12 flatlining groundhogs (death is not amused)

groundhog day is over. horsemouth has repeated and repeated and repeated until he has learnt his lesson and become a caring sharing human being capable of being sympathetic to andi mcdowell’s vacuous airhead character. it is a story of the type - humanisation of the misanthrope.

as far as horsemouth remembers the morning of groundhog day was cloudy - thus meaning the sacred badger (once a sacred bear now a mere groundhog) does not see its shadow and thus assumes that given the dampness and the clouds winter will soon be over. it retreats back into the burrow to snooze a bit more. it can’t be soon enough for horsemouth’s lungs (which are distinctly fucked).

work jogs on (or it did - it has been a bit tense of late).

so the guy who wrote source code has written the re-make of flatliners - plotline: good looking medical students experiment with near death experiences, death is not amused (and will not be cheated). similarly see also final destination. this one is not for straying despite the diminishing returns (is that a stockpicking term?)

this week ends with the anniversary of the death of sheridan le fanu (author of green tea, monkey paw and carmilla  arguably the first lesbian vampire short story). .

john fahey (horsemouth’s guru) is to be honored with a three-day american primitive festival in his hometown of takoma park, MD in april. this is happening in conjunction with the release of a double LP / CD package of first generation american primitive guitarists and banjo players, (with 6500 words of liner notes) in march.