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In the Army its called a sit-Rep; the Navy, a big [ family ] wave
...at Notre Dame, a Hail Mary // army HAL 9
but in Fresno, we call it ball point radio ....
14. Neon Bible / arcade fire
-13. Halcyon digital / deer hunter
01. Sound of Silver / LCD soundsystem
..... K ilowatt ) ) ..... 23. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot / wilco
. E cho ...................-2. Funeral / arc. fire
.. X ray... ) ) ....... 21. writers block / pB & J
.. P o P ... Seattle WA
................ pop Quiz. } Radio is to skynet as sand / silica
is to_________ ? ... a] ok computer .. b] fresno raisins.... c] French frys....d] NFL 1/2 time
...........................................e] all the above
49. Dear Science / TV on the Radio
03. Doolittle / pixies
52. Lost in the Dream / War on drugs
..... The codified laws combine to speak for the sovereign power. And all constitute
but a singular statute. - WESTLAW, Educ. Code CA
....... XL. DESCENDING LIKE VULTURES / ROGUE WAVE
1740. WASHING................. XX. Passover / black angels
5892. TOWN.........................IX. You in Reverse / built to spill
----------------- .........................XI. born again / black Sabbath
7632. (2). flaming ruin
....... tongue of fire

The Strong dictionary in Action.. the pop Code in re Action.

.06. wander Of...f
007. destroy
191. Evil
196. foolish .................. 0594. pL [ plumbline
290. bro. Anger..............4082. Jurisdiction
322. backwards ............ 4676...
964. contempt of Yah
......911. division
779. bitter x curse
1010. house of baal
------------------------- } the report Line
4676. Obelisk.......... ) ) ball point radio alert.
.......... 20. Superposition / Young the Giant
.......... - 9. Sunday bloody Sunday / U2 ... [ Jer.11:9 / Jn.9:11
.......... 11. The statue got me high / they might be Giants

.. The proud spirit's firm will dominates the art of war as an obelisk dominates the town square on which all roads converge..- Clausewitz, Vom krieg / p.119. 1832.

I don't know what to blog about.

There are 3 more Star Trek TV shows coming. Piccard is supposed to be the next one. About the man's adventures after he retires from Star Fleet. Star Trek Discovery, Season 3 after Piccard season 1 ends. Then Section 31 will get it's own series (Yay! Section 31 is so cool, time traveling assassins or medlers. The dark side of maintaining an Empire or a Federation.) All 3 are filming now. Also coming are 'Short Treks' Little one hour stand alone episodes about life in the Federation. Tribbles are coming back. AND carnivorous Tribbles you really don't want breeding on your star ship.

I have / had an acquaintance of 25 years. A guy named Ricky. In the mid 1990s I acquired some rental townhouses in the nearby town and joined their HOA and somehow soon became the President. Ricky's mom owned one of the townhouses in the development. She died and then Ricky owned it. He was a poly abusing drunk. Heroin, cocaine, meth, etc. I received complaints about him at least once a month. Noise, sleeping nude on the porch, excessive traffic coming and going, all the fun stuff. Plus frequent lateness regarding quarterly assessments. I had to deal with him a lot. Poor Ricky couldn't hold a job so when sober he did odd jobs. Mowing for neighbors, tree cutting, roofing repairs, clearing stopped up toilets for folks who would rather pay Ricky a few gallons of gasoline than hire a licensed plumber, etc. Most of it in the community. Ricky spent a lot of his Sundays in the local jail for being drunk in public on Saturdays, etc. His wife found someone sober and departed with his kid. Eventually someone got him into a program. It took a decade but Ricky eventually dried out and changed his ways. There was a lumber company and they hired him a lot to fell big trees on a property they had in Maryland. Also a local privately owned recreational park had him on their staff part time, picking up trash, directing visitors, collecting gate fees, etc. Small town and we had acquaintances and friends in common. When Ricky had gotten straight and I was no longer an HOA member (having sold those properties after my wife deceased) I ran into Ricky a few times on social occasions. I won't say we were good friends, but we were friendly. He was actually a nice guy and a lot of folks liked him. Two weeks ago after cutting down some large poplars they were stacked for shipping. While everyone was waiting for the crane to arrive Ricky decided to trim the branches sticking out from one of them. He had almost 40 years of experience. He warned the rest of the crew to stay back in case the logs rolled. Then he started cutting. A witness told me suddenly something moved and they yelled to Ricky but at first he couldn't hear them over the saw noise. Then he must have noticed it too because he turned to run, then turned back to pick up the saw before starting away. Then he stumbled and 3 16,000 pound logs rolled over him and death was virtually instantaneous. John told me, if he hadn't gone back for the saw I think he would have made it.
We held the memorial last Saturday. Cremated of course. John described him as looking like a tree frog someone had stomped with a boot. Ugh. Definitely nothing for an open coffin. There was no Workmen's Compensation payment because poor Ricky was a 1099 contract employee. The lumber company paid for Ricky's body to be transported down from the Baltimore ME office and the cremation and also the service as his now grown son has his own issues and no money for such things. About 200 people attended the half hour service (yes, me too). We did a small collection for the son. Some folks I knew, some I didn't. Ricky was the common thread. He had no Internet presence, so the photos for the service were kind of few, maybe 5 or 6 covering 30 years. I stood there looking at the little wooden box containing his ashes and wondered about our place in life.

This blog posted in the past, is a tribute and somber respectful remembrance
of the many lives lost and many families adversely affected by the attack on the USA
on September 11th, 2001.

