Zodiac

I normally tear movies, TV, and books into shreds, but I will simply remark on this movie. I think it inspired me to read the book, as the movie was stylized for the non-reading movie goer. I like the end where the dots are connected explaining who the author/screenwriter thought was the killer. Without giving away any parts of the movie, should you choose to watch it, I was surprised that Robert Downy, Jr did an alright job. I think they cast the movie well. The scenes held some mystery in spots and the theme of one man's obsession to find the killer and the toll it took on him was fairly notable. Overall, the movie was B- work.

The text in the movie showed the slow passage of time, 1969 to 2000, so many years and never a conviction on the crimes.

The movie does give you safety advice if you read it carefully. If you are held up by a masked man wielding a pistol and silencer, don't tie each other. If he plans on killing you, then he's going to do it. Don't let him torture you because you helped him or complied with his demands.

Historic Photos of Fort Wayne

Historic Photos of Fort Wayne is a well-crafted, simple collection of pictures taken of Fort Wayne up to the nineteen eighties. Well the pictures tell their own stories, the captions detail the people and significance of the scene. Interestingly, the author notes the Germanic founding of Fort Wayne and the later toned-down German influences that were a distraction during the onset of WWI. I have read Fort Wayne history and being a native of Fort Wayne, I was surprised to learn even more with this book. Since it is a fast read, while interesting, I would recommend this book for any Fort Wayne native. People liking historic photos could also benefit from this neat and clever book. While it was near me, family read it and had much the same praises as do I for this book.

While I normally harshly criticize many books and focus on the negative, I will endorse this one. Good viewing, good reading.

sign of Spring

Sprout, grow, push away Winter

I drew the wrong conclusions

Elwood, a Blues Brother, or maybe not. I think not.

Fresh Market trash

carried away

I believe that this was moved from a shopping center, near a body of water, then pushed along about .2 mile downstream.

Hire a ninja

Not askAninja. I was just sharpening my blade when the thing went off. Man kills another with sword. I got this from MR who (mono) blogs . So, put the guy in jail, but insist on killing registered sex offenders, then you don't have to worry about sword-wielding guys doing "accidental" things.

Yeah, sex offender is dead!
Sad that supposed protective father will be in prison.

It's good that this impulsive man will be off the streets.

watching the game

So I got Beowulf from the library and if you like cut scenes from video games, then you'd love this movie. It is like watching a long series of cut scenes from sci-fi horror games. It was avoidable. It was interesting with some of the sound, the visuals were ok, but lacked realism -- still had the cut scene flair of a person altering shape and mass during times of the movie.

Overall, the movie isn't a movie. It was more like a long game trailer -- play now on Wii, PS #, GC, XBOX #

moley moley moley

A neighbor was fixing a dryer vent and asked for help. Apparently a mole crept in through this access and entered the home. While it deftly escaped his terror campaign of chasing it in the house, the cat, a day later, was clearly more skillful and left the assassinated mole on the floor.

There's it's dead, can I go now?

Anyway, I helped him with the venting and it is as good as it is going to be.

My Neighbor Totoro

This kid's movie is fairly typical of Hayao Miyazaki's work. There are children being independent, but this one has fewer "scary" moments and scenes. The characters are all interesting in their own right, but the mother character is never developed -- like most of his work. When watching the movies you must assume that there are myths and creatures that are unknown to you, but he will show you.

The English version was remastered, leaving a perfect surround sound with stereo elements. The relationship of the sisters is very well done and typically there is an elder who helps the main character go through life and learn. The only disappointment with the movie I had was the Poke'mon like qualities a few of the forest spirits. I did, however, like the Cheshire Cat allusion as well as the Magic School Bus allusion.

It ended fairly abruptly leaving you wanting more, as if ... "is this a series".

Old Vermilyea House

Old Vermilyea House at Redding Rd. and Aboite Rd. in Allen County, Indiana

In Indiana, specifically Huntington

Dan Quayle ... oops, should that be Quail, or Kwale or ... well, I think you got it.

today's Zork walk Gru on me

I walked again today, a habit I hope I keep, and found some odd things on my trip. I found a caster (wheel) broken free from a wooden cart. It was lying in water. Elsewhere near the discarded wheel was a shovel. It was "unused". Apart from many other scraps of wind-blown trash, I found a yellow golf ball and saw, but did not move, a flower pot, a small basketball, large stones, van with four flat tires +, long oddly-shaped stick, car tire, empty water bottle, ...

While you couldn't, even in Zork, carry the van in your inventory, I am sure that putting all of these things in the right places would have yielded something like a gem that would be worth n points. I didn't meet the Wizard of Froboz or the Red Cloaked Figure, but I did see a mailbox. Oh, I forgot, matchbox with 3 matches. It was getting colder and darker. I didn't want to be eaten by a Gru, so I headed back.

+ Sadly, this was the only vehicle in the lot with a keyed side and four flat tires. It was clearly targeted. The only good news, is that the vandals didn't get every car there.

MR made me laugh

Did I find any Geo Metros, like the one I had once driven, slip through the grate holes into the stormwater/sewer? No, but that was very funny!

dark day

Fort Wayne experienced the death of at least five persons.+ It was a dark day. I hope Fort Wayne never again has such a dark day.

+ it will be argued that the fetus is a person, thereby making it six deaths.

Today's weather

ass-biting cold

lazy workers yields unmovable covers

Way to go workers! Yeah, that whole process would have taken minutes to pull up the cover and let it sit. Here's to laziness!

So I go to this job interview

She asks me, "what kind of job do you want". I told her; she screamed; kicked me out. I guess I misunderstood her. I mean, it was a fan manufacturer, right?

