Time: Let Risk-Taking Financial Institutions Fail

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0%2C8599%2C1845209%2C00.html?cnn=yes

A Letter About Sarah Palin from Anne Kilkenny - link

interesting read...
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/a-letter-about-sarah-palin-from-anne-kilkenny/

McCain: Melting Down

it's a little bit sad to watch him, his running mate, and his entire campaign, melting down...
i may be wrong, of course, but it's usually the team that is losing, that starts taking a few cheapshots out of frustration.
it's a poor team that starts bitching at the ref, their own players, and any other easy target available.

a team with class, wins and loses with dignity and grace.

oh wait, this is politricks...
;)

And, at the end of the day...

Stocks plummet in largest one-day point drop ever

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wall_street;_ylt=AsfdO1xRVcSFqtS8lV3Bobis0NUE

wow.
we.  are.  SO.  effed.
:)
# end

Bailout Protests on the Web

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2008/db20080924_430418.htm

Rep. Marcy Kaptur: "Let's Play Wall Street Bailout"

i applaud Rep. Marcy Kaptur on her view, her words, and her action...

a small excerpt from her fiery speech:
You have perpetrated the greatest financial crimes ever on this American Republic. You think you can get by with it because you are extraordinarily wealthy, and the largest contributors to both presidential and congressional campaigns in both major parties.

awesome!


and on the Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/23/14159/5504/484/607684

tantra

so, i had a great time at a friends tantra talk last night.
:)

it was just a talk, and some Q&A, but centered around her teachers viewpoint.
we all talked alot about the sex, as in tantric sex.
and a good time was had by all !
mentally, of course.
;)

afterwards, a couple played some great music.

ps. no, i don't practice tantric sex, i was curious.
given the opportunity?  maybe probly!
lol

common cause

from an article here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-24-lobbying_N.htm
citing a report from Common Cause, a watchdog group...

The report cited a 2005 amendment defeated in the Senate, 40-58, that would have curbed predatory lending. No Republicans supported it, Senate records show, and four Democrats voted against it, including Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. His running mate, Barack Obama, voted for it. Republican nominee John McCain voted against it.

In an interview, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who sponsored the amendment, noted that opponents warned that the measure would have driven Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
out of the business of subprime lending, which "could have averted this crisis."

Durbin said the bill didn't pass because "there was a lot of money being made — and the people who were making money in this subprime mortgage mess, many of them were major contributors. That, unfortunately, is a major factor in the decision-making process in Washington."

oh.  man.  3 years ago?
X((

a little scared

so, watching all this economic turmoil unfold, and talking with friends & coworkers,
has gotten me more than worried, i'm actually a little scared.

this is more than what they are saying.  it might be just a feeling.
i think the media isn't reporting what's really happening.
and i don't think they can fix it yet.

should i go buy popcorn?
or ammo?
lol

peace.  love.  harmony.
keep the good thoughts flowing!
:)

is this opinion?

from that above article:

"For a lot less than $700 billion, we could refinance every mortgage in America that is at risk of foreclosure. Along the way, we could keep people in their homes and shore up the collapse in housing prices. Paulson's plan does neither. Markets would begin loosening up, as in Paulson's plan, but the route would be bottom-up rather than top-down. Homeowners would be the primary beneficiaries rather than the incidental ones. With Paulson's approach, the wave of foreclosures continues, reducing the likelihood that the government gets its money back."

sounds correct, sadly, grrr...

I didn't see Dubya's speech last night

but here is an article about what he left out:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/25/BL2008092501776.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

interesting times

unless you haven't heard of it, "may you live in interesting times" is supposed to be a chinese curse.
( i haven't checked it out on snopes or elsewhere )

our gov't is amazing these days.  or at least amazingly something-something.
the world is holding it's breath, collectively, to see if we implode, me thinks.

the ice is melting, the ice is melting! 
uh, but then the old farmers almanac is predicting a mini-ice-age?
cool!  figuratively and literally!  /snicker

had a great dream last night,
woke up in a great mood, can't remember too much of it.
but it is keeping me grinning all day long.

yep, it is now soccer season,
but since i'm not coaching this year,
it's not stressing me out.

ps. happy birthday jules.

Bush Urges Quick Passage of Bailout Package

shouldn't that particular sentence, be a WARNING now?
slam it thru?  cuz king george says so?  wtf?

WAKE UP!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200186.html?hpid=topnews

another article:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080922.htm

and a quote from it:
Under the headline "Dems Say They Won't Get Fooled Again," The Politico reports, "Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says he's seen this movie before: The Bush administration, citing an unprecedented national threat, puts the hammer on Congress to ram through gargantuan legislation with a minimum of review -- and the murkiest of repercussions."

