Chi~Fish

saunter into Sunday

2011-10-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

A brief respite of a hard work earned..I saunter into Sunday's eve as if it's a whirlpool to next week...And I can easily handle it's wrath...Thank god I have a life preserver! My sense of self preservation and hope.

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IF

2011-10-12T18:26:00.001-07:00

IF LIFE KISSED ME

what's that got?

A lil crazy

2011-10-12T18:20:00.000-07:00

Been thinkin about life..such strife..but i'll do my best...forget all the rest...I saw your smile back at me! It's what I see..yep..life is crazy but at least we can all fall into eachother's arms...our respise

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memories

2011-10-12T18:13:00.001-07:00

pictures and memories...any more ..I'm so sore..I'm all alone..cast in stone...need you now....so how? Feel that heartbeat when I lie on you..I wonder if I've ever had that...that soul that touched you. I can do without that answer...I'll stare at that door where you stood before.

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Never run

2011-10-12T18:06:00.001-07:00

Never run from pain...just run from negativety but run to your life...it's so true....that's where I run to you...we all run from life in a sort of state of mind...run from pain in our souls...my life is like a knife...it's too fast...but at last...this world is closed to my runnin...we all fight through this...like the moon and it's passing...the only truth..is we must look to love and psitivety...that love that holds us!

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Come on home

2011-10-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

*smile* I just have to find the beautiful tonight...blue eyes and love ruby red...I'll never stop searching for the beautiful...never.....I'll shine in positivety...I'll stare into the full moon and smile..my soul is shinin bright..amen...live every day like it's my last night...wake up saying..I'm never gonna grow up! I'll sit down on the riverside...not regretting anything...never gonna grow up! Amen

‎*sigh*
God gave us all the sight
What person are you? When the storm blows through?
you ready for the dark and light? what will you you seek?

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Full moon of youth

2011-09-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

Full moon is shinin bright...into the night we ran...like 12 year olds....kick the can...don't slow down...up came the summer sun and we had so much fun...you and I were the only ones...we shined like a light...youth so bright...We're never going to grow up...we're still doin it right...remembering that moonlit night

Grabs 12 string

Never grow up folks! Make snow angels and roll down precarious hills til the day you die! After all...smilin increases yer face value! amen
4 minutes ago · LikeUnlike.Stephen Carpenter Take my advice...pull down your pants and slide on the ice!
neverrrrrr...grow upppp
It's the shooting star of who we are!
about a minute ago

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Who the hell are you?

2011-09-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

I asked about you one time

like everyone here on Blogger!

And abroad

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Baby you're so hot

2011-09-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

Are you a crazy girl? We hope......

I'd lose my mind if you were not!
wait isn't that an oxymoron?
Doesn't matter...come here let me hold you
Just stand there bare foot in your birthday suit
I think it's a full moon.....owooooooooo

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Rolling in time

2011-09-15T17:00:00.001-07:00

I have a story to be told...because I'm getiing old...about the heart and the way..What can I say? That i've rolled through sorrows door..and reaped everything from it. What is it all? I think i've been there...a fleeting fire...although violently at times..also the wind put it out...Reminds me that I've almost had it all

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Entertwined Amore

2011-09-13T05:55:00.000-07:00

If entertwined in love's embrace..hearts so deep..do we count the sighs or the all we need to be? Reaching eachother out in the dark, where our fires carry us through our own personal darkness to the devine heartfelt love and sighs which leave us there...under the moon and counting the stars, counting our blessings...where we both stepped from the precipise.

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Never Forget!

2011-09-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

When the solemn darkness fell upon us on 9/11.. reminds me of how America precariously walks on thin ice from the murderous intentions of the fanatical fringe hell bent on hating and destroying us..Bigotry at the heart of most bloodshed throughout history. We shall recover from anything...We are America!

God bless us all... Amen

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4wjGp-80A

Follow the heart

2011-09-07T17:32:00.000-07:00

Always look for everything beautiful..Those things that make you *sigh* with endless and memorable satisfaction..Life is so negative and we MUST go to war with negativety by seeking out positivety and everything beautiful

I think that men find it harder to seek out such things and follow their hearts. Many miss out on the wonderful which surrounds us

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Destruction of the beautiful

2011-09-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

I used to hunt animals...probably because it was a macho family tradition..Deer hunters..bear hunters etc....Couldn't stomach it anymore...so now I hunt animals with a camera..I'm still shooting..but not a soul get's hurt! amen

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3 days off

2011-09-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

Inevitable solice in a Sunday long deserved..where tonight I don't have to go to bed early..I can pospone the dreary Monday blues at work and unwind even further. Labor Day is tomorrow and I'm left with a sense that ..soon...snow will fall! Oh damn...need to get studs for my ride!

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The respite of calm

2011-08-31T18:13:00.001-07:00

Looking for respite in the wind between the trees and solice in the divine passing of yet another day of the daily grind...where a new mountain presents itself yet tomorrow in which i'll scale with acertainty that I''ll get through it...unscathed for the most part!

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Indelible quotes perhaps

2011-08-29T17:15:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share some of my recent quotes with everyone..

Swimming out of monday's rip~tide I'll make it to shore but it was one hell of a current!
I had to stop at the coffee buoy to gather my strength

Winds blowing hard~mid 80s..Mother nature is a bit cranky..But I can wait for yer winter wrath

We cash our last check in the bank of eternal..I just hope I nothing bounced

listen to love and get your ears nibbled!

The Flowers of tomorrow I will smell with anticipation...fruitful as they are

Here comes hump day...Once I ride that wave..I'm ready for the weekend

Drifting into the thoughts of yesterday..Dreaming in what I believe and fear..no repsite in wicked sleep...drifting into the oblivious dreams
..live my life half there..leave me alone to my dreams..money can't buy that..

I can't buy my way into your heart..No relief for the chosen..taking our time..looking for an unwanted whos to blame..I dunno why..I just believe in the truth

Is beer really cheaper than gas? Well hell give me tequila and i'll fly to work!

lying under a tree and analyzing everything. I'd listen to all the leaves and the background vocals on the wind and I patiently try to pick out the different instruments..Birds in the back ground..what a symphany

I was told that women would can put a bra on far easier if they bend over while doing so...whaaa? you bend over infront of moi! The bra is coming off pronto! hahaha pfffffffffffffft...friggen scientists never get laid

If love potions really existed..I'd have ten cases!

Another Blue and arduous Monday is history..Hoping this week fly's by at light speed..Welcoming the sweetness of a slow weekend

Life is constant trip down uncertainty lane..Roller coasters and tsunami's ..then a sudden silence which enables you to listen to the wind between the trees...gather your thoughts and find respite in awakening dreams

If I say something indelible..capture that within your heart..I'm still trying to grasp my identity as a writer..eclectic and soul searching

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Eloquent Pardadigm

2011-07-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

So I work my *** off..pay a ton of of bills..train some students..and play faceville steadily..all alittle too much...what am I a junkie of?..Life? Funny thing...I want even more

So eloquent.. this life's passage..The riddles..Let me pay that forward?..let us be eclectic paradigms enough to remain a mystery to all..as did our grandfathers by campfire light

I see so many folks just watchin the tube and becoming complacent to living their lives outside the rabid media lifestyle

Do you try to escpape it like I do?

Listen to the wind between the trees?

