Found this interesting from a program on NHK: In Western drama, something happens. In Noh theater, someone arrives. The inciting incident, I presume.

I post about U2 and then the MIcrosoft Bing daily wallpaper app presents today’s wallpaper: A photo from Joshua Tree National Park. 👀

Also serving Magritte Green Apples and Pollock Spaghetti.

Saw a sign for Saval Deli and it made me think of Salvador Dali. Now I want to open a shop called Salvador Deli. Come enjoy our famous Melting Cheese Subs.

Finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚

“And soon I shall have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being!”

– Evil, played by David Warner, Time Bandits

In memory. Actor David Warner, 1941 – 2022.

”… and dozens of others who made art from history’s trash and yoked together styles that felt like they belonged in different galaxies.” — Apple Music

Something to aspire to.

Signal Station Waiting Room

Currently reading: The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye 📚

“We taught you, because you already knew.”

— Master Kan, “Kung Fu”

Finished reading: One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs 📚

Signal Station Pressure Mount

“That which you do not know, the doing will quickly teach you.”

— Master Po, “Kung Fu”

Advice from The Signal Station

Signal Station Main Dispatch

Signal Station Telegraphicker

Finished listening to: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis. Read by Peter Noble. 🎧 📚 (Audible) Fascinating. Amazing.

Hemingway said, “… stop while you are going good.” I understand this. Thelonius Monk said, “When you’re swinging, swing some more!” I understand this too. 📝

New boxes from Musgrave Pencil. These pencils used to be packaged in plastic bags. ✏ Shiny.

Local store low on spices. Whatever happened to “the spice must flow”?

Radio Free Signal Station

“Fear is the enemy…. Do what must be done with a docile heart.”

– Master Po, “Kung Fu” TV series