I know, I know..you want to know how I keep in such great shape.

Chicks dig me, what can I say. I got all the right moves. It's good to be the Kingfish. This is an old pic from football seasons past. We are DAYS away from frivolity returning.

What makes you so f'n smart?

Some idiot on a message board decided to challenge me in a philosophical discussion. For the record, I was not being a troll. Well maybe a little bit, but you know thats how I roll. In any case, his criticisms led me to put together a list of books I am currently reading, or have recently read. That way if he or his ilk ever ask me, 'what makes you so f'n smart?" I can link them up here. I'm such a dork for typing that last sentence. Excuse me, I need to go pick up my Klingon uniform from the drycleaners.

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is rough stuff. First, it was originally written in German. The English translation of the edition below is a hard but illuminating read. First published in 1926, its modern strength is it bridges understanding in less than modern thought. It's tough but worth the time.



A book I just finished is The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. The book is not near as good as the movie. I rarely state that, in fact it is always the other way around. The book is still better than 90% of the drivel being published in fiction currently. For the record, I am heterosexual.



An absolute great book is My Story by Bobby Knight. I know I am a bit biased because he coaches at Texas Tech, but this is an inspiring book. The thing I admire most about Coach Knight is his commitment to the University Library. He doesn't just demand his athletes earn degrees, he writes checks to improve the University. One of my all time favorite autobiographies.



I am also revisting a book I crammed in college. It is called The Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson.



I think it good to read a variety. I tend to stay away from the Oprah book club or New York Times best seller list. I have the theory that if everyone is doing it, it must be crap. Besides, Oprah is really a Romulan princess bent on conquering the world for the Praetor.

Chavez gets Iran's highest honor!

Fox has this a little buried. Its a funny read if you have a dry sense of humor. I'm sure the fact that Chavez is a Catholic is being overlooked by the Ayatollah.

Kid Rock marries Pamela..WHY?

She gave him a nice gift by breaking up with him a few years ago. What is he thinking? Damn. That girl has been poked more times than a pin cushion. Well its not like Kid Rock is the poster child for the moral majority. Pamela is a whole hell by herself. Some people just need the attention. Hey Kid, you could have done alot better than that.

Link

Poker jihad

Yesterday, I struck a blow for the war on terror. I was in a poker tournamnet online with a 'terrorist' from the West Bank. (players on Poker Stars can see where you are from.) He was very upset that I drew out against his set(3 of a kind) to make a flush. Hey, it happens. Well, this 'terrorist' goes on tilt and was typing 'Death to America' and 'Cher sucks' and the like. So being the true patriot I am I decided right there to prevent him from winning the online poker tournament. My mind was racing with the evil he could buy with money he won from us infidels playing cards. I kept his anger up because I knew he would be more likely to make a critical mistake. I responded to his insults by telling him about my new house and asking how the rock throwing business was these days. Should have alot of rubble around I was thinking. I asked if he had to go to rock throwing class at Yassir Arafat U to get that job. Slowly he started to retreat in chips then finally I eliminated him with anticlimatic two pair. Nevertheless, that is less money for evil. I should get a medal or at least half off at Fatburger for this. God Bless Texas hold'em!

I am watching the updates streaming from Cardplayer.com The main event ($10,000 a seat in case you have been under a rock.) is the life changing contest held every year in Vegas that my friends and I have dreamt about playing in for about 5 years. Yada Yada Yada...big deal! If you miss the updates, ESPN will be playing it at least 3 times a day for the rest of the year.

As line the obscure line from Swingers goes, "perhaps you would be more comfortable at one of our lower stakes tables." I am playing in $4.40 sitngo's on Poker Stars. I have been playing quite well lately. I have doubled my money three times just playing in those tournaments. If I double up 5 more times I can buy my very own seat next year. Poker teaches and rewards aggressive patience. Write that down. In the words of the Doobie Brothers, "I aint got no worries cause I aint in no hurry at all."

