You know I can't get through a day without giving an update

Well.... we are back to the edge of the cliff. Looking over.... Thinking about jumping.

Credit markets aren't good today. it's all about what happens over the next 5-7 days.

President Hoover is going to address everyone..... That is super scary... I wish he would throw himself onto his sword.

So, this "rescue package" for our economy... is going to cost you $3000.

What are you going to get:

We are buying assets, and besides the assumption that we will buy a bag of empty rocks, we will be able to resell them possibly at a profit. Some suggest treasury borrows at 3% and some say the federal government could make 15%. Net profit 7%,

Well there are chances it won't cost you a dime For that $3000 you could end up making Money in the long term.... that is optimistic... we all know how government works.

there are people who say it's all a conspiracy to skrew you.

Here is what else you get:

Pilgrims pride, needs to raise some short term money right now. And can't do it. Today the shares were halted. without that short term borrowing, they will be unable to pay employees and could Collapse as a company in the next weeks.

Yep those Wall street fat cats, that put chicken in packages and sell it to you at the Grocery store...... Yep... Those "WALL STREET FATCATS" selling you chicken... need to be punnished right?.... Well there are a few thousand more people that won't be able to pay their bills.

Well we will show them.... Damn Fat cats working in a Chicken processing Factory Pulling feathers off of chicken...... YEP..... MAKE THEM PAY....

Just this week it announced it was cutting 100 jobs, in addition to 600 positions that have already been eliminated at its El Dorado, Ark., plant. The move, the company said, was to help shore up costs and return to profitability.

If the creidt markets lock up this will only be one of the first, it will spread like a plague.

This stuff scares me..... I think we could honestly cut off or noses to spite our face. We could all do it just to screw President hoover..... All because he comes off like the little boy who cried wolf....

well the wolf is here, don't doubt it.

Warren Buffett said we were lucky to have Paulson as treasury secretary..... But what does Buffett know. "He is just one of those Wall street fat cats, trying to skrew us."...

The market

I know I'm beating this like a dead horse. I'm a complete socialist. What is going on is very important.

There is so much populist sentiment. People need help.

People think about "The market" as stocks. This Crisis is not about stocks, Though if you help the problem. The result is to help the companies in this country that provide jobs. But this is not important. I don't care if Pepsi benefits.

There is an entire different part of the market called the credit market. Part of how it works is like this:

A company like, REI goes out to the credit market, and borrows 200 million for 2 years, to build a new store, that store provides jobs for people like you and I Gets us health care etc. After 2 years they may go out and borrow more money to start a new store, or they still need 100 million to keep business going.

What is going on, is that that credit market is trying to stop. There is no confidence in that system. So, what will happen is that When REI comes back to borrow money to stay in business. They can't do it. there is no money to borrow. So.... What do they do? Close stores.

That company closes stores, then it's employees can't pay their bills. This causes more pressure on the economy. More companies close, More pressure on the economy, More companies close.

The second important part of that market is that it's used to provide you with Credit. The loan on your home, was processed through that market, The credit card in you pocket is processed through that market. If that Market locks up, Nobody will be able to buy a home for a while. and worse you could get a call from the credit card company.. "Sir, we have closed your account. You will no longer be able to borrow any more.". You may not be able to borrow money to buy a car. Small business loans will be hard to get.

SO... as much in support of "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" and kill the Fat cats.... No Bailouts... to call it a "wallstreet" bail out, isn't quite fair.

Having a working credit market is good for everyone.

I saw this

stickfigure Subprime mess.

Before you say "Stick it to the bankers" Realize, it's the fact we have a liquid credit market... well That is the blood that keeps our economy moving.

They need to take pain, but you need to be isolated from that pain....

it's the fine line we are trying to walk.

Stick it to the bankers..... But we need to not cause 12% unemployment. cutting our nose off to spite our face.

Today one of the senators said the Paulson and Uncle Ben were like deer caught in the headlights.... I've followed this for quite a while... it's "us" who are the deer caught in the headlights..... For over a year, our legislative branch has been warned and warned about this, and they haven't done a thing, besides cut a check to every citizen in an election year

How to lose friends, and not influence people

... What is interesting... To me... I don't care....

we reap what we sow.

I don't have kids.

I'm in cash.

I'll do fine.

Great story this morning

I heard a story about a guy's grandfather, he was a peddler immigrant to the country. Started a surplus store. When the 1929 crash happened,

He said "Good, those fat cat Wall streeters Deserve it."

6 months later he lost his store.

..... But the real fat cats were short......
And the Uber Fat cats came in at the end and Cleaned up.

What it is to be a "Fat cat" is to always win.... And they will.

I have seen one bad movie.

I'm a huge fan of 'bad movies', this one wasn't bad in a good way....... will it is so ridiculous, you can find it inappropriately funny.

So, *drum roll*

"Starship Troopers 3:Marauder"........ AKA "Mechwarriors Meet Jesus"..... OR "Mechwarriors ARE JESUS!!!"

I'm not recommending this movie in any way, But if you are curious about how Mechwarriors can be Jesus.... YOUR FATE IS YOUR OWN.

I have said... This is a BAD movie, and don't think it will be anything but.

I'm in a huge crank this morning

I don't know why......

My HRM the battery died. It's a cheepo, and Polar wants me to send for it to be serviced.

I emailed them and asked what the battery was, and that I wasn't about to spend $40 servicing a $80 watch.

They sent me a form letter saying "send it to be serviced"

I Flamed back this Scathing Email, about how I asked about the battery, and said I refused to "have it serviced". How I was Insulted that they Ignored my specific request. And again said "I'm not servicing an $80 for 40."

I'd assume some of you have had them serviced. Many just use Generic HRM's.

So, they respond. "This is the battery" Don't do it. It has to be sealed(like i'm unfamiliar with silicone). It only costs 14.50, Pluss Shipping and handling.... which is.... About $20... Warranty Smorenty.

so.... I was off by $6.30

And worse, I'd have to run around find an envelope, and go through all that bullshit.

The other half Glass

“There are no atheists in foxholes and no ideologues in financial crises,” Mr. Bernanke told colleagues last week, according to one meeting participant.

Good old Art. Calls out Paulson as one of the "Robber Barons" on Wall street. There is a great Rumor going around, that paulson didn't care about the collapsing Wall street, until his former company... and I bet significant amounts of his holdings in Goldman Sacks went from $160-$70 Dollars per share. Like I've been saying, Wall street is going to contract, whether it wants to or not.

One of the interesting thing I have found, is that among the people who I believe are in a constant state of attempting to "Pick your Pocket" and constantly Nickle and dime you financially every day of your life. There are 2 Types of them.

• The Supply Side, Republican Corporate Welfare Types. Who Believe not only in Free Market Capitalism, But also that Government is put here to help Companies to make money. All with the Altruistic purpose of Giving you a Job. It's nice that they are so kind to Chain you to a Desk, and put you to work making them money..... All Hail to the Aristocracy!!!!!
• The Pure Market, Black Helicopter crowd/Gold bugs. These guys are Psyched to see the whole system Collapse, and Then Swoop in with the Gold they have stashed in the Fall out shelter, with all the guns. And buy up all the assets of the country with 4 ounces of gold. Of course our constant Socialism, and intervention in healthy Free markets, has collapsed the system.
  

The funny thing is that both types swear they are Free market libertarian Laissez-faire Capitalists. one thing is for sure, they are all in it for themselves.

My Half glass- or my Middle glass.

I tend to fall more in the later camp, Companies need to fail, Stock markets need to go down, Our System needs to stop using Inflation, to Backstop Banks, and Backstop the stock Market. Corporate CEO's are lazy incompetent Imbeciles, who circle themselves with yes men. The only reason they make money is because we have no handle on inflation, and though the companies manage to make 5% per year, the 20% of Hidden inflation, actually means that most companies are contracting 15% per year.

