in the top of the Can to fill the Cooling Chamber With Smoke... Remember to Plan for a Place to SIT DOWN QUICKLY because the Massive Hits Cause Dizziness... You Could Fall Down!

#ArrestTrump #LockHimUp #EnforceTheLaw 

#OutlawCrime #DOJdoYourJob 

#RunawayFromTheGOP #InvestigateIvankaGate

Arcata Plaza with NO People! Rare Early Morning Scene... 

Ezekiel's Wheel - a Bible UFO Story

I'll make these pictures Large and Documented with Stories Later... Too Damn Tired Now... But Tomorrow! I'll Get Right On IT! 

Metal Sculpture in Healdsburg, CA on Highway 101 between San Francisco and Eureka... 

Swimming in Bear Hole, Upper Bidwell Park, Chico CA

Start of the Trail to Panther Meadows near Mount Shasta, CA - Holy Water Spring...

Chainsawed Bear Sculpture and my Rock Collection. After I Retired I drove around the Western USA and Picked Up Interesting Rocks... Mount Saint Helen had Shiny Black Lava Rocks... 

The Pulp Mill in the Distance (Abandoned) and Remains of Docks in Humboldt Bay... 

Flowery Bush... 

Humboldt State University Art Department and the College President. She Likes a Star Trek Outfit! 

The Election is Over. Now I Can Say it Out Loud: NO BIDEN 2024... 

NO, NO, NO! Too Damn Old! Too Damn Stupid! 

NO BIDEN 2024!