Flowers For Algernon

While I am not through reading it, it is the book I am reading now. I saw the sad play and have had the book for a long while, never reading it. It is a sad book, only hints at some flashes of humor from real life perspectives, but as a whole, a journey of sadness. I think that is why I am not running through it. After my friends having hellish weeks, stress in my own life, I am not keen on getting lower through literature.

free book for review

I was offered and got a free Fort Wayne book. It is quite nice, mostly chronologically arranged detailing, in photographs, the "evolution" as it were of Fort Wayne. I would suggest anyone interested in Fort Wayne's history to Historic Photos of Fort Wayne. There is not a whole lot of text, but well worth your while to read.

but thine is black

My sister called, and one small feature to not working full time at my in-town job is that I could help her out. She was thinking of buying a Dodge Intrepid, 1999, like mine. Well, it was much cheaper, but lacked some of the amenities mine has as well as some interior structure wear and tear. In all, I think that she didn't get a bad deal from the company. The only real -- now, problem was the breaks. While they didn't squeal, they seemed weak. She bought the car today and took it to another place to fix the brakes. Only now do I think, "have it's memory erased, then it will be over; it will be ours ..." +

+ Star Wars: New Hope

eyebrow raised, other twitching

It was a stressful weekend -- my anger boiling to a point of wanting to act out, so I walked about 3 hours. I walked in areas where I have never been and saw a few neat things, but mostly just thought and felt. I startled two rabbits from their creek-side burrows Apart from them, the birds, and one cat, I saw nothing of much interest. I did see some very-well hidden businesses that would not be seen by local passerbys as they were off a side street and lacked very large signs. One street had wonderfully lazy road crews tar and gravel the road without removing the manhole covers, so -- they are permanently fixed. Smart, really smart.

The next day, still frustrated as the problem didn't go away really, I walked about 3 some miles and saw a curious raccoon, bewildered by my intrusion, but slowly crawled away into a "safer" spot -- a cover under a bridge. I did not have my camera, but with my slow movements likely put less stress on the animal as I backed up a bit then walked away from it. It looked at me as if I were about to scold it.

-- to protect identity, no gender terms are intentionally used --

When I got back I got a call from my friend. She had sad, bad news. Another friend at work, kid, had too much stress and lost it at work, hyperventilating that person went to hospital. That person was discharged the same night. I drove up (to another city) to see that the patient was already gone. I am happy that person got to leave.

My friend who called, reporting this, also had a hell of a weekend. In all -- my stress and anger are ill-suited for my minimal stress. Others, well-deserving a reprieve were granted none. In perspective -- I wish I had carried their load -- their hell with me as I walked. My feet, smearing the mud of wasted and of ill with each step -- eventually empty of most of my load.

McCain responds to birth

While born on an American Base in Panama, he was 100% conceived in the continental US. He showed a diary entry that "proves" that his mother thought his conception was on a particularly good and interesting day. Meanwhile, he respectfully told detractors to mallard or duck off and to go eat their own boat or ship, I think. "Fargin Bastages?"

McCanada

Here we're eatin' Harp seals with that nice time-honored tradition of good old clubbing. I understand they do clubbing in big cities, but I don't think that could be right, for there aren't seals there, are there? Anyway, I don't like the new law that I have to club them, cut their throats like an assassin, then gut 'em. I mean, already it's cold out there and to spend more time finding arteries through all that fat ... waste of time. Seal, it's what's for dinner.

Munich

ok, well done. I might watch it again, but not soon. While watching it, I saw an actor --- he was familiar, how... ah, yes, a Bond movie. In Moonraker, he was the villain Hugo Drax. Yes, Michael Lonsdale aged fairly well and has a messload of acting roles. The scenes, however simple were far from plain, I guess that's what makes it memorable, the cinematography, not Munich itself.

Now we see the idiocy inherant in their system

Oh ... my ... word! Another tour to the creation museum and now you hear from two tour guides, the absurdity of their ideas. So, there were how many generations of 800 year-old people?

No, no, no ... you had me at, T-Rex was a vegan.

simple game

The upper levels are difficult enough to keep you playing for a while. It's a simple family-friendly game.

ok ... I stand corrected

I read through the cheerleaders condition and found that it may impact breast feeding. I am more aware, wiser. It may not have been merely a cosmetic vanity thing.

I therefore was wrong. I guess I should feel sorry, but I'm wrong and I was wrong to be so quick to judge.

vanity brings death

I could be sympathetic, but I'm not in this case. A teen girl who was "going to be a doctor" opted for breast surgery. So, was there a problem with the breasts ... no. She apparently, being a cheerleader, had that idea that she didn't have good enough bounce. So, she wanted perfect boobs. It is a vanity thing. Another sad note is that doctors are ready and willing to alter breasts of kids. She was a teen, who knows how her life would have changed -- and her bust line, with age. What a waste! Killed by vanity.

or insecurity, but it was to have "better breasts" for ...
that's right, nothing. It would not have made her more capable of lactating, it was likely for looks.

Surf's Up

I watched this movie and my attention was not up, not raised, not peeked. It was a boring movie. It had simple enough metaphors and morals: "do your best", "keep your friends", "sometimes just have fun and don't be competitive". I won't watch this this twice.

game over

one pimp didn't hear clearly

Yo, Whack a Mole!
Uh, I think yo pimp buddy toad yo, "smack dat ho", not whack a mole

Turn down your stereo once in a while.

one month later

FWCS decides to fire a child seducer. Huh... that makes sense. He must have understood the message to be, "no child's behind left", right?

cutting

No ... not getting attention, but intentional disaster. Ending ... ending, I like someone and she has done something few have done --- moved me, like lifting a mountain. I persist on not having emotions, robotic and unhappy emo. Still, she pushed, moved and in subtle moves made me care. I met her for lunch ... just friends, how we will be.

To touch her now is to hurt, panicked frenzied pain of my own creation. It was wrong and now I suffer my chosen Hell of emotion -- fire licks my feet, anchors weigh down my down-turned face. I risked a game and though I liked playing, I had to let her go -- she was never, ever mine.

Her birthday gifts to me sent a painful reminder of what might have been ... she, I, us, we, couple

now, friends.

I miss that, her, us, but it was my fault for it should not have been. No pity, no sympathy, just lamenting the end.

Tips from other schools

Well, while FWCS deliberates whether they should fire a child-seducing assistant principal, this school outright fires a teacher for a different offense. I still don't understand why FWCS would wait to fire the punk.

