In a democracy, you get the government you deserve.
Adlai Stevenson
what are you going to do now that your candidate hasn`t won or lost?
is it really going to make that much of a difference in your personal life? is it going to pay your bills, put gas in your car? are you so upset about the result you`re ready to leave the country? is the name calling and finger pointing going to end?
i can answer all those questions in order; no, no, no and no.
nothing is going to change to any major extent, no matter who wins/won. i said this before the election and i stand by it, elections of this magnitude are decided in boardrooms. the money for all that campaigning had to come from somewhere and you don`t get something for nothing.
the price of gas and healthcare is going to continue to rise, people are going to struggle to find the jobs they want, certain sectors of the populace are going to pay to maintain the lifestyle that certain other sectors of the population are accustomed to.
personal freedoms are going to continue to disappear, whether for security or commercial reasons and the `moral` pendulum is going to continue to swing back and forth because are based on society`s acceptance.
at the end of the day, there will be no epiphanies, no massive changes, just business as usual.
i`m not a citizen, but i am a taxpayer. there is no immigrant lobby, so i effectively have no say. if you are eligible, get out there and do it.
VOTE! IT IS YOUR RIGHT!
i really don`t care who you vote for, just as long as you do.
because of our neighbourhood and its proximity to the university, i see a lot of people running and it`s appalling.
long ago, when i was half as young and half as heavy, i used to run; 5 and 10K races. i was pretty good; i was in a road runners club, i trained regularly, i chose my shoes carefully, i was dedicated.
it distresses me to see all these people running badly and doing themselves a tremendous amount of harm. just watching them run, is painful, most of them have incredibly bad form; arms and legs flailing and the worst foot placement. i don`t even want to get into the ill equipped people but i do have one word to the wise, always invest in a good sports bra if you`re going running.
my knees are almost completely shot, through a combination of factors; road running, basketball and weight gain. but of the three the strain put on my knees by weight gain only serve to exaggerate the trauma i put them through running on high impact surfaces and too some extent i knew what i was doing.
road running is high stressful on the knees and ankles particularly without a good cushioned shoe and worse when you don`t run properly.
learn to run smoothly, in an almost fluid motion, the power of your stride should come from your back and not by landing hard on your feet. pounding pavement is not good for your knees. and for goodness sake don`t continue running if you`re injured.
earlier this month we had a celebration of our almost three year old marriage, we just got most of the pictures
here are a couple of the pictures and the rest of the gallery can be found here:
yesterday was all about the thrill of victory, kicked Halo`s ass, almost got the project i`m working on approved, had a great night with vic and the boychick
this morning, not so good; daylight savings can`t be over too quickly for me, my body has readjusted so i`m up at between 5 and 5:30 and completely unable to go back to sleep. this morning was compounded by the clicking noise coming from my laptop. two laptops and four years later the hard drive is giving up the ghost.
i took out of the laptop this morning and put in an enclosure, i`m hoping now to be able to finish copying all the data off oit before it kicks the bucket, but as i type this, the clicking is back.
i got the critical data, well most of it anyway, i`m just trying to get all the stuff i hadn`t backed up since monday. i`m guessing i`m going to have to do it in stages. my other problem is i don`t have another drive big enough to restore my data to. i have a 10Gb in the other dead laptop, but i`m not sure that even works at this stage and there is no money in the household budget for a replacement in the immediate future.
so this is my humble cry for help; if anyone has a 30GB or larger, 2.5″ notebook drive they would like to donate, please feel free to PM me. i`m thinking about setting up a paypal account, but my plight seems so trivial i don`t know if i should even bother.
edit: i`ve swallowed my pride and there is a button to the right under my profile photo if anyone is so inclined.
a little old, but oh still so true.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaoIsPZAgck
i have finished; i came, i saw, i shot, i kicked Halo`s ass. on legendary no less. i have to say it was a fun and somewhat easy game to play. now i`m just left to wonder how long are we going to have to wait for the OS X port of Halo 2. i see no need to invest in an Xbox, solely for playing Halo 2.
the last time i went to visit my mother in law, at the major intersection of that very tiny town there is a massive billboard for a guy running for state senate, it reads; i`m recalling from memory at this point; sponsored by the NRA, pro-life, anti-gay marriage.
it`s interesting to note that some of the most vocal pro-life advocates are also pro-death penalty? does anyone else sense something ironic about this?
where exactly does the value of life depreciate?
ok, let`s try to get the facts straight, according to the current administration; abortion is wrong, but corporate raiding, the death penalty, torture and revenge killings are ok?
is it me or is there a certain amount of moral incongruity there?
