Well folks I made it.
31 days of nightly blogging.
Now I know that June is "Hero's" month in nopoblomo land and that's great but I truly am going to take a break while I find a better blogg site to post on. (To many problems with going from Word to blogg.)
When I get back I will probably post once a week or so unless I have more to say about some issue. Tonight I want to say thank you to some people who helped me to get through this month;
First YT for badgering me to do it in the first place lol.
Then there is Geezer whos' comments were encouraging, and then Hilly who continued the badgering (uh--- I mean encouraging) to keep me going every night.
And of course then there are all of you my faithful reader(s) knowing that you were there waiting for my next blogg made me want to not disappoint anyone. And lastly I would like to thank the Academy for nominating me .... Oh wrong thank you speach ...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Can you see us?
Can you see us?
There are two populations in the United States, one lives in the sun lit world of acceptability and law. While the other lives in the shadow realm of poverty and homelessness. Some of these people are trapped in dangerous lifestyles like drugs or alcoholism, but others are there because of bad luck or job loss. Home foreclosure and a failing economy have conspired to throw these otherwise respectable responsible families onto the streets.
So what do you do when you are suddenly thrust into the shadow world of homelessness, where just putting your head down at night puts you on the south side of the law in most cities in America? Today the state of California found and destroyed a place where dozens of these forgotten citizens felt a bit safer. The state has said that they are trying to help the people that they displaced today, help them find homes and jobs.
But what are they really doing? Handing out literature about section 8 housing? Referring them to the unemployment office? All that has truly been done is to push the people who were living in this “hidden cave” back onto the street. Taking the little bit of security that these people had found away again.
A cave was discovered in L.A. under I-10 near the river. One man said he had lived there for close to 5 years he feels safe there and wants to be left alone. He prefers not to be in the public eye "I don't want people to feel uneasy because I'm around, like kids."
It is unfortunate but he does have to be careful about being seen in public places.
It is almost like once you become homeless you are no longer a member of society, unwelcome in places that “normal” people gather. And the things that are available to someone who has a home are denied to the person on the street.
Thankfully there are places in the country that are trying to really help the homeless. Organizations like Street roots in Chicago and Real change in Seattle, (newspapers published and sold by homeless people) or Cafes in various cities around the country that cater to the homeless. And there are thankfully more and more of these places every day.
Not only run by groups like Salvation Army, but private citizens are stepping up to help.
So it begins to look like the answer to my question is yes, you can see us.
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TLD
There are two populations in the United States, one lives in the sun lit world of acceptability and law. While the other lives in the shadow realm of poverty and homelessness. Some of these people are trapped in dangerous lifestyles like drugs or alcoholism, but others are there because of bad luck or job loss. Home foreclosure and a failing economy have conspired to throw these otherwise respectable responsible families onto the streets.
So what do you do when you are suddenly thrust into the shadow world of homelessness, where just putting your head down at night puts you on the south side of the law in most cities in America? Today the state of California found and destroyed a place where dozens of these forgotten citizens felt a bit safer. The state has said that they are trying to help the people that they displaced today, help them find homes and jobs.
But what are they really doing? Handing out literature about section 8 housing? Referring them to the unemployment office? All that has truly been done is to push the people who were living in this “hidden cave” back onto the street. Taking the little bit of security that these people had found away again.
A cave was discovered in L.A. under I-10 near the river. One man said he had lived there for close to 5 years he feels safe there and wants to be left alone. He prefers not to be in the public eye "I don't want people to feel uneasy because I'm around, like kids."
It is unfortunate but he does have to be careful about being seen in public places.
It is almost like once you become homeless you are no longer a member of society, unwelcome in places that “normal” people gather. And the things that are available to someone who has a home are denied to the person on the street.
Thankfully there are places in the country that are trying to really help the homeless. Organizations like Street roots in Chicago and Real change in Seattle, (newspapers published and sold by homeless people) or Cafes in various cities around the country that cater to the homeless. And there are thankfully more and more of these places every day.
Not only run by groups like Salvation Army, but private citizens are stepping up to help.
So it begins to look like the answer to my question is yes, you can see us.
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TLD
Friday, May 29, 2009
Good bye to an Icon
“The ending of an era.”
Tonight an era comes to an end, as significant as the royal funeral of Princess Die or the wedding of a bachelor president. I have seen many things in my almost 40 years stuck on this rock that can be thought of as important: The moon landing, the impeachment of a US President, the steady erosion of civil rights in the “land of the free”. I have been to war and seen unspeakable devastation in many parts of the world (through the blessing of TV). But only once in my life time have I seen something that equals the monumental event that will take place in about half an hour.Tonight Jay Leno steps down as the host of the Tonight Show (after 6,208 nights). He will pass the microphone to Conan O’Brian starting Monday. But how he (Conan) will carry the legacy forward remains to be seen. I have watched Jay off and on for 10 years and will miss him, his monologue and Jay walking.
