Dio's WorkshopWelcome to my brain. It’s messy. It’s interesting. And it’s all connected if you stick around long enough. "Believe Nothing: no matter who said it, even if I have said it, except it agree with your own reason and common sense. Siddhartha Guatamo, the Buddha.
Been two weekends that I have not gone kayaking. Feeling a tad withdrawn here,,,
and THIS
Is the prediction tomorrow
and I am GOING DAMMIT!!!
Hell, the water is gonna feel like bathwater right now, compared to air-temps (but that ain’t saying its safe: will still chill you into paralysis damned quick.)
Probably won’t be out long, but to not go on a four day weekend is procrastinatin’ in my book. Yeah, will most likely be solo, will probably not leave sight of the boat ramp, but I will do some windsprints and get the muscles warmed up, and maybe, IF I actually get into the full drysuit, not my wetsuit drytop combo, I may even do some roll practices. I haven’t made up the mind on that one yet. (and sorta depends on the wind factor,,,)
I don’t like the cold, but I despise lack of water time even more. I have the gear for it: not utilizing it causes me some personal shame issues.
Temps are in the basement again; maybe even the sub-sub-basement for this area.
TIS KOLD OUT!!!
And that means that stack of books next to my desk will be whittled down.
HT to Francis for this one. I’ve liked reading this so far (not done) and to be honest, diving into such thoughts,,, refreshing, like a cool water mist from a waterfall on a hot summers day. So few around these parts wish to exercise the mind, and when I get a chance to read such,,,, MUCH NEEDED
Lots more books on that stack yet; almost all written around the time of the great wars: pre or post, but during a time when minds were still cultivated (for the mostpart) not indoctrinated.
Now, if you have read the book, you know the content of it, so what I am about to say will make sense to you. (If not, in the dark,,,) Finding a copy of this book was difficult. Lots of his other writings, but this one was elusive for me. I found lots of summaries as written by others, thier interpretations of it (I want the word from the horses mouth, dangit) It honestly felt like there was some ‘force’ trying to keep this knowledge away.
Conspiracy? Technological entities wanting to keep things silent? AI redirecting to ‘more contempary thought’ that conforms to Two Tiered society?
Dunno, but it felt manipulated. Find it I did, and likely paid WAY TOO MUCH for it, but I have it now: dead tree and e-reader versions.
and loving it. Time to stretch the brainium a bit and recover some of those braincells stolen by the intelligence vampires I work with on the day to day.
Thinkin’ makes me hungry,,,
(did you know that the brain consumes 40% of the calories you consume? Not from the forementioned book; just one of those useless bits of knowledge I collect that sometimes are found useful.)
Any howevers and whatnots, Its KOLD out and I’m in hibernate and re-educate mode. Kittehs are cycling in and out as the heat gets to them, and they need a cooling down. BUT they are leaving me alone for the mostpart. GOOD!
And the phone is on the shelf, charging, providing a hotspot as needed, but NOT DISTRACTING ME.
Live
LEARN
Laugh
LOAD.
Updated: Finished. Three chapters; this was more a thesis than a full scale book. Well worth the read though. Only downside I found was a significant LACK of comma punctuation. This may have been due to the age of the writing and that most books from that time period were handset type for the first run. Typesetters hated the comma (I know personally, because that was one of my vocational art classes way backawhen.) Too easy to lose them on the block, hard to see even when not lost, etc etc. It did make some of the sentence structure harder to understand and I would have to repeat through the sentence to ‘place’ the commas. Not easy as misplaced commas CAN change the meaning. The “A Panda eats bamboo, shoots, and leaves.” sort of miscommunication.
First and foremost, I give thanks that there are still people in this world that enjoy coming to my ‘shop’ and reading my drivel. I’m just a little fish in mighty big sea of quantum souls, and that, after 12 years (yes, this site is that old) I am still getting commentary and input, beyond that of ‘wots in me hed’. I can’t thank you all enough in that regard.
I give thanks that, even as I am getting older, I am still in decent health, able to do for myself without assistance. I give thanks that my Da, much older than I (only, not really: only 28 years. Doesn’t seem like all that much these days.) is much the same. Yeah, he needs a little help picking stuff up, doesn’t last as long when swingin’ an axe to split wood, but he IS still doing those things of his own will. I have HUGE shoes to fill in my future, and I give thanks that the bar is that high.
I give thanks to my sisters. You taught me how to be a man that respects women: I see many examples of the other sort every day. That alone makes me special in ways I can’t articulate in short form, like in this blog.
I give thanks to my Grands, for without thier genetic makeup, I might be something completely different in this world: I rather like this version of me and can not imagine any other. (just a little solipsism slip there,,,,)
I give thanks to Brudda B, you know why, words sully the content.
I give thanks to the rest of my Kayak-y friends,,, You hold me to my bullshit, but you drive me in other ways and thats a good thing. Broader horizons than I would find on my own.
I give thanks that the world’s collective conciousness WOKE UP and realized that insanity was rampant. It was a simple election cycle, but signs of healing abound already. I can only hope the momentum continues, or even increases. Keep up the good work on a personal/local level and maybe we will see an end to the insanity without the world burning down around our ears.
I’m off to visit the Fam, eat too danged much, and bring back some ‘dead dinosaur’ for the kittehs and Voo. They deserve a little treat just as much as we do. (they don’t feel the need to celebrate thanksgiving; the little rats are self absorbed psychopaths, confident they are the pinnacle of genetic excellence. Loves ’em anyways,,,)
Y’all take care, be safe, don’t over-do it (LOL,,,yeah, right!,,,,) and I will see ya later this weekend with other thoughts and dribbles from the recesses of my cranium.
