tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51209260830978431342012-02-13T09:36:50.947-06:00This world is one big game of "Go"-- Black against White, Light against Darkness --and we all have a choice to make: Do we war <i>FOR</i> the Light? <p></p> <p>...or against it?</p>ELAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.comBlogger15101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120926083097843134.post-54990932756033147542012-02-10T11:45:00.000-06:002012-02-13T09:36:50.957-06:00

Amen! As in, I concur; it's true; so it is. But let me be clear: this is not about supporting CPAC, which is a political conference, but rather an exercise in approbation for those things that, as a Christian, I feel need repeating; or pointing out-- affixing a little punctuation to. Some who are watching CPAC will only see and hear the things that speak to Nov 6, 2012. I believe that's important

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Though this speech was made almost a year ago, it is much more relevant in its warnings about a nuclear Iran than yesteryear... and Israel's eventual decision to do what no other nation on earth has a willingness to do. The entire debate speech is 11 minutes long, and all of it excellent, but the portion I wish to highlight begins at 9:10... "When a tyrant says he wants to

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This from our president at the National Prayer Breakfast? Really.. He really said it, and in doing so demonstrated his complete ignorance of biblical giving and taxation. There are any number of fools out there who believe Jesus was a liberal, but it's a shame our president is one of them. Ignorance of biblical tenet is nothing new in the halls of Liberal thought. Last year there was a tiff

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Deadly fallacy: abortion safer than giving birth, study says --by Joel McDurmon Reuters reports on a recent study released by the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology which concludes that “Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth.” The abstract for the article continues, The risk of death associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than that with abortion.

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Here is a video posted on You Tube less than two weeks ago, which has already garnered more than 16 million views. It's powerful, and it's definitely a pearl. Here's a link to the poem [pdf]

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That's the good news! Now for the bad (or not, depending on your perspective). There are events happening in the world that don't care about dates or new years; they're oblivious to the landmarks we, with hearts and minds to do so, set for ourselves. It has always been this way. But events are guided by a hand larger than our own. Whether you believe it or not, I do. I received an

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Anyone who thinks God does NOT strike people down for blasphemy and all around evilness, in this day and age, is kidding himself. If God exists, and does not change, the things He allowed 2,000 years ago, He still allows (for the most part) today. Bill Maher is perhaps the vilest man on television, but he has a soul... a soul bound for eternal damnation. No, I do not like the man; I

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Again... No one, not even Kim Jong Il, need ever end up in hell. But that is likely where he is now. I would not wish that fate on anyone. He had his life, and squandered it. He lived like a king, albeit in more communistic terms, but he was, for all intents and purposes the emperor of North Korea. He lived sumptuously while his people starved (Luke 16:19-31). He blustered and shook every

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And now he knows for certain the existence, glory, and holiness of God. And he knows hell... Intimately. It's a shame, actually. No one should ever have to end up there. Not even the likes of Hitler, or Bin Laden. God is not willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance. It's too late for him now. And it's too late for any of us to pray for him. But surely there is

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the Mask we wear is wrought of air press-dried ~ hard and daubed with care it does not hide the face it bears but hides the eyes and heart it shares what lies beneath our tongue and teeth are but dogs and vipers loosed in sheath take it off and all will know the face we've hid and fear to show yet the Mask is brief it's like a leaf swift from bud and on to grief we'd all do well to speak our

ELAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120926083097843134.post-12577670288762626432011-11-29T16:35:00.001-06:002011-12-05T16:28:33.887-06:00

...with an even more intriguing answer: Did Noah's flood cover the Himalayan mountains? "The key is to remember that the Flood didn't have to cover the present Earth, but it did have to cover the pre-Flood Earth, and the Bible teaches that the Flood fully restructured the earth. "The world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished" (II Peter 3:6). It is gone forever. The earth of

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The Latin word from which the English word "religion" is derived means "to bind up." Jesus did not come to bind us up in rules and regulations or rituals of devotion, but to set us free to be men as God intended. Genuine Christianity is NOT religion.Neither does Christianity require one to be religious... just faithful.