He has really helped me to develop an interest in what goes on in the world and I wish him all the best of luck in his future.
Of course he is starting a new show on NBC in the fall that will air at 10:00 pm so I only have to go without for a few months. Except for his car show and maybe a weekend show in Vegas or maybe one of the 45 weeks out of the year that he still does his stand up routine on the road.
So Good bye Jay and all the best.
Good luck Conan he' a tough act to follow
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Twilight years
Today we went to a family gathering for Hilly's cousin who passed away last week at the age of 41. we have had to many of these lately with the only time the family gathers being for the extreams of life. In April Hilly's niece had twins, in february she lost a great Aunt we have seen weddings, birthdays, hospital trips with major surgery, and funerals. To many funerals.
I look at all this with a bit of feeling like an outsider, I didn't know any of the people who have passed on. And I had only met Amy ( the twins mommy) a few times.
BUt as I become more and more involved with these families I am amazed to see the History of this proud family (the Teresi clan that is) and I feel honored that I have been invited in.
well this was going to be longer but it is 3 mins to midnight and I am going to be hardpressed to publish before it's tomarrow.
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I look at all this with a bit of feeling like an outsider, I didn't know any of the people who have passed on. And I had only met Amy ( the twins mommy) a few times.
BUt as I become more and more involved with these families I am amazed to see the History of this proud family (the Teresi clan that is) and I feel honored that I have been invited in.
well this was going to be longer but it is 3 mins to midnight and I am going to be hardpressed to publish before it's tomarrow.
Pass the Qua....
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
what to say?
lol!!!
Well I am sitting here trying once again to think of something to say.
As I got my title put in just now, I hit the enter and the title is all that showed up on post. It would have been perfect but Hilly says no write something real. (party pooper)
My last two post's were not very well received. Though I thought they were very well done, and can't understand why someone who has seen the new Star Trek movie would gripe at me for spoiling anything. You, oh faithful reader(s) have all seen it. [It's not like you haven't seen it twice already YT.]
As for last night; What is not to understand Newsie? I am confused send me a specific Query and I will try to give you a better answer.
We saw Gameboy off this afternoon on his way back to AZ and it was a tearful parting all around.
But we are comforted by the fact that it will be a very short separation this time as he and his family are coming back here for good by the end of August. YAY !!!
Bubba will miss his new mattress.
Well folks we have three more days to go,
and then I am taking a 6 months vacation from this C***
lol
Till next time
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TLD
Well I am sitting here trying once again to think of something to say.
As I got my title put in just now, I hit the enter and the title is all that showed up on post. It would have been perfect but Hilly says no write something real. (party pooper)
My last two post's were not very well received. Though I thought they were very well done, and can't understand why someone who has seen the new Star Trek movie would gripe at me for spoiling anything. You, oh faithful reader(s) have all seen it. [It's not like you haven't seen it twice already YT.]
As for last night; What is not to understand Newsie? I am confused send me a specific Query and I will try to give you a better answer.
We saw Gameboy off this afternoon on his way back to AZ and it was a tearful parting all around.
But we are comforted by the fact that it will be a very short separation this time as he and his family are coming back here for good by the end of August. YAY !!!
Bubba will miss his new mattress.
Well folks we have three more days to go,
and then I am taking a 6 months vacation from this C***
lol
Till next time
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TLD
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
whats in a name?
One of the most important aspects of any Role playing Game is your characters name.
More that his/her statistics or class the name sets that tone for a good character.
The factors that make up a good name change with the genre, for Example if you are playing a Klingon in a Star Trek Rpg then a name like KaLiss is great.
But not so much if your playing a Elf ranger in The Lord of the Rings.
Most game Universes frown on taking names directly from literature
in The Lord of the Rings a player can not take the name Arragon and expect to get any respect from other players. That also holds true for one off names where you take the name and change or add one letter to "make it original". However that being said one of the best INSPIRATIONS for character names is literature so while Arragon would not be a good choice Aspelegon may very well serve. One of my favorite tricks is to take common 4 syllable or greater words and break them up putting emphasis in different locations for example when I played Dungeons and Dragons Online (one of the few that allow sir names) all my characters were real medications. For example my main character was a fighter named Tye last name Lenol
my Ranger Characters were Penny and Ampa Cillin. But another great source is obscure books like Michael Crichton's " eaters of the dead. which I intend to plunder ruthlessly in the future as I need them.