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The fourth of July..American style

2011-07-04T12:02:00.001-07:00

4th of July
The importance of this day is that we told England to go to hell and we earned the right to be free of such monarchys. Our freedom and rights have been hard fought..let us never forget that

Lasting lessons of our independence come back to remind us today of the importance of our freedom and rights and we shall all walk hand in hand into the future of this great nation knowing that each and everyone of us broadcasts a shining light to others on this big blue marble. To be free

The method of success in our liberty as of late is a grey line at best..National security and debate over our constitution makes us stand on the precipice of democracy and our destiny

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drift the rift

2011-06-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

we just drift and die like the driftwood that washes ashore?
So lonely and perhaps forgotten
we see the past
and I don't believe in yesterday
go away and leave me alone
unwanted and who's to blame
I don't know
but I believe
there's no rest in loneliness
just drift upon the surf
it's just a trip
are we are forgotten thru our yesterdays?
I don't know why
leave me to this sand
how much will life buy?
unwanted?
who's to blame?
just belive in your own truth
and leave me alone

*stokes the fire*

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dream

2011-06-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

perhaps I'm just a dreamer
it's just billions of us
gazing out my window
mother earth and cultures
will we all survive?
...fighting for our lives
stop repeating this sick history
better days in our sun downs
the dawn will bring us a sign
this time
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pray for something

2011-06-25T20:20:00.001-07:00

indelible relapse into reality
The first time
another point upon the horizon
we're all searchin for something
nothing to be scared about
it's called feelin alive
be an enigma and people think that much more about you
my world as I see
hold your breathe
and let me inside

prey to jesus or act upon us all

pay it forward

oh wait...I'm just a dreamer

if only

serenity embraces us all

just my own dreamer

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blind the daily grind

2011-06-12T20:57:00.001-07:00

Blinded by the daily grind
It's in this place is where i'll find you
wake me up
feeling every footprint in the sand
walking hand in hand
lives collide
feeling our lives
are you sure right now?
lately i've been missing this place
like a light to the heavens
I am seeing all of you
within this circle
The sun fom above
And this place I give my love
I'll dream of being here
look into the sky
just ask why
why do we all collide?
I see it so much clearer now
and how do you see me now?
Turn the light on
let's see this place much clearer
when you're tired and feeling small
get a hug from us all
run to the firepit
it can be found here
troubled or seeking sand
We'll walk hand and hand

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Walk me in the moonlight

2011-06-12T20:55:00.000-07:00

I cannot break this vow
I'll close my eyes
Amd stay forever here
right here right now
But If I were close my eyes forever
these memories will keep in my soul
And my time here which will end
is never
you wake me so I can finally see
by the moonlight I truly can believe
I'll never leave
I hope you'll all see
Never slipping
dancnig in the sands
those past and present
we shall dance
in the stone
in this name
where the setting sun is on horizon
We will dance here
and we will shine
devine
in our souls

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I will return

2011-06-12T20:53:00.001-07:00

I will return to dry your eyes
singing you the grand lullabye
When you're down and troubles have come
I'm still here at your side
Use this place to raise you up
to ride the surf
to make you strong
raise you up
to stand above the flooded tide
I'm at your side
To make you strong
and walk along
Stand on my shoulders to avoid it all
I'm here
your beckoned call

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Endless pontification

2011-06-02T15:43:00.000-07:00

Pontification Ad Nauseam

Dogmatic supercilious dribble

But still...

many enjoy these excesses!

No matter how tiresome

In the end

Being better only matters

In the concerns of your heart and word

Even then....

A relative reality?

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Insistant darkness

2011-06-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

Eloquente sun, under the loving light..I miss you with all my might. Rainy days and windy sorrow..These days of summer I wish to borrow

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The end of the world on 5/21/11 propecy

2011-05-22T15:55:00.000-07:00

So I was thinking of Camping

With an H that is

Surname and your to blame

May 21, 2011

He said we'll all mostly go to heaven

Bodies will awaken

our nerves all shaken

Yet this isn't the event

Another useless ten minutes on you tube spent

I'm still here!

And all you doomsayers seem very queer

A coward dies a thousand deaths

with armeggedon not near

I guess it proves something

Believe half of what you see..

and None of what you hear.

I'll live yet another year! ><">

Speechless

2011-03-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

~life is abound in Speechless Expression~
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Love to all

2011-03-09T17:11:00.000-08:00

Requiem of my friends And Family

A record in time of those I know now

and Testimony of those I've lost

Dancing in the limelight of experience

All around me I see forward and behind

To the record that is my essence

To road of assumed beauty that I search

Something that makes my heart see the light

It keeps me from falling apart

I'm dancing in all of your love

Like a child at Christmas

It's the divine and the great thing that makes me whole

You fall and I'll catch you

Remember that

You're never alone as long as I still breathe a breath

And think of you

I'm the light to all your darkness

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Cold Life

2011-03-08T18:19:00.001-08:00

We search for lift from those whom we need.

Whether it be the thousand mile connection

Or the soft hug from a friend

We just look for that heart

That soft spoken sentence that calms us

Lifting me to a good day and a feeling of relief

They can be the one

That brings out the sun

we are not alone..we have champions close to us

to fight those monsters

And mend our fallin life

Breathe again my loving friend

I have a message to send

I'm here by your side

And it's one hell of a ride

Let me warm your cold life

Give you the heat

that you need

Into the night and beyond

Like a personal shadow

You're not alone

Let's fly away

I am at your side

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My Spring Thaw

2011-02-18T19:07:00.000-08:00

Evermore so entangled and bound to the daily grind

Finding respit in a friday evening

Been a week that seems like eons

to a weekend that flashes by with lightspeed

Yet monday morning I smile

knowing that this may suck

But I'm here to carry it out

Waiting for the warm days and mesquite barbeques

I find myself in the sun, almost chasing it and it's fleeting moments

"hey come back here!"

"Geth the flock outta here Ol man winter!'

Time to absorb spring and it's profound

ANEW

amen

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Pharoahs and the New Pyramids

2011-02-12T12:09:00.000-08:00

Egypt has spoken..The people have done the right thing. People must evolve as a whole..The human race and fight to be free..We did it in America and are the torch bearers of Freedom..Now our brethren in Egypt have set forth..hopefully..freedom. The people of all nations must see the value in doing so and follow Egypt's cue..Which I'm guessing is in their minds.

Even what we percieve as freedom, It still has it's issues. Freedom is not exact or perfect in this day and age..I'd rather sacrifice something in the state of freedom then live in a world of dictatorship and repression etc...Human rights should be at the forefront of our direction in tomorrow.

I assume the violent fringe in such Countries as Iraq etc.. Plan on trying to teach the people of Egypt the error of ther ways through loade backpacks in the town square to who knows. They know that in their own countries they might be swinging from a tree in the local courtyard if this catches on..First DARK step is Military take over..Now the people have went the first round and must set forth real change..They have another twelve rounds to survive!

Set forth the motion of freedom and let it circle the globe..Taking down nations for the sake of the children and grandchildren of tomorrow. A slow step at a time with the voice of millions waiting and yearning for their god given rights.

Gruesome is the regimes of repression..That bound those to chains of control. Slowly bleeding them from their own identity. We are not the human race that wishes to be whipped about in cleric frenzy'z or..? We are the people trying to learn from our past mistakes and move on..to the things that enrich us..not destroy us.

I think many of us speculate that Egypt is indeed headed down a rough road..But if the people truly finish what they started in just the right way..It will mean everything to them and the entire world. Slowly but surely this sick doctrine enforced by unruly rulers might possibly become ancient history..It must.

