Marxed - Your Job, Should You Choose to Accept It...
Your job is to regurgitate as many people as you've ever eaten.
The rules are simple:
1. On Tuesday no one is to look at what you vomit, unless of course they have previously decided to do so, and would like a sneak-peek.
2. The Spanish Inquisition may not intervene unless the partially digested limbs of at least three people show up in your efflux.
3. The Spanish Armada is checkmated at the first opportunity, then hung at daybreak. (I think we can all agree that no-one cares much for the Spanish Armada.)
4. Do not eat yourself by accident unless you wish to suffer indigestion and probably an impaction that will result in painful defecation.
5. Diarrhea does not count as a proper regurgitation, unless up to four people are passed in this manner by the morning of the third day. If that happens everyone eats their next door neighbor and the game continues on from that point with no survivors.
6. If anyone is left standing by October 31st then that's your problem.
7. 8 Days a Week is considered the standard. Standards are voluntary and optional, but not necessarily encouraged.
8. All decisions and counterdecisions must be made by High Tehranian Tea Time, three months from now, then eaten ex post facto. Before this can happen any decisions must have been made the previous Monday and countersigned in wax with up to but not excluding over three witnesses, verified on the internet. Only internet verification or email disnotification will count in cases of an indisputable tie. Regurgitated and imaginary verifications are considered valid if you can trace the remains four generations into some alternative future that will never happen.
9. When everyone has been properly regurgitated that will signal the end of the pre-sumptuous Starting stain. This will be further clarified by Jimmy Hoffa digesting his own liver, painfully if possible. Once that has been verified by email someone will be elected referee by democratic and secret vote. Obviously no-one will know who this person is except himself or herself, and of course they won't know either. It's secret. Underhanded shenanigans will not be tolerated because that is the point of this game.
10. Blah, blah, blah, and something else and something else, and other stuff too.
Well, that's it folks. If you think you can follow those rules and live with that then I don't want you around me.
Go play by yourself.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Pesharim - Four Finished
Pesharim - Four Finished
The following sites have been fully converted to Beta and for the most part completed as to arrangement and format:
Omniworks: http://omniworksgen.blogspot.com/
The Grapharium: http://grapharium.blogspot.com/
Dante's Ninth: http://dantesninth.blogspot.com/
The Missal: http://themissal.blogspot.com/
It is slow work reconstructing them from their previous format and code system including adding site meters, counters, HTML code of various kinds, customizing the outlay, reposting links, providing advertisement, etc.
But in the end I suspect it will be well worth it.
All of these sites are now much better arranged and formatted, are easier to navigate, can now fully draw information from Google and other search engines, are now set to crawl without interference, are posted with directories, and simply look much better.
That now leaves two sites remaining to fully convert to Beta as well as three more to construct.
Then it will simply be a matter of finalizing all of my sites and finishing content on my portfolios, etc.
I don't know why I say only, because in reality those things will be the most difficult parts of these jobs.
Jack.
The following sites have been fully converted to Beta and for the most part completed as to arrangement and format:
Omniworks: http://omniworksgen.blogspot.com/
The Grapharium: http://grapharium.blogspot.com/
Dante's Ninth: http://dantesninth.blogspot.com/
The Missal: http://themissal.blogspot.com/
It is slow work reconstructing them from their previous format and code system including adding site meters, counters, HTML code of various kinds, customizing the outlay, reposting links, providing advertisement, etc.
But in the end I suspect it will be well worth it.
All of these sites are now much better arranged and formatted, are easier to navigate, can now fully draw information from Google and other search engines, are now set to crawl without interference, are posted with directories, and simply look much better.
That now leaves two sites remaining to fully convert to Beta as well as three more to construct.
Then it will simply be a matter of finalizing all of my sites and finishing content on my portfolios, etc.
I don't know why I say only, because in reality those things will be the most difficult parts of these jobs.
Jack.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
The Secret Mission - New Expedition: Rudding the Cedars Along the Falls
The Secret Mission - New Expedition: Rudding the Cedars Along the Falls
Those of you who know me know that I am an avid Vadder (urban) and Rudder (rural). I will practice either or both whenever I get the opportunity.
Today, after their homeschooling, my daughters and I took a sort of mini-Rudding expedition to the Falls Along the Cedars.
The Falls are part of a river way system which includes the remains of an old textile mill, the remains of (but still functioning) dam on that river, and the monumental remains of some of the old river construction and what is left of the surrounding industrial complex.
Being an amateur industrial archaeologist myself these remains are of double interest to me, triple really. Because not only is there rudding value in the remains, but I can often vad the mill complex and what is left of the old mill as well as make records of the industrial and textile complex that used to function there. The old mill is now little more than a storehouse, and a rotting one at that, for old textile and industrial machinery. But the plant goes back nearly a century in operation and in the surrounding ruins and countryside.
Below are some of the pictures I took today of the ruins. I thought many of you might enjoy these pictures of our rud and it might also give some of my international readers a look at some of the landscape in rural America. On Friday, which is the day we typically reserve for laboratory work and for field trips we plan on going back out to this area in full pack, appropriately dressed, and making a full fledged photographic expedition of the entire area. If we can we will also vad the old mill complex and take photographic evidence of the old industrial areas as well as trying to arrange a full scale industrial archaeology expedition with the current owners of the old mill. We'll also be hiking through the swamps along the river.
In addition on Friday I'll be taking my daughters on their first real "Bridging" expedition. Bridging is a form of rudding which might be thought of as equivalent to roofing when Vadding. In roofing you launch an expedition to the roofs of various buildings, any building you can access, hospitals, office buildings, libraries, hotels, theatres, malls, anything you can manage. Then you explore those roofs, move from roof to roof, climb the roofs, gain access to other areas, or whatever else you can manage to achieve during the expedition. Without being discovered or leaving any evidence of your passage, of course.
In bridging you launch expeditions to bridges, exploring those bridges from above, below, their construction, the surrounding land, the (often) secret/camouflaged/hidden but attached hideaways used by teenagers, drug and criminal gangs, individuals, and so forth. (You'd be surprised how often bridges are used as "dead drops" for various purposes.) I'll be going in broad daylight to bridges and areas I am already familiar with in order avoid any possible danger to my daughters. Although I will be taking them to a bridge under which was dumped the body of a man who had been murdered (one of the earlier string of river murder cases I worked in my late twenties) though that bridge is perfectly safe in daylight and well patrolled now.
In any case I'll be taking photographs of those expeditions on Friday and posting the results here as soon as I can process those images.
Now for today's mini-expedition.
Note: I downloaded 124 images from my camera. Obviously I'm not going to post all of those images to the Missal in this post. I'll only post a few of the more interesting shots here, though I may post more from this round later, in another post. I also wanted to mention that when it comes to my camera I am experimenting with different types of batteries, and currently I am using both different brands of lithium batteries and a new kind of battery called Titanium to provide power for my shots. I like both but the lithium batteries are far more powerful. The titanium provide good emergency back-up however. I've yet to experiment with either to see if my recharging equipment is capable of making either to accept a recharge.
Dam Spillway - It is difficult to tell in this shot because of lack of perspective control but the dam itself is about 40 to 45 feet high from the bottom to the top of the utmost tier of the dam.
Second Tier, Left Bank - Shot taken from the top of the second tier of the length of the first tier and left bank.
Pathway Back - This is the pathway back to the end of the dam and edge of the top tier, or the pathway I walked back along to get back to the bank and to land.
Pathway Out - Pathway leading from raised bank and hill out along the length of the top tier to the middle of the dam.
Dam Length - shot from atop a support structure on the right bank.
Three Spillways
Outlying Support Pillar - One of the lonely outlying supports. These used to ring the river providing wall support for an encircling lower waterway and dam system. This system is now demolished and the connecting walls destroyed. About 15 feet high and this support was unclimbable without equipment.
Atop Support - The nest support. About a ten foot tall support I was able to climb (due to decay) from which I took some shots when atop it. You can see the top of a second dam wall being overspilled in the left side of the photograph.
Construction Blocks - Blocks from the ruins have sometimes been carted away and set in the fields of local farmers.
Remains of the Old Wall - This section of the old wall used to connect to the dam itself but has since fallen into decay and fallen apart. The wall used to rise about 30 to 35 feet form the river bank.
