Today we lost a visionary. A legend. An Icon. Steve Jobs was my generations Tom Edison. He and his pal Stephan "Woz" Wozniak gave us one of the greatest technological advances the world had seen in centuries.
The Apple computer changed the way we work and the way computers are viewed. With the introduction of the Mac, Jobs and Woz gave IBM and other PC makers a run for the money.
Later Jobs introduced the world to the iPod. A revolution in music players and changing for ever the way we get and listen to music with iTunes.
In recent years Steve Jobs changed the way we make a call. With the introduction of the iPhone, Jobs gave us his 3rd and final act.
We are forever indebted to Jobs for our modern life. The electronics we use from now on will always be compared and/or inspired by Apple and Steve Jobs.
There is now a gap left to be filled. Jobs empowers and encourages us to fill it.
He has had several memorable quotes but this one I think fits for today -
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure-these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ...Stay hungry. Stay foolish." - Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement June 2005
Thank you Steve for your inspiration and innovation. Steve Jobs. February 24 1955 - October 5 2011 Apple Tribute
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Atheism as seen by a Christian
This was a poster I saw today on Facebook posted by a Christian friend of mine. I posted a rebuttal to it.
Here is my rebuttal.
Atheists actually do believe that something happen but that it is more practical than magical. To atheists the belief in an all powerful being that thought the universe into being is nothing short of believing in fairies and other magical creatures. That doesn't mean that they are without a moral center or condemn others in their belief in god nor any other deity. Do not condemn them for their lack of belief. It is no different than condemning a Jew, Muslim or Buddhist for their different belief in God. We are here to learn from one another. Our differences teach us tolerance and patience. Good and evil are universal concepts and man, whatever his belief, is capable of both in equal measure.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
A Down To Earth View of 9/11
Most Americans likes to celebrate this day as a national tragedy. A kind of holiday. Many Americans will tell each other to make sure they Honor the day. They will post pictures, fly virtual flags and make grand speeches about an event they had little or no connection to other than the news they watched as it happened.
What every other American must realize is that there are 2996 families that have reason to remember this day as a personal tragedy. They are not all known by name nor are willing to come forward to share their stories because it is so painful. Many would rather you not remind them of the day or feel you have no right to mourn with them.
How would you like to have to share the death of a loved one every year with the whole of a nation? Remember that the next time you berate your fellow Facebooker or online friend for NOT joining in on the so called celebration of this horrific day.
Honor the dead and those that survived but be sure you remain humble and respectful to those thousands of fellow Americans that are reminded every year that their loved one died suddenly and tragically.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Anger and the Mob
It easy to be angry. It is easy to put yourself in with others that are also angry. It is easy to be part of a group that is angry. It is even easier to be part of the mob rushing to a cause, understood or not. What is the easiest thing is to be swept up in the waves of unrestrained emotion, beating upon the shores of supposed injustice.
What is hard is to be calm, quiet and contemplative, to be at ease and at peace. Do those things and you will find that you know the answers.
His Holiness Dalai Lama says it best.."Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy."
He lists intelligece as one of the best. A mob has no intelligence. It is an entity like a virus. It's way is the only one. It changes those others around it to its thinking and only wants of it's self.
We must use our intelligence in all things. This is a must. There is no compromising this one thing. Every person has it and like a muscle, must be exersized in order to keep it strong. If it is not used we fall victim to the mob mentality and become lost within it's whirlwind of craziness. The only end is confusion and despair. Try to be the one that says, "No. This does us no good! We are better than this."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Blind patriotism
I see so many posts on Face Book, blogs and news-nets about frustration of illegal aliens crossing our borders and stealing our jobs. It angers me to see such posts. It shows such ignorance of the truth and enforces this Blind Patriotism that borders on nationalism, a form of arrogance that many citizens seem to have for our country.
We are great beyond words. We are the protector of the world and an example for all but we must be humble or we shall fall into ruin much like the Roman society.
We forget so quickly that we, the U.S.A. are the symbol for freedom. We are a beacon of light in the dark world of tyranny. Why wouldn't people want to come here? Yes, some do come here the wrong way but it is not they who have made the problems we have now.
