People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Ok this is just a tirade; I have been following the news coming out of Berkley, now I have always known they are just a bastion of super liberals, but they have offended me to the core. I know this nation was founded on basic freedoms that we know, and love, but these folks went too far. When a city council give special privileges to a group whose sole agenda is to discredit our military, I’m speaking of the special parking permit in front of the recruiting office, and a special noise permit so they can make all the noise they want. I can’t see this city council giving the same privileges to, oh let’s say Nabors Industries Ltd., in case you didn’t know this is one of the companies’s that wants to drill in Alaska.
There is very little I can do to make the situation better, but the one thing I did was I called all the congressional people for my state, and ask them to support the bill to pull several million dollars from the federal funds that go to Berkley California, highway funds and such. As with most self righteous people, this might be the only way to make them realize that the military is the only thing that protects those freedoms they value so much. But I doubt it, stupid is as stupid does.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
February 13, 2008
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
Older than dirt, that is how I like to describe myself. Being old is a wonderful thing, you slow down and have the ability to think things through, that is if you could think in the first place. I no longer have the desire to rush things to completion, I take my time and plan, it is amazing how many mistakes I don’t make anymore.
When I look back at my youth, I see that person that never got anything more than a 9 to 5 job, no matter how realistic the plan was I couldn’t get it to work. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I see all the mistakes I made, and how I made them, so this time I will not make them, or at least minimize them.
i fully expect to have my failures, but they won’t devastate me, or even spoil my mood. I can see problems coming, and I am prepared for them, and if I fall on my face, well that is ok too. Because I will bounce back, nothing can stop me. My age is what keeps me focused and balanced; no set back is to great.
So if you are of an age that is older than dirt, welcome to the club, and for those of you that are still young, I hope you never let life become too much. Because in the long run we are what we need to be, I hope you get everything you need in life.
Older than dirt, that is how I like to describe myself. Being old is a wonderful thing, you slow down and have the ability to think things through, that is if you could think in the first place. I no longer have the desire to rush things to completion, I take my time and plan, it is amazing how many mistakes I don’t make anymore.
When I look back at my youth, I see that person that never got anything more than a 9 to 5 job, no matter how realistic the plan was I couldn’t get it to work. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I see all the mistakes I made, and how I made them, so this time I will not make them, or at least minimize them.
i fully expect to have my failures, but they won’t devastate me, or even spoil my mood. I can see problems coming, and I am prepared for them, and if I fall on my face, well that is ok too. Because I will bounce back, nothing can stop me. My age is what keeps me focused and balanced; no set back is to great.
So if you are of an age that is older than dirt, welcome to the club, and for those of you that are still young, I hope you never let life become too much. Because in the long run we are what we need to be, I hope you get everything you need in life.
February 12, 2008
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing weeds, I can appreciate persistence.
Every day something will happen, be it a big something or a small something, what ever it is, it can and if you let it, stop you from doing the steps that you need to be doing. It is just too easy to say in a minute, give me till this show is over, or I just don’t want to right now. And before you know it, next week is here and you didn’t do anything.
If anyone in this world understands putting off what you can do today, till tomorrow, it is me, the sad truth of the matter is I found tomorrow never gets here. If I have any regrets in this life it is I put off what I should have been doing years ago. But take heart it is never to late to be that person you need to be, sometimes it just takes getting older, and realizing that you are running out of tomorrows.
I hope you are one of the lucky ones that never put off anything. Just never forget, don’t take time away from those that you love and those that love you, because that is the greatest gain you can find in this life.
Never give up, Never surrender
Every day something will happen, be it a big something or a small something, what ever it is, it can and if you let it, stop you from doing the steps that you need to be doing. It is just too easy to say in a minute, give me till this show is over, or I just don’t want to right now. And before you know it, next week is here and you didn’t do anything.
If anyone in this world understands putting off what you can do today, till tomorrow, it is me, the sad truth of the matter is I found tomorrow never gets here. If I have any regrets in this life it is I put off what I should have been doing years ago. But take heart it is never to late to be that person you need to be, sometimes it just takes getting older, and realizing that you are running out of tomorrows.