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Requiem to my past

2010-12-13T18:27:00.001-08:00

Life is a daily journey which we try to do with the least bit of resistance..From 5th grade homework to the paying of a bill...we learn to cope and move on to the next right of passage...Mine is my 50th birthday...part of my elongated book of personal life...The one that I hope someone remembers..Did I make it worth the strain and triumph? I like to think so...But in the end...there's only one thing that matters...whom I loved and who loved me ;)
Cold nights when I wasn't so strong
Young and pointless
My future therefore I long
Wind blows within my memory
It Takes me back to early life
From the long lost memory of a first teen kiss
To the warmth of a family as of late
And present strife
I heard your voice
Let it out
never say goodbye
I dreamt of my past
I don't think it was bad or good
It only weakens me or the opposite I assume
Hear the voice from my past
It makes me weak and strong
Ditto
It Seems harder to breathe
But that's only an old state of mind ;)

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Thanksgiving and ol man winter

2010-11-25T08:45:00.000-08:00

Happy Bird day to all those whom celebrate this holiday. I hope all of those less fortunate have a good and plenty Holiday.

I'll stuff myself on turkey-stuffing-mashed potatoes-sweet potatoes-pumpkin pie. Then I'll long for a short nap.

The weather here is unbelievable. Last few days it's been below zero at night and barely above it in the day...We've had 2 snow storms and two more are on the way...possibly dumping as much as 16 more inches of snow by Monday. Ol man winter got here early and I would love to kick his ass...outta here...But just like any other year..I'll grin and bare it and look down the road to spring.

Enough thoughts about this nasty weather...My thoughts will focus on the task at hand...Stuffing myself on Thanksgiving bounty

*smile*

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Muse of Memes

2010-11-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Made me think about a few things..Especially how a few memes might have changed my life..Perhaps not quite the Culture..But possibly in the world around me.

IF I convey and it changes your life

Does it change the culture

Or better your life

Empirical formulas

So entertwined

The evidence is grey

And not defined

The gifted few whom speak the reason

Come and go

As does the seasons

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Grey Rain

2010-11-02T18:08:00.000-07:00

Grey rain is falling

Pouring down upon my shoulders

Not a single sound

Just a sense of a storm to come

Flickers of distant bolts and the clap of it's voice

Caution me to what's to become

Steam rises at my feet

And the temps fall

I call to you ol man winter

Be soft as you pass this way

This body can feel your prescence

Grey rain pouring down

My shoulders wet

I get so lost

My mind sleepy

I'm begging you

leave this place

There's the doorway

Call in spring to follow you

I am complete

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A Year well Earned

2010-10-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

With the life changing event of Ol Man winter creeping up behind me, I'm found with a situation.. What we call a crazy week! It seems as though life's worst and best events combined seem to come in three~s.

I was just Nominated for President of my local union

I witnessed a robbery this morning

I was called on to be a juror

All within a very short amount of time

*shudder*

Not to mention I just got my Internet connect back...etc etc etc

OK...running in 3's is a f@ckin joke

Such is life on this big blue marble or should I say Galactic rollercoaster of mayhem?

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I've fallin and I can get up

2010-08-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

*sigh*
Summer is about to give us the long kiss goodbye...it's hot embrace letting go
Watching squirrels scurry about...lodging their meal for days covered in white powder
soon the geese will fly south...escaping ol man winter's embrace
trees show their final glory before they strip down
not yet time to dig my sweaters out
but i'm thinking about it
fall into fall....a close reality
in all it's majestic beauty

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Just another day ~ in paradise

2010-08-05T17:10:00.000-07:00

Whew...it was so hot today and the AC in my car is out so I drove home, dreaming of a cold shower. It's time to throw some ribs on the Barbeque and dance around the sprinkler. Smell the mesquite slowly cooking my ribs and corn on the cob sounds delish!

Perhaps I'll hope for fall..but once the chill hits..I'll be longing for these hot temps.

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Memorial weekend muse

2010-05-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

What can I say

Been one crazy day

It's not over

But I am half way

I'll turn it around

Make it profound

And not let it get away

Not just for me

It's all of us

You'll see

what can I say

This is my day

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Big Ugly BP and a Government asleep at the wheel

2010-05-21T18:01:00.000-07:00

I am astounded at the level of disaster from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig nightmare and little help from our own Government. This will make Katrina look like a walk in the park and no national guard is immobilized to combat this? The Government seems to be sitting aside and watching this disaster unfold..this sickens me. Such an epic nightmare and it seems to be of very little concern of our own Government. With no real checks and balances to avert such disasters. If solid steps were in place this wouldn't have happened.

While BP plays the ~Hmm, I wonder if this will work~ game.

They did it so let them deal with it? As we watch the coastline under siege.
Get out there and save the wild life and wetlands etc...this is a major National Emergency and should be addressed as so...Forget the red tape and help immediately! BP dropped the ball...all concerned about the bottom line and not the signals that could have averted this.

Greed seems to be the big picture and Not a soul in the effected areas will reap a single dollar from this. These people in the fallout zone will lose their livelihoods, wildlife and pristine areas to an oil company seemingly ill prepared. What right do they have to do so? If you're going to put our coastline in such danger..Have a real plan that works.

Wreaking havoc upon our coastline all in the name of BP costs, profit margins and stupid errors.
We will all pay for this and the Government had better step in NOW! Help these morons at BP
"Let's try something else to stop it" When will you stop this leak? How many things will you try...will any of them actually succeed?

"This is at such a depth" Then why go that deep? More profit? And why do it with no real methods of stopping such a leak at such a depth?

blah blah blah...maybe you should have thought about real measures that work before you put our Fisheries, Habitats, Wildlife and America as a whole in harms way.

They were running out of time and spending too much money so they ignored the problems and the end result was a nightmare beyond comprehension. Drilling at such a depth is insane anyway.

I fault the oil company mostly, but I also fault our own Government doing little and watching this disaster unfold...after all...it is a National disaster...treat it as such...yet another reason to be unable to trust our own Government which comes up short on so many levels. If companies like BP have poor standards for drilling and a weak plan for dealing with such disasters, they shouldn't be drilling and putting such areas in danger with rigs that can do so much damage to our Nation.

To say BP dropped the ball is an understatement...and we need to look at all other oil rigs sitting off our coastlines with great care.

Ill prepared money hungry error makers of BP need to face the truth..they dropped the ball and should be held accountable...along with our own Government that usually comes up way short every major National Tragedy...wake up folks!

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Spring has Sprung!

2010-05-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful weekend it is! Sunny and warm

Drinking a cup of coffee in my back yard while watching the sun come up was especially nice.
I'm going to barbeque something...anything..it all tastes great on a barbeque.

I couldn't have a better weekend...I need to get my hammock out of the garage and just chill

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The Prodigal writer

2010-05-01T08:32:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted anything here

I've been busy and a bit less creative then I'd like to be

The weather here is wet and windy as well as cold

And now it's May 1st...my hopes of a beautiful month..everything anew..the smell of barbeques cooking fabulous things permiate the air...trees get back their lush green coats and flowers awaken to rise in the morning chill.

