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- October 12, 2019
- Crowleymas 2019
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Proponents of a 'religion' known as Thelema founded by English occultist, writer and generally nasty human being Aleister Crowley celebrate his life on this day.
Known as the "feast for the life of Aleister Crowley" it celebrates the giver of "the law" said to be given to him from an entity named Aiwass which subsequently became the foundation of this so-called religion and philosophy of his creation called Thelema.
Now, while he has proponents thoughout the world claiming he is a seer and posessing extraordinary paranormal abilities and powers; the sum total of my readings have lead me to believe he is mostly just a pervert with some of the nastiest proclivities I've ever had described in writing and I could never be his acolyte nor hold him in any level of esteem ... much less reverence.
I consider any notion of following his teachings as some misguided set of pseudoreligious 'tenets' utterly abhorrent.
But it's (mostly) a free world and if you're one of those who follow Thelema hold Aleister Crowley in some semblance of respect and/or admiration by all means go for it.
I, on the other hand, choose to ignore the day by and large having discharged my duty to bring what I feel to be the works of an utter charlatan to light.
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- October 11, 2019
- National Coming Out Day 2019
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It's National Coming Out Day a day that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer individuals celebrate the act of 'coming out' i.e., making their "status" known to the world.
Now, I know fags who are in, I know others who are out and still others who are WAY OUT ... and suffice it to say that I attempt to maintain some semblance of humanity about me when interacting with them.
Many of my deviant cohorts dislike the fact that I believe that homosexuality is a sin that violates the laws of the one true God as stated in Leviticus ... such as those populating Sodom and Gomorrah United Methodist Church.
However, being who YOU are comes with the liability that I may remain who I am and it's not negotiable.
How I feel is often suppressed in the name of civil comportment and indeed I actually have homosexual and other deviant friends whose company I enjoy HOWEVER ...
This being said I also don't knock others who hold disdain for the bloody lifestyle and I don't hate anyone for being queer.
Like I said. I suppress my attitudes toward the act of gaiety in human beings because I feel we need to try and get along.
Those notions that I am supposed to feel bigoted because I don't view being homo as a human right is neither here nor there .
So happy National Coming Out Day you fudge packers and carpet munchers. To each their own ... including me.
I must note here that the 'PC Police' at work got me and had me remove choice statements from the text lest I incur trouble.
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- October 10, 2019
- K-Mart in West Columbia SC is Closing
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The K-Mart at 1500 Charleston Hwy, West Columbia, SC 29169 along with the other two last K-Marts in South Carolina are closing.
Such ends the one in West Columbia which was a pillar of my childhood.
The store has been in decline as evidenced by the hot August days where the doors were all open with the air conditioning going full blast.
Then there were the several times I witnessed young local men remove their old beat up shoes, place them in a box from which he had just placed new shoes on his feet then departed bypassing the cashier.
I feel that the fundamental issue with K-Mart in South Carolina has been good management — or actually a total lack thereof.
Had the chain instilled good management into their stores they likely would not be closing now.
It's a sad tale of incompetence, poor judgement, and criminal activity which likely dulled the competitive edge to a state of nothingness.
That's what they get for hiring no character inept management just because that's all they could get in South Carolina.
So much for the Blue Light Special in my home town. I used to shop at the location there since I was a kid.
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- October 9, 2019
- Another moment in time
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Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.
Robert Kennedy
Close To You
Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky, every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And golden star-light in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the boys in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you
On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And golden star-light in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the boys in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Lyrics Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by The Carpenters
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- October 8, 2019
- International Octopus Day 2019
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Today begins International Cephalopod Awareness Days with it's kick off event, International Octopus Day.
A cephalopod is a mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, such as an octopus or squid. These animals are typically on the go all the time and remain a predatory species in their food chain.
Octopus specimens are said to be extremely intelligent and can squeeze through minute openings compared to their body size to gain access to areas you wouldn't think they could. All of the specimens with which I have ever interacted were marine animals and they are truly interesting to observe with their characteristic behaviors and awareness of their surroundings.
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- October 7, 2019
- Fox News Channel Anniversary
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Well ... I mark the anniversary of the Fox News Channel which has managed to be one of the few bastions of objective reporting left in the broadcast journalism world whereby the bulk of the main stream media are controlled by their libtard puppet masters and they blindly pursue their agenda with the lack of character that all entails.
The Fox News Channel began broadcasting in 1996 and I find the fact that I must turn to them for fair and unbiased reporting along with the One America News Network, Judicial Watch, The Daily Wire, The National Review, Townhall and others to be somewhat disconcerting.
Objectivity in the mainstream media is a fleeting commodity.
