a time to remember those who died for our right to say the most outragious things about anything we want to using the most sophisticated technology ever imagined.......
so be grateful for those who payed the ultimate price, not by buying a poppy necessarily, but by understanding that occasionally war is the only option.
when we aren`t too busy trying to save the planet of course.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
about time......
... i posted something.
ok, so we have a new president.
did you notice how little a deal it really is, or are you waiting for the music to begin and the curtain to rise on a different world?
so, once again, we are given the opportunity to see that everything isn`t political.
unless you are a control freak.
in which case getting "your guy" into office is critical.
me? i`m just doing the same shit.
breathing in and out. thinking. shaking my head at the futility. the abject boredom. the bankrupcy. the tiresome sameness of people`s expectation that things will change....even though they personally do nothing at all to effect such a change.
the only way things change is if we make them change.
voting once every four years isn`t doing it folks.
unless you are looking for a reason to be disappointed until it`s time to vote again.
look at hockey for instance.
the team does shit for a month and the coach and manager get fired.
maybe we should do that with presidents.
it won`t do much to change things either, but it would be more fun to watch.
because it is entertainment after all.
did you ever wonder why more and more pundits are comedians?
ok, so we have a new president.
did you notice how little a deal it really is, or are you waiting for the music to begin and the curtain to rise on a different world?
so, once again, we are given the opportunity to see that everything isn`t political.
unless you are a control freak.
in which case getting "your guy" into office is critical.
me? i`m just doing the same shit.
breathing in and out. thinking. shaking my head at the futility. the abject boredom. the bankrupcy. the tiresome sameness of people`s expectation that things will change....even though they personally do nothing at all to effect such a change.
the only way things change is if we make them change.
voting once every four years isn`t doing it folks.
unless you are looking for a reason to be disappointed until it`s time to vote again.
look at hockey for instance.
the team does shit for a month and the coach and manager get fired.
maybe we should do that with presidents.
it won`t do much to change things either, but it would be more fun to watch.
because it is entertainment after all.
did you ever wonder why more and more pundits are comedians?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
not for liberals.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html
this is peace folks.........
this is peace folks.........
Thursday, October 16, 2008
pat condell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-KHHKuVVRc
as a communicator i struggle to say difficult things with the clarity of this man.
thanks to youtube and blogger i can now allow pat to speak for me on the thorny issue of the islamification of the west.
enjoy.....and please, once you have watched, let me know what you think.
cheers.
as a communicator i struggle to say difficult things with the clarity of this man.
thanks to youtube and blogger i can now allow pat to speak for me on the thorny issue of the islamification of the west.
enjoy.....and please, once you have watched, let me know what you think.
cheers.
not suitable to watch....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwooM4yhiiY&feature=related
......if you work in a church.
when you`ve finished laughing, be good boys and girls and leave a comment.
thanks.
......if you work in a church.
when you`ve finished laughing, be good boys and girls and leave a comment.
thanks.
Monday, October 06, 2008
unconditional.
i`d like to dedicate this to ms.q.
unconditional.
that means without conditions.
like...all the time.
that`s how i set out to write this blog some years ago when i realised the relationship with the mother of my children was falling apart.
and how i realised that i could love myself.
unconditionally.
accepting.
realising.
loving and supporting.
because i knew truths about myself that were good and bad. and accepted that i`d got this far in this state and that i could experience love and devotion....i learned this through becoming a father........and that the world that i didn`t want to bring children into for most of my adult life had this ability to be ok once i began to accept and love myself unconditionally.
so it all comes back to this; once we find a way to unconditionally love ourselves, then others are left to face thier own decisions about themselves (or not....) and our lives change.
we stop putting ourselves in situations that are uncomfortable, or worse...and we put less obligation on others, and let them do thier thing and accept that too.
meeting others expectations a challenge?
then stop.
and sit back and watch the damage that expectations can cause....and just accept and love yourself.
others can then choose to do that too.
and you will be suprised at who comes and who goes from your life.
i feel like preaching a bit this afternoon so forgive me, or not, as i type away about what i feel is the most important practice we can take up on our journey through whatever it is we are journeying through in our conscious awareness.
oh yeah, and be prepared for the consquences of such a self-indulgent act. some will get hostile when you refuse to feed thier disagreement.
one of the first challenges i met in blogging was the power of disagreement.
people would openly challenge my posts and comments with all manner of comments in return, that, if we had been face-to-face, would have been too confrontational.
it took some adjustment on my part and a new-found confidence in my position to continue on typing and posting....to the point where i discovered that i really did love, not only myself, but how i said what i said.
and so i come full circle to begining to post once again about the unconditional love for the self.
also called not taking shit.
try it for a day or two and watch eyebrows fly.
