One Of My Very Own...
Mean Mistreatin Mama ~ Elmore James
The man who put electric in to the blues.
NEWSY BITS
That changed, thank goodness, and I think it's going to miss me.
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Coronal Mass Ejection September Sixth 2017
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And...
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Why do the Lannisters have such big beds?
Because they push to twins together to make a king.
PUEEKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF YOUR HOST
Things I think about.
Your host firmly believes that the only reason we are still in this hopeless conflict is because so many people are getting so very rich.
We are not so stupid as to think we can win where no other empire (including the Soviets) could win.
We are not so stupid as to think we can win where no other empire (including the Soviets) could win.
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I do escape into films and such too much, but it's not just a diversion. I could watch Game of Thrones for the costumes and settings only and still feel fulfilled.
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I detest what religion does to children.
Why would anyone think exposing small children to shit like that is a good idea?
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Do you think the more or less universal emergency code 911 or some derivative was concocted after careful thought? Like 111 wouldn't be good because it's too easy to butt dial. Please don't tell me the code was created long before the cell phone...that's not the point. 111 would be too easy for a small child to dial...or a cat.
First of all, here in America and probably elsewhere, they had to avoid all area codes and such. Then phone prefixes (the first 3 digits of your phone number) had to be rejected...or...if there was a 911 prefix, they simply changed it. That would have been a very interesting problem on which to work. But that said, what a wonderful idea...one simple phone number to summon emergency assistance.
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I don't understand all there is to know about depression, but I do know that there are plenty of people who insist on looking at the worst in other people and places and events and...
It's almost like they like being miserable and I don't think it is clinical depression. They just don't find joy in anything but complaining.
A lady posted this and I thought it worth sharing.
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This is one of the few times in my life that I haven't owned a dog and I miss dogs.
I just don't have the energy to care for it properly.
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I like this guy.
He had a dream and he went for it.
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A natural post and lintel or trabeated system.
I am a lover of architecture. I just hate for a beautifully design skyscraper being ruined with huge 20' letters across the top.
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Space exploration's delay saddens me.
I would have thought by now we would have settlements on, at least, the moon.
I look at the data and have concluded that there must be thousands if not millions of civilizations in the universe, but that same data suggests that visitation by one of them is severely remote and not just due to the requirement of superluminal velocity violation. That, of course, is assuming we have actually PROVED that it's impossible.
(Superluminal velocity is a beautiful phrase)
(Superluminal velocity is a beautiful phrase)
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I am a real fan of the absurd...not sure why.
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I appreciate quality photography.
I have a habit of inventing scenarios for some images, and who could resist doing that to this image.
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This guy's shower clip broke, so he 3D printed a solution.
A person doesn't need a 3D printer. Six friends need one 3D printer. It's like special tools like the Sawzall. Six to ten neighbors need to chip in to buy a tool you only use once a year. I would have thought that this would have occurred to farmers, also. Why buy a seeder that you only use once or twice a year when ten farmers can share one?
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How I look when it's somebody else's turn to pick first and they pick the underdog.
I gamble on just about anything. I don't gamble much, but I do gamble often.
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I'll let this speak for itself.
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CLOUD ATLAS
Now my favorite movie.
I had to watch this movie three times, but on the third go around I was able to connect the dots and really listen to the wonderful dialogue.
I even looked up some words to make sure I knew the definition.
Here are examples of the gems in this movie:
"Rob a man of everything and that man will no longer be in your power."
"Did you ever think that the universe was against you?"
"All the time."
"My girlfriend kept trying to get me to read Carlos Castaneda. You ever read any of that shit?"
"You have to do whatever you can't not do."
"I understand now that all boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. And all boundaries are conventions waiting to be transcended."
(My translation: Rules are not made to be broken. Rules are made to break you.)
"They feed us to ourselves."
"To be is to be perceived. And so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of others. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds that go on apportioning themselves throughout all time."
"You think someone is going to hear your prayers and come down from the sky?"
"Sometimes you slay the dragon, sometimes the dragon slays you."
"The weak are meat. The strong do eat."
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I once wrote a long novel about a disease that killed 90% of the population - and nothing too exotic, just a very contagious bacteria that didn't respond to anything we had to treat it. The survivors, of course, fought for limited resources, until many of those were dead or dying. The strongest most well armed survived most handily, but there was a problem. Most women were not strong and well armed and they perished quickly. This leaving a severe shortage of "mates" for all those healthy young men who claimed leadership roles in the new world in which they found themselves. Thus, women, second only to clean water and food, became the most valuable of "commodities."