I hope you are one of the lucky ones that never put off anything. Just never forget, don’t take time away from those that you love and those that love you, because that is the greatest gain you can find in this life.
Never give up, Never surrender
Monday, February 11, 2008
February 11 2008
I give you my hand! I give you my love more precious than money,I give you myself;Will you give me yourself, will you come travel with me?
This journey you have embarked on is going to be long and fraught with disasters waiting to happen. If you have someone in your life, I hope it is someone that supports you in your endeavors, and the support is a multi-faceted thing.
As we go through life we make choices, and one of the most major choices we make, is who is going to be our life partner. If you’re lucky, you picked well, but if you aren’t you have a person in your life that will never be the one that helps you bring that great idea to realization. The most ideal person is one that is as creative as you are, but barring that having someone that tries to understand, what you are doing and is totally for you, will make for a good partner.
If you haven’t found that person that makes your heart beat faster yet, I urge caution, pick well. You must be able to judge without emotion, find the one that is there for you and only you, is willing to go through hell, and still be there, because I promise you, that hell or a reasonable facsimile is awaiting you. Murphy Law will always be around the corner, no matter how well planned or executed, Murphy will raise it ugly head. So make sure the one in your life is the one that you need.
This journey you have embarked on is going to be long and fraught with disasters waiting to happen. If you have someone in your life, I hope it is someone that supports you in your endeavors, and the support is a multi-faceted thing.
As we go through life we make choices, and one of the most major choices we make, is who is going to be our life partner. If you’re lucky, you picked well, but if you aren’t you have a person in your life that will never be the one that helps you bring that great idea to realization. The most ideal person is one that is as creative as you are, but barring that having someone that tries to understand, what you are doing and is totally for you, will make for a good partner.
If you haven’t found that person that makes your heart beat faster yet, I urge caution, pick well. You must be able to judge without emotion, find the one that is there for you and only you, is willing to go through hell, and still be there, because I promise you, that hell or a reasonable facsimile is awaiting you. Murphy Law will always be around the corner, no matter how well planned or executed, Murphy will raise it ugly head. So make sure the one in your life is the one that you need.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
February 10, 2008
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true -- hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
We all are seeking something in our lives, be it money, love, self-worth, respect. What ever it may be, if we don’t work to get it, then it won’t be worth much in the long run.
I spend my time learning how to do things, it is a time consuming, sometime it’s really boring, but I know deep down inside myself, that it will pay off. I must keep on keeping on as we said in the old days. It may bore me to tears, or make me go half blind, reading all the things that I know I must, to succeed.
Very few self help books are exciting, but I can create the excitement in myself, by realizing I have a vision of success. I want all the things money can buy, but it may surprise you I want to find that special someone to share it with, money is a wonderful thing, it makes you comfortable, but comfort is just an ok thing, it will never replace the warmth of sharing your self with another person. But you have to be careful; sometimes that other person in your life will drag you down like an anchor. But if you’re lucky you have or will have that special person in your life that will be there, with you and for you, in all things.
We all are seeking something in our lives, be it money, love, self-worth, respect. What ever it may be, if we don’t work to get it, then it won’t be worth much in the long run.
I spend my time learning how to do things, it is a time consuming, sometime it’s really boring, but I know deep down inside myself, that it will pay off. I must keep on keeping on as we said in the old days. It may bore me to tears, or make me go half blind, reading all the things that I know I must, to succeed.
Very few self help books are exciting, but I can create the excitement in myself, by realizing I have a vision of success. I want all the things money can buy, but it may surprise you I want to find that special someone to share it with, money is a wonderful thing, it makes you comfortable, but comfort is just an ok thing, it will never replace the warmth of sharing your self with another person. But you have to be careful; sometimes that other person in your life will drag you down like an anchor. But if you’re lucky you have or will have that special person in your life that will be there, with you and for you, in all things.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
February 9, 2008
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
I would like to think that most people out there are honest, when the clerk gives you a dollar to much in change, most of us would give it back, but honesty is a very slippery word, we can be honest in all our endeavors and yet fail to be honest with the most important person in your life, you.
