Mister Scribbles

Pierre Charles Albert Marie Langlais.  The effective ground commander at Dien Bien Phu.  Fearless. In 1986 he killed himself by jumping through a window in the town of Vannes.  Trained as a paratrooper age 45. Pierre Langlais, by Dino Carancini. This guy probably looked like this in grade school, cigarette and all.  The soldier behind him looks a great deal like a certain 20 year old Marine I knew once, staring off into space without two brain cells to rub together.  The Marine, of course, the guy in the picture is a badass by definition.  The French soldiers, most of them, at Dien Bein Phu were some of the best that have ever existed and were just thrown away by their high command.  The amazing thing is not that the French lost but that it took the Viet Minh so long to win.  That is because a person like Langlais does not understand defeat or the concept of until there is no other option.  None. See what...

Fragment of the Astronomical Diary, year 14 of Alexander, month two, Aiiaru.  This record was kept by the officials of the Esagila temple complex of Babylon.  It is the only known contemporary account of the death of Alexander.  323 BCE. "The King died.  Clouds". While we saw nothing of the eclipse yesterday, I spent the time thinking of the importance of such events.  That these were predictable thousands of years ago just demonstrates how much history we will probably never know.  A clerk mentions the King's death, and then writes that it was cloudy. No loss.  We have had more than our share of delusional mass murderers since.

Poor Pearl! She has just had a sorta tumor excised from her leg.  The fierce looking walrus is my brother, an excellent artist and all 'round animal lover.  I don't know the woman. Dried wood and chipped paint are simply a la mode here on the coast!

Here I present a small guitar that I put dual humbuckers and a volume control into.  It was loud and unusual.  Had I known what I was doing I would not have bothered. This was 3 years ago.  I used to draw Billy's tail very large for dramatic flair, and don't think this went unnoticed by some.  It is still large so that it can be viewed in head on pictures. I listened to a lot of Velvet Underground last night.  Lou Read was something else. It is wonderful discovering something that has been right in front of me my whole life.  I guess I let his personal life put me off.  Never has a band had a more fit name than Velvet Underground. https://youtu.be/ytK660FVoTw My life was saved as well!

My brother and I travel in time to lay waste to each other's kingdoms.  Here I notice that his soldiers are using mass produced weapons, a direct violation of the rules.  Well, that is why I stockpiled all those rifles.  You just cannot trust some people. I did very poorly at guitar lessons yesterday.  I really would like to impress my teacher, but that will not happen for a while if ever.  This computer screen I am using only shows highlights and I cannot tell what my post really looks like.  The above started off strong and then I ruined it.  Well, it is not the first time and probably will not be the last.