January 2024 Idea Catchall

1. The Deep Thought Club - This would be a group of people that get together at regular intervals to discuss topics in a salon style setting with a professional meeting moderator (me) to control and guide the discussion.  There should be comfortable seats, drinks and food available.  We'll publish the notes on a site, like this one, for those that missed the club date, or weren't invited.

2. Movie Premise - The Big Lebowski II - Little Lebowski Urban Achievers League. This would be a follow up to the Coen brothers movie, but this time set in current times. The hero and star of the film would be someone like me, surrounded by crazy young people - a modern version of the Bad News Bears, sort of...

3. Phalanstery - Exploring the role of communal living and society on the health and well-being of humans. We should look at other critters, besides humans like bees for example.  If we were to isolate a bee from a bee colony and if we didn't know anything about how bees live and interact...what would we be able to know about them?  Is their socialization a foundational part of what a bee is...how about an ant? Birds that murmur? What about us?

4. SIDEWALK KING - This is an invention that I've come up with to make better urban and suburban neighbors. It is a tool to ensure sidewalks stay clear and unobstructed for pedestrians to use.

 The Sidewalk King is essentially a Rectangular frame, adjustable width and height.  The SK attaches to a bicycle, a motor scooter, a riding lawnmower, a segway, and can even be used on foot.  The idea is simple, you start at the end of one street at the sidewalk.  You adjust the SK to the correct sidewalk width and set the height at the standard 6'.  You then start moving this rectangle forward along the sidewalk...the places where bushes, trees, plants, and other obstructions hit the SK, they are marked with an impermanent Chalk paint.   Property owners adjacent to chalked barriers would have a set number of days to resolve the situation or the town would come and clear the path, and bill the homeowner.  Overgrown hedges, poor vehicle parking and other barriers would be a thing of the past.  This would be very helpful especially for people with limited mobility.