And, here is the Problem with Laissez-Faire capitalism, at the end of the game of monopoly only one guy has the money. There are arguments that it's the earlier regulations that cause the problems. But, it's fairly agreed on, that it's the "Laissez-faire" deregulation, that has lead to this problem.

Here is the problem, This all can't collapse. If we allow this system to collapse, it will be a Replay of "the Great Depression" 30-40% unemployment, You lose your home, and spend your time roaming around the country trying to find enough work to keep your family fed.

the other choice is to set off 20%-30% inflation over the next 5 years, You keep your job, and your home, Gas doesn't get Much more expensive(maybe a bit), but it doesn't get cheaper. You get to buy less, We start to learn how to Conserve resources, We get to Eat less, cook in more, The new generations will probably dream of home ownership, for a few years.

Burning the whole system down and starting anew, is appealing... and coming out the other side, we would be much healthier. But my Easter Philosophy side though says.... We need some Yin With our Yang. Maybe a combination or some middle ground.

As Kurtz said in Apocalypse Now "I watched a Snail Crawl along the edge of a straight razor".

The Razor's Edge is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham written in 1944. Its epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." —Katha-Upanishad.

We all Walk a fine line between Heaven and hell. I hope we all successfully navigate the grey waters of Life.

that is the other half glass....

Of course you want an update

Steven, and art and I have had some comments on their respective blogs....

Let me say... financially these have been interesting times. I know most of you are busy "Mowing your lawns"... and God bless you, for keeping the Machine running.

I can't for the life of me, Go into what went on this week. I try and read the local paper, to figure out how things are playing to the local business audience.

Most of the Financial industry, have known for 2 years how messed up our financial system was. Everyone has done everything they can to get our politicians to "Get their Heads out".

It takes threats to the system, and for a politician to look at his/her 401K and watches them get sucked down to awful levels... It tends to sober them up. Stop them from acting like Children, and get to work..... Will the solutions be Crude... yes, Will it help.... We can hope.

To explain the complexity of the "problem" or "problem assets", is beyond about 90% of the financially educated. Many, like myself understand it only in rough brush strokes. I don't know if you remember a few years ago, when we all received credit card offers in the Tens and Twenties Every day. Or had some telemarketer, trying to get us to open a credit line, to the limits of our ability to pay..... Well Many of us Did Lie to the telemarketers. And many purchased homes, as "investments" that were much to expensive for them to be able to afford... This is the problem. Wall street was complicit in opening credit to people, who couldn't pay it back. And the problems are as large as the number of people who irresponsibly borrowed money for the past 5 years, and can't pay it back.

Finance and banks, are a confidence game. markets can adjust to many things, But sometimes. "Sudden shocks" Can completely upset the system.

I have no idea if anyone reades this stuff, and my ability at 4:20 am when I'm typing this up, to Explain it, or to try and calm people. Is limited.

This is what I think you all need to do:

• Make sure that if you have a bank account with more than $100K, Feel lucky, and make sure that you have it in an FDIC insured institution, and anything over 100K, you need to put in a separate FDIC insured institution.(NOT JUST ANOTHER ACCOUNT, in the same bank)
• If you are having financial trouble, you need to deal with it. If you can't make payments Call the bank and ask to "work it out". And don't open more credit to pay off old credit.
  
• Relax. Many people are worried about "Wall Street" Bail out. I like our treasury secretary. What I like is that in past times, we would have just Bailed out AIG, FANNY, FREDDY, LEHMAN BROTHERS, and soon GM, FORD. What is incredible, is that each time our government "Bails one of them out", Paulson pulls some nice thing out of his hat. On AIG, What he did was Loaned a 1 Trillion dollar company 100Billion dollars, AT 12%. Yes you heard that correct. WE MAKE 1 Billion dollars per Month, for that loan. On top of that Warrents on 80% of the company. He also allowed one of the largest wall street firms to Implode under the weight of it's own Hubris. These things are Amazing to see happen, usually the Tax Payer gets Screwed. We defiantly get our piece.
• The same will be true for the bigger "Bail Out", paulson will be sure to make this work for us, for the tax payer. In fact I keep Joking that he could be the first Treasury secretary that will make the Federal government profitable. It's going to cost, But I continue to be Amazed how he keeps pulling Rabbits out of his hat. I'm a socialist, but paulson is so far, a fairly amazing Treasury secretary... One can say that he wasn't pro-active enough. But it's hard to do that without some legislative help. He and the fed chairman, warned us. I personally Warned every one of our Legislators... If you want to blame people..... Blame our legislators, and administration. But also realize that much of it has to be blamed on the legislators for the past 30 years.
• If it makes Y'all feel better to get some 10 gallon things of Wheat, and store some Water. 30 days of food or whatever. But ... Trust the survival instincts of all the capitalists, and of The system in general. Just like we all have survival instincts, so does our financial system.
  

Palin is some kind of Pagan....

Nothing like a Crashing stock market.

To get everyone off Their asses.

We are from the government and we are here to help.Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya

Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya

Ladies and gentleman, after 10 years of childish stupidity, hair pulling, spitballing and years of Childlike laziness. The U.S. Government has decided that they may have a roll in doing something besides waisting your tax money Arguing "if a Cat and dog become a Dat."

"The government has decided that we actually do have jobs, and that we will start doing those jobs Immediately. This increased productivity, should result in a move from U.S. negative Productivity and GDP, to Positive. But nobody had a projection of an actual date"

I mean... How can you blame them... Their 401K's were going down by the day.

In closing they remarked that "For sure this time" they will manage to Rubber stamp whatever proposal treasury and the Reserve come up with. And that the legislation would be quickly signed into law, as soon as the president returned from 'Ice Cream day' at Bennigins.

Then the childish behavior can begin anew....



The funniest thing today was the president came out and said "I'm going to be monitoring things in the financial markets this morning." Which I translated to "I'm going to spend the morning watching CNBC."

Hey... the internets were going down.

Free markets

I don't want to babble off again about this stuff.

I saw the paper today, I always wonder how worried people are. The reason economists can't predict the economy. The problem is that people are dynamic, and markets are dynamic. They are like an ever evolving machine. If it didn't change, then it would be predictable.

What is predictable, is the human survival instinct. The epic part of this, is that It's wall street in a contraction cycle, over the past 2 weeks, they are starting to come to terms with it. They don't like it, don't want to deal with it, have been in denial of it. In the stages of grief they are somewhere between that and bargaining. Maybe starting depression.

Greenspan(that asshole btw, who is a significant reason we are in this.) Said this is a once in a 100 year cycle. I've suggested this is just a 30-40 year cycle. Problem is just like every recession is different, each 40 year cycle is different. So... They see it as different and extra scary.

but again, with the market under 11k when we recover, the money you put into the old 401k, is the best money you will ever put into the market. The returns on that new money will be the highest return on your money.

The impulse is to "Pull money". I'm not saying we couldn't go to 9k, but the other thing is that the market could suddenly bounce to 12K, you could put your money back to work, and we could then come back to 10K... Then you pull it... and all you are doing is losing money.

alright I've ranted enough......

I'm just saying "Don't be Scared".... Someone said "sometimes the market goes down, to try and get some people's attention"..... Mother market is trying to wake some people up.... Or trying to shake out Assholes who over value their company that is about to got bankrupt (LEHMAN). The market wants some other companies to get their heads out of their ass. As well as some other people who need to Intervene in the financial system..... These are good things.

I know

You all look to me for guidance in troubling financial times(Tongue Firmly in cheek).

Lehman Brothers, a primary dealer and investment bank..... Went boom this weekend.... Always good to know that it happens to the investment elite.