Cigarette cravings

I am so proud of myself today, because I did not smoke. I have had a rash of cigarette cravings recently and it was starting to become annoying. You see, I haven't had a smoke since I last put one out in the parking lot of the hospital. That was in November 2005. I wrote an article about it called My El Guapo is cigarettes.

Last night I was at the best Mexican food place in Shreveport. It is called Superior, and it is. All of the hot young ladies were smoking, drinking margaritas, and looking fine with tanned skin and airy flowing outfits. It was a plethora of all that is beautiful about sorority youth. Believe me, I felt like a snake on a plane full of prey. Sorry no pics, but I vow to take some next week.

I was enjoying the evening, all of the sudden I had an overwhelming urge to smoke. If I would have had a cigarette in my hand, there would have been no discussion. Several self questions; Why after almost 10 months am I still having these urges? Am I always going to equate young nubile Southern sorority ladies with smoking? Will I smoke again? Damn. As I write this I do have a lingering want to light one up. I just dont know, that's really bullshit i do know.

The truth is I want to smoke. I am a smoker. The 10 month break hasn't changed that. It is an issue of personal control and determination. The words of William Shakespeare apply aptly here. From "To thy known self be true." Shakepeare warns of being false to others and to one self. I am guessing that despite my urge to justify a bad habit, it is the habit that betrays me and is my responsibility. I am not going to lie, a nicotine rush would have been a nice way to top off the evening. That and a nice young lady to accompany me. But neither happened. Responsibility sucks.

Will I smoke again? I probably will. In fact, if I double my current age; I intend to drink scotch, smoke, sit in hot tubs, and play golf every day until I die. It will be my second retirement. (I was retired briefly in the mid 90's.) At that point you could get all kinds of shit to take you out. Live it up! I say that but if my beloved Red Raiders haven't won a National Title in football by then, then I will have to stay somewhat healthy. I want to be alive when that happens.

Greed is good, beer is better.

I got convinced to start groveling for cash donations. It makes sense. But I will promise that not one cent will be spent on anything but hedonistic pleasures. Unless I lose my job or I get an oppurtunity to go to Asia. Just kidding mom..ehem. I have already recieved one complaint that my minumum donation for a beer is too high. Ten dollars is high for one beer but I drink on the metric system. I measure beer by liters. A liter of beer is usually in the $10 range. I can swing the tip. Thanks in advance.

I also whored out the right side of the blog page to a few items I enjoy, and if you buy them I do get a cut. I feel like such a pessimistic entreprenuer today. By the way, I'm hoping that some nice coed will buy the matador outfit and wear it to Tech games this fall. I am a man of vision.

Seriously, the money earned by this blog will be exclusively used for the purchase of tickets, alcohol, bad food, tailgating, and College Football pay per view on cable and dsl. I will in no way use this money to help hurricane refugees, starving children, or evangelical Christian outreach. I will endeavor, so far as my power lies, to spread the gospel of revelry, drunkeness, and the pageantry of College Sports. I swear on the voice of Kieth Jackson, that I will always be faithful!

Long Live the Matador!

Life Plan.

Take it from me kids. Life is as shitty and hard as your parents warned. Dont be an overachiever in college. Dont flunk out either. You want to strive to have your GPA just slightly above a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). If your really smart you will follow my college life plan.


Pick a school that has a good to great athletic program. It is alot of fun to go on road trips, party, tailgate, and celebrate meaningless athletic achievements. Good times! There is nothing more exciting than a campus on gameday. Cherish each and every Saturday like it is gold. One day, you will be older and the marrow of life will be exhausting. But on these glorious days of drinking, tradition, and casual sex in the bathroom; you are a king.

Be a joiner! Try out different clubs and try to pick those that the ladies frequent. It is always good to be social in college. If you have the means, join a fraternity, just make sure they are in it for the fun and not the stupid hazing. Dont be a dorm rat, but instead strive to become a Renaissance man. Explore new things, greet new ideas, and invite co-eds to bars for happy hour! Life is what you make it and in the words of Paul McCartney, "The love you take is equal to the love you make." Just be careful.

