Colorless Green Ideas

Be Warm.

What are you doing, for Halloween? Have you figured out what costume you'll wear? I figured mine out just this morning, on the way in to work. I heard 'Don't Fear the Reaper' on the radio. It gave me an idea... :)

We are guided by our dreams our nightmares our heart is locked in a battle with our head in the ordinary world Colorless green ideas move toward the light nothing comes from nothing two wrongs don't make a right Erebus, love, and dark winged night brought love, fertility and war And Astarte was born fully clothed With cellphone She got into her car and drove away into the ordinary world listening to her ipod And when she died The sound of the siren said the ambulance was coming her heart had stopped beating but the meter was still running

One thing that's fun about keeping your priority list straight is that if things happen on the low or midside of that list, you end up not worrying as much about it. It just takes time to figure it out. Last night was a good example. I had a problem with a customer. There were these issues with their configuration, and they were complaining. They ended up setting up a meeting with my competitor - at least, I was pretty sure about it. When people complain, you need to deal with the issue. If they're making noise, but you're fixing the problem - then they're probably okay. It's when they get silent on you, that you know you're losing business. They're going elsewhere. So, I was kind of down about it all. I was trying to get with this customer and let them know what I'd done for them but they were 'out of the office'. And then I checked in with my competitor and asked him if he'd heard about anything from these guys. He said he didn't...

The GOP is behind some pretty feverish handwringing, and political forecast second guessing - these days. The Bush Republicans were so blown out of office just one and a half short years ago - in such a complete and devastating manner - that they are anxious to see if they can maintain their now-tenuous hold on power. They've failed in nearly all of their stated 2008 Agenda. This is of course, paid for by the shady people who are paying for big political ads that run everywhere. After all, political consultants have to get money to skew the poll results. Normally, they put money into both parties, and try to play one off the other. So that when the other party makes it into power, they've got just what they need to accomplish their objective. This election cycle, the lobbyists have all their money on the GOP. They've bet nearly 85% of their money on the Bush Republicans. And of course, the Bush Republicans told them that when they win, they will be able to drive dow...

I have sinned and my wage is death A dark aria played upon four strings the melody that lifegod sings comes to end I have sinned and the wages of sin are death the gift of god is eternal life but my hand closes tight I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. I try to open my hand they drive the nail through but still it closes why have you forsaken me Looking up I see through blood upon my brow the Blue Angels flying in formation low scattering my ash to wind I see them fly straight up into the sky and my lifedream reaches further and I see them flying higher their blue and gold wings so high the sky turns black and then they return to earth again flying straight at each other re-entering our atmosphere like a spaceship and crossing at the airstrip the white hot w...

I enjoyed you while you were alive you were created by a person I am not sure why you had to die Maybe you were murdered This post brings back memories of all the things you write It speaks to me of beauty and reminds me of your life I never really knew you We will never meet I fold my hands in prayer and touch them to your feet And walk away with sadness knowing you have crossed a line where life and death are shadow and nothing is defined I guess you feel that you are free because you hit delete

A human powered monorail with the network of rails floating above the ground. Pods fly across the network powered by bicycle gearing. Citizens everywhere rejoice. Do you want to know more?

When I purchase something, I'm not usually one to make a big deal out of what it costs. I also usually don't look forward to buying things - the acquisition usually isn't the high point. In fact, when I get something new, I usually face the event with dread. Some people think about the new, sweet little puppy that will come home. I think about cleaning up puppy dirt off the carpet for two weeks , until the little fur ball knows how to ask to go outside. Some think they would be happy with a sweet little kitten who would love then and snuggle them. I think I would be happy when the kitten grows into a young cat and kills a rat for me. I am happiest when I am in the midlife of things - a car that is well tuned, and doesn't break down. A bike that really works great, fits me well. Let other people constantly buy new stuff. I'll go with comfortable. Which is why getting a new mountain bike is a big deal for me. I ride them hard. The last bike I bought - was more o...

I'm shaking off the sleep loss from my first , open start Civilization 5 game. I wanted to go over a bit of the strategy I used, and how I am making out. I chose to play as Germany, because I planned to hit the map hard and I wanted a start advantage. Germany has a great starting advantage and a good midgame military unit. Around 1200 I finally designed a winning strategy after figuring out that siege units cannot occupy a city (doh!), and I am about 20 turns away from Victory now. There is one last big battle with Rome. I am considering keeping them alive, so I can see what the space race victory condition will look like. I will probably save game after I blast Rome back to a single hex, or two - save, win the game by military means - and then annex the capital cities of my conquered civilizations to boost my final score. Burning them off the map. Then, perhaps, just do the space race ending so I can see what the endgame animation looks like. When you're winning, it'...