One of the big Famous Analysts Meridith Whitney, was taken aback by the implosion.

the first thing you should learn about is the business cycle, and that is that it's a series of "Boom Bust" cycles. There was a Tech boom, a Materials boom, a Finance boom, housing boom, Nanotech boom, solar boom..... and they each get a bust.

The housing boom was pushed by a finance boom. Our Beloved Mistress Julie was part of that boom, and realized she didn't want to be part of it, and is smart enough to realize that It's in contraction.

The economy is the same way, In general, it Expands and contracts..... as much as I want to blame "Bush" for the contraction... contractions are just the way of the game... Now I can talk about how he has made it worse, and how all our politicians have not and still arn't trying to solve the problem, and would rather finger point like 7 year olds.

The funny thing, is that when the "CONTRACTION" is in wallstreet, they think it's Armageddon. All politics are local. But as wall street analysts are freaked out because.... Well because, this time it's your head on the block, it gets a little extreme.

So, as they panic about this, put it in a bit of perspective. The finance industry was way too large, and is contracting..... it will contract to the point where it is Way too small. Then it will Rebuild. There were way too many people sitting around pushing people into "No Document" loans for homes they could never afford. Those people are gone. The people who Gave the Loans for the Homes, They are Gone..... Now it is time for those who Sold the Mortgages and loans to go gently into that good night..... or not so gently.

But It's all part of the game, in the 30's thousands of brokers went bust, in the 70's, and quite a few in the 90's. Nothing new here...

Once again, If you understand that there is that boom bust cycle, and you accept that the pendulum swings one way then to the other, You have to realize... You want to invest on the Waining side of "Fear".... This morning I figured we were hitting some Solid Fear in the market, but what I wanted to see, is that fear start to subside. That is a sign of the turning point in a market.... It didn't happen, and we kept selling all day. So... Maybe fear will be on the Wain tomorrow or the next day.

But if it were Armageddon, would you think that gold would be going Negative, selling off into the 750's.... That isn't fear... and the value of your dollars Vs. the other currencies.... Well It is at a still within a 52 week High value..... THAT IS A GREAT THING. Concerned..... always good to be concerned, but not like I was concerned when the dollar made new lows every day...

Lehman had a chance to sell numerous times.... they made a choice to go bankrupt. We still have about 50% too many investment bankers, Maybe some of them can live off the 'Tit' of some banks. But it probably still isn't over, But hopefully they smarten up and contract the business on their own.

As i see it, it is a good thing that there are a few thousand less people trying to pick my pocket.

I have a letter

This is weird... but I guess that is what this blog is for. I lack tolerance these days, it's gone on for abut 5 years. Most of my life I've been passive, Try not to be rude, try and get along.... Just try and be tolerant of people. For the longest time I'd be passive aggressive with people.

At one point I stopped. I umn.. I decided it was time to start insisting on the things I needed. No more punching bag, no more being a person stepped over/on. Well, It was quite a shock to many people and still is. I had a call to go work for and old boss of mine, Numerous times I've said.

"Listen, I have to make good money when I work for you. I can't work for 2 days, then 4 days off, Then back on for 5 days. That is having an employee at will, and you have to pay me more for that, Two to three times more. But if you are willing to commit to 2 weeks or 3 weeks of full time work, that is fine, we can use the usual rate, but i can't make a living wage working 2 days for 4 hours."

This happened 8 months ago, after they had said they understood, and I told them I wouldn't work for them anymore.

a month ago, I worked for them again, With the express promise, that there wasn't going to be "At will" again. A week into it, they pulled us off for a day, I said "You told me this wasn't going to happen, This is bullshit, and I can't make money this way, I clear my schedual and now there isn't any work, and I can't pay bills."
"oh, it won't happen again. we are sorry."
5 days later
"Sorry guys, we are going to have to call you off for a while"
so, I walked away, and when they called me to work again... I didn't return the call. I get a hateful call a while later about what an asshole I am. And I went off.... "listen, how in the hell can I make a living that way, I clear my schedule and suddenly, I'm working part time. In two weeks I clear $700. I can make that kind of money at Mcdonalds or Seven Eleven. I don't have to work outside, I don't have to do any labor, I don't have to have any tools, I don't have to have any skills or equipment. How in the hell can anyone be expected to make a living on that money. I can't afford insurance, or car payments, or house payments, and worse is that I could have been making real money. and you waisted my time.

To which they got all nasty and personal, and literally said that I didn't deserve to make a living... At that point I told them to fuck off, and hung up.

Now 2 months later I have a letter from them.....

As I typed this up, the question was what I should do with it....

I think it gets the Black marker with the word "Return" on it.

the interesting thing... the "about me" thing, is that I've done this a few times in the past 5 years, not literally, but roughly. I've done this in numerous relationships. After saying to people "this has to change." and they just keep it up.. because with out "The stick" people don't respond... but honesty, even with the stick, they just do what they have always done.

Why bother, they will just keep doing it. and plenty of people we allow to be in our lives, aren't actually worth keeping in it..

I guess It's how I see corry Feldman should feel about Haim. (all comes back to the two corrys LOL) But there is no reason for feldman to put up with haim... Haim has to earn it.... You have to earn friendships, Not just take advantage of them. Feldman cared about haim, and was trying to help. Feldman was earning Haims friendship by looking out for his friend.....

but Haim didn't appreciate the work...

how about some rantings

The big Hadron collider Is about to go into service, This is very exciting. The best part are all the "Goom and Doomers" who think it's the end of the world.

Almost as funny as those who think the Bail out of fanny and freddy is the end of the world..... You know, housing Crisis aren't new(we had one in the 30's, the 40's, the 70's, the 90's... and surprise! one in 2006-2009.) . Nor is a Bail out of the Financial system.... And yes "Moral Hazard".

If you want the Cliff's notes version of all of this, The reason a Candy bar is Twice as expensive every decade, is because we Bail out the financial system every 10 years. It's also why, if anyone can ever "Retire" again, You best keep that in mind. If you have a million to retire on and your old bones last 30 years, it will end up having 1/3 it's value.

but it's either this or suffer a 1930's style Depression...

It's always tough to provide decent financial advice. There is a whole financial system out there that assures that you will eternally be broke, Defending your assets, and accumulating Real Wealth, is just about a full time job. And there are Millions of Marginal Dickheads out there, doing everything they can to nickle and dime you to death.

One of my favorite stories are the some of the financial institutions, and hedge funds,(Lehman brothers(who it's rumored will implode in the next 5 days)). What they do, is get a loan from a bank at say 5%, then they buy bonds at 6%, this pluss their investment Capital, The company makes 1%, the investors make 5%... and they Fuck off to the golf course for a decade, and smoke Weed. Good work if you can get it.

If it's the Government giving out some of the most "rose colored Glasses" Version of economic statistics, from payroll numbers to inflation. It's absolute Asshatery.

or the Fed and Treasury, trying to Bail out every half assed CEO, who happens to have driven a company so far into the ground that it Explodes... But because of "systemic Risk"... we have no choice but to Bail them out.... because... Well they didn't understand that there is a business cycle.... But what CEO does...

Umn.... It's all unfair, unreasonable, unmanagable..... Etc.

But how productive is it to shake my fist in the air.

Another Politics post

So, Weeks ago, this crazy Jesus worshiper(ok, I'm differentiating those who think that god does their bidding... Verses... Less Crazy Jesus folk... Cause not all of you are Evil, Bastards... using god as your own personal bitch to start rain and win BYU Utah games.....

But I digress.

In an amusing twist of irony, It didn't rain on Obama during his speech where he wanted to kill all the babies........

But I will have everyone notice, that as The Republicans Meet. 2 hurricanes Pummel the south, and remind every person in this country, that Our administration. Sat on their fat asses, and let one of America's cities Drown.

