Monday, August 06, 2001
I hate users, I hate users, I hate users, I hate users, I hate users.
Your server is down sir, I'll call you when it is back up
No I don't know how long it will take to fix
No logging in at another machine will not make a difference
I realize the people around you can work, they are on a differnet server
No I cannot move your files to a different server
Because the server is down sir, If I could get to your files the server would not be down
Your server is down sir, I'll call you when it is back up
No I don't know how long it will take to fix
No logging in at another machine will not make a difference
I realize the people around you can work, they are on a differnet server
No I cannot move your files to a different server
Because the server is down sir, If I could get to your files the server would not be down
I just read what I posted this morning and suddenly thought of the love boat "Hi I'm Julie McCoy, I'll be your Blog director..."
Sparks and I have speant another weekend at our usual agenda: Get some things done for the wedding, try to find some quality time to spend with eachother, include some friends if possible and try to avoid being roped into anything involving any of our parents. We did swimmingly! I got my Tux, we picked up our invitations, pretty much worked out what our favors would be, finished registering for shower gifts (At Fortunoff and Target [pronounced Tar-jey] ), had some quality time (none of your business :-), had dinner with friends (Still need to talk to Skye and Angel, waiting for their lives to settle down a bit, but seeing how busy we are and knowing they have a week less than us...), AND with the exception of one phone call that slipped through, avoided all contact with any parental figures! Ah, bliss...
Anyway, I am going nuts waiting for the wedding day to be here. I have never looked so forward to anything (including that one christmas in 78 when I hoped to get that Car set and the Creepy Crawlers (TM) and I did!). I have to say, there's nothing like moving and getting married to give you sufficient stressful situations to know whether or not you will make it as a couple. How you deal with all these issues and events as partners really defines what you are to eachother. In that much at least I am truly happy.
Sparks and I have speant another weekend at our usual agenda: Get some things done for the wedding, try to find some quality time to spend with eachother, include some friends if possible and try to avoid being roped into anything involving any of our parents. We did swimmingly! I got my Tux, we picked up our invitations, pretty much worked out what our favors would be, finished registering for shower gifts (At Fortunoff and Target [pronounced Tar-jey] ), had some quality time (none of your business :-), had dinner with friends (Still need to talk to Skye and Angel, waiting for their lives to settle down a bit, but seeing how busy we are and knowing they have a week less than us...), AND with the exception of one phone call that slipped through, avoided all contact with any parental figures! Ah, bliss...
Anyway, I am going nuts waiting for the wedding day to be here. I have never looked so forward to anything (including that one christmas in 78 when I hoped to get that Car set and the Creepy Crawlers (TM) and I did!). I have to say, there's nothing like moving and getting married to give you sufficient stressful situations to know whether or not you will make it as a couple. How you deal with all these issues and events as partners really defines what you are to eachother. In that much at least I am truly happy.
Well I have to say, it's been a really unusual morning for blogs. I say that for several reasons actually:
1. Ghost did not Blog today and that is not like him.
2. Sky's Fiance' is blogging now and it's a really interesting read!
3. Metrocake made me laugh until I nearly fell off my chair!
4. UIM worked on Sunday and was completely lucid!
The profound and amazing beckon from every corner it would seem...
1. Ghost did not Blog today and that is not like him.
2. Sky's Fiance' is blogging now and it's a really interesting read!
3. Metrocake made me laugh until I nearly fell off my chair!
4. UIM worked on Sunday and was completely lucid!
The profound and amazing beckon from every corner it would seem...
Friday, August 03, 2001
I sit in a sphere, part illusion, seperate from the chaos around me
Basking in the safetly of calm and peace
The walls are porous and dreamlike daggers slice to and fro
Oblivious to me, even as I bleed
Scarred, in bliss I heal and heal and heal, denying realities edge
Dripping life, mocking the blades
And I bathe in loving warm isolation
In my minds eye, the only eye that matters
I create my happiness, my friends, my love
In the reality of my perceptions
The only truth that carries me beyond death's threshold.
The only answer that never ends.
Always...
Basking in the safetly of calm and peace
The walls are porous and dreamlike daggers slice to and fro
Oblivious to me, even as I bleed
Scarred, in bliss I heal and heal and heal, denying realities edge
Dripping life, mocking the blades
And I bathe in loving warm isolation
In my minds eye, the only eye that matters
I create my happiness, my friends, my love
In the reality of my perceptions
The only truth that carries me beyond death's threshold.
The only answer that never ends.
Always...
