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	<title>Metamorphosism &#187; hearing</title>
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		<title>Why do you take my salami sandwich if you&#8217;re only going to hide it in the gutter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mig]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather is no longer trustworthy like it used to be back in the old days. Now it&#8217;s different. Now it&#8217;s winter one day, summer the next day. Odin is a-walkin&#8217; down the sidewalk trying to figure out if both hearing aids are on. He&#8217;s trying out hearing aids. The left one keeps cutting out, &#8230; <a href="http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5009">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The weather is no longer trustworthy like it used to be back in the old days.<br />
Now it&#8217;s different. Now it&#8217;s winter one day, summer the next day.<br />
Odin is a-walkin&#8217; down the sidewalk trying to figure out if both hearing aids are on.<br />
He&#8217;s trying out hearing aids. The left one keeps cutting out, and he&#8217;s afraid he&#8217;ll walk in circles if they don&#8217;t fix it.<br />
Actually, they&#8217;re making him new ones but it takes a while. He was at the shop yesterday and the guy squirted putty into his ears to make templates.<br />
The putty was nice and cold, and made everything quiet.<br />
Odin enjoyed sitting there in the silence while blue putty hardened in his ears.<br />
Then the man removed the putty and the world re-became its old normal self.<br />
Later, at the wine tavern, Odin and his wife and Loki were talking about sports and when swimming came up Odin described swimming a length of a pool underwater and, upon reaching the end and not being out of breath, turning around and swimming all the way back.<br />
He realized that is why the putty felt so good in his ears, it was the same sensation.<br />
He had even held his breath.</p>
<p>There on the corner the grey crow brushes him with his wing and lands atop a black car and regards.<br />
Here you go, pal, says Odin and gives the crow half of half of his salami sandwich. The crow dissects it and hides a piece of bread with salami in the gutter, carefully covering it with leaves.</p>
<p>What say the slain?</p>
<p>No one, when they die, regrets not building more pyramids.<br />
They regret not engaging in enough monkey business.<br />
Ergo: monkey business is the highest human activity. And shenanigans, and hanky-panky. High-jinks, lunacy, antics, pranks and hoaxes.</p>
<p>What say the hanged?<br />
One so often finds oneself in situations externally dictated that it is really nice now and then to be able to say, this is weird, i don&#8217;t know what it is, but it&#8217;s all mine.  Sustain whatever crazy little shard of creative oddness pierces your heart. </p>
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		<title>Tinitus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mig]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Das Gehirn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metamorphosism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tension]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things I have recently learned about tinitus: It is caused/aggravated by tension. If, while chopping kindling, a piece flies up and hits your ear, it doubles in volume.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Things I have recently learned about tinitus:</p>
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<li>It is caused/aggravated by tension.</li>
<li>If, while chopping kindling, a piece flies up and hits your ear, it doubles in volume.</li>
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