The Long Now

ever think about time?  how long ago?  back to jesus? 
how long forward?  forward to prince lucas of tanith? (scifi reference)

well, danny hillis has a clock, a 10,000 year clock...
it bonged twice on january 1st, 2000.
and he's gonna build a big one, cool huh?

wonder if there is an easter egg for 2012?
;)

monkey dream...

ugh, i dunno if this is gonna be funny when i wake up...
just had a dream, and i woke up, cuz i had to pee.

ok, so, in my dream i'm one of several guys who is filming a reality thing, behind the scenes shoot, of a band.
(no i'm not a musician, it's a dream, follow me here)

we take the stage, somehow the 3 guys morph into actors, i think it's jack black on lead guitar, that guy he did
the movie with (where they don't want the americn pi guy to marry the hot controlling beesh) on rhythm,
and me / keanu reeves on base and drums (really weird huh?), and the cameras roll...

jack gets an introl solo, david? gets a solo and a spotlight, then keanu (me) runs on stageright,
crosses the whole stage playing ripping base solo (?) with a single white drum slung across his back,
spotlight following him across the stage to a huge drumkit setup with a curtain behind it.
and a little drum kit to the right.

sitting at the huge drumkit, in the spotlight, is a monkey, a young chimpanzee ( iwatched gramma's boy the other day ).

the monkey tears into a fabulous drum solo and i (keanu) go sit down at the little drumkit and start ripping the same solo too.
the monkey stops, gets pissed and starts smashing all of the drums, throwing them around, throws the sticks into the audience,
and rushes downstage to where i'm at and takes away my sticks, and throws them into the audience.
pause.

keanu (me) reaches backwards over his shoulders, grabs two more sticks from outta a hidden thingy,
triumpantly raises them in a V and starts hammering drums again!
monkey grabs sticks and howling throws them into the audience again!
smashes drumset, throws around.

keanu(me) stands up, pulls single drum around, pulls sticks from hidden pouch,
starts running thru some kinda cool solo from that drumcorp movie.
monkey goes nuts, grabs sticks, throws, tears drum off, jumps into it smashing the skins,
pulls it up around him, depression barrel style, and runs offstage, spotlight following.

moment of silence, all pause, i wake up.

this seems funny now, i can't believe i actually got up and typed it in...
/yawn
going back to bed...

another day, more smoke from the bush...

king george says: respect mah authoritaah!

Friday, July 18th - Full Moon

hrm, an interesting full moon this month...

check out the guru's Grace Light information.

ever hear the phrase "do no harm"?

it's like they are trying to cram thru every single obligation to their dark supporters, in the next 5 months...

from this CNN article...

also:
"In his statement last month, Bush also renewed his demand that Congress allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
clear the way for more refineries and encourage efforts to recover oil from shale in areas such as the Green River Basin of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming."

i wonder if this administration ever heard the phrase "do no harm" ?

the electric mini cooper petition

first, i saw the EV mini article...
cool!
then, i saw the disclaimer...
bummer!!
finally, i see some guy getting mad, and starting a petition...
awesome!!!

here it is.

Pickens Plan

this makes me happy: Pickens Plan.

it's not really that i buy into the rhetoric, but i'm happy to see someone,
anyone, really make a serious jab at renewable energy, and the media bite it,
rather than all the doom & gloom that they typically "sell papers" with.

so, next we need the big B.G. to throw some of his enormous wealth into the fray.
and why would i think that's important?  cuz he's another media darling.
and he's supposedly close friends with Buffet, another wizgaffer.
toss in a few mouthy actors, too.

it may be too late, i dunno (some of those youtube ppl think so).
but once we get a little momentum, who knows?
the tipping point may have been reached,
but until the snow drifts in phoenix,
i think there's hope.

read between the lines

there is more than a little bit of wrongness in this.

the fed is bailing out the corporations who effectively caused the problems.
nobody is bailing out the people who have lost their homes due to shady lending practice.
these bailouts were available immediately.  tell me those in foreclosure are getting immediate relief.
i personally know ppl who are in trouble now, due to those criminal refi's.

how many of you lost 10's of thousands of dollars in the tech-bubble burst?
how many of you invested what you had left in property thinking it would be safe?
how many of you are slowly slipping down that slippery slope?

we are slowly & surely heading toward the feudal state.

who's running the show?

sorry, i have to point this article out...

to me, this isn't politricks, it's much deeper.
it's at the core of our existence.

