Just another holiday, right? Another opportunity for a long weekend, and a short work week! Take a minute and think about this day. Memorial day has a long history, has been celebrated at different times and in different forms by every state in the Union, and it is one of those quintessential American holidays that (should!) bring us all together as one.

In an age where everything has been tainted by politics and constant reminders of how "different" we are, Memorial day is quite simple. Thanksgiving has been lost to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Christmas has lost its innocence to complicated religions and petty bickering about phrasing. All Memorial Day wants us to do is to remember where we come from, remember those people who we have to thank for getting and keeping us here, and to have a really great barbeque,...

Well, I have been affected by the recent legislation here in Colorado in a negative way. I recently had to move (again!) because my landlord lost his job and had to sell his rental unit, and he sprung this on me with 32 days notice to move! Talk about a surprise! We had actually considered buying that particular house at one point, but it would have taken too much money to bring it up to my standards, so we were holding off for another year, and then this happens.

So, the wife only had 4 requirements-at least 3 bedrooms, in the same town, with a fenced yard, and a garage. All in 31 days. Keeping it in the same town, or at least the same area, was the killer, and I could only find two places that were big enough. Neither one of them had everything she wanted, but then again, you never get everything you want, right? So I picked...

Pill Man,
Didn't know that one. Cops are gonna' FIND a reason to write you up and throw you in jail. i I do have a Permit to Carry. My Daddy suggested I get it. He believed in shooting first, asking questions later. However, I believe that even if you were defending yourself, THEY would see that you were thrown in jail. It's always something with them...

So this is a somewhat personal story I feel I can finally share on here. This is from a bad, or should I say worse, time in my life. I have only told this full story to my friend Blu.

So this dates back about two years ago on a night that, then and now, has never been able to leave my mind. I can't go a day without this memory coming back to me. I guess lets just say it's a night to remember.

I was at home and in my room by myself. Sick to my stomach at the news I have just heard. I felt horrible, sick, and out of control. The night could not get any worse...or could it? One could decide one way or another.

I began thinking of drug cocktails to take...Neapolitans even. Whatever floats your boat. I was out of most of my narcotics and was desperate for a high or a getaway of some sort. I started scrambling...

Human Rights Act: What the articles say
The Human Rights Act of 1998


The right to life l Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment l Freedom from forced labour l Right to Liberty l Fair trial l l Retrospective penalties l Privacy l Freedom of conscience l Freedom of expression l Freedom of assembly l Marriage and family l Freedom from discrimination l First Protocol

Article 2: Right to Life

(1) Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which the penalty is provided by law.
(2) Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this Article when it results from the use of force which is no more...

Heroes are born and legends are made? I think the saying goes something like that. Anyway, I thought I would do a little piece on heroes and legends. My heroes, of course! But I am open for suggestions. Anyway, for the first entry, there is one instance that always comes to my mind when the talk turns to heroes and legends-Thomas Jefferson Jackson-and I will start off with him.

Thomas Jackson
The flags were bright squares of color in the gray fog of the cannon smoke. The Stars and Stripes came forward while the 1st National of the Confederacy edged backward, but then stopped. Thomas Jackson, his well-thumbed bible safe in his saddlebag, had decreed that this far they would go, but no farther.

Jackson's men stood hard in the smoke and discovered that the hated hours of drill and parade were being transmuted...

Drugs
Exporting

Source: The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971. Section 3.

Offence: It is an offence for any person to import or to export a controlled drug.

Powers: Arrestable offence.


Produce

Source: The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971. Section 4(2).

Offence: It is an offence for a person to produce controlled drug.

Powers: Arrestable offence.


Supply

Source: The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971. Section 4(3).

Offence: It is an offence for a person:

to supply or offer to supply a controlled drug to another; or
to be concerned in the supplying of such a drug to another; or
to be concerned in the making to another of an offer to supply such a drug.
Powers:...

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Or maybe it should be "Time Redux". Anyway, this is a follow-up to my earlier blog entry about time, and I suggest you read that one first, if you have not done so already. Actually, that is just a clever ploy to get you to read more of my blog!

Anyway.....time. And by extension, timekeeping and everything else that goes with time.

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. It sounds easy at first, but you probably can't. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car or in your cellphone. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie.

Yet, all around you, timekeeping is ignored!

Birds are not late. The Dog does not check her watch or look at the clock on the microwave oven. The Rotten Little Kittens...

