hypgnosys

really?

2011-01-04T08:36:00.002-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-mccartney-urges-indian-prime-minister-declare-national-20110104-025055-979.html

to all.

2010-12-30T15:09:00.000-05:00

in the coming year, lets try something shall we?

you know the feeling that you get occasionally that takes you back to a time of childhood excitement and unbounded love for the simplest of things?

the feeling we used to get, and some still get, when we anticipate christmas is what i`m talking about.

i know that i have unapologetically criticised the commercialisation of christmas and the social control mechanisms of scaring children and banckrupting adults well into spring, but i`m talking about the essential feel of family, friends and time spent together.

forget he gifts, the malls and parking and stressed out shoppers...that time passed once the shops shut on christmas eve...i`m talking about making gingerbreat houses and cooking turkey and well, just generally being together with people you care about.

my wife thinks i`m a scrooge, and i can see her point...because i`ve been focussing on the negative aspects of crass commercialism and miserable types in cars rushing around last-minute to get their ungfrateful family their demands met. (shit, there i go again).

so my wife (or should i say i finally caught myself and made a decision to change) finally showed my the best part of christmas and i joined in and made gingerbread houses with my step-daughter and her boyfriend, and the vodka helped.

so what i thought we might try is to do this sort of thing more often. not that it has to be gingerbread but it needs to be family, friends or merely celebrating what it means to be excited in a child-like way.

or we can go back to the alternative.

recently.

2010-12-06T14:58:00.000-05:00

i saw a debate recently between christopher hitchens and the past prime minister of england, tony blair, in which they debated the pros and cons of christianity.

the discussion was predictable, tiresome and pointless except for the masterful way that each constructed and delivered their point of view.

i guess what struck me most in all of this is that people who deny god outright and those who are merely religious take the same position; that of acting without fact.

and the fact remains so abundantly clear to those without agenda is this; there is something profoundly magical and wonderous going on...and most everyone is missing it.

especially those listening to so-called experts.

cats......

2010-12-06T14:51:00.002-05:00

racist.

i knew it.

really?

2010-11-11T18:34:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/11112010/20/global-temperature-rise-3-5-degrees-c-2035-international-energy.html

only a child or a retard would actually believe this shit.

a child believes most everthing adults tell them, for obvious reasons, and retards can`t tell the difference between fact and fiction.

so, how come there are so many retards on the planet that keep believing this shit?

for anyone who has taken physics or even used a physics textbook to rest a beer on, it is obvious that the ratio of biomass to earthmass is so huge that no matter what the biomss does, it will have no effect whatsoever on the earthmass, even if it converted all of it`s mass to energy instantly.

what the enviro types are saying is that as we have converted biomass to energy, it has raised the temperature of the planet in a number of ways.

one by simply making the planet warmer by burning fuels and raising the temperature of cities, and two by blanketing the planet in pollutions that erode the ozone layer allowing greenhouse gasses to rise, insulating the planet against natural convection of heat.

one is false in that the net biomass is too small to make any kind of difference whatsoever, and two...while clever in the way it encourages us to make pictures in our minds...it misses one simple plain historical truth; that the ozone layers of our planet are dynamic systems that flex and flow like most others, and that holes in the ozone open and close due to many factors without the help of industrial pollution and have done so for billions of years (long before algore was born, suprisingly).

this planet is a huge beautiful place that existed long before we (and algore) did, and will continue to do so long after we are all gone to wherever we are going to and one can lament the mess made by industrial pollution, but guess what folks? without that shit coming out the pipe, we don`t get to have laptops and internet or copenhagen conferences or any other post-indutrial behaviour riding the back of two hundred years of industry.

worst of all? china and india have only just begun to soil thier shorts as it were, and who`s going to encourage them to wipe?

whackos.

2010-10-28T13:25:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101027/entertainment/canada_randy_quaid

persecution complex, paranoia, criminal tendencies, delusional, liars, etc.

now we have to feed, house and shelter these fuckwits.

must extradite.

stupid fuckers

2010-10-14T12:53:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101014/national/joint_strike_fighter

we are already protected from attacks by russian bombers...by the U.S.A. and they have lots of f 35s and all sorts of other really fast jets and weapons waiting for someone stupid enough to threaten their airspace.

boo hoo.

2010-09-25T16:17:00.002-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocanada/100924/canada/obama_s_no_good__very_bad_week

and many teenagers who were hoping he could get them more allowance from their parents....

jack gets a flash.

2010-09-18T14:57:00.000-05:00

jack in his new home. sweet little chap. so good natured and tolerant of overbred cockerpoos and so on.

jack sees the cat for the first time.

2010-09-18T14:51:00.004-05:00

jack is a bernese/malmute cross who has been with us for two weeks now and is fitting in nicely.

the only one who has had issues is the cockerpoo. wait until jack is six months old and we`ll see how the poo feels then. retard.

action shot.

2010-09-18T14:33:00.000-05:00

the infamous #14 blasts away indiscriminantly once again......

something baffles something else....

2010-09-18T14:31:00.002-05:00

triple blade?

2010-09-18T14:30:00.000-05:00

sully tells me how close he`s going to shave me next time i try to run by him.......

and we`re supposed to feel sorry for this guy?

2010-09-18T14:22:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100918/world/international_us_pope_britain_18

many a criminal, when confronted with their crimes, expresses an emotional outburst.

it is normal and healthy to do so, and many a judge will see this as remourse. the beginning of the long and gradual process of making good to society for crime.

this criminal needs to begin the process of paying back to society that which he, and his agency, took...knowing it may take many lifetimes of work.

wash the feet of those who you wish forgiveness from....and look into their eyes.

then, remove the silly hat and the clown costume and begin the work that will ensure that none of your agents do such things again.

can you do that?

class act.

2010-09-17T14:21:00.000-05:00

http://new.ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/285298/katy-perry-calls-out-high-school-crush-in-front-of-adoring-crowd/

class act.

don`t know her, her music, or the real context of her outburst....but wow, it really gives you credibilty to chew up a non-famous person.

hope you feel better.

you`ve got to be kidding.

2010-09-15T11:36:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100915/national/joint_strike_fighter_2

a number of things spring to mind here intitially.

firstly; canada has never had it`s airspace attacked, unless you include pigeons.

secondly; what`s wrong with the jets we got recently?

and finally; if we do get attacked, the americans will protect us...it`s in their best interest to do so as we border with them not fifty miles from where i type.

as an addendum, to those paranoid types....if the americans are the ones attacking, it won`t matter that we have a few new jets, because they will have two trillion of them....so i recommend saving the money and doing something useful with the money, like helping the city of burlington finish it`s new pier. (they seem to be struggling a bit).

yep.

2010-09-14T11:56:00.000-05:00

consciousness doensn`t necessarily need to operate on an organic substrate.

unless you are a moral dogmatist.

you can explain your position to the machine when it wakes up.....

bullshit.

2010-09-13T16:12:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100913/health/health_us_med_cleaner_hands

sorry people, but i don`t wash after a bathroom visit.

not only is it a waste of time, but its certain to be an activity where you are most likely to come into contact with the surface contaminants of the hands of others.

And besides, the bathrooms are cleaned every night at starbucks where i frequent, which is more than can be said for handles on doors, handrails in malls, money, items at the grocery....

the problem we have in a germophobic society is that our immune systems are being weakened by the simple fact that there aren`t enough microbes in sterilised environments to allow our systems to "work out".

and now drunks are beginning to drink the hand clenser provided in public places.

and don`t get me started on peanut allergies.

i went to post a package last week and i was eating mixed nuts from a bag.

the clerk jumped back as if she`d been shot from a cannon.

"i have a peanut allergy" she said from a safe distance.

she then took the package, weighed it and took my money from my hand with any further ado.

i felt like offering her a nut.

we are convinced to behave in more and more illogical ways all the time.

pay attention people, and think things through...unless you want to be like the peanut girl....

moose feeding time in quebec city.

2010-09-13T14:53:00.001-05:00

kitties rule.

2010-08-26T13:35:00.002-05:00

jam.

2010-08-26T11:58:00.000-05:00

a night a joedogs with volumewater, a local rock band.....more to come in three weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwGxxrlGqI

wow.

2010-08-11T11:58:00.000-05:00

i haven`t posted anything here since, well, the last time i posted...and i have even more followers now than before.

what have i been up to instead of blogging?

well, marriage, cycling, soccer, working out, going to the cottage (realising loons are really loud annoying birds.) eating too many scotch mints....so that my teeth hurt...and i can`t stop even though my wife will give me shit when she gets back.