It is easy to blame illegal aliens for our countries problems. Our so called leaders do it to get votes yet these same leaders are the ones that allow our jobs to go across seas. That is where our jobs are going, not to the illegal’s that could not possibly number so greatly as to account for the millions of jobs lost. It is ridiculous to think so.
If we want change in our country, we must demand in politicians common sense. There are so few of them that are truly civil servants. Most are careers politicians filled with greed and dreams of power.
It sickens me beyond belief that nothing changes except the amount of greed and arrogance shown by our leaders in office. Blame them not the simple man that was found hiding in a trunk of a car to work in a field here to feed his family. Do not blame the simple house keeper working for someone who thinks they are doing her a favor.
Let us not forget what borders our fore-fathers crossed, what laws they broke and what sacrifices they made to make our country the beacon of freedom it is. We are a light in the dark for the entire world to see. Those that uproot their entire families to come here are no different than our great grandparents. Those that break laws to get here and cross our borders are no different than they.
It is not us against them. We are the world as the song used to say. We are one people made of many. Read what it says on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty to remember what we are to the world.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
with conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
with conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus, 1883
Saturday, June 11, 2011
What scares me about this is the part about corporatization of water. Soylant Green scenario in the works there.
Via: Term Life Insurance
Via: Term Life Insurance
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Figment
I have begun writing on http://figment.com/ I would love to see you all come there and sign up to write and review other author's work. It is a great site for budding writers. There are excellent works of art there, including but not limited to: poetry, short story, YA, horror, fantasy, detective, true life, adventure and many more.
I will continue to publish here and at my other blog squaredscams.blogspot.com. Please look at my fable, MAN. Follow the link.
Thank you for reading
AWE3
I will continue to publish here and at my other blog squaredscams.blogspot.com. Please look at my fable, MAN. Follow the link.
Thank you for reading
AWE3
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Hubble
This NASA site allows you to leave a message for Hubble and posterity. Below is the one I left. Tell the telescope that changed humanities view of the universe around us how you feel.
http://hubblesite.org/
Hubble has changed the way I think about the past, the future, god and humanity. Our past is so deep, our future so vast, the mind of “god” more complex and humanities place in the universe more hopeful. How little we knew of the universe before Hubble is so apparent after viewing just one of the images. You can’t be anything but amazed and awed by them. Pride also comes to mind because we are a part of the wonders brought to us by Hubble. The Universe is so vast and complex and Hubble has helped shrink and unravel some of it.
I have become emotional viewing the images. How amazing is that? I cannot express enough what I have gained from what Hubble has brought to me. I am not the only one to have an emotional connection to this ‘eye in the sky’. Every single human being on earth is changed by what Hubble has shown us. And humanity as a whole owes its future to this machine. We are bound to travel the cosmos and, because of Hubble, we can map our future and remember our past more clearly.
Thank you Hubble for all you have shown us. You reintroduced these simple children of the stars to their parents. You have place in every human on earth’s heart. Your name will be passed down the generations until it is legend. We are forever in your debt.
Arthur William Edwardson III
As a child I would stare up into the sky in wonder. I could only imagine what things looked like. I remember the first images of the outer planets sent back by Voyager. I was amazed. Only in black and white, but these were real pictures of things so far away that my mind boggled at the distances. I wanted more. Along came Hubble.
Hubble has changed the way I think about the past, the future, god and humanity. Our past is so deep, our future so vast, the mind of “god” more complex and humanities place in the universe more hopeful. How little we knew of the universe before Hubble is so apparent after viewing just one of the images. You can’t be anything but amazed and awed by them. Pride also comes to mind because we are a part of the wonders brought to us by Hubble. The Universe is so vast and complex and Hubble has helped shrink and unravel some of it.
I have become emotional viewing the images. How amazing is that? I cannot express enough what I have gained from what Hubble has brought to me. I am not the only one to have an emotional connection to this ‘eye in the sky’. Every single human being on earth is changed by what Hubble has shown us. And humanity as a whole owes its future to this machine. We are bound to travel the cosmos and, because of Hubble, we can map our future and remember our past more clearly.