Particularly when journalists I once knew and respected like Craig Melvin who once was at WIS TV moved to NBC at Rockefeller Center and spouted off obviously fake news like the rest of those indolent lemming party line liars which populate that network ... misstating The President of the United States all the while claiming to quote him. Even in the presence of numerous circulating video clips to the contrary.
So happy anniversary, Fox News Network.
I appreciate you and I follow you in my continual pursuit of the truth in journalism unavailable from Craig Melvin and the rest of the NBC fake news broadcasting libtards.
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- October 6, 2019
- Fighting over Brother Stuff
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I was watching reruns of The X Factor UK and there was a young man named Christian Burrows who came in and started singing his personal spin on an old standard Take Me Home Country Roads when Simon stopped him and inquired regarding the song then requesting another. Afterwards he sang a song that he wrote in tribute to his younger brother who had passed a few years back.
While I was listening he mentioned various aspects of family life an talked about fighting over "brother stuff" and it occured to me that even though I have two brothers I never had a clue regarding 'brother stuff' and to this day I have no idea of it's meaning or implications.
The profound performance was not lost on the judges who thanked him for sharing this personal music with them and all the comments were glowingly positive throughout the judging. I feel this is a sad thing in the context of my childhood whereby I was never really close to any of my siblings and indeed we were always fighting and in retrospect things could have been a lot better between us.
Two Again
I would do anything just to be two years old again,
Imagine what we could’ve done,
Imagine what we could’ve been,
Making paper planes ’til the sun goes down,
I’d be holding your hand as you’re squeezing onto mine,
Hold on tight we shall never let go,
Remember building castles out of old lego,
Just to knock ’em down,
See it’s changed, now you’re not around,
I’m not the same but I hope you’re proud,
I wish your little face was still around,
With that cheesy smile, and them little chubby cheeks,
Imagine all the mischief we’d get up to,
Imagine us, tag team, one plus two,
Imagine all the good, bad, sad, and happy times,
Imagine all the time out, naughty step crimes,
Stay up late, watch TV we couldn’t watch,
We’d go to school, break the rules, play hopscotch,
And climb trees, chase bees, just to act tough,
And fight, fight, fight, fight over brother stuff,
And sneak out late, play football, ’til the sun goes,
My thunder buddy, I will keep you safe as you dose,
Off to sleep, bed bugs, and counting sheep,
Off to sleep, night, night, baby brother sleep,
Until we meet again, Stay safe, my friend,
And I will keep you in my thoughts ’till the very end,
My little teletubby, in the sky, with his smile,
My little thunder buddy, I will see you in a while,
I’m missing you,
Like the sun on a rainy day,
When the stars come out to play, Oh, Oh,
I miss you,
And I’m missing you,
And I want to be with you, my friend,
I just wish we could be two again.
Lyrics by Christian Burrows
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- October 5, 2019
- Remembering Rodney Dangerfield
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Rodney Dangerfield was one of those comics that tweaked my interest early on. He was one of those who 'pushed the envelope' of human acceptance in comedic performance and I noticed him early on for that reason.
Jack Roy, aka Jacob Rodney Cohen, aka Rodney Dangerfield was a versitile performer whose repetoire spanned stand-up comedy, acting, voice artistry, producing, screenwriting, music, and authorship.
He was a staple on talk shows and maintained a steady career of stand up comic engagements as well as his own brick and mortar night club. He was an inspiration and mentor to many other comedians and left this world at the pinnacle of his influence and respect in the genre. Indeed, he had a popular line "I get no respect" which populated various moments in his career when in actuality he earned the utmost repsect from his peers and his fans; of which I was one early on.
He passed this earthly existence on October 5, 2004 at the UCLA Medical Center some month and a half short of his 83rd year succumbing from complications of surgery he had undergone the previous August.
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- October 4, 2019
- World Animal Day 2019
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Sometimes I think I'm an animal. You know, a REAL animal ...
of the vicious beast variety. I know how to growl and bar my teeth. There are various maneuvers with which I am familiar which could be very compromising to another physically.
Then there is that nagging component which blows it all out of the water: conscience.
I have this compelling sense of what is right or wrong secondary to my raising. I am innundated with mores which have been there as long as I have.
That complex of ethical and moral principals was instilled into me from my parents and various others who took it upon themselves to provide guidance to me at various points in my life. These form various images which may be called "experience".
Not all of these were appreciated at the time either, but they seem to have stuck anyway.
So as an animal I have underlying characteristics which inhibit those "wild" aspects of existence.
Today is World Animal Day. It's an international observance of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated each year on October 4 and corresponds to the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
Yes, I have those characteristics which could be construed as quite animalistic but there is the underlying prudence from experience which suppresses those animal impulses within thereby separating me from the wilder beasts — of which I still claim to be one.