Dont be a fool and get a girlfriend. Have fun and play the field. In college you will become familiar with the bell curve, and alot of other unique erotic curves as well. Remember that variety is the spice of life. Dont fall for the first women that blows your mind. Women will enslave you and distract you from your hedonist bliss. If you handle this challenge then the keys to the c'est la vie are open. If you ever slip up just repeat this quote from the movie Dazed and Confused, "I get older but they stay the same age."

Be full time, but dont overload yourself. Your young! Enjoy your youth and the generosity of the federal government. 6 to 7 years is an adequate amount of time to explore all that college has to offer plus gives ample time for your maturity. You are in college to get an education. A full education is accomplished by exploring many of the schools courses and at the same time learning to be an adult. But before you become a full fledged adult please feel free to unleash the bounty of youth. 4 year of cramming is hardly a healthy way to start out in life. You only get one, might as well live it. There is plenty of time to be a slave to the man in your thirties.

Once you graduate, go see the world. There is plenty of time for stress in graduate school. Take a break and go skiing for a season. Backpacking in Europe is great. Perhaps a South American samba orgy or African safari. Do anything but go home to mom and pops. They dont want you around, so oblige them and dont. If money is a problem, which is always the case, figure it out! Mr. Roper found a job on television and you are a college graduate that is presumably educated. Educated means that you can do it! Just dont leave until you are accepted into graduate school.

Definately go to graduate school. Dont be a sucker and fall for a 30 to 40k a year job. Believe me, it's only slightly above poverty and you already know by then how to roll like that in school. Imagine yourself molding young minds in bullshit lab classes. Imagine writing papers and collaborating with young nubiles whilst your buds are slaving in a cubicle in North Dallas. Have you ever seen Office Space? Dont be that Michael Bolton guy. BTW, if you ever decide to go to the dark side you will be more marketable. Whatever that means.

After 8 to 9 years of steady schooling, finish it off already! You need letters at that point to justify your achievement. If you spent 10 years in College you deserve the title of Doctor! Nobody likes a quitter and neither should you. From then whenever someone calls your name, it will echo with the years of great life spent in College. College; is perhaps better defined not as a place, but as a word that truely explifies youth, achievement, hope, happiness, life, and knowledge. Its utterance conjurs the essence of flip flops and shorts, beer bongs, and playstation football tournaments. College is the bulb in the thousand points of light that presumably are really one light redirected into one thousand directions.

If I were King.

No more Sex in the City....That show ruined two generations of women. Dont get me wrong, it was very entertaining yet somehow many women think that show is a pattern for behavior in life. Sorry sweetie, its a fucking TV show. I dug the A-Team, but I aint getting on no plane to fight drug lords. Maybe you should rethink the overspending whore lifestyle. Its probably going to look great at retirment age.

Second, no more metrosexuality, man bags, or makeover shows. You may think I am homophobic, but actually I'm not. I dont really associate with anybody that is homosexual, at least I dont think that they are. I am just sick of that lifestyle being crammed down on me to make me think it is acceptable. It's not for me and that is my choice. I'm not going to apologize for not actively seeking out and becoming one with the gay community. Just because somebody doesn't choose to accept that lifestyle doesn't make them wrong. Besides, its gay!

Tattoos are stupid. It's an opinion. I'm glad we live in a country where we can put a battleship and a barbed wire on our torso. Big deal. I always thought that the anti-thesis of Anglo-Saxon Judeo Christian ethic was the motorcycle Narcarnie with a 400 pound gilrfriend, 4 kids and a nice tattoo. Good luck with that. Freebird!

I am also sick of the neo-con yuppies Blackberry kung fu grip assclowns. I think its wonderful we can now discuss, with the entire office hearing the one-sided bluetoothed version, what's for dinner tonight in stereo surround. Please, please, please just stop. Pick up the regular ass phone and have that conversation IN PRIVATE!