FWCS you are in the wrong.

Fiction isn't as strange

on ballot mayor is registered sex offender

4,000

Well. I know that I have written and spoken ill of the government and the causes to go to war and the war itself, but when you have a "news" story about 4,000 lives being lost ... move on Jack. I agree, ultimately, you don't want your military to die, but face it -- military personnel die. It has been now six years now ... 4,000 lives lost. As a whole, that isn't significant considering the muslim sympathizer in the military who grenaded his own platoon. Take out these lives and we haven't reached 4,000. I would suggest that he demonstrated what protesters don't accept. There are people who are militant and crazy and will kill without regard.

I don't support the position of WMD and Hussein's ties to Osama, but ... we are there and the government isn't stable yet. In fact, the local areas are either more militant and stable or in chaos now. Withdrawing forces would not "embolden" the enemy as stated, but rather either solidify the resistance or crush it. Once crushed ... it wouldn't resurface for a long, long time -- too late to save people.

The 4,000 number tragedy might be hailed by those who believe that 300 like the movie could have done the job in Afghanistan and Iraq. I guess they didn't remember history in that the Nazi blitzkreig worked, but they fell. Normandy stayed at a terrible price, but ... it was with time and people that made it happen. Sad to write, but we have to stay in some areas to make it work.

4,000 is just a number and a small one statistically for the number deployed, stayed, engaged and the time being there. It is a low number.

Enchanted

This Disney movie was OK, but not stellar. It had some re-watchability, but wasn't packed with songs. It had a reasonable plot, funny characters (two-dimensional to reality in more ways than one), with a happy ending. A life irony was Timothy Spall aka Peter Pettigrew battled a mouse. So, Mark Williams who was in 101 Dalmatians goes to Harry Potter and Timothy from Harry Potter to Disney, isn't that ironic? OK, no it isn't, just a useless factoid.

I hope they do more of these movies, Enchanted, rather than Wizard of Oz, poorly done with a singer who has raunchy lyrics or sequel three to a once-good classic movie. I don't want to know about (Love) Flubber No. 9 or Mulan: From Russia With Love or Son of a Stitch! (Lilo's Day) the like.

I suggest that you would like it if you generally like Disney movies. I wouldn't buy it, but might watch it again.

Pay now ... get ripped off now

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Well, I first looked on the net to see if it was a scam. I also spoke with Jason as did this person. When I said I wasn't interested in paying anything upfront, he hung up immediately. You get the privilege of paying $40 up front. I didn't go for it.

Bee Movie

Aptly named for it was all about bees and it wasn't an "A" movie. I'm not sure that I would give it a B, maybe a C. I wouldn't buy it. It had a lot of potential, but I don't think it exploited much of the potential it had.

"Hello Charlie" by Charles Hess and Davin Seay

The book was written by one of the self-proclaimed "Apple Dumpling Gang" of cold case file detectives. The book has an awkward format. Granted, unlike many other true crime novels, it details quite a bit of the backgrounds of the investigators. The bulk of the book is rather rambling. The useful part of this book is simple, people are stupid.

While difficult to follow, the suspect at the beginning of the book is arrested on murder charges. The investigators are doing background checks on him, which ties him to other murders. They interviewed people who knew the convict (and suspect). They didn't notice anything peculiar though he liked to destroy things. There weren't any signs, but he liked fire. He never set off any red flags, but he did robbery and killed pets nailing them to the wall to scare the occupants. He wasn't violent but punched walls and choked his wives. He showed no strange sexual fantasies, but favored little girls and tried to have sex with his male partner in crime who wasn't gay. He didn't do much serious crime, but stole vehicles, did armed robbery and was a drug dealer (trafficker by definition). He also murdered, but I detailing the other crimes and signs that clearly red flagged him as evil and bad.

Not guilty?

So, had anyone had a little mind. much of his violence and crime could have been prevented before it happened. I walk away from this book knowing that police work is made even harder when the officers have to talk with completely stupid people.

+ also, term "mass murderer" is inaccurate, as he was a serial murderer, not mass murderer by definition

my alter ego

They fell on the ground, but I found them on the bushes.

Dang ... I smash! I'm the Hulk under the right situations.

I thought Tyler Derden was scary ...

Indiana Spring

What is it like, you might wonder. New York has snow, ice, snow, and sun. Last night Indiana has ice, rain, snow, and thunderstorms. I found my car frozen shut and by noon, snow had melted away much of what was "Winter signs". I expect Indiana to be hit with tornadoes this year, I hope they are prepared.

So that things are clear here

I should understand that an assistant principal who seduces a child may lose his job? Huh. I wonder why people may be moving out of the district then. I would want the school to be fairly prompt with their actions, not him-hawing about the whole thing. Well, he may be innocent of the charges despite claiming guilt. What a farce! I suppose that FWCS won't see the consequences of a slow action on their part. I would not feel safe sending my kids to a school where they may or may not fire a man who seduces students (in this case high schoolers.

not King

I saw a little blurb comparing Obama to Dr. Martin Luther King. Failing to think of another analogy, an American Bald Eagle (King) can't be compared to a cowbird by many means. Obama is not King by any measure. Dr. Martin Luther King was a unifier who sought the equality of all persons. I don't remember him ending speeches with, "looking forward to your vote this fall" or the use of "change" as an article like "the". It would help if Obama mentioned what his plans are, rather than the typical ...

I have plans
We need change
I am not like Hillary
I'm Black and I'm proud

What I won't remind you is that I'm new to all of this, have made some poor relationships along the way with butting heads, so if I were to "win" the Presidency, I would indeed be ostracized for a number of reasons, some of which are the course of me pushing away people abruptly. I am not a uniter, and I don't walk the talk and don't walk the walk.

Deuce Bigalo

European adventure ... not so good. I think it was a typical sequel being not as good as the first one. It had very few funny parts. I'm not really sure who is supposed to laugh at the drug jokes like Deuce getting high on spiked cake.

