Thursday, September 09, 2010
Billy Bacilli, episode 1
A week ago Polistra discussed in detail an exciting new proposal for self-healing concrete. Well, concrete isn't exciting, but the idea of working with Nature is exciting.
Now Polistra and Happystar have found another reference to the idea....
Let's leaf through the book.
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Back to Polistra and Happystar.........
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Odd coincidence a few days later: I was looking through a rarely-used desk drawer, trying to find some information on antique radio parts. As I pulled out the paper with the needed notes about capacitors and tubes, this scrap of newspaper fell out:
It's clearly a doodle of the same character that I built this week as Billy Bacilli, complete with boater hat! I don't remember drawing it, but it must have seemed worth saving. It even has a date: you can see 1/26/05 in the text that happened to be on the same piece of newspaper. At that time I didn't have the skills to build a character like Billy, so the image must have germinated in my unconscious for 5 years, waiting for the water of inspiration. ¶ 9:28 AM
Now Polistra and Happystar have found another reference to the idea....
Let's leaf through the book.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Back to Polistra and Happystar.........
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Odd coincidence a few days later: I was looking through a rarely-used desk drawer, trying to find some information on antique radio parts. As I pulled out the paper with the needed notes about capacitors and tubes, this scrap of newspaper fell out:
It's clearly a doodle of the same character that I built this week as Billy Bacilli, complete with boater hat! I don't remember drawing it, but it must have seemed worth saving. It even has a date: you can see 1/26/05 in the text that happened to be on the same piece of newspaper. At that time I didn't have the skills to build a character like Billy, so the image must have germinated in my unconscious for 5 years, waiting for the water of inspiration. ¶ 9:28 AM
