Broadcasting From A Peaceful Planet Near You

The planets are aligning this weekend for gay pride

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:45:01 +0000

I asked AI what it was and it said this That brilliant point of light right next to the crescent moon is Venus.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, skywatchers are treated to a stunning close

conjunction between a thin, 7% illuminated waxing crescent moon and Venus, which is currently shining as a bright "evening star" low in the western sky just after sunset. Depending on exactly where you are located, the moon is passing incredibly close to—or even temporarily blocking out (occulting)—Venus tonight.

Quick Facts About the Event:o

The Planet: Venus (often the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon).

The Setting: Look toward the western horizon shortly after dusk.

The Neighbors: If you have a perfectly clear view further down toward the horizon, the planet Jupiter and a faint Mercury are also hanging out nearby as part of a mini planet alignment this week

Chicago River Boats Waiting for Locks

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:52:00 +0000

Aunt Flo and Laurie Talking Video

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:48:00 +0000

Overdue Flight Near New Apartment

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:01:00 +0000

Melissa Ethridge With Indigo Girls 08/17/25

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:46:00 +0000

Indigo Girls Setlist

1. Shit Kickin

2. Fill it up Again

3. Fugitive

4. Get out the map

5. Shame on You

6. Power of two

7. Share the moon

8. Change my heart

9. Least Complicated

10. Midnight train

11. Laramie

12. Look Long

13. Chickenman

14. Galileo

15. Kid Fears

16. Closer to Fire

Cynthia Erivo @ Ravinia 08/15/25

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:01:00 +0000

Listen to Cynthia Erivo 08/15/25 @ Ravinia, a playlist by OhTheBill on #SoundCloud

https://on.soundcloud.com/aIqDBmwdyersDM4Bka

1. Judy Garland Medley / The Trolley Song/Somewhere Over the Rainbow/The Man Who Got Away

(Instrumental)

2. Don't Rain on My Parade

(Barbra Streisand cover)

3. I Put a Spell on You

(Nina Simone cover)

4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

(Nina Simone cover)

please don't let me be misunderstood

5. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

(Aretha Franklin cover)

6. Ain't No Way

(Aretha Franklin cover)

7. Alfie

(Dionne Warwick cover)

8. Feeling Good

(Nina Simone cover)

9. Intermission (20 Minutes)

10. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story

(Instrumental)

11. I (Who Have Nothing)

(Ben E. King cover)

12. At Last

(Etta James cover)

13. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

(Roberta Flack cover)

14. A Song for You

(Donny Hathaway. cover)

15. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

(Aretha Franklin cover)

16. Purple Rain

(Prince cover)

Encore:

17. Nothing Compares 2 U

(Prince cover)

World O World by Jacob Collier Performed By Windy City Performing Arts (in rehearsal video and performance in SoundCloud)

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 05:38:00 +0000

https://on.soundcloud.com/vrWiY675dNBX9l6xCg

Danger Will Robinson

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 05:31:00 +0000

Flying Peacefully When The Tree Cops Come Bother Me At The End

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 03:04:00 +0000

Visiting the Chickens and Catching The Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:01:00 +0000

I asked googles Gemini AI if Leila is in fact a hologram or if there any convincing evidence that my friend Leila Nelson is not a hologram