And what else?

hanging out with my kids, playing guitar, keeping them from killing eachother.

oh yeah, and if there are any lawyers and/or my ex-wife reading this....fuck off.

just saying.

there. that`s us all caught up.

makes you wonder what it`s all about really, doesn`t it?

what i want for my birthday.

2010-02-24T11:47:00.002-05:00

this REALLY should be a clue.....

2010-02-24T11:46:00.002-05:00

where i`ve been lately.

2010-02-16T12:11:00.001-05:00

http://www.golfmindontario.blogspot.com/

followers.

2010-02-07T18:38:00.000-05:00

there is a box right beside my blog posts which has pictures of those people who decided, for whatever reason, to follow my blog.

24 of you to be precise.

now, i`m not so ego driven that i need each of you to comment on each thing that i post, but.....out of the 24 people who follow, approximately 6 have ever commented.

in fact the majority of the new followers have joined in the last few months, co-inciding with a decline in readership.....down from nearly 100 views per day to as low as 5 or 6.

so what are you guys doing?

10 uses for a bureaucrat.

2010-02-07T15:26:00.000-05:00

bureaucrats are a special breed. they roll in packs, writing policy and sitting in endless meetings dicussing more kafkaesque ways to divert the money supply to thier pet projects, and generally telling other people what to do. cut-backs mostly miss them and they lurk behind voice-mails and key-card security in thier third floor offices.

i suppose it is better to leave them well fed and protected in thier compartments than to have them roving the streets with nothing to do all week....but if, for some reason, they become redundant, here are some suggestions to maintain productivity.

1. fence posts. bureaucrats are rigid and tall standing and would be ideal for the task.

2. sign posts. a broad understanding of highway traffic laws...and all laws for that matter, make bureaucrats ideal for this job.

3. bridge supports. sure, strength and determination are pre-requisites for holding up a bridge.

4. goal posts. cut, nailed and painted white...several bureaucrats could find a second career holding a net in place during a soccer match.

5. i wanted to suggest they would make a good back yard deck, but bureaucrats don`t support anything but thier own agendas, so making them into a flat, rigid surface for people to walk on wouldn`t work.

6. flag pole. yup. flag-flying is a hallmark bureaucrat job.

7. tent poles. occasionally, unless you really wanted to go camping....in which case they would be unavailable until a week tuesday.

8. boat. for the most part, bureaucrats planed flat and glued together would make a fine watercraft, but there would be leaks...so bring a bucket.

9. airplane. that wouldn`t fly.

10. bridge. successfully spanning a gap is what bureaucrats talk about incessantly. rhetoric is one thing, practicality is another. be prepared for collapse under even moderate use.

funny thing.

2010-02-03T13:16:00.001-05:00

recently my girlfriend`s daughter college announced they were going to strike due to blah, blah, blah...

in otherwords, blackmail for more money.

typical unionist strongarming.

the strike date has been set for 11th febuary.

on the 10th of febuary, buddy, my girlfriend`s daughter`s fuckwit dog is due to have his nuts ritually removed at this same school. the school being a verterenary technology institute.

and here`s the funny thing. my girlfriend`s daughter`s dog is constantly checking to see if his nuts are still there. if he is shouted at, newspapered, smacked, or otherwise sanctioned, he will look back to see if the boys are still intact. it is almost as if he knows, at some time or another, he will be deprived of his sole purpose on this planet....and i can see his point.

my ex wanted to do the same thing to my alsatian dog rocky. my response was; no. and also, fuck off you chronic castrating bitch, you are busily psychologically chewing mine off with your teeth, leave the dog alone.

but back to buddy the retard cocker-poo (who thinks up these names? i know, the same dipshits that breed them.).

so, here`s me thinking that maybe, just maybe, in all of buddies checking and stressing and dithering he has somehow created a small rip in the fabric of time...allowing for an minor adjustment in the space-time continuum (see albert einstien`s ideas about special relitivity....this isn`t my idea, i`m not crazy.) and in so doing brought about such shifts in ideas and events that a whole school faculty decides to go on strike at precicely the time buddy was due to go in for surgery.

ok so, there are issues at work here that are outside of our ability to comprehend....especially if the concept is described using a word with two "u"s in a row like continuum...but damn if that isn`t the largest of co-incedances.

and regarding the matter of buddies nuts; he needs to lose them. having him boss of this house is wearing thin. the household has another dog. a 200 year old female tiny white something or other that insists on going into heat every six months or so even though she can barely walk or see...and so buddy goes around pissing on everything to let all the other dogs know that the bitch is his and growling and snapping at us while we keep them apart.

(sigh)

other than that, he`s a sweet, loyal, affectionate little chap who looks up at me with such love sometimes that it`s all i can do to look away.

i`m not wothy of such devotion, knowing what i know.

are you the one for him/her?

2010-01-30T19:56:00.002-05:00

much has been written and said written recently about relationships, as is human nature. we are all looking for the right person, one way or another, to have a relationship.

recently i was in a conversation with a group of people about what we want ed in a partner, and one woman went right into listing all the things "he`d better not be/try/do."

this angry position suprised me at first, but then i realised that many people are harbouring resentment toward others due to the fact that they have had bad experiences in the past....and are determined to not have that happen again.

the problem is that it`s not the next guy/girl`s fault.

the anger you feel from past relationships will be a problem in your new relationship unless you deal with it first.

so, instead of worrying so much about whether she or he is the one for you, maybe you need to decide if you are ready to be the one for the man or woman you`d like to meet next.

if not, maybe just get a cat.

or better yet, a house plant. cats need love too.

ohoh...

2010-01-29T12:39:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100129/world/eu_russia_stealth_fighter

on first glance this looks like bad news for the rest of the world, but....when you look at the history of russian government, industry and military, you realise these people couldn`t get pissed in a distillery, never mind fight a pro-active war.

take afganistan for instance.

so, as good as the new jet might be in theory and in prototype, the on-going support and maintenance of such a plane would be a joke.

kary mullis.

2010-01-28T13:52:00.000-05:00

acid tripper, philanderer, hippy surfer and winner of the nobel science prize for science for inventing pcr, the way to detect dna in genetic samples.

he was an expert witness at the oj simpson trial.

he has a lot to say about the functions of science, religion and government.

he`s not well liked in any of those fields these days......

local government stupidity.

2010-01-27T14:07:00.000-05:00

http://cms.burlington.ca/Page2367.aspx

the city burlington decided to build a "world class" pier at the bottom of brant st. to celebrate thier ability to spend tax dollars like a city ten times it`s size.

they hired some acid-drugged designres to draw up a design for the pier replete with a giant spiralling cock that no burlington resident i know would have agreed to.

the building of the thing was proceeding nicely until the famous giant crane accident. after which all manner of budgetary irregularities were revealed.

the contractor now refuses to continue work at the site and, with 2/3 of the money wated, the project sits unfinished.

the only good part of this is that the cock hasn`t been um, erected. yet.

terrorism?

2010-01-26T14:54:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100126/national/fisheries_minister_pied

no, it`s called debade. terrorism would be if someone shot her tits off with a shotgun. the problem is that fuckwits like this guy take himself as more important than those who try to involve themselves in the bait-and-switch game called democracy....and get frustrated as a response.

i think that if a politician gets pied, they should be forced to take a month off work without pay. it could be a new national sport.

it would be better than curling...unless some of those curlers could whistle that stone at a politician now and then.

and where were the rcmp while someone snuck up on a public figure with a desert?

logic vs. satire.

2010-01-25T08:08:00.000-05:00

i try to think logically, and as a result people think i`m joking. robert anton wilson pointed that out in a lecture i posted on a video recently....the problem was that whenever you visited my blog, the video would begin to play and slowed the javascript fuction on your browser, making it difficult to scroll down the page.

i have now deleted the video.

hopefully i can find it on youtube so that it will be in a non-autoplay mode.

so, if you find this blog funny, sometimes it is because i`m deliberately attempting humour, and sometmes i`m making obvious logical comparisions that seem so ridiculous to the uninformed reader that it seems like a joke.

like the difference between counterfiet money and real bank notes?

the federal government has a magic wand that it waves over the paper before they ship it to the bank.

funny.

2010-01-22T15:33:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100122/science/science_us_space_asteroids

funny because these are the same people who are asking why the planet is getting warmer and why we aren`t doing enough to stop it.

we haven`t caught a flying saucer yet either.

maybe we we need to ramp things up a bit.

another reason why quebec is a distinct society.