Mickey master

Charlie brought this back from Disney for me. It wasn't forced on me (bum, bum, bum .... tsh!)

reviewing Hook cast

Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Glenn Close and Crosby there! I never made the connection.+

+ "Mr. Obvious" show

Funny, these pick-up tips didn't work for me!

Chris lied to me! Darn you Tom Arnold!

convinced

part II of our talks

Could you convince people that they were abducted by aliens? First, people who "want to believe" would be easier to sway, but could you convince people that they were abducted by aliens for 8 hours, then returned. My first statement of, "no" was wrong as I didn't include the factor of 8 hours. Our first general statement was, 'at all' that I said, "no". Given a time frame of a month kidnapped by someone or people, most people could be convinced for the mind is weak enough to fold, regardless how strong.

I would contend that about thirty percent of people are susceptible to more dramatic suggestion. Studies in advertising show that people are generally lemmings or sheep and are programmed fairly easily with commercials. That being fact, I would like to more specially focus on more urban legendary or myth. I willing accepted that people are taken daily by other people. Of this population, few are taken by our people. Americans are taken by the government, but ... read this. I am not writing that the government habitually takes the typical Bubba. I would contend that the US has taken problem people away. I think that at times, they have had poor criteria for selecting those people.

I do not believe in alien abductions! I don't believe that aliens were poor fliers or were apprehended by Earth weapons.
I do know that people are convinced otherwise by themselves or others.

If, as my friend suggested, that someone wanted to tag a person to examine tracking abilities, a better target would be a metro person not a hillbilly in backwoods, name-a-state. Other than an over-productive incest gland, how would the abductor use the abductee? That goes to a point of asking, but I will stick with making others believe.

Could someone make me believe that ghosts exist ... no. I don't believe this because I don't believe in planet bound post existence. Why would these things stick around ... on Earth? I don't believe in aliens watching Earth much, but will surrender to the idea of other lifeforms. It is not surprising to me that lower-imagination people have humanoids working with them. Most of life on Earth is bacterial, aquatic, insect, reptile, or four-legged (in that order I think). The likelihood of upright humanoids is statistically insignificant.

I am a skeptic and a realist. I could not be convinced that two legged aliens grabbed me and released me. Those abductees polled generally had a working knowledge of pop culture, TV shows and commercial products. Is it coincidence that they don't nab the MIT professor or the SUN Systems program project manager or the senior robotics engineer of a company? They tend not to have genetic research biologists taken while doing a field survey.

Can a layperson be fooled into thinking they were taken by aliens, yes. Could just anyone, no. Sad to write that some people are taken, brutally handled and freed, then their mind makes a new perspective for the reality is too much to bear. I stand by that about thirty percent of people might be short-term swayed into drastically changing their concept of reality, while only eighteen percent would ever mostly-permanently keep this change.

++ a short note, alien abductions are always too contrived for belief, no matter how sincere the person is

intersting conundrum re-visited

creation vs evolution
susceptibility

On both sides you have an act of faith. As far as Christianity goes I will add that regardless of the age of the Earth you believe, you still have to take a leap of faith regarding the creation of humans (man). As an evolution proponent, you have to accept that there are missing steps from primate to man. Both sides accept a rationalization for the missing evidence.

Keith and I had an interesting discussion on faith, susceptibility, receptiveness, rationale, and reasoning. Can reasonable and rational people be convinced of things in direct opposition to their core beliefs? Can any person write down the steps, start to finish, the creation theory with partial or inclusive evolution or the denial of it? Can evolutionists write full steps of evolution start to present and explain what "causes" life in an otherwise viable collection of matter?

First, a person must understand part of how a person learns, thinks, and develops. When things don't match, then there is a logical conflict. Whereas you have the creation theory (or faith), which has some logistical flaws, you have to reason out the errors. If the bible's account of the creation is accurate to human standards, then it is beyond the scope of possibility unless you give miracles to 90% of the bible. This itself causes a problem because the bible itself is not error-free.

Problems with the bible are: it is an abridged text, selected volumes by a monk collective. If you are at all a more diverse person with an understand or exposure to the dead sea scrolls, you will be aware also of the Gnostic monks generally known for their bible efforts. The bible that the mid-20th century and later 20th century folk experienced was the King James version. It's important to remember the term, "version", as that is a clinching phrase.

In the 60's, you had a resurgence of counter-culture and abandonment of the church, so true were people wanting to reach the layperson. These people revised the bible in more modern American English vernacular. This again is a version of a version -- altering the text and the meaning. Language is a mighty, powerful and Babel-esque divisive tool. Now there are many versions ... Latin, Catholic, many protestant versions (New American, NIV, NIV II, American Standard, etc.)

So, if you are to accept the bible as the word of God, pure and unquestionable, which version is correct? That, readers, is the error with the bible being the one, true pure word of God. I will not go into the level of inconsistencies with God's reversal of judgment from the Old Testament seeking sacrifices and stoning deaths for minor offenses to Christ's entry and message of, "love" to the point of forgiveness for all persons. This is not to mention the book of Revelations were, again the wicked or sinful are smote and drawn into Hell.

Another thing readers tend to forget is that the books of the bible weren't written start to finish by the "author" as they are attributed. Any bible scholar will report that the book of Luke was not wholly written by Luke. If so, is that all he wrote -- certainly not! The books of the four were written after they died. That's a neat feat for the HUMAN dead. The bible doesn't have any entries by women who were part of the ceremonies in the early parts of Christianity. I'll stop here showing just a few of the limitations of the bible. It is, however, an important book especially if you are Christian.

Creation is not without flaws also. The work of fossil hunting wasn't done much during the 14th century and really wasn't started until the 16th century by the few and wealthy. The more educated were the clerics who could not develop a science that countered the norm standards and powers of the church, so ... you had some educated people searching, but generally it was by luck.

Most fossils aren't "gosh -- lookee there, a whole dinosaur with scales, eyes, etc". I wouldn't doubt that some of the fossils were dragons that were completely and utterly destroyed out of fear. Other fossil rocks were dismissed or used in the manufacturing of homes, tools, etc. and lost forever. As far as the evolution of man ... well, there is the problem.

