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- May 8, 2017
- The Topical Conundrum
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This intricate and difficult problem of coming up with a suitable topic sometimes has me stymied.
I encounter a topic which is ... let us say not exactly fare for polite company and pursue it anyway.
Those places others will not go are hallmarks of my entire existence and as such are essential to that which I am. All I can really do is handle them with some modicum of sensitivity and hope for the best.
So yes, you will encounter stuff here you may not want to read. Try to remember that I gave this place an R rating for a reason and that if you cannot appreciate a provocative wordsmith at work you're better off staying away from here.
Just when you think everything's cut and dry I will always toss you a curve. Again, this blog is "rated R" ... however, that is not an X rating.
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- May 7, 2017
- International Masturbation Day
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So. Topics just aren't getting any easier to write of late. Could it be these topics have escaped me over years of blogging and three separate iterations of this blog as well?
Today is a day set aside to recognize those many of us who choose to take matters into our own hands ... yes ladies and gentlemen it is National Masturbation Day aka International Masturbation Day.
In Great Britain and Austrailia the day is known simply as "Wankers Day" and is observed in those countries each July 21 to make known the right to masturbate.
It seems the day was begun in honor of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was summarily fired by President Clinton for suggesting that masturbation was a suitable part of student sex education curricula in the United States.
As we all now know, Mr Clinton prefers such things be done by a female partner, preferably wearing a stunning blue dress upon which the act is consumated along with a large marinated cigar. He also is said to enjoy the option of biting.
The month of May has even been declared International Masturbation Month so all you purveyors of self love give yourself a big hand and get right on out there and start choking those chickens.
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- May 6, 2017
- Boogers are health food
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Okay ... where in the devil can I begin with this one.
The Telegraph in UK is reporting a science article stating that the consuming of boogers is good for both the teeth and general health.
Now that I have your attention, it seems that a number of studies held at MIT and Harvard among others indicate that parents should not discourage picking of the nose and consuming the mined goodness because of the plethora of beneficial bacteria contained therein.
They went further to say that consuming snot prevented bacterial from adhering to the teeth — which is that precursor to the dreaded plaque as reported in the American Society for Microbiology.
And to top it all off (at least in my book) was the admonition that the findings were therapeutic for defense agains respiratory infetion, gastric ulcers, and the scourge called HIV.
There is even a push for development of a synthetic mucoid toothpaste and chewing gum as a vector for the acquisition of the goodness of boogers.
Sooooo In the spirit of using fecal capsules for the cultivation of healthy intestinal flora and other later and oh so similar developments on the health front in a similar vein; I'm gonna have myself a nice puke and consider this the next time I get that stuffy nose.
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- May 5, 2017
- Cinco de Mayo
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Cinco de Mayo (fifth of may) celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla on May 5, 1862.
Whereas I formerly celbrated the day, the rampant influx of illegals from Mexico and specifically the criminal takeover of Watts and Compton in California by Mexican gangs who threaten, intimidate, beat, burn out, and kill the locals with impunity has caused me to wish for a national purge of all illegal hispanics yesterday.
There is a price to be paid for such behavior and the wages of sin is death.
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- May 4, 2017
- You Can't Always Be What You Want ...
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I was looking over DailyMail.com and encountered another of those self indulgent messes in the vein of gender dysphoria, race dysphoria, and other manifestations of individuals who, for one reason or another, decline to accept who they are in deference to simulating something else that they are not.
Whereas the gender dysphoria type of person envisions themselves as being of one sex, their chromosomal make up states that they are indeed the other ... in the absence of any true intersex chromosomal mosaic genotype they may possess.
It's all very confusing when one ponders the various motivations which will make an eight year old child claim to be a boy with a vulva. If you are sporting a vulva you are not a boy. Period.
Then there are those such as Rachel Dolezal and others who identify with a race other than that to which they were assigned at birth and simply undergo a cosmetic transitioning which may or may not include other aspects of the other race such as taking an "African" name (which more times or not are some variant on the "unique" name which is simply made up by a parent).
