| A Viking Looks At (almost) 50... |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|10:26 am] |
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| |  contemplative | ] |
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| | The Brilliant Green | ] |
As I approach my 5th decade in this existence, I am finding numerous things to be true...
*People that were assholes when I was younger are still assholes now that I'm older.
*Being with the same woman for 30 years is awesome.
*The ratio of people who think for themselves to stupid people appears to be the same now as when I was able to first notice it when I was 20.
*It is soooo wonderful to see one's children become adults and they are intelligent, independent, creative, and loving.
*Being a non-standard blockhead of a male annoyed the hell out of people when I was younger. Now that I'm older, it appears even more that society expects me to be some sort of twit with a stick up my ass. Well, I'm not going to apologize. I am still just fine with thumbing my nose at the conventions and expectations that men are supposed to be. If anything, age has set me in my ways even more. |
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| A Song To Share... |
[Aug. 5th, 2009|01:12 pm] |
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| |  silly | ] |
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| | James Taylor, for some strange reason | ] |
DOWN IN THE TOMB
(Up On The Roof)
© M. Bloom 8/09
When this old world starts a-gettin’ me down,
and people are just too much for me to face.
I'll climb way down to the base of the stairs
And all my cares, just find a resting place
(Down in the tomb)
In the tomb, it’s peaceful as can be
And there, the world above can’t bother me
Let me tell you now
When I just feel like I’m dead on my feet
I’ll go down where the air is dank and sweet
I'll get far away from the maddening crowd
And all that frightful noise up in the street
In the tomb’s the only place I know
Where you can find contentment down below
Down in the tomb
(Down in the tomb)
At night the tomb’s as quiet as can be
And darling you can share it all with me
I keep a-tellin’ you
That right down there in a plot below ground
I found a paradise, dark as a womb
And if this old world starts-a gettin' you down
There's room enough for two
Down in the tomb
(Down in the tomb…) |
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| What Big Cat Are You? |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|10:10 am] |
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| |  mellow | ] |
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| | Laid Off Blues | ] |
| You Are a Cougar |  You have more strength than most people, and with it, the ability to inflict a lot of harm.
Your power gives you confidence, and you find leading others to be easy.
You believe that you need to the best, and you are very driven to excel.
Most people immediately admire you, but some people feel very envious of your abilities. |
Whereas I like the species selection, I have some disagreements with their descriptions. |
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| On-Line Spider Flash Game... |
[Feb. 25th, 2009|07:15 am] |
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| |  ecstatic | ] |
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| | Eensy Weensy Spider | ] |
If you re an Arachnophobe, DO NOT click on this.
If you are an Arachnophile (like me), you'll love this...
http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/
*Place mouse cursor over spider to move it around.
*Place mouse cursor on a leg to drag spider around by the leg.
*Place mouse cursor where you want a bug & press space bar (or click left mouse button twice) to materialize bug. Spider will home in on the bug(s) and eat them.
Enjoy! |
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| Family Issues... |
[Feb. 19th, 2009|01:15 pm] |
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| | Work | ] |
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| |  amused | ] |
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| | Meat Loaf "Wasted Youth/Everything Louder Than Everything Else" | ] |
A bit of background is needed here...
*My Wife is a Registered Nurse. She has all of the traditional nurse's "war stories" about every kind of bodily fluid the human body is capable of emitting. And, all sorts of predicaments that said fluids can appear in.
*My Son's first job was as a Stable Hand at a ranch that uses horses as therapy for children with autism, cancer and other problems. One of his favorite comments is "I can honestly say that I've shoveled horse shit as a job"
So... Yesterday, after dinner, I was zoned out in front of the computer and an energetic conversation between my Wife & my Son drifted into my attention... They were arguing. They were trying to top each other in the grossest thing each of them has had to do in a job. It quickly drifted (deteriorated?) to a bragging match about how much shit & piss they've each had to deal with. The conclusion (at least to my ears) was that my Wife won with the most bizarre situations she's had to face, while my Son won with having to deal with the most volume.
Such is the topic when great minds clash in my household. :-) |
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| Shameless Plug... |
[Feb. 1st, 2009|05:43 pm] |
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| |  artistic | ] |
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| | MythBusters Marathon | ] |
My wife has a display of her art over on the Elfwood web site...
Cythor
Stop by for a spell. |
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| Let's Make This Official... |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|04:43 pm] |
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| | Work. | ] |
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| |  geeky | ] |
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| | The Faces "Stay With Me" | ] |
I don't like "Twilight."
The books are a badly written first-person attempt at a romance novel, but wind up being unbelievable crap with attempts to justify deviant behavior as normal and that (in the later books) physical abuse is okay. The only redeeming value I see is that readers might be inspired to seek out better written material in a similar genre. While I don't like the author's rewrite of the vampire/werewolf genre, I will support the author for trying something new in this regard. I leave it to the reader if this works for them.
