The change was definitely worth it. I was inspired to create a garden and grow some of my own food. I had the audacity to run 5ks, 10ks, and even did a half-marathon! I was wearing medium-sized clothes for crying out loud! I didn’t imagine being that small when I first began my journey.  Smh. Nevertheless I felt great on the outside as well as on inside, physically and spiritually.
I’m ecstatic that I’ve not eaten any animal flesh longer than most people would think to try. Yet at the end of the day I value more that those accomplishments aided me in strengthening the love, appreciation, and respect that have for myself, my brothas and sistas, and especially my ancestors.
What’s the point in living a long life in this repetitious, parasitic, sadistic paradigm and you can’t fully be the UNIQUE BEING that you were designed and destined to be?
Let’s strive for more than simple vain achievements we were told were worth celebrating.
The Melanin Man’s Christmas Rant Part 1: It’s True…Santa Claus Does Exist!
Recently I joined a burgeoning co-operative named ULU: Us Lifting Us, based in Atlanta, GA but geared specifically to the Black Melanin-Dominant community. This is the second cooperative (Sevananda Marketplace in Little Five Points of Atlanta) that I have chosen to join in the past 18 months. Both are ran and owned by a majority Black-Melanin Dominant populace, yet ULU only allows those of Black-African decent to purchase ownership.
I really do love and value my individuality, which is what gave me the confidence to create The Melanin Man blog. Yet when it comes to the task of uplifting my Black Melanin-Dominant brothers and sisters around the globe, I am only one cog within a larger apparatus. Which is why their are many more Black African minded bloggers besides myself to share the load as well. And that conviction is only magnified further by my personal decision to join within cooperatives that will directly benefit my peoples economically.
I have touched on the idea of entrepreneurship for the Black-Melanin Dominant once before. And to elaborate even further, I am of the opinion that entrepreneurship in its modern form is NOT NATURAL to the archetypal Black-Melanin Dominant men and women. When it comes to “doing your own thang”, starting your own business/company, one must first question their motives and intentions.
Trust me, I GET IT.
But besides the potential financial freedom that could be available to you and your immediate family, is your decision to delve into this Europeanized version of entrepreneurship really going to benefit your community? Our community, brothers and sisters, is NOT a charity nor a measly donation.
Hence, which is part of the reason I am typing this long overdue post.
From the dinner table to the bedroom. You know the life, falifestyle….honoring Jesus’ existence, constantly thanking him for his sacrifices to humanity as a whole, aspiring to be like a man who was essentially God in the flesh! That sounds like a stable upbringing to me. My parents and elders trained me in the direction that I should go. This seems righteous and just…on the surface.
That upbringing sustained me through a complex childhood to the early years of an even more complex adulthood. So it had to have some validity to it. Right?!
We are not the CURSE of Ham!
The Bible was written by Ancient Africans THEMSELVES, in such a way that could not be detected by outsiders and intruders (Non-melanated individuals!) They foretold of a fall from grace that was upon us and is currently tragically playing out. They wrote in code through parables and tales to remind us of how we can retrieve our that GOD-self and our rightful position on this planet, through our BLACK-MELANATED temples.
Helping a blind man see? What is the current state of Black Melanin-Dominant Man and Woman?
Because of its resonance, I’ve ceased to give reverence to a reference that is referring to me. I have graduated from mere external worship and turned my attention inward to uplifting myself toward a God-like frequency. I, we, can obtain the kingdom of Heaven right here on Earth once again if we we seek.
The Folly of Big-Time Sports Pt.7 : Boycott the NFL for Colin Kaepernick’s cause?? Are You F**king Serious?!
Those individuals behind the scenes sure know how to rile up the emotions of us minions, especially through nonsensical sports entertainment. Slaves Athletes are essentially bought off by the slave masters owners of these sports plantations franchises who run these sports leagues. So if I can you use one of my paid slaves players to drum up even more attention (i.e. increased viewership, jersey and ticket sales) towards my franchise and league by using a genuine platform such as racial politics, why not take advantage?
Who cares about a f**king national anthem?!
I do not believe Colin Kaepernick truly cares about the plight of his people, nor does he understand the paradox we can’t seem to shake. If he did, not only would he would shun the NFL completely, he would denounce the entire game of football in general.
Maybe some of us come out of college with a degree that we can use. Maybe a handful of us retire from the NFL as millionaires, if the agents and certain long-lost friends and family members haven’t sucked us dry. But at the end of the day our real wealth lies in our health…physically, emotionally, and spiritually! Unfortunately, the majority of us Black Melanin-Dominant men who travel down this road are broken inside and out.
How is this benefiting our collective?
Recent developments and experiences in my life have given Part 2 new life, and I feel it is the perfect time to post it.
My girls are getting older and smarter by the day, and I’m realizing they don’t need me like they used to as newborns and budding toddlers ( I’m boohooing inside!!!) Plus, for any man’s mental and spiritual stability, especially Black Melanin-Dominant men, it’s IMPERATIVE that he knows family in a financial capacity. And at this current stage in my life, my degree and background in civil engineering is my most stable and feasible option to do just that.
Life is funny. As I kid from Mobile, Alabama, it was my ambition, my dream, to live and work in a city like Atlanta, building and designing highways and byways with/for the DOT. After everything I’ve been through, to almost succumb to the idea of giving up that dream, I making another step toward that reality. I still in shock.