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New evidence of Noah’s Flood from Mexico Dinosaur dig reveals dramatic insights into the degree of devastation, not so long ago... "Researchers tried to reconstruct the sort of environment that could explain the remarkable evidence they were finding in the area, but by ignoring Noah’s Flood they were hard pressed to make a plausible story. It was clear that the sediments pointed to

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There is a mural in downtown Dothan, Alabama (there are, actually, a lot of murals), a tribute to Chief Eufaula of the Creek Indian nation. In 1836 while leading his people (numbering in the thousands) westward to new lands set aside for them--a reservation--he was afforded the honor of speaking to the Alabama legislature in the city of Tuscaloosa, then the capital of Alabama. Here is his rather

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You're mysteriously transported to 1939. You're a civilian outside a Nazi concentration camp. Soldiers have just shot and dumped hundreds of Jews into a shallow grave. Some of these Jews aren't dead, but you've just been ordered to get into a bulldozer and fill in the hole. If you refuse the soldiers will kill you and add your body to the grave. What do you do? You're taken back a few years,

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You know what? I like The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. I like it a lot. I watched it Saturday afternoon for the 4th or 5th time. I know it catches a lot go flack, but the haters are just ticked that it's not a Vin Diesel flick. But I love Lucas Black. I don't think we get to see enough of this young man in movies or TV. I know, I know, Tokyo Drift is basically "Karate Kid" with ricers.

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Take a quick read of Psalm 114. I'll wait... There are many people, in many Christian circles who will tell you that God doesn't send storms or earthquakes to judge people, cities, or nations. Trouble with this point of view is a whole host of Old and New Testament examples of just that. So what are we to make of last month's earthquakes- two on the same day? Add to that question the strafing

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Here's a link to Mark Sisson's Blog, Mark's Daily Apple where you can get the scoop on going primal. This is a 30-day challenge to a healthier you. Here also is a link to a flyer you can post on your refrigerator. Now comes 'disclaimer' time. I don't subscribe to Mark's whole caveman deal, and diets from 100,000 years ago; I don't buy into the whole evolution thing. But! Everything I've

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I heard Mayor Bloomberg recite the last several lines of an American Poet Laureate Billy Collins (2001-2003), a poem called The Names. It's hard to get any meaning from any stanza of poetry, let alone from the last few lines of any work, let alone from an unknown bit of verse from an obscure (as most American Laureates are) poet; everyone knows Shakespeare, and no one really struggles to

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Three paths to God? Nope. Sorry. There's only one way to God, and that is through His son Jesus Christ of Nazareth alone [John 14:6, 6:44, Acts 4:12]. For all that I appreciate everything Glenn Beck has done to restore some semblance of patriotism and constitutionality in America, as a Mormon his world view is already a bit distorted. As the truth cannot be found in Mormonism, it's not

ELAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120926083097843134.post-50512880333302759022011-06-24T16:48:00.008-05:002011-10-20T12:56:50.829-05:00

An Affair Over Tea I came for the tea, Said I. And she With eyes like kohl In diamond lit dew Smiled. Whereas we, 'neath our lush camellia tree, Sojourn singly, the soul Of this deep amber brew, Bids us sit. The bowl, To its subtle brim, Where ripples swim Sings, 'Drink deep of me.' Our cup is empty Said I. Then she Lips blush like figs Bright softly wet, On this lets agree... I'll

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Rogue planets? Unwed to any star? Japanese astronomers now claim to have found such free-floating planets. Could it be that Immanuel Velikovsky's infamous book Worlds in Collision is now vindicated?Was a rogue planet the titular force responsible for some of the Bible's most famous miracles? Velikovsky is still near-universally poo-pooed, and more's the pity. People still accept the more than 150

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The Trouble with HappinessAlexander Green, Whiskey & Gunpowder, May 16, 2011 "Every life is lived between the poles of joy and sadness. Laughter and love are part of it. But so are pain and suffering. To deny the tragic aspects of the world is to suppress a large part of what it means to be human..."Great artists often try to awaken us — or stir our conscience — by reminding us of the more

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Let's start with a beaver. I like beavers. I like Mr. Beaver in the first Narnia movie. I like anything with innate ability to build a house... even if it has to cut down the forest with its bleeding teeth to do so. I also like Mel Gibson, despite the all-around angry guy he's become, or has finally allowed us to see. I've loved him as an actor ever since Galipoli, my first Mel Gibson film, a

