A Sense of Doubt blog post #4136 - SoD Reprint of #2665 from 2022 - ABC Images for Comic Book Sunday AND DAY 4000

A Sense of Doubt blog post #4136 - SoD Reprint of #2665 from 2022 - ABC Images for Comic Book Sunday AND DAY 4000

The letters theme of the above image seemed a good choice for this reprint.


DAY 4000!

I saw this artist's show in 1985 and his mad counting. Jonathan Borofsky. Big influence on me. He had filled so many notebooks counting into the millions. Just list of numbers. One after the other. Counting. So I don't feel weird about counting the days since my Mom died (4000 as of today) or since Dad died (654 as of today). The counting calms me. It quiets my mind. It comforts me. It both makes it feel real (4000 days is a lot of days) and yet makes it seem less real, less of a long time, more like it happened yesterday. We're a couple of weeks from the eleventh year since Mom's death and a couple of months from the second year since Dad died. I had to check that to make sure it wasn't THREE years.

So, in blog vacation mode.

I had considered ending blog vacation on Dad's birthday (6/26), but I may extend it to the day of my Mom's death (July 4th).

Here's some good images for scrolling.

Thanks for tuning in.

LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.

BLOG VACATION #1 - 2026 - Taking a blog vacation for a couple of weeks, until at least June 26th, 2026. Mostly reprints. A few simple shares (not that simple shares are out of the norm) and THAT ONE THING. Need time for other things.

Sunday, June 5, 2022

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2665 - Obstacles and images in ABCs - THAT ONE THING for 2206.05

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2665 - Obstacles and images in ABCs - THAT ONE THING for 2206.05

Today for THAT ONE THING, the image above as the main thing, THAT ONE THING.

And then, since I chose this image (above) from the SENSE OF DOUBT folder, one image from each letter of the alphabet in the folder.

This is

THAT ONE THING for June fifth, 2022.

Blog Vacation Two 2022 - Vacation II Post #101

I took a "Blog Vacation" in 2021 from August 31st to October 14th. I did not stop posting daily; I just put the blog in a low power rotation and mostly kept it off social media. Like that vacation, for this second blog vacation now in 2022, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes as long as the vacation lasts (not sure how long), pre-publishing the posts, and not always pushing them to social media.

Here's the collected Blog Vacation I from 2021:

Saturday, October 16, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2433 - BLOG VACATION 2021 COLLECTED

A is for Archie



B is for Bowie





C is for Cubs Win!! (the World Series)




D is for Danse Macabre




E is for Ellory who is pure love

Ellory is Pure Love 1901_12 (1)

F is for Fandom

G is for the George Floyd Memorial Garden





H is for Hokusai "Great Wave"

Hokusai Great Wave Randal Roberts 2015-16

I is for the ILLUSION OF OUR SEPARATENESS





J is for Jupiter




K is for KUDL (Kalamazoo Ultimate Disc League)



L is for London Calling




M is for "My God It's Full of Stupid"

N is for NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR ART

O is for ONLY NAKED PERSON ... 

(and OBSTACLES - above)




P is for Pooh and Friends

Q is for Quantum Entanglement





R is for Racism Explained






S is for Satchel

satchel via sarah 1808.17

T is for Traverse City (where I used to live - Long Lake)




U is for Ultimate





V is for VISHANTI BAR




W is for Weller, Paul, the Modfather






X is for XKCD




Y is for Yoda





Z is for ZOMBIES




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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2206.05 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2529 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2606.14 - 10:10

- Days ago: MOM = 4000 days ago & DAD = 654 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #4033 - I Watched the Eno Movie!

A Sense of Doubt blog post #4033 - I Watched the Eno Movie!

I took time off work, bought a ticket to a screening of the Eno movie, and watched it Thursday 2/26 from 11 a.m. my time to 12:30 p.m.

https://www.chanceoperations.com/events

https://www.hustwit.com/eno

I should have taken notes.

I should have turned on an audio recorder.

I could buy another showing, but I also feel that recording it is a violation of trust (beyond the legal issues).

And I hope that some day they release a version or maybe multiple versions of the movie.

SOME DAY.

Here's my previous post about the movie.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3448 - Eno Documentary

I did buy another showing and then I took notes (no recording). 

The movie was different the second time. There was a DEVO segment and not a Roxy Music segment. Some of the clips appear to possibly be standard clips but they appeared in a different order.

Here's my notes, from memory from the first viewing:

"Art is the way we synchronize our feelings about things," Eno said.

What if art is just about feelings? Nothing more than that.

Isn't that enough?

Early in the version I watched, Eno posed the question - why do we like music?

He theorized that music came before language.

But why is one set of notes preferred to another, why one beat over another beat? Why do we like that? What is it about?

Concerts are about BELONGING. The sense of belonging is the strongest sense of all, Eno suggested. The desire to belong is stronger than the sexual impulse, the desire to get ahead and be on top of the heap. We all want to belong.

Concerts, BIG concerts, give us the experience of being part of something greater than ourselves, something bigger. We want that experience. We need it.

Eno spoke of his interest in evolutionary theory, of complexity arising from simplicity.

Eno often thinks of nature -- what would this thing be like in nature?

So many other things, but those are the big impressions I wanted to get down right now.

Also, Fela Kuti, which I featured in Music Monday.

Also, an oblique strategy that made me see something with my book:

Honor thy error as a hidden intention (see link and images below).

HERE'S my notes FROM THE SECOND VIEWING - TRANSCRIBED: 

Viewed 2602.27

Eno recommended John Cage's book Silence as pivotal in his development as an artist,

Following on the earlier comment (above) on art as synchronizing feelings, Eno explained that art has often been considered a way to express our thinking, to express philosophy, but does it have to be that grandiose?