So there you have my first treaties on the ins and outs of successful Gaming.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Star Trek the first generation ( redux)
!!!!!!!!!!OHHH EMMNN GEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have two diametrically opposed opinions of this movie that can both be expressed by the very overused OMG..
First opinion :
OMG what a fantastic movie.
Sage you were right they really did an outstanding job with the casting and story for the new Star Trek. The actors must have spent months studying every frame of original footage from the show to learn the nuances and mannerisms of the original crew so well.
When J.T. Kirk struck that pose at the end, and turned his head to Spock, I totally forgot that it wasn't Bill Shatner Up there on that screen.
And as for Spock I can still not quite believe that they didn't go back to 1958 and bring Lenord Nemoy back through time to play the role all over again.
they did put a few new wrinkles in like the whole Spock Uhura thing. (where did that come from?) But as they set this in an alternate universe from the normal ST universe it does work.
On the whole an incredible fantastic wonderful reintroduction to The Federation's number one crew.
The second opinion.
OMG THAT SUCKED.
They totally destroy the entire origin of the crew From Kirks "born on a battle field" attitude, ( I mean really what is this CONAN??) and Spocks Violent childhood, to Checov even being on the Enterprise at all. (He didn't even show-up in the series until year 2.) And what the tribble is a transwarp transporter anyway. Even TNG hadn't figured that out and they had Scotty AND Jordy LaForge. The "Romulans" were so NOT that at first I mistook them for Bejorans.
As for the loss Spocks mother was inexcusable to pull such a key figure out of the mix at that stage of there development. Think for a moment: What is going to happen in another two years when Spock goes through the Tom Puor that resulted in "Amok Time" with out her (his mother) there to help him accept what he does to Kirk he could very well Crack in two. (As in "mirror mirror")
But the thing that totally makes this stink is the closing monologue delivered by Mr. Nemoy,
THEY USED THE TNG MONOLOGUE!!!
So as you can see two equally valid though totally opposite opinions.
How do I fall ...
I have to say that I am totally impressed with this. If I had never seen the show, and never been exposed to the Star Trek universe, this would certainly be enough to have me hooked for good.
I hope they do a large number of very good sequels. They have certainly got some incredibly talented people to do the job with.
As I have seen and been exposed to the Original Star Trek universe, I have to say that the reintroduction is awesome and I look forward to the next installment anxiously.
In the mean time.....
Pass the Quackers
TLD
I have two diametrically opposed opinions of this movie that can both be expressed by the very overused OMG..
First opinion :
OMG what a fantastic movie.
Sage you were right they really did an outstanding job with the casting and story for the new Star Trek. The actors must have spent months studying every frame of original footage from the show to learn the nuances and mannerisms of the original crew so well.
When J.T. Kirk struck that pose at the end, and turned his head to Spock, I totally forgot that it wasn't Bill Shatner Up there on that screen.
And as for Spock I can still not quite believe that they didn't go back to 1958 and bring Lenord Nemoy back through time to play the role all over again.
they did put a few new wrinkles in like the whole Spock Uhura thing. (where did that come from?) But as they set this in an alternate universe from the normal ST universe it does work.
On the whole an incredible fantastic wonderful reintroduction to The Federation's number one crew.
The second opinion.
OMG THAT SUCKED.
They totally destroy the entire origin of the crew From Kirks "born on a battle field" attitude, ( I mean really what is this CONAN??) and Spocks Violent childhood, to Checov even being on the Enterprise at all. (He didn't even show-up in the series until year 2.) And what the tribble is a transwarp transporter anyway. Even TNG hadn't figured that out and they had Scotty AND Jordy LaForge. The "Romulans" were so NOT that at first I mistook them for Bejorans.
As for the loss Spocks mother was inexcusable to pull such a key figure out of the mix at that stage of there development. Think for a moment: What is going to happen in another two years when Spock goes through the Tom Puor that resulted in "Amok Time" with out her (his mother) there to help him accept what he does to Kirk he could very well Crack in two. (As in "mirror mirror")
But the thing that totally makes this stink is the closing monologue delivered by Mr. Nemoy,
THEY USED THE TNG MONOLOGUE!!!
So as you can see two equally valid though totally opposite opinions.
How do I fall ...
I have to say that I am totally impressed with this. If I had never seen the show, and never been exposed to the Star Trek universe, this would certainly be enough to have me hooked for good.
I hope they do a large number of very good sequels. They have certainly got some incredibly talented people to do the job with.
As I have seen and been exposed to the Original Star Trek universe, I have to say that the reintroduction is awesome and I look forward to the next installment anxiously.
In the mean time.....
Pass the Quackers
TLD
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