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Sucker Punchviewed: 040211Anyone who's seen the trailers? That's pretty much the movie, in terms of action. The creators chose not to tell you that there was another dark, depressing, less visual facet to their film. Nor did they bother to inform you that it is this other facet which propels all the action. Without the part you didn't know about, the rest falls apart.As a whole, the movie is

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I've got a headache. The kind that shoots spears of lightning down the muscles of the neck and back-- it's a vice that seems to know but one direction. Headaches, for me, cause everything else to grind to a near standstill.I wrote a poem once, while in the beginning throes of a migraine. As short as it is, it still took more than an hour to get right.This time around my inspiration came not from

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Of the Fiction/Nonfiction variety..."There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state; the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."--Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica, quoting Jefferson while commenting on the unrest in Egypt.

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Atheists are the saddest lot there is.

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While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my

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You and every other American, past and present, who did not stand up for the only known source of goodness in our society-- namely; God.Consider the thoughts of Dr. Michael Youseff...It came as no surprise to me that, immediately after the shooting, the liberal media jumped on the bandwagon with accusations. Because the congresswoman was a Democrat, members of the press surmised that the shooting

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Bill MaherPardon my language folks, but the very sound of this man's voice makes me want to projectile vomit.It's not illegal to have an opinion. But neither is it illegal to be a complete and utter moron. If this is what passes for enlightened thinking on the Left, then let's hope the Left is quickly relegated to defunctory status-- the sooner the better. I'm not sure how much more idiocy I can

ELAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120926083097843134.post-86525134592841344062011-01-11T08:54:00.007-06:002011-01-11T09:54:06.173-06:00

How's this for an interesting dichotomy? Our president insists:Everyone must present proof of insurance...but NOT proof of citizenship.There's something wonky with our president's priorities, not to mention a bit self-serving.But have it your way, America. After all, this nation resembles more and more the neighborhood Burger King than the America our Constitution describes. Yes, the Constitution

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I'm coming out of a week-long illness/fugue. On the 23rd I helped a co-worker carry a number of cases of printer paper to "the dungeon," and that night I thought I was on my way to the emergency room. Sitting in an office all day doesn't offer much in the way of exercise, and so, I ended up over-exerting myself.I felt uncomfortable all Christmas weekend while visiting with my family, and it only

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--Dick MorrisMoving to the center is not a two-dimensional process. It has a third dimension-- the difference between strength and weakness. In the course of coming in from the cold of his extreme far-left positions, the president looks like a wimp, abandoning his long-held views in the face of electoral defeats, adverse court rulings, recalcitrant Democrats and strong, united Republican

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Not a question, but a statement...What is wrong with disease (not 'health') care in the U.S. is our rejection of commonsense basics. We glibly recite the mantra 'You Are What You Eat,' but we reject everything it implies... or at least the most important parts. It's not enough to eat 'health' foods. What we should be eating are 'healthy' foods. And the only truly healthy food is one that comes in

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With Washington:"This is Why the American People HaveThrown You out of Power!"I'm not at all expecting Republicans to turn 100% back to the American people, but they better make more than a half-hearted move in that direction. Democratic arrogance of monumental proportions was what swept them out of power in such a dramatic historical fashion. But Republicans, if they have any hope of being

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I spoke with a man today at my favorite Indian restaurant. He described his "ascension" to the American way of life as a frog in a well. He said one rarely recognizes the climes one inhabits when it is all one has ever known. It is only when one climbs out of the well of his life and sees beyond the rim of sky, that he learns to appreciate what he has attained, and from what he has come. America

ELAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120926083097843134.post-52323929291103290822010-11-22T10:52:00.000-06:002010-11-24T10:57:01.420-06:00

What’s So Special About The Hallelujah Diet?Excerpt...The world’s approach to physical problems is a symptomatic approach! Rather than seeking out the cause of a physical problem, and eliminating the cause so that the symptom can go away, the world continues to treat the symptom.The medical community has a different drug for every symptom. The problem with this approach is that the drug merely

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The Pope and the Rabbi Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy. There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal: he'd have a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish community. If the Jews won, they could stay in Italy; if the Pope won, they'd have to convert or leave. The Jewish people

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Here I am in the office, finishing work on a Saturday that was due on Friday. Trying to stay focused on the job at hand while skimming the net, looking for my wanton inspiration. No matter how hard I race Creativity always seems to be mere inches beyond my grasp. And yet, by the end I'll have her pinned down just where I want her. I hate the chase. Why can't she just succumb meekly to my whims?