I'm ready for this warmer weather...winter seemed to work it's way slowly through time

Goood bye ol man winter.....I won't miss you in the least

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A Horse of course

2010-05-01T08:28:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Steed
With my love indeed
Barely touching the ground
Those hooves..so profound
Running home
To me
As if god painted a picture and it was a horse of course
The song of love for such beautiful things
Oh my hearts sings
Their love is so profound
Touching my heart
without a sound
He knows Me and I know him
I look into that majestic unbelievable stare
I just fall in love again
With the wind in his ears
Heaven said it's the best of years and there's a place for him
Ride high
Love the same
*hands him an apple and a hug*
Truly god's gift
Their love has always been enough for me
Take me home oh beautiful steed
Grasp the love an animal can give you
let that ripple outward

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If you could be a winged animal, which type would you be?

2009-12-14T18:27:00.001-08:00

Albatross

An Albatross..so far out in the ocean.. Soaring on the Sea breezes

A Balmy 26F

2009-12-14T16:40:00.000-08:00

The frigid temps have loosened their grasp on the Pacific Northwest finally..Temps in the low teens for the last few weeks *Shudder*
Now the temps are up to 26F and it feels rather warm..should be in the 30s by tomorrow but snow is in the forecast. 2-4 inches. But that's nothing compared to the massive storm that hit The Eastern US.

I know winter has just arrived on the first of January but it feels to me like I'm well over the winter hump and cruising quickly to spring. The cool temps start so early here.

I need to go out and get my snow shovel out of the garage and find my snow boots...my car is winterized and ready to go.

Funny thing...every year I've made a snow angel and a snow man...perhaps I never totally let go of a few of those boyhood joys

This year on January 1st I'll take the polar bear plunge at a local lake...shock myself into the New Year...Not one person that knows me is surprised that I'm jumping into a frigid lake on January first..they've seen all the other fun and crazy stuff I've done through the years..

So Come on 2010!!! I'm ready for you!

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I'm Alive

2009-12-11T18:06:00.000-08:00

Am I to slowly crawl unnoticed or am I to stand up and say "hey..I'm alive..more than everyone knows...til the day I close my eyes forever...imagining a better place for you and I under the heaven's glitter..What would you say?

Will it go away?

I'll suppose that everyone supposed

paradise is merely perception

A choice givin gift

other than the sorrow life bequeths us

joy is just a thought away

swallowing those dark thoughts

smiling for the tomorrow

tis the season

Cold fridgid temps keep me bundled

2009-12-09T09:33:00.001-08:00

Well...it's stayed below freezing over the last few weeks...temps at night of 2F.

The cold December winds have chilled me to the bone.

Warm soup and a nice big cup of tea under a warm blanket seem priceless.

Come on Spring! I want to burst out of this igloo into the green lush season of anew.

Winter is already old and it isn't even here yet.

Dec. 21st?...It actually starts once I freeze my ass off

I like a small part of winter..not much

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I need you...life

2009-11-06T17:30:00.001-08:00

Staring out into the dawn...feelin good and hiding the pain..thinking of somewhere I became..looking forward seems to be longer but a positive path..I'm not sure why..I'll give it another try..this life and it's seemingly to's and fro's..I can and will squeeze out a smile thru rain and the darkest days..my heart in a comfortable ease..knowing all the things that are beautiful brighten that seemingly longer mile...Give it a try I will..with a joy and optimism in tomorrow..it's all I really have in that sense. I'll go home now...to the place I belong..without much regret...just a few wishes and an addiction....life.

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It's all good!

2009-11-04T18:00:00.000-08:00

There was something..in that day..like the leaves..I fell..a cold chill jumped up and bit me in the ass..fuck..that's right...Ol man winter is coming back to make my already spent existance that much more interesting. Take the time..eh...like an elevator..up down. I'd better buckle up and adjust. This will be a ride on my body and my mind. It get's cold up here in the Pacific Northwest and if I'm lookin for sympathy it's between shit and syphillis in the dictionary..right? No brief respite at either of my jobs...but I'll damn sure smile because life is way too friggen short to live it negatively.

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Alaska..my pristine second home

2009-10-05T20:40:00.000-07:00

Spent 3 years up there...fishing the Bering Sea and exploring it's wilds

Alaska is truly a state of wild mind....a call of the wild so to speak...you feel as though nature is the most important force..not the concrete jungle. Making oneself roam the vast forests in search of what have you..it really doesn't matter, even a bad day out there..rules!
Dusty ol lumberjacks still walk around with sidearms and wrinkled flannels..fish abound to be snared by a crafty hook..
Animals more numerous then what the lower 48 can possibly offer..run about for you to find.

"Touch the finger of mother nature and you may want to hold her hand"
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That awesome place....Alaska...has that feeling.
A way of life..not just a location...more of a place to truly feel alive

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Describe a time you were scared.

2009-10-03T11:25:00.001-07:00

Was the danger real or imagined? Explain how you dealt with it.

Got caught in the bite more then once while fishing for crab on the Bering Sea...in the bite mean that the rope connected to sinking pot has somehow grabbed you and is going to take you overboard. Only quick reflexes and thinking will save you.

The angel on your left shoulder and the demon on your right are duking it out. What are they fighting over?

2009-09-26T08:05:00.001-07:00

demons vs angels

The Angel would say ~ "It's far more important to define your character by refining your conscience"

And the Demon would reply ~ "But it's far more fun to give in to temptation..since impurity has it's rewards"

Who wins? Neither...it's a stale mate most of the time

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Fall Muse

2009-09-22T16:50:00.000-07:00

Well...here it is

Fall in the Pacific Northwest..the temps are dropping at night but staying up in the 80s and 90sF during the day. My flowers will soon be gone and the garden will sit dormant. The beauty of the forest becomes captivating...sending me out on long weekend drives to breathe it all in.

Time to get my warmer clothes out. I've been in shorts n shirt mode for several months. My pants just don't seem comfortable after that. It will take me a few days to get used to it. I need to go out and buy a new winter jacket and perhaps some more winter shirts and sweaters. It get's pretty damn cold up here.

hot soup-hot chocolate-hot apple cider-hot tea ect...will sound pretty good in a few weeks. I'll be cooking much more in my kitchen vs. out on the barbeque. In the summer...getting my kitchen hot sounds much worse than grilling something. I barbeque at least 3 or 4 times a week in the summer...eating cooler meals for the most part when I do cook in the kitchen.

It was a pretty good summer...I hope it's a mild winter..last year was a nightmare

I think I'm going to enjoy this nice evening and barbeque yet again...nice to sit out in the backyard..smelling mesquite smoke and playing with my dogs

So...enjoy your fall...breathe in it's color & beauty

I know I will

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What's your favorite view?

2009-09-20T08:47:00.001-07:00

The view is beautiful from West Glacier

The scenery will take your breath away...the wilderness in it's finest form..One must search for all things beautiful..damn good way to spend a lifetime

Will we find life out there in the vast cosmos?

2009-09-02T19:55:00.000-07:00

What's wrong with assuming a living Universe?
Where other life forms inhabit their planet?..Extremophiles have been found in the hottest..darkest and deepest parts of this big blue marble..and intraterrestrials have been found deep in the crust of our planet, wasn't too long ago we assumed life didn't exist in the extreme places here on Earth, but it does. Microorganisms are indeed a hearty bunch.

We are merely very young students to the truths that lie out in the cosmos..I honestly cannot convince myself that we are the only ONES in the cosmos..I believe that in the next 20 years...We will find many Earth like planets orbiting in the safe zone from stars and maybe even a spectral imprint of life...and the realm of possibility will expand. Also they have found Carbon Dioxide elsewhere a main selling point to the possibilty of life on other planets.
Perhaps life is floating around on asteroids to be deposited on some distant planet and that could be how it all started here...we just don't know.