Thank you Hubble for all you have shown us. You reintroduced these simple children of the stars to their parents. You have place in every human on earth’s heart. Your name will be passed down the generations until it is legend. We are forever in your debt.
Arthur William Edwardson III
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Oddities
I have been in NYC for a few days and visited Obscura. A strange little antiques shop in the East Village. They have a show on Sc channel called Oddities. Didn't buy any human remains or things like that, but met Evan one of the owners. Very sweet woman, soft spoken. Picture is below.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Betrayal's Mark
Betrayal's Mark
Silence breeds betrayal
Silence breeds betrayal
Born from kindness and concern
Weeping is the lover from barbs set aside
The pain delayed longly burns
Alone attempted it was to hold aloft
The burden apart becomes the distant moor
Betrayal sets in bloody teeth
From blackened wings behind do soar
O' ugly lies spoken from lips of love
Tongue bitten off too late
Now silence the only language spoke
Spat out in bloody fate
Remiss it is beseeching love
For pain is set within the one
Wishing is no longer the coin
Payment too only faeries is done
Once was love enough to bring
Coupled with Security
Blessed smiles won the heart
Sailing together into eternity
Bring back that feeling
Born on wings of white
Shining heart warmed in kind
Wrapped in love beaming bright
O' truths set in lasting stone
Chiseled with hands strong from toil
Words never said made silent by love
For ever trusted because of travail
If faeries take coin at all
Take lies betrayal and pain
Away from those set upon
Leaving only trust and love in twain
Copyright © Bill Edwardson
Alone attempted it was to hold aloft
The burden apart becomes the distant moor
Betrayal sets in bloody teeth
From blackened wings behind do soar
O' ugly lies spoken from lips of love
Tongue bitten off too late
Now silence the only language spoke
Spat out in bloody fate
Remiss it is beseeching love
For pain is set within the one
Wishing is no longer the coin
Payment too only faeries is done
Once was love enough to bring
Coupled with Security
Blessed smiles won the heart
Sailing together into eternity
Bring back that feeling
Born on wings of white
Shining heart warmed in kind
Wrapped in love beaming bright
O' truths set in lasting stone
Chiseled with hands strong from toil
Words never said made silent by love
For ever trusted because of travail
If faeries take coin at all
Take lies betrayal and pain
Away from those set upon
Leaving only trust and love in twain
Copyright © Bill Edwardson
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
What you give
This song is wonderful. It is how I think of someone special to me. I wanted others to share in this. Tell the ones you love how special they are to you.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Three little words in many different ways
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اشتقت لك Arabic
איך פאַרפירן איר Yiddish
Я скучаю по тебе Russian
Jeg savner deg Norwegian
我想念你 Chinese
Ich vermisse dich German
Μου λείπεις Greek
אני מתגעגעת אליך Hebrew
te echo de menos Spanish
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Binary
R nrhh blf Backward Alphabet code
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I miss you English
How far is far? Pt. 2
Below is a graphic for the Voyager and Pioneer probes in relation to the sun and each other. New Horizon is the probe sent to study the now Planetoid Pluto.
How far is far?
The Voyager spacecrafts are the farthest man made objects. Below is a link and the data to show how far, how fast they are traveling. If you ever feel like you are alone in the universe, think about these robotic probes. Perhaps you will feel better in comparison.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/weekly-reports/index.htm
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/weekly-reports/index.htm
RANGE, VELOCITY AND ROUND TRIP LIGHT TIME AS OF THIS REPORT
Voyager 1 | Voyager 2 | |
Distance from the Sun (Km) | 17,367,000,000 | 14,135,000,000 |
Distance from the Sun (Mi) | 10,791,000,000 | 8,783,000,000 |
Distance from the Earth (Km) | 17,428,000,000 | 14,246,000,000 |
Distance from the Earth (Mi) | 10,829,000,000 | 8,852,000,000 |
Total Distance Traveled Since Launch (Km) | 22,780,000,000 | 21,767,000,000 |
Total Distance Traveled Since Launch (Mi) | 14,155,000,000 | 13,525,000,000 |
Velocity Relative to Sun (Km/sec) | 17.059 | 15.468 |
Velocity Relative to Sun (Mi/hr) | 38,159 | 34,845 |
Velocity Relative to Earth (Km/sec) | 23.150 | 30.636 |
Velocity Relative to Earth (Mi/hr) | 51,785 | 68,530 |
Round Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss) | 32:16:44 | 26:23:50 |
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Lets try this again..