We can argue nuances of Morality and Judgement. and whatever. And point fingers, at everyone and their dog. But the lack of response by the federal government.....

If there is a God, Dubja is going to rot in the lowest ring of hell.

What is the saying? "To those that Much is given, Much is expected." Nobody, in history has Floated to power on a Platform of Elitest entitlement, like G.W. Bush..... And when we placed the mantle, and responsibility of our safety, in his hands.....
He was asleep at the switch.... Like the Piece of shit, Objectivist, Selfish, narcissist, Ego maniacal FRAT BOY! he is.

McCain

In order to try and Upstage the Obama speach, decides to nominate the female version of Bush..... Gun toting Cowboy Alaska gov.... Palin

How about that obama

Wow! if America can get past it's ADD, he will Tear it up.

I didn't want to blog about this.

Hmmm..... I have the insomnia......

Hey I guess I tried.

Oh.... My girl Ivonovich Got beat at the Open.... in the second round? Will she be a One hit wonder? the Pressure of being number one has gotten to her..... Will she suffer the Roddicks and the Sharapova... "Once was, and we keep hoping she will be"

And worse, the Unapealing(yes I'm shallow) nature of the Female versions of Ivan Drago.... One of them may go on an Epic Open Streak and I'll have to spend the next 5 years staring at, Safina or Kuznetsova.

Holy Crap... I missed it today, Cornet Defeated Mattek, straight sets...... she is cute to watch, but needs some Meat on those bones.

And After having a child Lindsey is back.... Which is awesome.... her knee won't hold up, and even if she makes it much further, she should lay up and let that leg rest.... I want to see her comeback next year.

Feeder...... You know, I want to see him get a taste for blood again..... I'm fearful he will have to retire, then come back as an old man in a year or 4.

I give roddick 50/50 to get past gulbis tomorrow. and Lindsy plays Bartoli.... that won't go well.... both of those are the night matches tomorrow.

Confessions

.... So, I was hoping it would get cooler, but when I'm done with "Work" it's still hot... I have a million things to do in the garden. Not to mention the impending 5 hour "Salsa" sessions.... Making salsa takes about 2 hours of chopping, and blanching, followed by 4 hours of "Simmer", then another hour of canning.

But... it's getting harder and harder to exercise, I can tell I'm turning into one of those "Pear" people, with that strange bell shape from sitting all day.

In the morning it's just too hard.

I did watch the men and woman's marathon at the Olympics.... There is something I'll never manage.... There was a time when I could have pulled off 10, and that wasn't completely out of reach... but... without regular Leg pounding... That is some tough stuff.... and I never realized that Runners don't start all "Emaciated, and Gaunt" That happens during the Race.... That just can't be healthy...

Well, that is a show....

Oh and Happy Birthday Art.

quail in the garden

Back to the regular Scheduald...

... Banality.

So.... I can't sleep.

Ok, Feldman the question is, did he go out there or not... and not to ruin the suspense... on the Season finally... of course he did (to be continued next season.... am I really going to have to wait a year?). Here is the thing, They aren't actually very good friends. Sometimes in life we find people who we consider 'friends' and they are actually acquaintances. Many times we find that Acquaintances that we are forced to interact with every day at say 'work'(like the 2 corrys). Well those acquaintances become friends by default, and the social pressure of "oh 2 corry's! how cute!". What I'm saying is that They aren't very good friends, I always measure this by the number of very close personal discussions you have with a friend. How much one talks about the more Personal things, like aspirations, goals... Life's daily struggles. That is a good way to quantify who a 'good friend' is. They are like old drinking buddies.

That being said, I think fieldman is going to go out and try and connect to Haim's wellness. I think stewing there as the clock ticked by, he realized how Pulling away from 'Someone in distress', isn't the proper way to provide support for either a 'friend', or an addict, or someone who legitimately needs help. BTW Remember that, The people who need the most help are usually the most difficult to give it to.... There is a case in point, but I'll not dwell on it, again.

I've seen Fieldman try and do this a couple times, in couples counseling and some other times, He has reached out, only for haim to "Throw up his Walls" and walk away. If haim can connect, can let himself be vulnerable, it will be Key to his recovery. Why is there a problem? you ask?. It's when he was 'Assaulted', I'm sure since then he has been unable to allow himself to be Vulnerable to another person.... and that Ladies and Gentleman, is the core of his problem.... and now he just Runs away... "fight and Flight response"... He Runs... Juxtaposed with Fieldman, who has decided to Fight, and is on his way to 'try again'.

But, to get back to the original point, fieldman's problem is that it's more an unhealthy dependant-co dependant relationship and doesn't realize, that they aren't very close, and he gets almost nothing for the relationship.... Besides Celebrity exposure for him and his wife.

And Other Baseless supositions... that aparently keep me up at night.

On another note,I got a Nigerian 419.... You realize the engrish is getting better don't you. I read a story about how every 'cyber cafe' in nigeria is filled 24/7 with under 18 kids, spaming out these to every email account they can find.

From Sgt Dave Godwin.

Good Day,

I found your contact particulars in an E-mail address guide that was provided to us here, as I desperately needed an urgent help to do this deal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of $15m {Fifteen Million U.S Dollars only} to you; as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.

SOURCE OF FUND: A lot of money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of saddams old palaces in Tikrit in Iraq during an operation Conquest in Fallujah north of Baghdad, and it was agreed by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This is quite an illegal thing to do, but well tell you what? no compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole, of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last time.

The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British Contractor working here, at Southern Basra British fortified green zone, whose office enjoys some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British/American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Baghdad, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in United States. I have now found a much secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to security firm in united kingdom, for you to pick it up, and I will discuss this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist me, and I believe that my money will be well secured in your hand because you have fear of God.

I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give me. One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad and catastrophe for soldiers here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, but I hope to have a shift very soon for me to return back to the States. I have been shot and wounded twice and I have survived two terrible suicides bomb attacks just by special grace of God, this and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I will honestly want this matter be resolved immediately.

I thank you so much for everything and anticipate that you will be trustworthy and handle this transaction to the best of your ability to benefit both of us. Click on this page below to read more about the money and the bomb blast: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

God Bless you and your family.

Yours Sgt. Dave Godwin.

GO Louder Go!!

Well He pulled it off, Nice win on the home turf.

The Great Swindle held a nice 4th place.....

I also assume that nate held on for local hero. Since the TOFU site.. took sunday, and now monday off.

All is good in the world..

So.

Super bummed....

Sloth got me today, I sat and swore I was going to head out all morning...

I guess this reflects how .. out of the zone I am.

I don't have an excuse... except I'm a sad bastard.

And Louder won.....

The Great Swindlehurst just behind.

Burke will get them tomorrow!!!!!!

Go T-BIRD!!!!!!!!!

nate Page

Look at nate come in behind Wherry, and Hamilton..... Wholy shit....

embarasing

isn't is crazy when you look at a post and you realise...

I meant too and not two....

legion of the illiterate... I guess I have all those engineering skills to make up for it....

but it's no excuse..

Whooooo Hooo

Go T-BIRD!!!!



Louder is looking good Too.....And Tyler Hamilton Olympic Gold metalist...... Remind me.....What happened when he went to defend that in Athens?

A bike race, on the streets of downtown..... Very exciting...

What is it with a bike race, that everyone especialy Cat 4 racers, have to give their buddies their version of good race tactics.

"They should have started sprinting at 4 laps to go...."

WTF.....

Who am I?

Ask then answer, Who am I? and what is the point?

I hope it's not upsetting.... but this is for Turbo..... It's contrived, but these are the important times in our lives. How you get up when you get knocked down, is just as important as being able to step up to the challenge.

This and other things you could read in a Fortune cookie!