Those of you who know me know that I am an avid Vadder (urban) and Rudder (rural). I will practice either or both whenever I get the opportunity.
Today, after their homeschooling, my daughters and I took a sort of mini-Rudding expedition to the Falls Along the Cedars.
The Falls are part of a river way system which includes the remains of an old textile mill, the remains of (but still functioning) dam on that river, and the monumental remains of some of the old river construction and what is left of the surrounding industrial complex.
Being an amateur industrial archaeologist myself these remains are of double interest to me, triple really. Because not only is there rudding value in the remains, but I can often vad the mill complex and what is left of the old mill as well as make records of the industrial and textile complex that used to function there. The old mill is now little more than a storehouse, and a rotting one at that, for old textile and industrial machinery. But the plant goes back nearly a century in operation and in the surrounding ruins and countryside.
Below are some of the pictures I took today of the ruins. I thought many of you might enjoy these pictures of our rud and it might also give some of my international readers a look at some of the landscape in rural America. On Friday, which is the day we typically reserve for laboratory work and for field trips we plan on going back out to this area in full pack, appropriately dressed, and making a full fledged photographic expedition of the entire area. If we can we will also vad the old mill complex and take photographic evidence of the old industrial areas as well as trying to arrange a full scale industrial archaeology expedition with the current owners of the old mill. We'll also be hiking through the swamps along the river.
In addition on Friday I'll be taking my daughters on their first real "Bridging" expedition. Bridging is a form of rudding which might be thought of as equivalent to roofing when Vadding. In roofing you launch an expedition to the roofs of various buildings, any building you can access, hospitals, office buildings, libraries, hotels, theatres, malls, anything you can manage. Then you explore those roofs, move from roof to roof, climb the roofs, gain access to other areas, or whatever else you can manage to achieve during the expedition. Without being discovered or leaving any evidence of your passage, of course.
In bridging you launch expeditions to bridges, exploring those bridges from above, below, their construction, the surrounding land, the (often) secret/camouflaged/hidden but attached hideaways used by teenagers, drug and criminal gangs, individuals, and so forth. (You'd be surprised how often bridges are used as "dead drops" for various purposes.) I'll be going in broad daylight to bridges and areas I am already familiar with in order avoid any possible danger to my daughters. Although I will be taking them to a bridge under which was dumped the body of a man who had been murdered (one of the earlier string of river murder cases I worked in my late twenties) though that bridge is perfectly safe in daylight and well patrolled now.
In any case I'll be taking photographs of those expeditions on Friday and posting the results here as soon as I can process those images.
Now for today's mini-expedition.
Note: I downloaded 124 images from my camera. Obviously I'm not going to post all of those images to the Missal in this post. I'll only post a few of the more interesting shots here, though I may post more from this round later, in another post. I also wanted to mention that when it comes to my camera I am experimenting with different types of batteries, and currently I am using both different brands of lithium batteries and a new kind of battery called Titanium to provide power for my shots. I like both but the lithium batteries are far more powerful. The titanium provide good emergency back-up however. I've yet to experiment with either to see if my recharging equipment is capable of making either to accept a recharge.
Dam Spillway - It is difficult to tell in this shot because of lack of perspective control but the dam itself is about 40 to 45 feet high from the bottom to the top of the utmost tier of the dam.
Second Tier, Left Bank - Shot taken from the top of the second tier of the length of the first tier and left bank.
Pathway Back - This is the pathway back to the end of the dam and edge of the top tier, or the pathway I walked back along to get back to the bank and to land.
Pathway Out - Pathway leading from raised bank and hill out along the length of the top tier to the middle of the dam.
Dam Length - shot from atop a support structure on the right bank.
Three Spillways
Outlying Support Pillar - One of the lonely outlying supports. These used to ring the river providing wall support for an encircling lower waterway and dam system. This system is now demolished and the connecting walls destroyed. About 15 feet high and this support was unclimbable without equipment.
Atop Support - The nest support. About a ten foot tall support I was able to climb (due to decay) from which I took some shots when atop it. You can see the top of a second dam wall being overspilled in the left side of the photograph.
Construction Blocks - Blocks from the ruins have sometimes been carted away and set in the fields of local farmers.
Remains of the Old Wall - This section of the old wall used to connect to the dam itself but has since fallen into decay and fallen apart. The wall used to rise about 30 to 35 feet form the river bank.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
The Exchange - Fast Women
The Exchange - Fast Women
I got this from Science Base. So has my wife been lying (a little play on words) for years about first needing a massage?
I suspect yes!
Women as fast as men, almost
Posted in Sex at 12:00 am by sciencebase
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/
I got this from Science Base. So has my wife been lying (a little play on words) for years about first needing a massage?
I suspect yes!
Women as fast as men, almost
Posted in Sex at 12:00 am by sciencebase
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/
Monday, October 02, 2006
The Exchange - Jack Army
The Exchange - Jack Army
I noticed today while checking my traffic for new readers and for international links that I had been cross-linked (reciprocal) to Go Jack Army. I consider it a gentleman's honor to be cross linked to that site as it is a blog I have enjoyed visiting and reading for some time.
I encourage all of my readers to visit that blog, especially my International Readers, to get a better idea about the American military, what it is really like, how it operates, what some of the personnel are like, what they fight for, and why.
I thank Jack Army for the cross link and wish to remind everyone who helps build Jack Army and who reads it that we appreciate the service of our American military personnel, of every branch, and of every rank. They do Yeoman's work and good service, and they make us proud of our nation, our principles and ideals, and of course, of themselves.
Visit the site and be amazed at what you might learn about what you really don't yet know:
http://gojackarmy.blogspot.com/
God Bless and Godspeed.
Return home safe ladies and gentlemen.
By the way when I get my new INTEL blog up and running I will be more than happy to link Jack Army to that blog as well.
Jack.
Pesharim - Betamax
Pesharim - Betamax
The Missal has now been fully converted to Beta. Let me know what you think of the new format, how user friendly it is, etc.
http://themissal.blogspot.com/
My online Writing Portfolio, the Grapharium, is also now fully converted to Beta. Additionally new content and material has been added and the site has been revised. Give it a look over if you wish and let me know what you think. Comment on anything you wish including presentation, look and feel, usefulness, organization of information, ease of navigation, and so on.
http://grapharium.blogspot.com/
I will also be adding an on-line Resume and Sample Works and Clips (as soon as I am able) of my writings including extracts from previously published work, unpublished works, and current projects.
Jack
The Missal has now been fully converted to Beta. Let me know what you think of the new format, how user friendly it is, etc.
http://themissal.blogspot.com/
My online Writing Portfolio, the Grapharium, is also now fully converted to Beta. Additionally new content and material has been added and the site has been revised. Give it a look over if you wish and let me know what you think. Comment on anything you wish including presentation, look and feel, usefulness, organization of information, ease of navigation, and so on.
http://grapharium.blogspot.com/
I will also be adding an on-line Resume and Sample Works and Clips (as soon as I am able) of my writings including extracts from previously published work, unpublished works, and current projects.
Jack
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Marxed - Evolutionary Race Mixing Negro Chink Missing Link Greenpeace Art Activist Lost under Peruvian Pile of Visiting Texas Midgets
Marxed - Evolutionary Race Mixing Negro Chink Missing Link Greenpeace Art Activist Lost under Peruvian Pile of Visiting Texas Midgets
Thu July 4, 2006 13:15 PM ET
(Page 1 of 1) Top NewsGaza operation to "intensify" Weather forces second shuttle launch delay Mexicans vote for new president MORE
By Harry Thrombosis
While visiting Peru in an effort to find the long lost City of Golden Space Raiders from Venus the renowned Evolutionary Anthropologist and Race Mixing Negro Chink Greenpeace activist Sir Edmund Hakatuku was lost and presumed dead beneath a huge pile of Texas midgets visiting from Tijuana, Mexico during the annual Blister Tech Renaissance Festival.*
Sir Edmund "Baranda Asbaderappida" Hakatuku disappeared shortly after being surrounded by an angry midget mob upset at his classification of them as "that little scourge of Darwinian evolution." The little people began to pile atop the PhD, who was chair of the Xenophobic Lesbian and Gay African Chinese History Dept. at the University of Colorado. When the pile reached 300 midgets and over three feet tall the Peruvian authorities were called in on llamas to quell the disturbance. Sir Edmund Hakatuku, who had received an honorary title of Knight of the Bended Knee from the Ancient Order of Greek Pedophiles, had disappeared in the melee. He has not been seen since. Blister Tech corporate executives have denied all involvement and sworn in written statements that oil was not the motivating factor in the midget assault.