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Scientists make cancer cells vanish--Helen Puttick, Health Correspondent, The Herald ScotlandApril 21, 2010Scottish scientists have made cancer tumours vanish within 10 days by sending DNA to seek and destroy the cells.The system, developed at Strathclyde and Glasgow universities, is being hailed as a breakthrough because it appears to eradicate tumours without causing harmful side-effects. A

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After the fall, Adam began to explain to God how he was ashamed and afraid because he was naked.I love the way God responded:"Who told you that you were naked?"Genesis 3:11Obviously Adam had been influenced, informed and instructed by a voice other than the voice of God. God was perturbed about it!"You think you need to hide in shame and be afraid?Who told you that?"I wonder how many times God

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...One Dalai Lama at a time.Obama has the Dalai Lama escourted out of the back door of the White House amid trash... Larger Image HereWay to go BO!Let me get this straight, Barack H. Obama has to fix all the damage George W. Bush did to our national image? And yet Barack, a purportedly pious Christian, cannot show simple courtesy to a more supremely pious man (despite his faith) in the Dalai Lama

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Gays showering with straights? Absolutely.If President Obama, congressional Democrats, and homosexual activists get their wish, your son or daughter may be forced to share military showers and barracks with active and open homosexuals who may very well view them with sexual interest.Talk about creating a hostile work environment for people who practice normative sexuality!As former General Colin

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E watched Paranormal Activity tonight. Paid 4.99 to Comcast OnDemand to watch, and simultaneously burn to DVD. This was one SCARY movie! I was totally freaked! I had to go online to assure myself that this movie was a fake.Having done that [as well as taking a dose of GABA and 5HTP] I'll now be able to get some sleep. Really! For a fake documentary I was on the verge of sleeplessness-- and I need

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Quoting Dick Morris' latest column...As he tells us he wants to reduce the dangerous budget deficit, President Obama brings to mind the hapless engineers at Toyota who find that their vehicles accelerate whether or not the driver wants them to. It appears that no matter how hard Obama jams on the brakes with his newfound commitment to deficit reduction (after almost doubling the deficit in one

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One quote I find immensely intriguing. "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."— C.S. LewisThere is so much riding on this statement-- implications, challenges, instructions. What does this statement say to you, and how does it change the way you think about yourself, if at all?

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As much as I detest abortion. As much as I believe anyone who supports it (including our president) is a defacto murderer, I do not support Dr. George Tiller's killer. Scott Roeder, the man who walked into a church and shot Tiller point blank in the head, has just been found guilty of first degree murder. His reasons notwithstanding, Roeder is a murderer and deserves whatever punishment is handed

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His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college.He is brilliant. He is kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college.Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the

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I had some time to kill this morning so I worked through a tutorial. Here's my result.I found the 'Kremlin' font a few days ago and was hoping for an opportunity to use it. I want to redo the header at American Descent using this font, but I haven't had time to even think about it, let alone build it. So I settled for this, although... I shouldn't say 'settled' because this actually looks nice.

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Here's a header image I produced for a contest the station is running...This is what it looks like online...

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Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Moving through the eastern sunI saw you first upwind of tomorrowHands caressing the long tall grassesHeart swung knells of bells you rungFor all tomorrow's sorrowAnd here I am wanting, wishing tooFor early morning and morning dewWanting and wishing only for youI caught you in the noonward tidesSun above, beginning to fallEmbraced you in these arms of summer Raim'd in love and light besidesAnd

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here's one from this evening's new episode of Flash Forward. Peter Coyote, playing the President, had this to say about Congress' daily job performance:This is Congress masturbating to the sound of its own voice.Senator Reid... paging senator Reid..." But then, this isn't an image I want of milquetoast Harry Reid. Ick!

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In Praise Of Slow Sex, by Carl Honore.Every now and then some insightful truths gets published.

