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- January 25, 2018
- Shunning Social Media
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I was amazed to see that Nick Cage, whom I've always considered to have little to nothing in common with me is hating on social media.
When I think of all the Netflix titles I've passed over because he was starring in them ...
Perhaps a rethink is in order.
There are social media executives who ponder the damage of social media on the brain of a child.
Apple's Tim Cook won't allow his preteen nephew near social media.
Then there is the question of 'net neutrality' in the mix and that juxtaposed existence on disparate networks resulting in lag or suffering performance just because of with whom you internetwork.
Couple this with the fact that social networking essentially has become that pablum for the uninitiated ... a platform for those who can't do anything else and there you have it.
I don't choose to be in that company.
Those subtle nuances which comprise the psychosocial intellectual muck which is that which makes it to various "feeds" lends credence to the fact that we are actually devolving as a species.
Instead of implementing our own presence we simply accept that which others provide along with the underlying control scripting which may be controlling much more the brain dead articles and pretty pictures and memes upon the screen.
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- January 24, 2018
- Remembering Larry Fine
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Another who figured prominently in my childhood fantasy world of comedy and the absurd was Larry Fine.
Larry Fine
American Comedian and Actor
October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975
A member of the Three Stooges comedy team he was a large part of my morning entertainment early on and I suffered both those accusations of retardation for emulating him and the continued desire to witness those facets of his work through which I found him interesting.
Born Louis Feinberg, Larry Fine the American actor, comedian, violinist and boxer was the middle stooge, Larry and he was often the victim of the comedy antics while other times the central focus.
He began his career in vaudeville playing the violin. He was easily recognized by his high and wide forehead surrounded by a thick curly pate of red hair.
His personal life was fraught with the pitfalls of financial prudence and cash flow. Regardless of his personal difficulties, he always tried to make himself available to various stooge fans over his waining years.
He suffered a number of strokes at the end of his life to which ultimately succumbed — with Moe following some 4 years later.
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- January 23, 2018
- Captain Kangaroo
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When I was very very young and impressionable in my preschool and early grade school persona there was Captain Kangaroo.
Most mornings I would arise and watch the Captain, Mr Greenjeans, Dancing Bear, Bunny Rabbit, Mr Moose, Granfather Clock, and the rest of the gang engage in various G rated antics for my infantile amusement and I was a fan for as long as I can remember.
The lead role was portrayed by Robert James "Bob" Keeshan and the show ran from 1955 to 1984 and it was one of those shows whose hallmark was suitability for any company in it's very polite presentation of each and everything upon it's venue.
The show consisted of guests who told of things they did in their lives or careers. There were endless skits and bits and of course the never ending barrage of ping pong ball jokes. In the vein of Fred Rogers and other suitable for children programming it was always appropriate, informative, and enjoyable.
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- January 22, 2018
- Bradley Manning for Senate
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Bradley Manning the so-called "Chelsea immoral chick with a dick" Manning has declared as a candidate for the United States Senate in Maryland on the Democratic ticket.
Yes, the army soldier turned traitor pardoned by that other traitor Barack Obama could conceivably win and simply declare another oath as meaningless as that sworn to the army.
It's commercial is really quite the self righteous affair for a traitor as well speaking all high and mightily about how "we don't need them" (meaning the police, I think) and speaking in tones filled with the same level of contempt and disgust I have for it.
Unlike it, however, I love the God, United States, the US Military, law enforcement, guns, freedom of speech, conservatism, the Rule of Law, Judeo-Christian values, the unborn and among other priorities in my existence.
This thing running for congress has no mores and no loyalty. Surely they can keep it and it's traitorous proclivities out of Congress.
I looked into the future and gazed upon the Whore of Babylon, and lo, it's name was Chelsea Manning.
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- January 21, 2018
- National Hug Day 2018
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Today is National Hug Day.
This is an annual observance for hugging and was created by one Kevin Zaborney on January 21, 1986 in Clio, Michigan.
It is now observed internationally so the idea has definitely caught on.