However authorities are continuing to investigate all possible leads.
Contacted for comment the office of Sir Edmund "Baranda Asbaderappida" Hakatuku told reporters that the visit to Peru had multiple objectives and that the PhD had hoped to achieve more than one purpose. Among these was the intended discovery of the so called "Missing Link Bone" proving an undeniable evolutionary connection between a certain genetic cluster of prehistoric gay apes from the Toulouse Latrec region of France and the artists, greenpeace activists and race mixing alien astronauts who eventually evolved from them. Sir Edmund had also intended to personally photograph and film the expedition in order to add to his own photographic portfolio, and the academic had wanted as well to make hand sketches of pregnant prostitutes of the local region. Sir Edmund, an avid artist himself has been making nude sketches of pre birth male fetal masses since the early 1960's when he led the first hippy fetal mass program at Cal Tech. And finally the trip was also designed to raise funds for a wide range of Democratic political causes by putting on a Lollapaloser benefit concert for Peruvian goat herders. The event had been expected to raise over $53.46 (US), internet contributions included. But that was not to be.
PhD Hakatuku was traveling at the time of the attack with known race mixers and midget haters Britney Spears and Democratic Labor Union leader Danny "the Cockroach" Escalante. However neither of the companions traveling with Sir Edmund in his "entourage" were attacked or even harassed during the 30 minute dwarf bang. This despite the fact that Mr. Escalante had dressed publicly as a rodeo clown and was violently inciting large groups of midgets to try and "take a run at me shorties!"Asked by witnesses and normal sized reporters why only Sir Edmund had been attacked a very hostile spokesman for the midgets declared, "That's easy Gringo Sasquatch. The Negro always gets it first!"
* Several gargantuan fat asses on personal mobility scooters were injured in the writing of this article but were compensated for their injuries and loss with supersized floaties from Dairy Queen.
© Rooters 2006.
Thu July 4, 2006 13:15 PM ET
(Page 1 of 1) Top NewsGaza operation to "intensify" Weather forces second shuttle launch delay Mexicans vote for new president MORE
By Harry Thrombosis
While visiting Peru in an effort to find the long lost City of Golden Space Raiders from Venus the renowned Evolutionary Anthropologist and Race Mixing Negro Chink Greenpeace activist Sir Edmund Hakatuku was lost and presumed dead beneath a huge pile of Texas midgets visiting from Tijuana, Mexico during the annual Blister Tech Renaissance Festival.*
Sir Edmund "Baranda Asbaderappida" Hakatuku disappeared shortly after being surrounded by an angry midget mob upset at his classification of them as "that little scourge of Darwinian evolution." The little people began to pile atop the PhD, who was chair of the Xenophobic Lesbian and Gay African Chinese History Dept. at the University of Colorado. When the pile reached 300 midgets and over three feet tall the Peruvian authorities were called in on llamas to quell the disturbance. Sir Edmund Hakatuku, who had received an honorary title of Knight of the Bended Knee from the Ancient Order of Greek Pedophiles, had disappeared in the melee. He has not been seen since. Blister Tech corporate executives have denied all involvement and sworn in written statements that oil was not the motivating factor in the midget assault.
However authorities are continuing to investigate all possible leads.
Contacted for comment the office of Sir Edmund "Baranda Asbaderappida" Hakatuku told reporters that the visit to Peru had multiple objectives and that the PhD had hoped to achieve more than one purpose. Among these was the intended discovery of the so called "Missing Link Bone" proving an undeniable evolutionary connection between a certain genetic cluster of prehistoric gay apes from the Toulouse Latrec region of France and the artists, greenpeace activists and race mixing alien astronauts who eventually evolved from them. Sir Edmund had also intended to personally photograph and film the expedition in order to add to his own photographic portfolio, and the academic had wanted as well to make hand sketches of pregnant prostitutes of the local region. Sir Edmund, an avid artist himself has been making nude sketches of pre birth male fetal masses since the early 1960's when he led the first hippy fetal mass program at Cal Tech. And finally the trip was also designed to raise funds for a wide range of Democratic political causes by putting on a Lollapaloser benefit concert for Peruvian goat herders. The event had been expected to raise over $53.46 (US), internet contributions included. But that was not to be.
PhD Hakatuku was traveling at the time of the attack with known race mixers and midget haters Britney Spears and Democratic Labor Union leader Danny "the Cockroach" Escalante. However neither of the companions traveling with Sir Edmund in his "entourage" were attacked or even harassed during the 30 minute dwarf bang. This despite the fact that Mr. Escalante had dressed publicly as a rodeo clown and was violently inciting large groups of midgets to try and "take a run at me shorties!"Asked by witnesses and normal sized reporters why only Sir Edmund had been attacked a very hostile spokesman for the midgets declared, "That's easy Gringo Sasquatch. The Negro always gets it first!"
* Several gargantuan fat asses on personal mobility scooters were injured in the writing of this article but were compensated for their injuries and loss with supersized floaties from Dairy Queen.
© Rooters 2006.
The Exchange - An Excellent Resource
The Exchange - An Excellent Resource
An excellent resource for my American Readers.
http://www.safetyalertnetwork.org/
An excellent resource for my American Readers.
http://www.safetyalertnetwork.org/
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Humours of Idleness - War on the Web
Humours of Idleness - War on the Web
Earlier this evening, right at dusk, I was out cutting grass around some of the old out buildings I intend to move off of my property. On one of the buildings is the web with my beautiful yellow and black argiope. She was sitting on her web watching me when a large hunter spider, or what around here we call a wolf spider (because normally they don't build webs but hunt like wolves), ran up the side of the wall to flee the noise of my mower.
Realizing that he had stumbled into a web he tried to circle back around but only became stuck. Once he was stuck the female argiope started moving down the web and towards him. He, well understanding what was attracting her instantly played dead. She stopped approaching. They hung like that for a long time, the wolf spider hanging by his two back legs, wrapped in her strong silk and unable to free himself. Finally he started trying to escape again and she made a run for him. He turned on her and possibly bit her, it was hard to tell, and she dropped from her web to the ground. She dropped either because she was actually bitten or merely to avoid his counterattack. Unfortunately the attack and counterattack occurred too quick for my digital camera to capture, by the time it started cycling the shot the whole combat was over. Nevertheless I got some incredible and awesome shots of the run up to the attack, the aftermath, and of both species of spider, together and separately.
With the argiope the shots were so close and detailed with my telephoto lens that you can easily see individual hairs on the body and on each leg of the female in the original shots. I'm not sure how it will come out on the website however. I've been experimenting with new methods of focus and framing shots with my digital camera and these techniques have really paid off in delivery. Not every shot pays or turns out so well but most are producing excellent pictures.
I'm become so good lately that I've become the de facto photographer for my church, whenever they have filming or photography to do they always ask me to take the shots or make the film. As a matter of fact I'm making the shots for the church website tomorrow morning because this is our first Sunday in the new sanctuary we recently built and I'm also assisting with the first baptism in the new sanctuary. Which I'm glad to do as it gives me a chance to experiment and practice, including practice with new equipment.
Anyway here are some of the shots I took this evening. I shot until the light failed and the camera was unable to focus properly due to lack of ambient light.
Both spiders in the web
Right before the attack
After the attack. You can see the female on the ground along with a grand-daddy long legs who had accidentally also become caught in the web if you look to the bottoms of the shots.
Earlier this evening, right at dusk, I was out cutting grass around some of the old out buildings I intend to move off of my property. On one of the buildings is the web with my beautiful yellow and black argiope. She was sitting on her web watching me when a large hunter spider, or what around here we call a wolf spider (because normally they don't build webs but hunt like wolves), ran up the side of the wall to flee the noise of my mower.