Thursday, August 02, 2001
Thoughts:
I remember my creative writing course in college and I'm sure the one Ghost is taking now is more stressful than that. I wish him well on his grading adventure. I wonder though, was there a lot of variety to the stones or where they fairly similar? Do you think the professor watched to see the manner with which the stones were chosen? Is it possible that there could be an extra-credit assignment involving these stones? Maybe it's just to help you remember the things you learned?
-Jeez, Leonard Nimoy is never around to go "In search of" the answers we really need...
I hope SKY's move is going well. I also wonder if he is getting as nervous and excited as I am, now that our weddings are 3 months away. There should be some kind of support group for this stuff. "Hi, I'm Barry and I had to help plan and pay for my own wedding. Hi Barry..."
Opinions:
I can't tell you guys how spooked I was at the details surrounding the heat-stroke death of that 27 yr-old football player. Yea, I know he was heavy, but lots of football players are. The scary thing is that his youth and health actually worked against him in this case. His strength and endurance kept him up and going until his condition was much more severe than it might have been. My question is this: They say that his temperature was 108 by the time he arrived at the hospital, WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO TRY AND COOL THIS GUY OFF BEFORE HE GOT THERE!!! I know they have coolers and ice all over the place! Why the f^ck wasn't he bathing in that sh!t until he got to the hospital? These are the things that piss me off at night as I try to clear my head of everything so that I can sleep. 108... my god, I can only imagine how many cells in his body were dead from that heat. His organs failed because there was simply too much to repair and too much dead and dying tissue in his blood. A little ice, a little sooner and maybe his son gets to know his father. Man this stuff pisses me off.
Why does it irritate me to see all the "related" stories like "Find out if you're at risk for heatstroke!". To me it's playing on peoples fears and capitalizing on tragedy. Yea, I know it's a great opportunity to enlighten people because the subject is likely on their mind, but still it gives me a feeling like an insurance salesman following a hearst...
Big Issues
So it looks like they are going to allow drilling to at least some extent on protected lands in Alaska. Let me share with you why I think this is not only a bad idea, but a poorly thought out one:
1. Always and obviously the potential for ecological disaster. This goes without saying and is moot.
2. They say they can get up to 80 billion barrels of oil this way.
A. How often do oil interests or ANY interests for that matter give accurate or even conservative numbers when speculating; it won't be that much.
3. Even if it WERE 80 million barrels, lets see where that gets us:
A. We currently consume 20 Million barrels A DAY of oil. Per year that works out to 7.3BILLION barrels per year.
B. Oil consumption will continue to rise and prices will fall in the short term.
C. This can go on for approx. 10-11 years at most.
D. At the end of this time we will have exausted our oil reserves and GUESS how OPEC will reward our newfound dependance on them? yea, higher prices.
E. Higher prices will cause a spiraling panic since people acutely undestand the concept of "no more".
F. Pressure on car makers to sell better milage cars will have been removed and we will be years behind in economy at a time where prices are highest.
G. Continued use of oil products in machines of all sorts will hasten the belching of black smoke and pollutants into the air. Cleaner fuel replacements will
be pushed back a few more years and every year is becoming more critical.
H. Republicans are currently trying to kill Democrat initiatives to force automakers to add upwards of 20MPG fuel economy. Republicans are countering
with 1-2 MPG improvements. Remember the Republicans are in the majority in the house, so only the senate stands in their way, the president is already
in line.
4. In short it endangers nature and propigates euphoria. this, to me, is very bad.
Well enough ranting. I hope you're all having a good week and I look forward to hearing about your lives as it does a lot to enhance my frame of mind and as you can tell I can use some enhancing right about now. :-)
Always...
I remember my creative writing course in college and I'm sure the one Ghost is taking now is more stressful than that. I wish him well on his grading adventure. I wonder though, was there a lot of variety to the stones or where they fairly similar? Do you think the professor watched to see the manner with which the stones were chosen? Is it possible that there could be an extra-credit assignment involving these stones? Maybe it's just to help you remember the things you learned?
-Jeez, Leonard Nimoy is never around to go "In search of" the answers we really need...
I hope SKY's move is going well. I also wonder if he is getting as nervous and excited as I am, now that our weddings are 3 months away. There should be some kind of support group for this stuff. "Hi, I'm Barry and I had to help plan and pay for my own wedding. Hi Barry..."