The day promotes the act of hugging in an attempt that it might happen more often.
I certainly could never fault the delivery of an impromptu hug or two as a matter of interpersonal relations.
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- January 20, 2018
- Wall of the Fire
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So I've had to reconsider my open door policy after considerable deliberation.
It seems that all the exploit and hack attempts persist from the same subnets I had previously removed from the firewall rules in an effort to be a more "warm and fuzzy" open kind of netizen to others in the masses.
This notion was highly sophomoric given the fact that the internet scum remains out there and are pretty much operating from the same ISPs on the same subnets and nothing changed at all ... from modus operandi to the infuriating same set of tired unskilled attempts at breach.
Oh well. He who fails to learn from past mistakes is doomed to repeat them.
This is precisely what happened to yours truly as I finished replacing all the firewall rules moments ago.
I'll never make the mistake of trying to be an open netizen again.
I don't even want spider traffic anymore.
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- January 19, 2018
- Edgar Allan Poe
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One of those enduring memories of my childhood surround the literature of Edgar Allan Poe. While he was the subject of numerous lessons in various English classes I took during the 12 years comprising my preeductation ... I found myself immersed in his writings and subjects primarily due to the side inputs afforded to me at home.
Edgar Poe
January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849
American Author, Poet, Editor, Critic
I had access to numerous books and even multimedia records of his various works performed dramatically and of these I partook because they were made available to me by my mother.
It was fitting that he became a favorite author of mine, both due to my personal interest in the macabre and as the result of those many stimulus inputs in the form of records and books to which I had copious access.
Edgar Allan Poe was an icon of American literature who wrote, edited, and criticized literary works at a time when those pursuits were hardly main stream. He wrote poetry and short stories and many of his works centered around mystery and the macabre ... which was my primary attraction to those works.
He was a central figure in the United States and American Literature being one of the primary developers of the short story as a specific genre. Today is the 209th anniversary of his birth.
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- January 18, 2018
- Well, that didn't go too well
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My alleged bright idea to venture into work went over like a lead balloon.
I went in and spoke to a few people.
It appeared that bulk of those present felt that I was a health threat ... even though I've been approaching well for a number of days now.
It simply wasn't enough. Several coworkers were rude as hell.
There will be consequences.
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- January 17, 2018
- Persistent Vegetative State
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The day has gone by in a flash. Time flies when you're unconscious. I keep thinking all of this will subside to be revealed as simply a bad dream.
I keep thinking that productivity will eclipse illness and cancel out the morbidity in favor of forward motion. I have a need to leave the confines of the crib for the presence of others and productivity.
Convincing others will be the trick.
I want to go to work. However, I don't want anyone catching this mess. I'll make an attempt tomorrow and see how it goes.
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- January 16, 2018
- Sick as a dog
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/in·flu·en·za
ˌinfləˈwenzə/
noun
a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.
Yeah, I'm pretty sick since Monday late with fever, chills, aches, blowing great blobs of schnot ... and to a lesser degree phlegm into whatever I can grab quickly enough.
I've resorted to strategically placed rolls of Angel Soft bathroom tissue due to several rather unfortunate mishaps.
I also have difficulty fathoming the amount of sleep I have required over the intervening hours ...
I've been pushing fluids, taking vitamin and mineral preparations, and averaging one fairly good meal over the past couple of days.
The one thing that seems to bring comfort and resolution seems to be the humidifier I'm running at full speed.
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- January 15, 2018
- Trump Remains fine with me
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I've heard the hubub of various democrats and their penchant for turning things into what they aren't. I heard the idiot Diane Feinstein state that calling a country a 'bleephole' is racist. I grow weary of the continuous attacks by liberal media casting any aspersion they feel they can manufacture regardless of the facts or circumstances.
You cannot affix blame for anything or everything on a person you don't like just because it's convenient. The truth is supposed to matter. This is why we have so much 'fake news' all over the place and why I remain supportive of the president.
