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What I Need is to lose some weight convert some fat to muscle drop a few pounds I need a good job and a decent mate someone who won't be abusive someone I can be around I need to cut the crap get done what I've been putting off move on from the past believe in the power of love I need to go downstairs My kitten is mewling that strange half muffled kind of sound of pride and hunger through a chipmunk or squirrel She wants me to pick it up and pet her on the head And say Thank You Kali and stroke her fur, once A little like good kink not too much emotion sort of not making love, just fucking And then I will throw chipmunk or squirrel she'll race across the floor and eat it while its warm and leave a part or two near the door I need to remember to clean that up freshkill on your doorway is bad Feng Shui I need to remember the plans I made last september the leaves and the wind and the winter I need to remember wednesday old friends...

A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth LE TEMPS DETRUIT TOUT

The camera work in Hannah Montana: The Movie. Was great. We were taken to this pale, shallow world where you are a mask, a wig, a costume. And then we were taken into the real world - the quiet sounds and sights of a Tennessee meadow. The hands that work the fields. The sunrise and sunset over the bluegrass. We also had this kind of zero gravity shot moving in over the stage - this little girl getting complete power over 120 people at a country concert, 2,000 people in an auditorium - the kind of thing that captures the heart-in-the-mouth excitement of performance. The whole thing really worked well. People in the movie theatre stood up and applauded. They sang along. They cheered. The film did incredibly well at the box office. Success. For me the best part about the film was that I got to learn a little bit about being a Dad to a prodigy. After seeing what happened to Charlotte Church, and Britney Spears ... whatever can be said about Billy Ray mostly working his career ...

America has turned into a place where the talking heads are now. For lack of a better term. Dying out. With nothing really left to replace them. The death scream of a talking head is usually a wild, off the cuff remark that if you first ignore it - because you realize +before they say it+ that they are now having to do some pretty ridiculous things to try to boost their ratings in a post-Bush Republican era ... and then later reflect upon it for a brief moment - the argument quickly falls apart on introspection. Its important to initially ignore the talking head, because the only reason they're out there with this stuff right now is to get a visceral reaction from you - and also to get you to do three things.. a) say their name in public , ... b) say something about what +they+ are talking about, never mind if you were thinking about something else or had something better to say .... and c) succeed in changing a number that will arise from a random sampling of adults your age ...

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At what point will Google be alive? The turing test is a good way to check if something has come in from the dark. Put Google behind a screen with a human being. Have a human being ask them both questions. If a human cannot distinguish between the two, purely on the basis of his or her own question and answer - then Google can be said to be alive. One day Google will do this. It doesn't work like that now, because the main focus of its work is done in data reduction - the basic idea behind Google, right now - is that if something is referenced alot, it must be relevant. This has led to a few famous hacks of the engine including 'google bombing' political candidates by having other sites reference them, generating up alot of links - to a site of questionable intent. Another reason this won't serve the engine well during its transition from something which makes us dumber to something that scares us - is that data is not always reduced when it is referenced. Many...

We need to be clear about life. How is it defined? If you read the bible, some of the clearest definitions are when god speaks - the things that god defines, stay defined. The bible and the complete works of william shakespeare are the two books in the english language that have had the greatest impact on literature. When did god speak? How? God spoke through people, just like you and me. And he was a voice from the storm. His words were a sound you could feel in your gut. If an embryo sees three months of life, it is a person. Cells drive themselves apart immediately after the egg is fertilized. We see the spine appear first. Then central nervous tissue. This all happens before three months of gestation. But the egg is not alive. And at three months, the egg becomes a helpless person with a huge series of disabilities and conditions that would keep it from ever being normal if it were born into the world. No different than a person confined in a wheelchair. Stephen Hawk...

A woman who is pregnant is scheduled to be killed by a firing squad in Laos, soon. Her crime was dealing a pound of horse. Unlike her, Teri Schiavo was in both a state of invegetation, and in a contested primary. The Former Republican Party passed an act of congress to attempt to save her life . Catholic priests marched in the streets. Votes .. and a human life.. were on the line. However, as we all knew.. Teri was already dead. Can we please get it right this time? Her name is Samantha Orobator, she is a British citizen. Bring the girl back home. I know there are some people that think I should burn in hell for what I believe about abortion (public health issue), and what I said and did for Teri Schiavo (nothing). My view is that if this woman dies, we should all burn in hell. The baby didn't deal any heroin. He or she is an innocent life. Lets just call it, you're alive if you live for one business quarter (3 months). Ok?