Independance Day

every 4th of july, my mind wanders to thomas jefferson,
one of the founding fathers of our great country.
( and whom i admire quite a bit ).

i was googling for some good t.j. quotes, to throw on the blog here,
and i found this site: Quotes Daddy (http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Thomas+Jefferson)
it's very cool...

here is my selected quote for today, from that site:
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
~ Thomas Jefferson

happy fourth, my friends.
peace,


ps. kids and i went to see Hancock last night, good fun!
are they kali and kulkan? 
that's my guess.

it's Broccoli - eat it!

so, i wonder if i can still have it smothered in cheddar?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/hl_nm/cancer_prostate_broccoli_dc_1

Wowzers! Who's been looking into my cluttered bedroom?

not to mention my messy car...

here's my horoscope today:
- - - - - - - - - -

July 02, 2008

Taurus (4/20-5/20)

Having a messy car or cluttered bedroom isn't exactly the end of the world, but this kind of disorganization in your physical world could be symptomatic of some disorder in your emotional world. Make an effort to pick up after yourself today and get things nice and tidy. You will find that once you do, your inner thoughts and worries should line up in a neat and orderly fashion, too. Learning how to feel better sometimes requires learning how to live better.

:-/

earth changes

i used to follow an earth changes newsletter (gordon somebody?), over 10 years ago.
and if i remember correctly, they had shown some kinda relationship,
between earthquakes occurring in 3s... (dunno if it's tectonics)

1st - down around indonesia
2nd - south america
3rd - westcoast of usa

and i see on the earthquake watch widget (igoogle), that the first 2 have occurred recently. 
i don't know if that pattern of 3s still fits.  i hope not.
just popped into my head, seeing the widget this morning.

:(

ok, this just seems dumb

maybe i'm missing the issue, but why *stop* new applications for 2 years for environmental studies?
when the rest of their administration is opening up new drilling areas, *known* to be environmentally damaging?
i blame george.

see:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/321400439/article.pl

deez and doze...

wow.  just wow. 
check out 'The Deez' news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/bs_nm/exxon_valdez_court_dc_5

i'm sorry, but our country is asleep.
we are allowing, nay, encouraging king george, his cronies, his jester court, to new heights of audacity.
i am just as responsible, as i hide my head in my tv,
and my video games, and my doubleshot, white-chocolate, morning latte,
which costs the same as a gallon of gas, so must be a bargain, right?

i tried to fill up the tank of my gas-guzzler this morning,
but, my CC limit is only $75,
so the pump shut off.

back to my quiet desperation...
/sigh

how long will we allow this?

craig from craigslist has a good post: http://www.cnewmark.com/2008/06/are-the-telecom.html#trackback

the love guru

mike myers may be a genius!
seriously!  i'm not saying comic genius, no.
(yes, i think he's funny, in a wonderfully sophomoric way)

but, i'm thinking more in the way of his spoofing, it's all snickery goofiness on one level,
and then there is another level, which i only got, sitting in the movie my kids invited me to,
so that they could actually get a ride, but not sit with their dad, cuz their friends were there.
(yes, i am the dadtaxi)

on other fronts, i actually rode my bike again, after getting a new tube for the rear,
for the *third* time!  gasp!  exercise!  shock!  disbelief!  acceptance!  resignation!

oops, forgot... bought a bike, planning to ride to work, got a flat on the canal, 2nd time i rode.
bike gathered dust for a week or so, standing in the kitchen, where i left it so that
i would actually take care of it quickly, but instead stepped around it daily...

well, better go shower and head to work a little late.
which is what i get for reading other peoples blogs,
and then the links they link to.
but it's fun and edumacational !

peace, my friends.

new job

so, started the new job on monday...
working with a couple of friends that i've worked with before at other companies.
seems pretty cool, so far.

dang irish temper

we had a *come to jeebuzz meeting* with the GM, the Directors, and the Devs,
and words were said, and they were somewhat abusive, and told us things
"were not really our business" and we "didn't see the big picture".

and i got riled up, made the mistake of "telling it like it is".
was told straight to my face "we need to stop this moronic ignorance",
so i got up & walked out, packed up my stuff, and left.

dang irish temper.
:)

synchronicity

i think of synchronicity, when something happens in my life, and it might be a coincidence, but it seems so *right*.
like, you dream about a friend, then see them the next time you go out to breakfast with your parents.
even tho they don't live by you, and *just happened* to go there that day...

maybe those friends see us in our dreams, and we agree to meet ?

i wonder if i intentionally said before i went to bed every night: "i want to dream of this person",
would they hear me?  would we meet in our dreams?  interesting thought...

i try to fly in my dreams too, but i never remember it, lol.

:)

Another Year for Me...

well, turned 44 yesterday...

my kids & parents took me out to breakfast.
my dad asked: do i feel 44? - i said no, i still feel 16 on the inside.
he kinda winked, and said - me too.

later, my kids took me to see Iron Man - awesome!
all in all, a pretty nice day.

synchronicity in the street.

