Random Thoughts

1. I read in the news online that brain death may not happen when the heart stops. So that's awesome. The mind will continue to scream WHAT THE FUCK!?!  after the heart stops pumping blood. I saw a Twilight Zone type show that had the same premise. A guy created a drug that kept the conciousness alive after the body died. The tag to the show was the lights passing overhead as his body with the screaming living mind was taken to autopsy. Or something like that.

Maybe when the body dies a bullet should be put into the brain to kill the mind.

But who does the research to figure this shit out? That's so fucked up and not the least bit comforting.

2. I was reading Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein this week and one sentence struck me.

"Whenever the citizens fix their attention on one issue to the exclusion of other, the situation is ripe for scalawags, demagogues, ambitious men on horseback."
 
That pretty much covers so many politicians this past year. They fed upon the tea party's hatred of all things democratic. And who were the scalawags on horseback? Ted Cruz. Rand Paul. Darrell Issa. etc. They demagogued Benghazi, the ACA. Created scandals where there were none.

I long for the day when they get voted out of congress. Or are found in congress with a boy sheep.

3. My dad could have died recently from a whole pile of stupidity. I'll list the things that could have led to this.
 A. When going to the desert leave directions on where you are going.
 B. Take water. More than a pint bottle. Duh.
 C. Have a fully charged cell phone. Or a charger in the car. Even if there is no signal then you can walk to find one. A cell phone with a dead battery is a fucking paperweight.
 D. Don't be concerned about the cost of a tow  truck to pull your mechanically disabled truck out of the mud. Death or being cheap... Hmmmm....
E. When you are found by  guys on dirt bikes ask to be taken to civilization.

My dad went with a friend to look at some land she had in the desert around Lake Pleasant in AZ. Her cell phone is old and the battery lasts mere hours. They had the linkage in the truck break and the tire got stuck in mud. They were going to walk out some dirt road. When the guys on dirt bikes (motorcycles) found them they were out of water. They gave them some. They walked back to the truck. The dirt bikers came and checked on them. One had mechanical knowledge and was able to do something so the truck would start and go forward. But only forward. They also had small shovels and cleared the tire from the mud. Once free they got back to civilization, picked up my Dad's car, and then they went to drop the truck at my Dad's mechanic.

This trip which should have been 3 hours was 12. Yeah, it's not like it was Colorado in December, but had the guys on dirt  bikes not come along, this would be a different ending to the story.

The woman will now forever be known as the person who almost got my Dad killed.