So what did you write about absolute zero?*

I donae remember

Donae?

Kind of fun using it on occasion rather than don give it a Scottish flavour

Scotch flavor.

Scotch

Alcohol.

No  Rarely drink Scotch Prefer RedBreast an Irish whiskey

                                                                An I really fond of tha which one might associate it with have raised a more than a couple of blushes on lessexperienced barmaids particularly  need I say paralepsis  redheads

Yeahyeah. Can’t stay on track.

Im on track Absolute zero

But you don’t remember what you wrote?

Absolutely not  he laughed wickedly

                                       his interrogator didnt believe in absolute thoughhe curious  did believed in coincidences

which he did not

                   at best Jungs synchronicity

he remembered telling cat of ninetails

                                         What the hell’s that?

Remember a cat called Jungcontemporary of Freud  I couldnt tolerate him  Jung was a deep breath of fresh air

I think I’ve heard of him I wasn’t into psychology.

Synchronicity Also synchrony

                                 Simultaneous occurrence of events which appear related  some people give them significance I don they have no discernable causal connexion relating to or acting as a cause Cause and effect  Understand 

Yes. Cause and effect.

                        Synchro crow . whatever . . not so much.

Jung was versed in coincidence but Pauli Wolfgang Pauli . .

. . Him I know.

Yes theoretical physicist quantumphysicist Pauli was a patient of Jungs an preferred dropping coincidence in favour of correspondence connexion constellation of discrete factors

                                                             Sounds like a quantumphysicist huh

Yeahyeah. But you don’t remember what you wrote about absolute zero?

I do not.

How is it you remember reading all these books you say you’ve read but you can’t remember what you wrote?

Once written Ive disgorged them excreted them I needed them out committed to a page an out fullfilled I remember if I begin reading one but to recall nillywilly cold turkey  No

How is that?

Youre not a writer Youre a reader Im a writer an a reader  As a reader Im reading someone elses observationsperceptions As I writer Im committing my sins

                                                               Confessional Three Hail Marys three My Father Who Art in Heaven Im absolved Free of blame guilt responsibility  Ive told you many times it feels like taking dictation

I donae remember wha I wrote

A month ago

              Since Ive written at least sixty other disgorgements

I don’t believe you can’t remember.

Thas on you

1500ish,  day-between-2-Ts,  8  11. 23

1701, Thursday,  9  11. 23

* Zero degrees Kelvin minus twohunredseventythree degrees Celsius minus fourhunredfiftyninepointsixtyseven degrees Fahrenheit Absolute zero lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale Ive been boning up state at which enthalpy an entropy of a cooled ideal gas reach their minimum value  Molecules atoms do not move

That’s theoretically absolute. Thermodynamics, if I’m not mistaken, has proven it is impossibl . .

. . Not necessarily  Possibly improbable but not impossible

                                                              Because understanding impossible correctly woud suggest it is an absolute  Physicists  Quantumphysicists may not be there just yet  but theyre mighty close  

Then it is not an absolute, is it?  

And  impossible

                  If impossible its already  absolutely not possible    Or am I incorrect

the halfanhalf had coagulated curdled a bit

he said so

looking into the fresh cup of coffee he poured him

                                                      Why doncha think cottage cheese?

You regularly put cottage cheese in your coffee

I’ve eaten cottage cheese and drank coffee.

Nevermind nevermind

                        Im not dumpin ninetyseven percent coffee for three percent curdled cream  Thas fine Ill drink it

You’re sure.

Aint gonna kill me  But dump it

his expression related  Its not curdled that much

                                                    No  I meant dump it in compostnot down the drain

I get waste not want not

Oh. Okay.

they went out to sit in the sun at the picnic table and bullshit

the cool air chilled the coffee quickly

taking swallows he could feel small random clots play in his mouth   humoured he disregarded them

they got into an amusing conversation of gas station fried chicken just inside the confines of Maricopa

                                                                                                           You been there?

I have The Onesixtysix New Cuyana Brings you into the Oneohone north of Santa Maria

You have.

I have

        How many stars ya give the fried chicken

Fried chicken’s fried chicken . .

. . Is fried chicken a rose by any other name Chicken freshfried or out under heat lamps

Heat lamps.

You ask how long itd been out they do a brisk chicken business

Why would I do that?

Oh I don know  Ever thought to ask a new considered sex partner if theyve recently been checked for sexually communicable diseases  A slew these days

                                                Yaknow festeringfestooning in the moist an heat

Like they’d serve bad chicken?

Id say not knowingly  possibly different shifts 

                                                  See any regularslocals beating down their door for chicken

It was a gas station.