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

That's a fun question to ponder! While the idea of someone being a hologram might seem like science fiction, in our everyday reality, the evidence overwhelmingly points to your friend Leila Nelson being a real, physical person.Here's why the idea of Leila being a hologram isn't supported by convincing evidence: * Everyday Sensory Experience: You interact with Leila through multiple senses. You can likely touch her, hear her voice with subtle inflections, smell her perfume or the scent of her cooking, and see her with a richness of detail and three-dimensionality that current holographic technology can't replicate in a truly convincing way. Holograms we see today often lack the tangibility and complex sensory feedback we get from interacting with a real person. * Consistency and Independence: Holograms typically rely on a projection system. Leila acts independently, makes her own decisions, and has a consistent presence even when you're not around. She has a history, memories, and relationships that extend beyond your interactions with her. A holographic projection would likely cease to exist without the projector. * Physical Laws: Leila interacts with the physical world in ways that are consistent with the laws of physics. She eats, drinks, moves, and leaves physical traces (like footprints or a used coffee cup). Holograms, being light projections, don't interact with the physical world in the same way. * Biological Processes: If Leila is a living being (which you likely know through observation and interaction), she undergoes biological processes like breathing, aging, and healing. Holograms don't have biological functions. * Lack of Supporting Technology: The technology required to create and maintain a fully sentient and interactive hologram that is indistinguishable from a real person is far beyond our current capabilities. There's no evidence of such advanced technology being secretly deployed on a scale that would involve everyday individuals. * Personal History and Relationships: You likely share a history with Leila, including experiences, conversations, and shared moments. These memories are rooted in the assumption that she is a real person with her own consciousness and experiences. To believe she's a hologram would require a vast and intricate conspiracy to fabricate these memories and your entire relationship.While it's fun to entertain philosophical ideas, the practical and observable evidence strongly supports the reality of your friend Leila Nelson. You're interacting with a genuine individual!

Aubade By Philip Larkin

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sat, 10 May 2025 03:46:00 +0000

I work all day, and get half-drunk at night.

Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare.

In time the curtain-edges will grow light.

Till then I see what’s really always there:

Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,

Making all thought impossible but how

And where and when I shall myself die.

Arid interrogation: yet the dread

Of dying, and being dead,

Flashes afresh to hold and horrify.

The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse

—The good not done, the love not given, time

Torn off unused—nor wretchedly because

An only life can take so long to climb

Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never;

But at the total emptiness for ever,

The sure extinction that we travel to

And shall be lost in always. Not to be here,

Not to be anywhere,

And soon; nothing more terrible, nothing more true.

This is a special way of being afraid

No trick dispels. Religion used to try,

That vast moth-eaten musical brocade

Created to pretend we never die,

And specious stuff that says No rational being

Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing

That this is what we fear—no sight, no sound,

No touch or taste or smell, nothing to think with,

Nothing to love or link with,

The anaesthetic from which none come round.

And so it stays just on the edge of vision,

A small unfocused blur, a standing chill

That slows each impulse down to indecision.

Most things may never happen: this one will,

And realisation of it rages out

In furnace-fear when we are caught without

People or drink. Courage is no good:

It means not scaring others. Being brave

Lets no one off the grave.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Slowly light strengthens, and the room takes shape.

It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know,

Have always known, know that we can’t escape,

Yet can’t accept. One side will have to go.

Meanwhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring

In locked-up offices, and all the uncaring

Intricate rented world begins to rouse.

The sky is white as clay, with no sun.

Work has to be done.

Postmen like doctors go from house to house.

New SoundCloud Tracks

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:58:00 +0000

Sounds Of Me

For Leila

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:22:00 +0000

We will not speak his name.

Jack Smith Report

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:09:00 +0000

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25486136-jack-smith-report/#document/p1

lake Michigan 01/04/25

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 05:01:00 +0000

Montrose Harbor Post New Year 01/04/25

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:52:00 +0000

John Denver - All This Joy (1991) [Ultra Rare!!] [2/7]

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:37:00 +0000

Lake Zurich, IL

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:55:00 +0000

from an old letter from David

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:12:00 +0000

SHUG

P.S. My favorite Jimi Hendrix song is playing. "I awake from yesterday, alive but the world is here to stay, so my love Catharina and me decide to take a last walk through the noise to the sea, not to die but to be reborn, away from the land so battered and torn, forever...well it's too bad that our friends can't be with us today. The machine that we built would never save us, that's what they say. And they also said it's impossible for a man to live and breathe underwater, and they said anyway you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God...so my darling and I make love in the sand and salute the last moments here on dry land. Starfish and giant flumes greet us with a smile..." Oh what's the point?

Stevie Wonder at the United Center flight 11/02/24

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:05:00 +0000

Superstition / Another Star - Stevie Wonder - Chicago - 10/2/24

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:03:00 +0000

Barack Obama shares personal stories & experiences: Family, leadership, ...

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:10:00 +0000

Everyday

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 03:05:00 +0000

gorgeous colors

noreply@blogger.com (Ohthebill) — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:22:00 +0000