Tonight I watched a similar scenario in the movie "28 Hours". In this plot many of the army units survived in fortified enclaves, but women were captured and used to keep the troops placated so they wouldn't wonder off in search of...you know.
Food for thought.
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Whenever I see someone write "must of."
I also have a thing for reading 'that' when the sentence requires a 'who'.
Example: I would like to thank all the people that helped me.
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You ever reach in your pocket after a night of blow and find a rolled up $100 bill that definitely wasn't yours?
Me neither.
Somehow I missed all the hard drug drama. I still shake my head in awe that I was able to do that.
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Who the fuck is still making Nazi flags?
THINGS I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
What is this used for?
A: To tell the time.
B: To calculate the next eclipse.
C: To perform complex mathematical calculations.
D: Porn.
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What do the following ten chemical elements have in common?
Yttrium
Ytterbium
Terbium
Erbium
Gadolinium
Thulium
Scandium
Holmium
Dysprosium
Lutetium
The answer is that the all the ten elements were isolated from a single mineral ore extracted from a modest mine in the small village of Ytterby on the Swedish island of Resarö. All of these elements are rare earth elements, which means that they are very difficult to separate. It took many chemists and scientists decades of research to discover them all. At least four of these elements— Yttrium (Y), Erbium (Er), Terbium (Tb), and Ytterbium (Yb)—are named after the village near their extraction point.
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That guy builds a hut, a house, a forge, a coal-burning facility, gets running water, heated floor, and much more.
This is his channel:
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Robbers' spectacular entry in Kaspi bank Kazachstan.
But they are locked in the office with a guard on the other side of that window. What have I missed?
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I read that they keep growing all their lives.
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A new charger that you simply spin on your finger.
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D: Porn.
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Wine is my friend and solves problems.
THE COMEDIC PART
THE ANCIENT THERMOS JOKE
What do you think is the greatest invention of all time?
The thermos bottle.
Why the thermos bottle?
Well, in the winter time my wife fills it with hot coffee and at noon it still hot. Then in the summer time she fills it with iced tea and at noon it's still cold.
So, it keeps cold things cold and hot things hot. So what?
Yeah, but how do it know?
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For a giggle, watch thrilling underwater marble races
The announcers are dead on.
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I think I've found my spirit animal.
I'll have some of what he had.
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At this rate, I'm wondering how long it will take before all hair, everywhere will be considered gross. We are moving closer everyday.
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I missed the gag my first time through, but it's okay because I've been drinking.
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Saw a large step van today marked Waffle House Catering in huge font and color correct font.
I can think of nothing more pathetic.
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"What are you going to call it?"
"Lunch."
"Bon appétit."
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Before entering my house I always scream "FUCK YOU, RUPERT" just in case somebody named Rupert is in there screwing around.
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The twirling flip flop is a nice touch.
Let's try something more dramatic...
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Well, well, well. That surely explains everything we need to know about that. Thanks Christian person!
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2 comments:
im so happy you like cloud atlas.
Depression is not only a big industry, but also acceptable as a means to incapacitate the individual from acting to resolve the cause of their frustration.
Anger is more useful than despair. It motivates change, rather than reinforcing the learned helplessness that the "poor me" people dwell in.
For a vast majority of the "too sad to do anything except complain" people have it better than those in less wealthy countries, yet they still feel justified in their depression. I believe that this is because they are bombarded with materialist values from a young age, and live in an era where narcissism is becoming more prevalent with all the i-Products, social media lifestyles and online echo-chambers which just provide another place to
complain. Depression is far more prevalent in richer societies which seems counter intuative.
Some people get angry instead, and change the situation. Destruction makes way for new growth, but the anger needs to be focused and controlled or it just leads to new problems. A nice slow burn can motivate much, and there is nothing wrong with using spite to self-improve.
A union of the depressed is more likely to end in mass suicide than a union of the enraged. The enraged, given a unified target, can overcome armies and governments.
There is no doubt that even in richer countries, there are problems, inequalities, oppressive social structures, and a perpetual class of debt slaves. There's more than enough to be sad about if you're into that kind of thing. What I don't understand is why people tend rather to cry than fight.
The fight does not need to be violent, but if the issues persist eventually it will be. The fight can be organizing, exposing, self-improving.
Many have a me against the world attitude. Some are crushed by it. Others thrive on overcoming the obstacles.
I have very little sympathy for most depressives. Some have endured horrible abuse, but most haven't suffered any more than their peers who get up and get on with it. The latter are selfishly draining the energy and resources of those around them who not only have to face the same challenges themselves, but have to support those who decide not to.
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