My point

It was fine.

How many stars

Fuck you.

he took a swig of his coffee a huge clot spat it onto the pavers 

                                                                   Excuse me

What was that about?

he looked

            Wasnt a clot

Clot?

A bee

Honeybee, meatbee yellowjacket?

Beats me

          he chuckled A bees a bee is a bee

Did it sting you?

No

Man, you’re lucky.

I live right

           However  You  Given your allergic reactions histamines  had it been . .

. . I’d’ve had to gone to the hospital.

he chuckled

What? Me going to the hospital would be funny?

No no

          Youah happen to see it landcrawl into my cup

I didn’t.

Had you he laughed   Had you woudya have said

Really? Yes.  Of course I would have said.

Awright awright meant nothing by it  I was only asking 

                                                             he laughed fulsomely

Why you laughing?

Im laughinlaughin cuz I gotta say

                                         Had I seen it crawl into your coffee I wouldnt have

2PM,  day-between-2-Ts,  8  11. 23

1255,  Thursday,  9  11. 23

Power Station  Some Like It Hot  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1t7OCESUw

the conversation rattled forth

                               he couldnt wait for the oil of the edible they ate to kick in

The oil of the edible we ate

How’s that?

No Im not repeating myself

You come out of the blue on me and I’m supposed to know what you’re talking about?

I can fill you in on the blue You heard what I saiddon feign you didnt I neednt repeat it

Nah, I heard you.

So I neednt repeat to soothe your hows tha

                                                Because you heard

I heard.

Then lets go forward into the blue

Yes. Let’s.

I appreciate your permission.

You’re welcome.

I didnt thank you

Kinda . . ya did.

they were talking about or he was when people speak they tend to present a particular point

                                                                                                    theyre selling

How do you mean . selling?

Pitchinya a line

That’s not helpful.

he felt his jaw loosen the effect of which his mouth would dropopen he caught himselfthought Bite the bullet biting he didnt betray his surprisedismay

                   Not helpful  Their point their line theyre selling their bit 

How do you mean?

Mean  Wha do I mean

                          Woudnt you agree  During a conversation or during an argument people with who they are engaged with try to convince them of their point of viewmy old standby  You cant convince someone who does not want to be convinced  

Means they’re closedminded.

   Not necessarily

How not necessarily?

Speaking for myself I usually give things a good hard thought provide it due diligence makeup my mind

                                                                                                              Madeup I cant be convinced otherwise

You’re closedminded.

his jaw again

               So tell me When youve reached a decisiona thoughtful decision how frequently do you second guess yourselfchange your mind  worry tha your decision was wrong

I don’t. I reached a decision.

Then by your reasoning  youre closedminded

I’m not. 

Pretty quick on the trigger buddy

                                       Anyway  rather than beat a dead horse lets return to selling Ya follow me

Dead horse. Selling.

Correct

        So the project Im involved in tha yare aware of can be quantified hard numbers

I’m listening. I took what you said as a statement . not a question.

Yes I didnt see any acknowledgment in your facekind of a bland expression  I wanted to be sure you were with me not drifting off on an oilslick of the edible we ate

I’m listening.

Okay

       The project is fiftyseven percent complete Were proud weve come this far an as quickly as we have

I’m listening.

Awright

          Blatantly Im selling you on the idea of fiftyseven percent

I hear ya.

So saying  Ive pitched my bit sold fiftyseven percent convinced you of it he nodded a visual physical affirmation selling

However how I think  immediately Im thinking fortythree percent remains incomplete With no guaranteefor probably many reasons unforeseenunexpected tha itll be completed Say shipping peaches to market cotterpin snaps load dumps on the highway a semitrailer abandoned in the desert with scores of illegal aliens locked inside it

What?

Yare looking like a corpse

                            I was making sure you heard me with an ugly example  Your expression is so unanimated deadpan got tha shit down

Yeah enough. What’s your point?

Selling of fiftyseven percent disregarding fortythree percent

                                                               A lot of people buy into the former without taking into account the latter

Yes.

Yes wha

I agree.

Agree either or or realise both

Yes.

Are you high

I’m getting there.

You understand your yesyour yes is like me flipping a cointellin ya Call it  Heads or tails  An yasay   YES

Yes.

   Whell  only way tha works is if either or is spelled either E I T H E R O R or O R E I T H E R

 

apparently corpses oilslick was spreading quicker than his

                                                                hed catchup  eventually

2PM,  day-between-2-Ts,  8  11. 23

1030,  Thursday,  9  11. 23

Elton John  Rotten Peaches  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcREOS5p5c