Dang it

Well, I wanted to sneak out today and check out the race.... and then.... things just fell apart.

I'm supper bummed I havn't made it out.... and dare I say... I didn't even manage to listen....

I'm Really sorry, i'm not YET out there to Cheer everyone on......

But... I'm trying

GO!!! Burke
Louder, Phil
and Turbo.
Bryson, Cameron, Luis, Tommy, Billy Adam, Prince Valiant(gardy), Howard, Hageman, Alex, The great nate page, Jesse, eric.

Keep it going guys....

I am super bumned... But the Crit will be much easier....

I bet it was a great day in the mountains....

WOW Big race

Big Race tomorrow......

Super exciting...

Good Luck.... everyone..

Markets/Economists/Investors/Rants

I try not to go on to much about markets... Cause if I go on about cyclical secular and seasonal cycles... and Inflation... it would make your eyes water.... it does mine.

I coined a Phrase... Which is that most investors need to take a Costanza Position when investing.... What ever you want to do..... You probably should do the opposite.

Want to buy the top of Yahoo in 2000?
Want to buy Oil stock in the past 3 months?

Problem is... by the time you should look to buy oil investments... you will be too scared to do it.

Emotion rules the day in investment....Things Bottom, Because of the Fear.

Like they say "buy when there is blood in the streets"

The blood has yet to run in Oil, or in Real estate..... But it will.

For the past 6 months, some Oil Wrangler in Nigeria could stub a toe, and oil would go up $2. But the fact that this Russian thing is barely moving the needle in oil... Says something.... Something like OIL IS GOING MUCH LOWER.

At the time I'm typing this oil is down $2.

It's the way markets work..... YOU CANT AFFORD $4.00 oil... People only make $10 an hour pluss benefits.. so spending the first hour of work earning enough money to drive to and from home..... Well.... IT KILLS THE ECONOMY... and with it Oil prices. People will walk, buy bikes, public transport.... etc....

THIS IS THE MOST BASIC LESSON IN ECONOMICS.

It blows my mind that all the Economists, and Analysts... etc never seem to understand the dynamics of markets. And constantly model things based on Static forces, and not dynamic forces.... Problem is... that makes it much harder to model....

SO... No oil at $200.

2 Correys update

Oh how sad...

so... Ms. Enabling hello Kitty dominatrix... having a hard time Talking Truth....

has to slide it all in with some manipulative Crying.

You know Haim has problems.... But hers are impressive... Some deep seeded emotional mess under all that.

Maybe they are made for each other.

Haim.... This is an impressive show of addiction... It's amazing, that they are Walking us threw it...

Where is the benjamin bratt, and the cleaner

How impressive is the media exposure of Addiction these days?

Metalist

I did not know one could Medal in Badminton.....

Who knew....

I could have been somebody!

Why am I watching this.....

Oh Ya, the beach volleyball girls aren't hot enough.

Bad Sweaty Mojo

It's been hot.
I've got the ....
I don't feel like I fit in.

So much of my life is alone
I don't know any other way.
Talking just isn't my skill.

Here I sit, covered in sweat.
Dog days of summer.

Wraslen

How can anyone over the age of 12 watch wrestling.

McCain Engages his Equal

You just can't make this stuff up.

Did he just jump the shark?

Comprenensive 2 Corrys Video review

Corey Haim.
as a young actor, Haim was, Surprisingly the most promising of the two.

Movies he was Very good in.
Lucas
Silver Bullet
The lost Boys

Movies He is OK in.
Murphy's Romance
(He is only in this for 10 minuts, but Sally Field, James Garner, and horses)
Dream a Little Dream
License to drive


Any Movie he was in after 1990...
SUCKED BALLS.
I'm not saying it was bad..... I'M SAYING IF YOU GO SEE ONE OF THESE MOVIES, YOU WILL WANT TO FLY TO L.A. AND GIVE HIM A BEATING, FOR WAISTING YOUR TIME AND ROTTING YOUR BRAIN.

The Two Coreys.

I'm quickly going to list movies with both of them that I think are worth watching.
Lost boys.
Dream a little Dream
License to drive.
Those are the Classics....
License to drive is just silly but good clean fun.

2 correys ... Intervention... sort of

I'm giddy... and I get to see Tod Bridges, and Paulie shore.

BTW Haim is totally high again...

Oh, and if only we could be so lucky that it all would be over....

More vent.

I spent the week exposed in the sun... I'm still rehydrating. Umn Good thing I remain, Fairly Fit, Or I don't think I would have made it through the week.

I remarked earlier to someone that I need to vent about work, and don't really have anyone to talk to(How fucking sad*Rolls eyes*).

The two constants I struggle with:

Everyone is massively Incompetent. I had to explain to the person I was working for that there are 90 degrees in a quarter circle, and not 100. 2 of the guys I'm working with are getting high during the day, then after they come up with the stupidest ideas.... I want to scream at them "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. I KNOW YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT YOUR HEAD IS SO FAR UP YOUR ASS, YOU ARE EVEN STUPIDER THAN YOUR NORMAL BULLSHIT.". We hit a problem and I came up with 20 solutions for it, every one of them they didn't want to do. I've had problems on a project before, but it's usually that there are no solutions, not that there are 40, and we refuse all of them.

Second one....
Deep down, I know it's how I'm dealing with it that is the core problem. Most of it is internalized. But I just, Many people suggest that I just milk it out, do what I'm told. and watch the shoes drop...... What the hell does it matter to me. I've always been taught to do the best job I can.....

Will a vent count as poetry friday?

I've had a ridiculous week.

Oh... there was some bottom calling in the market..... and some asshole is saying it on tv.

Unfortunately, and yes this person is an asshole.... Assuming a Zero Growth (and non financials, non Oil are growing earnings at 2+%) Fair value is 10600... So if the market gets close to that... People who can do math get excited about the stock market. There is also this thing called the Maximum Pessimism in the market... And when The market starts talking about the great depression, and every bank in the country going bankrupt..... Seems like we hit that one.... and I'm not sure I have seen any breadlines or hobo's, just a lot of fat people eating potatochips. The market could go lower... but it is by no means "Overvalued"...

if you have a 401K, at the 11k level.... Increase your contributions.... Buying the stock market when it is down 25+%, is ... a rare opportunity.... But we could go lower. The return on those contributions.... Well is much higher than they will be if you decide to contribute "Post recovery"

And Yes, we will experience a long period of stagnant growth with, high inflation. Even Kudlow, says we are in a "contraction"/recession.

One other tip.... There is this thing called the non farm payroll, when the 3 month moving average turns negative... or it hits sub 40K for a couple months... Get OUT!

Let me give you another indicator. When I can find a 20 year old, who is willing to do hard labor. The economy is in trouble. But while they are to fucked off to get off their cell phones to "Work"... I'm thinking things are not that bad.

Gloves

I was walking today, as most of us know, when you hit a cross walk, usually cars pretend you are not there. As I stood there I saw a Police car driving down the road, I thought... Oh he will stop. Then I realized... he wasn't going to stop.... Then I said...

What if I just step out and force him to stop.....
Then when he came screeching to a stop, I could just look at him and say
"Hey, Where did you learn how to drive."

Of course, suddenly I'd become very personal with a man a uniform and some leather gloves... and not in a loving embrace kind of way....

I'm not so much sure, that that would be any fun.....

Haim's assistant

(I'm going to get every bike rider in the city watching this)

Right, ..... So you know she Pines For Haim...... BADLY.... secretly deep in her "Hello Kitty" BedCover, and matching sheets, Room smells of way to much lavender and Vanilla. Where she lives with her Parents, and 3 younger siblings; Cody, Cynthia... and Nash.....