2010-01-20T17:33:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/100112/canada/canada_montreal_doctor_benefits_smoking_2

to advocate smoking, or to downplay the risk is criminal at best. typical of liberal contrarian thinking, whereby people need not strive for anything and merely wait for some magical answer to thier problems.

i lost my father to cigarettes, and help people via hypnosis and cognitive therapy to break free from years of health abuse, so when i read this kind of thing being published by professional people it makes me wonder what planet they must live on.

then i remember they are from quebec.

french rednecks.

a school child can tell you why cigarettes are bad for you and that you should stop as best you can and as quickly as possibly so that you can save your lungs.

apparently people from quebec are different from you and i.

why marry?

2010-01-19T13:10:00.000-05:00

well, why?

love is what most people say. "we are in love and we want to spend the rest of our lives together" is the common answer.

so, why the high divorce rate then?

and why doesn`t love conquer all....and allow marriages to survive?

the simple reason is that many people marry for the wrong reasons.

this reason for instance; buying a house is impossible on one salary.

not a good reason to marry.

and this one; i couldn`t do without him.

and; we are perfect together.

none of these reasons alone, or in combination, are good enough to justify sharing your life with another person.

so what is?

well, loving someone is really nice....but are you willing to look after eachother`s best interests? are you concerned for thier feelings....even ahead of yours?

is this person a friend of yours?

can you stand her shit?

can you laugh at eachother`s jokes.

will you listen patiently while she says what she needs to say?

will you get out of bed even though you don`t need to to start her car on a cold morning?

are you thrilled even at the thought of her smile?

and can you sit together on the couch and watch the fire burn low?

or does your marriage make sense economically and make your parents happy, knowing they will be grandparents soon?

oh yeah, and how much is the wedding going to cost, or are you able to have a modest affair with a few close friends and family?

the one`s that work, and are still working are based on friendship, trust and devotion. if you put a dollar sign in front of any of those concepts you have commerce, prostitution and conscription....sort of feudal tyranny....where one partner rules the roost and the other jumps when told.

oh, good christ.

2010-01-14T11:16:00.000-05:00

http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family-relationships/blog/lifestylists/5527/michelle-obama-has-a-new-hairdo-no-really-this-time

why are we constantly bombarded with images of this woman? if she wasn`t married to whathisname she would be a clerk at walmart....yet we have to see her every time we check out at the grocery store in some new chanel get up...on the front cover of every magazine in the rack.

and really, who gives a shit if gorilla girl has her hair up or down, or sideways for that matter.

and, why does the media follow her around like a movie star?

did they do that to other first ladies?

ya think.....

2010-01-14T11:10:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100114/sports/sports_us_athletics_semenya

i`m sure someone will make this an issue of race soon, but in the meantime....this person is a male.

period.

full stop.

i watch people.

2010-01-12T13:23:00.000-05:00

because they do really interesting things.

a lady buys something expensive from a high-end ladies shop and walks proudly down the mall with her little logo-ed bag held hip high for all to see.

she`s in post-purchase extacy.

what`s in the bag?

dunno.

something medium sized and light, as the bag is small and she`s carrying it in such way as to not be weighted down.

she reaches the door to the parking lot and looks at her purchase and continues to be filled with joy.

she walks out the doors and by the time she gets across the road she is looking again at the bag and her head and shoulders slump.

she has now hit post-purchase anxiety.

the brain chemicals that bathed her brain for the last half-hour have now been flushed out with the vigourous walk to the car, and now she has returned to her default setting.

will she return the purchase?

who knows.

many do, and the retail industry knows precisely how long the chemical soup that marketing creates in a person`s brain lasts.

long enough for the product to stay sold.

i moved recently.

2010-01-07T17:25:00.000-05:00

....and i am surrounded by homes that would sell in the million to million and a half range. dollars that is.

the people across our back fence are on the lakeshore road. a prestigious location in most cities where they have a lake to have a shore to.

some of these houses are so big and elaborate that they look like something out of a fairy tale.

one home on the corner of our street has a christmas tree in it that has to be fifteen feet tall and topped by an angel that is bigger than a child`s doll.

i wonder if thier christmas was bigger and better than mine?

more intense?

more christmassy?

our house is a medium sized bungalow on a street that is slowly being developed by people with a taste for competition with thier niegbours, while we are happy to be snug with our fireplace and finished basement for all the guitars to strum away the winter nights.

i wonder if the people in the big houses have bigger guitars?

to clarify.

2010-01-07T13:22:00.000-05:00

to even consider that animals could actually have rights is insane.

the idea of rights for animals has proselytised thousands of people to subscribe to actions which, by any stretch of the imagination, could be considered criminal.

we do the same thing when we aim for rights for children.

as adults we have the legal responsibility for the protection and sustenance of both animals and children, and as a result we must bear the consequences of failing in our obligation to these groups.

to give rights to these groups without thier ability to be responsible for themselves creates chaos.

and, of course, bureaucracy.

we already have laws in place for the abuse of children and it is against the law to harm animals also...whether the animal protection laws are strong enough is a seperate issue, and not one for justifying seperate rights for them.

or gays.

or women.

or anyone other than every adult person alive.

to give groups rights that others don`t is a privelege our society can ill afford. it sets people against eachother and stresses society in general.

september 5th last year doug saunders of the globe and mail wrote that athanisios hadjis, a canadian government official, quietly announced that section 13 (1) of the canadian human rights act, popularly known as the hate-speech law, will no longer be enforced.

the reason why the hate law is no longer being enforced is that, according to hadjis, there are better laws in place to deal with libel, slander and the like.....

wow. a calm voice in the sea of invective screaming we come to know as "the media".

maybe there is hope for society after all.

funny....

2010-01-06T10:44:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100106/world/australia_japan_whaling

....but when i first saw that greenforce had aquired that boat i had a feeling that this would happen.

now, there are those who say that sea shepherd conservation society isn`t greenpeace, but come on people.....

dumbasses.

why else would you want a carbon fibre boat guys?

this isn`t about saving whales, this is about some deep-seated psycholocial sinkhole these people have fallen into and now they are literally swimming in shit.

let`s see; chased and harrassed working vessels and disrupted thier work buy firing projectiles. then sped across thier bow and slowed down dangerously in a sort of multi-thousand ton game of chicken. then, suprisingly, one of the work vessels turns and comes into collision with their vehicle.

"your honour, my client moves to dismiss on the grounds that the damaged vessel was placing my crewmen and thier ship at substantial risk and should be asked to assume the damage to thier vessel as part of thier reckless behaviour.....unless, of course, you believe they were acting according to some higher moral authority than that which is given to us in our vocation?".

a deliberate and extremely dangerous publicity stunt.

i`m not sure why the sea sheperd boat would even have a legal right to be in those waters at that time in any regard. thier only intention was to harrass and interfere with legal work.

k9 sent me a christmas card.

2010-01-05T10:28:00.000-05:00

much appreciated.....

happy new year.

2010-01-04T10:25:00.000-05:00

this is a time for renewed optimism. the mindless spending and artificial cheers has passed us for yet another year and we boldly step into a new decade.

we have a choice for this to be another ten years of the same old, or we can make some changes.

make some changes.

anything will do for a start.

i`m going to make a conscious effort to not be so nice to assholes who want to passively or otherwise stand in between me and what i want to accomplish.

i don`t have so many decades left any more.

this is my fifth, and granted it will be my best, but i want to build something meaningful for my family and those who benifit from my work.

there are those who suggest i turn a blind eye to criticism, but i feel that that is a cop-out. it teaches the self nothing but to back down....and that becomes a dangerous habit....one that can generalise out into a mess of apologetics and consessions....while the world passes by.

no, fuck it. as i say to lawyer who the mother of my children hired to divest thier father of his efforts and the legal guardianship of his boys.

fuck you. how can you live with yourself. how can you so distort the law that feeds and protects you so that a man`s assets can be stolen in plain sight?

anyway, that said.....let`s get on with 2010. it will be a good year.

dead zone.

2009-12-24T10:56:00.000-05:00

just moved and the powers that be have decided that we don`t get internet for the holidays.

welcome to the dead zone!

i will get to the library and post occasionally until such time as we can go on-line again....but until then....happy blogging, and don`t talk to the elves.

no really, don`t talk to the elves.

of course.

