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In the last couple years I’d taken to complaining about someone. He had not been listening to me. This was a great bother. I began to make so much noise about it that it took quite awhile for me to see (hear?) that it was me that was not listening to him.
He had been clear from the start. He had been focused, persistent and apparently successful in his mission. It was my fault. I just didn’t listen to what he was saying. Apparently, my input was off-mission for him and I had not been paying attention to that simple fact.
We’ve finally got it all worked out. We don’t really talk any more.
I feel much better now and I hope I have learned my lesson.
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
Local wind and sun
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I've mentioned these projects a couple of times in the last year and a half. We were down to the farm in September during the Midwest Renewable Energy Association tour of homes. Here's a recent write-up in the Racine Journal about Tom's wind and solar power.
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I've mentioned these projects a couple of times in the last year and a half. We were down to the farm in September during the Midwest Renewable Energy Association tour of homes. Here's a recent write-up in the Racine Journal about Tom's wind and solar power.
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Military pays for news
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If you google this line - military pays for news - you get stories about our military paying Iraqi newspapers to publish good news about the war.
Didn't we recently have a Department of Disinformation in the Homeland that, when its existence was dicovered, was supposed to have been closed?
That's what I remembering them saying anyway.
Let's google Department of Disinformation and see what happens.
(Well, certainly there are historical precedents for this behavior. What I meant was the departmentalization and subsequent un-departmentalization of this process).
Another fine example of our tax dollars at work.
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If you google this line - military pays for news - you get stories about our military paying Iraqi newspapers to publish good news about the war.
Didn't we recently have a Department of Disinformation in the Homeland that, when its existence was dicovered, was supposed to have been closed?
That's what I remembering them saying anyway.
Let's google Department of Disinformation and see what happens.
(Well, certainly there are historical precedents for this behavior. What I meant was the departmentalization and subsequent un-departmentalization of this process).
Another fine example of our tax dollars at work.
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Friday, December 02, 2005
Six Degrees of Separation
Some talk of separation and some talk of unity.
Some talk of past lives.
I haven’t felt any particular pull to explore in that direction. Past lives does lend itself easily to the idea of future lives. The life we are now living may become someone else’s past life. Forgetful. Ours.
And, if we collapse the notion of time, we will be all those people simultaneously.
Maybe that’s what the unity people are talking about. All is one.
Some talk of past lives.
I haven’t felt any particular pull to explore in that direction. Past lives does lend itself easily to the idea of future lives. The life we are now living may become someone else’s past life. Forgetful. Ours.
And, if we collapse the notion of time, we will be all those people simultaneously.
Maybe that’s what the unity people are talking about. All is one.
Apples and Wine
Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just take the rotten apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree. Share this with other women who are good apples, even those who have already been picked.
Now men ... men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Now men ... men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
A few more quotes
There are two ways to look at life. One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is.
Albert Einstein
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"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good." --Calvin Coolidge
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~ Philip Dick
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"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered."
Footballer George Best, RIP
Albert Einstein
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"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good." --Calvin Coolidge
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~ Philip Dick
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"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered."
Footballer George Best, RIP
Cell Phone Protocol
In these days of lost connections we would all benefit from knowing that it would be the person who originated the call that would be calling back. That way both parties are not trying to call back at the same time and being shunted to each other’s voice mail box. A particularly insidious game of phone tag.
This game makes the cell companies unnecessary money. I wonder if they don’t randomize weak signals just to get more minutes from all of us.
So, if you call me and we get lost, it will be you that calls back. Simple.
And, just like every other good rule, there are exceptions.
This game makes the cell companies unnecessary money. I wonder if they don’t randomize weak signals just to get more minutes from all of us.
So, if you call me and we get lost, it will be you that calls back. Simple.
And, just like every other good rule, there are exceptions.
Toilet Seat Problem
If everyone would put all parts to the toilet seat in the down position when they are finished using it no one would have to raise any more than what was needed for each particular operation.
I see this as an end to the argument. However, the logic and simplicity will keep it from reaching critical mass. Most people will never hear of it. Doomed. Another good idea down the shitter. Now that's a toilet seat problem.
