Monday, September 15, 2008

Adventures of Squerl Day Three Sunday

I finally made it to Chico's . He's my chipmunk friend. He was working on a piece for an upcoming show. It's an "astral-nautical transport device," or at least that's what he calls it. Right now it looks like something you'd transport to the dumpster. I told him I'll wait till he finishes it to comment. Chico's' art is a trip, he is more of an engineer with an industrial design background. He's into robotics and goes to Las Vegas every year to some big tech nerd convention. I went with him once, and wasn't sure what to expect but I actually had a good time. We saw a demo of the latest microchip implant. This thing monitors your body systems so if you have say, hypoglycemia, it will send you a message via your cellphone or computer to alter your diet, check with your doctor etc. It is actually powered by chemicals naturally produced by the human body! In effect you become the battery for the device. Amazing shiest, but I'm a bit suspicious of stuff like that, if the chip can transmit to your computer it can transmit to others. I see health insurance cancellations around the corner. Corporations provide the Universities with money for research for a reason, and it ain't out of the kindness of their gold plated hearts. That's an unbroken loop that will never change. Still, I've always envied these brainers . I respect their smarts. Oh and we saw some celebrities while we were in "Sin City," Burt and Ernie were staying in the room next to ours. Ernie was cool...Burt was, well Burt was Burt. He must have watched too much Mr. Rodgers as a kid, very uptight. There's more to the story but ...ya know there always is. I gotta go now, Sunday's are laundry day. I like to keep my sneaks neat so I can make traxx! Check ya later... Squerl

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