Yes, Yes she tried to have an acting career, was quite the character actor at Malibu High School, Even beat out one of Robert Wagner/Natalie wood's daughter to be the Dark Witch, in that years production of "Snow White".. Couple of bit parts, in ABC after school Specials "Why did Jimmy Commit Suicide", and "How I Accidentally killed my brother with a boat Paddle, when I was high."(doesn't that date me, This was an old Scott Baio Picture.) but years later decided "behind the scenes" was where she belonged, she Wanted to Direct.

Every day she watches him, Like Cathy Bates... And yet it's a TV show... so how can she kidnap him and get him tied up. Maybe if she is lucky he will go on a drug binge, and late at night she will get that call.... He is passed out in a Gutter.... she brings him back to the "Hello Kitty Lair", where in his drug induced state, he is overwhelmed by the Potpourri, and her soft motherly touches.....

And they fall madly in love.

And Every morning she wakes up from this blissful dream..... and wakes up, showers and continues to wait.

I know I'm a sick fucker.... But it's True Right?

Carlos Sastra... born in madrid

I'm just saying... guilt by being Spanish.....

But lets get on to The two correys... Kind of disappointed tonight..... and no, I don't want to see Mrs. Fieldman in playboy, I like hot chicks who I can pretend DON'T have whiny, annoying voices... as opposed to ones who do.

And alex debagorsky is off of the ice roads... and "The Parrot"... the alcoholic... is still hauling garbage... I don't get why he doesn't' realize that even "Hugh-The polar Bear" is hauling Sewage, which... seems harder.. but is more demeaning.

Also, they have a new pecking order, and have to earn respect in the new Arctic Circle "Ice roads"... That is just the way shit works....

I'm just saying... GUILT BY BEING SPANISH....
When A Frenchman comes in in the top 5 in Le Tour.... that is when it will be clean.... Of course a Frenchman can't actually win.... Because...
Well... the french can't win anything.... It's just not their style

Hi blog, how are you?

"I'm ok..... and you?"

"Insomnia again."

"Yep, what I figured"

"It's not, like I don't sleep. Friday nights are tough. Long week, I want to go to bed early... and I do. Went to bed at 8-9, But then it's 2am... and I'm still decompressing."

"why don't you drink?"

"Well, it seems to throw me off of my game. It's nice to let alcohol release me, and I do get good sleep, managed to put the week behind me and move on... But... I end up losing some lucidity. It's tough I tell you.... so here I sit, Either watching 'my hero's have always been cowboys' or restlessly rolling around in bed, in the dark."

"anything else."

"You know, Just the usual toil."

"well I, don't really know."

"hmmm, Well one can just call Toil, Toil.... regardless of subject.... we all Toil."

"I bet there are people who don't toil."

"hmm, That would be nice.... Seems like a pipe dream. What can I do... but toil"

I guess it's that time again

I have some Thursday night insomnia... I think this will be more prose.
I have this giant hole inside me.
It seems to be getting larger.
Last time I thought it was a vitamin deficiency.
Seemed like that worked.

But again, here it is.
For the most part it's fatigue.
By the end of the weak, I'm Beaten, like a 3 dollar mule.
It's like I need to refuel.
And I've tried, there is no amount of pie or cookies to fill this hole.

have you noticed how hot it is....
Well... Lets hope the vitamins work

Sham WOW!!

I just saw this commercial.... it was good to see Correy Haim got a regular gig.

As Per T-Bird's request... I've provided a link to the commercial.

Funny

Johan Bruneal...... thinks there should be a '0' tolerance policy.... and yet... everyone shouldn't suffer if one guy gets caught.....

"I mean, one guy gets caught.... Er... makes a mistake.... Er.... is unfortunately nailed by a Test that they didn't know was out there...... Well only the rider should be punished, not the team or the director.... I mean... that is just one unlucky guy.... er one bad apple... who was caught, and the team can't control that. And it's unfair for the sponsors to punish him... I mean, they are doing a great job advertising for the company... and what company wants to sponsor losers."

All in his new book "who would give money to losers. so... at any cost."

I'm paraphrasing what I though he said.....

The solution is ZERO TOLERANCE.... by everybody. No more turning a blind eye...

hmm

So I missed who won the stage today... I'm hoping I can make it through the last hour of todays race this evening....

Hot isn't it....

I was out on a walk today..... I don't get enough exercise, sure enough, there I am steeling apricots from peoples trees..... I also noticed I missed cherry season... lots of nice cherries That I could see, had long since dried up on the sidewalks......

Yep... I'm this interesting.

It does look like cadel is going to have to earn it, and not just be defaulted the Jersey by experience.

The Known and the unknown

Apparently they are opposite, or a dichotomy or something..... but that doesn't' stop me from getting them confused.

Cause, I'm tired, and they keep acting .... well like one is an index finger and the other a thumb. Individual fingers, work well together. but different....and part of the same hand...

and I'll be leaving you all with that nice ramble...

Which reminds me... You know the old blog?... I'm too much of a narcissist to have "Erased it"

http://themopinator2.blogspot.com/

No green for cavindish?

Hell of a year though.... he was sad.... Sounds like that boy needed some disappointment... Clear a little hubris from his blood

UnknownSideEffect posted this

This is her comment:

As for trading the tour for the PBR,
well, those bull riders do wear tight pants,
but road racing is still the sexiest thing going.

So, I hold out hope that the sport will rise above all the scandal.
Just like people will still long for and buy sports cars in spite of the oil crisis.
We're human after all...we need beauty...and truth.

For those of you don't know this is a play on ....

625. Ode on a Grecian Urn

THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape	5
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?	10
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave	15
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!	20
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearièd,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!	25
For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
For ever panting, and for ever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.	30
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
What little town by river or sea-shore,	35
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn?
And, little town, thy streets for evermore
Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell
Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.	40
O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!	45
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'

The market

So.... What is interesting is this.... I don't know if you people follow "The market"....

But, on Monday.... the market narrative was that every bank in the country was going to go bankrupt.... Nobody was going to buy a home ever again, The bread lines were about to start, umn.... the whole bit....

Well Sure enough. Tuesday... the bank stocks started rallying, and have moved +50% in 4 days.

why... Well, the damn things had a yield on them in the 7-20% range... Every banking stock... It was the Craziest thing I had ever heard....

so when you read in the paper... all the Bullshit, fear, the market oozes.... Realize it's counter intuitive.... The move was to "BUY" the weakness.

Shhhhhh around the holidays the market will be afraid again "Christmas is Canceled!!!!! It's over" "Charles Dickens is coming, and scrooge is going to Eat all the Toys."....

well I wonder what the move then is going to be....

My real point is "if you read the paper and decide to buy or sell stock" it's going to be a mistake."

Back to oil

So..... I spoke too soon... I was running some models.... we could get a new high in oil this fall....

Stock up...

We can always hope...

what we need is a great Bike that also has a little motor on it...

"you know For Kids..."

They do about 5 Perp Walks during "the Tour" and we may get that sorted out.

Someone was talking about how if that keeps happening nobody will like cycling.Which again is that "lets turn a blind Eye to it"...

I mean... if that is what cycling is... Lets just see it... Entrails and all.... Those guys want to show their asses.

worst thing would be if they just do it this year, and then shove their heads up their asses again.

weird how things can be catch 22's, either they get rid of the dopers, and nobody will like cycling. Or they don't get rid of them and nobody will like cycling....

I vote no dopers...

I was ..... well

Oil Oil Everywhere none of it to drink.
The Saudi, the oilmen, our bosses, they need it so I can get to work.
I'd rather just stay home and Drink.

Soil soil Everywhere none of it to eat.
Toil Toil Every day, not a day to sit and Think
What about this heat.

(this one only took me 5 minutes, I didn't know what the hell I was going to do...)

milton friedman

So, Hopefully unless you live in a bomb shelter. you know about the great growth in china.....