Sports talk guys. Believe me I was one of the original listeners during the explosion of sports talk in the mid to late 90's. But this shit has to stop. They are just making stuff up now. The NFL runs from August to January. Let's hear about it during those months. Hey, I know its not the radio stations fault. They are playing what the zygotes want to listen to. So again its the assclown unlettered zygote idiot that is dictating the medium. Jeez, cant you guys regrow a brain cell between penis enhancing and balding cream commercials?

AND finally, I would have a playoff to decide the college football National Championship.

Middle East Buddy list

I found this on Raiderpower.com.

This is the site that explains quickly and in detail the Middle East.

This will get out of hand.

The war in the Middle east is going to spill over I predict. Within the next two to three weeks the Israeli Defense force will continue fighting to clear southern Lebanon of Hezbollah. They are simply tired of having hundreds of rockets pouring down on them. If some fringe terrorist group was hurling rockets into El Paso, Texans would do the same thing. That is logical.

Here is what isn't: The world is already screaming for a cease fire. European Union, UK, Kofi Annan, and the lot. Why should the Israeli government listen to this, or even consider this as an option. Eventually, events had to come to a confrontation. Many of the so-called experts claim that Hezbollah is simply a proxy for the Iranian government. Well if that is true then perhaps it is time for some government to deal with Iran as well. But that isn't going to happen, not just yet. The world will plead with Israel to do nothing to the Iranian threat and negotiate. A big mistake. Nobody will deal with Iran until it is too late I'm afraid. Thats not a Republican/Democrat thing, in fact the current political climate in the U.S. will allow for this to happen.

Therefore, the geo-political climate is stricken with opposing ideological paralysis. This division is the seed of tragedy. If Iran gets a bomb. They will use it. At that point, there is no return.

This crazy man will use the bomb. He is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and he must be stopped.
Here is a link to the letter he wrote President Bush. Link

Monday Morning dimeback

Lance Armstrong won his 7th Tour de France a year ago today.




The most impressive thing about his accomplishment is he got almost everyone to buy one of these.



I was thinking about his life in comparison to mine.

Lance has dated a rock star. I have dated women that throw rocks.

Lance has one ball and has three kids. I have two balls.

Lance won the Tour De France. I won the consolation JV bracket of the Olney Tennis tournament in 1988.

Lance has his own non-profit organization to fight cancer. I work for a non-profit organization that causes cancer.

Lance has almost no fat on his entire body. I have some fat on mine.

Truely, Lance is the epitome of the new American dream. I dont claim to care about the contraversy of his supposed blood doping. I dont believe he did it. They have zero proof. The man is a champion, enough said. It is too bad the world has to cast doubt on such a feat. Good luck to Lance, a true Texan, even if he is a T-shirt Longhorn.

To acquaintences that once were friends....

The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule, nor governance;
Without disease, the healthful life;
The household of continuance;

Henry Howard-The means to attain a happy life




Same week, same place, and the same people is Reunion. It is not a reunion, it is the Reunion. It is the heightening of remembrence, and the joy of people with a shared past. It is the best of times. I cannot begin to share the fullness of my heart when I think of this time and place suspended in the memory of a hopeful youth, growing adult, and now. I am all of the those in my mind there. I was often out of my mind, so that explains the clarity.

My clarity comes in the least friendly emotions. Often these emotions are regret, torment, loss, and loneliness. This is the explanation. I'm done. My former friends are now acquaintances. Why go back and fake the untruth?

Open letter of explanation:

You couldn't possibly fathom the adventure and experience, so dont try and pretend. Vegas is your c'est la vie, and that in of itself is the essence of pathetic.