There are no fossils of the single-celled organism that spawned all life on Earth. There are no fossil records of the the missing link. There are problems in the stratification dating of items:

you know that this area is this old because of rocks and fossils, which you use to verify other dates, but ... if there isn't radio-active dating possible on the local rocks, you have to guess that the rocks are not pushed up from tectonic movement some time last century. If so, your whole time scale is millions or more off. Also, old dating is used as a center point to date more reliable finds. So, rather than use the new find, with more testable features, you go back to the old, "pottery of the 4,000 B.C. (BCE) was found here, so it is this old.

So the questions neither can answer are tough. Creationists can't fully deny evolution, sorry folks, that's a demonstrated fact. Creationists also might want to reconsider the thought of a small family (Noah) breeding everyone on the planet, as well as the two of each species. How, in the short span of the bible did Noah's offspring get to Norway, Australia, the Americas, Mongolia, Hawaii, and these places were "hidden" and unknown to the general populace? How could two of an animal spawn thousands of different species? I will note the incest thing of Noah, but I think you anticipated that.

Evolutionists can't fully write the story of evolution and there are missing links between man and other primate. Also, mentioned by Keith, et al, modern man has no strong limiting factors like predators. I mentioned that technically people do eat people, but societies developed a taboo on these practices for health and group function.

In either group, people are susceptible to suggestion either way. Because humans don't have to spend so much of their existence just surviving long enough to breed (some sociologists might make a strong case in some cultures and subcultures that breeding supersedes survival) they can wonder why they exist and how. Because life is an enigma and generally people are more emotionally sound when things are reasonable, most people have a "pretty good idea of why things are". Generally, though people are less intelligent than they would like to think they are.

Did one guy write the bible ... uh, no. Only through a collective do we have any knowledge at all. We therefore rely on other people for information and baseline data. I doubt that any person could look at the world and, having no knowledge of much of anything, come up with what we know and learn today. People are swayed by people and there is a certain level of susceptibility individually and as a group. How receptive you are defines how malleable you are. Moreover, you are more receptive to things that can fit into your preexisting perspective (Tetris).

So, believe who are silly putty are more easily shaped while iron working is possible, it takes a long time. Another factor is the "I want to believe"+ factor. You want to believe something that does a best fit and miracle job of making things just right. Sadly, nothing is just right for there are leaps of faith you have to make, either as an evolutionist or a Christian.

I believe the bible is a good guide for behavior, in that the the commandments were not too difficult to follow and that the teaching of Christ's love everyone, while very difficult to do, is simple enough to try. I do not, however, believe that God was able to meaningfully convey existence to people who were not too bright. How do you explain a million years or a billion years to someone who maybe has counted to a thousand? How do you explain oceans and other continents to someone who will grow, live and die in the desert (Luke Skywalker's would-be fate)? How do you explain marsupials and monotremes to people who don't understand animal husbandry?

I think God has tried very hard to explain the simple to a simple breed of thing -- humans, in a way that somewhat makes sense. Made man in his own image shouldn't mean that God is humanoid or has two eyes, etc. Could you fully explain to a three year-old or some adults of a disembodied entity that created everything? How about souls? The bible isn't written like a newspaper or like an encyclopedia. You should read it for the basics. In the end, you should love others as God loves you.

As far as creation goes, well ... I think people trying to put humans and dinosaurs together are wrong. I think the concept of 10,000 years old or younger is wrong. It can be argued that man, however genetically linked to other primates we might be, is not the same critter. In the end, language, which enables greater thought and expression separates apes and man. They communicate in many ways like and unlike us, but don't have a written language, but have been spared extinction because of language.

I once would have typed that God created evolution, even within man, and let him sort it out, impacting him with His word, filtered as it was. Now, I would write that no ... this puzzle is still not complete despite the "4-6 years "printed on the box. Please note my timid and regrettably non-committal vernacular; I guess I believe in God, Christ, but not the Holy Ghost, and in evolution. My Zen collection is that genetically we are all linked together, the many "races" finally rejoining into a homogeneous species of generalized humans. There is the only short-term recorded human evolution apart from disease-resistance and other small adaptations (wisdom teeth) and later greater visual
dependence. We are smaller than the whole of the world, each being important to a small degree to a larger impossible to see thing.

An ant cannot perceive the globe as we cannot perceive the whole of existence.

+ accredited to Christ Carter of, "X Files" fame

I'm telling you ...

The Mouse was this big, dude! It was fire-breathing, eight feet tall, no ordinary mouse. Yes, Sylvester was a kitten once too.

3 dogs, naughty in their own ways

Ekko likes to crawl the wood fence, jump, then run around the neighborhood, especially near a neighbor who doesn't like dogs, for she has cats. Doh!
While not especially naughty, Cheyenne instigates a number of entanglements with brother Ekko with toys, either theirs or other person's toys.
Maia likes to "hide" toys in furniture or "just out of her reach" so the person near her has to retrieve it and throw the said item. She also is an avid beggar without cause.

go from here

What I have left isn't so pretty, but with time and effort, it can be cleaner, and perhaps better and more cherished than before.

coming to close on a chapter

So ... it was not to be, permanent and I knew that.

It appears that my "partnership" with this special woman will forever change as I encourage her to return to her relationship with 'him'. He made an effort to make things better, to improve things, to reunite them as a couple. How could I interfere with that? I encouraged her to pursue that possibility. She was worried that she would lose me, but really what will happen is that she and I will separate and be friends -- nothing more.

It's a lot better than the many breakups I've had ... I don't really feel bad, sorry, or terribly ill. I still have a friend, with whom I have shared some interesting times, personal goals, secrets, and parts of me I rarely share for she inspired me to do stupid things to impress her or to make her happy, even at the cost of my would-be "dignity".

be still, my wallet

Bill Clinton visits Fort Wayne. His Pinocchio nose was on time, but he was 15 minutes late! I, state your lie, do solemnly swear to lie about the truth, conjure up a whole new truth, so help me fraud. Wow, and to think that many of his supporters will be aching with a St. Patrick's Day hangover, surprisingly ironic since Clinton likes green (as money is green).