GO China!! you deserve to not be the third world... now create a culture of your own, and don't emulate "branjolina" hollywierd America...

I digress....

I was challenged on oil prices...

China has been stocking up pre-olympics... The supply demand story is very tight... as the prices show... and with all our SUV's we have screwed ourselves.. oh wait,,, I don't drive an SUV, I have a bike mostly.

in the tight supply demand, this increased demand has placed a huge premium on gas, in a very sensitive time in our economy...

I'll suspect that with people not driving as much with $4.00 gas, and some moderating demand in foreign markets, prices should "Stabilize"... and hopefully we start building Lighter more efficient forms of transportation.

But as that Asshole Bush takes credit for dropping prices when Seasonally oil prices moderate in this time frame. Milton Friedman, suggests that when there is a "Crisis" you take advantage it to allow business to push through unfavorable Policies.

This is how "economic Hitmen" from the CIA take advantage of the third world nations to a low our "international Business Complex" to feed and devour the resources from these countries.

You want the "Conspiracy theory" on oil... that's it... and the worse thing oil companies want is us deciding to ...Work on Fusion... or. Alternative energy.... so he comes out with "Drill Drill Drill"... Just so we extend this economic death spiral with oil.

Oil

good news bad news... that dope Dubja and his Drill drill drill policy is going to take credit for it...
but Oil cracked today... but it's a seasonal thing.. but oil should break hard 3 weeks we should see some better gas prices for the Humvies..

I tell you what could be a deal... an suv down at the dealer, they are giveing them away even used. but in a couple months the value of a used suv should be much higher

*holds up lighter*

Turbo!!!!!

Also

I just noticed that "The Swindle" posted, last friday, Something that could be considered prose.

flahut

Flahute did his poetry friday

rhyming dictionary

I remembered that the dictionary I posted sucked last time.

here is a better one

Poetry Friday Brainstorming

Oh, how I hate the Pressure of poetry Friday.
I know I won't have time to do this tomorrow.
so I sit here with my evening Graham crackers.
Dead tired.

Rhyms with:

• friday: someday, hayday.
• Tomorrow: aero, Afro, Aloe, speedo, Cheno, Porno, Pillow
• crackers: Answers, Banters, Bikers,,cedars, fleecers, Gezers
• Tired: acquired, admired, retired, hired, perspired, required.

I know that in my Hayday
I will be finished, Someday.

I have a cut and it needs some aloe.
If I don't get this done, I'll end up in Cheno.
I'd rather be watching a Porno.
wish I had an afro
I don't want to think about a spedo
soon my head will hit the pillow.

I defiantly don't have the Answers.
A blog for a bunch of Bikers.
all my neighbors are a bunch of gezers.

I hope this fills what is Required.
Thankfully this is done before I've perspired.
Maybe this will make me admired.

Doh!!!

Here it comes, Poetry Friday.....

Hey Rockey, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!!!

Poetry Friday

Oh, how I hate the Pressure of poetry Friday.
I know that in my Heyday.
I would have been done with this on Tuesday

I know I won't have time to do this tomorrow.
Soon my head will hit the pillow.
I'd rather be watching a Porno.

So I sit here with my evening Graham crackers.
I defiantly don't have the Answers.
in a blog for a bunch of Bikers.

Thankfully this is done before I've perspired.
I hope this fills what is Required.
I'm dead tired.

The last Free Soul on the Planet

And there goes the Challenger,
being chased by the blue,
blue meanies on wheels.

The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver,
the last American hero,
the electric centaur,
the,
the demi-god,
the super driver of the golden west!

Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver.
The police numbers are gettin' closer,
closer,
closer to our soul hero,
in his soul mobile,
yeah baby!
They about to strike.
They gonna get him.
Smash him.

Rape... the last beautiful free soul on this planet.

..In honor of the last American hero,
to whom speed means freedom of the soul.

The question is not when he is going to stop,
but who is going to stop him.

Final leg of the uptrend

Lets see if this develops

Deadliest catch.

... Well What to say about that show....

Well, Phil makes me wonder why anyone smokes, that guy has less than 10 years left... You can just see the time ticking away. Obviously he needs to stand more, eat more fruit, and stop smoking.

I have no doubt I could do that job, But that lifestyle is so unhealthy.... and then there is the Danger...

Yep... this post is super lame.....

2 corrys was a rerun, I think it's new next week... *sigh*

Years ago I weened myself off of TV. Until they killed Romano, I watched Every Episode, of ER. That was an awful time, how could you kill the single Greatest Antagonist on the show. Being ER they hyped it up, about how someone was going to die, I'm not sure if this was before or after they killed "goose", there he is A cripple, Can barely operate any more.. I felt he had a chance at some personal redemption. So what do they do... Drop a helicopter on him... about 30 minutes into the episode, I said, Out loud "if they kill Romono, I'm going to stop watching this show. Sure enough, they drop a helicopter on him... I did lie, I caught a few episodes later. Everyone was too nice to each other, I wanted to Puke.

After that, I refused to pick up new shows... I just wouldn't start watching any. I did, though start watching some things if i could get them on some form of video. so, I did start "24" for 4 seasons, and "the Shield"... If you can get the first 2 seasons of "the shield" do it, it is 2 of the greatest seasons of TV ever produced... Sure, I'm still watching it, Fortunately they are on the last season this winter.... but I do regret in increasing measure, every season past "Season 2".

sitcoms, I haven't seen a sitcom in years... Ok, I do catch the occasional "Scrubs" rerun, now and again. You know what it was, the end of Seinfield, I wanted that hour back, more than I wanted the last episode of "MASH", back.

That is it, I have to go to bed...

one love

For Friday

I just had an idea and started working on my friday post... I'm so exhausted. and I'm compleatly overreaching, and have created my own poetry form...

I'll probably have to simplify.

Unfortunately it's not about Peas and Potatoes. But I will run that as a backup.

Good Mojo

Well, I have the good Mojo going for Kelly's mom. it's one of those things that makes me remember how stupid my jokey little blog is, and how important the people around us are...

Good Mojo!!!

Robby Mac

I've decided that this is his plan... Every year he hardly contests the first few sprints.....
What he does is doesn't work his ass off on the first few... and as every other sprinter, burns every bit of energy they have, against each other in the first few sprints. Robby waits Lets them all burn tons of early energy in the first few sprints and then after every one is tired, he starts kicking out the wins.

Or this is a massive rationalization for his slow early performance, every year

Time Trial

I had a hard time getting into the time trial today....

I was very busy.... Hopefully I'll sort it out this evening...

seems very exciting on the TV.

good tour this year... lots of losing and gaining the jersey..

Robby Mac sort of won his first stage....

I'm starting to worry he is getting old.

One Love everyone.

Frenchman

Some Crazy Frenchman win both the stage and the Yellow....

Sweet and it isn't even Bastille day

...Another Day in Paradise

Umn... or another day of constant Grind. I'm excited about.....

Problem with a good night(Saturday night) of fitful hang over sleep, is not much REM....so Last night was a great night to catch up on some Healthy Sleep.
I woke up this morning, Very haunted.... Up for 10 minutes, and had some heavy memories of a former Girlfriend, and some other stuff.... good times.

ah Hell with it this morning.....

I wonder if I have any fruit around here.... Today seems like a good morning for fruit.

We have a winner

In one of my recent Massive Rambling posts(I do go on, don't I) I suggested a Repeat of the Poetry Friday Fiasco....

Ask yourself, what good is a Fiasco if you don't Repeat the same mistakes?

UnknownSideEffect Signed up, and as a Reward I've added them to the Blogroll.... and, I'm just saying... Those that play... Get added....