The "NEXT BIG THING".... One of my former friends, a Zygote, lamented this to me in an email recently claiming that I would miss the Reunion in favor of something or someone else. Like this is the sin of all sins. Pure douchebaggery I say! Please, when you put it like that how could I possibly miss it. I might as well attend out of shear guilt convicted from the pain of being an outcast. I'd rather be an outcast at this point than keep company with 'friends' that think its okay to label people as pedophile. Further more, who needs the others that stand by and say nothing in my absence for defense. And dont say you didn't and he didn't because we ALL know he did. He himself has now admitted to me that he has deliberately done so. Then he is such a moron. He doesn't apologize and says he doesn't need to because he doesn't think he did anything wrong.

The friend of my enemy is also my enemy. Rant over.

So pumped!!

NEW TURF PICS

Better watch out! Your Texas Tech Red Raiders have a new rug to play on in the Jones!
I think it really ties the room together. The first game is only weeks away. Can you already taste the beer and smell the Raider wraps in the alumni center?

Letter to the zygotes

Dear Zygotes,

The truth is, that those us that are wealthy own the country and most of you in it. We can afford to cover our assets and at the same time keep our foot on your throat.

Thats how we roll. So why your crying, moaning, slaving, to get ahead, its really false. In the end you will be dead and we will take over half of what is left to fund our wars. We will keep some of you in the false sense of comfortable middle class when the only thing you really know about wealth is how to spell it. You will not get your cars of the future until we are finished exploiting you for all the oil left. You will pay through the nose for substandard health care. Your children will be educated to become the worker zygotes they actually were breed to be.

Signed,

the one percent

Beginning

Beginning my studies

BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas’d me so much,
The mere fact, consciousness—these forms—the power of motion,
The least insect or animal—the senses—eyesight—love;
The first step, I say, aw’d me and pleas’d me so much,
I have hardly gone, and hardly wish’d to go, any farther,
But stop and loiter all the time, to sing it in extatic songs.

By Walt Whitman

I am starting a book today. Wish me luck.

It's on.

Lebanon is about to get flattened.

This is from AP,"It said the teams would arrange for "secure transportation for American citizens who wish to depart Lebanon." There are an estimated 25,000 Americans living or working in Lebanon. U.S. officials said they assume that only a small number will choose to leave."

Then there is this piece of evidence from Guardian UK. "Two Royal Navy warships - aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and assault ship HMS Bulwark - are preparing to set sail for Lebanon to support a possible evacuation of the 10,000 British nationals in the country if the situation deteriorates."

If the Royal Navy and the United States are about to evacuate, some bad stuff is really about to descend upon Lebanon. That is not what disturbs me. 25,000 American citizens are living and working in Lebanon? That is a huge number. Why? I'm sure its the lifestyle, freedoms, and food. I've never been there so what do I really know. I just picture that place resembling a cross of an American urban ghetto and the war setting from Hue City in Full Metal Jacket. Its about to get worse. Throw in some chemical and biological agents in the wrong hands there, and the potential for something catastophic begin to come into play.

Can the United States and the UK possibly get sucked into this is the real delimma. Oh wait, those governments already are in. In fact, all industrialized nations are involved indirectly. Anything is possible at this point. With demonstrations in the streets of Baghdad and people chanting 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America', it cant be helping with the Vietnamization of the War. I really mean Iraqinization, but didn't this not work the first time?

Things are progressing in a way that a serious reckoning will take place. To the point that the real issues of territory, soveriegnty, and security will have to be settled. In my mind, the Isrealis are moving to secure their own people, as they have a right to do. Rockets falling from the sky will not be tolerated. They will use their entire military to make sure that doesn't happen anymore. Will it be enough? Probably.

It's on because if a regional War breaks out the price of Oil will skyrocket. The global economy, and chiefly that of the United States, could and most certainly would work its way into recession. Which country stand the most to gain here? Iran. They are playing its enemies perfectly. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran is quoted saying, ""In the near future we will witness the rapid collapse of the Zionist regime." He is credited with helping take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. If Saddam was Hitler, this guy is Rommel. He is studying us and picking us apart like a disciplined prize fighter. Eventually, somebody is going to have to deal with Ahmadinejad. Lets hope its not while rockets are falling on Boston.

What is winning?