I am looking forward to your dedicated and blind voting this election for my wife and all my fellow asses, er, I mean democrats so that we can win big this Fall. I'm keen on getting to the White House again, without all the stuff like 'work' to be done. I can more fully dedicate my time to helping young intern minds and bodies grow to their natural potential.

crazy aside

I did get fired from my job. The exit interview, a bad idea in my opinion, went like. You are [gruff] when approached. That was correct, as my team leader made every day like a Rob Zombie roller coaster without the pleasant end of the ride. Instead, I'm sure there was either a perpetual loop or simple a section of incomplete track leading to "my" end. Anyway, I could have told the third person in charge who conducted the interview this, but ...

my team leader was in the room with me. So, I can't berate that person in front of her, making any headway. Even though I will not use this short-lived job as a reference, I don't want to burn any bridges. Making enemies is a bad policy. So, I have been submitting electronic resume's again.

I'm not sore about it. The days were long and unpleasant, I didn't get fired unreasonably, and so there is no bad blood. They didn't think I would pan out, making that decision before the 90 day period. Technically, I was hoping to be transfered to another team to do a better job -- not having the stress of the team leader there.

I hate to pick on the poor place, but ...

Creation Museum? OK, that's an odd idea. When you get through looking at the YouTube videos on the place, then examine the prices, I think the place will admission fee itself out of existence. If you didn't know about this Flunktucky place, then goto YouTube and watch. Most interesting is the haphazard inclusion of dinosaurs in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, also using a Earth's life of ~6,000 years old. That's a really tough sell. It was a bad investment for those people who made the investment.

Please compare prices:
Creation Museum:

• Adult (13-59 yrs): $19.95
• Senior (60 yrs & up): $14.95
• Children (5-12 yrs): $9.95
• Children (under 5 yrs): Free
• Planetarium with admission: $7

Children's Museum of Indianapolis:

	Youth (ages 2-17)	$8.50
	Adult (ages 18-59)	$13.50
	Senior (60+)	$12.50

Children's Museum of Chicago:

Children	$9.00
Adults	$9.00
Seniors	$8.00
CCM Members	Free
Children under one	Free

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If I were planning a trip to see a museum, I know Chicago is really neat, however a hassle to navigate, Indy is easier. Both are cheaper.

So, at work ...

They brought me into an office at 4:30 ...



I played the part of Mr. Kenny.
I didn't have a good attitude about work. That, actually wasn't accurate, I didn't mind my job, but rather my team leader. Since I "didn't like my job", they felt it was best if they let me go within the 90 period. So ... here I am. Yes, I'm disappointed with the change, but I am now stressed in a different manner, not the stress I had at work.

local

I saw FAME with a friend yesterday. It is a gathering of Fine Arts, in this case the Northeast. If you like children's art, music, and some of the "touristy" feel, without the fiery smell of campfires from Johnny Appleseed (who was walking around there, BTW) and the clarity of arts without the price of Civic Center and FWMA, then next year, try it!

Jon wants money

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Well Jon, when you spam me for money ... I'm sure that you don't deserve to get elected. Thanks for playing!

+ "Blazing Saddles"

while as reccomended to me ...

Man On Fire with Denzel Washington was a fair movie. While it was long, it was chock full of retribution, torture of the wicked and redemption. Sadly, the end isn't what you'd expect.

Donut day for Me

No, it wasn't chocolate or glazed, or filled. It was a message on the email at work ...
my car type, similar color, very close license plate ... flat tire

yep, it was mine.

So, in the rain I changed my tire. I thought it was a full-sized tire, but it was a smaller one. It is technically a donut, but it is closer in size than others.

I wonder where the hole is. I dropped it off at Firestone and hopefully they can fix it, rather than me having to immediately replace it.

Like, yaknow

Either MSNBC or CNN had some girl report from a girl who, "talked to [them] all the time" in relation to recent shootings. Yeah. That's intelligent reporting. I think they should include such irrefutable statements as, "I seen it", "We R like BFF, lol!" Like, reporter Doogie is so very reporting, onseen. "Wow, totl whoa, rocks bad dude, dont come, totl unfair."

Txt reprtr Doogie

good day

I have finally wiped out one part of my memory ... my ex's birthday is obliterated from my memory. I hope, with time, the wind, water, snow, and sand will further wipe away the memories.

So tired ... don't remember

what I have put on the blog ... pardon me if this is a repeat.

I was down in Indy area a couple weekends ago. On the way back, I messed up on 38 East and instead of picking up 69, I went through West Anderson. It was a little run down. It rather reminded me of a time warp, people mostly stuck int he 70s, some never leaving their little hub in West Anderson. Anyway, I stopped in to a gas station and got directions, simple enough, to get to I-69.

So, on that Sunday night, I got to drive on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive (business 9 in Anderson) and later, Ronald Reagan expressway, I-69 along Fort Wayne's West side. While I didn't drive on famous routes, I got to drive on routes named after famous and important people.

I feel like roadkill

I feel run over and squished. I got a cold from work, family, and friends -- either the same one, or a happy party of different virus merging together in my body. I hope that my white blood count goes up and passes out the tequila at the party for a one-time surge of viral activity followed by fights between the germs and finally the incapacity and death of the germs, who would vow not to enter my body for "free tequila night" ever again.


I slept most of today -- so it was wasted on rest.

I have a few events to cover

While I was trying to piece together one event -- the Friday Dave & JJ hosted a get together for everyone featuring the new arrivals Christopher and Joshua, with special guests the Quinmores, I found myself falling asleep on the keyboard. I still do not sleep well. Pardon me, it will take another day. Until then, I will write that it was fun and neat to see people again and little people for the first time.

Friday, brief as it was

Lori in quiet contemplation

Surprisingly, Dave showed the only cheese that I saw there.

Izzy swings!