2009-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091217/oddities/nzealand_christmas_offbeat

this is offensive to people who believe that a man and his wife don`t have sex.

those who believe that a man and his wife could live together and travel together but not have sex for the entire time they were married have some issues though.....one would think.

but then again marriage has got other purposes than sex and pregnacy in the normal human way.

transfer of assets for instance.

and i know a couple of women who have a personal relationship with the lord our saviour.

i guess if you don`t like sex with another person, a ghost will do.

one woman actually said to me with a straight face, 'i feel him move within me..."

you have just got to be kidding woman.

on another note, did you know that 95% of women that abuse thier children have never experienced an orgasm?

and futher, that toronto is known as the frigid woman capital of the world.

golf finally becomes a sport.

2009-12-17T12:09:00.000-05:00

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/People-Magazine-reports-Elin-Woods-planning-to-l?urn=golf,209225

and by the way, tiger?; cut her a cheque now....like the old fram oil filter commercial says, "you can pay me now, or......"

bang!!!!!!!!!

2009-12-16T09:10:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/091216/world/international_us_iran_missile_test

these guys are spooling up for a big old bang. they don`t like israel and they don`t like america and they don`t like anything really unless it`s iranian. we went through this with iraq recently and thankfully they now don`t have access to technology greater than a red and white taxi.

nice people though.

just don`t give them medium range thermo-nuclear rockets.

i`ve posted about this guy before.

2009-12-14T15:21:00.000-05:00

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Should-Don-Cherry-lead-fight-against-hits-to-the?urn=nhl,208327

and for those who don`t know him, he`s an old-school hockey coach who advocates physical violence in the game of hockey.

now, i now there are those of you who know a bit about hockey and say, well, it`s violent by default...so where`s the harm in rallying the troops?

the problem is that hockey is really a skill game with a few of the fat kids trying to hit the athletes before they score again.

and don cherry encorages the fat kids to try harder.

cherry freaked when the russians and czechs and swedes and finns started coming into the league because the flowing skill game makes the hitting game seems so neandertal and stupid by comparison.

cherry`s cry of "hit them harder" was heard on coaches corner each saturday night for years.

granted, canadian players have the skills...gretzky, lindros, lafleur, cornoyer, etc...but the culture of agression and voilence still persists in the receptical of mr. cherry and the like who encourage parents and kids to "kill him"....so he needs to shut the fuck up and let them skate, pass, shoot and score.......

....and maybe he can go and commentate on the ufc.

recently.

2009-12-13T13:10:00.000-05:00

recently i haven`tt had much to say.

tiger woods sort of took the wind out of my sails, and as i watch this train wreck happening in slo-mo i wonder just how much shitty our media can become as they deliver this to our eyeballs in various ways.

the only way i ever see that man`s face is because yahoo pushes it in my face as i check for e-mails...otherwise he falls into the infinite abyss along with all the other "news" i can`t be bothered to comment on.

oh yeah, and gossip at christmas parties.

which brings me back to christmas.

fuck.

people are already stressed enough and too fat, stupid and ignorant to get out of thier own way regarding most issues, and so when christmas looms they go into that traditional not-ok state of panic and spend and eat and drink as if it`s somehow making them feel better.

and for that brief moment when you are full and buzzed and have wrapped all the boxes ready for your "loved" ones to descend upon them...i guess you are sort of happy. at least satisfied that you`ve run your errands and satisfied your commitment to whomsoever will sit in that room with you on the 25th.

but what about the 24th?

or the 27th?

or january 3rd?

what shit state of affairs leads us to neglect the other days of the year so profoundly to pile heaps of consumer items under a decapitated conifer while ungrateful whelps grap, rip and tear at the paper and ribbon that you so carefully applied a few hours before?

and then...not minutes later, while the cat dives in an out of the refuse....the feelings begin to dissipate and a slight chill descends....driven by a mild hangover and thoughts of visa card bills and another emotive spasm looming a week later.

new years!

for fuck`s sake.

are we that lame and disenchanted that we will sit drunk once again and countdown the last few remaining minutes of this sad pathetic year that has been 2009...with other drunk sad people that we really don`t want to hug and kiss on this night...or any other night for that matter.

yep. we are that lame.

i need to get back to my disciplined life. the life of workouts and focusing on my diet and professional developement.

i met a wonderful woman and she has shown me the value of family, love and closeness....things i so desperately missed...but with it has come a longing for my sharp focus on, well....anything but mindless consumerism.

i`m trying to balance this all out this cold wet rainy morning while my children play somewhere in the house and my girlfriend is tucked in her bed reading upstairs.

and i will continue to try.

but i need to feel the road under my bike tires and my heart pounding in my chest.

then i will be able to deal with christmas...a little bit at least.

i have noticed.....

2009-12-10T17:49:00.000-05:00

....a substantial increase in the number of followers recently.

just thought i`d say hello and welcome you all to the hypgnosys ride. it can get dark occasionally, but mostly investigative, analytical and sometimes sarcastic.

good to have you on board.

now, can anyone tell me what the fascination with obama`s wife is?

THIS REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING.....

2009-12-08T18:03:00.002-05:00

pick one.

2009-12-07T16:23:00.002-05:00

better than trying unseccessfully to get you to pick a religion, you can now pick an icon which best suits your demeanour.

do it now.

thanks to grant by the way....

and further, which one would you want as a boss? friend? cross country companion?

irrefutable proof that golf is for losers......

2009-12-06T07:56:00.000-05:00

i was thinking....

2009-12-05T20:22:00.000-05:00

...as i used to, about such things as evolution and just exactly what that means.

the idea that we came from some other species of animal adapted to changes in our environment seems somehow wrong to me.

darwin catalogued species of birds in the galapagos islands and noticed that in different areas of the islands the birds had adapted physiologically to best survive. where insects were plentiful the birds had beaks and claws for holding and eating them. in areas where seeds were the only food source the beaks adapted. this sort of adaptation took generations to evolve.

this adaptation is seen in all species, including humans.

what darwin didn`t find was birds becoming other types of species.

and no other scientist has either.

the only place i`ve ever seen evolution of the type that evolutionists have suggested is in technology.

mechanisms evolve as humans find ways to improve thier devices.

the actions of a higher intelligence act upon devices to allow them to improve in form and function.

like computers.

the first ones were simple beads on rails for doing math.

then came mechanical devices for holding place so that computations could be made.

when vacuum tube technology came along electronic circuits became used for the same purpose.

as circuits became smaller and smaller power consumption grew less, allowing powerful computers to become portable. what once filled a whole room could be held in the palm of one hand.

now our giga-bit memories allow us to store every phone number in the world in our phone.....

we are the one`s who are driving evlolution. we are the one`s who work in labs to breed clones and create new species...

...and suggest that we can take dinosaur dna and create a new dinosaur.

which i personally think would be kinda cool....unless peta let it loose.....

so how did humans come to exist?

we certainly didn`t evolve naturally from apes or chimps.

even darwin knew that.

physics.....

2009-12-02T19:04:00.000-05:00

i was watching a movie last night with my girlfriend. the x-files movie for those interested. we were being bored for a few moments with an interview with the actors and the director and my girlfriend said, "why don`t you skip ahead to the film...." and i said that it was one of those old-fashioned newtonian mechanical devices on tape and that it conformed to physical limits of time and space, unlike a cd or dvd which transcends them.

we live in a reality that we experience as if it is on a strip of iron oxide coated tape running in one direction.

from birth to death.

for the majority of us we will see, in the not too distant future, more devices and processes that will allow us to shift from this newtonian local view of reality, toward a non-local quantum mechanical view of things so that things like size and time and location won`t be as critical to our thinking as it is now.

for some this is a frightening concept that means losing a grip on things that "matter" literally and figuratively. areas such as computing and nano-technology are now entering into the realm of non-local functioning and will soon become indisticnct from magic for the lay observer.

the simple fact that people could actually invent the cd in the first place is an early indication that this process is underway....and that in the more than twenty years since we first got cds imagine what else has been developed, waiting to emerged.

the newtonian physical view of reality brought us wonders of clockwork machinery and thinking, the next shift of perception will be......non-material.

and maybe some things that have been a mystery to society will become apparent.....finally.

what if....

2009-12-01T10:41:00.003-05:00

...we never stop asking questions?

i am criticised occasionally for asking so many questions about everything....and i`m asked when the questions end.

they don`t.

questioning is a way of life for those on a spiritual path. those of us looking for enlightenment in all facets of our lives continually ask questions about....everything.

so if you are uncomfortable with the constant inquiry, i suggest you take up a religion.

you won`t have to ever ask a single question in your life again.

in fact, in most religions you won`t be allowed to.

do we have to?