The Economy? pfffft - THEY RUINED CHOCOLATE!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26788143/

Panic of 1907 vs. Panic of 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907

Web of Debt article - fantastic info

http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/its_the_derivatives.php

What's Next?

well, it looks like greed & the government of king george has killed our country.

lotsa disinformation in the news, scare tactics, smoke, and hand-waving-freak-outtery.
basically, it's been out of control since march of this year (bernanke).
and now the government is gonna go on recess?

Fannie & Freddie

so, our gov't has bailed out the largest mortgage companies in the nation.
and, therefore, is now THE largest mortgager... right?

and, since i pay taxes, aren't i therefore responsible for paying off this bailout?

or, does that mean i now own some very small fraction of every mortgage they had?

if i have a house, am i paying myself back?
or am i loaning myself money?
i'm really confused.

are you?

i love quotes

John N. Mitchell

"Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works. "

"Let us be tried by our actions. "

"Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife. "

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. "

"You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. "


and my fav of the day:

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. "

Penn

Penn Jillette is a funny guy...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/02/jillette.presidency/index.html

Hanna, Ike, & Josephine

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Eisenhower Leaves the GOP

excerpt from Susan Eisenhower's article at The National Interest...

I have decided I can no longer be a registered Republican. For the first time in my life I announced my support for a Democratic candidate for the presidency, in February of this year. This was not an endorsement of the Democratic platform, nor was it a slap in the face to the Republican Party. It was an expression of support specifically for Senator Barack Obama. I had always intended to go back to party ranks after the election and work with my many dedicated friends and colleagues to help reshape the GOP, especially in the foreign-policy arena. But I now know I will be more effective focusing on our national and international problems than I will be in trying to reinvigorate a political organization that has already consumed nearly all of its moderate "seed corn."  And now, as the party threatens to trivialize what promised to be a serious debate on our future direction, it will alienate many young people who might have come into party ranks.

My decision came at the end of last week when it was demonstrated to the nation that McCain and this Bush White House have learned little in the last five years. They mishandled what became a crisis in the Caucusus, and this has undermined U.S. national security. At the same time, the McCain camp appears to be comfortable with running an unworthy Karl Rove–style political campaign. Will the McCain operation, and its sponsors, do anything to win?

This week, I changed my registration from Republican to independent. The two political parties as they exist today, and the partisanship that they foster, reflect the many fights of the cold war, the Vietnam era, the post–cold war and the 9/11 periods. Today we are in a different place altogether, where our security as a nation is challenged not just from abroad but also close to home. The energy, health-care and financial crises threaten our national prosperity and well-being, just as surely as any confrontation overseas or an attack by radical terrorists.

[emphasis mine]

- - -

pretty brave thing to do...
/applauds

Olympic Womens Soccer

US Women win GOLD !!!

excerpt: "The U.S. women won their third gold medal awarded for women's soccer in four Olympic tournaments by edging Brazil, 1-0..."

yes!
:))

echoing in my mind this morning

from Fight Club:

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank.
You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet.
You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."

- Tyler Durden


not sure why i'm in this mood.
:-/

Heraclitus' River

Upon those who step into the same rivers, different and again different waters flow.
- Heraclitus

African Grey

read something in a fiction book about african grey parrots.
so, i googled...

first post i looked at.

olympics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2008/08/080815_sandell_protest_village.shtml

what is love?

seems like a silly question to be pondering while i get ready for bed...
it's late, almost midnite.  didn't do much this weekend, my kids were at their moms house.
so, i was alone.

so, back to the question: what is love?
(not the night at the roxbury song, lol)

i've been in love, and i've loved, and i've made love.
but, just for a second i'm pondering, what is it?
cuz it can be fleeting, and fickle, it flourishes and fades, but can it be forever?

i love my dog, and my kids, a few of my friends, and even my exes.
but, those are all different meanings for love, right?

here is the wikipedia link for Love, and the basic description:
Love represents a range of human emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction.^[1] The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction. This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

it clears up nothing for me.
/shrug

perhaps, it takes a poet to truly express what we want to know about love?

i think i'll go dream on it.  goodnite.

ENGINEERS' DREAMS - [7.14.08] By George Dyson

found this on slashdot, and i laughed at the "too technical for fiction magazines, and too fictional for technical magazines"...
enjoy!

ENGINEERS' DREAMS [7.14.08]
By George Dyson

Edgar Mitchell on Kerrang

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhNdxdveK7c

Eisenhower's Farewell Address is Ringing...

As we peer into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and
convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without asking the loss also of their
political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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...
;)