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[Interactive Site]Click the link above the image to go to the interactive site. Once there you can mouse over the various persons in the painting and read the descriptions as to who they are and what they represent. America has lost sight of who she is. This painting represents, to my mind at least, who she was and where she now is. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Christian. Christ Jesus is my

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Needs to include compassion. What was it Paul said (and forgive my taking him tangentially out of context here)? "All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient"? I mean to say, food production-- while necessary --creates unnecessary, and even callous waste of life. A shout-out to Dan, and anyone else who'll listen. This is the result of Dan's "Hyperconsumerism", and to this extent I

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--Joel C. Rosenberg, Monday, September 28, 2009Events are moving so quickly in the epicenter it can be difficult to keep track of, much less understand the big picture. So here it is in a sentence: An apocalyptic storm is forming over the Middle East.Consider the data points: Iran has just been caught secretly building a 2nd uranium enrichment facility on a military base in the religious

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Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.Update:Here's the music, and below that, for those guitarists out there, is the tablature. I think it's right... I'll know at lunchtime. E|-3--0-----0--3--0-----3-|--0----3---------3--|B|-------------------1----|-------5------------|G|-------2----------------|--2----2----2-------|D|------------------

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Two quotes. Two different people.Woman is the nigger of the world."andBlacks are the human shields of the Democratic Party"Who is the Racist?More to follow.---------------8:25pm, same day...The first quote is from John Lennon who was, by all accounts and understandings, NOT a racist, so the quote must be viewed in context-- that being the early seventies and the push for equal rights for

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Music, for me, dredges up memories like the surf dredges sands from about and beneath your feet. With each sweep of tide, in or out to sea, I sink deeper. My perspective sinks deeper. I become myopic-- unable to see the horizon. So it becomes, for me, an exercise in focus. Focus on what I can affect, and cast aside like so much driftwood those things I cannot.Question is, can I cast you aside?

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...thankful that all so many of you have left, and left me to my own reflections. I have neglected myself for far too long, and I think I'll enjoy getting to know myself again.A lot has changed in the last year, but especially in the last six months. For the first time in my life I earn a living using my God given abilities. For now, I am where I should be. That talent is no longer buried in

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"A Lovely Lunch"They are susurrationsLike the soft tremble of leavesThe clatter of lips And the songs they sing, I discoverHave found place in my mindAnd will not leaveThey sit at table, our susurrationsDiners whose conversations      —Songs of communion in passingWhile the moments between usAnd there she sits just inches awayHer lips a’tremble in a soft delicacyOf words, more filling thanThe

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I deliberately avoided the whole 09-09-09 thing. So what? Right? The only real significant similar date, to my thinking (and that's if you can attach any significance at all), is 12-12-12. There won't be another similar format date for another 89 years. But anyway, here's the Beatles from the famous rooftop concert...LOVE THAT SONG!It's cool that the Beatles are seeing a resurgence in

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Thirty-seven years ago, Steely Dan put forth this tune on their LP, Can't Buy a Thrill, "Only a Fool Would Say That"A world become oneOf salads and sunOnly a fool would say thatA boy with a planA natural manWearing a white stetson hatUnhand that gun begoneThere's no one to fire uponIf he's holding it highHe's telling a lie..::( chorus )::..I heard it was youTalkin' 'bout a worldWhere all is

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Can't get away from this one song...Still At Home, by Luna. It's a slow whistle stop of a song reminiscent of Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal. Driven by a simple drum riff and two guitars picking a melody by chord. It's not the lyrics that keep the song repeating. It's the guitars... lazy yet insistent... as if to say, 'you're not leaving til we've intaglioed our soul upon your own.'Beautiful.

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There are several different versions of this on YouTube-- Hitler getting the wrong bike, being banned from X-Box Live, even explaining Second Life.What's interesting about this is the implication of Hitler's rant.... that being, his subordinate position to President Obama. Imagine that! Inarguably the evilest man of the 20th century, bemoaning his declining status within the Obama administration.

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While searching legislation signed by Carter in '77 I happened upon this little animation at Mensa Barbie. Coincidently, Steely Dan's Katy Lied had just started up, and suddenly this unlikely dance party was perfectly timed to "Black Friday." Fascinated by this phenomenon I continued to watch, and weird of all wyrds, this troupe danced in perfect time to almost every song on the album.Weird.

