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October 19, 2021
Unsatisfactory ecommerce Banking
Security Federal Bank    
I'm afraid that I have been forced to curtail the amount of business I have been doing with my 'hometown' bank. It seems that though I thought the only incompetents were their IT department, the entirety of their organization is permeated with dullards unable to do their own work and therefore forced to outsource.

My deal breaker came yesterday when they 'declined' a valid debit card charge as 'suspicious' for the second time.

This failure to learn from past mistakes can only be construed as stupidity.

Couple this with embarassing me in front of yet another vendor and voila, I'm in the new checking account and plastic market yet again. It's been a long time. They lost my insurance business as a consequence of this stupidity as well.

Outsource that.

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October 18, 2021
World Menopause Day 2021
Not being of the female persuasion, I am theoretically not subject to menopause. However, I have heard other men laughingly accuse other men of being in menopause. My memories of the state in life surround my dear mother who suffered horrendous hot flashes and I could tell that she was in distress by these phenomena.

Therefore, I don't typically joke around regarding menopause given the shocking experience I have seen with it's appearance.
Menopause may be defined as the the ceasing of menstruation.

It typically becomes a period in the life of a woman between 45 and 50 years and is accompanied by hormonal changes which may or may not be controlled medically.

World Menopause Day is held annually on October 18th.

The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing.

It incorporates a global awareness raising campaign for women and professionals which includes materials distribution and events designed to engage people in what menopause is and create a village of informed individuals.

The theme for World Menopause Day 2021 is Bone health which is one of those hormone specific processes affected by menopause.

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October 17, 2021
Norm Macdonald first posthumous birthday
    
Norm Macdonald
Norm Macdonald
October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

Norm Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.
He appeared in numerous films and was a regular favorite comedian panelist of talk show hosts.
Many considered him to be the ultimate in late night comedy guests.

In 2021, Norm passed from leukemia for which he was diagnosed eight years earlier but had declined public disclosure.
Happy Birthday in Heaven and rest in peace.

See also:

Norm Macdonald passed on September 14th

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October 16, 2021
Pope John Paul II Day in Poland
John Paul II    
I'm afraid that since the death of John Paul II my relationship with the Catholic church has suffered.

Knowing full well that San Giovanni Paolo II was indeed a tough act to follow, I'm afraid that catholicism has lost it's "A Game" as has so much else upon the planet.

Having roamed the streets of Rome on the day Pope Paul died as well as on the death of Pope John Paul I, the Pope formerly known as Karol Wojtyła has always been dear to my heart.

As a man of the people with that unfallible stalwart character inspired by the Spirit of the One True God — I have failed to discern this aspect of spirituality in the Holy See since he passed.

Today is Pope John Paul II Day which commemorates the election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as Pope.

It is observed annually each October 16 as established by the Polish Parliament in tribute to Pope John Paul II, who was first nonitalian Pope in 455 years.

On October 16, 1978, the Archbishop of Kraków Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected as Pope and took the papal name John Paul II. If ever there were a true 'Vicar of Christ' it was him.

The day was celebrated for the first time in 2001.

Tags: people, places, endings, scripture
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October 15, 2021
Honky can't hurt me
I heard a word I haven't heard in a while yesterday. The word was honky and it was being spoken by an older person to a younger person and I got the idea that the person being addressed had no clue as to it's meaning or context.

I found it all vastly amusing to see a person get all offended from a standpoint of ignorance. This person didn't know what was being said and was only reading the expression and tone of the one speaking.

Honky, much like buckra is a derogatory term directed toward white people by black people and is one of those mean spirited if not totally amusing epithets predominantly heard in the United States.

Some of us intimidate others to the point that individuals are inclined to keep these terms to themselves lest they incur the wrath of someone able and liable to inflict sufficient violence as a consequence ...

I, for one am a person to whom you don't cast many in the way of these terms because I am likely to pound you into the ground with one of the many hickory mattock handles I maintain in various corners of my home and automobile — or worse.

mattock handle

Be all of this as it may, I typically find these names amusing and don't really get riled over them in any social situation ... nor do I view them as particularly awkward or provoking.

