Well, I am home on the range so to speak, suffering from internet withdrawal. I did not realize how much time I spent online between work and home, just let me say alot. I do not understand the way the airports have their internet access set up. They want you to pay $8.00 to $10.00 for access at the airports and this is for 12 to 24 hours of internet access; you are only for a hour or two, so why would you pay? I would not mind paying a few dollars for a hour or two, but I guess they do not want that. Anyways.

There is no junk food here, but there are some Paul Newman I want to be "oreo cookies." I am sorry there is no such thing as fake oreo's, and Paul Newman's cookies, just let me say that they are all moms. It is nice being in the mountains and hills, I like the feeling that accompanies being in them. I am always soooooooo glad that me and Lily spent 4 years in Alaska. We went camping in the mountains and Lily made fresh blueberry pancakes with the bluebarries that we picked at the campsite. Me and my boys would throw rocks into the streams, and skip rocks across the water. We would also bring our cat with us and the cat acted like a dog. The cat would follow us when went hiking on the trails, or the cat would just be around us like a dog. Alaska was a cool place to live.

I have been reading history books for the last 6 or 8 months, I seem to have this driving need to understand the history of the world, the evolution of man, why the world evolved in the way that it did. I have always enjoyed history, I even took more history classes then I needed for my degree, but there is a sad part to knowing and understanding the history of the world that that has been seeping into my conscious. All the sensless death and suffering that has occured; for what? Why? I just do not understand why history is framed by so many innocent people dieing, and suffering all these 1000's of years. I know that some people try to explain the world's events by religious mindset and overtones, but that explanation falls short, it does not explain the world or the suffering that people have had to indure.

I was reading about the Byzantine Empire and how the empirer decided that the nation that they just conquered he needed to make a statement about his power, so what did he do? he blinded 14,000 people, but only blinded in one eye every 100th person so that way some of the people could guide the totaly blind people home. 14,000 people blinded for what? along with the blinded people are children that are suffering now too.

During the days in China when the different warlords of the various clans ruled, what would happen this that warlord would send out his person to collect tax money, if the people did not have any money what would happen to the people? The warlord in his wisdom would bring the "man of the house back" to his compound and then string the different people together by wire through there calves, just like fish, until somehow the families could pay the tax.

So I have a love, hate relationship with history. I have this desire to read history and study it, I love reading and understanding the battles of the WWII, the History Channel has some great documentaries on WWII ( my favorite move is "The Great Escape") , and it is ironic that because of WWII we have space program, but so many people died because of WWII and Hiltler's quest for power.

What does it mean?

Well, I am leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I well be back again.

I have researched this microwave oven / food controversy and I do not find any evidence to change my mind, in other words I am not disposing of my microwave oven anytime soon. I have personally talked to an engineer, two physicists, one nutritionist, and one biologist and asked them the question if a microwave oven will destroy or change the molecular structure of food to rendure the food not viable to the body. The consensus was that the microwave oven was not damaging the food molecules any worse then a conventional oven will. What the microwave heats up is the water molecules in the food, some nutritional nutrients are destroyed just like conventional heating of food. I read one study from Australia were the microwave oven actually enhanced the vitamin C and E content in the food being heated up. The nutritionist that I talked too knew about the study that Shadowpaint referred too, but she did not agree with the findings. So this carbon based unit will continue bombarding food with microwaves until the food glows in the dark.

I was thinking about a name for the little female package on the way in Africa, and "Lo-Ruhamah" is a female Biblical name inspired by the Holy Spirit.

We had a new friend this morning, Lily was looking out the back yard and saw him/her and then called me and this is what we saw on our fence.

I have always wonder what gave the "Church" so much political power during roughly 1500's AD to about 1800's AD and I think I have my answer. I am presently reading the history of the middle ages, I just finnished reading how the monasteries became the dispositers of knowlege during the Dark Ages, I knew this, but I have never considered this fact before until now. The book never said that this was the reason but I came to my own conclusion based on the concept, "knowledge is power", and since the Church had all the knowlege at the time I think that this is one reason the Church was able to amass such political power in the time frame that I have been thinking about. It is sad though that the Church used this power in unworthy persuits of it's own agenda; money and more political power.