I think we will find water and in that water we will find life..entirely possible in my lifetime. And if/when we do find life out there..how can we assume that there isn't even far more intelligent life than just microorganisms etc.?
I'll cross my fingers and hope we do indeed find proof of life elsewhere..It seems naive to assume that we are the only ones in this vast cosmos.

May we search for it...out amongst the stars

in saecula saeculorum

In bed with Mother Nature

2009-08-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

You can think of things to stir your imagination or you can grab a tent and get up in the woods..time on your own or with a friend...touching mother natures hand.. a night of lightning strikes to fill up the tent..the wind knocking the shelter about with furious anger..the thunder rolls over a distant canyon in a chorus.. "I am truly living...one with nature on this cold dark night"...A taste of primitive man or a road to my soul...doesn't really matter...every long lost memory of such places are still right here...locked within my heart and memory. What a nice thought...the bed where you lie is the captivating wilderness...*sigh*

Hot summer nights go cold

2009-08-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

Fall fast approaches...

kids getting ready for school while their parents rush to buy school supplies.

Work begins preparing for a holiday schedule (do 5 days work in 4 days).

Labor day seems to always signify the end of summer, that and an end of August Birthday.

"I wonder where I stashed the warm clothes and blankets?"

Time for hot chocolate on stormy nights..snuggled in to a comfy spot...buttery popcorn and a good scare movie in hand. lightning flashes with furious anger.. lighting up the darkened room while the thunder boomers make my dogs jumpy.

Squirrels scurrying about...hiding their meals for a later date. Leaves letting go of their hold and spiraling downward..to be raked and forgotten. Birds ruffling feathers anticipating the long flight ahead while foggy car windows stall me from getting to work.

Soon it will be fall -> back, daylight savings time...struggling to wake up in a dark room followed by dark commutes to work where I regret not being able to catch a few more winks.
It almost gives me a sleepful sense and the need to huddle closer..Stay inside...read a good book..just relax by the fire

This summer was busy, hot and eventful..I'll put it away for a later memory.

Time to go get some new windshield wiper blades...fall is a wet one around here *shudder*

Ahh look at the bright side...spooning with your mate is far more doable!

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Shock claim 2009 ArenaCup, 74-27

2009-08-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

Woooohoooo!

Spokane Shock beats Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in the 2009 Arena Cup!

What a fantastic season for the team and us fans! It took me awhile to get into Arena football..Went to some games...watched them on T.V. and grew fond of the game

Thanks Shock for winning the title! It's far better than what many WA. Teams achieve...especially pro

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My first plane trip, from Seattle, WA. to Spokane, WA.

2009-08-23T14:42:00.001-07:00

I loved the takeoff..it was a short 45 minute hop but very enjoyable..I spent all my time gazing out the window in wonder

If it wasn't for good luck/bad luck...I'd have no luck at all

2009-07-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I put anything in here...been busy

But now that's about to change...I get a week of paid vacation all next week! WOOOOOT

At the second bell..when it was time to leave today..I put out one loud yell...woooohoooo! Had to make sure even the people in the office heard it..lol

I was like a flash of light..there and gone

At the time clock I told everyone that I did my year in prison and now I get paroled for a week!...lol

Anyhoo...a crazy set of events transpired over the last few weeks leading up to today and my big week off. My nice Kia Sportage was totalled...a few days later I ended up with a Toyota Scion XB...(I call it the X-Box)you know~one of those rollin boxes...lol.... They gave me an offer I couldn't refuse! I love it! What an awesome rig...although replacing the micro chipped key for $80 is kind of over the top.

Last Friday I went to bed early because I wanted to leave for Seattle at 1 A.M.....arriving in Seattle at sun up...I have my car loaded and I'm getting ready to back up..I hit the headlights and see up the driveway that half MY tree fell down on my neighbors house and fence..WTF?
There goes my trip to Seattle. Then a few days ago my plumbing goes down the pipes so to speak...I got bit by a spider yesterday at work and today I cut a gouge into my leg at work.

And two root canals in the last week as well.
OK....I'm done already..who or what is testing me had better frickin stop...lol

There's been some good luck as well and I always look for the positive in most everything...trials & tribulations...an essential part of life

I've got a week off and I'm enjoying it...period!

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Internet friends past & present

2009-05-30T16:36:00.000-07:00

You know...it's kind of funny how close one can get to another person via real time on the web...you may not ever even meet in person...but build a friendship and bond and sometimes even love for someone. I've been online for several years now and have come to know so many. I have also lost many for various reasons and that's when it hits home. Lost several due to the fact that they passed away and that effected me profoundly..Others..we just grew apart through time.

Some I still keep in touch with and am very fond of them. Perhaps I will always stay in touch with them and even meet some on down the road..hopefully so

Just recently I had left a forum that I had been going to for many many years...got to know many people and make many friends..but there was also some forms of negativity there and mean spirited people which I disliked..as a good friend of mine had suggested..it could have something to do with the current sad state of affairs in our beloved Country, the USA. People not posting much...having little to say or just plain busy..so many possibilities.

I think I just burned out on it...perhaps just for a little while..one thing is for sure though..my feelings for the people that I left behind will never falter and I will miss them dearly...perhaps going back to see them one day.

Anyone whom wants to stay in touch can do so easily anyway

Funny thing..these Internet friendships

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What three songs must be played at a wedding?

2009-05-30T16:23:00.001-07:00

White Wedding by Billy Idol

just a great wedding song

Super freak by Rick James

she's such a kinky girllllll

Highway to hell by AC DC

never know how it's going to go..be prepared..lol

Wild & Fun Memorial Day Weekend and one bad hair day

2009-05-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

I wanted to have one great 3 day weekend so I started early..on Thursday, I went out to Mexican food then went to see Shun Yen dancers, which was interesting and worth seeing.

Friday I went to the Casino and won $280.00..I rarely gamble and never go with more than $50..play the slots (pennies)

Bad Hair day is a great metaphor for the next 24 hours:

Saturday..I got up and went for a long bike ride on the Centennial trail..that was a blast! Had lunch in a nice place close to the river..all the trees are in bloom and the wildflowers were all about. Later that afternoon I went to a tailgate party for our local AF2 football team..drank some beers and threw a football around etc. When we arrived in the parking lot and removed the chairs and cooler...my friend had hit the electronic door lock switch and also had left his keys on the seat..my door was still open so I grabbed some pretzels then closed the door..uh ohhhh..car locked!

So he called AAA and they had a locksmith right out to open his rig. So if that wasn't bad enough...he put out chairs with side trays and didn't lock them..when I went to put our food on them, they collapsed..spilling everything on the ground...partial my fault as well for not checking them..

We get inside and I almost go over the upper rail when someone accidentally tripped me..I had to clear the 4 rows of seats otherwise I would have been really hurt..I landed right in front of a 4 foot wall with a rail and went half way over it..spilling the full beer in my hand on the heads of about 10 people below..Security came and asked me what happened....it was all good.

So what a night that was .. Made it home safely

Sunday I went on another long bike ride..went out to dinner...rented some movies and made popcorn

Monday I lounged around the house..worked on the garden..mowed the lawn and watered it...then had an awesome barbecue of marinated pork ribs smoked in apple-wood..potato salad and smoked beans...yummmm

so that was my holiday..rather enjoyable wouldn't you say? and let's not forget unusual

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What movie can you watch over and over again?

