Yesterday was great! I woke up quite early, around 4:00 am, and stayed up until 21:30. I did take a one hour nap, but forced myself up as I had a task to do for a friend (I roasted a turkey) both for her dinner and which we will now split. I am a bit more functional and certainly have better memory function and concentration. How am I doing this? I had to stop taking my blood pressure medicine. Yes, I probably will die sooner, but who wants to live an extra 20 or 30 years if it's to be catatonic as an induced side effect? After four years of wasted life trying to find a medication or regimen that doesn't cause this AND lowers blood pressure, I have decided to end this little experiment. I won't try other medications unless the doctor can give me something that deals with the side effects. There are many things I want to do. And, even if my life is cut a bit short, I will do some of them rather than live long and do nothing. I am still going to be limited, at times, yet not so strictly or often.
The turkey turned out well. When I decided to roast it this time, I wanted to try an experiment. I always add a bit of water to the roasting pan, this time I wanted to use that water. And, since I like mixed meat flavors, I decided to add bratwurst (hand made type) to that water, and I added rice as well (though the brats were added in the last hour and a half and the rice only for the last hour). I have yet to see how that part came out, but I will be writing on that as soon as I know.
If life is an oyster, more than half it's mass is waste and when it does produce pearls, you still can't eat the pearl. Go figure and swallow it carefully.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
Ah, right, where was I?
Sorry about that, but when I need sleep, replying to blogs, eating, and managing bodily functions is all I have to offer the world. So far the world hasn't voted me off the island, so, I give what I can. And, if you are reading this, I have no doubt that you know what it is I offer. Opinion, of course, you guys...
The world seems to be changing, people dieing, wars being waged, new officials taking office, and you know what? It's the same as yesterday, I swear it. More, it's like two weeks ago when I did the braindeaddive into Sleepyville . I used to have to deal with depression. I thought it was because I became unable to stay awake and enjoy life. Not so, little friends, it was because nothing ever changes. I've gotten over depression, in spite of that fact. Woohoo... I should take a nap.
Now, there are good things to be said about balance and status quo. I am a republican and conservative, after all. But when the balance is off kilter to the left at least twenty degrees, it's annoying at best. What I propose we do about it is... Exactly, I don't have a clue. Voting won't do it and I'm getting a little old to be revolting (though some liberals think I am revolting, and in there case, I am). Why don't we talk about the weather? Oh, right, we ARE talking about the weather. I still think, on the odds, we conservatives have a better shot of booting their sorry liberal butts than they have of changing the weather. Besides, I live in Iowa, I wouldn't mind a little added property value with the loss of some of the coastal lands and some extra sunshine. I'd love to have big city folk put into tenements and denied the vote since their states don't exist and they aren't residents, at least until that can all be sorted out. Call it a natural resettling of the Civil War, going back to state and individual power from federalism a bit.
Now, where was I? Oh, right. How to change the political landscape in the United States of America, that is my question. First, we would have to create a group of like minded individuals who know our history, who are civic minded, who believe in this nation, who are able and willing to do some work, and in large enough numbers to be a concern. That might well get the ATF ,FBI, and about a dozen other federal, state, and local entities knocking on our doors. So long as enough of them are in our group, not a problem, otherwise it could get rough. And, of course, there are the state and federal forces to worry about, though and again, with enough mutual involvement, not a problem. So, you see, our rights of association have been weakened. Anyway, let us say we work through that. Next, we need to find the first generation of leaders who know what needs to be done and how, have access to enough of the keys to open the gates to begin restoring the constitution, and then we have to support them. This is my dream, and it's a peaceful one, so butt out if your selling armed revolution, we'll get to the settlements after we reestablish a constitutionally based government. Ok , after that is accomplished, then we have to live with it. Frankly, it's going to have it's own problems. Things you are used to being automatic just will not exist. See, this is the real problem.
Everyone wants change but not one person is truly willing to give up their goodies. Road improvements, farm subsidies, medicaid, tax loopholes, bridges to nowhere, the seeming rate of economic growth (partly fictional), and the like are symptoms that have grown into problems in their own right. So, we have layers of problems with no one willing to sacrifice their piece of the pie, just wanting to not have to pay for it. So, ask yourself, what are you willing to give up? Don't be cute either. And everyone has to give up a LOT to make it work.
The world seems to be changing, people dieing, wars being waged, new officials taking office, and you know what? It's the same as yesterday, I swear it. More, it's like two weeks ago when I did the braindeaddive into Sleepyville . I used to have to deal with depression. I thought it was because I became unable to stay awake and enjoy life. Not so, little friends, it was because nothing ever changes. I've gotten over depression, in spite of that fact. Woohoo... I should take a nap.
Now, there are good things to be said about balance and status quo. I am a republican and conservative, after all. But when the balance is off kilter to the left at least twenty degrees, it's annoying at best. What I propose we do about it is... Exactly, I don't have a clue. Voting won't do it and I'm getting a little old to be revolting (though some liberals think I am revolting, and in there case, I am). Why don't we talk about the weather? Oh, right, we ARE talking about the weather. I still think, on the odds, we conservatives have a better shot of booting their sorry liberal butts than they have of changing the weather. Besides, I live in Iowa, I wouldn't mind a little added property value with the loss of some of the coastal lands and some extra sunshine. I'd love to have big city folk put into tenements and denied the vote since their states don't exist and they aren't residents, at least until that can all be sorted out. Call it a natural resettling of the Civil War, going back to state and individual power from federalism a bit.