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To This Date...The U.S. has yet to issue an official apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But that doesn't mean the U.S., as a nation, shouldn't issue an apology. While the U.S., seemingly, cannot issue an official apology, there is nothing to keep a sitting U.S. president from offering an unofficial personal apology. There is nothing at all keeping individual Americans from doing the same.Before

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..::( 1 )::..In Memoriam -- Part I"Forgive us Hiroshima, Forgive us Nagasaki..." --Deflowering the ChrysanthemumIn MemoriamWhat is coming?I asked of the skyNo thought that blueCould ever replyBut countless birdsAway did fly        "Something comes"What is coming?I asked againAnd felt the brushOf Insistent windPursuing a pathOnly Avians wing        "Something Comes"What is coming?I asked of the

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"Let all the souls here rest in peace as we will never repeat this mistake."--Apology etched into the granite cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial ParkPERSONAL NOTE: I ask you... What need have the Japanese people to apologize for Hiroshima? Or Nagasaki? Why is it Americans today rarely demonstrate this level of humility?This [event] should teach us the grave import of the truth, born of

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For larger view click hereHere's something new from work. A full page ad presentation for a local magazine. It was rejected by the powers-that-be, not because it isn't any good but because it doesn't show Chris & Brad, or the Friday Night Football logo like the image below. This represents approximately 15 hours of work. The ads combined represent about 23 hours over four days. It's not that I

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Scientist Say Evolution Causing Women To Become Increasingly Beautiful [video]...It's gotta Be True.

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Larger View? Click HereThis here is a webpage design, built entirely in Photoshop, except for the page title-- The font looked blotchy so I used Illustrator to get it smooth-lined. This is the result of yet another Photoshop tutorial, and this one has been very productive in that I've learned the use of quite a few tools with which I was "heretofore" unfamiliar.I wish I could remember where I got

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I've been on vacation the last 10 days, so if you've sent me an email... I haven't read it. And I've done nothing of note to really speak of, although I've had a couple of noteful things happen to me that I may or may not choose to speak of.One thing remains true, however. I should never go on vacation. Nothing good ever comes of it.

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A discussion at another blog prompted the following response, and as the blog only allowed some 4,000 characters per comment I had to split it up into four parts. Here is my entire response in one whole piece. The premise I’ve been following the discussion. I didn’t have time to take a part, but I do have some time now to add my thoughts. First, a false premise:”That all of you ignore some or all

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 7[Click HERE for a larger version]I've completed the floral pattern for the surfboard using Adobe Illustrator. Two hours. Total time is now 30 hours, over 25 days. If you want to follow the progression here are the links:Tyranny of Surf - Part 1Tyranny of Surf - Part 2Tyranny of Surf - Part 2bTyranny of Surf - Part 3Tyranny of Surf - Part 4Tyranny of Surf - Part 5Tyranny of

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Spent four hours in Illustrator today, working on a tropical-floral vector shape to be used on the surfboard. I'm a novice on Illustrator so it's taking me longer to get this done than it would someone with far more experience-- it's looking pretty sharp nonetheless.I do believe I'll be taking the time to reproduce plumeria in Illustrator as well. I have to do something to stay busy, and

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Received in Email at work:FYI from Corporate IT department. Please be aware of the probability of a significant increase in Internet traffic today resulting from the worldwide media coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial. This traffic is expected to cause an extreme slowdown in Internet connectivity and in some cases a possible loss of access all together. With over 200 million people

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 6b[Click HERE for a larger version]Okay, I didn't like the plumeria. No... I love plumeria, I just didn't like the plumeria I added today. Up until this point everything I've done has been without the use of photographs except for the sand's texture-- that IS a photographic overlay. I'm going to have to create my own floral elements.Some new changes have been added, however

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 6[Click HERE for a larger version]Add another 5 and a half hours of work on this one.Changed color of script. Added plumeria blossoms (more to come). Gave the board a Hawaiian name. Worked on some floral patterns (incomplete and not added here). I've also muted the reflections on the wave-- it was too bright to suit me, so I'll figure that out later.