2009-12-01T10:41:00.000-05:00

do we have to choose a religion?

do we need to believe in something greater than ourselves?

i think most people are either already believing in something because of where they have found themselves through the actions of parents, family or friends....or they had questions of faith and asked a bloke in a dress.

i think that there is an energy that we are all part of that shapes this existance and that religion has usurped this knowledge and jumbled up simple concepts in mythology and fairy tales so that people are confused and sometimes even a little afraid to think for themselves and ask the questions they wanted to ask when they were five or six.

y`know, pat condell does a great service to people by giving them a perspective on religion that most are too close to to be able to distinguish the politics fromt he sunday hymns.

he is a little radical and he freely admits that he relishes the position of being a militant athiest.

so; the questions we wanted to ask when we were five or six.

where do trees come from?

god made them, mummy said. dad said that it is all a part of god`s plan for us all. the trees, the sky, the birds, the fields and the rivers.

all of it made by god.

why we asked?

so that we may know his splendour and that when we die we will be re-united with him and all of our loved ones that have gone before us.

(?) why do people have to die?

because it is a part of god`s plan. a mystery to us mere mortals.

pretty soon little kids stop asking questions because, frankly, it gets frightening. to think that a god made us and then summerily whacks us whenever he feels like it......

and pretty soon the whys just peter out and we have this benign habit of going to church on sunday and watching our parents put money on a plate.

and personally that is why i think religion is a waste of time. and money.

and they do like our money don`t they?

choose a religion.

2009-11-30T19:06:00.001-05:00

thanks to bassman who unwittingly provided the graphic for this post.

isn`t it great that, on the internet, you begin a relationship by stealing someone`s shit...and they are ok with it!

a bit about hypnosis.

2009-11-30T15:39:00.000-05:00

hypnosis is everything.

in fact i can`t think of one thing that isn`t hypnosis.

the simple act of thinking involves making sounds and pictures inside one`s head that ilicits a responce.

we hypnotise ourselves every day by thinkng.

and we hypnotise eachother too.

we say something like "imagine that..." or "try to see it this way" or we ask questions like "what were you thinking?".

my girlfriend`s son said "i can`t see why not" when asked if he would share the tequila he got for his birthday yesterday.

he didn`t share it.

i knew he wouldn`t even though he had a smile on his face and seemed like he would open the bottle.

he might even have consciously wanted to share a glass to celebrate...but he didn`t.

the phrase "i can`t see why not" can be broken down into two seperate elements. a command to himself "i can`t see" and the picture he commanded himself not to see., which was "why not".

if you can`t see why not, then you are going to be left with why.

he was basically saying "why"? even though it sounded like there was no reason not to share the tequila.....

my idea of the season.

2009-11-30T10:53:00.000-05:00

i am sick of intolerant types selling childish fantasies to people to get them to buy things.

but getting them to buy things is only part of the game.

once the child has his or her every whim met by santa at the north pole, they are then exposed to the "greater" meaning of the season...that someone was slaughtered horribly by powerful men and thier soldiers.

and the child feels guilty after recieving the gifts of thier greatest desires...so they go along and listen to a bloke in a dress (a bloke in a dress?) tell them all that he speaks to god about how we treated his son, and that he knew this would happen and blah blah blah......

so we are guilty for all that we have recieved.

not grateful.

guilty.

but wait you say, this is christmas, the birth of christ...for god`s sake (god`s sake!) at least leave us our season of well-wishing and gifts and trees and lights and egg-nog.

but i can`t, becasue the long winter ends in spring and then we rip the man apart.....while our children search for eggs and your wife dances with the blokes in the bunny suits at the party and you drink too much and try to pull her off the dance floor when she`s only having fun.....

the trance induction begins with dissipating our energy to exhaustion (spending money) at christmas and ends in an orgy of death at easter.

and little old ladies wear the image on a gold chain around thier necks.

fuck christmas.

2009-11-28T15:57:00.000-05:00

y`know....i`m getting more than tired of this season. this season of stress and and anxiety over spending money we don`t have on people we barely tolerate.

i spent almost 15 miutes getting coffee at starbucks today due to everyone rushing out to get ahead of everyone else rushing out to get christmas shopping done.

why not just give it a miss this year?

oh yeah, because everyone will think you are a selfish dick otherwise.

they do anyway.

so save the $1500 and buy yourself something nice and enjoy the season for once.

what could $1500 buy you that would make you happy and keep you going for the next twelve months?

here are some ideas.

liposuction...for that fat head of yours.

a hooker who has had a shower this week.

the best noise cancelling headphones in the world.

a hand gun or two. (unless you live in canada, in which case you can`t)

speaking of shit.....

2009-11-26T17:24:00.001-05:00

....happening.

it`s simple.....

2009-11-26T14:23:00.002-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/091126/entertainment/centertainment_us_lambert

......community standards, asshole!

shit happens.

2009-11-25T13:47:00.002-05:00

organic?

2009-11-25T11:55:00.000-05:00

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/forbes/1217/organic-food-behind-the-hype

the label organic has become synonimous with better for you and better for the environment.

better for the environment in that no chemicals were used in the growing of the produce....but better for us how?

apparently the added chemicals used in growing the fruits and vegetables and feeding animals and the making of dairy products are bad for us, os some producers are providing additive-free produce and calling it organic.

we are seeing organnic products in the grocery selling for as much as five times the regular prices for similar items.

hell of a price to pay to save the planet.

questionable price to pay for supposed health benifits.

i eat a lot of oat meal. in fact i eat oatmeal at least once a day as a major meal, and sometimes two large bowls of oatmeal is all i eat in a day.....so oatmeal is a major component of my diet.

occasionally i find organic oatmeal side-by-side with my regular brand at mere pennies more, and so i will try the organic stuff to compare.

i haven`t noticed any difference in taste or digestion or provided nutrition between the regular and the organnic, but that`s just me comparing in a non-scientific way.

but i will tell you, if the price was any greater than the few pennys i see on my shelf, i wouldn`t make the effort.

i know people who can`t eat without crowing on about the virtues of organic food in thier diet, and i know one dear girl who eats nothing but organic and says the word entirely too often. she even drinks organic wine....because it doesn`t give her a hangover.

silly girl.

anyway, to me, the whole organic industry is sold to hyper-sensitive save-the-world types and elitists with more money than sense.

and besides, little dry apples never appealed to me.

pictures from dealy plaza, dallas texas.

2009-11-23T14:42:00.002-05:00

active visualisation practice.

2009-11-23T14:27:00.001-05:00

mind control.

you are about to practice some...on your own mind.

for once you will be able to choose the images and sounds and even smells and tastes and physical feelings in your visualisation...as opposed to sitting passively while someone chooses those images for you.

so what are you going to show yourself.

i recommend a vivid positive memory of something that happened to you or something that you witnessed that you enjoyed.

sit quietly and relax.

breathe slowly and comfortably, and allow yourself to remember what it is that you`ve chosen to re-experience.

see what you see now, and hear what you remember hearing.....

play these images and sounds over repeatedly until you really get a sense of knowing that the feelings you are getting now match that which you experienced then.

look at the colours of the images you are seeing and brighten them. make the reds redder and the blues bluer.

and the whites whiter.

make the sounds a little louder and notice if your feelings intensify accordingly.

let the process run as many times as you feel comfortable with the idea that, like anything we do, in time the process will become easier and the results will become more profound.

the movie projector.

2009-11-23T14:17:00.000-05:00

in your mind there is a giant hi-def screen.

on that screen you show yourself things.

and you`ve been doing this all your life.

some of the pictures and movies are really short and so you might not even notice them as they play for you, but the fact remains that you are being played movies and stills that effect your life.

to discover the content of these images means that you have to slow yourself down and be able to visualise internally. this is a process of learning to relax and breathe deeply as you let pictures come at you randomly.

yoga and other forms of mediation use visualisation as part of thier training to help relax. this is a passive from of what i am beginning to describe here.

the active from of visualisation stimulates the mind to discovering our true motives for existance in physical reality, and as you explore this internal reality you will earn to escape the mundane trivial materialistic obsession we call life, that leads us all to distress and disease.

so why is it that some are happier than others anyway?

it`s because they can see clearly what they need to do with themselves and don`t get caught up in mind-numbingly stupid games with other depressed and tired people.

which takes me back to the lists of people who pissed me off.

it was good to write that list and get a perspective on where i had found myself for a while....and see where those people were caught in a spiral of feeding of eachother`s discontent.

makes me cringe to think now.....

new followers.