Everything dies stars explode meteors fall galaxies rip themselves apart from tide Flowers wither on the vine falling to earth Pumpkins rot Toothy Jack O' Lantern grin biting into itself, folding its face in mock denture until black ooze comes from its eyes What part of a human is the immortal soul What part lives on after death Can I angle my windshield back so that the bullet glances off or the roadside explosion dashed against the hardened undercarriage Will the fiber in my tire keep the wheel from getting shot Is life War If it is then My immortal soul Is going to hide behind rocks and trees And fire at you And you have to wear red And march in a straight line And whatever nobility exists Among all this death and war will be taken away and made with humility into something worth having just as long as you remember To play to win And walk away if they walk up to you with a crown

Are the luckiest people in the world.

The republicans took over the house of representatives, the senate, the white house and the supreme court and held them for eight years. The bush republicans crashed the global economy, destroyed America's diplomatic profile, entangled our country in wars of convenience that have cost us well over a trillion dollars. And their policies left the world markets depleted of over 2 trillion dollars of cash. The republicans made a contract with America, before. Now they're making just a pledge. And what pledge is this? The last time they were in power they completely crashed the government and installed the largest federal bureaucracy in the history of the United States of America. They then proceeded to turn the reigns of power over to US Corporations, which immediately took advantage of the American people, ripping them off whenever possible and in ways we still haven't even discovered. It took the current administration nearly 14 months just to drain the swamp they left behi...

Stuxnet is a type of Malware that seems to be directed at Siemens Corporation. Not many people are writing about this, for some reason. The writing and press are focussed on the fact that the majority of attacks and reported incidents seem to be in Iran. And also, that this new form of Malware is very dangerous. It is. Malware is a type of computer virus that masquerades as useful software. It slips by Antivirus programs , usually as an update , patch or fix. There are different kinds of Malware. And there are different vectors. The worst kind, in my view - is rootkit. These are viruses that try to get administrator, or 'root' on your machine. And the worst vector, is when they replace a driver or protocol. I had a virus damage the TCP protcol once, and the only thing I could do, to fix it - was to uninstall the OS on the machine, and reinstall anew. In fact, that is what I would recommend. If you are hit with a very bad virus, and you've run scanners to delete it. B...

Advertising began as an art of maximizing the number of customers in your business. At first, it was a sign or image on a wall - perhaps even a pile of rocks that let someone know you had a good or service to offer. You may have even dressed differently than someone else, so that people can see you on the plains or in the cave and would know you offer a product they could use - by some medium of exchange. But without that medium of exchange, everything broke down. Cavemen, for example - had to be able to trade things of value for goods or services, else what would be the point? If you could not pay someone for something, why would they wish to advertise? They can catch far more wooly mammoth and saber tooth tiger - dressed in bear skin, than they can wearing the hat of a medicine man. So advertising appeared, at a point at which goods or services could be virtualized. You could give a gift of berries, seeds, or a skein of dried mammoth steaks - in exchange for the healing services of a...

I've written several essays here about social media such as Facebook (one of many possible social network sites), Twitter,etc. I've also touched on the undefinably intense level of evil associated with the tethered network appliance - such as the cellphone bound to a particular carrier, the embedded smartphone browser with general either tied to a single set of sites, or otherwise standards disabled, or the random blu-ray player bound to a handful of vendor websites to receive a general protocol stream. I've never said the two were connected. I've written carefully about social networking because it's defining and shaping a new generation of young children whose exposure to the intense environment of the net - has possibly affected the children in a negative way, and web pages such as facebook, or iphone 'apps' (really , also just web pages with embedded application capability) - are their primary means of undoing the damage. Children have become aware o...

It has been whispered that poets seem to speak of the world each word precious with love as if soon the world will be gone It has been spoken that poets sing the body electric by hypnosis of love marching to the beat of a drum It has been written that poetry is an echo asking a shadow upon the wall to dance But the work of a poet is more A poet seeks the fabric of the universe sews the lawyer and rock within throws him from the bridge A poet undresses us with their words diabolical in their pursuit of sin and takes death as part of their wage A poet keeps the world in balance sometimes making love sometimes taking her hard doggy The morning after in the kitchen she sings and makes him a cup of coffee he kisses her on the neck warm like a wolf nuzzling in the safety of a den Then He takes out the trash