You Are an Emo Rocker!

Expressive and deep, lyrics are really your thing. That doesn't mean you don't rock out... You just rock out with meaning. For you, rock is more about connecting than grandstanding.

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

Nothing better then rolling down the highway with the volume all the way to the right.

When I was about 12 years old (I think), I made a promise to myself that I would never stop watching cartoons, and I have kept that promise to myself. I still love watching cartoons ( watched Batman this morning), and as my kids grew up I watched cartoons with them and loved every minute of it. I used to watch "He Man", "Nija Turtles", "Transformers", "Bugs Bunny", "Spiderman", and "X-Men", all the cool cartoons with my kids, not anymore(they are older now), I watch them by myself now. What started me thinking about cartoons and how I have always felt about them is that last night we went to the move,"Pirates of the Caribbean" and there had a preview for the new Transformer movie, I can hardly waite for the movie. I have always love the Transformers; Autobots, and Decepticons, my favorite Autobot was always Optimus Prime, he as always wise , patient, and concerned about the innocent people that were always caught in the middle of the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons. I remember one year for Christmas we bought the oldest son "Optimus Prime," I am not sure who was more excited, if I was more excited buying it for him, and showing him how you transformed from a robot to 18 wheeler, or my son unwrapping it on Christmas and seeing the excited look on his face that he had a Transformer.

I do not think that is right that to watch the old cartoons like "Bugs" that a person needs cable TV, because the cartoons that are on Saturday morning are really sad. I miss watching Bugs, watching Bugs is like watching the old Star Trek shows, I never get tired of watching the reruns.

There is another concert that me and Lily went to that I surprised her with. Lily really likes Yanni, so for her birthday one year I took her to a Yanni concert, but that is not the story. The story is that the night before there was a Yanni concert on PBS and we watched the concert on TV. During the concert I made comments like, "Since we are seeing Yanni on TV we really do not see him in person, this is better to see him on TV" or "I really do not think that he is that great of a musician", or "He does not play his music loud enough for me so I would not really like to see him in person." I made some more cemments then I just let it die. The next morning when we were getting ready for work, I gave her a birthday card with 2 tickets for Yanni, I surprised her :), we went out to eat and then the concert, it was an enjoyable night.

Back in the year 2000 there was a radio station that played what they thought was the best 100 songs of the milianium, and boy were they wrong. Anybody knows that "Stairway to Heaven" (by Led Zepplin) is 10 times better then "Satisfaction"(by the Rolling Stones). I am bias though, I am not a fan of the Rolling Stones. I like 2 songs by the Stones, for the most part I really do understand why people think that the Stones are so great. Mick Jagger has smoke(pot), drank liquar, and indulged in drugs so much that just by looking at him you can see that his brain is fried. He is not exactly coherent during interviews, I just do not see what the attraction is. There is one rock band that I really think is the greatest and my kids can tell who they are--- BOSTON; Lily even came with to the concert with me when they were here in Tampa. I like Boston because they have their own sound, and that the leader of the group graduated from MIT. MIT is cool, I wish I could take classes there and graduate from MIT. Anyways, I am still erked that they the "radio station" placed the Stones over Zepplin.

This summer was to be about working(at HCC) and lifting weights at Bally's, just let me say that a father's job is never done, no matter how old your childern are.

This is cool.

I finished the book, "Adam's Curse." Basically the Y-chromosome has mutated over the years and is becomming inert, men are going to die out in 125,000 to 130,000 years, soooo party on men. At least with the current understanding that we have now about genetics men are on a downward spirial path, but I am sure we will figure something out and cure the genetic defect so that Y-chromosome will survive, and produce more Dallas Cowboy football players.

Well, on to other things; went to Barns and Nobles the other day with Lily and found this book, "A History of the Middle Ages," by Joseph Dahmus. The Middle Ages are defined from the Fall of the Roman Empire to about 1500 AD, I have read alot of Ancient History and Modern History, but not much Middle History, so this will be enjoyable.