2009-05-26T16:32:00.001-07:00

My Preciousssssssssss...popcorn

Lord of the Rings deserves to be watch over and over through the years

All around good movie to snuggle up and munch some popcorn etc...

Martha will love my Barbequed food

2009-05-19T15:26:00.001-07:00

Martha Stewart is coming over for dinner tonight. What do you serve to impress her?

My barbequed food

Steaks..sausages...and so on...I'm sure she would enjoy any of my barbeque

My heart and my music

2009-05-14T20:46:00.000-07:00

Connotations of love in music...waxing poetic..a muse of the heart..a flick of a string..where a melody speaks as if it is the heart...if it could speak it would be singing..it feels right..the first time you hear a song that moves you..takes your breath away..like being in love for the first...it's what makes us breathe irregularly and captures us...listening to that riff...a reason we all search for..a feeling so untouched. No matter the genre, no matter the time...no bad connotation belongs in music..for all it does and gives us

Never let that die in your heart

Blue Mondays

2009-05-11T18:03:00.000-07:00

Today Seem to be a particular bitch of a Monday..I so did not want to get out of bed this morning. The alarm went off and all I wanted to do is stay there..snuggled in my blanket..sleeping perhaps a few more hours. but I knew I had to get up for yet another daily grind..make a living and pay the bills etc...I had such a relaxing weekend which was far too short. I woke up this morning and went out and fought that bear called society..mad it through unscathed and tired...and feeling optimistic

After Monday passes..I feel somewhat relieved. The worst part is over..Then comes hump day and once that is over with I feel the weekend is right around the corner...

Next week repeat...and so on

tis a life..a good one for the most part

it's just some days I don't want to go out into the concrete jungle and bust my ass to earn a buck...the alternative isn't even an option.

on Monday morning I am dedicated to the proposition that life will only be good if I rise up out of the covers and do what I've always done..live

Good person or?

2009-05-10T16:41:00.000-07:00

Am I a good person?....perhaps..but who knows what evil lies within the hearts of many...we all have skeletons in our closet...just another memory..where perhaps the shame is gone of something I did in which I regret...but I'm still a good person I hope, but after all a person is really only as good as their heart and word, everything else is just the outer dressing...

The walls might move in closer and time may lead me to the end of another day...I controlled little of it...it swept by so fast...hopefully my heart can glow like a candle....show the light for others to follow...control of anything seems kind of redundant though...I'll work at it...be a good person as far as I can tell and be good to others and wish them well...no need to tell me who you are or who I am...we'll both figure that out...no need to put a spell on anyone...lives are books to be read and so are people to some extent...it takes awhile to read any epic novel.

I'll wish everyone well in the mean time

What my shoes say about me

2009-05-10T16:34:00.001-07:00

If the shoes make the man (or woman), what do your shoes say about you right now?

I wear very light shoes...I'm a martial artist and like to wear shoes that don't inhibit my ability to kick if need be.

Validation

2009-05-10T16:15:00.000-07:00

Validation of a wayward life searching for answers..A skeptic and optimistic dogma that surrounds my awakening mind's eye...my perception of myself..the epiphany that validation is a feeling, perhaps a high above realization that all your hard work in life is not just another day...not shame or reward....just believing then letting it go...destiny and shadows and an occasional smile for just another day which I made it through...a memory and a melody played out real time...let it go paddle upstream..fight for another day..achieve what you can, then let it go It's really just another day and another thing...validation

I believe

Meanwhile validate my parking will ya?

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A warm Mother's day

2009-05-10T16:10:00.000-07:00

It was a nice sunny day today...nice and warm..I got outside and mowed my lawn, trimmed some foilage and rode my mountain bike around the neighborhood for an hour or so...nice to have my door open. I just let my dogs run in and out all day when they wanted to..they love that..now they are sleeping...tired and content.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mothers! Thank you for being there through all the highs and lows and such! You've made our lives so enriched and deserve all the best! ;)

Which movie's characters would you befriend in real life?

2009-05-10T16:02:00.001-07:00

I'd fit in well with the last Emperor

He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change. I would love to spend days talking with him about how he percieves everything. I teach Martial Arts and love Chinese philosophy etc...find it very interesting.

I find Too many tattoos offensive

2009-04-24T16:39:00.001-07:00

Too many tattoos
I have a few tats but I think a ton of them on someones body looks bad

Too many piercings
Ya look like a friggen pin~cushion

Drunk & Obnoxious
Can't stand an obnoxious drunk...I don't think many can

Gaseous dogs
Self explanatory

Tone deaf Karoake singers
Got that buzz on,,,can't sing a lick..and makes me feel as if fingers are being scratched across a dry chalkboard....I'll give em an A for effort though.

F-Bombs flying about
I'm not against swearing, just don't like the prolific profanity (every other word)

Too tight clothes
Make that stuff look like it's ready to burst at the seams..pop in fresh muffin top look..ackkk

"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE."

2009-04-19T17:45:00.000-07:00

"MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF STARS!"
2010..A real space odyssey

How close are we to the movie 2010 space odyssey?

lesson no.1: Clarke, "History Lesson"

Evolution of our species on a world just made habitable. Will it be the moon? Or Mars..maybe the small Phoenician noblewoman-Europa discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610... the 6th moon of Jupiter? Will we colonize such places for the betterment of humankind? Before something really bad almost happens as in 2010 a Space Odyssey? Becoming evolutionary energy-based life-forms in the distant future? All these things such as planets and evolving far away but still within touch.

AD 20,001. By this time, the Europans have evolved into a species that has developed a primitive civilization, most likely with assistance from a monolith. They are not described in detail, though they are said to have "tendril"-like limbs. They regard the star Lucifer (formerly the planet Jupiter) as their primary Sun, referring to Sol as "The Cold Sun". Though their settlements are concentrated primarily in the hemisphere of Europa which is constantly bathed in Lucifer's rays, some Europans have begun in recent generations to explore the Farside, the hemisphere facing away from Lucifer, which is still covered in ice. There they may witness the spectacle of night, unknown on the other side of Europa, when the Cold Sun sets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Odyssey_Two

I doubt Jupiter will become what the above suggests in that ...but it still brings up the questions of peace on Earth and the continuance of humankind elsewhere about this vast cosmos. Perhaps humankind may perish by it's own hand..but hopefully we have moved on to other worlds..looking back on a petty hate filled ridiculous past..that at least got us to where we are.

We are much further in technology than our Government wants to admit...not quite to the timeline of Hollywood Sci Fi movies. but we are well on the road...where wars are fought over water content of a planet or who got there first..one thing will always remain..even in other worlds..war...with peace sporadic...only a wish for the future, Eternal peace.

I hope We at least still look good in the distant future..not..tendril flailing..one eyed...PC addicts!

Will we make contact with something? Divine or Alien? Let's hope so!

Do we have a Hal locked up somewhere? Good chance of it!

Space Odyssey- 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNu9wUO-YM

2010 - Peter Hyams - The Birth Scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhMYgq-0cGI

One thing is for sure..is that we as the Humankind..shall see the message of peace once and for all...regardless of a divine message. And that we carry out..out there..where you gaze at night by the campfire...let's go..are you ready?

This time..this place..this day...I hope we resolve to do this!

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When the rescue ship comes, I'll tell 'em: Take me home

2009-04-17T16:01:00.001-07:00

You're stuck on an island with plenty of food, a companion, and a relatively stress-free lifestyle. What do you say when the rescue ship comes?

