Beyond

Oddly enough, a title will pop into my mind unexpectedly, like a child opts to be read, except now it wants to be written so I'll wonder what it's all about. Is it life beyond death or spacetime beyond 4D? Pliant polyamory beyond mediocre marriage or sane atheism beyond inane religion? 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife

https://www.cnet.com/science/features/the-general-relativity-rabbit-hole-unraveling-space-time-and-the-fourth-dimension/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.00175

https://www.allure.com/story/open-marriage-stories-after-monogamy

https://youtu.be/fNOs_d9Dv_8?si=S5k8x9k2fPP_UD6c

One Step Beyond, like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits & Alfred Hitchcock Presents explored odd & eerie drama topics for early TV audiences with outre, weird, fungi, paranoid & paranormal tastes. 

Leon Bridges cowrote & sang Beyond. 

https://genius.com/Leon-bridges-beyond-lyrics

https://youtu.be/ELPOCJvDz3w?si=WvfdX2CM1T-aSiPA

In a 2014 dystopian film Beyond, Earth faced evil aliens. 

https://youtu.be/c0gThYUHRTs?si=nnvbvpUo6vNBlW0u

https://youtu.be/-TYC01fN1d4?si=uC91bqdxTY22kbKX

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2377414/

In a 2016 short film Beyond, a 7-year-old faced long odds. 

https://youtu.be/2h32WY0GoU4?si=FP6nxlTsTpfbPhy1

Also The Beyond, From Beyond,  Beyond Augustine, Beyond the Lights, Beyond the Night, Beyond the Edge, Beyond the Trek, Beyond the Sea, Beyond Paradise, Beyond Beyond etc. 

https://youtu.be/tQlnhYYSBP4

https://youtu.be/X8e0FkjzSkI?si=qQjmtV5MHT0ThCcg

Further was virtually immortalized & anthropomorphized in Tom Wolfe's 1967 novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. A 1939 International Harvester school bus, it got me to buy a 1958 Chevy 50-passenger school bus DK, my virtuoso guitar teacher Dave Kolars, tired of in 1975 & sold for $800. Alas, it wasn't meant to be & a dolt poured water into its radiator at -20F, when I was out of town, cracking its block so I sold it for $1. Thx, RSG! Maybe I'll get to live that dream in my next chapter. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7442.The_Electric_Kool_Aid_Acid_Test

https://www.hawaiisteelguitarfestival.com/2018/bios/hisgfkolars.html

https://m.facebook.com/dkolars/

Staving off senility takes effort so why not make it fun? You too can still learn to hone your mind so it won't own you. What do I mean? We were taught to read & write numbers left to right but add, subtract & multiply backwards. You'll soon see that you don't need paper & pen or a calculator with minimal practice. Recall your times tables: 9x8? 8x7? 7x6? Mine were rusty. We'll be shipshape shortly. Yoda said, "Do or do not. There is no try." 

https://youtu.be/BQ4yd2W50No?si=ilq7y82zBSGb1fwZ

For a taste of what I tout, do these left to right aloud: 

72 + 26 = ?, 84 + 13 = ?, 75 + 16 = ?, 321 + 567 = ?, 7531 + 2345 = ? 

Was that so bad? 

68 - 23 = ?, 54 - 32 = ?, 77 - 58 = ?, 567 - 321 = ?, 7542 - 5421 = ? 

Still with me? 

95 x 6 = ?, 72 x 11 = ?, 48 x 12 = ?, 31 x 41 = ?, 88 x 49 = ? 

Git'n da gist? 

These videos can help, if you let them. 

https://youtu.be/e4PTvXtz4GM?si=0J3eiQzjkGMXM_6S

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLeANo4u8YF1X_CjH3T3NOCF917HFiYpV

My friend Curtis Nelson, aka Birthday Freak, whom I met in Norton VT, then saw again recycling college furniture in Urbana IL & Boulder CO sold me a cherry red '59 Olds Rocket 88 for $25. He greeted me each time, "April 6th 1951...on a Friday." Now I see how he did it via a fun way to energize our aging brain cells & amaze us all. 