2009-11-23T12:57:00.000-05:00

recently hypgnosys has been joined by new readers. this readership is welcome and i am grateful to be able to share with more people as my time here grows.

what i would like is for everyone to say a brief hello and to acknowledge thier presence here and possibly say a ittle bit about themselves so that we may understand the journey together that bit better.

cheers, alistair.

now that you`ve disagrred.

2009-11-21T18:49:00.000-05:00

how do you know that you disagreed?

a voice in your head told you.

think about this for a moment.

all your life you`ve had this voice in your head impelling you to do things...or not to do things.

do you have control of this voice?

think.

is the voice encouraging?

does it speak to you nicely?

does it seem to have your best interests in mind?

once you have realised that you have a voice in your head, imagine that you have a movie projector also.

mind control.

2009-11-21T10:52:00.000-05:00

we are all under the influence of mind control all of the time.

there is a little voice in our heads telling us what to do.......constantly.

what does yours tell you?

i will say more about this later....once you`ve had time to fully disagree.

scientology mind control.

2009-11-19T17:29:00.003-05:00

random and mundane.

2009-11-19T15:31:00.000-05:00

wet and rainy here. didn`t get my early morning starbucks in...so i am now nursing a caffiene headache that, even with one americano in me, is making it hard to see out of my right eye.

fucking coffee addiction.....

i watched supersize me last night. this is a documetary about mcdonalds food made by a guy who decides to eat thier shit 3 times a day for a month.

he goes from 185 to 210 pounds and his blood work goes right into the toilet. cholestorol and enzymes go squirelly.

his mind is affected also. he becomes depressed if he`s not actually eating, and becomes elated as he`s finishing his next meal.

that is some serious drugs they are putting in those meals.

his vegan girlfriend is annoying though. her sanctimonious attitude made me want to force feed her the happy meals `til she shut up.....

what is wrong with meat for god`s sake? is it some freudian thing that lesbians tend to be vegitarian?

i actually got ill a few times watching the show, which it was designed to do. watching him make himself sick in his car forcing food down...but he made his point....i guess that is good journalism.

i had a bias against the fast-food industry going in, so watching helped bolster my position that this industry preys on people and eventually contributed to sickness and death.

but an industry that lobbys government to be able to sell thier garbage to kids as nutritious meals needs a kick in the balls as far as i`m concerned.

and it suggests that government cares very little also.

the courts decided that the fast-food industry wasn`t liable for damages to two children who gained large amounts of weight while eating fast-food, and i think that the judgement will make some think more about thier own responsibility toward food choices.

blame the media.

sure.

stop watching media.

turn off the tv. don`t drive near fast-food places. cook at home when you can. exercize. feel better. realise that you have an investment in health and that poor food choices will damage that investment.

would you put diesel in your gas powered car?

i didn`t think so.

your body is the same. so is your mind.

wah hahahahahahahahaha..........

2009-11-18T08:51:00.000-05:00

the brave new world.

2009-11-16T16:05:00.000-05:00

in the past we learned at the voice of teachers.

slowly they revealed thier position as we sat for hours listening to thier point...and then putting thier ideas down on paper, to be marked for accuracy.

and we did this for many months at a time, becoming expert on the internal state of the teacher and becoming a clone of thier ideas as we graduated.

many of us emerged from this process in a state of shock, programmed to regurgitate reams of useless information so that we could get our degree and go to work for a decent wage.

now we learn from others who went before us, absorbing thier experience and thier strategies and tactics to prepare us for the next thing in our lives.

we can access a million experienced voices and sort them at the speed of our newly sped up brains.

collectively.

the stress for the old brick-and-mortar style must be agonising.

how dare we teach ourselves....

i had prepared.....

2009-11-16T15:57:00.000-05:00

...another rant wherein i was going to compel you all to go to mr. keen`s site and tell him that he is wrong and that alistair is right...but y`know, that would be wrong, because from his perspective, he`s right.

the erosion of educational standards, and vast shifts in media content and standards and the emergence of many new media and technologies have resulted in a radical shift in peoples awareness and pace of thier ability to process information.

this accelleration of information processing has sped everything else up too.

now we can get frustrated in as little as 30 seconds with a microwave oven or a slow internet connection while waiting for a file to download...and also get impatient waiting for three years for a degree when the information contained within it can be digested by the new, sped up brain in weeks.

and so mr.keen is right..video is killing the radio star.

and the ivy covered liberal arts degree.

but i would like for mr.keen to at least acknowledge that marshall mcluhan was correct in his prediction of the shattering of the old indvidualist paradigm as the computer pervades more of our daily lives and ushers us into the new global village.

a video wherein mr.keen reveals himself.

2009-11-13T18:31:00.003-05:00

if you have been reading recently you will know that mr.keen, or andrew to his friends, particularly dislikes the internet, youtube, bloggers and everything else that diminishes his degrees and intellectual elitism.

he rails against what he calls the cult of the amateur and the ability of just about anyone to self-publish. he feels that agents, producers and other midddle men are there to nurture and develop talent....

...meanwhile he is using the very tools he so strongly decries to promote his book and his ideas. youtube, blogging, pdf downloads, etc.

but it`s ok for him to use these things because he is learned and an intellectual. you can tell this by the condescending fake oxford accent. (it`s hiding a lisp and a bit of a stutter too.)

twat.

ok.

2009-11-13T16:57:00.000-05:00

firstly, i will say that i have never heard either sing, so this isn`t about who is a better performer. i understand it`s country music, which i choose not to listen to because i haven`t heard all the zeppelin i want to yet.

http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv.accesshollywood.com/tv.accesshollywood.com-wynonna-judd-apologizes-taylor-swift-cma-awards-diss

so one doesn`t have to go too far into this one to see the issue.

fat old girl resentful of the attention the young pretty one is getting.

fat old girl makes things ten times worse for herself by tearing into the young one.

and then apologises.

try the weekend long drinking. you won`t feel better, but you will forget for a while.

what a dumbass.

a bit about hit-rates.

2009-11-13T16:28:00.004-05:00

it seems that whenever i rant my hitrate goes up. i watched as i made my lists and my hitrate almost doubled. as i`ve said before, i`m not here to het pageviews, but it is interesting that people seem to resonate more with the negative in things than the more positive and uplifting.....

..oh well. ay be i`ll have to make another list occasionally.

a bit about hit-rates.

2009-11-13T16:28:00.001-05:00

this guy is a dick.

2009-11-12T16:26:00.001-05:00

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

because his web start-up failed, or he has a small dick, or both....mr.keen has decided that the internet, and in specific youtube are evil.

his thesis is that because youtube is so easy to use and that anyone can now become a publisher of multimedia products, this is somehow undermining something.

oh yeah, that something is a game of intellectual elitism called copyright.

further he rants that everyone and his brother is now able to post a video of thier less than concert-ready version of whatever instrument they have been practicing on.

guilty as charged andrew.

i didn`t go to julliard or even learn to read music, but guess what, i can play and perform music as entertaining and of equal or better quality than many who have met your criteria for expertise.

and so have many posting thier efforts on-line via youtube and the like.

and the fact that this has threatened the institution of copyright and somehow diminished the institutions of ostensible higher learning makes me wonder what the game was about other than to control artists product for the profit of bureaucrats....and to control the information flow of learning and accomplishment into to narrow streams.

now, having said this andrew, i would hate to think that the man who operated surgically on my knee relied on youtube videos for his instruction.....

.....but you can still fuck off for being an elitist dick hiding your failures and shortcomings behind a moral arguement.

twat.

intelligence.

2009-11-12T16:04:00.002-05:00

while some people are starving in affluent suburban areas, crows are able to adapt to new challenges and eat.....amongst other things.

adaptability, flexibility and determination are major hallmarks of intelligence that many humans are conditioned to underutilise.

welcome to the distopia.

i was going to....