I see this as an end to the argument. However, the logic and simplicity will keep it from reaching critical mass. Most people will never hear of it. Doomed. Another good idea down the shitter. Now that's a toilet seat problem.
Gig of RAM
Early last Monday morning, very late in November, electrical thunderstorms moved through. The power went out so briefly that not all our clocks reset to 12:00. Two computers went down. One powered up slowly. The other requires a PAV board. Power & Video.
Fortunately most of the critical data had been recently backed up. Among other things, I was able to continue my work on the square dance club newsletter. I’d have been quicker about the repair/replacement except the car had been getting quite rachety. We held off on the unnecessary driving while waiting for a water pump.
Amazing what five year old iMacs are going for on eBay and how many of them a person could buy for the price of a Apple branded PAV board.
So, I am replacing that cpu with a PowerBook thanks to homeowners insurance. This afternoon, along with placing the order for the laptop, I ordered an additional gig of RAM.
It’s been an interesting week. Old computer diagnosed and RIP'd. New computer’s ordered. Water pump is pumping. Club newsletter is written and printed. Time for some shiny shoes and dancing with the missus. It's Christmas Party night.
A gig of RAM. Dear God, that's hot.
Fortunately most of the critical data had been recently backed up. Among other things, I was able to continue my work on the square dance club newsletter. I’d have been quicker about the repair/replacement except the car had been getting quite rachety. We held off on the unnecessary driving while waiting for a water pump.
Amazing what five year old iMacs are going for on eBay and how many of them a person could buy for the price of a Apple branded PAV board.
So, I am replacing that cpu with a PowerBook thanks to homeowners insurance. This afternoon, along with placing the order for the laptop, I ordered an additional gig of RAM.
It’s been an interesting week. Old computer diagnosed and RIP'd. New computer’s ordered. Water pump is pumping. Club newsletter is written and printed. Time for some shiny shoes and dancing with the missus. It's Christmas Party night.
A gig of RAM. Dear God, that's hot.
Doyle & Big Oil
The governor of Wisconsin called Big Oil to the state table to account for the rise in prices, record profits and apparent gouging. They did a slick tap dance and slithered on their way.
I wonder how it is that we subsidize corn growers, insist on 10% in our gas (in the five county metro Milwaukee area) and then charge more per gallon.
Supply and demand. I can almost here them say it.
Currently we’re at $2.10/gal. It’s been below $1.85 in neighboring states for weeks.
Who and what are we supporting around here?
I wonder how it is that we subsidize corn growers, insist on 10% in our gas (in the five county metro Milwaukee area) and then charge more per gallon.
Supply and demand. I can almost here them say it.
Currently we’re at $2.10/gal. It’s been below $1.85 in neighboring states for weeks.
Who and what are we supporting around here?
Fewer factories, fewer emissions
Some conservative Republicans are crowing about the lowering of carbon emissions in these United States while forgetting to mention that there are fewer factories than the last time we checked.
GM and now Ford just to mention a couple in the big news.
GM and now Ford just to mention a couple in the big news.
Now what?
I am sensing the herd moving to the middle of the wide trail once again.
People are beginning to ask questions. I remain somewhat hopeful.
Still, the fear mongers have been saying it a long time
“Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.”
The fear mongers have had a relatively large success with me.
I am nearly incapacitated. Under the spell.
I am afraid. Now what?
Voodoo dogs.
People are beginning to ask questions. I remain somewhat hopeful.
Still, the fear mongers have been saying it a long time
“Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.”
The fear mongers have had a relatively large success with me.
I am nearly incapacitated. Under the spell.
I am afraid. Now what?
Voodoo dogs.
Iraq: Center of Gravity
A very grave situation indeed.
Complete Victory the President says.
Can we get some bullet points on this?
I mean, some people, like BRUCE HOFFMAN, a terrorism expert, on the insurgency in Iraq are saying, "There is no center of gravity, no leadership, no hierarchy; they are more a constellation than an organization." How can you win against that?
Complete Victory the President says.
Can we get some bullet points on this?
I mean, some people, like BRUCE HOFFMAN, a terrorism expert, on the insurgency in Iraq are saying, "There is no center of gravity, no leadership, no hierarchy; they are more a constellation than an organization." How can you win against that?
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