In life

thank you www.pachd.com for this picture (free image)

There are many times of normalcy. Often, when you least expect it, there is change. I could go through a several step process: anger, sorrow, etc. over it or I could simple accept the change and know that it's a challenge presented to me. I will take the change and move on, being stronger, bolder, hopefully wiser.

Nothing has killed me, I tempted fate quite often. Some things have made me weary, shy in some respects. Other things have merely made me stronger in character, personality or physically. I only wish I were brainier.

good thing I had change

I parked at a meter today and within 2 minutes of walking from my car -- dun, dun, dun --- a meter reader. She walked through, undoubtedly disappointed that she couldn't decorate my car with, "pay this" ticket. I didn't buck the system or get away with anything, but happy that I didn't get hosed for a minor offense.

3 down + 1

I was walking the mall, reasons unimportant, and I was heading to the escalators to the patio. A young mother with three, I would guess triplets, trying to get them onto the steps. It was, perhaps, their first foray into moving stairs. Well, I saw, much to the young woman's challenge, while two were on the steps, one little girl was on the top, scared to walk on the moving steps. I walked up to see the mother walking up to be between the girls going down and the little one on top.

I tried to help, I took the little girl's hand and we moved onto the steps toward Mommy. She was unafraid when she saw we were making progress. I only wanted her to take a couple of steps, to make sure she didn't fall. At the end of the "ride", one girl crawled off the bottom ... oops.

The other girl at the bottom had fallen on her butt and her skirt was splayed out (dragged partially by the waves of steps. None were crying, but they seemed, at first, unsure. The mother thanked me and laughed at the situation. As I walked away the girls called out, "let's do it again".

emptied

Apart from the many drivers today, while I was downtown, there was scarcely a person. Did Armageddon begin and I sadly am one of the fray that either has to battle the Earthly evil to be redeemed -- taken to heaven or be dragged into hell for all of my sins and never see God? For those drawn to heaven instantly, have fun!

starts with T

So, Bush pointed out that terrorists can't be reasoned with, can't be bargained with ... like terminators.

Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him.

paramania

a picture of my mind

While I may not always run around like a hungry shrew, my mind rarely settles. While I wouldn't want my mind to settle like dust, to slow, to function less or worse, but I would like, much like these proto-stars ideas to develop into parts of a whole, or whole beings. I would like my ideas to be of some benefits to others rather than masses of gases slowly and gradually pulled into a mass until it is a star, a sun for someone.

old toy part

This circular thing has very small pictures on the ends of the wheel. You were supposed to look through a boxy binoculars aiming at a light source which gave you simulated stereo vision of a picture -- generally a scene from a movie or short film. Who knows how old this one is.

street art

On todays trip I ventured into other areas, this wasn't so scary, but other areas were unkind. The wind was strong so I couldn't smell very well and I was wondering if there were people lurking in the shadows. There was a small spot of trees that might have held some interesting artifacts, but there was too much danger. I might have been mugged for the first time or worse. I opted out.

Later, in a shorter trip, I ventured through a small bit of woods and was called to then called out by a small home-range falcon. (S)he couldn't have been still protecting the young. I don't know why I was such a "threat".

in desperation there is still hope

angel in the window above the bonds office

another scare tonight ...

I just don't need or want to sleep anymore ...

Nine, ten, never sleep again.

grossest

2 girls, 1 finger ...

Just don't.

to any and all politicians

from the local online paper

oops, your vest is showing.
I think if you look carefully here you will see, maybe, a place where this officer's vest doesn't quite cover him, leaving a weak spot.

What Clinton doesn't offer

No word jibes well with Clinton -- not goodness, honesty and not "hope". While I will be voting for McCain, I like that Obama offers something that Clinton cannot... "hope".

Gardening is hard on the knees

No Aerosmith here, but love and gardening is hard on the knees.

another COP of coffee

I was on the road today and at a stop light there were seven cop cars. They were on the shoulder and I first thought they had pulled over some arch-nemesis to society, but ... there was no other car. There were only officers. A car headed in the opposite direction while I waited at the light and illegally did a U-turn to join the others.

Uh, perhaps not so coincidentally, there was a Higher Grounds Coffee shop on the corner with PLENTY of parking in the lot. Why don't we call more officers to the scene? Wasn't there traffic to direct or robbery to prevent?

I can explain my blog

pointing

What does your opponent think?

My opponent thinks I'm an idiot!

little legs, in all respects

A four year-old girl and a three and a half year-old boy walk a fox terrier. Little legs working -- dog looking like a tank moving along with a giddy couple of kids happy that they are in control, or so they think. The dog could easily outdistance them.

I shrug

I like art, but I flubbed up on the artist. I should have remembered that Von Gogh did Starry Night, but Ich vergessen.

Thank you Kit for correcting me. I ischz