Tough decision time:

1.) Take me home

2.) Come back in a year

3.) I'm fine, thanks

I would stil miss my family, would have to see them and would want them to know I am OK, something about the concrete jungle that would attract me back

My new dog Boomer

2009-04-16T10:18:00.000-07:00

I got a new dog! I thought hard about getting a new one so soon but it was the right thing to do..lift my girl Taya's spirit etc...He's a brindle Great Dane cross...about a year old and very well mannered...knows some tricks and minds very well. He's a delight to have around and loves to play, Very smart as well...He came from an abused home and has a worn mark around his neck from a chain. I will never chain any of my dogs up. I found him on Craigslist and rescued him. He had gas when I first got him so I thought the name Boomer was a good one...lol

He will spend his entire life with me...spoiled to the core and loved deeply.

I had some time off so it was the perfect time to rescue a dog...he is a big dog and eats like a pig but I don't care.

I'm glad to have him

I'm just a dreamer

2009-04-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

It would be nice if we could live as one race..the human race and nobody died for such foolish reasons as bigotry

Almost all wars are fought because of bigotry..hatred for others..whether it be because they are on the other side of the fence or because of their religion or what have you. Petty in differences leading to bloodshed.

Why must this be? Are most Nations ignorant? Why is hatred so prevalent throughout this planet? I just don't get it...we all watch the sun rise and fall...have our own trials and tribulations..pain and sorrow..and none are really better than the other because of religion or race or place. Just look up at the heavens and think about how really insignificant most of this is compared to the big picture.

We must evolve..this human race and realize that all this bigotry must stop. I wonder if all the great leaders of this world went into space and looked back on this blue marble in space and came to an epiphany..Of how small this planet is...that there really aren't any borders and that we are all in this together. Perhaps for the good of all humankind someday. Maybe it will happen when we colonize space and leave this bigotry behind...the hatemongers shall remain to blow themselves up or whatever.

You may worship as a Christian or a Muslim or or...it really doesn't matter to me..without living as one ..no peace can be done

What if everyone really cared?

Come on, swallow your pride and stand by my side! Let's share our lives together on this lonely planet!

Amen to that!
Yes...I'm just a dreamer dreaming of better days

Are you?

Old Man winter stopped by

2009-04-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

Will winter ever say goodbye?

Here it is April 21st 2009 and I woke up to 4 inches of snow on the ground...That woke me up! But it is common up here in the North. Just don't like to see it...Melts very quickly though and the temps are rising quickly...It's supposed to be in the mid 70s next week! WOOOOOOOOT!
Now that's what I'm talking about!

Come on Summer!
Now that I'm getting older, I notice how cold weather effects my body and joints...I get achy at times when a cold front blows in...Oh well

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Animal face-off! Who would win in a fight between a gorilla and a pack of hyenas?

2009-04-14T12:35:00.001-07:00

My money's on the pack of hyenas

It's basically a trick question...how many hyenas? A Gorilla could beat the hell out of quite a few hyenas, but power is in the numbers...I doubt even a pack would mess with a gorilla...They are as tough as they come and would put up one hell of a fight!

Now if it was King Kong...no contest! lol

List your rules for maintaining a healthy relationship

2009-04-14T12:31:00.001-07:00

Be fairly unconditional
So many faults you may find in your mate...most can be overlooked...after all we are all human and make mistakes etc

Say I love you
Say I love you all of the time..especially before you go to sleep or leave. If something happened to your love one while they were gone you would regret not saying I love you to them first

Never go to bed mad
Make up A.S.A.P. Before you go to bed..it's key to a healthy relationship

Never stay mad at your loved one
Never hold in anger or anything like that about your better half...it's not healthy for you or the realtionship

Lots and lots of sex!
Keep that labido goin and the love making going regularly...too many positives to list!

Keep a promise
Never break a promise! Ever! It's the trump card!

Be Honest! Honesty is the best policy

I was so sick

2009-04-11T14:47:00.001-07:00

I came down with some kind of bug last week and wow did I get sick! For many days I was pretty much bed ridden...I was so so sick. I haven't felt like that in many years.

I drank a ton of fluids and took good care of myself..it's nice to be back with the living.

Today is fairly chilly...we had some nice weather over the last week which was good..

Are you any good at sweet talking?

2009-04-11T14:34:00.001-07:00

Hey sugar

Sweet talk is far better than vitriolic comments..playfulness, sweet talk and laughter transcends my physical attributes. Sweet & gracious discourses lead me to perhaps more than just a giggle or an interested notion. A bigger prize.

Yay...we broke a record?

2009-03-30T19:10:00.000-07:00

Today we reached a milestone...The snowiest winter in recorded history..we beat 93.5 inches with 93.6 inches.

This is the second-consecutive heavy winter in Spokane. Last year, more than 92 inches of snow fell in Spokane, the third most since records started in 1893. And last year was rough! We even had a measurable amount of snow in early June and Spring never came so to speak.
Spokane is also mired in unseasonable cold temps. The normal high temps in late March is in the low 50s, this month we have seen highs in the 30s and 40s. It's all good though..it's warm inside.

I'm not real proud of this record...If next year we beat the all time wormest winter and spring in recorded history...I'll be proud of that

Name a book that changed your mind or opened your eyes.

2009-03-30T19:00:00.001-07:00

Reading 'Tuesdays With Morrie' opened my eyes

It was about a professor and one of his student's who decided to spend time with his dying professor...What if it was your last chance at living...would all that matters lie within your heart? Who you loved and who loved you?

Watch "Smokin Aces" next time you're home sick

2009-03-30T18:51:00.001-07:00

You sick? How about an action flick?

Recommend a movie for a friend stuck on the couch with a cold.

If I'm sick....Watching a boring movie doesn't help..gotta get my pulse up and sweat that nasty stuff out of my system

Frost lingers

2009-03-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

Still pretty cold up North..the wind cut right through me today. Its' that time of the year for windy conditions.

We'll also be getting a lot of rain over the next few days but it's all good...take it in stride..it's that time of the year..deal with it. Sometimes I feel like heading south and living where I don't have to worry about fridgid temps. Then I remember my trips to Cali in the middle of summer! I could have cooked my dinner on the hood of my car..Wow! Ok..how about..live North in the summer and South in the winter? Wait..wouldn't I be a snowbird?

We have mild summers...average temps around 80 F. which suites me fine..true 4 seasons and tolerable. I got used to it..Growing up in Seattle was warmer but it rained more.

I'm seeing a lot more birds-squirrels etc. Soon the trees will get their leaves back and the lawn will turn green...flowers will be up *sigh*

Lions & Tigers & Bears oh my!

2009-03-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

I thought this would be a great story to share with all of you...I will add many more stories as the days roll by

When I had turned 18 and finished school...many of my friends decided to go into the military..I decided not to take that route and go to Alaska to fish the Bering Sea.. both of us were scheduled to leave in early fall.

So we decided to have a hiking excursion up in the mountains North of Deer Park WA. He was to be a marine and wanted to rough it..perhaps show me he had what it takes.

So we planned a big hike up into the mountains...all night stay up high upon the mountain...It was getting pretty chilly at night but I was prepared and so was he...or so we thought.

We shot off into the wilderness, eager to walk about the vast wilderness...camping up high upon a ridge. We thought we had everything but we didn't.

It was so nice to spend this last weekend in such a way...the woods were alive with animals of all types...lions & tigers and bears Oh My!...well..no lions or tigers.