Just letting you know what the reward for torturing yourself with a little Poem or small Prose for the next few weeks of Tour...


and it's fun... Stretch that Grey matter a little bit...... How Now, Brown Cow!!!

I've also added links to both a site with "Types of poetry", and a rhyming dictinary.... And Prose count too.

Out Running

I was out running this morning... I'm more boasting about how good I was with a hangover to still manage ... Well what I try and pass off as an attempt at a run...

There I am, Through the neighborhood. And I notice someone's house is toilet papered. Seems like it had been mostly cleaned up, and it being 5am... It must have been toilet papered on the 4th of July... Some nice Drunken move that night, By some bitter neighbors...

You see, the house was Immaculate. In all my gardening, and some minor Obsessive Work on my own Shrubbery, Now I look at peoples homes differently. I realize how much work and love some people put into their yard. Countless Saturdays, Pacing the yard with a set of clippers, Hedge Trimmers. In an act of obsessive love that Few can imagine. This home had the Nice lines in the Grass that Somehow show up by magic. Every Tree Perfectly Shaped, Barely a Leaf out of place. Unimaginable Layout of Colors in Nice Layers.

And some bitter, Angry, Spiteful People... Wanted to destroy it. If you don't know, People are very destructive, Jealous people. And anytime you create or build something... There are Awful people out there so Black in their heart... They desire to destroy, what they can't have.

I think I have to shower after all of that....

Fed, almost broke down in the post match interview.

Let me suggest, the way Nadal plays, he will have one of those short careers.... Cudo's to him for being so physical... but at one point you pay for it..... Maybe I'm just being a bitter ass

Wholly Tennis

I'm tired just from watching.... I'm never going to finish "Tough Guys Don't dance". Of course I could be tired from killing a full bottle of wine and getting up at 1am

7 hours I've been watching this... with some breaks... thanks to rain delays..

It's like a couple of boxers in the 30th round, on autopilot. Hoping they get through. Both Stone faced Champions, emotions trying to break out of that Steel Facade..... I sound like some cliche SI story.

GOOD GOD!! Rafa Nadal has the start of a grand slam....

Roger says he will compete for 5-10 more years.... I hope this is a chance for Roger to show if he will actually Fight out the rest of his Career...

With the Euro cup win, and nadal 2 slam champion... Spaniard will win Le tour

Thor....

Nice to see the Frenchman out proving they can make Ridiculous moves, that are more about showing that they are in the game than have any long term strategy, besides.... "maybe a bowling ball will fall from the sky and hit the whole peloton.."

Well.... I always feel bad when I talk about jesus... I don't mean to be a dick. I just can be some of the time. I intend to be inclusive, and that kind of stuff doesn't cut it.... It's obvious I have a chip on my shoulder... and I'm sorry.

We all Wrestle with our Demons, but I still refuse to capitalize it.

So.... The tour Day 2 Prerace comments

To be honest I have yet to see the "born of jets" advert. I am very desensitised to it, so it could be on, and I'm just not seeing it.

This is what I wanted to blog about.... I was psyched about the finish, Lots of great 2 wheeled uphill action... Great stuff.
and my early favorites are Valverde and evans.

I hate the "Brand new start", "taking back the Tour"... Because as jaded as I am. I just.... What a lode of Poo, it takes more than a Motto to reform cycling, and thinking that "Cleaning up Cycling" wouldn't be a 10 year Grind of: embarrassing, laundry Airing, fist fighting, Grinding, Spitting, Shitting, pissing, Bloody Fight, Is just naive... and throwing some window dressing on a "pig" don't make it Datable.

But I love the tour
After Saying all that.... I hate to make Generalizations, but it seems to me that if you had to pick the nationality with the most confirmed Dopers in it.... It's the Spanish... I mean, the french haven't had a consistent winner for ages, It's obviously they aren't doping. Maybe 70% of international cyclists are Spanish, and I see it that way because of the larger distribution of Spaniards in the Data.

But... in the "Taking Back the tour" year... I find it worth a little giggle that a Spaniard won right out of the gate.

Oh.... and Fuck Tom Boonen.... Go Robby Mac!!!
I wonder if we will see some new sprinters emerge this year, one would think so.

1am

I just woke up with those 1am sweats. Needed to pee Too(just to over share), It also crossed my mind that I'm fortunate I don't piss all over my floor sometimes. Maybe that is better phrased, I'm Pleasantly surprised I don't.

A big glass of water will sort all this out... Maybe I'll shower, Maybe I'll open my door and let some of that cool decadent air conditioning into my room...

"My God, it's hot. Stepped out of the shower and started sweating again. Is it still burning? Jesus, it's bigger. What is it?"
"It's the Seawater Inn. My family used to eat dinner there twenty-five years ago. Now somebody's touched it to clear the lot. "
"It's a shame."
"My history is burning up out there."

"you're not too smart are you? i like that in a man."

If you haven't seen that movie, You have to see it. It allows you to realize why William Hurt and Kathleen Turner didn't spend their lives Flipping Burgers.
Have I ever let you all in on my theory that Air conditioning is part of the reason for the obesity epidemic, Nobody would allow themselves to get into the 300 pound range if there wasn't air conditioning.... Either that or they would just die.

Just to let you all in on how stupid my sister is, She didn't have air conditioning for a few years. I asked her how she did that? she had this huge ritual, to lock in cool air in the morning. Then it all crescendoed with "Then if I don't move around all day, it's fine"

There is a great Nova about the "First Flower", Super interesting. It never occurred to me how important the way flowers reproduce was to the way our entire ecosystem developed.

I'm dying to know what I posted last night...... If I read it, I'll probably take it down... and that wouldn't be any fun now would it...

Hmmm How about that shower.

Elias was a Crusader

And if the Machine Breaks down, we break down, and I ain't going to allow that.

Me, drunky Drunk Drunk... but I'm home, and in bed, ready to pass out. I've rehydrate, taken my vitamins... it's 8pm...

I figure in my drunken stupor, it's probably time for me to throw my "A" blog game down.

I imagine some of the new Folks ask:
"why the affection for "the mop", that blog seems distracted and scattered... I just don't get it"

Well... I'd like to imagine Game on: here we are, Middle of growing season, mid cycling season... It's time to throw down.

"I'd like to hear about it Pot Heads, you boys take this shit to escape from reality, I AM REALITY"

Sometimes... I hope that nobody thinks I talk about my ideal life... I suffer... They say "I only teach "Suffering, and the Elevation of suffering". I sit, every day.... Work 8-16 hours a day... with maybe 2-4 hours of decompression, Repeat.... I mentioned today, that I hate Financial advisers, Social Scientists, Myopic Jesus worshipers(sorry... love to the Jesus worshipers, sorry you don't get Evolution.(in your nomenclature," to those who more is blessed more is expected, and to those who less is blessed, less expected".... So... Love to all of you, Please I understand... it's a Mad mad world)... And I totally get it... so really... One Love.

"we walk a narrow path between divinity and trickery"

For the past year I'd like to think that I've achieve some clarity, with a sort of emphasis for 'finding my bliss' and Accepting the reality which is, there for all to experience, and few to see.... I like to convince myself that I have of an ability to glimpses "Reality" and Peer through the illusion which Haunts us all.... As you read this, and think "well I'm plenty caught up in reality. this Mother is a nut job"...
Just as a Mental exercise.. one can consider that the more concrete one be lives their reality is, the more dis-connected one probably is from Reality. The only constant in the universe is change, A concrete universe is only The most subject to the Greatest shattering of all it's illusions.....

"you all loved elias,....you all want to kick ass... well here I am all bye my lonesome, ain't nobody going say nothing."



"death, what do you all know about death!"


And As I reflect on this post, It reminds me of Icarus... and a warning to not fly too close to the sun........

and I am Humbled...... I know nothing. And remember .... the enemy is always "within ourselves"