The first song that Eno remembers as an embodiment of a female, a woman: 

Ketty Lester - Love Letters

Early song that influenced Eno both in its doo-wop style and what doo-wop does vocally but how he never wanted to have a job.

Silhouettes - "Get a Job"

It was also an introduction to black American music, which was not something happening in England at the time.

In discussing his early playing with androgyny, Eno said he didn't really feel like a man nor like a woman, and that he wore make up because he looked better with make up.

He added that he has always been interested in the space between things.

He told a story about the recording of his album Another Green World and specifically the song "Spirit Drifting."

He explained that he recorded "Spirit Drifting" with tears streaming down his face because he didn't feel like he knew what the fuck he was doing, but he had paid a lot of money for studio time, and he had to do something. He had to use the time and deliver an album.

The point of the story was that what may seem like shit in the creation of it will take on another life after it's done, and perception by others may not be that it's shit.

LEARN TO TRUST YOURSELF

He said, as the key lesson there.

In discussing music and why we love it, he also described concerts, large concerts of 10,000 - 20,000 people as an experience we need because we feel part of a BIGGER YOU. This is also where he discussed the drive to belong which I described in the first set of notes.

Eno claimed that SINGING IS THE KEY TO WORLD PEACE.

The more singing groups that exist, people would be happier.

In describing the OBLIQUE STRATEGIES, he said that the main impetus was to question one's habits as an artist. This questioning is necessary. Maybe the habits are good and valuable and maybe they are not. But the constant examination of these habits is part of the creation process.

There was a segment in the second viewing not in the first about his discovery of futurists like Stewart Brand, Peter Schwartz, and others.

"We depend on each other more and more these days and understand each other less and less."

Eno quotes:

"Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years."

This comes from an author he names and I didn't catch it. Internet says Bill Gates but that's not who Eno named.

The ambition of art is that we want to understand how the world of feelings works.

I could recall more (DEVO was difficult to work with, or he played with tape recorders and synth in Roxy Music), but that's most of the big stuff that struck me and I wanted to remember.

See this movie if you get the chance.

I hope to see it again.

https://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2603.03 - 10:10

- Days ago: MOM = 3897 days ago & DAD = 551 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #4012 - Photo Dump April 2025 - February 2026

A Sense of Doubt blog post #4012 - Photo Dump April 2025 - February 2026

It's time for a phone dump!

Comments follow.

These are just highlights. Not all the photos.

No organization principle has been employed.

SATCHEL snuggled with me while I was watching the Super Bowl on 2602.08

Tillamook Forest Hike 2508.10 - https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-3829-wilson.html

Writing at a Portland Coffee Shop: 2508.08

Using my tablet - this experience is what prompted me to buy a folding, portable keyboard.

At Kalesa Coffee.

I used geo-location data to retrieve where this photo was taken.

Trying to start the practice of riding to town for errands. These pictures from 2507.07. Because of the hills where I live and my bike's struggles to downshift, I did not do this often enough. This year: MORE!

After attending a cohort group at Dharma Rain, I headed down to the Books With Pictures comic convention with a trivia game that I lost soundly: 2506.10.

Visiting Puppy!! Chanelle on 2507.19 - I managed to find her home and reunite her with her owners with the help of Facebook and the Kalama police.

Cherry harvest

Ellory on porch 2505.10

Ellory on new bed 2510.03

Essel 2510,03

Essel Buttermilk 2510.10

we went Kayaking in inflatable kayaks 2508.21 - photo taken 2508.22

Tumwater with my friend J - 2508.23

Our magnolia tree 2508.13

Our magnolia tree June 2025

Making beef stew - 2509.14

Mom's fallen angel

I got a new license plate cover for the back:

And so I moved the old one to the front:

Here's the remains of the LCC one that was broken:

And I finally put the K-College decal on!

New Brooks Pride shoes - indoor shoes

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2505.10

I made tacos

Tillamook hike 2508.10

Porch time reading and watching the Tigers - 2509.06

Ellory and Essel 2511.11

Essel 2510.30

Essel and Ellory 2510.30

I played Ultimate!! At a tournament for Palestine: 2510.18:

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3906 - After Over a Year Off, I Played in the Ultimate Palestine Tournament

I went to Portland Bookfest Nov. 2025

On a post outside my doctor's office:

I started making stew for the dogs but have had to stop since because of Ellory's dietary issues

Thursday, October 30, 2025

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3908 - Letter to Dad #008 - Meaningful Numbers & Ellory is Sick

Ellory scared the Hell out of me when she stopped eating and drinking around Halloween. We figured out she had a Vitamin B12 deficiency, and we have since learned that she may have other dietary issues or allergies and have put her on a special "hydrolized" diet.

Seen here after I took her to the vet for IV fluids two days in a row.

Ellory Queen 2510.30

Ellory Queen 2510.30

My new favorite applesauce that I eat almost daily. Cases available at Costco. GREAT stuff.

Satchel with Christmas present 2512.25

at the Keller - Blade Runner with live music - 2601.16

new sticker for my car

new notebook

I like to wear D&D shirts when I play D&D.

All three dogs at the vet on 2511.19 being crazy!

Ellory had a grooming appointment: 2601.09:

Essel with favorite toy - 2512.21

Essel 2512.25

Ellory and Essel 2601.29

Ellory and Essel 2601.29

Noodle and Essel - 2601.13

This never happens!! All three dogs in my office, under my desk! 2601.29

Why are my initials written on the tag of this shirt? Because my father used to have one, too, and this is how we could tell them apart.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2602.10 - 10:10

- Days ago: MOM = 3875 days ago & DAD = 530 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.