Big Dog

check out this link, amazingly cool and a little spooky...
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/bigdog.html

(big dog is from boston dynamics)

Bernanke Points...

"Far too much of the lending in recent years was neither responsible nor prudent," he said.
"The terms of some subprime mortgages permitted home buyers and investors to purchase properties beyond their means,
often with little or no equity.
In addition, abusive, unfair or deceptive lending practices led some borrowers into mortgages that they would not have chosen knowingly."
- New York Times

2012

just an interesting read on 2012: http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

Today

today is friday.
listening to the barenaked ladies on the headphones, sitting at my desk at work.
no plans.  no goals.  no agenda.

i have a *huge* grin on my face.
it's a beautiful day.

peace.

Thoughts on Life, Currents, and Nothing

life today seems to have unknown meaning, like my brain is trying to connect dots on a very large piece of paper, starting from the center...

things seem good.  i'm healthy, my kids & parents & sibs are healthy.
yet, there was this feeling, now passed, that death had been around, peeking over my shoulder.
not something specific to me, but as if someone was watching with interest.
like when a deer feels the eyes of the hunter on it, and glances up, before spooking, i guess.

i think i posted about my issues with being 40-something.
how i was experiencing some things, extra-natural things, and have been seeing things for a few years.
maybe i related that c.g. jung wrote about something similar, during a schizoid period in his life.
lol, perhaps it's just some weird change in the chemical ocean my brain is swimming in?

i am a mastless ship, moving with currents in the air and water.  without a destination or plan.
it seems right to be here, at this point, my rudder untended, whacking back and forth depending on some impetus.

oh, things are fine.  i have a job.  i'm coaching 2 soccer teams.  i'm good. 
really.

onto nothing.  as a meaning, i guess.  can a life know anything about what it should be?
i've thought i was waiting for something for so long, and nothing has happened.
which i guess is good, right?
cuz if something had happened, maybe my journey here would be done.
i'd have accomplished whatever it was that i set out to do.
and then, goal met, i would move on.
but, nothing.

so, i'm still here.
maybe for awhile...
:)

Missing Someone

i do not mean this to sound pitiful, or pining...
but, i'm missing someone.

someone who came into my life again, after 20-something years,
who talked to me about everything, and i to her,
about family, and children, and husbands & wives, and things missed,
and who i found i cared deeply about. 

she's my friend, and i miss her.
and i respect her silence.


peace.

Kids Fulltime

well, my ex decided that my kids should come stay with me.
she said she couldn't deal with the teenage attitudes.

i can.

so, they came to stay with me last night.  woot!
:)

Pink for President

ever think about the lyrics to pink's song "dear mr. president" ???
i have new respect for this lady (and i luv the new cd)
...

here they are:

Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why?

Dear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye?

Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
Would you?

october...

already?
hard to believe, soccer is here, and it's crazy again.
*sigh*

small grey pebbles...

yesterday and today, after getting out of the shower and drying off,
i found a small grey pebble on my shoulder...
yesterday on my right.
today on my left.

really smallish, about 2mm, maybe...
balanced, almost delicately, about halfway from neck to shoulder, both times.
funny that i didn't notice them, until i looked in the mirror.

yesterday, i just flicked it off, thinking it was from the towel.
today, i tried to pick it up, but it slipped outta my fingers, and fell to the tile.
i heard it bounce once.

i couldn't find it.
weird.

Scooter Skates

actually, i think this is good...

shown in another light, we might see that Scooter is just the loyal scapegoat of a corrupt organization.
i wouldn't want him to burn for his boss's or his boss's boss's crooked indiscretions.

is it moral?  i dunno.

is it right?  probably not.

is it just?  might be.

basically, we can expect the other team to jump all over it, raise a big stink,
to get as much mileage (and money) out of this as they possibly can.
is that moral?  is that right?  is that just?

remember they all are playing a game.
;)

skullet !!!

ok, here's a fairly recent pic of my goofy mug...
(note the regal profile, the classic lines, the... skullet)
;)


hi chrisy!

a waking dream...

after yoga the other night, had a waking dream...

I saw a soldier, who saw the Light of god.  Not my god, not your god, but God.
The soldier then cast down his weapon, and his brothers saw him and were astonished.
And they laid down their weapons too.  Looking at him, they too saw the Light.

Their enemy saw this happen, and rose up, thinking to overwhelm them.
Yet the light caught them too, and their weapons dropped, forgotten.

All these soldiers, they walked together, and away...
And the Churches of Men were afraid.


- strange dream.
peace.

People - Change is needed

first, look at: http://www.43things.com/

then, think about this: are you doing work that you enjoy?

