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This is one of the streets in Pompeii that was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in
AD 79.
Do you know what it reminds me of?
A quiet little street that runs through the Basin Street Cemetery in New Orleans.
One Road
Day: December 7, 2021
Random Change
RDP Tuesday: CHANGE
GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE
Do you see that sign? The one with the name of the city that nobody can pronounce?
I didn’t want to live there, I shouldn’t have moved there but here I am.
Do you see that couple, the one with the white dog?
My dog doesn’t like either one of them, but he likes their dog.
In the last few weeks I’ve noticed their dog isn’t around anymore, his place in their
window is empty and they keep their eyes down when they walk by me and my dog in
the evening. My dog watches them with his head down and his ears laying flat against
his head. I think he’d growl at them if he was the kind of dog that growled.
Do you see that clock at the train station?
I’ve watched the minutes crawl away from me
one by one every single day on it’s face
sometimes I wonder where they have gone
but most of the time I don’t.
I’m just glad that I will never have to see some of them
ever again.
Maybe I should spend less time watching clocks
maybe I should spend less time wondering what makes people
do the horrible things they do
maybe the next time I move
it will be to a city with a name that people can pronounce correctly
and I don’t spell it’s name wrong on purpose
because I hate it so.
I think it’s time for a change.
I think it’s time to find a new clock
and wind it up but good.
Not Alive? You Think?
Fandango’s One-Word Challenge: NOT
What is alive- and what is not alive and who calls the shots? Me? You? That guy on Facebook who flames and burns his way through everyone’s walls before lunchtime?
Good question and that question lead me to:
Robophobia is an anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has an irrational fear of robots, drones, robot-like mechanics or artificial intelligence. It frequently results in a panic attack and can be triggered by certain stimuli or situations, such as viewing a robot, being near a robot, or even just talking about robots.
I don’t have a fear of Robots, but from what I understand it’s not an uncommon phobia.
For example, if somebody with Robophobia were to see the robot in the video above they would probably go into a full blown panic attack.
It’s a little frightening to think how those same people would react if they were in a room with one of these Humanoid Robots and they could talk too.
But I am not made from stone and I’m not sure it’s a phobia but:
Let me tell you what weirds me from the techy universe that falls into that Alive/Not Alive slots:
I like to play ambience videos when I’m working and writing but the ones I will not watch or post are the ones with cats and dogs in them.
No kidding. I ge the creeps when I see them. I mean. Who creates a pretty scene with wonderful music and sound effects and then traps an image of a cat or dog in it…where it will live forever.
I get it. The images aren’t real. Or are they?
I’ve watched enough episodes of Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone to know that the weirdest things happen in everyday life.
WInter Windows
It must be wonderful to look out of a window or through one and see just a glimpse of the images and sounds posted here.
I can’t imagine it, which is why I am really into posting these. It’s a Universe away from where I live and work.
amm
“Christmas Eve 1862” Oil Painting, Depicting a family standing outside their victorian home with dogs and horses, signed lower right with initials “M.F.V”
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