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Dolphins Find My Missing Tooth

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I’ve been using my viewing device (Pattern Disc Viewer) to help condition me while awake, to hopefully induce marine mammal communication-related dreams at night.

Using the image below, via the viewer, I focus on it for a specified period of time.

I began to use the viewer for 15 minutes a day, after three days of use I had the following dream.

Pattern Disk Viewer Dream #1:

I was working in the garage, and noticed that one of my molars felt loose. I barely touched the tooth and it fell out. I was not too happy about that.

The house and garage were situated near a small ocean bay. I had the tooth in my hand, and noticed movement in the bay. I felt uneasy as I could see the rounded backs of rather ominous-looking orange and black octopus-like creatures.

It seemed like the creatures wanted to take the tooth away from me. I was not about to let that happen, so I walked around the shoreline to the other side of the bay.

While on the other side of the bay, I accidentally dropped the tooth in the water. Suddenly, I could see a group of dolphins. They were bobbing up and down in the water watching me.

Then one of the dolphins said, “He dropped the tooth, we should help him find it.” I recall being surprised that the dolphin spoke. The dolphins came towards me and began searching for the tooth. One of them found the tooth and gave it to me.

That was the dream in its entirety. It was significant for me as it was the first dream that I induced.

Next step is to become lucid within the dream, so that I can carry on a full conversation. More on this in future posts.

Airband Radio Build

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“From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King.” When I was a kid “Sky King” ruled Saturday morning television. For those of you too young to remember, Sky King was a radio show first, and then a TV show, about an Arizona rancher who owned a cool plane (the Songbird), had exciting adventures, and caught bad guys.

Last year, I could not resist buying a piece of nostalgia – I bought a Sky King model airplane. I also bought an airband radio, which picks up local aircraft to tower communications. Both are kits and I figured that they would keep me busy. I thought that it would be kind of fun to hang the model from the garage rafters, while listening to pilot-to-tower chatter.

Well, the model is still in the box, but I have taken on the radio. This is a $16.00 kit manufactured in China, so not a big investment. You have to put it together and figure out a few issues with the schematics as well. There are a number of these kits available for purchase on eBay.

I laid out my tools and the electrical components, and the build began.

Mostly, you just follow the layout diagram, solder, and hope that you have received all the parts. I was missing one from the kit, but was able to substitute from my own inventory.

I also had to consult the web for help. I found a radio tech who had done a video on the same build. There were a couple of tips in the viewer’s comments that helped me out. Always consult the web for help.

Here is the radio just about completed. The aluminum case does come with the kit. Actually, pretty nice.

I also consulted the web for an antenna design. You can’t pick up radio signals without an antenna…

… but that’s another build and post!