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- October 3, 2019
- Lena Headey 2019
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It's a difficult matter to set aside sheer adoration of a thespian, particularly when they play a character so dear to your heart as to supersede most other aspects of their professional existence.
Such is Lena Headey, the character actor who portrayed Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles until Fox had the absolute brain infarct of cancelling the series ... much to my disappointment and chagrin.
So it is that she went on to play a few equally memorable yet not so endearing characters such as the violent and evil Ma-Ma in the movie Dredd starring Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby.
Then of course there is her portrayal of Cersei Lannister who was equally evil and conniving as well as incestuous and power hungry as well in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones.
Lena Kathren Headey was born on October 3rd 1973 when I was well into my 17th year pissing off the world at Richland Hospital. Her career became that of an English actress who I have followed as a matter of personal interest.
Suffice it to say that her credits are diverse and many and I hope to enjoy many more portrayals from this talented woman so dear to my heart.
Today is her birthday. Happy birthday to you !
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- October 2, 2019
- I Remember Rock Hudson
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We come to grips with our attitudes as a function of age and experience. There have been reactions to some situations which could have been better on my part. Others were satisfactory from the get go ...
Roy Harold Scherer, Jr, aka Rock Hudson was an actor whose work I followed as a fan of McMillan and Wife and a number of comedy shows from my extreme youth.
When I was working in the medical field during the 1970s and 1980s I was immersed in the AIDS epidemic which innundated the West coast clinics I worked during that timeframe.
After his passing, he was the brunt of various jokes regarding how and why he died and though I laughed at a few of them and even repeated some I now view that as a rather misguided implementation of humor that I would not repeat had it all transpired later in my lifetime.
Essentially, no person who suffered the ravages of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and those complications which typically accompanied it during those early days should ever suffer ridicule on top of everything else.
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- October 1, 2019
- October 1, 2019
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It's October 1 and the holiday season has commenced for me personally. Yes, those temperatures remain broiling but I have high hopes for a break from the heat in a week or so.
The Fiscal Year for the United States begins today.
I would wish that the democrats are defunded as the counterproductive enemies of the state they have become along with provisions to take them out along with antifa and the rest of the mess of stupidity which has become a continuing cancer upon The Republic.
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- September 28, 2019
- Karen Gaffney
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I was watching a TEDx presentation by Karen Gaffney who is a proponent of inclusion for persons with Down Syndrome and other disabilities.
This woman was as engaging a speaker as I've ever heard. She had a pleasant demeanor and relevant topics for which she made a compelling case for mainstreaming those with Downs Syndrome.
She completed a relay swim of the English Channel and performed other feats of endurance swimming prowess far beyond those of most mortals.
She is also the president of the Karen Gaffney Foundation, a non-profit organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon "dedicated to championing the journey to full inclusion for people with Down Syndrome and other disabilities".
She is a remarkable, intelligent, articulate and eloquent woman who happens to have Down Syndrome.
Her delightful and engaging presence held my attention as she spoke volumes regarding that which I simply cannot view as a disability at all given her exquisite logical thoroughness ...
I kept revisiting the thought that this woman is quite normal (whatever that is) as far as I could tell and I for one look forward to enjoying her next presentation should that moment arise for me personally.
She proved time and time again that the world is not what it once was when it comes to Down Syndrome when those affected with it prove functional on a par with the intellect of any academe you might encounter.
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- September 26, 2019
- National Good Neighbor Day 2019
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It is my opinion that I am not a good neighbor. I don't really mingle with my neighbors and check on them as likely I should. By the same token, nobody comes around checking on me either.
I'll probably be found someday passed away after an extended period due to my lack of interaction in the hood.
When I was a very young man, I would watch Fred Rogers speak of neighbors and being neighborly, the cultivation of manners, and various topics I thought to be relevant for children today.
Never having been one to impose my opinions on the raising of other people's children; my spate in the local public school system left me aghast with the reality of just how unsophisticated and ill mannered the children were in general. I also found it difficult to fathom how such stupid parents as those from which these miscreant children arose were allowed to procreate.
National Good Neighbor Day is a national holiday in the United States. It was changed from the fourth Sunday in September to September 28 in 2003.
Becky Mattson of Lakeside, Montana created National Good Neighbor Day as a day to connect with and recognize the importance of good neighbors in the early 1970s. President Jimmy Carter who should have never been elected signed a Proclamation establishing September 24, 1978 as National Good Neighbor Day, stating that it should be observed "with appropriate ceremonies and activities" on September 22, 1978.
On April 28, 2004 the Senate passed a resolution by one Montana Senator Max Baucus designating September 26 as National Good Neighbor Day.
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