2009-11-12T13:19:00.000-05:00

...continue writing about places and people that piss me off.

and i noticed that my hitrate and pageviews were climbing accordingly.

this tells me that people want to resonate with pissedoffness, and that`s fine i suppose, except today i`m not pissed of and i`m not interested in revisiting anguish from the past so much.

so what am i?

enthusiastic about what is coming next.

moving. growing and experiencing new things. meeting challenges and living a life of happiness and gratitude.

quite the change from pissed of with people and frustrations.

so how did this happen?

i remembered something.

we are what we think we are.

i was pissed off about some things occuring in my life, outside of my control, and i was resonating with that feeling and it reflected in my writing.

i have no regrets about what i was writing, in fact re-reading a few posts with my girlfriend made us both laugh out loud....and that`s always good.

so i will say good-bye to my growing hit-rate...for a while...and go on enjoying a joyful and abundant day.

but check back soon, i might have need to grumble again.

new pictures of the galaxy.

2009-11-12T13:11:00.000-05:00

i was looking at some new pictures of our galaxy this morning and i was struck, as i always am, by how much it looks like a giant explosion.

we have seen slow-motion explosions in movies where things literally fly apart and disintergrate...and this where we are living....in the middle of an explosion.

so why do we experience so much suprise when things want to fly apart around us and inside us?

silly talking monkeys think we can control everything with baling wire and tape.

and a rule or two.

history tells us that we are all going to return to dust soon anyway...and this isn`t fatalistic or depressive thinking in the least...it is emancipating.

think of all the petty struggles that are going on in your life right now and imagine sitting on a hill somewhere high above the noise of it all.

now what do you see.

silly talking monkeys trying to control everything......

had enough yet?

november 11th.

2009-11-11T15:58:00.001-05:00

as i watched the memorial sevice at the legion across from where i lived this morning i was struck that it is a tragedy that all those men died so that gays could have a parade.

is this what freedom is about?

our ever-more liberal media is taking more and more steps to be as outragious and offensive as they possibly can be without getting censored...and that censorship is becoming more liberal too.

i understand that viewers are becoming desensitised to shock and demand more "entertainment" and that the studios and tv stations have to make money.

the failure of borat was a welcome message that enough is enough and that the general population isn`t as fascinated with gay porn as some in hollywood might imagine.

the thing that disturbed me was that my children were talking about the movie.

they are 10 and 13.

and you might ask how they knew about it in the first place...but the bloody thing was being promoted on youtube and prime-time tv where kids go to watch.

and those men died so we can sit in our living rooms and watch will and grace and south park with our children while we eat dinner.

it says "lest we forget".....not fuck it.

big y`un in the hallway.

2009-11-11T09:48:00.000-05:00

and ranger is unsure what to make of it all.....

pollocks...for k9

2009-11-11T09:46:00.000-05:00

fourth list.

2009-11-10T16:43:00.000-05:00

you thought i was done? so much shit irritates me that i may never be done.

today`s list is one of places particularly irritating to visit.

first on the list because my girlfriend reminded me, is the hospital. she is visiting a sick person today and commented on how difficult it was to get around the place and actually find the person you want to visit.

endless long hallways with little or no signs and locked doors and elevators that don`t go to the floor you want and volunteers who are barely able to help because they are so old.....and have you visited our gift shop yet?

the reason for all this isn`t immediately clear, but once you realise that the hospital is designed for nurses, technicians and doctors and administrators. you see why things are arranged the way they are.

everyone else is an inconvenience to be diminished or avoided at all costs.

and that woudl be you and i. either a sick person or a visitor.

the hospital stay or visit is designed to be as difficult and uncomfortable as possible. ideally the staff and administrators would never be inconvenienced by actual sick people and visitors, but there is an evolution in medicine where pretty soon we won`t be able to afford a hospital stay, thereby solving the dilemma that nurses, technicians, doctors and administrators experience every day in trying to deal with unreasonable people.

and things would run much more smoothly for them.

secondly comes the airport.

the airport is a torture device designed by a group sadists who know people desperately want to go places other than where they live in the dead of winter. this group of cruelty specialists design processes and barriers to delay your escape from whichever industrial hub you live in for as long as humanly possible.

this delay begins well before you get near to the airport because it seems to be located precisely in the convergence point of the busiest highways in the city. this i believe is a conspiracy between city planners and airport authorities to place the airport as near to downtown as possible without totally shutting the city down.

once you are shunted into the appropriate alleyway by the tiny and too late signs for your terminal you find yourself faced with your first delay.

the carpark.

and it`s always under construction. why the fuck is it always under construction? didn`t they know they were going to get this busy?

and i know this is true of all metropolitan cities worldwide...and that it`s deliberate.

so you pay whatever fee gratefully and squeeze your human sized vehicle in with all the "smart" cars and hope to hell you don`t get dinged while you are away.

then there is the walk to the terminal.

some math pervert has figured out how to optimally place each parking area to make you walk as far as humanly possible to get to where you need to go.

and why the living christ do you have to be there two hours early?

so you are already exhibiting signs of stress from marching nearly three kilometers to reach your newly renovated boarding area (?) and wait in line with all the other sorry pieces of shit hoping to escape the ice and snow of january in toronto.

and, of course, they brought the kids....bless them. they are all tearing around having a great old time irritating the tired travellers all waiting obediently in line for the approving smile of a boarding clerk....

an hour later and you`ve managed to hold it together and stay cheery for your girlfriend, who had to slip off for a bit to pee. (yes, the bathrooms are on another planet.) and you finally get to the gate to give the girl your luggage and documents, which you magically manage to have in completed form..

.....and then you are given the singular privelige to be able to enter the departure lounge.

such as it is.

a sprawling expanse of plastic chairs in a big room (newly renovated) with windows barely looking out onto the tarmac so that you might, possibly, enjoy watching planes take off.

no. the building is situated so that you can only see the tails of other planes waiting to be boarded and far off in the distance some planes landing...though it`s dark and snowing so you can`t even see that clearly.

and you remind yourself why you wanted to do this.

oh yeah, to get away.

then the announcement comes that the plane will be delayed.

and all you want right now is a decent cup of coffee and internet reception.

but you are in the waiting gulag.

and so it goes.

every time, you think it will be different. efficiencies in booking, registration, organisation, management and staff training would make the experience seemless and enjoyable.

but no. same. world wide.

why?

airports are designed for the pleasure of airport adminstrators and pilots....and you are niether of those, so all you get are delays and discomfort.

my next post will explore some of the other chambers of anguish we have to enter occasionally in hte hopes of making our lives more enjoyyable.

third list.

2009-11-09T12:01:00.000-05:00

this time not only will i be listing annoying people, but also people who are irritating and those who are malicious and should know better.

the new gay starbucks barista. get over your big sissy self and make my drink, dipshit. and yeah, we know why starbucks hire friendly girls and gay blokes as staff, but it can be really annoying when all you want is a coffee.

big box retail staff who don`t know anything and when you ask for help, they begin to do what you just finished doing, which was look at the box and read. i have just finished a home renovation and have had to visit home depot, home hardware and the like repeatedly and several times have had to wrestle with tiny intellects while trying to find the right kind of breakers or tap fittings or switches. it makes me wonder how these people got driver`s licences.

speaking of driver`s licences, what`s with all the people driving under the speed limit?

fuck.

speed up or get out of the way.

people with leaf blowers. what kind of fuckwit buys a device that makes more noise than a harley to blow leaves around? just rake the fucking things up you dipshit.

now, i don`t find this next type of person annoying so much, just funny. the woman in the expensive clothes and makeup with the nails all done and the new bmw who does her hair in the mirror but forgets the back where the hair is still pressed flat from a night`s sleep.

you have to laugh.

people who sit in thier garage and drink and talk really loud until 1.30 in the morning. fuck off inside your cubicle and yell if you want to. we really don`t want ot hear your shit. i`m about to toss a smoke grenade in there one night....thank god i`m moving somewhere where people stay inside on an evening. fucking rednecks and thier yappy dogs.

stop yelling at the thing. shoot it and go inside.

people who ask you a question and then keep talking so that you can`t answer. people who drone in a monotone voice and barely smile. people who gripe all the time whether it`s hot or cold outside. people who are constantly telling me thier plans to not be here for the winter, yet are here all winter and complain.

christ sake, join some volunteer organisation and they will take you somewhere hot alright. and i won`t be able to hear you go on about it.

people who go to a coffee shop and expect ot be left alone quietly to read.

firstly it`s not a library.

secondly it`s not a private place...like your living room.

and thirdly you`re an idiot expecting people you know not to talk to you when they see you in the coffee shop. where you are every day, sometimes for hours at a time.

people who say they are going to get fit and lose weight and go on a ride for charity and then when i encourage them and support them, they tell thier frineds that i`m telling them what to do.

actually fatty, i was sincerely encouraging you to be healthy, which is what i could have sworn you told me and a couple of my friends that you were planning to do.