Now, where was I? Oh, right. How to change the political landscape in the United States of America, that is my question. First, we would have to create a group of like minded individuals who know our history, who are civic minded, who believe in this nation, who are able and willing to do some work, and in large enough numbers to be a concern. That might well get the ATF ,FBI, and about a dozen other federal, state, and local entities knocking on our doors. So long as enough of them are in our group, not a problem, otherwise it could get rough. And, of course, there are the state and federal forces to worry about, though and again, with enough mutual involvement, not a problem. So, you see, our rights of association have been weakened. Anyway, let us say we work through that. Next, we need to find the first generation of leaders who know what needs to be done and how, have access to enough of the keys to open the gates to begin restoring the constitution, and then we have to support them. This is my dream, and it's a peaceful one, so butt out if your selling armed revolution, we'll get to the settlements after we reestablish a constitutionally based government. Ok , after that is accomplished, then we have to live with it. Frankly, it's going to have it's own problems. Things you are used to being automatic just will not exist. See, this is the real problem.
Everyone wants change but not one person is truly willing to give up their goodies. Road improvements, farm subsidies, medicaid, tax loopholes, bridges to nowhere, the seeming rate of economic growth (partly fictional), and the like are symptoms that have grown into problems in their own right. So, we have layers of problems with no one willing to sacrifice their piece of the pie, just wanting to not have to pay for it. So, ask yourself, what are you willing to give up? Don't be cute either. And everyone has to give up a LOT to make it work.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
A rested mind and body is golden.
I finally caught a break and slept well and for long enough to feel rested. As well, the ability to act has been in evidence. Sadly, I have had little time to write. My computer is ill, so I needed to update this, switch that, remove that, and rearrange, restart, and hope. After 5 hours or a bit more... I have a tolerably less ill machine. hehe I love computers for the Internet , games, and math but I know that it is nearly impossible to keep up on even a single computer. Registry problems, lost links, unknown software, security difficulties, software updates, hardware upgrades, and then you have to learn a dozen programs well enough to have any worth from the thing, it's quite a lot. Isn't it difficult to realize what you are seeing and what I seem to be typing, well, it's all a mechanical (on several levels) and visual manipulation of electrons, created most likely by burning coal. So, it's coal? hehe No, but it sometimes seems like coal would be a better gift than a computer... you can burn it too.
I'm listening to Leonard Cohen. A blog associate brought up the name recently in one post or another. It took two or three days, perhaps, to trickle through my foggy mind and end up playing on my system. I cry the first time I hear it after a long break. I know, silly, but it just is. Though I have only known his music for four or five years, it feels like I should remember him from the 30's or 40's or something. The fact that I was not born at the time or that he was not singing at that time seems to have no bearing on emotional understandings.
After the tears comes a flood of memories and thoughts. An excitement, that coupled with my rested and functional condition, joins to make for a wonderful time. Even the frustrations of working with a recalcitrant computer seem to melt. The waits are not so insufferable and the successes are even more satisfying.
On another topic, I have received some feedback on some of my comments. Some people think I might be prejudiced, that I might be edging around bigotry. There is some wonder about my intentions and considerations, my sensibilities are certainly being questioned. I will say, what is being said is absolutely true. I must also add this, the target of my wonder and doubt is none other than the author. So, should you be so close as to feel threatened by my thoughts, perhaps you should be. If you need a pass in life, if you cannot be questioned or doubted, if when weighed you are found to be wanting, perhaps you should not come here. I do not say this because I could not like you but because you will only be hurt here. You are not yet ready to be here.
I'm listening to Leonard Cohen. A blog associate brought up the name recently in one post or another. It took two or three days, perhaps, to trickle through my foggy mind and end up playing on my system. I cry the first time I hear it after a long break. I know, silly, but it just is. Though I have only known his music for four or five years, it feels like I should remember him from the 30's or 40's or something. The fact that I was not born at the time or that he was not singing at that time seems to have no bearing on emotional understandings.
After the tears comes a flood of memories and thoughts. An excitement, that coupled with my rested and functional condition, joins to make for a wonderful time. Even the frustrations of working with a recalcitrant computer seem to melt. The waits are not so insufferable and the successes are even more satisfying.
On another topic, I have received some feedback on some of my comments. Some people think I might be prejudiced, that I might be edging around bigotry. There is some wonder about my intentions and considerations, my sensibilities are certainly being questioned. I will say, what is being said is absolutely true. I must also add this, the target of my wonder and doubt is none other than the author. So, should you be so close as to feel threatened by my thoughts, perhaps you should be. If you need a pass in life, if you cannot be questioned or doubted, if when weighed you are found to be wanting, perhaps you should not come here. I do not say this because I could not like you but because you will only be hurt here. You are not yet ready to be here.
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