unconditional.
that means without conditions.
like...all the time.
that`s how i set out to write this blog some years ago when i realised the relationship with the mother of my children was falling apart.
and how i realised that i could love myself.
unconditionally.
accepting.
realising.
loving and supporting.
because i knew truths about myself that were good and bad. and accepted that i`d got this far in this state and that i could experience love and devotion....i learned this through becoming a father........and that the world that i didn`t want to bring children into for most of my adult life had this ability to be ok once i began to accept and love myself unconditionally.
so it all comes back to this; once we find a way to unconditionally love ourselves, then others are left to face thier own decisions about themselves (or not....) and our lives change.
we stop putting ourselves in situations that are uncomfortable, or worse...and we put less obligation on others, and let them do thier thing and accept that too.
meeting others expectations a challenge?
then stop.
and sit back and watch the damage that expectations can cause....and just accept and love yourself.
others can then choose to do that too.
and you will be suprised at who comes and who goes from your life.
i feel like preaching a bit this afternoon so forgive me, or not, as i type away about what i feel is the most important practice we can take up on our journey through whatever it is we are journeying through in our conscious awareness.
oh yeah, and be prepared for the consquences of such a self-indulgent act. some will get hostile when you refuse to feed thier disagreement.
one of the first challenges i met in blogging was the power of disagreement.
people would openly challenge my posts and comments with all manner of comments in return, that, if we had been face-to-face, would have been too confrontational.
it took some adjustment on my part and a new-found confidence in my position to continue on typing and posting....to the point where i discovered that i really did love, not only myself, but how i said what i said.
and so i come full circle to begining to post once again about the unconditional love for the self.
also called not taking shit.
try it for a day or two and watch eyebrows fly.
Friday, October 03, 2008
no shit sherlock.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081001/us/usreport_us_cereal_sugar_1
"kellogs are working to make thier cereals more nutritious."
bullshit.
if they managed people wouldn`t eat them.
oatmeal, or as we called it as kids, porridge, is a dense, low glycemic food that is equally good for men and for horses......and as any horse owner will tell you......he ain`t feeding morning star lucky charms.
the majority of commercially available cereals are only as nutritious as the milk you drown them in, and your are better off eating the box they came in as they provide many minerals, oils and types of fibre not found in the nutitionally inert consumer product inside.
many of my weight-loss clients struggle with their wieght simply because the makers of these products lie to them, and while people try to limit caloric intake, the body needs nutrition from the calories ingested.
you would have to eat an entire box of special k, for example, to get enough protien and carbohydrate in a useable form to make it to lunch........
.......so people struggle in agony all morning and over eat at lunch.......or struggle further in cognitive deficit until supper and then devour whatever is available then.
and continue to eat late into the evening, because the bodies natural tendancy is to eat when real food is available.
stomachs don`t lie.
eat oatmeal in the morning and have a salad for lunch and a sandwich and fruit for supper.
and wake up hungry.
repeat.....and live lean and strong with energy all day.
and stop getting diet advice from commercials.
"kellogs are working to make thier cereals more nutritious."
bullshit.
if they managed people wouldn`t eat them.
oatmeal, or as we called it as kids, porridge, is a dense, low glycemic food that is equally good for men and for horses......and as any horse owner will tell you......he ain`t feeding morning star lucky charms.
the majority of commercially available cereals are only as nutritious as the milk you drown them in, and your are better off eating the box they came in as they provide many minerals, oils and types of fibre not found in the nutitionally inert consumer product inside.
many of my weight-loss clients struggle with their wieght simply because the makers of these products lie to them, and while people try to limit caloric intake, the body needs nutrition from the calories ingested.
you would have to eat an entire box of special k, for example, to get enough protien and carbohydrate in a useable form to make it to lunch........
.......so people struggle in agony all morning and over eat at lunch.......or struggle further in cognitive deficit until supper and then devour whatever is available then.
and continue to eat late into the evening, because the bodies natural tendancy is to eat when real food is available.
stomachs don`t lie.
eat oatmeal in the morning and have a salad for lunch and a sandwich and fruit for supper.
and wake up hungry.
repeat.....and live lean and strong with energy all day.
and stop getting diet advice from commercials.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
some logic required.
http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20081001/122289041500.html
firstly, mr.lee is not being criticized on how he makes a film, but on the factual content within the work......and secondly, mr.lee doesn`t make films that aren`t going to get "special" attention.
lee deliberately takes on subjects that promote issues of race, which he has a right to do, and has made a fine living at it.
having said that, i`m not contending that i have any knowledge whatsoever of what happened.
i will leave that to the experts.
