I’m going to mess this place up. New look and structure. Back to the main domain. Separate segments, one site.
I’ll be doing it live and it’ll take ages, no doubt.
Stuff will break massively.
Damage Report, SD 11205.16
Today’s medical went well. Endoscopic examination showed no tumors, tissue damage or infections; blood tests do not indicate any clinical aberrations. Which means my stomach and intestinal discomfort is most likely due to acute irritable bowel syndrome caused by stress. Next week, biopsy results will show more detail but are expected to turn out negative as well.
Blood sugar and cholesterol levels are still skirting the outer limits of acceptable values, but since dietary measures proved ineffective, these are most likely not metabolic. That is, they too are the acute result of bad food and no exercise. Easily remedied: I need to hop on a bike more often.
Dental work is scheduled as planned (see earlier reports) and a minor renal obstruction needs to be looked at more closely within time.
A new appointment has been made with the outside social services who will help set up a plan of approach for the coming months regarding autism support, administrative assistance and job related endeavors. Next week another intake is planned for specific autism oriented counseling services.
Project Forceful Ascent is on target.
And still I feel this slumbering uneasiness that manifests itself in lethargic numbness and fearful anxiety towards the future, and towards any plans or projects I might find remotely attractive but send instant shock waves of existential Lebensangst through my very being. What for? What all for?!
Martin Visser, Spectrum easy chair
Spectrum easy chair, 1960s
An exhibit of Visser’s work runs from May to July 2012 in London’s Rocket Gallery.
A showcase of the art Visser himself collected can be seen from March to September 2012 at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The Medici Giraffe
The giraffe featured in a biblical scene
When I do my online banking, my card reader serves me a pass code of 8 digits. When the first or last ones form a common year, I tend to look that up. Today I got 1486, the year of the Medici giraffe.
From Wikipedia:
The Medici giraffe was a giraffe presented to Lorenzo de Medici in 1486 possibly by al-Ashraf Qaitbay, the Burji Mamluke sultan of Egypt, in an attempt to win the support of the Medici. It caused a great stir on its arrival in Florence: although the Medici maintained a large menagerie, and had previously featured a giant mannequin of a giraffe in the animal entertainments they provided to the citizenry, this was the first time a living example had been seen in the city. It was also reputedly the first living giraffe to be seen in Italy since the days of Ancient Rome. It did not survive for long and another giraffe was not seen in Europe for almost 300 years.