Have you ever started a project, only to find yourself never finishing it. It all boils down to being honest, with oneself. We all have grandiose thoughts, if we didn’t there would be no lottery, we buy tickets, because we see ourselves getting gobs and gobs of cash, we spend it in our heads.
Having good visualization skills is the most important thing an inventor can have, but if you lack the honesty with yourself then it is just an flight of imagination, if you fail to look at the reality of a thing, then you fall short of your imagined outcome. So be honest with yourself, look at all the work that you will have to put into something, to make it real.
It is just to easy to see the outcome without seeing the work, and the work is the journey not the results.
I would like to think that most people out there are honest, when the clerk gives you a dollar to much in change, most of us would give it back, but honesty is a very slippery word, we can be honest in all our endeavors and yet fail to be honest with the most important person in your life, you.
Have you ever started a project, only to find yourself never finishing it. It all boils down to being honest, with oneself. We all have grandiose thoughts, if we didn’t there would be no lottery, we buy tickets, because we see ourselves getting gobs and gobs of cash, we spend it in our heads.
Having good visualization skills is the most important thing an inventor can have, but if you lack the honesty with yourself then it is just an flight of imagination, if you fail to look at the reality of a thing, then you fall short of your imagined outcome. So be honest with yourself, look at all the work that you will have to put into something, to make it real.
It is just to easy to see the outcome without seeing the work, and the work is the journey not the results.
February 8, 2008
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Bored, the most common thing I see from all the people I know is they get bored, no matter what they do, no matter how big the reward is they give up just because it is boring.
Have we become an action driven society, if we are not physically doing something, we are bored, and unfortunately we are also a nation of couch potatoes.
It use to be normal if you were bored you read a book, most people I know either can’t or won’t read a book. Reading is what I have always done to learn, if I couldn't read I would be lost, I was having coffee with a friend the other day, as we sat drinking, I told him of a new medical procedure, that might apply to him, he was amazed I would know about it, since he had no idea it existed, as we sat there he ask how I know so much stuff, I said, “I read”, he just couldn’t understand reading just for the enjoyment of it.
Reading is a passion; I used it for escape as a child, the ability to go to some far off place or time. I can’t even bring myself to throw out a book. One of my fondest memories of my dad was when I moved to Wyoming from Colorado, my dad came down to help us move, we lived on the 3rd floor of an apartment building. I had 48 boxes of nothing but books, he wasn’t really happy carrying them down 3 flights of stairs.
The first gift my child received was a book, it was cute it had pictures and when you squeezed it there was a noise. What we pass on to our children is what they become.
Bored, the most common thing I see from all the people I know is they get bored, no matter what they do, no matter how big the reward is they give up just because it is boring.
Have we become an action driven society, if we are not physically doing something, we are bored, and unfortunately we are also a nation of couch potatoes.
It use to be normal if you were bored you read a book, most people I know either can’t or won’t read a book. Reading is what I have always done to learn, if I couldn't read I would be lost, I was having coffee with a friend the other day, as we sat drinking, I told him of a new medical procedure, that might apply to him, he was amazed I would know about it, since he had no idea it existed, as we sat there he ask how I know so much stuff, I said, “I read”, he just couldn’t understand reading just for the enjoyment of it.
Reading is a passion; I used it for escape as a child, the ability to go to some far off place or time. I can’t even bring myself to throw out a book. One of my fondest memories of my dad was when I moved to Wyoming from Colorado, my dad came down to help us move, we lived on the 3rd floor of an apartment building. I had 48 boxes of nothing but books, he wasn’t really happy carrying them down 3 flights of stairs.
The first gift my child received was a book, it was cute it had pictures and when you squeezed it there was a noise. What we pass on to our children is what they become.
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