in fact if my memory serves me, you actually did the ride and was happy you did...and i was glad you did too, because i know how good it feels to accomplish something and wanted to share your achievement becuase i thought we were at least aquainted well enough to share such a thing.

so fuck you, you miserable fat cow sitting there all hostile telling people i know that i`m prying into your business. no wonder you can`t find a man if you treat everyone like that.

so, from now on i will avoid engaging you in conversation even for a second, even if you are sitting with people i know, because you are a mine field of not-ok shit and i don`t feel like having you go off on me.

the annoying buddy who goes after the girl you are interested in and tries to dress like you and train like you and eat what you eat and say shit like you and thinks he`s a better version only hoping to see you fail.

and waits until you have a broken ankle to try to wrestle you in front of the girls. i was of two minds to hip toss you onto the cars in the parking lot but for the fact that your thick skull would have dented some poor bastard`s hood and i would have had to pay for it.

pretty tough picking on a guy who could barely put any weight on his ankle.

what a dick. you creepy old man. chicks don`t dig your smooth shit. try that on women your age. they will laugh in your face.

and the young ones will take your money and laugh.

and yeah, they look. because you are staring at them full on. it makes them nervous, not turned on. fuckwit.

and finally, the most annoying type of person, the yes person who agrees and seems intrigued with what you have to say, only to run to the next person and repeat what you said about them.

and yes, i have said stuff about people to other people. to me it`s a good way to see who says what to whom. i differ from others in that i know it will be repeated, so i tag my comments with specific details for just that one person.....so when it comes back, gotcha!

anyway, that`s me feeling a whole lot better about annoying types. i needed to get that off my chest. especially the people i come in contact will that piss me off. i needed to say those things. thanks for reading.

hopefully you will recognise some of these types in your own life, draining your essential spirit for thier own greedy desires...and if you are one of these people, shoot yourself now.

the second list of people who annoy me.

2009-11-06T17:17:00.000-05:00

bono. sanctimonious terrorist by proxy. for those of you who are wtfing right now, understand that he and his band, u2, have raised tens of millions of dollars for the i.r.a. and thier political wing, sinn fien.

people who gossip. not for gossiping, because we all do that, but for saying they don`t and that others shouldn`t. (i actually like people who gossip because i tell them things that only they then know...and when they repeat it, i know where and when it came from.)

liars. because we want to believe you, you piece of shit, and you betrayed our trust.

fools. because they aren`t bright enough to get out of anyone`s way....including thier own....and they have a job wherin they can make decisions over the lives of others, particularly my own life and that of those i care about.

like the canadian ministry of health lining people up to inject them with shit in little bottles.

schoolteachers. for telling my kids all manner of lies and half truths about everything from history to science to health. thankfully my kids are bright and don`t now believe that polar bears are drowning because we don`t recycle enough.

environmentalists. proselytisers of the new religion. saving the world. once you are convcerted, you then go out amongst the unbelievers and merrily hammer away at them until they start repeating the silliness.

(for those really interested in what is causing the heat of the planet to rise...it`s the sun. no big story, exept for the fact that..the sun is so big that it can do what it wants and nothing algore can do will stop it.)

feminists. (lesbians) they would have to be lesbians, because no woman who enjoyed the company of a man and is hopeful of a relationship with one would ever say or do any of the shit things that comes out of feminists mouths.

religious people. religion is great and helps people through shit periods in thier lives (sometimes) and gives people things to do and a purpose that they wouldn`t have otherwise..but people, keep your beliefs to yourself. i don`t want to hear about it or pay for it or anything else to do with it. and no you don`t have a right to go on about it. feedom of speech works like the freedom to not listen ot it.

they cancel eachother out.

so shut the fuck up.

activists. just stop. you waving your anti this, that or the other thing banner around is irritating, and if anything is polluting anything and we can do anything about it...you can stop waving your banner.

thanks.

well, that`s me feeling better. tommorow i wuill continue with part three.

that`s better.

list of annoying people.

2009-11-05T11:53:00.000-05:00

ten people i find annoying. not necessarily in any order or context. they are listed as i feel.

michael buble. mickey bubbles. barely 25 and he cartoons the voice of crooners from the `50s. douchebag.

the drummer from metallica lars ulrik. great, great drummer...but shut the fuck up you asshole....let the kids download your music for free (lars, here`s a tip...it`s free advertising.)

oprah winfrey. nuf said. 300 pounds of beef liver in a plastic bag. there, i said more. my blog.

politicians in general, but specifically the ones on tv when i have the uncomfortable experience of siitng watching for any length of time. i know it`s thier game and they paid to play...but fucking hell people, why do we encourage them.

the entire cast of friends. it`s a soap opera with a laugh track....and if it didn`t have one you wouldn`t know when to laugh would you?

anyone reporting about h1n1. seriously. are we really that stupid?

i guess we are.

celine dion. celine dion pregnant. celine dion smiling. celine dion singing. french accent and a hairlip.....jeez.

new country. i know that`s not a person. it`s an entire collection of really annoying people. some time ago some sharp people called marketers noticed that people with big hair, certain types of clothes and modern musical instruments sold a lot of records.

many more records than nasal twangy singers blethering on about depressing suubjects.

the people who sold lots of records were, of course, rockers.

the clever marketing types thought, hmmm, lets make these depressing people look and act like rockers....and bingo, thier sales shot through the roof.

gullable people thought, 'hey, those people look like rockers, let`s buy thier cd and go to the show."

well, that just encouraged them.

now even rockers are begining to sound like country.

idiots in cowboy hats are really annoying. that`s why you don`t see people wearing them in public unless it`s halloween....or they are off to see annoying nasal twangy singers pretend to be rockers.

don cherry. many in the u.s. won`t know who this twit is, but google and you`ll see. tiresome old windbag ex nhl coach resentful of the way hockey can be played by real athletes with skill.

he would prefer kids to hit and crosscheck everything that moves sooner than learn to skate and shoot and pass. and it`s a shame that he has the ear othe nation when hockey games are on because he tells kids to kill eachother as the best way to play the game.

fuckwit.

and i`ve saved the last spot for the most annoying person i can imagine.

algore.

spooky unblinking sociopath. i`m suprised he doesn`t have his own halloween costume. it would be terrifying.

hey al? stop telling kids that they are drowning polar bears if they don`t pester thier parents to recycle.

anyway that`s today`s top ten. i`m sure if i thought about it i could come up with another ten, and i apologise to those who didn`t make it...like the big ungainly woman who insists on making my starbucks coffee wrong so i will "notice" her.

i already noticed you dear. you are an idiot.

anyway. h ave a nice day everyone and hopefully you will manage to avoid those people who annoy you.

thankfully.

2009-11-04T18:23:00.000-05:00

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/03/What-We-Have-Learned-About-the-Great-Swine-Flu-Pandemic.aspx

thanks to the internet and the sharing of information, more people are able to decode the bullshit foisted on the public regarding the h1n1 virus.

and hopefuly people will begin to take this attitude on other things we are asked to accept from our government.

like taxes.

retirement funds.

healthcare.

`n shit.

it`s funny to read.

2009-11-03T09:24:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/torsun/091103/canada/_simply_unacceptable

but it`s a shame to think that people are buying this shit. refridgerated trucks to deal with the dead?

and, let`s just say for arguement`s sake, that there will be a pandemic...do you think the people who are being quoted in this article are going to be able to cope?

when people realise that they are on thier own in the world, they will be able to make better decisions for themselves and thier families.

isolated act.

2009-11-02T21:41:00.000-05:00

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091102/world/us_westernized_woman_assault

nothing to do with cultural and religious beliefs.

at all.

yeah, yeah, i know......

2009-11-02T15:48:00.000-05:00

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19660910/Medimmune-H1N1-Swine-Flu-Virus-PATENT-2008

....don`t believe everything you read on the internet.

moral indignation?

2009-11-02T15:13:00.000-05:00

http://money.ca.msn.com/small-business/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=22458623

no, more like an indication of the barometer of the moral compass of society.

i`m not suprised that people are consuming this type of service, and i predict that it will become more popular in the next few years as our pre-existing moral and ethical codes are eroded further.

cat tower

2009-11-02T14:59:00.000-05:00

happy kitty.

no sharia law in britain?

2009-10-30T16:30:00.000-05:00

http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/32486/sharia_takeover_in_uk/

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/134080/Now-Muslims-demand-Give-us-full-Sharia-law#

vincent?