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August 16, 2018
True Love Forever Day
candy hearts    
When it comes to soulmates and true love I'm afraid that I'm no longer eligible.

My cynicism toward the topic is warranted personally but I pretty much keep it all to myself and preoccupy any amorous intent with meaningless forays into lust rather than that actuality I witness in others espousing that 'soulmates' exist and all those kissy face couples I see engaged within it's purview.

I have had my day in that sun and I am content to be left to my own devices rather than prowl around partying and clubbing. It's simply no longer me.

Not that I disapprove. Just that it hasn't been something I've ever pursued. My interests early on were a variety of things far removed from relationships and now I fear it's entirely too late for me to indulge such endeavors ...

Nowadays I'm more pursuant of casual encounters rather than those 'rental properties' I sought in the distant past.

HOWEVER, I do salute those of you who feel that your relationship is one of those stellar involvements worthy of poetry, monuments, and the stuff of legend for countless eons to come.

Today is True Love Forever Day. It is celebrated on the 16th of August and is a day reserved for expressing those sincere feelings in whatever stage your amore should find itself.

The conveyance of ideas are meant to be as creative as your sincerity and intensity may provide.

That love story which is you should be resplendent with decorations, accoutrement, fine dining, and of course an intimate interlude all your own.

As for me, I'll just sit back and allow you to enjoy your day.

Happy True Love Forever Day !

Sweet Disposition

Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you

A moment of love
A dream
A laugh
A kiss
A cry
Our rights
Our wrongs
A moment of love
A dream
A laugh
A moment of love
A dream
A laugh

So stay there
Cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender

Songs of desperation
I played them for you

A moment of love
A dream
A laugh
A kiss
A cry
Our rights
Our wrongs
A moment of love
A dream
A laugh
A moment of love
A dream
A laugh

Stay there
Cause I'll be coming over
While our blood's still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop 'til it's over
Won't stop to surrender




Performed by The Temper Trap
Three Days to Kill Soundtrack
Lyrics by Abby Mandagi and Lorenzo Sillito
© Imagem Music LLC d/b/a
Imagem Sounds, Imagem Cv
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August 15, 2018
Gone Psycho !
WTF
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August 14, 2018
Silicon Valley, Diversity, Technology and the Insane Left
world people technology pc Idiocy    

So Silicon Valley has touted "less than optimal" spreads on the diversity scene with racial and gender diversity coming under critical fire as significantly less than satisfying. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

So then, I get the impression that the pursuit of technical excellence is a secondary consideration to our new age affirmative action whereby we need to be of a specific demographic profile before suitability for doing business in the technical arena exists.

IMHO those who exhibit the ability to do the work should be the priority and as such the deck is definitely stacked toward Asian Indians, the Chinese, and others not indigenous to the country and before we make efforts to train those natives who might become suitable we need to H1B the country into a state of frazzled foreign influx ...

I care not for diversity at the expense of technical know how. It's a sad commentary that this morbid pc cancer can't be cured once and for all.

Perhaps a nice diversity workshop at South Puget Sound Community College could fix the problem.

Militant black bitches running people of color only events take note. That crap only works with stupid leftist morons such as those inhabiting the field of public education.

Preferred personal pronouns which ignore fact, biology, and the morbid psychology of sexual deviation are simply not conducive to intelligensia. The word "gender dysphoria" itself implies an abnormal state.

The position of "gender located between the ears" and sex being located "between the legs" likewise is a fallacy because gender is located in the chromosomes.

XY = Male
XX = Female
Chromosomal Mosaics are the only exception within that realm called normal.

That stupidity which is the legacy of the Obama administration will forever be the biggest mistake of the electorate of the United States of America. The Left is consistently gone crazy and getting crazier by the minute as if they think this will be tolerated forever.

Idiot city planners married to other dudes simply do not make good governmental chief executives.

The stupidity of the rest of us correlates directly with these failed notions of political correctness in the face of ignorance of those existential facts which will not be ignored.
 

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August 13, 2018
International Lefthanders Day 2018
    left hand
Today is International Lefthanders Day. Held under the auspices of an organization called Lefthanders International It has been observed each August 13 since 1976 and is intended as a vehicle to promote awareness of the left handed condition, those problems associated with being a lefty, and celebrate that uniqueness and difference they present to the right handed world in which we live.

Now, while I will be first to admit that a certain amount of adaptation has been forced on left handed people; I myself am somewhat ambidexterous by choice and it has been my observation that the left handed individuals are by and large more intelligent than the right handed counterparts.

Of course, this opinion may be totally dependent on which hand an individual favors themselves as a means of it's determination.

Some of the war stories from primary schools involving teachers forcing right handedness on individuals with a preference for left handedness has been something I've noted repeatedly over the years.

Then there is that propensity for less schizoid behavior from leftys as well.