Realizing that he had stumbled into a web he tried to circle back around but only became stuck. Once he was stuck the female argiope started moving down the web and towards him. He, well understanding what was attracting her instantly played dead. She stopped approaching. They hung like that for a long time, the wolf spider hanging by his two back legs, wrapped in her strong silk and unable to free himself. Finally he started trying to escape again and she made a run for him. He turned on her and possibly bit her, it was hard to tell, and she dropped from her web to the ground. She dropped either because she was actually bitten or merely to avoid his counterattack. Unfortunately the attack and counterattack occurred too quick for my digital camera to capture, by the time it started cycling the shot the whole combat was over. Nevertheless I got some incredible and awesome shots of the run up to the attack, the aftermath, and of both species of spider, together and separately.
With the argiope the shots were so close and detailed with my telephoto lens that you can easily see individual hairs on the body and on each leg of the female in the original shots. I'm not sure how it will come out on the website however. I've been experimenting with new methods of focus and framing shots with my digital camera and these techniques have really paid off in delivery. Not every shot pays or turns out so well but most are producing excellent pictures.
I'm become so good lately that I've become the de facto photographer for my church, whenever they have filming or photography to do they always ask me to take the shots or make the film. As a matter of fact I'm making the shots for the church website tomorrow morning because this is our first Sunday in the new sanctuary we recently built and I'm also assisting with the first baptism in the new sanctuary. Which I'm glad to do as it gives me a chance to experiment and practice, including practice with new equipment.
Anyway here are some of the shots I took this evening. I shot until the light failed and the camera was unable to focus properly due to lack of ambient light.
Both spiders in the web
Wolf/Hunter spider
Female Argiope - notice the beautiful markings and coloring on the huge abdomen. You can also see the eyes in one shot.
Right before the attack
After the attack. You can see the female on the ground along with a grand-daddy long legs who had accidentally also become caught in the web if you look to the bottoms of the shots.
The Exchange - A Global Network II
The Exchange - A Global Network II
However the international parentage of my readership is larger this week than last.
Very interesting.
New Visitors By Continent: (as a percentage)
New Visitors By Country: (as a percentage)
Also I've recently gone to Blogger in Beta, as many of you know. So far I'm really enjoying the move and the added functionality and ability to more individually customize this site.
Because of this you, the reader, should find this site far more functional and user friendly.
I have segregated my links into Personal Links (links to my other blogs, websites, portfolios and newsletters), Endorsements (links to other blogs I enjoy greatly or find very useful), a News section listing what I think are some excellent newssources, both domestic and international, a Representation (briefly describing the Missal and what it does and is about), a Support section, and I have placed the Syndication links at the top of the page, on the right, for easy access.
I will be adding other features and functionality as the Missal matures and as I learn how better to use the new features and hacks to build this site.
I will also be adding more pictures, photos and graphics as time proceeds, as well as adding audio files. I'll also be posting on a wider variety of subjects, as well as returning to previously unfinished posts and completing those.
But for the moment I'll be upgrading my other blogs and on-line portfolios to beta as well.
9/30/06
I've been reanalyzing the traffic and visitor statistics for this blog. As a result of this analysis I have discovered that I have been gaining readers from new countries. And my stats as a percentage of new readers have recently changed as well. My readership audience has become slightly more international as of late.
New Readers
Australia
France
Hong Kong
Poland
various Armed Forces Networks (meaning, it looks like, that military personnel stationed in various parts of the world are accessing this blog)
Malaysia
Netherlands
Many of the countries previously listed are also accessing this blog, especially Spain, only with new and different readers. For some reason however my audience in Spain has grown significantly. Which probably accounts for the fact that 11% of my recent audience has been European as compared to 8% last time I analyzed the stats.
I also have many new readers and visitors from a far wider variety of locations inside the United States and Canada.
I've been reanalyzing the traffic and visitor statistics for this blog. As a result of this analysis I have discovered that I have been gaining readers from new countries. And my stats as a percentage of new readers have recently changed as well. My readership audience has become slightly more international as of late.
New Readers
Australia
France
Hong Kong
Poland
various Armed Forces Networks (meaning, it looks like, that military personnel stationed in various parts of the world are accessing this blog)
Malaysia
Netherlands
Many of the countries previously listed are also accessing this blog, especially Spain, only with new and different readers. For some reason however my audience in Spain has grown significantly. Which probably accounts for the fact that 11% of my recent audience has been European as compared to 8% last time I analyzed the stats.
I also have many new readers and visitors from a far wider variety of locations inside the United States and Canada.
However the international parentage of my readership is larger this week than last.
Very interesting.
New Visitors By Continent: (as a percentage)
New Visitors By Country: (as a percentage)
Also I've recently gone to Blogger in Beta, as many of you know. So far I'm really enjoying the move and the added functionality and ability to more individually customize this site.
Because of this you, the reader, should find this site far more functional and user friendly.
I have segregated my links into Personal Links (links to my other blogs, websites, portfolios and newsletters), Endorsements (links to other blogs I enjoy greatly or find very useful), a News section listing what I think are some excellent newssources, both domestic and international, a Representation (briefly describing the Missal and what it does and is about), a Support section, and I have placed the Syndication links at the top of the page, on the right, for easy access.
I will be adding other features and functionality as the Missal matures and as I learn how better to use the new features and hacks to build this site.
I will also be adding more pictures, photos and graphics as time proceeds, as well as adding audio files. I'll also be posting on a wider variety of subjects, as well as returning to previously unfinished posts and completing those.
But for the moment I'll be upgrading my other blogs and on-line portfolios to beta as well.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Allele - the Mark of Cain
Allele - The Mark of Cain
I just saw a tremendous little film which I'd like to recommend. It was quite excellent.
The film itself was called Beowulf and Grendel. It deviated significantly from the epic poem, but in a way which I felt was quite ingenious and quite well done. That is the plot of the film was not significantly weaker than that of the poem itself, though it was very different in execution and emphasis from the original poem.
When I first saw Grendel in the film the line that immediately ran back to my mind from the poem was the description of Grendel as (paraphrase) "being of the line and curse of Cain, of the mark of Cain." The film itself also explored, and I thought rather well in many respects, the tensions in northern Europe as Christianity was overlapping and overwhelming paganism. In the poem it was Beowulf himself who was the new Christian, or in many respects, as regards his warrior culture, the Christian-pagan hybrid. Beowulf, in the poem was the self-sacrificial hero and exemplar of both Christ and the pagan warrior ethos of the Geat.
In the film however Beowulf remains, until the very end, both skeptic and yet obvious exemplar of Christian virtues. He must kill Grendel to save the Danes and stop the slaughter, but he also empathizes with and understands Grendel's rage and attempts to correct past injustices. Beowulf also seemed to understand that Grendel hunted those he considered his tormentors but harmed no one he considered innocent. Beowulf tries on several occasions to convince Grendel to merely leave the area and never return. But Grendel would not.
One thing I noticed was that the Geats, upon arriving at the hall and trading insults with the Danes, were thirteen in number. An obvious reference to Christ and his twelve Apostles. I'll have to recheck my copy of the poem and see if that is indeed a direct reference from the poem. If it is then it is a very interesting analogy between the Warrior Band and the future King of the Geats, and the Apostles and the King of the Jews. It's been a long time since I analyzed the poem Beowulf, although I recently re-read it, though not for analysis but just to enjoy the poetry, but the metaphors are extremely interesting. I'll have to look up those references and see what they imply.
In some way the film was far too much a modern interpretation. The writers and filmmakers could not resist splattering the film with modern curses and language which gutteralized (in the widest sense) the otherwise well-spoken language of the film and the poem. Another criticism I have is that the film paid far too little attention to the poetry of the epic in both descriptive terms and in terms of the dialogue between characters. Had it retained the far higher literary language of the poem then the film would have been tremendously good. As it was it was merely good, but extremely well done compared to most modern works on such subject matter.
The cinematography was astoundingly superb, as were the sets and locales, and the acting was very solid and well executed. I could imagine the characters as real people in a real setting. A very harsh and brutally cold and tough environment. The actual appearance of the film was beautiful. All in all I highly recommend this film. Even with the obvious deficits, it was still a very enjoyable and beautiful work.
I just saw a tremendous little film which I'd like to recommend. It was quite excellent.
The film itself was called Beowulf and Grendel. It deviated significantly from the epic poem, but in a way which I felt was quite ingenious and quite well done. That is the plot of the film was not significantly weaker than that of the poem itself, though it was very different in execution and emphasis from the original poem.