I tried to post a very long poem via phone. It didn't work. Try again.
The distance between the stars compare not to the depth of my love
Nor does it express the ache in my heart caused by time apart
A simple trinket or a glance at a portrait eases such pain
But brief is the relief of such a thing to me
Longing for a touch and a whisper overwhelms more and more
Dreams of soft skin touched with back of hand
Of warm breath bringing the kiss of life in the dark of night
Wishing for a voice so sweet to carry a familiar name lifting me up to the heavens in comfort
Distance oh shorten your measure day by day so that my love shows ever greater in comparison as does it feel
You are but a temporary thing and love, Eternal
Copyright © Arthur Edwardson
The distance between the stars compare not to the depth of my love
Nor does it express the ache in my heart caused by time apart
A simple trinket or a glance at a portrait eases such pain
But brief is the relief of such a thing to me
Longing for a touch and a whisper overwhelms more and more
Dreams of soft skin touched with back of hand
Of warm breath bringing the kiss of life in the dark of night
Wishing for a voice so sweet to carry a familiar name lifting me up to the heavens in comfort
Distance oh shorten your measure day by day so that my love shows ever greater in comparison as does it feel
You are but a temporary thing and love, Eternal
Copyright © Arthur Edwardson
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Goals
Goals are a wonderful thing. Goals are something everyone has whether they call them that or not. Going to the store is a goal. Eating breakfast is a goal. Simple goals but goals non the less. It is the far reaching goals that we have trouble with. Well, I do lately. Goals were easy when I was younger. I wanted a job, I got one. I wanted to go to a concert, I went. I wanted a new record, I bought one. (Records are round vinyl disks with grooves that play music for you real young ones.) I even wanted to get married and have children. I did it.
Now goals, the far reaching ones, seem so hard to get to. The gap seems enormous lately. Much like the wonderful Voyager probes that are so far away from their home planet. But they have an on going goal. To forever record data and tell us puny humans what is out there in the great blackness of space.
Of course my goals are not so far from me as that. The metaphor just fits my mood today. I am usually very positive, if a bit naive on how to achieve those goals.
Again I am reminded of the saying, If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I wish I wasn't so bad at planning. Well, I do know how to plan. Today I made progress in the goals I have which is good. I just realized that what I am bad at is dealing with fears I have. The What ifs creep in and latch on. If I do this what happens the other thing? I've said before, I hate What ifs.
I have a lot of fears it seems. I am afraid of loss. I haven't had a lot I guess. It is the ones that hurt the most that cling to me and whisper that they could happen again. The sad thing is, I believe that I may be making them happen again. What a terrible and evil thing to happen. I don't want them to happen. It's those damn What ifs. They are paralyzing at times. So you sit and wait. Wait for what? The inevitable I guess. Inaction only prolongs things. Not just the good things but the bad ones too.
I have two goals. They are wonderful goals and compatible. Stupid fears and What ifs put themselves between them. Between is were I have put myself and I need to be beside each. That may seem like being between but it is being beside each, together.
Perhaps I have to let a power bigger than me take over and guide me to my goals. For the last decade I have had little faith in the existence of god. I like to think that that power is within mankind itself. Would it hurt to let go and let god? I don't know. All I do know is that I need some help.