The movie... Is a teen-angst romance movie. The screenwriter actually improves some of the material from the book. My opinion is more "ho-hum", as I'm not drawn in by this kind of film. |
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| A Nice Quote... |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|01:47 pm] |
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| | Guess... | ] |
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| |  devious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Damn Kenny G "O'Christmas Tree" | ] |
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the
black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-H.L. Mencken |
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| Well, He Did it... |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|09:03 am] |
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| | Work | ] |
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| |  relieved | ] |
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| | Joan Jett On The Brain | ] |
The U.S. now has a leader who is educated, articulate, and is less corrupt than the current representative of those who did poorly in school/business/life.
Let's hope that things improve. |
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| It's 1928 All Over Again... |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|08:18 am] |
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| | At Work | ] |
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| |  infuriated | ] |
If the American people ever allow private banks to
control the issue of their money, first by inflation
and then by deflation, the banks and corporations
that will grow up around them (around the banks),
will deprive the people of their property until their
children will wake up homeless on the continent
their fathers conquered.
- Thomas Jefferson |
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| Fredrick Duri Price, August 3, 2008... |
[Aug. 7th, 2008|08:52 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | In My Mortal Coil | ] |
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| |  sad | ] |
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| | Hammerfall: "Blood Bound" | ] |
And, in return for the use of her Valkyries to Odin, Freyja was given first choice in choosing the fallen. Her allotment of The Chosen was half.
Like in Valhalla, the Warriors of Freyja's hall, Fólkvangr, spent the day in combat to prepare for Ragnarok. However, in the night, the Chosen Ones would not only participate in a feast, like the chosen of Valhalla, but would also be given the Valkyries of Freyja as bed partners. In the morning, the Chosen would be healed of all wounds received the day before and the Valkyries would have regained their virginity.
You will be missed, my Brother. But, Fólkvangr has recieved a new axe man & Freyja herself will welcome thee. |
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| Now I Know There's A Name For It... |
[Jul. 13th, 2008|09:06 pm] |
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| |  pessimistic | ] |
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| | Joan Jett | ] |
Kakistocracy...
1. Government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
2. Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
3. 1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of aristocracy from Gk. kakistos "worst," superl. of kakos "bad" (which is perhaps related to the general IE word for "defecate") + -kratia "rule of," from kratos "strength, power, rule". |
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| Some Quotes I Received From A Friend... |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|09:45 am] |
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| |  indescribable | ] |
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| | In My Mind Playing: Sheryl Crow | ] |
On Liberty, Freedom And Rebellion
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom,that it must steal in upon them by degrees and must disguise itself in a thousand shapes in order to be received."
— David Hume, 1742
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."
— Thomas Jefferson
On Warfare And Conflict Resolution
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms."
— Robert A. Heinlein, from Starship Troopers
"The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them."
— Sun-Tzu
"Everyone has a plan…until you hit them in the mouth."
— Mike Tyson
On Being A Warrior
Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there,
Eighty are just targets,
Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle.
Ah, but the one,
One is a warrior,
And he will bring the others back.
— Heraclitus, The 4 Soldierly Values: Courage, Competence, Candor, Comittment
On Strategic Considerations
"No one starts a war–or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so–without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it."
— Carl von Clausewitz
"If you concentrate exclusively on victory, with no thought for the after effect, you may be too exhausted to profit by the peace, while it is almost certain that the peace will be a bad one, containing the germs of another war."
— B. H. Liddell Hart
On Death
"You do not greet Death. You punch him in the throat repeatedly as he drags you away."
— Anonymous |
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| RIP George Carlin... |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|08:42 am] |
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| | At Work | ] |
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| | sad | ] |
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| | Fans & Air Conditioner | ] |
"If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter. "
"The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. "
"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"
"This country is full of nitwits and assholes. You ever notice that? Nitwits, assholes, fuckups, scumbags, jerk-offs, and dipshits. And they all vote!"
"First I had a heart attack. Then Richard Pryor had a heart attack. Then I had a heart attack. Then Richard BURNED HIMSELF UP! I said, fuck that, I'm gonna have another heart attack!"
"In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told.
Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
But He loves you.
He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy shit!" |
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| I Have A DeviantArt Page! |
[Jun. 9th, 2008|07:17 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
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| | Tyr - "Regin Smidur" | ] |
And, I'm not even an Artist (or Art-eeeest). :-)
I got one a year, or so, back so I could view art in categories labeled as "Adult." I guess I qualify as an Adult (sort of). I also wanted to be able to converse with assorted people I know there.
Anyway, I updated it today with a User Pic, Favorite-Art pieces, and updated my Personal File.
http://kyo-yamashita.deviantart.com/
Unless I post photos to my Gallery, I doubt I'll ever have any art there. I guess I am using DeviantArt as another type of LiveJournal, with pictures. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 19th, 2008|07:46 pm] |
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| |  cynical | ] |
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| | T-Rex/Marc Bolan | ] |
If there is one thing that has puzzled, baffled, and saddened me the 47 years I have been alive...
Why do some people, who have done nothing wrong and give to the world, die young and usually in painfull ways... While those who (IMHO) do deserve a painful death live long to do their evil? |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|08:47 pm] |
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| |  tired | ] |
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| | Concrete Blond | ] |
"He was one of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind, never considered for mass production. Too weird to live, too rare to die."
-Hunter S. Thompson |
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