From the Lecture Series of Theoretical Theorist Mikey - the Evolution of Fungi

"See Ya, Don't Wanna Be Ya"
Part One: about 1400 million yrs ago fungi split off from 
other life forms, without even leaving a Note.

Some Good News For Radioactivity Fans

Wow, what a Buzz!

Don't let all the news leaks about radiation leaks get you down.  A few years ago scientists found evidence that life forms were living off the radiation at Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster known to man.  In fact the little  beings are THRIVING on the gamma radiation near the core!!!  The life form is Fungus but what the hey.  Everyone's got a little fungus in their family tree.

I stepped into a poem,
a pile of droll,
a splat of angst,
a plop of someone’s soul
warm words squished now gone cold
adhere to my shoe and stop me
my step unable to escape the pull
of someone having been here
the proof of being, though spat and splat and scattered
even though the words and phrases squirted
how a catsup packet explodes
cries and hollers and feelings underfoot.
the flattening, the annoyance, the disruption in my course
I think leaves them  for whatever reason, flattered
even as annoyance on a shoe they finally mattered..

More "nothing new under the sun."

The tied-shoes over the telephone line - been around awhile and fraught with myth and symbolism, most of which is just that and nothing more.  It's a sign of our times BUT it was actually started back in the middle ages.  Folks not only threw shoes and boots over the laundry and other lines but also threw hunchbacks, morons, warlocks, heretics, debtors, and unpopular people over the wires until the Magna Carta was issued in 1215.!

There Really Is "nothing new under the sun".

"Flash Mob" is a term that currently means a coordinated group surprise event or unexpected activity, in unison, in public.  Included are such things as a large group seemingly at random breaks out in the same song; a large seemingly unconnected group suddenly turning into "statues"; or the same tactic with dance or some other wacky idea.  Most of these are intended to be harmless but frequently are disruptive, annoying, or worse.  We think its a "hip" modern idea.  The first flash mob recorded in history is Hannibal's use of a "Freeze Mob" at the Battle of Cannae, grabbing the element of surprise when they "Un-Freeze".  He was able to pull it off several times before the Romans got wise.

Depiction of the Battle of Cannae - first recorded Flash Mob - the old Freeze/UnFreeze gag, deadly clever in this case.

The Twists and Turns of Science and Discovery

Nikola Tesla, a protege of Thomas Edison, was as OCD about germs, cleanliness, etc, as his protege and sometimes co-worker Tom was about inventing the "stink machine".  Nikola was amazing in developing viable systems for the delivery and use of electricity,  wireless energy transfer, electromagnetism,  and a ton of other stuff.  His biggest achievement as far as 21st Century Civilization is concerned, is the invention of the Particle Beam, Death Ray, or Teleforce Weapon as it was variously called.  Conjecture has it that he invented this after being totally PO'd that the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Marconi for radio in 1909,  Nik believed (probably correctly) that he invented the device.  The Death Ray (a great sublimation of his OCD) to our benefit, made it possible for Modern Mankind to experience...DOCTOR EVIL

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Thomas Edison did not believe in Bathing or Changing his Clothes

so it was up to his young wife Mina to invent the Air Freshener.

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