So God, if you are out there, help me. I know the kind of man I can be. I have met him before. He is great and confident and without fear. He is a good father and a good partner. A man people enjoy being around and that some look up to. I pray that you help me find him again. I see him in the corner of my eye on occasion. Take the blinders away, remove the fears and strengthen my shoulders so that I may carry the burdens any man has. Let the ones I love know that they may rely on me and trust in me. Let me know I may rely and trust in myself. Bless the actions I have taken and the ones I will take to reach my goals. Bless the ones I love. Thank you.
Now goals, the far reaching ones, seem so hard to get to. The gap seems enormous lately. Much like the wonderful Voyager probes that are so far away from their home planet. But they have an on going goal. To forever record data and tell us puny humans what is out there in the great blackness of space.
Of course my goals are not so far from me as that. The metaphor just fits my mood today. I am usually very positive, if a bit naive on how to achieve those goals.
Again I am reminded of the saying, If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I wish I wasn't so bad at planning. Well, I do know how to plan. Today I made progress in the goals I have which is good. I just realized that what I am bad at is dealing with fears I have. The What ifs creep in and latch on. If I do this what happens the other thing? I've said before, I hate What ifs.
I have a lot of fears it seems. I am afraid of loss. I haven't had a lot I guess. It is the ones that hurt the most that cling to me and whisper that they could happen again. The sad thing is, I believe that I may be making them happen again. What a terrible and evil thing to happen. I don't want them to happen. It's those damn What ifs. They are paralyzing at times. So you sit and wait. Wait for what? The inevitable I guess. Inaction only prolongs things. Not just the good things but the bad ones too.
I have two goals. They are wonderful goals and compatible. Stupid fears and What ifs put themselves between them. Between is were I have put myself and I need to be beside each. That may seem like being between but it is being beside each, together.
Perhaps I have to let a power bigger than me take over and guide me to my goals. For the last decade I have had little faith in the existence of god. I like to think that that power is within mankind itself. Would it hurt to let go and let god? I don't know. All I do know is that I need some help.
So God, if you are out there, help me. I know the kind of man I can be. I have met him before. He is great and confident and without fear. He is a good father and a good partner. A man people enjoy being around and that some look up to. I pray that you help me find him again. I see him in the corner of my eye on occasion. Take the blinders away, remove the fears and strengthen my shoulders so that I may carry the burdens any man has. Let the ones I love know that they may rely on me and trust in me. Let me know I may rely and trust in myself. Bless the actions I have taken and the ones I will take to reach my goals. Bless the ones I love. Thank you.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Learning
Weekend Challenge: “Life without balance can cost you your relationships. Life without balance can cost you your health. Life without balance can cost you your spirituality. Life without balance can cost you your wealth & your happiness. So find things to motivate you from all areas of life. Your success depends on it.” -Jim Rohn *How will you find & keep the balance in your life this weekend?
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Dalai Lama
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
If any man is the living embodiment of goodness, godliness and wisdom on this earth, it is his Holiness Dalai Lama.
If any man is the living embodiment of goodness, godliness and wisdom on this earth, it is his Holiness Dalai Lama.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Loneliness cont.
It happened again Saturday night. I found myself surrounded by friends and family, enjoying an evening of cards and conversation with food and drink mix in. I brought a bread loaf stuffed with a cheese dip made with beer. The theme was Beer and Cheese by the way. It wasn't the only cheese beer dip but everyone sampled all that was available. Again, it was good to see people I only see at these little gatherings, plus to meet a couple of new people. This is something I have enjoyed in the past. But this night the food tasted like ash and the drink, only dirty water.
Of course, I missed the person I love. Surrounded by people that liked and
Of course, I missed the person I love. Surrounded by people that liked and
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Osama bin Laden is dead
All across the internet the news of the leader of Al Qaeda's death is being announced. I see on Facebook and Twitter the God bless America, Hallelujah's and celebrations going out to friends and family. It is no small thing that this has happened and it is a step to healing the world's wounds. But let us not forget, that is still little comfort to some that have lost family in the towers and the consecutive wars because of this man.