When I first saw Grendel in the film the line that immediately ran back to my mind from the poem was the description of Grendel as (paraphrase) "being of the line and curse of Cain, of the mark of Cain." The film itself also explored, and I thought rather well in many respects, the tensions in northern Europe as Christianity was overlapping and overwhelming paganism. In the poem it was Beowulf himself who was the new Christian, or in many respects, as regards his warrior culture, the Christian-pagan hybrid. Beowulf, in the poem was the self-sacrificial hero and exemplar of both Christ and the pagan warrior ethos of the Geat.
In the film however Beowulf remains, until the very end, both skeptic and yet obvious exemplar of Christian virtues. He must kill Grendel to save the Danes and stop the slaughter, but he also empathizes with and understands Grendel's rage and attempts to correct past injustices. Beowulf also seemed to understand that Grendel hunted those he considered his tormentors but harmed no one he considered innocent. Beowulf tries on several occasions to convince Grendel to merely leave the area and never return. But Grendel would not.
One thing I noticed was that the Geats, upon arriving at the hall and trading insults with the Danes, were thirteen in number. An obvious reference to Christ and his twelve Apostles. I'll have to recheck my copy of the poem and see if that is indeed a direct reference from the poem. If it is then it is a very interesting analogy between the Warrior Band and the future King of the Geats, and the Apostles and the King of the Jews. It's been a long time since I analyzed the poem Beowulf, although I recently re-read it, though not for analysis but just to enjoy the poetry, but the metaphors are extremely interesting. I'll have to look up those references and see what they imply.
In some way the film was far too much a modern interpretation. The writers and filmmakers could not resist splattering the film with modern curses and language which gutteralized (in the widest sense) the otherwise well-spoken language of the film and the poem. Another criticism I have is that the film paid far too little attention to the poetry of the epic in both descriptive terms and in terms of the dialogue between characters. Had it retained the far higher literary language of the poem then the film would have been tremendously good. As it was it was merely good, but extremely well done compared to most modern works on such subject matter.
The cinematography was astoundingly superb, as were the sets and locales, and the acting was very solid and well executed. I could imagine the characters as real people in a real setting. A very harsh and brutally cold and tough environment. The actual appearance of the film was beautiful. All in all I highly recommend this film. Even with the obvious deficits, it was still a very enjoyable and beautiful work.
Pesharim - Beta
Pesharim - Beta
I've gone to Blogger Beta.
It's taken a little work and consumed a lot of time this morning causing some real downtime to figure out the new system, but overall, Blogger Beta is far superior.
Very easy to edit and configure.
Hacking and editing the HTML code directly is difficult because of the new configurations but the progam makes it very easy to by pass HTML completely and work outside the template.
A very good product indeed.
I highly recommend it to all bloggers.
Jack
I've gone to Blogger Beta.
It's taken a little work and consumed a lot of time this morning causing some real downtime to figure out the new system, but overall, Blogger Beta is far superior.
Very easy to edit and configure.
Hacking and editing the HTML code directly is difficult because of the new configurations but the progam makes it very easy to by pass HTML completely and work outside the template.
A very good product indeed.
I highly recommend it to all bloggers.
Jack
Marxed - Same Species Marriage, or Marriage in Ole Virginee...
Marxed - Same Species Marriage, or Marriage in Ole Virginee...
THE SENTINEL
April 11, 2006
A new Constitutional amendment in Virginia is raising some eyebrows and concerns in the Commonwealth. The amendment, designed to protect the status of marriage as being between a man and a woman begins innocently enough by stating, "That only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions."
However the amendment continues much further by declaring,"No union between any sort of animal, such as raccoons, possums or beavers, even if such animals be considered mammals, and a man or woman shall be considered a valid and legally binding marriage contract. Nor shall the legislature ever in the future make any new laws which will sanction the union between a man or woman and any animal, including household pets or sea-food. Furthermore no union between blood related first cousins shall be considered legally binding or valid, nor shall such unions, regardless of the number of first cousins involved be considered as enjoying the legal status of true marriage in the state of Virginia."
Several demonstrations have been scheduled state-wide for Saturday, April the 15th to protest the so called "Cousin-Clause" and to force changes to the amendment which would strike that language as unfair and unworkable.
A study by the think-tank Virginia is for #@*^ers has already estimated that if the amendment were to pass as currently written that repopulation rates in the state would plummet.
Update: Same Species Marriage Amendment narrowly defeated in state wide referendum after intervention by Governor.
State Senate declares Virginia "Species Free Zone." For now.
Possums, Coons, Beavers, Bloodhounds, and native American wildlife still considered "fair game" in the dating pool.
New move in State Senate to outlaw "domestic partnerships" between native born Virginian citizens and their seafood. Measure under intense debate.
Amendment to outlaw marriage between imported wildlife, such as lions, tigers, and polar bears, still viable.
I'll keep you updated on this one folks.
THE SENTINEL
April 11, 2006
A new Constitutional amendment in Virginia is raising some eyebrows and concerns in the Commonwealth. The amendment, designed to protect the status of marriage as being between a man and a woman begins innocently enough by stating, "That only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions."
However the amendment continues much further by declaring,"No union between any sort of animal, such as raccoons, possums or beavers, even if such animals be considered mammals, and a man or woman shall be considered a valid and legally binding marriage contract. Nor shall the legislature ever in the future make any new laws which will sanction the union between a man or woman and any animal, including household pets or sea-food. Furthermore no union between blood related first cousins shall be considered legally binding or valid, nor shall such unions, regardless of the number of first cousins involved be considered as enjoying the legal status of true marriage in the state of Virginia."
Several demonstrations have been scheduled state-wide for Saturday, April the 15th to protest the so called "Cousin-Clause" and to force changes to the amendment which would strike that language as unfair and unworkable.
A study by the think-tank Virginia is for #@*^ers has already estimated that if the amendment were to pass as currently written that repopulation rates in the state would plummet.
Update: Same Species Marriage Amendment narrowly defeated in state wide referendum after intervention by Governor.
State Senate declares Virginia "Species Free Zone." For now.
Possums, Coons, Beavers, Bloodhounds, and native American wildlife still considered "fair game" in the dating pool.
New move in State Senate to outlaw "domestic partnerships" between native born Virginian citizens and their seafood. Measure under intense debate.
Amendment to outlaw marriage between imported wildlife, such as lions, tigers, and polar bears, still viable.
I'll keep you updated on this one folks.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Pesharim - Organization and Structure
Pesharim - Organization and Structure
Since I was a young fella, an early teen as a matter of fact, I've kept notebooks and sketch books of my notes, observations, ideas, experiments, sketches, designs, plans, dreams, travels, vads, cases, etc. These notebooks now house a lot of material and take up a good deal of space though recently I have compressed many of these old notes and files and matched them to my computer files on my primary system so that my notebooks and computer files all match.
No matter the subject.
But in reorganizing and collating my old notebooks it came to my attention that my notes and sketches on a myriad of subjects were all tangled and confused into huge collections without any real system of ordering or cataloguing or proper book-keeping. I was ruminating on this problem the other day and suddenly I was struck by a very simple idea. So simple that I'm amazed it has taken me so many years to think of it. The idea was this: I would divide all my efforts into separate notebooks devoted to single subjects, or to a very narrow spectrum of subject matter. That way whenever I want to consult my notebooks on the subject of my mathematical equations I can simply go to my math notebook, and if I'm looking for a poem I wrote or an idea for a non-lethal weapon then I can go to these separate notebooks and find what I want. I don't have to waste time and effort searching through a huge stack of old general notebooks to find what I want or to try to remember which particular notebook I stored a particular idea in.
I'm still keeping a General Idea Notebook to take with me everywhere but whenever I develop an idea and write it in my General Notebook I then transfer it to another notebook dedicated to the subject matter at hand, or if I'm home then I just make notes in the appropriate notebook in the first place. It's taken me months now with everything else going on to arrange this correctly but now all of my system files on all my systems, including my laptop is correlated to all of my physical files and all of my physical files are now correlated to the proper notebook on that subject. It will be almost impossible for me to waste much time now on searches or trying to remember where notes might be stored.
Finally the project is finished and this is the final result. I now have 26 separate note and sketchbooks, divided by subject matter, catalogued by type, and for use as I need them.
NOTEBOOKS, SKETCHBOOKS, JOURNALS, LOGUES and PLANBOOKS.
The following is a list of the Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Journals, Logues and Planbooks, which should be kept, and a brief description of the functions of each and what should be contained within them.