Opinions:
I can't tell you guys how spooked I was at the details surrounding the heat-stroke death of that 27 yr-old football player. Yea, I know he was heavy, but lots of football players are. The scary thing is that his youth and health actually worked against him in this case. His strength and endurance kept him up and going until his condition was much more severe than it might have been. My question is this: They say that his temperature was 108 by the time he arrived at the hospital, WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO TRY AND COOL THIS GUY OFF BEFORE HE GOT THERE!!! I know they have coolers and ice all over the place! Why the f^ck wasn't he bathing in that sh!t until he got to the hospital? These are the things that piss me off at night as I try to clear my head of everything so that I can sleep. 108... my god, I can only imagine how many cells in his body were dead from that heat. His organs failed because there was simply too much to repair and too much dead and dying tissue in his blood. A little ice, a little sooner and maybe his son gets to know his father. Man this stuff pisses me off.
Why does it irritate me to see all the "related" stories like "Find out if you're at risk for heatstroke!". To me it's playing on peoples fears and capitalizing on tragedy. Yea, I know it's a great opportunity to enlighten people because the subject is likely on their mind, but still it gives me a feeling like an insurance salesman following a hearst...
Big Issues
So it looks like they are going to allow drilling to at least some extent on protected lands in Alaska. Let me share with you why I think this is not only a bad idea, but a poorly thought out one:
1. Always and obviously the potential for ecological disaster. This goes without saying and is moot.
2. They say they can get up to 80 billion barrels of oil this way.
A. How often do oil interests or ANY interests for that matter give accurate or even conservative numbers when speculating; it won't be that much.
3. Even if it WERE 80 million barrels, lets see where that gets us:
A. We currently consume 20 Million barrels A DAY of oil. Per year that works out to 7.3BILLION barrels per year.
B. Oil consumption will continue to rise and prices will fall in the short term.
C. This can go on for approx. 10-11 years at most.
D. At the end of this time we will have exausted our oil reserves and GUESS how OPEC will reward our newfound dependance on them? yea, higher prices.
E. Higher prices will cause a spiraling panic since people acutely undestand the concept of "no more".
F. Pressure on car makers to sell better milage cars will have been removed and we will be years behind in economy at a time where prices are highest.
G. Continued use of oil products in machines of all sorts will hasten the belching of black smoke and pollutants into the air. Cleaner fuel replacements will
be pushed back a few more years and every year is becoming more critical.
H. Republicans are currently trying to kill Democrat initiatives to force automakers to add upwards of 20MPG fuel economy. Republicans are countering
with 1-2 MPG improvements. Remember the Republicans are in the majority in the house, so only the senate stands in their way, the president is already
in line.
4. In short it endangers nature and propigates euphoria. this, to me, is very bad.
Well enough ranting. I hope you're all having a good week and I look forward to hearing about your lives as it does a lot to enhance my frame of mind and as you can tell I can use some enhancing right about now. :-)
Always...
Wednesday, August 01, 2001
World event I need to address today: Stem cell research
A group of Isreali researchers successfully engineered human stem cells to produce insulin. This is a huge step in the potential treatment of type 1 diabetes. Anyone who has known someone with type one know it is a horrible disease to live with.
Stem cell research is being attacked on principle because these cells are frequently obtained from fetuses and on this basis it is considered cruel if not murder. Let me share my thoughts here and maybe clear some things up:
1: I am against the use of stem cells collected by fertalizing eggs specifically for the purpose.
2. I am for the use of stem cells collected as "extras" left over from fertility treatments where they implant many eggs and then leave the healthiest ones in and remove the others later.
3. I am for the use of stem cells collected from fetal blood donated by families which comes from the blood in the umbilical cord at each birth.
4. I am for the use of stem cells obtained from the process of cloning other stem cells.
5. I am for the use of stem cells collected as a result of voluntary abortions.
6. I am against mandatory collection of stem cells as a result of any abortion.
And just to put this in perspective, I am strongly for the right to choose for women and I am strongly in favor of doing everything possible to make them not want to make that choice.
Local event I need to address today: Escalator Squatters
I have a gripe and I really want to know if I am alone on this one. I believe there are two kinds of people in the world, 1 which believes that an escalator is there to remove any obligation people have to use their own locamotive skills and type 2 which sees the escalator as a handy assist which can greatly augment one's trip between floors.
I am obviously the latter. I have no gripe with the elderly or sickly getting whatever they can out of any automation available, but my building is FULL of 18-34 year olds who believe that an escalator is an excuse to play dead. This is only worsened by there persistant belief that 1: It is perfectly ok to stand still dead center of the steps and 2: it is questionable if not rude to pass them on the way up.