Andrew was wondering what it was like outside
Carrie got a Christopher fix, and a baby fix

Jeff, Paula, and Joshua were happy to meet everyone
Mike finds the whole thing funny
Keith was animated
Wii kids had a good time, save that whole going-to-bed thing
I got the feeling that Jeff was a bit proud.
Dave held the house from falling.
JJ held Christopher who seemed happy to be included.
Mary would not smile for me.
Charlie among the many toys on the floor.
Keith struck a pose.
John looks down on photography.
Hmmm .. how clever.
William was quite but interested in the Wii games
This shot I couldn't pass.
Giant Mario

Well, I was late because ... I couldn't find out how to get there. Mike was obliging and helped some, then Dave took over and guided me the remainder of the way. It was great to see everyone again. Thanks Dave and JJ for hosting the get together!

My neice made it

Jenny's story

being called

Hey, uh ... we need fools, or I mean lackeys, or bodies -- to uh, help the whorehouse, I mean warehouse. So, I joined a small team and worked in warehouse today. Sadly, I was not wearing the most comfortable shoes for running around, nor the best-suited clothes for warehouse, dusty little dirty work. I did put in enough time again that my check will show OT.

Eyes heavy

Still ... poor sleep, noises never cease

problems left unsolved

work, learn

pangs of the past beleaguer me

"did you like teaching", answering yes

bills

time

scratches without an itch ... idle hands

projects

Sleep, invite me to a party no RSVP required

BYOD (dreams more important than beer)

What is my job

I'll first give you the short version. I am a phone rep (resentative) who fields calls for people needing parts and checking on parts. I know, it doesn't sound like a complex enough job to warrant much money.
The end of the week got better and I started doing more work.


The long version. Using a proprietary SQL I research parts, inventory and customer invoice and information finding the parts requested (often techs calling in don't have the part numbers or don't have the right numbers). I also have to find where orders are, why orders aren't shipping and find logistical solutions (inventory control). Now, couple with with having a glitchy SQL which is version 5.2 after people had years with version 2.3. The systems don't run the same.

The switch to the new system didn't import all the most recent data and so about 6 weeks of data (orders, invoices and the like) were not imported. They were not lost, but they are not available in the new system. To find prices for techs and mechanics, I have to refer to old printed material on discounts for people -- one large company gets 35% disc on items $200 +, etc. It is a lot to remember. Now, the interesting part of the job is that I have to find parts that are long-since retired from machines that are too old to run. I have had to go through schematics of appliances (breakdowns) finding old part numbers or descriptions and use the SQL to hopefully find a match. On Friday, I got to learn the magic of light bulb designation through dimensions and type all to answer one question.

I like my team. The number three guy in the company, who has the largest office on site (numbers 2 and 1 don't work in that building) is nice, motivational and down-to Earth. He interviewed me, but knows marketing and sales more than tech stuff like computers, SQL and more typical programming languages. In a few weeks I will earn hourly more than I did at PH, and thereafter every "hurdle" I pass, my raises come in.

I sit on my butt all day --- bad, but I do work and have little down time. When I first started they didn't have a computer for me that worked. On Friday, my headset for the phone failed. The servers they have running are maxed out due to the data transfer issues. When that is hammered out -- 9 weeks, about, the server will get faster and the work will be easier on everyone. It's nice that I have my own desk. It is 100% smoke free. The only food smell is from the lounge that reeks of microwave food.

The other funny thing about my job is listening to people who haven't mastered their only language English. Hey, ya'll gotter pah't det fit dis here gaskit? Yeah, I figger dat its dis won-AE-IE-OU-YU-THEN- sayvun-AEF-AN

So, that's 1AEIOU7FN, right?

For more complex math, please see Net clost *1.15, then try vendor cost does not equal List Price --> change in inventory management

++ now add returns, faxing, sales orders

later, quotes, new solicitation

Drunks of Hazard County

Go Go Kosovo!

Yeah, let freedom ring and may the democrat republic never waver, never yield! Go freedom!

Congratulations Kosovo! Spending my tax dollars on THAT nation makes sense!

moment of unrest

Playtime with the Cramers

Legendary disappointment

"I am Legend." --- many holes, much unexplained, not a feel good movie, lackuster ending, and they broke a rule in good movie making concerning animals. You just don't do it!

So ... this athiest is bad at math, right?

from the "Calculate Your God Delusion Index", I see that the authors can't draw a simple number line. That's funny! I'm not "Batshit crazy" and I can draw a number line. I found the first two levels of delusion interesting, then it fell into 'operational psychosis' at higher levels.

Well, the creators (ha ha) spent some time with this and still didn't get a number line right. Good going duds (not dudes).

Well deserved

I do wrong and deserve the berating I get. So, I deserve the Hell that I calming walk to visit.
It's a shame ... I'll miss Heaven.

On the same path, eagerly walking to Hell ...

I made the day of a girl who had a nasty one ... she called me wanting to thank me, so sweet

I turned on my phone too late (I turned it off at work in the afternoon to save my battery), a friend was in trouble and desperate. He was out of sorts ... confused (from alcohol or drugs) needing help. In the end, his distance too great for me to reach him quickly, I sent officers to do a wellness check on him. I will try again today to check on him.

I am a little help to a person feeling quite alone, okay make that a few people who feel alone and desperate. One particular girl is a survivor of many hellish child experiences. I will never forgo being her friend, as she needs friends. I just wish I could live a life where she could have a "safe haven" being free to walk in, sit, and talk with me.

Loneliness ... a sad curse. Apparently there is a vast amount of loneliness despite the number of people on the planet. Of course, if you can't be yourself around someone, then you are still alone from yourself.

I have met lost souls and persons with many pains casting long shadows on the ground. I have had the opportunity for some people to cast their shadow on me ... let go of some of the past, giving it to me to remember and them to forget. I never wanted the burden, but it is nice to take the load for someone so loaded and often so young.

If I existed only to carry the sadness of others, it would destroy me. I am thankfully that I am also reminded that I am loved despite my evil nature, despite that I do wrong. Being loved, truly loved, is what a soul ultimately wants.

looked into vacation idea ...

WHOA! Skip all that or at least one place I looked! It was nearly as expensive as Disney World.

dirty man

Talked dirty this morning ... "my lips touch yours ...", was naughty this evening on the phone with my special someone.