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This film received horrible reviews, but then what do I care? I don't pay attention to reviews. I know what I like. I have been fooled before, but that wasn't the case here. Transformers 2 was two and a half hours long and at no point was I ever bored. In fact, the movie was over before I could honestly account for those two and a half hours.In short, a great film, I will definitely buy this when

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And I say irrelevant because of the audacity school systems in other states have already displayed in forcing children to march in gay pride parades. From OneNewsNow.com,Chicago children march in gay pride parade...or not According to the [Chicago] Tribune, the school's fence is adorned with thousands of green, blue, purple, and red strips of fabric -- each hand-tied by a student. A sign by the

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Let me ask you a question. Does God exist? And if so, which culture's interpretation of Him is most accurate? Is Hindu's depiction of the supreme being ("beings" in the case of the Hindu) the most faithful to what God Himself has revealed to man? What about Islam? Is Islam's vision of God the most faithful interpretation-- His intent and motives towards man? How about Judaism? Christianity? Which

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Are Jehovah's Witness's Christian? Jackson was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and was considered a member of that cult until 1983, but did he ever accept the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior? Did he ever repent of his sin?These are questions to consider in everyone's life, for what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul; or what shall a man give in exchange for his

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 5[Click HERE for a larger version]Two more hours of work comprising minor touches... subtle. Total work time is now 19 hours over a week and three days. My first post on this project comprises three days worth of work.The beach now has a sandy texture, but there's still a tweak or two left to do. I've added several layers of shading on the surfboard to give the edges some

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Add five and a half hours to the tally... with nothing to show....That's twenty-two and half all told.

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 4[Click HERE for a larger version]Say hello to more wave detail, and a rudimentary beach. Say hello, also, to another hour and a half.If I had to guess where I am with this piece, I'd say I'm somewhere between 50 and 70% finished.It's shaping up nicely, considering I had no picture in my head whatsoever when I began this. It started with script, which made me think of the

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 3[Click HERE for a larger version]Here we have some ocean. This took a few tries... using some photos for an idea of how the water breaks over the top. Finally got it right after three hours.I had to move the script down and creating a new clipping mask for the scripts shadow. Here you can now see what I spoke of in part 2... the script's shadow is visible on the board and

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From the Book of Biden:"Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here, if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 2b[Click HERE for a larger version]Same as earlier, but I've added some treatment to the bole... shadows/depth. Tomorrow? Waves! Perhaps not completed waves, but waves at some stage between inception and completion.Add another hour and a half to the project.

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 2[Click HERE for a larger version]This version is a step up from yesterday's. Today we have the bole of a coconut palm, in the rough... there's still work to be done on the tree.Add another four and a half hours of work to the project; all toward creating the tree. ------------[Thanks go to Ben for suggesting and actualizing the clipping of the script's shadow, even though

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Tyranny of Surf - Part 1[Click HERE for a larger version]This project, so far, represents about seven hours of work. Approximately five on the script and two on the surfboard. Don't read too much into the black background, consider it instead an empty slate, 'cause that's exactly what it is.There will, of course, be waves, and I'm considering the bole of a palm tree behind the board on the left.

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Using his law enforcement experience and data drawn from the FBI's behavioral analysis unit, Jim Kouri has collected a series of personality traits common to a couple of professions.Kouri, who's a vice president of the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police, has assembled traits such as superficial charm, an exaggerated sense of self-worth, glibness, lying, lack of remorse and manipulation of

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I found an old roll of film last month. Judging by this photo the roll was six years old, at least. Only about half the pictures developed.This was on the wall of Dothan's only Goth/Alternative club. It has since crept away into some shadow more welcoming than south Alabama down-home sensibilities.I'm surprised how well this one turned out considering I didn't use a flash AND.... it was raining.

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Obama went down to Egypt and cited what he called the "holy" Koran numerous times. He called for common ground among all faiths, declaring that Iran had the right to a nuclear facility for energy... huh? They have oil, why do they need nuclear power for energy? We all know they want a nuclear bomb. Obama then threw Israel under the bus and told her to stop with her developments and the security

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Murdered Doctor's Abortion Clinic ClosedFamily Of Victim Says Wichita, Kan. Office Shutdown PermanentLives are saved. Nothing more needs be said.

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[Click to Enlarge] 314kbsChanges have been made. And they include altering the direction of the wood-grain, throughout, and adding lighting effects to Creative. Changing the direction of the wood-grain gives the tree and dandelions a more organic feel. This same change beneath the grass allows for greater definition and distinction between earth and sky; there's a shearing effect now just below

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