Now we have a "species dysphoric" individual who was bullied as a child and cultivated an affinity for elves and has spent a pile of money assuming that identity from a cosmetic standpoint; for indeed this man remains who he is, just another screwed up human being trying to assume the identity of preference regardless of the facts surrounding his existence.
This so-called "trans species" fanboy transformed himself into a stereotypical elf via various cosmetic surgical treatments to include plastic surgery, removal of all hair from the body, bleaching of the skin, and artificial coloring of the eyes. The maintenance regimen alone is well beyond anything I could afford or would care for in actuality.
Furthermore, when you grow up a blonde caucasian female and have a lot of historical photographic documentation indicating that indeed you are caucasian, no amount of hair treatment, and skin coloration is going to make you that african you seek to be.
Finally, changing species is simply not possible and a person who simulates being an "elf" is simply that — an imitation.
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- May 3, 2017
- The pursuit of health
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I find my relationship with my health to be in flux. That ever changing attitude toward what may and may not be done on my behalf is again on the move.
About 3 months ago I was placed on injectable testosterone by my physician along with an oral estrogenic balancing agent because of my borderline hypogonadism ... which by the way mysteriously fluctuates between "low" and "borderline normal" preventing me from insurance coverage.
My dilemma is an inability to administer an IM injectable to myself. I simply do not have what it takes and will not pursue another to provide the shot. I have found the medications to be a bit expensive in the absence of any coverage whatsoever so I suppose I must remain the low T girly man I am presently.
However, I find this preferable to giving myself a shot.
Tomorrow I shall deliver the stuff to my physician's office, inform him that I choose not to undergo the therapy and will give him the drugs and the syringes and needles for his trouble.
There are some places I simply decline to go and self administered injections are one of them.
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- May 2, 2017
- Hysteria in Troubleshooting
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Sometimes a diffuse scripting error can make you envision all kinds of problems which could exist ... but don't. It is also a difficult matter to concentrate when people are milling up and down the halls making racket but your boss wants you to keep the door open for appearances.
Such is a similar pitfall into which I fell Friday through Sunday with a smidge on Monday. When I closed the door and "fine tooth combed" my scripts the issue became evident only after I had a look at the datasources and took stock of what was there and what was not.
The moral of the story is keep the distractions to a minimum and check the small stuff prior to becoming engulfed in some ocean of occult reasons for which a script is failing.
Not everything is a bloody massive failure. Sometimes a simple string of characters can make all the difference between "operational" and "failing".
I was failing and now I'm operational.
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- May 1, 2017
- May Day
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My earliest memories of May Day were at Aragona Elementary School in Aragona Village, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The memories involve me traipsing around a maypole along with what were predominately (entirely?) female class mates wrapping ribbons all the way down.
I seem to recall singing some little ditty for which I really didn't know the words and "faked" it as it were ...
May Day is a holiday usually celebrated on May 1 around here and originates in the ancient spring festivals of the Western European northern hemisphere, Scandinavia, and surrounding areas.
It is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the celebrations that the day includes.
Beginning sometime in the late 19th century this day and the associated holiday became sullied by the association of International Workers Day as the results of efforts by the Socialists and Communists.
It seems this membership of something called "the Second International" wanted to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago which was the consequences of a bombing which happened at a labor demonstration.
International Workers Day may also be referred to as "May Day", but it is a bastardized celebration and is in no way related to traditional May Day.
I personally prefer to keep the commies and socialists out of the celebration altogether. Like the democrats and progressives they are a useless drain on society and should be relegated with their ilk to the city of Leeds, Great Britain. Sorry Bernie.
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- April 30, 2017
- Honesty Day
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I am said to be quite honest anymore. Wasn't always this way. I have been on occasion accused of "unnecessary brutality" in my honesty in my personal effort to get through to others ... and as distressing as that is I persist in being who I am.
We live in a world of liars. Our government and the military and NASA in particular suppress knowledge of the universe and even the world in the form of doctored photographs, declaring certain activities weather phenomena or "weather balloons" when they're not ... and a variety of surreptitious dealings with the tax payer when they should be forthcoming on all aspects.
Then we have governmental super structures such as that which occupies the vast dimensions beneath Denver Airport and other hidden construction which they treat as none of our business yet require us to fund.