The death of one man can not change that we live in a world that fears others ways and beliefs. Let us not celebrate but go forward to make the world a place where men like him are no longer created nor tolerated in anyway. I hope our men and women involved in this operation are safe and well. I hope you that have lost love ones can take some comfort in justice being served. Let us celebrate liberation and togetherness. Evil gets too much attention. Only acknowledge it when acts, not when it dies. As Spock has said over and over again, Live long and prosper. Celebrate that.
Below is the announcement from President Barack Obama.
Below is the announcement from President Barack Obama.
Friday, April 29, 2011
A beautiful statement.
Bill Edwardson (@Awe3) has shared a Tweet with you:
"oliviamunn: The world is sometimes grey. But w/understanding we can work 2 make changes &live w/in our differences. @carlsjr @peta http://bit.ly/jw1VtT"
--http://twitter.com/oliviamunn/status/64098198016372736
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"oliviamunn: The world is sometimes grey. But w/understanding we can work 2 make changes &live w/in our differences. @carlsjr @peta http://bit.ly/jw1VtT"
--http://twitter.com/oliviamunn/status/64098198016372736
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Thinking
Thinking. A good thing right? Usually it is great thing to do. It is how we figure out how things work. It is how we unlocked the secrets of the universe. I have found you can get lost in thought. Thinking always of what you should do, what you have to do and what you want to do. Thinking and thinking and more thinking. Where is the action that brings these thoughts to life? That is where some of us get lost. How do you translate an idea you have thought so long about to an action, then finally, a goal?
Planning. It has to be. I have heard and been told, that if you fail to plan then you plan to fail. Simple enough. And very true. I have become the living embodiment of that statement. At least I am feeling that way as of late. If I think real hard (which may hurt me) true planning in my life hasn't happened since I was young. When I was a younger, I would come up with an idea then do it. No fear. No regrets. Just did it. When I wanted to make something happen, I made it happen. I wanted a job, I got a job. Now as an adult there is so many what if this or what if that. I hate what ifs. They represent fears and doubts. I can't afford those anymore.
I'm getting too old for them.
Well, I 'think' I'll write more on this later. Ponder the above until I am done thinking.....
Planning. It has to be. I have heard and been told, that if you fail to plan then you plan to fail. Simple enough. And very true. I have become the living embodiment of that statement. At least I am feeling that way as of late. If I think real hard (which may hurt me) true planning in my life hasn't happened since I was young. When I was a younger, I would come up with an idea then do it. No fear. No regrets. Just did it. When I wanted to make something happen, I made it happen. I wanted a job, I got a job. Now as an adult there is so many what if this or what if that. I hate what ifs. They represent fears and doubts. I can't afford those anymore.
I'm getting too old for them.
Well, I 'think' I'll write more on this later. Ponder the above until I am done thinking.....
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Summertime
Wikipedia Definition: Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, culture, and tradition, but when it is summer in the southern hemisphere it is winter in the northern hemisphere, and vice versa.
One of my favorite songs is Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It is the perfect song to cruise around with the windows down, going about your daily business. Today with gas prices the way they are, perhaps we don't cruise for the sake of it, but being outside and having this song playing makes you feel so good. The original music from this hit is "Summer Madness", a popular hit released by Kool & the Gang in 1974. A great song on it's own. I listen to both.
Today in Wisconsin, it is not feeling like summer is coming soon. Needless to say, these songs warm the mind and body.
Whatever the weather in your neck of the woods, enjoy it with a smile.
One of my favorite songs is Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It is the perfect song to cruise around with the windows down, going about your daily business. Today with gas prices the way they are, perhaps we don't cruise for the sake of it, but being outside and having this song playing makes you feel so good. The original music from this hit is "Summer Madness", a popular hit released by Kool & the Gang in 1974. A great song on it's own. I listen to both.
Today in Wisconsin, it is not feeling like summer is coming soon. Needless to say, these songs warm the mind and body.
Whatever the weather in your neck of the woods, enjoy it with a smile.