1 General Idea Book – (a sketch notebook – carried at all times in Notepack when out, otherwise kept at home) Covering all general subjects not included in or dedicated towards the specific subject matter of the notebooks below, such as general ideas on politics, chemistry, medicine, genetics, internet and web, film, photography, blog materials, newsletter(s) materials, general observations, etc. or to make notes in when ideas strike me away from home which I can then transfer to the appropriate notebook later on.
2 Writing – (a notebook) Covering all Writings, both Non-Fictional and Fictional except poetry, and also containing research and ideas pertaining to my writings.
3 Experiment’s Composition Book – (a Scientific composition notebook) Covering all aspects of my scientific experiments
4 Games Journal – (a notebook journal) Covering all invented Hard Games and Hard Game related matter and for Hard Game Transferable Skill Simulations.
5 War-Logue – (a notebook logue) Covering Anti-Criminal affairs, military affairs, intelligence and counter intelligence, cryptology, infiltration, camouflage, stealth, terrorism and counter-terrorism, espionage, psychological operations, case-work, investigations, interrogations, interviews, surveillance, weapons and non-lethal weapons design, suit design, related theories, related experiments, anticipation and prevention, law, communications, search and rescue, disaster relief, fire-fighting, research, and Justice.
6 Pocket Notebook – (a portable mini-notebook and memo pad, 3” X 5” – carried at all times in Daypack) Kept for interview, interrogation and article notations and for the making of emergency and fast notes when no other writing material is available.
7 Business Journal – (a notebook journal) Concerning Business Projects, Ventures, Enterprises, due diligence, entrepreneurism, contacts, etc.
8 Education and Homeschooling – (a notebook) Concerning subjects to study and master, general education, ideas about improving education, Personal Education Plan and Portfolio, The Renaissance Academy and homeschooling.
9 Poetry – (a notebook) Concerning poetic works, projects, experiments, forms, epic and heroic poetry, poetic sketches and proesy.
10 Investment and Capital – (a notebook) Covering investments, due diligence, venture capital, capital sources, funding projects, international investment, credit, investment and financial goals, contacts, etc.
11 Mathematics – (a composition notebook) Covering mathematical studies, formulae, equations, experiments and equations and formulae developed by myself for both mathematical and scientific projects of all kinds.
12 Music Composition – (a staff-ruled composition notebook) For the sketching of themes, melodies, harmonies, composition projects, scores, opera, song music, etc.
13 Lyrics, Librettos, Songs, Musical Projects – (a note and sketchbook) For the developing of song lyrics, librettos, and complex multi-part musical compositions.
14 Architecture and Design – (an art sketchbook) For the development of Design and Architectural projects.
15 Architectural Planbook – (a finished planbook) For completed architectural plans of all kinds.
16 Art – (an art sketchbook) For completed art drawings and final sketches.
17 General Art Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) For the making of basic and preliminary sketches and drawings.
18 Sketch, Composition, and Design – (an art and design sketchbook) For the sketching of complex compositions and artistic designs.
19 Portable Art Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) A portable art sketchbook for the making of sketches and drawings in the filed. Carried at all times in Notepack.
20 Comic and Graphic Novel Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) For the making of sketches and designs and notes related to Comic Works and Graphic Novels.
21 Video Games Journal – (an art journal) An art journal and sketchbook for ideas, sketches, artwork, plots, writings and the overall design of video, computer, internet, and electronic games and Transferable Skill Simulations.
22 Religious Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) Covering sacred art, music, liturgies, poetry, writings, materials and building designs, sermons, morals, theology, prayers, meditations, Missions Work, Ministry Projects, and Aesic Materials and Experiments.
23 Inventions Sketch Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Concerning all inventions and invention related matters except for those inventions covered in the War-Logue.
24 Natural Science and Physics Journal – (an art and note sketch book) Concerning natural science, physics, and general science.
25 Discovery and Travel Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Covering travels over land, fresh water, and sea, and by air, and the notes and sketches made as a result of these travels.
26 Vadding and Exploration Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Concerning all Vadding, Rudding (Vadding in the country or wilderness), infrastructure studies, Urban Exploration and Urban Archaeology Expeditions. Notes and sketches made during these expeditions. Sometimes includes shared notes and sketches with War-Logue.
Tape Recorders and Digital Recorders – kept in the appropriate Pack (Day, Note, Vadding, Operational, etc.) or in my Offices.
Since I was a young fella, an early teen as a matter of fact, I've kept notebooks and sketch books of my notes, observations, ideas, experiments, sketches, designs, plans, dreams, travels, vads, cases, etc. These notebooks now house a lot of material and take up a good deal of space though recently I have compressed many of these old notes and files and matched them to my computer files on my primary system so that my notebooks and computer files all match.
No matter the subject.
But in reorganizing and collating my old notebooks it came to my attention that my notes and sketches on a myriad of subjects were all tangled and confused into huge collections without any real system of ordering or cataloguing or proper book-keeping. I was ruminating on this problem the other day and suddenly I was struck by a very simple idea. So simple that I'm amazed it has taken me so many years to think of it. The idea was this: I would divide all my efforts into separate notebooks devoted to single subjects, or to a very narrow spectrum of subject matter. That way whenever I want to consult my notebooks on the subject of my mathematical equations I can simply go to my math notebook, and if I'm looking for a poem I wrote or an idea for a non-lethal weapon then I can go to these separate notebooks and find what I want. I don't have to waste time and effort searching through a huge stack of old general notebooks to find what I want or to try to remember which particular notebook I stored a particular idea in.
I'm still keeping a General Idea Notebook to take with me everywhere but whenever I develop an idea and write it in my General Notebook I then transfer it to another notebook dedicated to the subject matter at hand, or if I'm home then I just make notes in the appropriate notebook in the first place. It's taken me months now with everything else going on to arrange this correctly but now all of my system files on all my systems, including my laptop is correlated to all of my physical files and all of my physical files are now correlated to the proper notebook on that subject. It will be almost impossible for me to waste much time now on searches or trying to remember where notes might be stored.
Finally the project is finished and this is the final result. I now have 26 separate note and sketchbooks, divided by subject matter, catalogued by type, and for use as I need them.
NOTEBOOKS, SKETCHBOOKS, JOURNALS, LOGUES and PLANBOOKS.
The following is a list of the Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Journals, Logues and Planbooks, which should be kept, and a brief description of the functions of each and what should be contained within them.
1 General Idea Book – (a sketch notebook – carried at all times in Notepack when out, otherwise kept at home) Covering all general subjects not included in or dedicated towards the specific subject matter of the notebooks below, such as general ideas on politics, chemistry, medicine, genetics, internet and web, film, photography, blog materials, newsletter(s) materials, general observations, etc. or to make notes in when ideas strike me away from home which I can then transfer to the appropriate notebook later on.
2 Writing – (a notebook) Covering all Writings, both Non-Fictional and Fictional except poetry, and also containing research and ideas pertaining to my writings.
3 Experiment’s Composition Book – (a Scientific composition notebook) Covering all aspects of my scientific experiments
4 Games Journal – (a notebook journal) Covering all invented Hard Games and Hard Game related matter and for Hard Game Transferable Skill Simulations.
5 War-Logue – (a notebook logue) Covering Anti-Criminal affairs, military affairs, intelligence and counter intelligence, cryptology, infiltration, camouflage, stealth, terrorism and counter-terrorism, espionage, psychological operations, case-work, investigations, interrogations, interviews, surveillance, weapons and non-lethal weapons design, suit design, related theories, related experiments, anticipation and prevention, law, communications, search and rescue, disaster relief, fire-fighting, research, and Justice.
6 Pocket Notebook – (a portable mini-notebook and memo pad, 3” X 5” – carried at all times in Daypack) Kept for interview, interrogation and article notations and for the making of emergency and fast notes when no other writing material is available.
7 Business Journal – (a notebook journal) Concerning Business Projects, Ventures, Enterprises, due diligence, entrepreneurism, contacts, etc.
8 Education and Homeschooling – (a notebook) Concerning subjects to study and master, general education, ideas about improving education, Personal Education Plan and Portfolio, The Renaissance Academy and homeschooling.
9 Poetry – (a notebook) Concerning poetic works, projects, experiments, forms, epic and heroic poetry, poetic sketches and proesy.