Far be it from me to criticize, but I am of the conviction that the world would be a better place were we all left handed or ambidexterous.

It's my predisposition for not following the herd I suppose.

Leftorium

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August 11, 2018
Tough Time with the Web Server Lately
SNAFU    
I've been messing around with the server a lot recently at the expense of all the sites — including the blog.

When you expend hours on various configuration issues the writing of blog entries sometimes wanes trivial in the mix.

Such is that continuing saga of "I'm gonna get you sukka" I'm playing with google.

I had the whole server tore out the frame so badly this morning that everyone was getting "forbidden" and I was oblivious until Mom called and clued me in.

Thanks Mom !

Then there are several personal finance issues which were bearing on me which in actuality turned out to be non issues over which I expended ENTIRELY too much fretting.

Ah, these things happen for those obsessive compulsive individuals such as myself.

Anyway I hope to get back on track sometime early next week and I apologize for the failure which went unnoticed.

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August 9, 2018
National Hand Holding Day
    Holding Hands
I don't do a lot of hand holding. The last time I held anyone's hand was that of biological father on December 4, 2001 as he lay dying in the fifth floor coronary care unit of Richland Memorial Hospital.

It was a very painful, emotional experience but I wanted him to know that I was there and so I held his hand and talked to him during those last few hours.

It is said that touch causes a release of oxytocin which is one of those intimacy chemicals. The act has been the subject of study and it is said that the holding of hands relieves stress. None of that really mattered to me at the time. I was absolutely stunned by profound and protracted grief for a lengthy period at that time. Grief is said to be love's inability to let go. I grapple with those memories to this day.

My intention was to project a sense of value for him and to offer him my affection, some level of protection from the harsh reality of what he was experiencing, and at least try to give him some comfort in knowing he wasn't alone — that we were there with him and we cared.

I wish I could say that I have a lot of experience holding hands but that would be untruthful. I have held hands at various times over the years but all of those times are overshadowed by my last experience which were those final moments with daddy.

So on this National Hand Holding Day I hope you can hold the hand of someone for whom you care and take note of those benefits it affords to those who participate.

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August 8, 2018
Hummingbirds are Mean
battling boids    
I refill my two hummingbird feeders weekly in an effort to ensure copious amounts of fresh sugar for the little critters who flit and fly around it all day. Mostly in the early morning and late afternoon ... but pretty much anytime not inundated by the noonday sun.

I've noticed that they are pretty mean to each other. Speedy and fearless they engage in dive bombing operations upon each other with the females typically less confrontational and the males much more so — increasingly with age.

The other day I saw two males engaged in what appeared to be a territorial dispute regarding my yard and neither would relent. They would hover and rise and fall and advance upon each other with threatening displays showing none of the retreat as the females ... but even they can be quite combative when a situation arises.

The rapid fire chirp heralded the commencing hostilities and it would appear that they value my efforts to ensure a fresh supply of colorless sugar syrup because though I hadn't seen any for a while they've definitely moved in at this point. I suppose it's beyond their comprehension that the supply of food is endless during the season because I will just go buy another five pound bag of sugar when I run low ...

I'll be maintaining the feeder through the end of September. This is beyond most others in the area but I understand that we have species which remain during the winter (though I don't know that they remain around here) and there are stragglers from points northward passing through on their way to the warmer southerly climate.

I really like hummingbirds because they bring back fond memories of days I'll never see again.

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August 7, 2018
Purple Heart Day
    Purple Heart
I once got a wild hair and sat down and looked up all of the ribbons that I was eligible to wear as the result of military service.

It came to a total of three or four and none of them were overly ambitious in nature ... good conduct, unit citations, etc.

There are others who have won military awards as the result of personal sacrifice.

One of these is the purple heart.

This award stems primarily from battlefield wounds — but I have known of a few persons who have them for other reasons.

I never earned such recognition in my meager service history.

Each August 7 we mark Purple Heart Day.

Originally known as Badge of Military Merit, the Purple Heart is bestowed upon any member of the armed forces of the United States who has been wounded or killed or died as a result of injury received during battle including friendly fire and other engagements as designated by the Commander-In-Chief.

This day commemorates citizens willing to serve our country regardless of the personal cost.

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August 6, 2018
Life Catches Up With You
All Seeing Eye Pyramid    
Karma. What's going around is coming around.

That notion that our works influence our lives either for good or bad as a function of those Shramana concepts originating in India which propose that fate may be influenced by what we do or think.

Now me, I do my fair share of tempting fate and indeed karma has bit me in the butt on more than one occasion. It is a never ending circular thing which is said to be so basic to existence that we don't even notice it.

However, I have noticed those effects on more than one occasion and I must say I would prefer to cultivate good karma if at all possible.

Toward that end I attempt to think before I speak. Not act on impulse. Attempt to quell my obsessive compulsive inclinations and in general be less 'anal retentive' over time. I'm not always successful either and I have noticed those times when karmic success has eluded me ...