Tell them Everyday
Today I got some cards. One is for the person I love. It is important to do something as small as sending a card, a note, a text or an email as often as you can to someone you love. Especially if they are some distance from you. I find that I don't do this enough. At least for me. I think of her often during the day. But I forget that, of course, she would like to know this. So today I sent a card. We talk daily. A card or note of some sort is something that can be held and carried with her. Textile feeling can bring you to the person in a way that just a phone call can't. It is something you held and wrote on. Literally a piece of you is sent along. Science has proven that particles pop in and out of existence and also can be in 2 places at once. I'd like to think that when I send her something, that we are one when she touches it.
What a wonderful word and number One is. Some day I hope that we all can be One with each other.
Tell someone that you love them today. It's good for you and them.
What a wonderful word and number One is. Some day I hope that we all can be One with each other.
Tell someone that you love them today. It's good for you and them.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Samoa's, Trefoils and Thin Mints Oh My!
Girl Scout Cookies are here! What a delightful treat we only receive for a dreadfully short time. People wait and plan for these little sugar fixes. Pigtailed confection pushers stand out front of businesses smiling innocently at people walking by. They rarely need to say anything more than Hello and Goodbye.
What other item or idea works so well? The wonderful thing is, no one gets hurt. No one pushes each other to be the first or slaps others away for the last box.
Not that I condone the practice, but drug dealers could take a page from the cookie pushers. No violence, just business. Hello and goodbye. Perhaps a have a nice day thrown in.
I know. Too much right? Cookies = drugs? I was only making a silly metaphor. I only say this as I watch my girl eat Samoa's on Skype. Of course I can't share in the delight as she viciously puts them into the camera lens. They are her favorites and who can blame her. Chocolate, caramel and coconut mixed so devilishly well.
My only wish is that I could be there to share in the sugar high. Support your local sugar push...I mean Girl Scout. Buy a fix...a box.
What other item or idea works so well? The wonderful thing is, no one gets hurt. No one pushes each other to be the first or slaps others away for the last box.
Not that I condone the practice, but drug dealers could take a page from the cookie pushers. No violence, just business. Hello and goodbye. Perhaps a have a nice day thrown in.
I know. Too much right? Cookies = drugs? I was only making a silly metaphor. I only say this as I watch my girl eat Samoa's on Skype. Of course I can't share in the delight as she viciously puts them into the camera lens. They are her favorites and who can blame her. Chocolate, caramel and coconut mixed so devilishly well.
My only wish is that I could be there to share in the sugar high. Support your local sugar push...I mean Girl Scout. Buy a fix...a box.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Loneliness
Tonight, Saturday night, I was asked to visit friends. I had promised the week before that I would spend some time with them at a local bar because the wife was DJ ing there. These are people Ive known for a very long time. People I love but have not spent a lot of time with in the past few years. I was reluctant to go only because I don't have the money to spend on a night out on the town.
It was nice to see them and others I had not seen in some time. And at first I was having a fairly nice time.
There was something bugging me. I knew what it was but I tried my best to try and enjoy my present company. After some time though, I could no longer ignore that gnawing feeling. I was lonely.
I missed the person I most longed to be with. But I couldn't. She is 890 miles away. There was nothing more important to me than the thought of being with her. What could I do? I left earlier than some expected me to. I no longer wanted to be there without her.
I miss her as much as she misses me, but it is has to be much harder on her. I have people around me. People that care about me even if they don't know what is going on in my life. I have a large extended family. I have a son who I support and of course myself to take care of. She has friends who care deeply for her and a family member that loves her very much even if they are unable to see her as much as I see my family. At the end of the day though, I still have my son to worry about and she has only me to lean on. 890 miles away. How unfair this must seem to her. She has been so patient and supportive with me. Why have I let it get like this?
You are probably thinking, what are you whining about?! You have people around you and someone to take care of. That is true. But what I most want in the world is to start my life with the woman I love and know so well. I have never been as close to someone as I am to her. I get lost some times on this path but my goal is always the same.
Get to her man!
Why can't it happen overnight? It seems to happen that way with others. I'd like to think 'good things happen to those who wait', but we have been at this for some time. I miss her every day. It is becoming heartbreaking the longer we are apart. I want to give in and run to her, but there is more than just her and I to think of for me. It is such quandary for me at times.