(currently, i am not, that's where i'm coming from)

finally, tell me how you would change...
;)

thanks!

hiya dex!

another sweet pirate lass !  yarrr!

hiya sweet dee!

just a quick shout out to my sweet pirate lass...
;)

Jungian thoughts

i'm reading an intro book on jung and freud, started with jung...
not comparing myself with them, but something i just read stuck out.

something happened to them, and to others in history, around the age of 35-45.
the term they use is "creative illness", which is kinda funny.
dunno about freud, but jung experienced some phenomena, which i seem to be experiencing too.
not psychic exactly, but a broadened awareness maybe?
i feel things around me, hear things sometimes, all the time lately (past year or so?).

for some reason, i'm thinking this all has to do with a fundamental change in a man's chemistry,
around this time in life. it's well documented that the testosterone levels fall, or begin falling.
perhaps there are other issues with seratonin and other chemistry of the brain?
it would explain alot.

just wanted to make a note of it...
ciao'
t

on the cusp of a new year

it has been a quick year, once again.
where does all that time go?
and once again, a contract ends, and a new one begins in the new year...

be safe everyone,
luvya,
t

Haus de Rental

i am now in the rental haus.
and have cable.
and a phone.

i am happy.
mostly.
;)

Acting Locally, Thinking...

wow!  i'm luvin it!

the people have spoken - don't listen to us, you get kicked to the curb...
king george and what is left of his crony-crew better be taking notes,
or packing their bags, like rummy...

i hope the dems are listening closely as well, we the people are not just trading players,
we are taking names, and if you don't play for us, we are gonna end your career.

power to the people!
for real.
:))

hoy hoyz!

so, i've been piratical too much lately - i know.
internet addiction, my friend... ahhh dikkk shun!

my name's tee, and i'm an internet addict.

that's how it goes, and that's how it will go.
i'm not stopping... i haven't put on 30 pounds, and i still go to work, and i don't think i've lost anything yet, except maybe some short-term memory. but that can be accomplished in so many ways these days that i'm just not too concerned about it.

being a pirate is good clean fun.
and i'm saving money.
but i don't post.
not so much.

which is ok.
i think.
okay?

;)

grok this...

grok

/grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a
Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word
meaning literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with']
The emphatic form is `grok in fullness'. 1. To understand, usually
in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge.
Contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced
as a single brief flash. See also glark. 2. Used of programs,
may connote merely sufficient understanding. "Almost all C
compilers grok the `void' type these days."

Jargon File 4.2.0

an enigma? (harmless not quirky)

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
  - Umberto Eco

end#

the issue today...

"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."
- Theodore Roosevelt

illimitable superior spirit

grok this:

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit
who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive
with our frail and feeble mind.

  - Albert Einstein

irish company challenges scientists to test 'free energy' technology

the irish!?!?!
probly harnessed a leprochan...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060818/bs_afp/irelandscienceenergy

jk, i'm of irish-descent...

how do you think the world will change if this proves true?
8)

irish company challenges scientists to test 'free energy' technology

the irish!?!?!
haha... probly harnessed a leprochan...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060818/bs_afp/irelandscienceenergy

NSA Spying Ruled Illegal

[snip] "A federal judge in Detroit struck down the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program yesterday, calling it unconstitutional and an illegal abuse of presidential power."[snip]

Huzzah!!! - and the feds scramble... lol!

BigBro better watch out now, the sharks are in the water, and they have a precedent against the president!

Down with King George and his Cronies!!!

see the article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.nsa18aug18,0,164580.story?coll=bal-attack-headlines

:P

the national mood

this is a quote from an article on the christian science monitor site:
"...the national mood is rising against incumbents, as well as against Congress itself."

i don't generally read that site (it was a link from google news),
but i think that hits the nail nicely.

i like the motto:
Kick Em All Out!

:))

suspected serial shooter(s) caught in phx...

so, they appear to have caught the <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0808serial-shooter0808.html">serial shooter(s)</a> here in phx. 
some things i noticed, from the news <i>(an interview clip)</i>, the radio, and some articles:
<ul>
<li>he seemed to be enjoying the attention</li>
<li>they say he's cocky and unapologetic</li>
<li>he made a statement blaming his 'roomate'</li>
<li>on the interview clip, he said "i'd like to see them prove it"</li>
<li>an ex of his <i>(wife or gf, not sure)</i> said he bragged he could get away with killing her</li>
</ul>
so, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiling">profiling</a> probly puts him in the money, no?

none of that makes him guilty, nor his large amount of guns, including the same type of shotgun used in the shootings.
there was a series of shootings of dogs and horses that were linked to the beginning of this spree.
wonder if this guy had any pets disappear when he was younger?

just thoughts.
:|

word of the day

quip: a short, witty ( often sarcastic ) remark or saying...
( similar to an epigram )

;)

By all means, do not use a hammer.