Yes, MR ... I am going to Hell, I got it.

I want to have different circumstances for sure, but it is what it is.

closer than before

I have had calls and txt messages from work more than when I worked there. It is nice to know that I was liked while I was there. I got a call from a cute girl ... nice that I made her day. I also spoke with another friend from work. She's great, but is stuck with her situation -- long time bf with waning interest in him. Frisky fun girl who never "sowed her wild oats" instead settled down quickly and perhaps too much so.

she had a bad day ...

nothing went right, frazzled ... sad

I did something right
and she cried

It isn't revenge, though she is the girl who made me cry. I showed her that despite her convictions ... someone does care and like it or not .. gives a damn!

.... pop, oh goody, we're online

I started my stark job with little hope or prospect. One woman, the team leader is a manic depressant -- scary mix as the moods are like drafts in a building. Whoa -- cool, whoa hot! Another guy there is large, not quite as strong as Bob in Incredibles, but looks equally silly hunched over the desk the space surrounding him like an ill-fitting suit. Another woman eats like a rabbit -- munch, much, much -- she's rail thin. Another woman there does the same thing -- real big. I guess life isn't fair.

Day four, I have a computer that works, somewhat. I have a phone system that has my name, and have all the programs that I should have. Apart from handling phone calls -- the bulk of the job, I have done all else ... entered in paperwork (Brazil's landmass worth of paperwork) including shipping, returns, invoices, faxing, (where are they) slips for shipments that are lost or late.

They moved from one system to another and there was a major problem with data transfer. About 6 weeks did not completely, and in some cases at all, load onto the new program. The program therefore made these items limbo -- did they ship, did they not ... back order?

This is partially why they need more people there. The backlog of fix this defeats the new business that they need. I am working on learning it all. Today I was able to pitch in and do some of the backlog. Anything to help the team and eventually move on to where I do sales and the potential for raises.

I like the team, but need to ask for an odd request of my direct super --
can I extend my hours there (not getting overtime) in order to have a more realistic lunch of 60 minutes?

We'll see how that goes. I will wait til I put in a week, I think.

Day 3 ...

I did a little more today. I got my computer and it was working. The problem is getting over the hurdle of the interface. There are four programs that they use. There is a fifth that many use, but it is the "old" system. Those who used it, love it and hate the new system.

The new program has advantages and disadvantages. It uses Windows capabilities and defeats other Windows capabilities. Because of the manner of data storage, the SQL is limited and needs more versatility and wildcards. What the users forget is that the system has to track down millions or billions of part numbers and correlate that to orders, inventory and more. Of course it should require some human-factor thinking (part number containing "7") should not be an allowable function -- consuming very valuable resources. On the same token, you may not know much about the part number so you should be able to do more with description, regardless whether you know the manufacturer.

This is also true if company A is bought be company B. Now, Company A might continue to produce the part and name it Company B; may manufacture a new part with Company A; outsource old part to Company C. This is where the complexity begins. Okay, I understand that some person may not know the part number, but they ought to have an idea what it is, right?

Part of my job will be finding parts for people who don't know the part numbers.
Another part of my job will be to order parts, ensuring that we have the parts (informing the customer approximae time of delivery) and getting prices.

The prices are the biggest mess of all.

Service Company F has a certain volume of business and gets __% off list price, unless ...
there is only a Net price listed
If the sale is a quote, numbers are rounded to integer dollars and freight is seemingly arbitrarily guessed.
I can see few instances when my team members actually calculate weight of parts for shipping.

I have a lot to learn, but I can, if given the chance, do much now.

last bit of last day

pick up G, for she doesn't have license or car (there)

drop off G for same reasons

got back round 10pm
tired on first day ... boring, not a good start

What stayed with me was feeling of love, hugs and kisses I got.
I'm an ass, bastard, jerk, putz, numbnutz, but still got rewards for effort, for trying (other than trying others' patience)

In my mind, would like to see one girl turn to novelist
one girl turn to nurse
one girl get her humor and childhood back -- then become a program manager for multiple facilities
one man finish his degree (after changing twice) to physics then marry the nurse

see one woman end her relationship with guy in favor of being a person more in control of her life (mother of two) and her defunct bf who is on the chronic fatigue side

In confession, strongly like one woman, have a fading crush on the program manager -- wish her my best

I would like to see the one girl develop into woman and defy all odds and be exceed her potential. Uncomfortable with herself and success, she will, for a long time, suffer

Chris

Chris Hogan

* thanks Dave

She

Little girl, baby ... I've never been a father, "daddy", uncle yes. Little girl seeks me out ... wants to write me. Again, I am spoken about in corners, shadows, "is it okay". It hurts that I can't call her "little girl", "daughter", "baby". Her generous nature is natural ... she doesn't know it hurts that others care about me. I hardly share a thing in my mind, let alone my true passions ... this little girl ... melts my heart


a stone giant brought to his knees

softy inside

Girl who would be woman ... the Nobel Peace Prize could not bring pride as great as this. "daddy" would melt me as sure as the sun a candle ... young friend, I cherish the moment I read your letter, you honor me with any letter even ... da da da "X"

I am touched

first day at work

I just watched someone work today. I nearly fell asleep. Hey, guys! Why don't you go ahead and let me work, eh?

burdon of youth

Here is Joshua! I'm sure that the grandparents will eventually let Jeff and Paula hold him.

I would like to post Christopher pictures, but ... I don't have any,

ahem, Dave, JJ?

sweet girl broke my heart

It was my last day with many people last night. There was a kid there who broke my heart completely apart. She asked me for my mailing address so that she could write me.

That hurt! It still hurts when I think of it.

Dear sweet girl. I hope I get to read something from her.

It was the gesture I'll remember ... even if she never writes.

She coupled it with hugs.

Again ... hurts that I never was a daddy, happy that I might have been a good man around some people. I was considered good role model at work and uncle to at least one person (not the aforementioned girl).

Like a marinette

I am cutting my strings from work. I hope to finally burst out into, first "F---ing hurray!" Then, "I've got no strings to hold me down..."




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