I am reminded suddenly of a line in the movie, When Harry met Sally. ...when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
This is what I want. I want it now. I am done waiting for it. I am done with things standing in the way of it. Today starts now.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Pretending
I've heard it said, 'You are who you pretend you be.' It is an interesting thought. If you have spent any time on a social media site, you see people pretending. We spend thought on what label we will give ourselves when creating email accounts, user names and avatars that show online. I am AWE3 here, but is that my name? Not really. You are using an alias every time you leave your email address. As are your neighbors.
I have always tried to show a positive front with my online life. But very recently, I have decided to take it to a new level. I am going to embrace the saying above, 'You are who you pretend to be.'
For the longest time I have pretended to be unable, unwilling, clueless and afraid. This conflicts in the face of me trying to be positive and upbeat. But what I have been doing is only paying cursory attention to those items that need work.
It was called in my former line of work 'Putting out fires'. Only fixing what needs fixing when it breaks instead of preventing it from happening in the first place.
Many of us are guilty of doing this. Sometimes things pile up in your life so quickly or heavily, that it is easier to patch it and move on. That isn't so bad if you go back and repair it. But if you do what I have been guilty of, continually patching, you find yourself in sinking boat.
So as of today, I will 'Pretend' to be organized, connected and successful. You are who you pretend to be. Let us all pretend to be something positive in our lives and others.
I have always tried to show a positive front with my online life. But very recently, I have decided to take it to a new level. I am going to embrace the saying above, 'You are who you pretend to be.'
For the longest time I have pretended to be unable, unwilling, clueless and afraid. This conflicts in the face of me trying to be positive and upbeat. But what I have been doing is only paying cursory attention to those items that need work.
It was called in my former line of work 'Putting out fires'. Only fixing what needs fixing when it breaks instead of preventing it from happening in the first place.
Many of us are guilty of doing this. Sometimes things pile up in your life so quickly or heavily, that it is easier to patch it and move on. That isn't so bad if you go back and repair it. But if you do what I have been guilty of, continually patching, you find yourself in sinking boat.
So as of today, I will 'Pretend' to be organized, connected and successful. You are who you pretend to be. Let us all pretend to be something positive in our lives and others.
The Time for ACTION is NOW! | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read
Excellent advice for procrastinators like me.
The Time for ACTION is NOW! | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read
The Time for ACTION is NOW! | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Facebook postings I am proud of.
It comes down to this. What can we do as people to minimize the possibility that something like that will ever happen again. Whether you believe in god or not, we are here together. On one little planet in an unremarkable galaxy in a remote corner of the universe. Life is not a race. It is a classroom. We are here to learn from and teach each other. Some day all of humanity will be as one, as it should be. We separate each other with meaningless labels. We teach our children that 'We are different from them', because they look, believe, love or do different than we do. We devalue each other and are surprised when our children do (the same) to others. Those kids that murdered that boy found something in him that was 'wrong' to them. Did the devil teach them that? No. Society did. We taught them this. If the eye in the sky is truly looking down at us, we are a disappointment. We need to stop blaming satan, stop begging for god's help and reach out to each other. Only then will we truly understand the meaning of life.
It is only a matter of time when our children will say how ignorant we are for arguing this point. Not much different than how we feel about the civil rights fight of the 60's. It is simply ridiculous to deny people the right to what is clear in the Declaration. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The problem comes when other peoples Happiness bothers others. Live and let live. Period. If you are "Godly" shame on you for casting a stone. Let your creator judge, not you. Don't quote me scripture. There are far too many contradicting ideologies and people only pick what is convenient for them. Sometimes mutilating the meanings simply to push an agenda. Jesus preached love and understanding. Let that be enough. Move on to important things like feeding the hungry, world peace and saving the planet.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tom Shadyac speaks on Oprah.
Below is a transcript of Director Tom Shadyac talking about his Documentary, I AM and his journey from multimillionaire lifestyle to living more simply in a mobile home. His ideas on humanity mirror my own. I was happy to hear my thoughts spoke out load by someone else. Read below and go see his film. I know I will.
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