What February 2024 Means To Me

I call February 2024 the trickster spring because there was no frost in the mornings and we had a lot of rain like we do at the start of spring. Many plant beings were tricked by the climate, fruiting trees opened their blossom flowers early; I saw daisies sprouting flowers in the grass verges next to the road. That sums up February for Britain, lots of wind rain and unusually high temperatures for the tail end of winter. 

It was during February that NASA and a private company sent a probe to the south side of the moon looking for water ice, it was called  Odysseus. The probe landed badly and toppled over. In recent months, several probes were broken on the surface of the moon. They didn't land right or they couldn't persist through a moon night; two weeks of darkness and very cold temperatures. 

The Israel-Gaza war that started at the end of October last year was still ongoing. I hate all wars, ordinary people like myself that just want to live in peace get killed and injured. War is a ticket to the blues. I don't take sides. I just want everybody to live in peace. 

The Moon Again

I learnt just today that NASA and a private company had sent a probe to the south pole of the moon. The probe called Odysseus was carrying several instruments. 

I wonder if it can survive one moon night, 2 weeks of darkness and super frigid temperatures below -100 °c. I think the moon night often kills probes, some of them can't turn back on at sunrise. 

Every nation is obsessed with the moon now. It is like a stepping stone to deep space, or possible second home for people to live on. 

Faces and Names

The trademark logo for the British National lottery has a face on it hidden in plain sight. It looks like a hand with two fingers crossed but if you look closer, you'll see a face. I'm one of those people that notices things like that. I just wonder what the lottery logo's name would be. You can't have a face without a name. Perhaps it Hanz or something like that. 

Then I start thinking about God's name. 

God's Name is Yahwey, "Yar wai" It means 'I am'. I was wondering if it is a coincidence that it is also the sound effect the junction of your lungs makes. If you put a microphone in the Bronchi tubes next to your heart, you would hear the sound "Yar Wai" every time you breathe. 

Your lungs are saying 'I am' in Hebrew every time you Breathe, the sound is close to your heart, you can't hear it but the sound is there deep in your lungs. Perhaps every being that breathes air in this world is saying God's name. Why did God call himself 'I am'? Perhaps because God existed before everything, time and the universe. I don't know, I will have to ask. 

Fifty-two Means Balance

In a year there are 52 weeks. Ordinary working guys like myself tend to only buy clothing once per week so I buy 52 clothing items per year. I follow this rule very strictly. If I get a two or three t-shirt multi buy deal, I will wait 3 weeks before I resume buying clothing again. I slowly replace all my worn out clothes week by week. Unfortunately society doesn't except poorly dressed people, If I wear clothes that are damaged or worn out, people will think I'm stupid or lack integrity. Life literally becomes more difficult if you wear scruffy clothes, people expect you to be a nuisance or something like that and you get blamed for bad deeds. 

The number 52 means balance to me. If I'm in a job that is paid weekly or every four weeks, I would use the number 52 to work out my monthly wage. 

 Monthly income = Weekly income × 52 ÷ 12

52 weeks is one year and one month is 1 twelfth of a year. 

52 means balance to me. A balance between cost and personal presentation. I don't spend too much and I don't dress too poorly. I balance in the middle. 

Trickster Spring

Earlier in the week I noticed there was daisies sprouting out of the grass in roadside grass verges. I also noticed fruiting trees were producing blossom yet it is February, the tail end of winter in this part of the world. We had a very mild winter. I consider it spring when I see daisies in the grass. This year I'll call it spring on the first day of March for the sake of neatness. 

We're lucky in a way, on Friday I injured my right arm but it is healing. The triceps at the back of the arm were swollen and it hurt a lot. I don't understand how I injured it, the injury appeared gradually. just walking was painful because the arm didn't want to move. My arm is healing, If I was a robot then I would need to go to a repair shop to fix my arm. 

Eye Blinds

One of the challenges of sleeping these days is dealing with unwanted light. You have sodium street light rays bleeding in from the corners of the curtain, sometimes the new bright LED lamps and LED display lights for all the devices that are on standby. If you work at night then you have daylight getting through a bit. 

Not too long ago I tried folding a T-shirt three times and putting it on the top half of my face above my nose, the darkness was very peaceful. I lay there for a while and listened to the radio. After a while, the folded T-shirt became a bit irritating, it caused an itching sensation on my face. I wonder what it would be like to wear eye blinds to sleep, ones that are made for that one purpose. 

I could listen to my favourite podcasts while I lay down in total darkness.  There is something very comforting about complete darkness; I think it is letting go of your ego and just thinking about other things. I could just be listening to a story that has nothing to do with me, like the story of two fishermen that were stranded on a small life boat and ran out of fresh water.  Perhaps I could listen to Neil Armstrong talking about walking on the moon and being the first Human to walk on the moon. There are so many stories out there to listen to. 

Scroll Away

Social media across all platforms has become very much like a stinking open sewer; they're filled with angry violent videos and hateful messages. I have become sick of it all. I don't want to be angry because of a violent video or annoyed because of false dogma. 

I go on social media to post my greetings and blogs, then I get out. I can go to the news articles directly and read science blogs. 

I like the Express site because they follow interesting projects like new railways and buildings. I ignore the other stuff they post. The metro is an all rounder. Bucks free press talks about stuff near me. 

Until I can get my feeds under control. I won't spend much time on social media.