firstly, mr.lee is not being criticized on how he makes a film, but on the factual content within the work......and secondly, mr.lee doesn`t make films that aren`t going to get "special" attention.
lee deliberately takes on subjects that promote issues of race, which he has a right to do, and has made a fine living at it.
having said that, i`m not contending that i have any knowledge whatsoever of what happened.
i will leave that to the experts.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tipler#The_Omega_Point
i have posted this previously, but one thing i realised is that someone or something had to build the damned thing in the first place.....unless it just compiled it`s self automatically.
the scientists say we all evolved out of the first protoplasmic organisms coming from mud, and the religious say we are a divine creation coming form god.
niether really says much about what went before.
so.
the question remains.
what went before all of this.
what was before the big bang...............and what did it bang into?
i have posted this previously, but one thing i realised is that someone or something had to build the damned thing in the first place.....unless it just compiled it`s self automatically.
the scientists say we all evolved out of the first protoplasmic organisms coming from mud, and the religious say we are a divine creation coming form god.
niether really says much about what went before.
so.
the question remains.
what went before all of this.
what was before the big bang...............and what did it bang into?
proof positive.
we find ways to make what we believe become a reality.
look around you and see what you`ve created......every second of your conscious existance.
look around you and see what you`ve created......every second of your conscious existance.
Monday, September 29, 2008
the cold arrives.
yesterday it was warm and humid, and today it`s cold and just damp.
my knees are telling me that winter is on the way and that i should be thinking about getting my mountain bike ready in the next few weeks as the road bike weather is passing quickly.
oh yeah....and it`s time to price out oil heaters for the apartment. last year i used the oven to heat the place too many times.
but i do love apartment living though........except the fuckwit who keeps taking my shit out of the dryer.
bring back the death penalty for that one i say.
my knees are telling me that winter is on the way and that i should be thinking about getting my mountain bike ready in the next few weeks as the road bike weather is passing quickly.
oh yeah....and it`s time to price out oil heaters for the apartment. last year i used the oven to heat the place too many times.
but i do love apartment living though........except the fuckwit who keeps taking my shit out of the dryer.
bring back the death penalty for that one i say.
Friday, September 19, 2008
week-end.
hope everyone has a great weekend, taking advantage of what could be the last of the summer heat.
i h ave finally turned the corner on this summer flu, or whatever the hell it was, and i`m lookng forward to getting back to focused training and competition, as the play-offs are here in both my soccer leagues.
i will be back to posting on a more regular basis when i find a deal on a laptop, so that i can post from home and spend abit more time researching my points and following the links on your sites at my leasure. the distractions at the library get to be too much here.
silly me, i thought libraries were supposed to be QUIET!
btw, if anyone local has a laptop for sale let me know.
cheers.
i h ave finally turned the corner on this summer flu, or whatever the hell it was, and i`m lookng forward to getting back to focused training and competition, as the play-offs are here in both my soccer leagues.
i will be back to posting on a more regular basis when i find a deal on a laptop, so that i can post from home and spend abit more time researching my points and following the links on your sites at my leasure. the distractions at the library get to be too much here.
silly me, i thought libraries were supposed to be QUIET!
btw, if anyone local has a laptop for sale let me know.
cheers.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
we forget.......
.....that we can show ourselves a picture or two, of some of our favorite things, and in an instant we become tranceformed......(transformed.)
try this now.
go to youtube and search for a video that will thrill you.
once you have watched the video, spend a few moments remembering how you felt while you watched it, what you saw, what you felt, what you said to yourself while you watched.
amplify what you saw, what you felt, and what you heard yourself say to yourself....to the point where you can barely stand to do it anymore.
fell better?
i thought so.
repeat when necessary.
try this now.
go to youtube and search for a video that will thrill you.
once you have watched the video, spend a few moments remembering how you felt while you watched it, what you saw, what you felt, what you said to yourself while you watched.
amplify what you saw, what you felt, and what you heard yourself say to yourself....to the point where you can barely stand to do it anymore.
fell better?
i thought so.
repeat when necessary.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
flu.
or something like it.
for the last six weeks or so i have been experiencing flu-like symptoms that have gone from sinus conjestion to the guts and back.
i believe the immune deficit began with mosquito bites while camping, something i rarely do, and so the effect of so many bites overwhelmed my natural ability to deal with such foriegn matter in my system. i would have been fiine but we ran out of repellent on the last day and so while packing to leave i was bitten hundreds of times and by the time we had driven 200 miles home i was already feeling the effects.
i can understand now how things like westnile virus can kill older people and those already ill.
we live in such a sheltered place in suburbia that any time we venture out into the wild away from airconditioning and starbucks we run the risk of exposure to things that can threaten out very existance.
i will have to take more repellant next time.
for the last six weeks or so i have been experiencing flu-like symptoms that have gone from sinus conjestion to the guts and back.
i believe the immune deficit began with mosquito bites while camping, something i rarely do, and so the effect of so many bites overwhelmed my natural ability to deal with such foriegn matter in my system. i would have been fiine but we ran out of repellent on the last day and so while packing to leave i was bitten hundreds of times and by the time we had driven 200 miles home i was already feeling the effects.
i can understand now how things like westnile virus can kill older people and those already ill.
we live in such a sheltered place in suburbia that any time we venture out into the wild away from airconditioning and starbucks we run the risk of exposure to things that can threaten out very existance.
i will have to take more repellant next time.