All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
        - IBM maintenance manual (1925)

:))

spring:Spring:SPRING:spring

sung to the tune of "SpamSpamSpamSpam"

don't much like hani's attitude (a bit too superiorly snarky), but he IS occasionally very funny:
http://www.jroller.com/page/fate?entry=springspringspringspring

;)

Jung quotation

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
  - Carl Jung

so poignant for me, today, at work...
:|

betatesting the malware

an article off zdnet has a very good point about AV software and malware authors using it to "beta test" their stuff:
why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'

"the actual reason why the top selling antivirus applications don't work is because malware authors are specifically testing their trojans and viruses to make sure they can bypass these applications before releasing them in the wild."

in a related article by the same author, he says
"the most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware"

kaspersky (a .ru firm) is mentioned as able to stop 90% of new malware.

random late nite musings

disclaimer: this might get depressing... yet, i am not depressed.

just sitting here, after putting the twins to bed, and looking around my living room, thinking that i have way too many books and movies, and junk - too much junk in general is cluttering up my life.

looking at my desk: i have opened and unopened mail laying around, a kitchen knife for opening it, an empty icetea bottle, the book i'm reading, scotchgard OXY carpet cleaner, a ruined-by-the-cat set of headphones (chewed off the foam), some response forms for the YMCA, a set of poker cards, and a postcard from hongkong.
- and no inclination to clean.

looking at my bookshelves: way too many programming books, some several years out of date, some that i've read the one chapter, or even the several paragraphs that i was interested in, then shelved. the next bookshelf: spiritual & religious books - that i rarely crack, gathering dust. the next set of bookshelves: way too many movies that i've watched once, need to trade them in, scifi books, selfhelp books, pulp-fiction everywhere - but whenever i start sorting thru them to trade into bookmans, i sit down and start reading a favorite. sigh

it is too effing late to be sitting here thinking about all this.

why the hell do i save old cables? power, network, phone - wtf?

eck, off to bed... :yawn:
8^O

is there an Arizona Green Power org???

is there an Arizona Green Power org???


http://westernresourceadvocates.org/greenpower/

zidane and materazzi fined

so, FIFA passed down a ruling: zidane and materazzi get fined, and a 3-game ban i guess, which zidane will do 3 days of community service with kids playing soccer, since he retired anyway... pretty fair, i suppose.

here is the article on reuters...

masturbation - a meme?

maybe it was all the librarians, but i started thinking about masturbation... i'm not sure if this is a meme, a list, a quiz, or a little of each:

1. how often do you masturbate? - 3x+ week, give or take


2. do you have a sexual partner? - not at this time


3. do you masturbate more often than sex with your partner? - when i was married, yes, about twice as often


4. does your partner ever masturbate you? - yes, but usually as foreplay


5. ever do each other? - yes, kinda the same answer


6. ever watch each other? - not usually, we'd get excited and want to jump in


7. any tantric, yogic, or martial arts exercises? - yes, tried all three


8. any energy work, breathing, or qi circulation work? - yes, all three


9. recommended books or sites? - yep, the multi-orgasmic man (there's one for women, too)

kinda late for TMI-Tuesday, but there ya go!
:))

librarians on the mind

dunno why i was obsessing on librarians this afternoon, but i googled, and then i had to go look. i think i was just avoiding something or someone at work...
disclaimer: i take no responsibility for anything...

• some ppls defs of


• THE hot librarian


• lipstick librarian


• filipino librarian


• reflective librarian (on the impending shortage of)


• laughing librarian


• librarian movie


• babyboomer librarian


• love.a.librarian


• family-man librarian


• DIY librarian


• law librarian


• krafty librarian


• uncaged librarian


• depraved librarian


• canuck librarian


• linux librarian

;))

july in phx

this weather should drive out some of those pesky SoCal investors... eh?
;)

finally, and i mean FINALLY, found H.Beam Piper's Space Viking at Bookmans... not that it is an achievement, or a rare book even. it's just one of my absolute favorite books. drew a drawring (intentional!) of the cover in H.S. - which i was actually proud of...

currently listening to: Bare-naked Ladies - Brian Wilson (groovy!)
8))

what she said...

not exactly lite reading, but check out Cocktail Party Physics... dunno if she's related to Terry O, kinda looks a bit like her.

oh, and she likes pirates, too!

and here's a wink and a nod to PuzzlePirates, my scurvy dogs.

smart girls, yummmm...