Be all of this as it may ... calling a country what it is doesn't faze me in the least. The Maxine Waters abomination is allowed to continue because of the yellow tinge of too much of the journalism in the United States of America.
Luckily the voters by and large aren't nearly as stupid as the liberal media and we are able to discern that which matters in the political arena. It's not even difficult to see past the subterfuge, either.
Mr Trump remains fine with me and I like what he's done with the country. Compared to the militant islamist Barack Obama who was an absolutely horrible chief executive and the potential for another dose of monetized public office and serial rape offered by the Clintons I'd say we made out well in the last election.
Yes, I still wish that Mr Trump would stay off Twitter but I was well aware of for whom I was casting my vote in the election and the people spoke at that time.
Unqualified psychiatric babbel should be quelled public and messy with lengthy prison sentences for character defamation. The Clintons continue to spiral downward out of control. The liberal media is getting it's come uppance continually and their prestige is waining in light of those truths forthcoming.
So when it comes to the numerous liars, cheats, and thieves which largely consists of the democratic party and so-called "progressives" who aren't really that at all along with the fake news and yellow journalism of the liberal media ...
Mr Trump remains my President. Mr Obama was never my president.
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- January 14, 2018
- Spectre and Meltdown first patch metrics
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It's amazing how the highly graphical computational operations aren't being impacted as much by the patches in place. I'm gathering from this information that my CLI configuration isn't helping me as much as I once thought.
The nature of the beast is "stealing data from other programs operating in core" so the approach has to be fairly sophisticated up front. The reads with patches in place aren't so much a problem as the writes which took a 26% hit on average.
So the path to patching appears convoluted with hardware patches coming from each manufacturer and software patches coming from those vendors.
My load has increased slightly with the patches in place; but this was expected and I overkilled it so much up front that I have lots of wiggle room in the performance department.
Suffice it to say that I will primarily be relying on the firewalling in place as it seems to be the most effective deterrent to those adventurous exploitative scumbags from foreign jurisdictions and I have already implemented a significant Class A Network scope and will continue to add subnets as required based on firewall metrics because it appears to be my only true hope.
Have fun and be safe.
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- January 13, 2018
- Stephen Foster Memorial Day
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Stephen Foster was a posthumous superstar with elementary school children during that time I attended ...
Primarily because his music was featured everywhere in each and every one of the music classrooms I encountered from the first grade through the eighth or so.
I know that I became intimately familiar with his work having sung all those standard numbers anywhere and everywhere.
Today we have a federal holiday in his honor called Stephen Foster Memorial Day which has been in effect since 1967 and persists to this time and place.
Stephen Collins Foster is known as "the father of American music" because of the widespread popularity of what was called "parlor and minstrel music" and which I always referred to as "folk music".
He has remained popular with his catalog of over 200 songs all of which are still in print — and I cannot think of anything that might detract from them aside from the SJW morons who think everything is about them.
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- January 12, 2018
- Doreen Tracey, RIP
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When I was a kid I consumed a lot of Mickey Mouse Club on the teeve. I was not so much a fan as it was appropriate television for the likes of a little boy in the United States.
Doreen Tracey
Singer, Dancer, Actress, Mouseketeer
April 13, 1943 – January 10, 2018
I would sit there enthralled by the various serials presented and the song and dance numbers and I knew most all of the characters by name ... I guess that comes with steadily watching over time.
One of those original 'mouseketeers' was a little girl named Doreen Tracey. She was much older than me but occupied that place frozen in time afforded by syndication and reruns and therefore she was mine and I was hers as it was with Annette and many of the other young ladies before me.
Over the years I moved on to other television venues as is the case with growing up and sometime in my adulthood I recall reading of her falling on desperate times and having to resort to work of a pornographic nature.
Understanding and being familiar with difficult times myself, I never judged her for this and my focus remained on her as the mouseketeer among the others, case closed.
I was sorry to learn on Wednesday that Doreen Tracey died of pneumonia as a result of a two-year battle with cancer. She was 74 years old. Rest in peace.
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