It's just one of those things a people do to one another and they remind me of the early 1970's book Games People Play by Eric Berne. However, the game would be a new one in the context of that work.

If you are one of those who call names it's a parameter with which I can certainly deal. Just be wary of your company when you use provoking language lest you find yourself in some uncomfortable hypthetical situation secondary to letting your alligator mouth outdo your hummingbird ass.

See also:

Remembering Buckra

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October 14, 2021
Attack of the mail server discards
    discarded email
Anymore I discard the bulk of the latter day domains ICANN in their infinite wisdom decided were required by the world in their Jan 12, 2012 gTLD program. So if you have decided on one of these johnny-come-lately domains so in vogue by the spammers of the world you go for it.

I let through a subset of the original TLDs which have been around from the beginning, but even that list is seriously curtailed for purposes of spam avoidance.

.COM .NET .ORG .BIZ and other such longstanding mainstream TLDs are safe bets with me.

These people who think they crave 'unique TLD names' are much like our african bretheren who think their children need to have "unique" names they simply make up as though it will somehow make them precedents in the world at large when all it does is mess them up on the job front and provide racist cues to everyone else.

Me — I remain a purist. I utilize a subset of the original set of TLD names and don't filter them from sending mail to my network. All those other newer entries ICANN placed online a while back simply have no place in my existence and I decline to indulge them with routing to my destination.

I don't do the "reject" directive anymore. It simply gets you marked as a problem to the mail servers of the world. Your unwanted mail is still accepted at the server as if everything is hunky dory. It just never makes it to a client machine on the network. It's simply discarded at the server.

I'm always willing to accommodate ANY domain in use on the planet at the request of a bonafide correspondent. Just don't bother me with that spam traffic I just don't want or need.

Like the blog About paragraph says, if you're selling something please go elsewhere.

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October 13, 2021
Claudius 4th Roman emperor died 1,967 years ago
Claudius    
When I was a kid I was into mythology and the ancient cultures of the world. Rome interested me greatly having read of the Caesars and their various iterations throughout their family and some of the antics were astounding in my young orientation to the world.

In particular, Caligula and Nero caught my attention because of their depravity. Between them was Claudius, who was a much more stable and responsible figure in the procession of Rulers of the Roman Empire.

Claudius suffered an illness as a youngster which left him with a limp and slight deafness which caused him to be spurned by his family and caused his exclusion from public office until his consulship — which was shared with his nephew, Caligula in 37.

His health conditions likely saved him from the murder and persecution of other nobles during the purges of Tiberius and Caligula because he likely was not considered a serious threat. After the assassination of Caligula, as the last adult male of his family he was declared the fourth Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard. He ruled from 41 to 54 AD.

Even in light of his limited experience he proved able and efficient in the administration of the Roman Empire. He expanded his administration and restored the finances of the empire after the excesses of Caligula. There were massive new construction projects including roads, aqueducts, canals, and buildings throughout the Empire which then began a successful conquest of Britain. He pursued the law vigorously presiding over public trials and issuing up to 20 edicts daily. His public viewed his micromanagement as vulnerability and he was continually defending his position — resulting in the deaths of many senators which over time damaged his reputation.

It is said that he was murdered by own wife, Agrippina the Younger on October 13, 54 AD. After his death at the age of 63, his grand-nephew and legally adopted step-son Nero succeeded him. He was interred at the Mausoleum of Augustus.

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October 12, 2021
Hummingbird Feeder Countdown
    Humingbird Migration Patterns
I'm counting down the days til I remove the hummingbird feeders for the season. I have read in several places how there are species who remain in the state year long ...

But I simply don't think the traffic is worthwhile because they likely populate locations remote from my urban sprawl.

So the way I typically handle it is ten days without a bird sighting and I was and put away the hummingbird feeders. It would certainly be my pleasure to keep them going if I did not fear it would be to no avail.

All summer it's been an colorless 25% cane sugar solution and the birds have hit both feeders hard.