Daily Taurus Forecast

Like a newly coronated ruler, you feel calm, confident and in control today. You won't take any guff from anyone -- although you don't really have to worry about it, since everyone will be completely charmed by your happy glow. Your positive attitude will be contagious! Overall, this day will be mellow, and any emotional outbursts will be more in the realm of uncontrollable giggle attacks than angry tirades. Everyone is content with where they are and what they're doing.

what is guff, again?
8-/

nada, nil, nothing

not feeling the muse...
:(

italy wins, zidane blows it

some incredible moments in the final,
both beautiful and very ugly...

wonder what was said to zidane?
materrazi did not appear surprised to get smacked.
:|

is it just me?

is it just me, or are quite a few of us lacking in energy?
bored, lackadaisical, jaded, slacking, spent, etc.
is it the heat? summertime-blues? hrm...

THL makes me smile, most days anyway...

:)

duck & cover

so, i guess n. korea was very jealous of the space shuttle launch, so they decided to have a little fun themselves.
check out reuters story...

happy fourth!

let's all take a moment to remember those who are not here to celebrate...

btw, my a/c is out in my apt.
since sunday afternoon.
sitting here sweating my arse off.

shweat pantsh - as mr. sean connery would say...
;)

prosecuting freedom

i seriously doubt that the best interests of this nation are being served by a president, an administration, and a government that thinks that it is "disgraceful" for a citizen, a group, or a newspaper to question their policy...

it is actually our right and duty to question their policy. it is part of what makes us good citizens, to review, speak about, and at times criticize. it is something that the founders of this country worried about most - that we would become complacent, and allow our own government to trample us...

sad and disgraceful for this current flock to wave the flag, and beat the drum, and expect us to shut our mouths, and march in step...

working for them, will you keep telling yourself that "you are just doing your job"?

how far will they go? how far will you? when your time is up, will you ask for forgiveness? will your grandchildren work off your debt to the world?

well?

stats on millionaires - yawn.

i wonder what the stats show for the number of people slipping into poverty?
assuming a 6.5% rise in millionaires, extrapolated to the percentage of millionaires vs. povertaires?
the divide widens...

Reuters, i think

can't remember when...

can't remember when was the last time that i actually wrote anything here...
;)
i can always go look, but it's been quite some time, and sadly, there is absolutely no reason why i haven't. work is the same, kids are the same, fav coffeeshop is still closed, other coffeeshop is still open, sexlife is still sporadic...

well, maybe it's the ps2.
that's new.
:)

oh, and the worldcup is on.

excuses, keep'em coming!
:D

another blissfully quiet saturday morning at work

i'm actually starting to like it!
nobody else is here, i just do what i need to do.

now if i could just get paid 8 hours, for working 2...
;)

at work, wodinsday-evening, building again...

wodinsday... norse reference.
nothing fun to say, at work, building a point-release.
bored outta my skull.
:|

oh yeah, i'm at work, and it is saturday, again.

sigh
and it's beautiful outside,
on this sunny, sunny, saturday in phx, az.

i actually came in at 6:30am today.
I NEVER DO THAT. wth is wrong with me?
bleh.
:|

gospel of judas

and on the religious front: the gospel of judas resurfaces...

:)

mr. president

to paraphrase bart simpson:
"mr. president, you both suck and blow, sir!"

craven and cowardly - two words that come to mind.
you demonstrate no honor, no loyalty, and no compassion.
and now i truly believe you will live in infamy...

in the New York Times

"public interest" my ass...

:(

samarai movies

i don't know why i'm adding this. somehow it popped into my head, while reading someone else's blog (), that i had never said anything about buying those cool samarai movies!

kurosawa's classics, plus one more...

• seven samarai (magnificent seven based on)


• yojimbo (fistful of dollars based on)


• sanjuro


• hidden fortress


• when the last sword is drawn

i really enjoyed the last one, and it felt like a kurosawa film, so i added it.

kagemusha is next on my hitlist... ;)

stomp!

oh yeah! i forgot. we saw Stomp!
wootwootwoot, kaching, waddawaddabingbang! WOW!
it was awesome!

saturday, back to work

*yawn*, yes race-fans, back to work, on a saturday...

i have my kids this weekend, so i brought them in, brought my laptop too, and set them up in my managers office with a few dvds. i'm out here building software releases...

building isn't bad, it's the configuration that's the grind. need to automate that somehow. just haven't had time to noodle the problem yet. building is fine, becuz i just kick it off, read some blogs, and glance to the other screen occasionally to check that none of the projects broke. not very intense, but i'd rather by outside with the twins, having fun...