I summarized its key points here. If you need more, read the book. 

month code + date + year code - 7 multiple

M 1, T 2, W 3, T 4, F 5, S 6, S 7 or 0

J 6* winter has 6 letters

F 2* 2nd month

M 2 march to beat of drum

A 5 april & fools have 5 letters

M 0 hold the may-0

J 3 june bug

J 5 fiver-works & fiver-crackers

A 1 1st letter A

S 4 fall

O 6 tricks & treats 

N 2 tu-rkey

D 4 last month & xmas

*In leap year J 5 & F 1

2000 0 2010 5 2020 4 2030 2 2040 1 2050 6 2060 5 2070 3 2080 2 2090 0

2001 1 2011 6 2021 5 2031 3 2041 2 2051 0 2061 6 2071 4 2081 3 2091 1

2002 2 2012 1 2022 6 2032 5 2042 3 2052 2 2062 0 2072 6 2082 4 2092 3

2003 3 2013 2 2023 0 2033 6 2043 4 2053 3 2063 1 2073 0 2083 5 2093 4

2004 5 2014 3 2024 2 2034 0 2044 6 2054 4 2064 3 2074 1 2084 0 2094 5

2005 6 2015 4 2025 3 2035 1 2045 0 2055 5 2065 4 2075 2 2085 1 2095 6

2006 0 2016 6 2026 4 2036 3 2046 1 2056 0 2066 5 2076 4 2086 2 2096 1

2007 1 2017 0 2027 5 2037 4 2047 2 2057 1 2067 6 2077 5 2087 3 2097 2

2008 3 2018 1 2028 0 2038 5 2048 4 2058 2 2068 1 2078 6 2088 5 2098 3

2009 4 2019 2 2029 1 2039 6 2049 5 2059 3 2069 2 2079 0 2089 6 2099 4

In 1582, Gregorian calendar Thursday September 14 followed Julian calendar Wednesday September 2. 

For 1800 - 1899, add 3 to year code. 

For 1900 - 1999, add 1 to year code. 

For 2100 - 2199, add 5 to year code. 

Leap year occurs every 4 years, except years divisble by 100 & not 400. 

Gregorian calendar repeats every 400 years so 2400 is same as 2000. 

Secrets of Mental Math offers more practical ways to do arithmetic. Read & write numbers from left to right yet we calculate backwards. No excuse we've always done it wrong. It's not too late to learn to do it left to right. 

Secrets of Mental Math by Arthur Benjamin & Michael Shermer Here's he is being silly on YouTube. 

https://youtu.be/1JW9BA57aR8

Author Benjamin also uses mnemonic techniques pioneered in this book. 

Stop Forgetting by Bruno Fürst 

https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Forgetting-Bruno-FUrst/dp/0385042825

In the mid-80s, I met his widow Lotte in NYC & she gave me extra # words. I told HPL I'd buy the book if they ever drop it. 

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_F%C3%BCrst

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/02/23/mnemonist-2#:~:text=Bruno%20Furst%2C%20a%20memory%20expert,the%20School%20of%20Memory%20%26%20Concentration.

Intelligence aside, human senses are limited. Eagles see, cavefish hear, elephants smell, catfish taste & spiders feel far better than us. Beyond that are platypus electroreception, snake infrared detection & bee sense of electromagnetic fields. I wonder what else we're missing. What say you, Bing ChatGPT-4? 

It replied, "You are right, human senses are limited compared to some animals that have evolved to perceive the world in different ways. Some of the animal senses that humans don’t have are:

Echolocation: This is the ability to use sound waves to locate objects and navigate in the dark or in murky water. Some animals that have this sense are bats, dolphins, whales, and some shrews.

Infrared and ultraviolet vision: This is the ability to see beyond the visible spectrum of light and detect heat or ultraviolet radiation. Some animals that have this sense are rattlesnakes, pit vipers, some frogs, some fish, eagles, hedgehogs, and shrimp.

Electric sense: This is the ability to sense electric fields and currents in the water or in the air. Some animals that have this sense are electric eels, some rays, some sharks, some bony fish, and some frogs.

Magnetic sense: This is the ability to sense the earth’s magnetic field and use it for orientation and navigation. Some animals that have this sense are honey bees, sharks, sea turtles, rays, homing pigeons, migratory birds, tuna, salmon, and some bacteria.

Polarized light vision: This is the ability to see the polarization of light and use it for orientation and navigation. Some animals that have this sense are cuttlefish, octopuses, squids, mantis shrimps, bees, ants, butterflies, and some birds.

These are just some examples of the amazing diversity of animal senses that humans don’t have. There may be more that we don’t know about yet. Isn’t nature fascinating? 😊

The great beyond past our perspectives is a vast and mysterious realm that we can only glimpse through our imagination and curiosity. It is the domain of the unknown, the infinite, and the transcendent. It is where we seek answers to our deepest questions, where we explore the limits of our potential, and where we encounter wonders and challenges beyond our comprehension.

Some people may think that the great beyond is a spiritual or metaphysical concept, while others may view it as a scientific or technological frontier. Some may believe that it is a source of inspiration and hope, while others may fear it as a threat or a danger. Some may try to reach it through faith or meditation, while others may use tools or experiments. Some may find it in nature or art, while others may create it in their minds or machines.

Whatever the great beyond means to us, it is always there, waiting for us to discover and experience it. It is a part of our human nature to be curious and adventurous, to seek new horizons and possibilities, to rhapsodize on the great beyond past our perspectives."