Then there are those strange bedfellows called politicians and their supporters who would allow the ruination of the country if it will permit them to regain control of anything and everything political and particularly our executive branch.
Then the fact that the President of the United States is quite low on the "totem pole" of rank is probably the most disturbing obscured truth of them all.
What should be the pinnacle is somewhere in the middle of that heirarchy which is the military industrial complex with all the subterfuge, falsehoods, and murder that goes along with it.
Today is Honesty Day, meant to encourage honesty and forthright communications in all aspects of life from interpersonal relations through politics, consumerism, and probably most importantly historical references.
We have so many who want to revise history to the point that what has ocurred is stricken from the record. We have groups of the descendents of slaves claiming right to reparations when the Jews certainly didn't (and won't) get any from the Egyptians.
A dose of real world and the truth is in order. What better day than "honesty day" to begin ?!
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- April 29, 2017
- Trump first 100 Days
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NPR had a web article on Trump and his supporters and opposition.
They pointed out that he still has wide support by those who turned out to vote for him with some loss of support by moderates and independents ... and the ever present "approval" rating poll was mentioned in the discussion.
In that fray which is any presidential election how can an electorate fault the results between a cocky billionaire businessman and a toss-up between a politician who would have placed her office and influence for sale as well as a unrealistic ne'er do well socialist making pie in the sky promises he could never keep as a practical reality to those fools who supported his worthless candidacy.
Trump is already missing his "old life" and I don't blame him. Until he assumed the presidency he was accustomed to issuing orders which were followed to the letter. Nowadays he has to negotiate with a lot of republicans who would defy the party line for some namby pamby pork barrel progressive stance and the true problems which are the dole crazy democrats out to entitle every illegal alien they can find and the progressives who would rob from the worker and give to the shirker.
I'm glad Trump won. If Clinton had won she would have continued the steep downward spiral initiated by the abomination called Obama. If Trump can keep the progress steady "no decline" is much preferable to that steep decline we were headed for at the hands of another Clinton in office.
The Presidency should not be for sale and Mr Trump is not for sale, compared to his competition in the race he won.
First 100 days of Trump's presidency ? Far better than how we would have fared with a Clinton or Sanders at the helm.
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- April 28, 2017
- Facebook: tragic drama in real time
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Been too much in the threads about murders and suicides recorded live on Facebook for the horror of those who happen to be viewing the feed ...
Yes I am sure that the folks at facebook would just as soon not be such an outlet. The surprising thing is the cruelty some have shown for others, even helpless baby girls by their fathers.
In the sum total of who we are how do we balance real time video servers with a need for content vetting ? The problem certainly isn't time delay so much as that people problem of too few eyes to place on the feeds.
Were it possible to monitor so many simultaneous video transmissions such as that methodology used in malls back before brick and mortar retail begain failing. Rows and columns of monitors with some security guard fellow watching ... scanning for skullduggery.
I simply can't see that scenario as ever being practical. Perhaps with the advent of AI sufficient to the task the stream can be monitored for patterns with raise suspicion and then call attention to those eyes for verification.
All I know is too many sick individuals are out there and they aren't all in California anymore. How to balance accountability in a litigious world hell bent on making a buck regardless of how tragic the circumstances.
Once upon a time animal cruelty was the big thrill video on social media. Now we have evolved to full blown people cruelty and the copycats and those out to beat the joneses likely have a lot more depravity in store.
Bless the innocent victims here for they never intended to provide a show. They were just picked out for tragedy, often times by someone they were supposed to be able to trust with that very life stolen from them and broadcast live for the world to see.
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- April 27, 2017
- migration to cashless commerce
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I've been hearing about migration to cashless commerce for quite a while now ... well before I was able to have a bank card and the notion was circulated by those around me who worked in finance.
Well, at long last it seems that the trends are finally leaning in that direction after what must be well over 20 years now.
Reuters has a piece on the trend toward "cashless" society getting closer.
According to a study conducted by a company called Ipsos for the ING bank website eZonomics in 13 European countries, the United States, and Australia — where cash is said to be used most there is a wish to stop using it in preference of electronic fundage with payment cards and the various epays and wallet apps which have proliferated during recent history.