And you shall find.

I met a woman with an aquiline nose and a quiet air about her. She stood with a simple grace. Her hair fell from her shoulders in locks. She was plus size but held herself well in that weight. Her eyes were blue, her skin white and her manner comfortable - and yet at the same time - slightly phase shifted from the everday. She was an art school graduate, not wealthy - but she easily identified herself as a member of the social level I was comfortable with. A black dress with a pink blouse. What political party did she belong to? I met another woman. She was tall, thin - endearing but harboring smallnervous habits such as writing notes on her left hand. Her form was proportionate and attractive, with a fall of platinum blonde hair. She was strong and confident in her speech. On her left hand was the outline of a small note she had drawn there - a half erased phone number. She dressed well but comfortably, cotton dress, sandals. What political party did she belong to? Who do you i...

Ok, so its not like I'm recovering from heroin. Still, for a company with 2 million subscribers paying 15.00 a month ... jumping into Warcraft (and out of SL) was , for me, as a software guy - pretty educational. How do you make .. millions.. per month? Is it just management, and a good concept and product line? This company will near the billion dollar mark in revenue this year - because it knows how to listen to customers and deliver what they need and want. But what if I need the perfect drug? Warcraft is a social environment. Its basis and underpinning rests completely in its interaction with other people - an interaction that, unlike SL, is guided, and stripped down - to facilitate the view that the goals that are set out are socially - higher priority than the trivial goals of a video game. Warcraft owes its large base due in part to the fact that those who play it really buy into the idea that being a raider is some kind of personal accomplishment. For me, speaking i...

Am I the only one on this planet who actually read this magazine?

Ghost of You

In Tybee Island, South Carolina - home of the famous "coney winds" , a new marathon/ run/ bike/ swim called 'Flaccidman' is born. Its a rigorous event that tests the very nature of a man to turn soft at just the right time. Here's how the three part event will run. First, a rigorous dunk in the bathtub. Using all of your swimming and aquatic skill, you have to be able to move the rubber ducky in the tub from the south end of a regulation sized tub, to the north, using only your upper arm strength. Its a great workout for that one handed bath so many guys love to take. A team of observers along the route makes sure no one cheats. Once the 'duck has crossed the line' - as the elite refer - you'll make your way into 'transition'. There, you'll clip into your high speed tricycle with carbon frame - and go around the parking lot 25 times. No drafting will be allowed. If your competitor is in front of you, you have to either pass hi...

I laid back down my little boy playing outside on the trampoline the summer coming the leaves on the trees a light green The pillow smelled good to me cool fresh fun to hold bigger than my arms around I felt small I fell into a deep sleep and dreamed of straight lines before we went out to play I sat at my desk and wrote a poem a simple one just to catch who I am and remember the better part of me little boy thinks we should sell the house probably may or june is a good time he says if just for a while I laugh they tore this house down they tore the road signs down everything and in its place mother nature comes home turning edifice breaking walls letting flowers grow up through the foundation bees hanging heavily in the air you're from the south so I can't hide much you've seen the milkweed in the afternoon sun the kudzu and dandelion and the carpenter bee the afternoon wears on I roar my terrible roar and gnash my terrible...

Ok. I have a weakness for females who like Iron Maiden, play Air Guitar and expose dark untruths about evil regimes. My uncle's film 'Blue Crush' played in Afghanistan a few years ago.. It was so cool to hear about a group of girls who weren't even allowed to go to school, make their way to see this grrl power chick flick. Perseopolis is worth it. Go see it. Its a simple film, revolving around symmetries of the human condition, pain, and pleasure. Always balancing the dark moment with a lighter one. Its a story about a young girl growing up in the years following the fall of the Shah. She ends up heading off to boarding school, only to return and find the country a kind of hollow place. My friends from Iran refer to the country they come from as 'Persia'. So I know the game she plays when she is afraid to admit that she was from there. But it is a beautiful place and one day - who knows. Maybe it will be a modern country again. For now. It is cloaked...