Israel isn't going to stop until Hezbollah has no more capability to fire rockets into Israeli cities. Does everyone get that? If that means a renewing of the Israeli-Arab War, then that would be a bloody mess. Make no mistake on which country would win that one.
Israel, in my opinion, has tried almost every option available to making peace with the Arab world; save one. They have not sent their Armed forces out to annihilate and destroy their enemies completely. They could do this. Maybe that is naive to think, from an outsiders perspective, but enough is enough.
All the bullshit diplomats talk about 'the peace process'. Is their some point in the process where both sides experience peace? Regardless of the history at this point, I think Isreal should do whatever is necessary to keep its citizens safe. That means they will go house to house in Lebanon and make sure every rocket is destoyed.
Which brings me to the logic of Newt Gingrich. Yes, I typed logic and Gingrich in the same sentence. All in all, I think its more shock value rhetoric. The same shock value that seems right but leads to poor decisions costing lives. What do those lives purchase? I know that Joe Nascar wants to believe that were creating a democracy. Nothing is likely to change his mind. But the truth is that those lives are wasted, because in the end of the 'process' there will be another missle barrage. There will be more suicide bombers. The war will go on and on. The big question to answer is how will the war be won? What is winning?




Gingrich says it's World War III

Posted by David Postman at 12:54 PM

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so. In an interview in Bellevue this morning Gingrich said Bush should call a joint session of Congress the first week of September and talk about global military conflicts in much starker terms than have been heard from the president.

"We need to have the militancy that says 'We're not going to lose a city,' " Gingrich said. He talks about the need to recognize World War III as important for military strategy and political strategy.

Gingrich said he is "very worried" about Republican's facing fall elections and says the party must have the "nerve" to nationalize the elections and make the 2006 campaigns about a liberal Democratic agenda rather than about President Bush's record.

Gingrich says that as of now Republicans "are sailing into the wind" in congressional campaigns. He said that's in part because of the Iraq war, adding, "Iraq is hard and painful and we do not explain it very well."

But some of it is due to Republicans' congressional agenda. He said House and Senate Republicans "forgot the core principle" of the party and embraced Congressional pork. "Some of the guys," he said, have come down with a case of "incumbentitis."

Gingrich said in the coming days he plans to speak out publicly, and to the Administration, about the need to recognize that America is in World War III.

He lists wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, this week's bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, Canada and Britain, and violence in Israel and Lebanon as evidence of World War III. He said Bush needs to deliver a speech to Congress and "connect all the dots" for Americans.

He said the reluctance to put those pieces together and see one global conflict is hurting America's interests. He said people, including some in the Bush Administration, who urge a restrained response from Israel are wrong "because they haven't crossed the bridge of realizing this is a war."

"This is World War III," Gingrich said. And once that's accepted, he said calls for restraint would fall away:

"Israel wouldn't leave southern Lebanon as long as there was a single missile there. I would go in and clean them all out and I would announce that any Iranian airplane trying to bring missiles to re-supply them would be shot down. This idea that we have this one-sided war where the other team gets to plan how to kill us and we get to talk, is nuts."

There is a public relations value, too. Gingrich said that public opinion can change "the minute you use the language" of World War III. The message then, he said, is "'OK, if we're in the third world war, which side do you think should win?"

An historian, Gingrich said he has been studying recently how Abraham Lincoln talked to Americans about the Civil War, and what turned out to be a much longer and deadlier war than Lincoln expected.

.............The rest of the article is at the link above.

Maggie is Found

All is well. She was waiting on the front porch as I was about to go see if she was at the pound.

I've got that going for me, which is nice.

I read this on another blog.


1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
3. Follow the 3 R's: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open arms to change but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that sometimes silence is the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Do not bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you have never seen before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for one another exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

-- The Dali Lama

One more time sweetness!

From Groundhog Day

I always wanted to know what Bill Murray was saying in that scene.