:)

and on a sunny sunday

back at work, 12:30pm...

had breakfast with my parents this morning, talked about everything in general. they've been spending alot of time with my grams, keeping her busy, and all that. dad turned down an offer from grams: all of gramps leftover underwears. :D

better go check on my build, see if the soups done...
;)

working on a saturday

it's rare. but it happens.
building point release(s) for the developers, so we don't have to lock down the trunk. hardly get to do any coding myself anymore. maybe some scripting if i'm lucky.

thanks for all the nice comments!

grandfather died

grampa john died tuesday morning between 12 and 2am.
he had slipped into a coma sometime monday night, and passed quickly, according to the nursing staff...

i woke up angry, right around 2am, knowing that something had happened. but i didn't know it was him, and i don't know why i was angry. i know he hated the hospital.

there will be a wake, irish-style.
grams wants to have a party to remember him.
can't agree more...

grampa john

taking the morning off work, to go see my grampa john in the hospital. opportunity to blog a little. and to honor a man i love.

not sure if i've talked about my gramps before. he's an amazing guy, my mom's dad. quiet. irish. dark hair. really good looking guy. a person i've idolized my whole life, and wanted to be like, and modeled my image of what a person should do with their life...

he can do anything. probly has. a handyman-extraordinaire. someone who inspired me to look at life a little differently, yet to deal with daily responsibilities in an accepting way. did i say that right? he is the guy who nike thought of when they said "just do it", he did it, and does it, not effortlessly, but with a quiet determination that i found extremely valuable.

i made him laugh once when i was a teenager, telling a joke at the kitchen table up at the cabin. probly one of the shining moments of my memory, making him laugh. the punchline of the joke was "my name's chuck".

it's a little strange to think of him leaving, moving on to the next life, but something makes me think he is just paving the way for the rest of us...

luvya gramps.
;)

actually, it's quite boring

i didn't go anywhere, just got really, really lazy about posting. and work got busy. and me and the friend-girl kept interfering with each other, bodily distraction and all that jazz...

so, ordinary life has pulled me back and forth a bit.

and i've had that creeping crud green goo in my lungs for a week now :(

i need to go visit some fun blogs...
cya!
;)

something i sent myself - again

for some reason, i've been sending notes to myself.
here's another one:

things i think about (other than sex every 6 secs):
*not in any order*
a. global climate changes
b. coding: java, jython, jspwiki
c. ufos, ghosts, cryptozoology
d. meditation
e. yoga
f. soccer
g. nutrition and/or food
h. get-rich or my-own-biz ideas
i. my kids
j. my health
k. money and/or bills

pandemic list

wow...

"During a pandemic, if you cannot get to a store, or if stores are out of supplies, it will be important for you to have extra supplies on hand. This can be useful in other types of emergencies, such as power outages and disasters," the HHS guide says.

Experts say the best way to wait out a pandemic, which could last for months, is to stay away from other people and keep close to home.

HHS's "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals and Families", available on the agency's Web site at www.pandemicflu.gov/planguide/checklist.html, advises:
-- Teaching children to wash hands frequently and appropriately, covering coughs and sneezes with tissues, and modeling the correct behavior
-- Having ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables, soups, bottled water and cleaning supplies on-hand for an extended stay at home.
-- Having any nonprescription drugs and other health supplies on hand, including pain relievers, stomach remedies, cough and cold medicines, fluids with electrolytes and vitamins.
-- Talking with family members and loved ones about how they would be cared for if they got sick or what will be needed to care for them in another home.

wow.
:|

supercross

took the twins to supercross sat.nite downtown... wow!

i don't know if it's the same part of fringe-society that is all monster-truckin, or if they are just the motocross-ridin, dirt-eatin, dune-jumpin, desert-rippin variety...

but, now, i want to be part of it.
maybe it's the sound of the 4-stroke 450s when they crank it up, or the unusual number of hot-moms (same ratios as hot-soccer-moms, i bet), but it rocks.
:D

eh, oh yeah, it's a holiday

hrm, actually went in to work today. not a long drive, but it's a holiday. so, now i'm at my coffeeshop, hanging out...
:)

paintball

yeehaw! my two boys (twin B and my stepson) called and asked me to take them to the paintball place for the afternoon! hehe, it was great getting invited, and even to be asked to play... but the best part was, getting to watch my older boy be cool. lol.

i know, i know, but 14 yr olds have their own definition of cool, and my younger son looks up to him alot, and it was a good afternoon for all of us boys. (my girl went to work with her mom).

so, we all got shot a zillion times, and killed like a bajillion other people (video game govt training is working pretty well), and it was dirty and sticky, and there were hotdogs and cokes and bees (one of us got stung).

some kid (showing off for his girlfriend) fronted my older son about his gun, something about the manufacturer, and not being the coolest, most expensive, etc, etc. and the reply was "maybe you should just shut your mouth". now that was cool... Brando-cool, Dean-cool, Sean Connery-cool without the accent.