I am attending a audio visual/computer comference next week. I love my job, yea!! more toys :)

The day that I was hatched; found this on Lily's blog.

Your date of conception was on or about 9 September 1958 which was a Tuesday.
You were born on a Tuesday under the astrological sign Gemini.
Your Life path number is 5.
Life Path Compatibility:You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2436721.5.
The golden number for 1959 is 3.
The epact number for 1959 is 21.
The year 1959 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/8/1959 and ending 1/27/1960.You were born in the Chinese year of the Pig.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Elk; your plant is Mullein.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Mesore, the fourth month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

As of 7/7/2006 2:00:55 PM EDT You are 47 years old.
You are 565 months old.
You are 2,457 weeks old.
You are 17,202 days old.
You are 412,862 hours old.
You are 24,771,720 minutes old.
You are 1,486,303,255 seconds old.
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 6.73268101761252 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) I would rather be a cat.


Your birthstone is Alexandrite
The Mystical properties of Alexandrite: Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Pearl, Moonstone, Opal

Your birth tree is Ash Tree, the Ambition
Uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with its fate, can be egoistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over heart, but takes partnership very serious.

The Life Path 5 suggests that you entered this plane with a highly progressive mindset, with the attitude and skills to make the world a better place. The key word for your Life Path is freedom. In the pursuit of freedom, you are naturally versatile, adventurous, and advanced in your thinking. You are one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. The byword for the positive Life Path 5 is constant change and improvement. You want to be totally unrestrained, as this is the number most often associated with the productive use of freedom.

You may be one of the most compassionate of people as the 5 is surely the most freedom-loving and compassionate Life Path. Your love of freedom extends to humanity at large, and concern for your fellow man, his freedom and his welfare, may be foremost in your mind. A great Life Path 5 American President, Abraham Lincoln, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and ended slavery in America. As the ultimate progressive thinker type, your potential in government, the law, and other positions of authority is unlimited.

You are a good communicator, and you know how to motivate people around you. This may be your strongest and most valuable trait. Because of this skill, and your amazing wit, you are a truly natural born salesman. This ability to sell and motivate extends to any sort of physical product all the way through to whatever ideas or concepts you may embrace.

You abhor routine and boring work, and you are not very good at staying with everyday tasks that must be finished on time. On the average, the number 5 personality is rather happy-go-lucky; living for today, and not worrying too much about tomorrow. It is also important for you to find a job that provides thought-provoking tasks rather than routine and redundant responsibilities. You do best dealing with people, but the important thing is that you have the flexibility to express yourself at all times. You have an innate ability to think through complex matters and analyze them quickly, but then be off to something new.

A love of adventure may dominate your life. This may take the form of mental or physical manifestation, but in either case, you thrill to the chance for exploration and blazing new trails. Surely you belong to a group considered the most worldly and traveled. Clearly you are not one to pass up a good venture. You have quite a lot of the risk-taker in your makeup. If you aren't putting your money at stake, you are surely open to a wide variety of risks in your everyday life. Taking the conservative approach is just not in your nature.

In romance, you hate to be tied down and restricted. This doesn't necessarily mean that you are unfaithful or promiscuous, but it does mean that a good partner for you needs to understand your nature. A relationship based on jealousy and having tight reigns is not going to work at all for you. A partner who understands your need to be free and trusted will find you trustworthy, even if you aren't constantly available and totally dutiful. It is important for you to mix with people of a like mind, and to try to avoid those that are too serious and demanding.

If you are living on the negative side of the Life Path 5, you are apt to be multitalented, but suffering from some lack of direction, and there is confusion surrounding your ambition. Restless, discontent, and impulsive, you may bounce from one job to the next without accomplishing much at all. A negative Life Path 5 can become very irresponsible in tasks and decisions concerning the home and business life. The total pursuit of sensation and adventure can result in your becoming self-indulgent and totally unaware of the feelings of those around you.

Hey, Auto Tuner 1, and Mmabatho do you want to play Fantasy Football this fall?

Global Warming is being driven by political hype and not sceince. I remember 20 years ago that news reports stated that because of global warming the earth should be destroyed by now, but the human race is still here, o well.