10 Investment and Capital – (a notebook) Covering investments, due diligence, venture capital, capital sources, funding projects, international investment, credit, investment and financial goals, contacts, etc.
11 Mathematics – (a composition notebook) Covering mathematical studies, formulae, equations, experiments and equations and formulae developed by myself for both mathematical and scientific projects of all kinds.
12 Music Composition – (a staff-ruled composition notebook) For the sketching of themes, melodies, harmonies, composition projects, scores, opera, song music, etc.
13 Lyrics, Librettos, Songs, Musical Projects – (a note and sketchbook) For the developing of song lyrics, librettos, and complex multi-part musical compositions.
14 Architecture and Design – (an art sketchbook) For the development of Design and Architectural projects.
15 Architectural Planbook – (a finished planbook) For completed architectural plans of all kinds.
16 Art – (an art sketchbook) For completed art drawings and final sketches.
17 General Art Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) For the making of basic and preliminary sketches and drawings.
18 Sketch, Composition, and Design – (an art and design sketchbook) For the sketching of complex compositions and artistic designs.
19 Portable Art Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) A portable art sketchbook for the making of sketches and drawings in the filed. Carried at all times in Notepack.
20 Comic and Graphic Novel Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) For the making of sketches and designs and notes related to Comic Works and Graphic Novels.
21 Video Games Journal – (an art journal) An art journal and sketchbook for ideas, sketches, artwork, plots, writings and the overall design of video, computer, internet, and electronic games and Transferable Skill Simulations.
22 Religious Sketchbook – (an art sketchbook) Covering sacred art, music, liturgies, poetry, writings, materials and building designs, sermons, morals, theology, prayers, meditations, Missions Work, Ministry Projects, and Aesic Materials and Experiments.
23 Inventions Sketch Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Concerning all inventions and invention related matters except for those inventions covered in the War-Logue.
24 Natural Science and Physics Journal – (an art and note sketch book) Concerning natural science, physics, and general science.
25 Discovery and Travel Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Covering travels over land, fresh water, and sea, and by air, and the notes and sketches made as a result of these travels.
26 Vadding and Exploration Journal – (an art and note sketchbook) Concerning all Vadding, Rudding (Vadding in the country or wilderness), infrastructure studies, Urban Exploration and Urban Archaeology Expeditions. Notes and sketches made during these expeditions. Sometimes includes shared notes and sketches with War-Logue.
Tape Recorders and Digital Recorders – kept in the appropriate Pack (Day, Note, Vadding, Operational, etc.) or in my Offices.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Humours of Idleness - The Boy is Back
Humours of Idleness - The Boy is Back
Now that the weather has cooled my Great Bernard Beethoven has become feisty again. He's almost three years old and about 140 to 150 pounds now, having lost some weight in the summer heat (though the way he has been eating lately he's packing on for winter again).
For the past week I've been going out at night to play ball with Beethoven and my new Great Dane bitch. It's just fanatic to see Beethoven rolling and fighting and wrestling and running with my puppy. My Great Dane is only seven months old but she is already nearly as tall as my Great Bernard, but Beethoven probably has 70 pounds or so on her still and he's immensely strong. But she is extremely strong for her age as well and lightning fast. She runs like a gazelle and is built like a horse. I'll post pictures of her to the Missal soon.
When they wrestle and fight she will stand upright and get on top of his back and then take a biting grip on the back of his neck like he is prey to be pulled to the ground. He'll take that for awhile and then he'll shake loose, run in a circle and arc back into her with his head down like a charging bull. (He often charges into me this way when we're playing and believe me he can easily take a full grown man down if he hits you right.) He hits her in the side if she doesn't sidestep quickly enough and Bam! She's rolling and pitching like a topsail, long legs going in every direction.
Then I'll jump in between them and wrestle with both and they'll knock me down and chew on my back and legs and arms pretty good. then I'll finally get back to my knees or up to my feet and grab a baseball and throw it and we'll all try to take it away from each other. They both fight pretty good, and both are tough as railroad spikes.
Man, it sure is good to see Beethoven fully over the death of his brother and playing and fighting and wrestling with her and with me. He's gonna be okay.
I LOVE IT!!
My boy is back in the saddle.
Now that the weather has cooled my Great Bernard Beethoven has become feisty again. He's almost three years old and about 140 to 150 pounds now, having lost some weight in the summer heat (though the way he has been eating lately he's packing on for winter again).
For the past week I've been going out at night to play ball with Beethoven and my new Great Dane bitch. It's just fanatic to see Beethoven rolling and fighting and wrestling and running with my puppy. My Great Dane is only seven months old but she is already nearly as tall as my Great Bernard, but Beethoven probably has 70 pounds or so on her still and he's immensely strong. But she is extremely strong for her age as well and lightning fast. She runs like a gazelle and is built like a horse. I'll post pictures of her to the Missal soon.
When they wrestle and fight she will stand upright and get on top of his back and then take a biting grip on the back of his neck like he is prey to be pulled to the ground. He'll take that for awhile and then he'll shake loose, run in a circle and arc back into her with his head down like a charging bull. (He often charges into me this way when we're playing and believe me he can easily take a full grown man down if he hits you right.) He hits her in the side if she doesn't sidestep quickly enough and Bam! She's rolling and pitching like a topsail, long legs going in every direction.
Then I'll jump in between them and wrestle with both and they'll knock me down and chew on my back and legs and arms pretty good. then I'll finally get back to my knees or up to my feet and grab a baseball and throw it and we'll all try to take it away from each other. They both fight pretty good, and both are tough as railroad spikes.
Man, it sure is good to see Beethoven fully over the death of his brother and playing and fighting and wrestling with her and with me. He's gonna be okay.
I LOVE IT!!
My boy is back in the saddle.
Ambush in Afghanistan
Signal, Sygnet and Sigil - Ambush in Afghanistan
This is exactly the kind of situation in which it would be excellent to deploy small teams of Special Forces, along with Rapid Response Teams, to areas near the border and around these outposts. We should be ambushing and counterambushing these incursions from the Pakistani side of the border. In others words we should not set up posts to wait on these incursions, but to await these incursions.
Also I hope that the idea will be considered of building fake forward observation posts (if it is not already being executed) which are built specifically to be nothing more than ambush traps. The Taliban undertakes a probing and attempted overrun operation only to encounter a dummy post prepared to encircle and destroy the operation. It seems to me that now that we control some of the cave complexes which the Taliban had formerly held that these complexes would make excellent traps. Special forces could create and design and assist with operating the traps, Afghani troops could support and assist with operations, and mountain troops could execute and ambush.
This is also an excellent opportunity to invent, develop, and deploy new weapon sets designed specifically for mountain, close combat, ambush and special warfare.
The Afghan War has always interested me far more than the Iraq War, as a military and tactical matter, I guess because it is far more suited as a theatre and as a warfare type to my particular personality and mind-set. It is a more rural and frontier's war, a rougher and more open terrain, a more rustic war full of opportunities for ambush and asymmetrical warfare. It stimulates me tactically.
The Iraq war is basically an urban war, and although those types of challenges fascinate me as well, I guess my first real interest is in rustic, wilderness, and frontier's warfare and how to properly conduct those types of operations.
As a political matter however this should be extremely interesting for the Bush-Musharraf relationship. As well as for the Pakistan-Afghan relationship.
Sooner or later things will have to change.
Taken from the Fourth Rail:
The Taliban Consolidates Power in Pakistan as Violence Increases in Afghanistan
Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Yesterday's rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force compound in Kabul, Afghanistan highlights the increased level of violence throughout the country. Coalition and Afghan troop have seen a marked increase in suicide bombings, IED (roadside bombing) attacks and platoon and company-sized attacks from Taliban fighters over the past year. The Taliban's latest springtime offensive is now in full swing.
In the latest attempt to stem the violence, Coalition and Afghan troops launched Operation Mountain Lion in the Pech River Valley in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan's Bajaur agency. Over forty Taliban were killed during the operation. The Pakistani Army reportedly has deployed paramilitary troops "along the border stretching from Dir Lower to Dir Upper and Chitral districts" to halt the flow of Taliban across the border during the operation. The Bajaur tribal agency hosts al-Qaeda and Taliban infiltration routes into Afghanistan. The agency is also the scene of air strikes in the village of Damadola, where U.S. Predator drones struck at a meeting of al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Ayman al-Zawahiri was thought to be in attendance but missed the dinner. Five senior commanders, including Abu Khabab al-Masri, the head of al-Qaeda WMD committee are believed to have been killed in the strike.