GO, RUN, SHOOT!!!
wootwootwoot.

puff up, puff up, they hate that.
;)

oops, sent myself an email...

note to self, add to blog:
spaceweather.com
del.icio.us
reddit: what's new online
and
a bbc article



8|

sunny sunday #9

or at least 9th in a row... i'm sitting at this table that happens to get both direct sunlite, and reflected sun off the polished concrete floor, ow, ow, ow - brightness.

beautiful day here in sunny phoenix, gonna hit 75 today... jealous beeyatches? ha!

i was just clik'n around on the top 9 sites i like to visit (hi, hi, hi x 3). left nice comments on the nice sites, left bitchy comments on the bitchy sites, left other commments on the other sites... all in good fun.

i wish i could spell outrageous with an outrageous french accent, that would be shweet. can sean connery say shexy, shweatpantsh ? i dunno...

i need another short cappucino.
8D

second season, much like the first

saturdays loss 9-1, and i noticed the opposing coach working her players thru all different positions, etc., which was very cool of her, moving defensive players to offense, offense to defense, etc. (so as to not rack up the score too much).

my players aren't competing, at all. i'm not sure if they've given up, or if, after losing other games by 15 points, 9 is no biggee? (their coach sucks, btw).

there are brief moments of joy, a good save by our goalie, a nice breakaway off good passing and teamwork, a lucky goal off of a defenders leg. but, overall, we get pounded into the brown grass of winter.

early morning latte

early morning latte,
creamy, sweet, a little bitter.
chatty barrista, he likes jazz this ay em.
familiar faces, seen occasionally.
remembering a friend's goodnite kiss,
thinking of her in her flannel pj's.

work in an hour, sigh.

;)

happy new year!

didn't do much. had my kids, and finding kid-friendly events is always a bit of a challenge. we went to my friends for a bit, then we went to their friends for a bit, then we went and got a couple of movies, and some sparkling apple cider, and spent the rest of the evening goofing around the apartment.

heard some gunfire around the turn of the year, which isn't unusual i suppose. but it sure seems crazy to me, my son (11) even pantomimed it, as if he was using something on full-auto... i laughed and said: now you better find something to hide under... he gave me a blank look, and then smirked: oh yeah. we pondered how long you would have to run and hide, after shooting in the air... probly some trajectory math fxn for that, i bet.

so, it was a relatively quiet new years beginning. which is good. no resolutions.

one wish: peace (but not in a scifi channel way).
;)

old pic, feelings

not much to say about this old pic, or the feelings, really.
but, i was feeling like this today, although i didn't actually get to hang out on a porch anywhere yet... i think my son or daughter took it while we were up in the pines at a friends cabin.

no! i'm not missing a toe!
i just have natural yoga toes from wearing flipflops most of the time.
;)

new friend

sorry, i'm just not one to talk about it that much.
she makes me smile, a big stoopid grin, actually...
that's it.

i know that some ppl from my life, and my work, read this.
so, once again, sorry!

;D

a little more into the holidays

i was just not into the holidays this year.
not that i'm a grinch, just grumpy...
;)
now, after the fact, i'm doing okay.
feeling a little festive, silly even.
thought about putting up my xmas lights! haha
(the kids were put out becuz i dint get a tree this year)
(dint let them put up lights in my apt either)
(wasn't my weekend, grump, grump, grump, they have a tree at moms, grump)
:(
but now, i might let them, call em: new years lights!
hehe, maybe i can take them to a after-holiday sale?
:)

philosophical spam

i don't expect much from spam, or the asshats who send it.
but, yesterday i received some philosophical spam!

and i liked it! so, here it is:
- - - - - - - - - -
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.
The ultimate test of a relationship is
to disagree but hold hands.(my fav)
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
(i disagree with this last, but there it is)
- - - - - - - - - -

;)

happy holidays!!! et al

almost finished wrapping all the presents... they're sitting in a cool little pile on my spare futon in the middle of my living room. i ran out of metallic wrapping paper and have to go buy some more, maybe some more tape too, cuz that's gonna run out next, i bet. that metallic stuff tears/cuts funny - not one straight line.
(some of the wrappings came out a bit funky, and that's my excuse)


haven't blog'd for awhile.

it's not that i haven't anything to say, or that nothing vital is going on in my life. i've just been busy; yoga on mondays and wednesdays, soccer on tuesdays and thursdays and saturdays.

been working alot too, even on sundays, bleh.

i've also been entertaining the thought of creating a blog, wiki, or bliki dealing with work-related software stuff... mostly a Q&A thing so i can bug a couple of friends of mine (who i used to work with) about stuff i'm having trouble with. figured i'd call it "d00dz, i'm lame, help me!" - pithy, eh?

and... there is a new friend, and she is sweet and funny, and we've been hanging out whenever we have some extra time. and that's all i've got to say about that. ;)

so, thanks everyone for checking in, and i hope to checkin with you as well.