I replaced the large 32 oz Perky Pet My Best feeders with a pair of 16 oz Dr JB feeders after looking them over for about a year. They are easier to break down and clean and that is a plus for both my lazy streak and compulsive attention to detail.

I even think I now have some birds that are native to this immediate area. I have also noticed marked less skiddishness when I approach the window anymore. A couple of the older birds just sit there and look at me and the younger ones in general show no fear of me at all.

What a difference 15 years makes.

Anyway, I try to champion the hummingbirds as I can and if I determine they're still here the feeders will stay up for as long as necessary.

I figure my criteria is flexible enough to suit them.

Hummingbird Feeders 2021-10-10

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October 11, 2021
Columbus Day 2021
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria    

I don't have a lot in store regarding Columbus Day. It has always been there in my life and it's primarily a day for sales in retail outlets in my orientation.

However, the history behind the day has never been lost on me and I have been a fan of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria since I was a sprout.

Today is another Columbus Day.

Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.

The indigenous people, libtards, and Marxists such as BLM who would like change our existing history (as if that were possible) removing historical statues and replacing them with statues of drug abusing criminals such as George Floyd seek to have it among other history and historical figures changed to reflect their perverted notions of the nation but we simply won't have it.

Happy Columbus Day and BLM and other Marxist monetizing libtard idiots go to Hell.

F☠ck Indigenous People's Day.
 

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October 11, 2021
Old Michaelmas Day 2021
Saint Michael the Archangel


I am of the Christian faith and believe in the Christian religious traditions. Many have been tainted by the pagan influences of holiday observance but I closely differentiate those 'traditions of men' from those religious traditions of mine.

This has brought my attitudes under fire by Christians who have not bothered to study or investigate ...

With many not ever having read a "true" translation of the Bible preferring the ones altered by scribes of the devil in an attempt to sway the true word from one which is patently false.

If you cannot trace The Word back to the original translations I personally believe your source to be suspect.

We who believe in God have a corresponding belief in angels. The Elohim, in whose image we are made consists of both YHVH, the one true God and his angels.

Angels have a hierarchy of their own with the topmost rank being that of archangel.The title Archangel refers to an angel of high rank. The title archangel itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings are found in a number of similar religious traditions.

Saint Michael is an archangel. He is a spiritual warrior in the battle of good versus evil. His attributes include champion of justice, healer of the sick, and guardian of the Church. Artistic representations of Saint Michael are typically depicted with him wielding a sword, a banner, or scales, and vanquishing Satan.

Old Michaelmas Day falls on October 11. This day may be construed as October 10 by some sources with those the dates being the result of the shift from Julian to Gregorian calendars. Thusly, that gap widens by a day every century except the current one.

It is said that the Devil fell out of Heaven on this date onto a blackberry bush whereby he cursed the fruit as he fell. According to an old legend, blackberries should not be picked after this date. Variations of the legend include the devil spitting or urinating upon them and the legend and it's variants are well known in all of Great Britain.

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October 10, 2021
misdemeanant at large
    forensic body outline

Yes, mama I am a law breaker.

I consciously decline to wear my seat belt just because the stupid idiot retired senator John gd Land got the law passed and I don't give a flying F☠ck who doesn't like it.

True, there are individuals in my life who routinely force me to wear a seat belt when I ride in their vehicle. I just don't ever (and never will) do so willingly or of my own volition.

The entire notion of forcing seat belts on people is much like the stupid vacine and mask mandates where the stupid think they know what's best for the world at large when they don't.

This unwanted, unwarranted intrusion into my life isn't going unnoticed either.

I'm presently waiting for my insurance company to tell me they're increasing my rates over this last $25 ticket I got on I-126 a couple of weeks past so I can cancel them immediately in the finest tradition of that moronic cancel culture we see all over the news anymore.

No. I do not intend to ever comply. I will, however, seek revenge. F☠ck you and die.

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October 9, 2021
National Nanotechnology Day 2021
nanobot sketch    

I was once interested in nanotechnology but decided early on that I had neither the time nor the equipment to pursue my interests in the field.