It took us about 6 hours of a tough climb up to get to our destination...in a draw with a hill to shield us from the elements. Upon arrival I proceeded to build a shelter for the night..the clouds were black and it didn't look good. "did you watch the weather?" I asked Alan "nope", "well neither did I" A big mistake on both our parts.

We settled down to a good meal by campfire...steak wrapped in multi layers of foil..vege all, butter and jalepenos...I used to make those when out hunting deer and elk..

It seems like food tastes better out in the great outdoors...even if it is perhaps a state of mind...We opened a few beers and talked of days gone by and those to come while staring into the campfire. A few hours flew quickly by, when all of a sudden the rain hit..I was thinking about Seattle during the *fall monsoons*
The fire quickly extinguished and we were left to scurry into the shelter and crawl down deep in our sleeping bags...the lightening and thunder was deafening and we both found it hard to fall asleep. It was a very exciting night for me, way up in the mountains with all hell breaking loose *FLASH* *BOOOM* I love that stuff.

About 12 A.M. one side of the shelter had crumbled and soaked my friend Alan..he didn't bring a change of clothes nor did I...yet another mistake...so we were left with a decision..to stay and freeze to death (25F. that night) or make a run for it. We must have been at least 6 miles from home..straight up a mountain and Mother Nature was throwing everything she could at us. We came to the conclusion that as soon as the rain had settled down to bolt down the mountain.
"Did you bring that flashlight?" I said to Alan. "nope...I forgot it, but I did bring a few flares to start the fire etc." "Oh mannnn, We only have about 20 minutes of light to get down this mountain..that sucks!"

But we have to do it!

while we were packing up our gear (we left some to travel light and fast)
I started talking about how bears and wolves etc...are attracted to prey running through the woods (just to pick on him some) Perhaps they are but they must be frightened by loud humans as well.

He bought it hook-line & sinker. So he decided to strap on his buck knife on the end of a stick..He reminded me of Rambo..lol We had no way to carry a molten flare other then stick it on the end of the spear he had made..it was so wet out we didn't fear a fire anyway.

OK..time to head down the hill and get as far as we can on two flares...we had better be scootin...he was a faster runner than I so he led with me right behind...I also had him convinced that it was best to yell out as to scare the huge beasts away that possibly could make us cuisine. Down we went...him yelling at the top of his lungs anything he could think of, I joined in as well... we were shittin and gettin let me tell ya!...he tripped and we both went flying through with the end result of me smashing him into the wet earth..."let's goooo!" Off we went down the hill like two marathon runners in Boston. We got pretty far down the hill before the last flare went out. "now what?" I said....With the clouds above, it was dark...very dark...that was eerie indeed.

We could barely see in front of our faces. So we held on to each other...and with spear in hand, felt our way down the hill. We finally made it to a farmers field and after about ten minutes of trying to get our location, we realized that we were still a long way from home...we had strayed off almost parallel with his home..still another 4 miles away...we had to get home..we were both wet and very cold..we decided to find a farm and call home...We found one and it was well into morning..We woke up the people who lived there..and finally got a ride home..what a night! A night of survival and wild memories! To this day I wonder if anyone heard us off in the distance yelling at the top of our lungs while running down that mountain in the middle of the night....

"See Mildred..I told you there's banshees up in those woods.. They come out after midnight!"

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Describe the human race

2009-03-29T14:00:00.000-07:00

Egotistic peas in a narcissistic pod? How would you best describe the human race?

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You have to give away a million dollars. How?

2009-03-29T10:00:00.001-07:00

Here, have a $100,000 dollars each

$100,000 to my top ten favorite organizations which I already donate to:

World wildlife fund

Oprahs Angel Network

Susan B Komen Breast cancer research

National Geographic Society’s Afghan children's Fund

Harvest Help, helping farmers in rural Africa

SOS Children: Aids Africa

Venessa Behan crisis nursery here in town

World Vision

Feed the children

Earth Hour

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Green eggs and ham, Dr.Suess brings me back

2009-03-28T08:50:00.001-07:00

Name a children's book that makes you nostalgic.

Memories of not a care in the world

Great day to be alive!

2009-03-26T18:07:00.000-07:00

What a glorious day today! Nice and warm out..sun shining all day! I so didn't want to work,,,I went home and took my girl Taya outside to play fetch...run her good..she needs some exercise after being all couped up this last winter..how was your day?

What would you do if Zombies showed up?

2009-03-26T16:15:00.001-07:00

I'd shoot three times!

Once in my pants

Once around the corner

And once home!

Side note...what if the name on the mailbox said Zombie...or Rob Zombie moved a few houses down? let's not be so quick to judge here! Sheeeesh..unless they want to feast on your brain then friggen run or get a good pair of numchucks!!

They would starve on my brain...lol

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Where was your first kiss? Making out in Seattle WA.

2009-03-25T15:21:00.001-07:00

I wouldn't call it bumping uglys or swapping spit

I got slipped the tongue immedietely..she knew a few things and I grew up that summer

So what happened?

List five things to do before you die

2009-03-25T15:08:00.001-07:00

5 options just isn't enough

Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
I've always wanted to experience that

Travel into space!
Nuff said

Fish the Bering Sea at least one more time
It's calling me back

Take on a Shoalin Monk in China
I trained in Shoalin Kung Fu amongst other arts..always wanted to see how effective I would be against one in a match

Spend 7 days in New York City
Visit the twin tower site and pay homage...eat from many restaurants...see the statue of liberty...etc.

Reflections of a Silent Day

2009-03-25T14:36:00.000-07:00

Spent most of the day reflecting off and on about my Dog that just passed away...all the postive things about him...he knew every trick and even brought me my shoes when I asked him. He was the best and I will miss him dealry, but I must not dwell in regret but celebrate all that was him...too many things to list...it was the whole package...one good boy...my baby boy. It will be very hard the first time I bar b que..that was our big thing...frisbee and bar b que...I couldn't bring home anything to do with bar b quing without him driving me crazy "let's go!!!!"..He had this little habit with me since he was a pup...well..many things actually..but I thought about one in particular...every day when I got home, he would get up on the couch...lay down next to me and kick me..several times..he loved that and It was my time to love on him til he was done gettin lovin. I made a vid of him...his pic is at the top of this post...I'll put more up later...thanks for listening bloggers..I'll get by...just lonely without him

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You need this flying car

2009-03-23T19:59:00.001-07:00

Engineers are getting closer to the dream of the flying car. How would you sell one of these if you were an auto dealer?

This wiz bang is the true "Chitty Chitty bang bang"..you don't even have to say that stupid chit...just plug in your bluetooth and your crappin like seaguls on the gridlockers

What gadget is at the top of your wish list?

2009-03-21T10:00:00.001-07:00

Don't have an iPhone yet? Or maybe you're ready for that flat-panel TV? What piece of circuitry and plastic will make your life better and why?

Webcam by MShades

A webcam...I still haven't picked one up for my new PC.
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Spring Muse

2009-03-20T20:59:00.000-07:00

First day of Spring!
Eloquent musing in a quiet room this warm evening...the keyboard telling my story or fathoming the great cosmos...a great release to a hard day earned...a unique way to write a blog...via real time on the web..for all the world to read..movingly expressive or forcefully fluent passages...trapped in time

I can hear the soft pitter patter of rain outside..it seems to have a calming effect...and the need to snuggle into a warm blanket

a good night's rest awaits

may tomorrow be a good day to be alive!