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March 21, 2006

Good sign or bad sign

I am reading...

"S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo.
Non torno vivo alcun, si'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo."

... it reminds me, I need to call Beth.

The quote is from Dente's inferno....

If I believed that my reply were to someone who could return to the world, this
flame would remain without shaking. But since from this abyss no one returns alive - if what I hear is true - I can speak to you without fear of infamy (Dante, Inferno, Canto 27)

March 19, 2006

I am a suit.

I keep forgetting Bill is right ... the universe doesn't give a damn about my opinion.

March 17, 2006

QOD

"The doctor is out! She is putting on her bondage pants now..." -B

I don't makem' up, I jsut write them down....

I am a yearner...

I found this little bit of Internet amusement for your Friday afternoon. Apparently if you believe the BBC, you can tell what kind of person you are by the position you sleep in. As a comedian I love this idea. Think about the great pickup line!!!

Sleep position gives personality clue

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The Foetus (41%): Those who curl up in the foetus position are described as tough on the outside but sensitive at heart. They may be shy when they first meet somebody, but soon relax.
This is the most common sleeping position, adopted by 41% of the 1,000 people who took part in the survey. More than twice as many women as men tend to adopt this position.

Log (15%): Lying on your side with both arms down by your side. These sleepers are easy going, social people who like being part of the in-crowd, and who are trusting of strangers. However, they may be gullible.

The yearner (13%): People who sleep on their side with both arms out in front are said to have an open nature, but can be suspicious, cynical. They are slow to make up their minds, but once they have taken a decision, they are unlikely ever to change it.

Soldier (8%): Lying on your back with both arms pinned to your sides. People who sleep in this position are generally quiet and reserved. They don't like a fuss, but set themselves and others high standards.

Freefall (7%): Lying on your front with your hands around the pillow, and your head turned to one side. Often gregarious and brash people, but can be nervy and thin-skinned underneath, and don't like criticism, or extreme situations.

Starfish (5%): Lying on your back with both arms up around the pillow. These sleepers make good friends because they are always ready to listen to others, and offer help when needed. They generally don't like to be the centre of attention.

March 14, 2006

Call the Academy!!!

Call the Academy; they awarded the best picture the wrong film. I should have gone to Ultraviolet. This movie is great! You have to go see it! It is 88 minutes of a super model with guns and samurai swords beating up gasmask wearing soldiers while her clothes change color, all to save a cloned kid who carries a world killing virus. It takes less then 5 minutes for them to ask her to get naked to walk thru a security scanner! This has to be the years best movie!

Let’s start with the plot that should not take long. In the future a blood born disease called hemophagia starts giving people super fast reflexes and agility. The virus turns normal every day humans into angst’s ridden tragically hip super humans. The healthy humans dub them hemophagies and round them up while installing a totalitarian government. Rule one never round up the super humans without installing a cult like totalitarian government.

About 20 minutes into the movie hemophagies tag in favor of calling them vampires. In a stroke of film genius about that time all the tragically hip super models that up until this time were on the side of the super model, show up with fangs and join forces with the bad guy! All because this is this cloned kid she wants to save and they don’t. To be fare to the tragically hip vampires, the bad guy does shoot three of them in the head while drinking coffee.

Our super model hero must not fight throngs of bad guys, the tragically hip vampires, some Japanese tragically hip vampires who only live on one floor of this building she has to walk through and oh yeah she is die for some reason that is not really explained. All to save a clone of the bad guy who can talk but only does so to her and writes weird formulas in magazine that will save all humanity. He is complex.

The movie is made up of these scenes where we see a shot of her butt as bad guys poor into the room. Her clothes change color, she says something to the effect of “you are all going to die,” the draw machine guns and samurai swords, rush at her and she kills them. Repeat. Truly it never gets old. This is cinematic excellence.

Now before you claim I am being sarcastic let me tell you this. The movie is a comic book. You would not expect great literature from something you bought at 7-11 for $1.50. You would expect girls in skimpy outfits beating up bad guys with machine guns and samurai swords while secret lab exploded around her. This was just what I wanted. If there is every a Ultraviolet 2, they have another $7.50 of money.

March 07, 2006

Part 2 of the story

Something strange happened this weekend, strange in that beautiful and weird way. We all have heroes, people we admire and adore. One of my heroes is a person who performs with selfless abandons and joy. They are a joy to watch and inspiring to perform with. This weekend I realized that once upon a time I was one of their heroes.

Although this person does not know it they keep me doing faire. The story goes like this, more years ago then I want to think about this person was a patron. On the last day they had to be there they made sure to tell someone how much they enjoyed watching the character I was playing. The person they told was my friend Shaggy. Shaggy made a point that night to tell me what this person had said.

Now the part they don’t know. This was one of those days I really felt the weight of doing faire was too much. I was having a rough time in my life and faire was not going well. When Shaggy told me what the person had said, I got weepy. It touched my heart.

Until this weekend I had not recognized the person. They are now part of cast and they brighten peoples lives themselves. They are amazingly talented and are now one of my heroes.

Not my problem...

South Dakota passed a law banning abortions except to save the life of the mother. I thought this was a good day to post this.

"The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion"

March 03, 2006

love language

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch: 9
Quality Time: 8
Words of Affirmation: 8
Acts of Service: 3
Receiving Gifts: 2


Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

March 02, 2006

The patriot act… I read that in the original title… 1984.

“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” - Ben Franklin

This phrase keeps coming up. I believe every man be innocent until proven guilty. Those questions of his innocence should be made with his full knowledge. His rights include the right to defend his property from search and seizure. I believe the revolution to win these rights has already been fought and won.

Some would accuse me of supporting terrorists, or giving them safe harbor or comfort. The logic of this statement does not stand up. To take any other stand would be to give up my freedom to protect it.

The line is drawn here… The Bill of Rights is the final word.

What sent me off on this rant… read this. The story is from The Providence Journal. It could be completely made up; at the moment it does not matter. The President has admitted to spying on American without deeming it necessary to go to court.

For those who believe we are at war, Congress has not declared war. Our laws lay out the method of declaring war. There is no new immediate danger that would prohibit congress from taking these actions. The rule of law in this country has been tossed aside for a little temporary safety.