Of all the events which can possibly happen during a marriage, this is without a doubt the most crushing and destructive of them all. It is heart-breaking at any time-whether in the beginning or after many years of the marriage-because of the violation of the (assumed!) trust, the breaking of the marriage vows, the emotional effects on the partner who has been violated (what's wrong with me? Am I not good enough? why? WHY?), and many other things, but in my opinion, an extramarital affair in a long-established marriage is the worst thing that can happen between two people.

Now, there are obviously many different shades of gray here, from situations such as those in which a couple has a marriage in name only-for any number of reasons-to "open" marriages, to newlyweds who got drunk and screwed the bridesmaid/best man...

This is my first blog and I would like to post an essay that I wrote for school. I already turned it in and got a grade for it, as it is pretty old. I would just like to see others opinions on my paper.




Society in this time era has gone through intense measures to keep people locked away in prison cells, no matter what the cost may be. This has caused our prisons to be overcrowded and has left no room for true criminals such as serial killers, rapists, or even kidnappers. There are over 218,000 people in prison right now and more than half of them are in there for non-violent offences ("Federal bureau of," 2011). The cost of sending someone to prison today is $48,214 a year (Noriega, 2010). The problem with this is that we are wasting a lot of money and sending people to...

So I'm at the grocery store picking up some foods and in front of me in line is a conservative Muslim family (ladies in burkas of varying levels of cover). The mother starts looking at my selection kind of surprised to see Dragonfruit. She then comments on the chorizo and about how yummy it is and I'm all like WTF? "Of course I don't eat pork anymore. We're Mexican Muslims, I bet you weren't expecting that." And I have never had a more honest "no" come out of my mouth.

This planet never ceases to amaze me.

A few Christmas's ago I was at my sisters house and fell down her basement stairs and broke my wrists badly, They both needed surgery and my face looked like I went through a glass window. Not gonna show you that pic, but can show you the stairs and the wall after I fell down stairs then my face went into wall. You can see the outline of my face on the wall. Well can't seem to get that picture in here I will post in my photo albulm area in a separate folder from the cats.

It's not about hitting the floor, it's about getting up again. Which I couldn't quite. Not the first time, but the worst time...

Fuck me cross-eyed, pushed over by my precious. Punching out; totally lost her. No recall of the poke and skoosh, lush swoop and heavy droop. Wings clipped, strings cut, lights out. Then it all slid off and clattered on a hard hotel floor. Nobody heard the tree fall in the forest.

This is how we die. Check all the boxes for an almost-perfect OD situ. Using alone, occasionally (tolerance down.) A question mark over quality but greedy as always. Honestly: I thought this might happen. Given I'd made a big fuss over quality last time, might've known my dealer would have felt shamed into serving un-cut, un-said. Since he makes a big deal of I'm his favourite lab-rat.

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Nice cartoon!




http://stephthegeek.com/post/4365481...othy-leary-you

Well, now that the dust has settled a bit from the last topic, I think that I would like to look into the topic of the so-called "Civil" War and start a well-rounded discussion of this subject matter.

This is a subject that, to this very day, still stirs controversy among many people-especially those who have never really studied the root causes of the conflict and the time period in which it took place, but are nonetheless absolutely certain that they know not only how, but why it occurred. I mean, come on now! EVERYONE knows that the South started the war because they did not want to give up their slaves. EVERYONE knows that "honest ol' Abe" was a poor, home-spun "self-made man" whose concern for his fellow man was the driving force behind all of his actions. EVERYONE knows that the North did...

RIP my sister 7th February 2013.

This morning our family quitely gathered around my sisters bedside to support her children when their mother, my sister ended her battle with lung cancer.

She left us on her own terms, at home in her bedroom at 3.20am, her best time in happier days that live on in our memories. Oh how she loved the night life, her daughter reminded me that to the very end she continued to be up during the wee hours watching late night tele when socialising was no longer physically possible.

I always knew she had a aura that attracted people of all kinds, inspiring them to be incredibly loyal and generous to the very end of her life. Marrying and having three childrern I believed she would moderate her lifestyle as most of us do. However divorce, lifestyle, and other conditions ensured...

I was recently following a thread by Lostgurl regarding a negative personal event which has recently occurred in her life, and it started me thinking. Well, if you follow my blog at all, you already know by now that when I start to think, strange paths and directions began to be explored, and we often end up in some really weird places!

But this particular event, as well as the underlying issue, is not a laughing matter, and my heart goes out for lostgurl, because I know all too well the pain that is being gone through right now. With that being said, I was moved to write the following.