The whole time I was considering the possibilities they grew farther and farther from my grasp because the education, equipment, and other resources were simply not there nor would they ever be. Simply pie in the sky for me personally.

It's sad to note those fleeting thoughts of pursuing a level of technology which was primarily an advanced laboratory concept in the absence of any semblance of practical applicability from a standpoint of personal existence — but there it was in my face up close and peronal.

A nanometer being a minute one billionth of a meter nanotechnology indicates technological aspects conducted at "nanoscale", which is about 1 to 100 nanometers ...

Dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers are simply not a practical environment for what was increasingly just a casual interest such as that which was mine.

These technological aspects, machines and such involve manipulation of individual atoms and molecules in practical application and I simply see the acquisition of equipment working in those tolerances beyond my practical scope indeed.

The thrust of nanotechnology is improvement and revolutionizing industrial and technological such as information technology, homeland security, medicine, transportation, energy, food safety, and environmental science, among many others.

The subspecialty called nanorobotics applies technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometer with nanorobots, aka nanobots aka nanoids typically ranging in size from 0.1-10 micrometers and constructed of nanoscale or molecular components.

October 9 brings us National Nanotechnology Day.

National Nanotechnology Day is an annual celebration featuring events and activities on or around October 9 to raise awareness of nanotechnology and it's application, opportunities, and challenges.

While technology has always been my thing, like Clint Eastwood said in 1973 as Harry Calahan in Magnum Force:
 

A man's GOT to know his limitations.

I'm all too aware of my limitations when it comes to effective pursuit of nanotechnology in practical applications. It was totally impractical from both capital equipment and training perspectives.

It's primarily a realm reserved for corporations and institutions with access to donors promoting high finance, capital equipment, and well equipped laboratories.
 

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October 8, 2021
Steak Luncheon October 2021
    Longhorn Restaurant Gervais St Columbia SC

Went out to lunch with my girl yesterday. These moments grow far and few between for me. We went over to Longhorn's on Gervais and had the usual servings of beef steak and laughed and carried on.

It was a good time even though I jabbed my finger with the very sharp steak knife provided in the place setting. Oh well ... it seems I don't know much about machinery.

I was a bit late patching things up but now the injury is doing much better.

Anyway, during lunch we spoke of many topics regarding recent work developments and social events and it all has made me feel that leaving my job was the best move I could have made given the circumstances with the incompetent leadership and an utter lack of suitable direction ...

Not to mention the libtard nazi democrat party stances on vaccines and what have you. Well beyond the scope of employment. These people are out of their stupid overbearing libtard minds.

So this has left my girl wanting to look for other avenues. I'm satisfied with the change I made. Now if we could send all the democrats packing the world would definitely be improved.
 

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October 7, 2021
File Transfers and Me
FTP screen cap    
I maintain a small ISP net which includes an FTP server. I am continually amazed at the unauthorized access attempts to this resource just because it's out there.

Once upon a time I allowed anonymous access and all I got was an endless stream of exploits by dullards who thought they could outwit me with embedded illegal filename characters and various scripting attempts which were all pretty futile prior to them ever arriving on my patio.

So now I'm just a lock down crazy anus much like the sysadmin group at the City of Columbia because they're stupid while I'm simply fed up. I can maintain an anonymous public access resource but simply choose not to be bothered. The continual requirement of my premium off time in the pursuit of making things accessible and more importantly SAFE for my bonafide users was just more than I cared for in light of that preponderance of exploiters out there anywhere and everywhere.

So now you need both an account and specific credentials to gain access to the FTP server. Wasn't always this way and just because you have an account doesn't make you automatically eligble for FTP privileges. Found that requirement out the hard way too.

I have it nailed down to a specific list of allowed client addresses as well. So DHCP credentials likely won't do it for you. How's that for an anal retentive policy in the best traditions of the City of Columbia, SC ... land of the tard sysadmin group ?

Microsoft addicts — just can't do anything in the absence of a gui and a snap in.

Boo ! and Duh !

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