La fille que j'aimera
Sera comme bon vin
Qui se bonifiera
Un peux chaques matin

this is what it means in English

The girl I will love
Is like a good wine
That gets a little better
every morning.

Monday morning

NASA Study Finds Clock Ticking Slower On Ozone Hole Recover

Interesting read. I especially find this quote eerie,

That harmful radiation can cause skin cancer, genetic damage, and eye damage, and harm marine life

It could be worse. You could be taking a Viagra. Here are the side effects.


Common

* flushing
* headache
* nasal congestion
* stomach discomfort following meals

Less Common

* abnormal vision including blurred vision, seeing shades of colors differently than before, or sensitivity to light
* bladder pain
* cloudy or bloody urine
* dizziness
* increased frequency of urination
* pain on urination
* diarrhea

Rare

* bleeding of the eye
* convulsions (seizures)
* decreased or double vision or other changes in vision
* prolonged, painful, or inappropriate erection of penis
* redness, burning, or swelling of the eye
* anxiety

Ironically, I found it at the AIDS site. Although 'genetic damage' sounds extremely bad.

Back to topic.



Death looks beautiful. This is a dying star. Que the American Beauty bag flying music.






Lately I have been Mr. Downer.







Whenever I get down, I have one sure fire way of bringing the spirits up. PYTHON!

And while we are at it. Here is the Galaxy song.

This is how we will get back to the moon. Interesting.

If you have never seen the Old Negro Space Program, you should. Baby, its cold.

Snake Movie!

I smell a new internet cult hit!

Silk Road Re-opens

Link from Gaurdian UK

That is good for India and especially China.

With a new rail line to Tibet and trade pouring through I guess the world will have to forget about Chinese aggression and conquest.

Tibetan Government in exile is probably not satisfied.

Free Tibet is boycotting the new railroad. I really do not see how that is going to effect anything.

Lhasa looks like Alamogordo, New Mexico to me.

Portuguese speak Portuguese

I like to surf the blogs. Lately it seems the entire nation of Portugal is blogging. I know that the nation is quite proud of their World Cup side but this is extreme. Every other blog lately is Portuguese people. I have noticed the Portuguese like to be semi-naked all the time. They like to shoot pictures of their torso but very little face shots. They also write a great deal in Portuguese language which is hard to understand.

They were the first to circumnavigate the globe and establish trade to India.

CIA Portugal facts

Evidently they make shoes and clothes very well, they just dont like to wear them.

The coast of Portugal offers nice views.

1986 movies and quotes

Hard to believe that these are 20 years good.



The Color of Money

I can always go back to whiskey, it's been very good to me.

Platoon

I volunteered. I dropped out of college, told 'em I wanted the infantry, combat, Vietnam.

Stand By Me

Finding new and preferably disgusting ways to degrade a friend's mother was always held in high regard.

Top Gun

Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!

Top Gun is really about the struggle of duality in man. You either get it or you dont.

" Blessed are the peacemakers, they will never want for work. "

Map shows the places of current armed conflict on the planet.

I learned a new term.

Mouse Potato. I had to google it first. I was reading an article on AP. 'Google,' 'unibrow' added to dictionary.

Myspace Story

I was scanning on Gaurdian UK.

Article on myspace.com

I think myspace is going to be bigger than evite, yahoo, and google....combined!

Thanks in advance to DeluxeRaider on RP for this fark greatness!

And this just in...

Another example of American fascism.










Busted for wearing a peace T-shirt; has this country gone completely insane?

North Korea Missle Test

Every nine year old in the United States is jealous of Kim Jong Il as he test fired, some successfully this time, seven Missles thus far.

The Gaurdian UK

Four thoughts on the fourth of July.

1. The Patriot Act is unpatriotic, and saying so may one day soon get you jailed. I'm ready for lockdown.

2. If beatings and torture of 'terrorists' are necessary; then when do I become labelled as a terrorist?

3. I want to fight for freedom, just not your lie packaged as freedom.

4. National security is an oxymoron moron when the moron is the so called securator.


Here is something to read and think about.