Monday, August 25, 2008
http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Amateur-Internet-Killing-Culture/dp/0385520808
one of the most amusing books i`ve read in quite a while.
in it the author finds fault in the prolifieration of myspace, youtube, facebook and blogging sites that allow "amateurs" to post and publish thier own works to share, and suggests this is the end of a functioning culture, and that somehow there will no longer be quality work done by experts as a result.
a little digging will find that the author is a internet tycoon himself and his venture, audiocafe, failed.....
so instead of trying again he writes a hostile criticism of the entire internet culture.
if mr.keen was truly concerned and interested in where culture is heading he would have read a variety of works, many of which are known by experts and amateurs alike as predicing precisely where culture is today.
i will suggest he start with marshall mcluhan, a man who never lived to see youtube, but predicted that it had to happen once society found the means to make it happen.
the author`s society of experts is also manifesting it`s self in meatspace...and his honour guard of lawyers, doctors and other bureaucrats are driving up prices to the point where the cost of everything will be out of reach of everyone but the elite, and us mere amateurs will need a certification to walk down the street.
http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/
here is andrew fully availing himself of a variety of free internet services that only exist on the backs of the desire of amateurs to communicate, for whatever reasons they have. a touch hypocritical..........
i wonder if his content is posted on youtube.
umbass.
in it the author finds fault in the prolifieration of myspace, youtube, facebook and blogging sites that allow "amateurs" to post and publish thier own works to share, and suggests this is the end of a functioning culture, and that somehow there will no longer be quality work done by experts as a result.
a little digging will find that the author is a internet tycoon himself and his venture, audiocafe, failed.....
so instead of trying again he writes a hostile criticism of the entire internet culture.
if mr.keen was truly concerned and interested in where culture is heading he would have read a variety of works, many of which are known by experts and amateurs alike as predicing precisely where culture is today.
i will suggest he start with marshall mcluhan, a man who never lived to see youtube, but predicted that it had to happen once society found the means to make it happen.
the author`s society of experts is also manifesting it`s self in meatspace...and his honour guard of lawyers, doctors and other bureaucrats are driving up prices to the point where the cost of everything will be out of reach of everyone but the elite, and us mere amateurs will need a certification to walk down the street.
http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/
here is andrew fully availing himself of a variety of free internet services that only exist on the backs of the desire of amateurs to communicate, for whatever reasons they have. a touch hypocritical..........
i wonder if his content is posted on youtube.
umbass.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
jeez.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080821/sc_livescience/studylargeearthquakecouldstrikenewyorkcity
y`know somewhere in the toolbar there is probably a button whereby i can make the letters in this post really big so that i can yell the headline of this yahoo article at you all....but i can`t be bothered at this point.
reading all these awful things has tired me to the point of despondancy.
and i don`t even watch tv.
a large earthquake could hit new york city.
expert scientists say so.
same ones that say the ice caps are melting and we are going to be growing palm trees soon.
good. i hate the cold and the snow and the cold.
did i mention i hate snow?
the tires on my bike are only an inch wide.
do you know how hard it is to ride through snow with tires that narrow?
i ride a bike so that i can single handedly thwart the rampant rise in global temperatures so that we will continue to see snowy winters for the next thousand years.
wait a minute.
my tires are only an inch wide.
what am i thinking.......
y`know somewhere in the toolbar there is probably a button whereby i can make the letters in this post really big so that i can yell the headline of this yahoo article at you all....but i can`t be bothered at this point.
reading all these awful things has tired me to the point of despondancy.
and i don`t even watch tv.
a large earthquake could hit new york city.
expert scientists say so.
same ones that say the ice caps are melting and we are going to be growing palm trees soon.
good. i hate the cold and the snow and the cold.
did i mention i hate snow?
the tires on my bike are only an inch wide.
do you know how hard it is to ride through snow with tires that narrow?
i ride a bike so that i can single handedly thwart the rampant rise in global temperatures so that we will continue to see snowy winters for the next thousand years.
wait a minute.
my tires are only an inch wide.
what am i thinking.......
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