Just wanting to give y’all some good thoughts for the next couple days. No need to stress over the ‘petty things’,,,
Stay safe if ya gotta brave the wilds of the ‘Black Friday’,
and before that, ‘Make like a turkey and get stuffed’, IN A GOOD WAY,,, LOL
Prayers to BCE and Gretchen: I do hope the holocaust of bad luck will make an about-face for that family.
Gonna leave the poly-ticks alone for at least the next 24 hours, preferably 48, and hope that canned sunshine remains in storage. I think we are over the bluff the bear stage and ‘rethinking’ stoopid neo-con shenanigans. Fingers crossed anyway,,,,
long weekend ahead for me, and many others,,,, gonna try to lay low as the income thing is leaner than Twiggy after a three day coke binge. Not complaining, just stating facts here. I know the game, and have the skills to walk into a different line anytime things go too far into the red, or nudge it for too long. My choice, always has been, always will be.
anywhooos,,,, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all that celebrate such, and I’ll see you in a couple days with more inane mental ramblings and what-nots,,,,
Seeing lots of tropes about certain members of Chrumps (HT to JHK) cabinet picks,,,
FIrst rule of the day: The BLOB is going to want to fight Chrump tooth and nail to the last man standing,,,
With that in mind, ANY dirt is going to be found, expanded on, blown out of proportion by any complicent media outlets, and hammered,, All at the expense of ignoring the WILL OF THE PEOPLE who voted for (almost) exactly what Chrump is trying to deliver on. (there are some of his picks where I am holding back my gag reflex, )
I won’t go into details of the allegations being laid out, doesn’t matter IMO. THEY will/ARE going to fight this every step of the way because thats what happens when you kick in that fight/flight thing. some are fleeing, most are gonna fight. Castle doctrine in a sense: they call DC home and don’t wanna leave despite, or maybe I should say IN SPITE of, what the will of the people is.
So the dirt we are being shown??? Frickin Dustbunnies compared to what they are trying to keep hidden. Keep up the drive in social media, make a videos on Utoobs, Rumble, Gab,,,, Don’t let the EneMedia control the narrative. They are dying, know it, and are scared shitless of the future (because it doesn’t match their storyline and they didn’t write it,,,)
AND, Another thought,,, They are willfully ignoring the potential start of WWIII to slander nominees,,, They’d rather the world burn than they lose power.
and leave it well enough alone at that. Too many monkey’s, not enough ME to keep it all inline, and that made for said long day.
Tired, a little beat up (by Elbee!!!) Spunkmonkey was full of piss’n’vinegar when I came in and I have some new holes in my carcass, Some blood loss too. Little shit has NEEDLES on three of his armed points,, Can’t wait for those milkteeth to give way. Adult teeth are sharp, but not like those needle points he currently sports.
Anywhoos,,, good day for FRN’s, but still gonna be a shitty week for such. Started it down by 8 due to ‘Rain-out Freeday’,,, plus we have a shortened week for holiday festivus,,, At least there will be plenty of food and my grocery list will be leaner,,,
and I can give Thanks that (so far) we haven’t been pummeled back into the stone ages, or MadMax territory,,, Lord knows that’s on the menu with current events.
y’all take care of yourselves out there, I’m gonna call it an early night, and maybe with ‘lights out’, Elbee will settle down and leave his meat hooked murdermittens OUT of my skin (Zoomers needs to stick around a bit more often and keep his adopted sibling occupied,,,)
For those that wanna call me “Pro-Russian”, Kiss my lily-white ass. This isn’t about russiarussiarussia, this IS about living to see the next year. Here is a point from someone who IS pro-Russian,,,,
Please tell me, where in that statement, is there something that can be refuted by current or near historical points over the last 10 years. WHEN has Russia shown ‘desire’ to return too pre-1992 territory? WHY would they want to, when the very principle would require MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FORCE AND COERCION to accomplish. Putin may be former KGB, but If you think he didn’t learn a lesson or two about the efforts needed to maintain that structure, you’d expose your ass as the fool you are.
What pisses me off is when I hear normally SANE people, reasoned people; people I respect and admire, turn around and start falling back on that cold-war mentality and screaming about “Russia needs contained”. And yet, the evidence shows that its US, THE F-USA, falling back on old addictions and destroying or outright ignoring agreements, have been the instigators in that theater. We destroyed all but the most recent ‘Indian Treaties’ in our history,, we have pissed most all the others away as well. One was pointed out in that linked article and it was pulled apart by Trumped in his first term,,,,
Our credibility as a nation is warmed over piss water with floaters of shit. The last four years have only increased the ratio of floating shit,,,,
Go to the 20 minute mark for clarity on where WE, the FUSA, screwed the pooch.
I pray that the next 60 days can be chilled, using the holiday season, one of which is a shared holiday between both of hte big-dogs in the debate; using that/those holidays to keep the lid on what could be a seriously bad version of Pandoras box,,,,
It was the early part of the Tweens when the political divisions of the United States reached irreconcilable differences. Ted, a burnt out computer programmer, and Jim, a double amputee combat vet, reverse engineer the pentagons drone program and create a rebel air force. While traveling the country helping others defend what is left of the country, they run afoul a most evil woman intent on creating a serfdom within the country.
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