.. Society today, enjoys the benefit of a long list of useful innovations which were at first wholly military.
And // DNA } is even indebted to war ........ [ paper 70 sec. 2, the Urantia
for the Dance-- which was a primitive military drill.
.. 1. Imposes discipline; fosters competitive Co Operation.
2. Puts a premium on fortitude.
3. Solidifies Nationalism..................... the National Anthem / radiohead
4. Destroys the weak & UN fit............. its over now / 112 ) ) pop songs of 2000
5. Dissolves the illusion of ............. dress sexy at my funeral / smog
... 'Equality' and selectively stratifies society.
VI. War is very co$tly. Which is Y the Central banker is lord Business.
vii. Advances in medical arts; sanitation & "Christian" burial.
... ...20. Superman / 5 for Fighting
..................-09. kryptonite / 3 doors down ) 00 ball point radio alert
...................11. bye bye bye / NSYNC
Now, it is time for the big Eagle to speak with US regarding Church Admin.
".. I remind you, the demon that has driven so much darkness since the dawn of human history has not yet.. been expunged from the human soul.."- Bill Clinton, Pierre Hotel NY , 9-11-2000.
... Encore * * songs of 2000 ***
.. x. groovejet / spiller.......................... 101. Leanover / life without buildings
.. y. B.O.B*/ outkast .............................-90. music is my radar / blur
.. z. NEW ORDER / Bjork ............... 11. Facts of Life / black box recorder
$ $ % $ $ $ $ ( muy ) S$%
* bombs over Baghdad

I'd like to thank Catfood uhh... Catfoot for mentioning me first in his blog. I've been here more than a year coming from a de-funked site. Amazing to me it brought on hatred from the regulars here long before they got to know us. Not that we (members collectively from another site) were similar. Obviously, you can see we are very different and each bring some flavor to the already flavorful site (I've not see women so b*tchy on other sites) so again thanks Cat and RED for accidentally (that was an accident, wasn't it RED?) calling you catfood. It made me laugh... all day to be exact.

Hoob... your description of 'slimy' crumpets is also stuck in my brain...
I guess I no longer want to try them.
As for Bagels... in my neighborhood, you can easily find a bagel shop on every other corner.
Smoked Salmon on a bagel... Mmmm....

On the morning of Saturday 7th September 2019, I arose at approximately 05:30. I prepared and ate breakfast, after which I attended to several domestic matters which needed my attention. At approximately 08:00. I left my residence at ..........ADDRESS REMOVED......... and drove directly to Tesco, Wath-Upon-Dearne to do my weekly shopping. The selection of avocados was particularly disappointing. On completion of my shopping, at approximately 09:30. I called at the on site fuel pumps to replenish my vehicle’s fuel tank, where I also purchased ten small cigars. I then proceeded directly home, arriving at approximately 10:00. Apart from taking a bag of rubbish out to the bin, at some time between 16:30 and 17:00, I remained inside for the rest of the day. I did nothing of significance for the remainder of the evening and retired to my bed at approximately 22:30, where I remained until approximately 05:30 the following morning. I do not possess a pair of binoculars, and neither have I possessed any since January 2015.

It seems there is always someone here trying to convince me of something or other, and it’s always for my own good that I need to listen to them. Some are on a mission to save the whole of Mankind from imminent peril, while others, not being quite so ambitious, only see it as their job to halt the decline of Western Society.

As far as the future of Mankind is concerned, I am being warned from all sides; stop using disposable plastic bags and accept the Lord God as your redeemer. Well I’m doing my bit with the bags, but my heart’s not really in the other thing.

So what about Western Society? How can I stop that from going over the cliff edge? I need to adopt a right wing attitude towards politics. Yes, I need to develop a severe intolerance towards a great many things that don’t currently cause me any concern.

The insidious crusade by some women to be treated as fully paid up Human Beings needs condemning, to start with. As does homosexuality; I must disapprove of it whenever an opportunity presents itself. I live in a society where the average household owns at least two cars, yet hardly any owns a gun. That can’t be right. I need to get it into my head that every Muslim I see on the street wants to blow up me and my family, and I must treat them accordingly, lest the possibility of us living in harmony should ever materialise.

If we want to live in a World fit for decent, God fearing, upstanding, right thinking people, we need to listen to the persuaders. Although when I try to imagine what it would be like to live in such a World, the thought of being blown up by a Muslim doesn’t seem quite so bad.

The space/tech age, the hunt for hospitable planets, and the heavy (doom) metal prophets that were talking about it 50 years ago.

That familiar itch was begging to be scratched again. The Amazon fires, SpaceX, plastic sealife, trade wars, racial tensions, you know every-day-kinda shit in the year 2019 brought it on.

Then it hit me. I bought the album when I was 13 years old. The words now ringing more clear than ever before (aside from references to Satan). I'd practically forgotten.

Sure, there were many protest songs. Eve of destruction, Big Yellow Taxi, etc. But this one really grasped the present day in a way not many others did, imo. This is prophecy! Or not, but it scratched the itch goddammit!





Black Sabbath: Into The Void

Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the night sky they blast
Through the universe the engines whine
Could it be the end of man and time?
Back on earth the flame of life burns low
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land, the sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny, yeah
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the black sky so vast
Burning metal through the atmosphere
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on
Rockets flying to the glowing sun
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide
Freedom fighters sent out to the sun
Escape from brainwashed winds and pollution
Leave the earth to all it's sin and hate
Find another world where freedom waits, yeah
Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home
Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves
Leave them to their future in their graves
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every day

“Quit talkin’ like a jerk, punk.”
“Why I oughda fill ya fulla lead right here”
“Gee, Pa, I didn’t mean’a do it”
“say, who d’ya think ya talkin’ to?”
“Godda hand it t’ya, honey, you’re one helluva classy broad.”
“What would a swell dame like that want with a sap like me?”
“Hollywood, da da da da da, Hollywood”

Yep, been watchin' old black and white American movies again.