It seem that 38 percent of United States responding as well as 34 percent of those in Europe indicate a willingness to go cash free. In addition, 34 percent of those responding in the United States and 21 percent in Europe claim to "rarely" use cash presently.
The overwhelming trend indication was better than half of the Europeans claim to have used less cash in the past year than previously and 78 percent expected to see cash use diminish even further over the coming year.
Indications also were for economies which are presently using much cash presently were more likely to want to go cashless.
I keep wondering how the panhandlers will get by in a cashless society ...
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- April 26, 2017
- Animal Rights are Relative
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I read a rather odd story about a pet dog who was given a sex change operation when it was discovered to be hermaphroditic. It gave me pause when I remember the options of poor ole Peewee the chihuahua mutt who was taken to the river and dispatched with a .357 magnum when she got cancer.
Often I see references to individuals being jailed for 'animal rights violations' and I keep seeing that junk yard dog which was tossed with a pitchfork by a fellow who thought it was funny at the time — some 45 years ago.
Then there was the mean donkey said to go down via a greased stick of dynamite with a short fuse inserted in it's rectum then lit with explosive results.
The cruelty of others also occasionally was evident in me.
I recall the massive toad hunts of my childhood and now wishing I would encounter a single one of them ... and when it happens I am so careful with them and relocate them to safety even if I must stop what I'm doing to take care of them.
The seagulls for which I had so much contempt in the Navy now would get similar treatment.
It's a sad notion that we can take so much for granted then rue their absence in later life as though it could bring them back.
I for one am not the cruel fellow I was as a kid. I just wish that the animals being mistreated who can't seem to catch a break ultimately do.
I wish that my personal behavior had been better when I was young. You can sometimes think you're going to live forever and that amends are only for the dying.
I suppose we all evolve and some of us live though a lot more retrospect than we might like for this is certainly me. So many regrets to ponder, so much time to relive that which I'd sooner forget.
Animal rights seem to be relative to what is seen and by whom.
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- April 25, 2017
- Apartment Dwellers prefer Broadband and WiFi
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I maintain a fairly high tech domicile compared to most everyone I know, including my cohorts in the technology sector. This includes 40/6 GB broadband and WiFi to which the entire hood regularly attempts to connect. I maintain a server cluster with failover for my mail and web stuff and I have a number of other servers around for things like my security cameras and entertainment appliances.
Then there are the workstations and I have two. One I use exclusively and another for guests should they be in need of access. The guest network cannot communicate with the production network because most of those I accommodate feel the need to try and beat me at my own game ... and this simply would be unseemly.
By and large I get along fairly well in this configuration but notice that I could have doubled the infrastructure and maintained two different networks instead of the class B monstrosity presently installed ... but the copper backbone does well in the gigabit range and I don't really see the need to install the fiber I received as a gift a while back. Perhaps later.
It should be further noted that I have a bodacious washer and dryer setup as well as a dishwasher, jacuzzi, galley style kitchen, and two spare rooms I use for various things other than sleeping quarters.
My point is that hygiene is just as important to me as technology at home and there are few in quite a radius who can match the tech I employ at the crib. It would seem that apartment dwellers of the younger variety prefer the tech to the hygiene according to a survey which made the rounds recently. I'm not really saying it's proper comportment ... only that I understand given the various others with whom I interact who seem to think bathing and laundry are optional.
A survey commissioned by the Comcast Xfinity Communities and conducted by a research firm called Precision Sample found that apartment dwellers are more inclined to have broadband and WiFi as opposed to laundry facilities in their housing units. A smidge over a third responding ranked WiFi as the most important feature in apartment dwelling today with a quarter of them claiming broadband to be the most important. It seems the cable provider was surveying properties with multiple dwelling units in them and 13% of those surveyed said having a washer and dryer in the apartment was the most important factor.
30% believe quality communication services increase property values by at least 20% 88% thought renters in the 18-34 year range prefer high-tech environments more than residents aged 52 years and over 82% claimed to maintain the latest technology in an effort to future-proof properties 60% have improvements for energy efficiency in the works this year
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