No, obviously this is not everyone, many people politely stand against the side so others can get through, but all you need is one mule to stop traffic.
I have one other gripe. It seems the people who like to play dormant on the conveyer belt are the thinnest and healthiest looking people. I can't tell you how insulting that is to me psychologically...
Personal Event I need to Address today: My reproductive future
On the brighter side of things I am going to go to the Cryo center this weekend for a check up to determine if my little guys are still happy little swimmers now that it's 7 months after my radioactive iodine treatment. The outcome of this will greatly effect the agenda of my honeymoon so please send me your support on this one, I'll need it!
On a seperate note:
IT worries me when people think, or project the notion that they think of themselves as 'superior' because they have a greater knowledge of literature (or any single topic) than others. Maybe that is because I do not have such depth of knowledge and this makes me defensive, maybe it is because I value diversity of knowledge over specialization, maybe it's because I don't believe knowledge and Intelligence always correlate and maybe it's a combination of all of the above. Either way, this is my feeling. I prefer to judge one on their ability to be creative in ways that others can internalize and relate to easily. I believe that the sign of superiority, if such term is to be used at all (and it's use at all does make me nervous in and of itself due to it's many potentially negative connotations), is one's ability to be creative and intelligent without seeming superior or more intelligent than another. Anotherwords I value a person who can convey their thoughts in a way that both enlightens and makes the recipient feel intelligent and valued in the process...
Always...
A group of Isreali researchers successfully engineered human stem cells to produce insulin. This is a huge step in the potential treatment of type 1 diabetes. Anyone who has known someone with type one know it is a horrible disease to live with.
Stem cell research is being attacked on principle because these cells are frequently obtained from fetuses and on this basis it is considered cruel if not murder. Let me share my thoughts here and maybe clear some things up:
1: I am against the use of stem cells collected by fertalizing eggs specifically for the purpose.
2. I am for the use of stem cells collected as "extras" left over from fertility treatments where they implant many eggs and then leave the healthiest ones in and remove the others later.
3. I am for the use of stem cells collected from fetal blood donated by families which comes from the blood in the umbilical cord at each birth.
4. I am for the use of stem cells obtained from the process of cloning other stem cells.
5. I am for the use of stem cells collected as a result of voluntary abortions.
6. I am against mandatory collection of stem cells as a result of any abortion.
And just to put this in perspective, I am strongly for the right to choose for women and I am strongly in favor of doing everything possible to make them not want to make that choice.
Local event I need to address today: Escalator Squatters
I have a gripe and I really want to know if I am alone on this one. I believe there are two kinds of people in the world, 1 which believes that an escalator is there to remove any obligation people have to use their own locamotive skills and type 2 which sees the escalator as a handy assist which can greatly augment one's trip between floors.
I am obviously the latter. I have no gripe with the elderly or sickly getting whatever they can out of any automation available, but my building is FULL of 18-34 year olds who believe that an escalator is an excuse to play dead. This is only worsened by there persistant belief that 1: It is perfectly ok to stand still dead center of the steps and 2: it is questionable if not rude to pass them on the way up.
No, obviously this is not everyone, many people politely stand against the side so others can get through, but all you need is one mule to stop traffic.
I have one other gripe. It seems the people who like to play dormant on the conveyer belt are the thinnest and healthiest looking people. I can't tell you how insulting that is to me psychologically...
Personal Event I need to Address today: My reproductive future
On the brighter side of things I am going to go to the Cryo center this weekend for a check up to determine if my little guys are still happy little swimmers now that it's 7 months after my radioactive iodine treatment. The outcome of this will greatly effect the agenda of my honeymoon so please send me your support on this one, I'll need it!
On a seperate note:
IT worries me when people think, or project the notion that they think of themselves as 'superior' because they have a greater knowledge of literature (or any single topic) than others. Maybe that is because I do not have such depth of knowledge and this makes me defensive, maybe it is because I value diversity of knowledge over specialization, maybe it's because I don't believe knowledge and Intelligence always correlate and maybe it's a combination of all of the above. Either way, this is my feeling. I prefer to judge one on their ability to be creative in ways that others can internalize and relate to easily. I believe that the sign of superiority, if such term is to be used at all (and it's use at all does make me nervous in and of itself due to it's many potentially negative connotations), is one's ability to be creative and intelligent without seeming superior or more intelligent than another. Anotherwords I value a person who can convey their thoughts in a way that both enlightens and makes the recipient feel intelligent and valued in the process...
Always...
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