It makes for spiritual doldrums such as those I'm having now. Perhaps less profanity and more reading -- or at least TRY to be more acceptable in polite company.

You may think it humorous to consider behavior in activities of daily living. Laugh away. Get on the bad side of karma and you're in for a most unpleasant turn of events ... unless you're one of those who seems to escape it's influences. I've noticed this too. Self indulgent rude stupid people who flit through life totally unaware of any repercussions of that harm they have done to others.

I suppose the crux of karma is mostly that attempt to be more socially aware.

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August 5, 2018
Work Like a Dog Day
    iditarod contestant
There was a time when all I did was work.

I would depart at an early hour to return very late at night every work day without exception.

The consequences of this pretty much followed the old adage for I indeed became a very dull boy ...

socially speaking.

Nowadays I work far less, am compensated much more, and attempt to get that rest I denied myself for so long.

There are those of us who get by on a minimal amount of work.

There are others of us who work all the time at some moderate pace.

Then there are those who work relentlessly without breaks until their duty is done.

The workaholic works all the time; but not necessarily relentlessly.

This day honors those who take control of a task until it is complete without regard to creature comforts or rest and relaxation.

This day is dedicated to those of us who work like a dog until the job is done.

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August 4, 2018
Beware Monsanto Frankenfood
carrot hulk    

One Robert T. Fraley involved in the invention of genetically modified seeds is whining about the public rejection of his human modified crops as the "frankenfood" that it is.

My personal problems with Monsanto go beyond the overstepping of their GMO whores and specifically I object to the tactics used by the company against soybean farmers using their agricultural products involving black ops style brownshirt nazi tactics to the point that I personally was going to become involved in snuffing them out like the criminal turds that they are.

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw not withstanding, IMHO Monsanto should be stricken from the record and dismantled without a corresponding "project paperclip" which saved their fellow nazi science criminals the fate they so richly deserved.

Boo to Monsanto. Boo to Genetically Modified Organisms. Sometimes, the natural way is the right way. If I read that something contains genetically modified foodstuffs I not only decline to eat it, but I blacklist both the manufacturer and the retail outlet carrying this blight on the nutrition of humanity.

It's not enough to create but some choose to tread where such manipulations are only meddling with creation.
 

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August 3, 2018
Extreme Dining
    Fat baby before chips and junk
Once upon a time I was one of the few extreme eaters on the world.

Being obese long before obesity became a national tragedy provided me with opportunities for introspection above and beyond those most of my peers were forced to indulge and I am the product of who I am and where I've been.

Nowadays there is an uproar regarding the caloric content of mainstream dining opportunities ... particularly at but not limited to those at the Cheesecake Factory.

So when you have a 2,780 calorie meal on a regular basis and then blossom into multiple 2,780 calorie meals in the course of a day; just what basis provides for normal weight when "normal" becomes multiples of daily caloric intake under most circumstances.

I suppose in a lumberjack society this is not an unfeasible mentality. However, given my sedentary tech based life and propensity for eating way too much I think I need to get my slipshod slaphazard dietary habits under control ...

or at least resume that roadwork which worked so well in my younger days.

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August 2, 2018
US Declaration of Independence signed this day in 1776
Declaration of Independence    

Even in the dismal democrat and so-called "progressive" undermining of the Republic presently in motion under the auspices of the main stream media and deep state factions out to continue looting and continuing the diversion of rule from congress to some unqualified lot of career bureaucrats in the halls of government not meant to hold such power over the tax payers I remain proud of those documents marking the evolution of the USA.

Our Declaration of Independence is a statement by the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the fourth of July 1776.

It declared that the thirteen colonies were sovereign states and therefore no longer under British rule. This was the beginning of the United States of America.

It was signed on this day in 1776 by citizens representing New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Those who would sully the nation with their underhanded political notions of placing billboards in foreign nations advertising

"come to the US where everything is free"

may wish to reconsider the folly of slugs such as Maxine Waters and that OTHER slug Jim Acosta with their leftist supporters who will not prevail in the notion that the rest of us will simply accept any of those lies and confrontational abuse they care to instigate in the public or the press.

There are consequences for such idiotic rantings and down right criminal profiteering as hers and other redirections and misrepresentations by the press or those engaged in public office.
 

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August 1, 2018
National Girlfriends Day 2018
    julianne moore

 


National Girlfriends Day has been set aside so girlfriends may get together around the United States and celebrate their special bond of friendship.

I keep wondering if the day applies to girlfriends of boyfriends.

It is said that girlfriends may be our sisters, mothers, classmates or co-workers.

However I remain somewhat up in the air over the germane context of it all.

Boundaries tend to become obscure when too many feel entitled to make up their identity regardless of the facts — or the biology involved.

Regardless, if you're a girlfriend I hope you have a happy day.
 

 

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