A segment of the violence can be attributed to Coalition and Afghan Army's push into previously uncharted territories within Kandahar, Urguzan, Kunar and Helmand Provinces. The Coalition and Afghan forces are now making contact with the enemy. The Taliban are attempting to fracture the Coalition, and believe they can run up the body count and force the Canadians to withdraw. "We think that when we kill enough Canadians, they will quit war and return home," said Taliban spokesman Qari Yuosaf Ahmedi. The narcotics trade is also a major source of conflict, as Robert Charles noted last January. The drug lords are finding common cause with the Taliban as the Coalition and Afghan government seek to eradicate the poppy crops.
But the increased violence and regeneration of the Taliban in Afghanistan cannot be viewed as a strictly Afghan problem. The Taliban is reconstituting in Pakistan's lawless North West Frontier Province. The Taliban have been massing in large formations and have essentially taken control of the North and South Waziristan agencies, while consolidating power in the Tank, Khyber and Peshawar agencies. The Pakistani Army is essentially confined to the two garrisons in Miranshah (North Waziristan) and Wana (South Waziristan). The Taliban has openly declared Shariah law in North and South Waziristan and usurped power from the local tribes. Two tribesmen have been beheaded, Zarqawi-style, for "working as US spies." Eight Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed and twenty-two wounded in an ambush near Miranshah, and eight 'miscreants' [Taliban/al-Qaeda] were killed in the ensuing firefight.
The Pakistani Army has been conducting air strikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban camps, and has claimed the Taliban and al-Qaeda have taken heavy casualties. While these accounts are likely true, Pakistan has gone to great lengths to hide their own casualties. Pakistan's Daily Times indicates "Taliban forces have so far killed 150 pro-government tribal Maliks in the North and South Waziristan Agencies and are openly challenging the writ of the government by engaging a number of security forces’ personnel in the area." A source supposedly privy to a high level Cabinet meeting also indicates "the ‘Talibnisation’ of Waziristan was damaging other parts of the NWFP and that the local ‘Maliks’ and political administration had been limited to their houses and offices..."
“The Taliban’s sphere of influence has expanded to [the tribal agencies of] DI Khan [Dera Ismail Khan], Tank and the Khyber Agency, where clerks of the area have started to join them. There has been a sharp increase in attacks on heavily-defended military targets in these areas as well,” according to Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao.
Steven Emerson aptly explained the status of Pakistan in the Global War on Terror, "[Pakistan] is both an ally and it's an "anti-ally," so to speak. It has been helpful. It's also been detrimental." The Taliban's consolidation of power in the tribal belt is a major detriment, and a problem the Musharraf government can no longer ignore.
Related:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2376780,00.html
http://counterterrorismblog.org
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/10/AR2006061000006.html
This is exactly the kind of situation in which it would be excellent to deploy small teams of Special Forces, along with Rapid Response Teams, to areas near the border and around these outposts. We should be ambushing and counterambushing these incursions from the Pakistani side of the border. In others words we should not set up posts to wait on these incursions, but to await these incursions.
Also I hope that the idea will be considered of building fake forward observation posts (if it is not already being executed) which are built specifically to be nothing more than ambush traps. The Taliban undertakes a probing and attempted overrun operation only to encounter a dummy post prepared to encircle and destroy the operation. It seems to me that now that we control some of the cave complexes which the Taliban had formerly held that these complexes would make excellent traps. Special forces could create and design and assist with operating the traps, Afghani troops could support and assist with operations, and mountain troops could execute and ambush.
This is also an excellent opportunity to invent, develop, and deploy new weapon sets designed specifically for mountain, close combat, ambush and special warfare.
The Afghan War has always interested me far more than the Iraq War, as a military and tactical matter, I guess because it is far more suited as a theatre and as a warfare type to my particular personality and mind-set. It is a more rural and frontier's war, a rougher and more open terrain, a more rustic war full of opportunities for ambush and asymmetrical warfare. It stimulates me tactically.
The Iraq war is basically an urban war, and although those types of challenges fascinate me as well, I guess my first real interest is in rustic, wilderness, and frontier's warfare and how to properly conduct those types of operations.
As a political matter however this should be extremely interesting for the Bush-Musharraf relationship. As well as for the Pakistan-Afghan relationship.
Sooner or later things will have to change.
Taken from the Fourth Rail:
The Taliban Consolidates Power in Pakistan as Violence Increases in Afghanistan
Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Yesterday's rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force compound in Kabul, Afghanistan highlights the increased level of violence throughout the country. Coalition and Afghan troop have seen a marked increase in suicide bombings, IED (roadside bombing) attacks and platoon and company-sized attacks from Taliban fighters over the past year. The Taliban's latest springtime offensive is now in full swing.
In the latest attempt to stem the violence, Coalition and Afghan troops launched Operation Mountain Lion in the Pech River Valley in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan's Bajaur agency. Over forty Taliban were killed during the operation. The Pakistani Army reportedly has deployed paramilitary troops "along the border stretching from Dir Lower to Dir Upper and Chitral districts" to halt the flow of Taliban across the border during the operation. The Bajaur tribal agency hosts al-Qaeda and Taliban infiltration routes into Afghanistan. The agency is also the scene of air strikes in the village of Damadola, where U.S. Predator drones struck at a meeting of al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Ayman al-Zawahiri was thought to be in attendance but missed the dinner. Five senior commanders, including Abu Khabab al-Masri, the head of al-Qaeda WMD committee are believed to have been killed in the strike.
A segment of the violence can be attributed to Coalition and Afghan Army's push into previously uncharted territories within Kandahar, Urguzan, Kunar and Helmand Provinces. The Coalition and Afghan forces are now making contact with the enemy. The Taliban are attempting to fracture the Coalition, and believe they can run up the body count and force the Canadians to withdraw. "We think that when we kill enough Canadians, they will quit war and return home," said Taliban spokesman Qari Yuosaf Ahmedi. The narcotics trade is also a major source of conflict, as Robert Charles noted last January. The drug lords are finding common cause with the Taliban as the Coalition and Afghan government seek to eradicate the poppy crops.
But the increased violence and regeneration of the Taliban in Afghanistan cannot be viewed as a strictly Afghan problem. The Taliban is reconstituting in Pakistan's lawless North West Frontier Province. The Taliban have been massing in large formations and have essentially taken control of the North and South Waziristan agencies, while consolidating power in the Tank, Khyber and Peshawar agencies. The Pakistani Army is essentially confined to the two garrisons in Miranshah (North Waziristan) and Wana (South Waziristan). The Taliban has openly declared Shariah law in North and South Waziristan and usurped power from the local tribes. Two tribesmen have been beheaded, Zarqawi-style, for "working as US spies." Eight Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed and twenty-two wounded in an ambush near Miranshah, and eight 'miscreants' [Taliban/al-Qaeda] were killed in the ensuing firefight.
The Pakistani Army has been conducting air strikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban camps, and has claimed the Taliban and al-Qaeda have taken heavy casualties. While these accounts are likely true, Pakistan has gone to great lengths to hide their own casualties. Pakistan's Daily Times indicates "Taliban forces have so far killed 150 pro-government tribal Maliks in the North and South Waziristan Agencies and are openly challenging the writ of the government by engaging a number of security forces’ personnel in the area." A source supposedly privy to a high level Cabinet meeting also indicates "the ‘Talibnisation’ of Waziristan was damaging other parts of the NWFP and that the local ‘Maliks’ and political administration had been limited to their houses and offices..."
“The Taliban’s sphere of influence has expanded to [the tribal agencies of] DI Khan [Dera Ismail Khan], Tank and the Khyber Agency, where clerks of the area have started to join them. There has been a sharp increase in attacks on heavily-defended military targets in these areas as well,” according to Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao.
Steven Emerson aptly explained the status of Pakistan in the Global War on Terror, "[Pakistan] is both an ally and it's an "anti-ally," so to speak. It has been helpful. It's also been detrimental." The Taliban's consolidation of power in the tribal belt is a major detriment, and a problem the Musharraf government can no longer ignore.
Related:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2376780,00.html
http://counterterrorismblog.org
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/10/AR2006061000006.html
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