Seven Ways To Kill A Good Relationship.

1. Violate. The quickest way to end a good relationship is to violate that relationship with heinous words and/or deeds. Adultery, abuse-whether physical or emotional, lies, gossip,...

I was remembering my father earlier today. My dad would try anything-carpentry, electrical wiring, plumbing, roofing, auto repair, etc., and it was from watching him that I first learned the lesson that I still apply to my life today-No matter how difficult a task may seem, if you are not afraid to try it, you can do it.

And when you are done, it will leak!

I became the King of Leaks this way, because I know that there is something to be said for taking a risk and going for it-I am convinced that one of the great necessities for life is courage.

I am sure almost all of us have heard it said "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". But the motto of some of us is more like "Nothing ventured, nothing lost." How often are we afraid to try or do something new or to go in a new direction that...

I have a great many things running through my mind right now, and I know I will never be able to remember all of them long enough to get them recorded (being in a manic phase kind of sucks that way for me), but I will give it a shot!
I started thinking about the odd weather we have been having here in my part of Colorado for the month of January, and that somehow led me to a consideration of the month itself. Not so much the history behind it as different things that have happened that some might see as noteworthy. This then led to thoughts of how this could be applied around the world, but I quickly realized the enormity of that task and managed to steer myself to more conquerable pastures.

So, with that being said, here are some interesting things that have happened in the month of January in the united States.
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Up until the late 16th century, everyone "knew" that the sun and the planets revolved around the Earth. up until the late 19th century, epidemic illnesses such as cholera and the plague were "known" to be caused by a poisonous mist filled with particles from rotting things. Up until the early 20th century, the most common procedure performed by surgeons for thousands of years was bloodletting, because we "knew" that blood drained from the body balanced out all of the wacky "humours" which were responsible for poor health. but as misinformed as all of that may sound now, our predecessors believed these "facts" with the same certainty and conviction that we have when we believe that the Earth is round and that hot fudge sundaes will make you fat.

Living in a time of such dazzling...

OK, as promised, here is the rebuttal piece I told aquatic I would post as well.

I begin any conversation on the question of god with the realization that we cannot convince men or women of the existence or the non-existence of god. Lets be honest with ourselves on that point, at least. So, what is the value of the discussion then? Ultimately, it it may be little more than a deep need to remind ourselves of what we believe in. And it might be an opportunity to encourage those who see things this way-and discourage those who do not. We would do well to remember that there are really smart people who believe in god, just as there are some real dumb ones. And vice versa. And as C.S. Lewis reminds us-whether we are atheists or true believers-there will be times when we doubt our beliefs, whichever camp you may fall into.
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Back new year, no improvements just the, incredibly just like all those bloody Aufull infomercials but wait there's more, Sorry for not communicating these past weeks but it seemed to be a good thing to Bee to say nothing to bring anyone else down.

Now it's becoming even more entangled in my sisters being even down deep inside her bones. How much more we dare not ask the cheerfull young oncologist who keeps reminding us how good a fight sis has given this shitty disease. At the risk of sounding horrid Bee sometimes wishes for sis's sake that she wasn't quite so good a fighter.

Days turn into weeks in the palliative care unit of which we have become frequent visitors, the lucky ones get to leave frequently, staff seem to do the biz as usual but I don't believe it's as easy as they say. Also pain relief is dependant...

Here is another one I like and find that I agree with completely!

When my children were around 3 years old, they used to ask me a lot of questions about heaven. Where is it? How do people walk around without a body? How will I find you? You know the questions that kids ask.

For over a year, I lied to them and made up various stories that even I did not believe about heaven. Like most parents, I love my children so much and I do not want them to be scared. I want them to feel safe and loved and full of hope. but the trade-off was that I would have to make stuff up, and I would have to brainwash him into believing stories that didn't make sense. Stories that I never believed either. One day, they would know this, and they would no longer trust my judgement. They would know that I built an elaborate tale-not unlike...

One or two of these I have heard before, in different forms and circumstances, but the rest are new. And how true they can be!

LESSON 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up with hers, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs, and when she opens the door, there stands the next-door neighbor, Bob.

Before she can say a word, Bob says "I'll give you $800.00 to drop that towel." After thinking about it for a second, the woman drops the towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob silently hands her the money, turns around, and leaves. The woman then wraps herself back up with the towel and goes back up-stairs.

When she gets to the bedroom, her husband asks "Who was that at the door?"...