Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for February 22, 2021

Has BI ever broken the 4th wall before?

If not, now is an apt time.

I don’t think that most people would consider the joke harsh. Just reality.

Also, fiction must make sense.

Harsh realities indeed.

Friend of mine was contracted to help design a way to lift the ship Ehime Maru, and move it to a shallower spot so the bodies of the students on board could be removed. I think it was A&E that wanted to tag along and do a documentary. The mission was pretty mundane. The director of the A&E documentary, came to the captain of the recovery ship and asked him if he would pretend they were having difficulty moving the Ehime Maru; that it was really some kind of dangerous cliff hanger. The Captain said no.

I’ve been poor – but was never as poor as my parents were when they young. So, regardless of the situation I was in, it wasn’t ever really viewed as a hardship. I suppose that helped me be more resourceful in dealing with it.

Yes, I have been poor (at one point my address was “white ’66 Ford Galaxy”); but spend it on liquor? Hardly ever.

In the immortal words of Freewheelin’ Franklin Freak, “Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope”.

I don’t go for the fantasy reality shows. I typically like the “boring” real, reality shows. Case in point, The Apprentice, what a horrible show, only watched about 5 minutes of it a couple times. That guy on it….he was a friggin idiotic egomaniac.

Surprising? I think not.