Which is where I came to my current predicament. Since I took and passed my F.E. (Fundamentals of Engineering) exam in the State of Alabama, it made sense to apply for the P.E. exam in the same state as well. Plus, the majority of the projects that worked on took place in the state as well. The state board requires a minimum of four years, or 48 months, of employment supervised under a licensed-P.E. in the state of Alabama (my mentor is a licensed-P.E. in the state of Alabama!) After completing the application and attaining the necessary references the board asked for, I figured the application process was complete and it was only a matter of time before my application was approved and I could sit for the exam.
Less than 24 hours, after collecting my thoughts and my emotions, I sent a email to the Board’s Executive Director, who was in attendance, expressing my disapproval of the Board’s stance on my work experience. I explained that due to the advent of modern technology, it was possible that I could effectively hone my skills as an engineer with the current setup of working from home, just as I would have commuting daily to an office doing the same job. It was the least I could do; I wasn’t going to let them have the last word without them knowing my position on the matter.
Well, I can just leave the only place I have worked and get those 18 months I need from somewhere else. No biggie! I’m not sure when the firm will produce enough work to warrant the preferred method of work the Board was asking for. I gotta do what I have to do for myself. Right?
Although I graduated from a P.W.I. (predominately white institution) university and damn good one, my experience, my tutelage could not be validated. Black, no matter the profession or craft, cannot be validated under a system that perpetuates the ideology of white supremacy. For instance, Black physicians are considered an oxymoron! I have heard it from our own mouths about the overall lack of distrust we have for physicians who look like us! Brainwashing at its finest, ladies and gentlemen.
I thought I did enough by attending a P.W.I. school. But it wasn’t. I have to further my indoctrination by working for an P.W.I. company as well. Or stay connected with white just to gain practically cookie crumbs in a system that already places a cap on the potential on any man that is non-white! Especially a Black man! And again, no matter the profession or craft. OR the amount of money that is being offered in said profession or craft.
And that is the only thing about the holidays that I can tolerate at this time in my life. Besides that, the overindulgence of overcooked, dead food and material consumption is played out for me, they can have that! I hate to separate myself from the others, Melanated Man, for me lol.
Thought #1: Who is Jill Stein?
I read this article (click link for original) a little over a week ago about Jill Stein (the Green Party’s presidential candidate), who she is and questioning what her true intentions could be concerning her attempt to demand a voter recount of the recent presidential election. There were some nuggets that I was not aware of, such as she has a Jewish background. Most of us know the role Jews have played in the media/entertainment and behind the political scenes, to the detriment of Melanin-Dominant people. I’m not saying everyone who is a Jew is a devil or whatnot.But you always have to be wary of individuals who have a high-profile platform, especially in this paradigm, to influence the masses. What bothers me is the website Black Agenda Report, which I truly admire for their honesty and tenacity, was pushing the Jill Stein and Green Party very hard. Especially since a frequent writer of theirs Ajamu Baraka, Melanin-Dominant male, was her running mate. I always felt funny about that entire ordeal, because of my thought process concerning our participation in the game of politics in the first place! And the article on Jill Stein only intensified that flame for me.’re dealing with concerning that struggle?
Thought #3: Live the life you want to live!
That’sfollowed and read my blog thus far this year. It has been an experience and revelation sharing my thoughts with you all. It’s hard to meet people who share a smidgen of the same thoughts you may have in person just because of the volatility of the times. I’m truly grateful that there are others out there like myself who only wish for all of us to experience this life, as the Melanin-Dominant people we are, in a better dynamic than we are currently in collectively as a group. I know and believe that is our ultimate goal at the end of day. I have much love and respect for all of you.
I’m’s why I’m calling it a semi-hiatusnow?!


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Au Sable Light station is still active and opened in 1874. It was first lit in 1874 as well. Its style is Italianate architecture. Big Sable Point Lighthouse is another lighthouse that is not the same.
Some Widely known Natural Resources are:
The Great Lakes are also natural
Regions: The Upper Peninsula is
North MI rich in copper and iron. The
The Mackinac Bridge is a 5 mile long bridge that connects to Mackinac Island. It is located on I-75 and was built on May 7th 1954. It is 26,371' (8,038 m) long and 551' (168 m) tall. It started being built on May 7, 1954 and first opened on November 1, 1957. It is 7,500' (2,286 m) long. Call Them: (313) 577-8400
This is an Island in the middle of Orchard Lake. It was made from the last ice age. It covers 35 acres and has a population of 0 people. Many kids in the West Bloomfield School District visited this island for a field trip.
Kids on a field trip
The island park encompasses 2.81 mi², which is about 74% of the islands area in total. The Islands official size is 3.78 mi² Management is Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and can be found in this location. Call them!!!: (906) 847-3328.
Cass lake is the biggest lake in Oakland County in size. It covers 1,280 acres [ 2 sq miles (5.18 km²)] and no deeper than 123 ft. These cities are around it Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield Township, Waterford Township.
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The Detroit River is a 24-nautical-mile-long river and is part of the Great Lakes system. The name comes from French Rivière du Détroit which means River of the Strait. It is 28 miles (45 km) and there is a Island called Calf Island in it. Here are the bridges that go over it Ambassador Bridge, MacArthur Bridge, Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, Grosse Ile Toll Bridge, Wayne County Bridge.
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Sometimes it feels like try as we might to think about all the good things in our life, happiness evades us.
But though it doesn't feel like it, being happy is a decision because it doesn'
Changing our thoughts is the tricky part though. It can feel like it will take months, even years, of practice and it's hard to continually make sure you're on the right track when life is so busy.
1. Put your phone and any other technology to the side.
There are various studies that show happiness increases fairly quickly when our mind isn't trying to do too many things at once and being glued to our phones means that we are constantly multi-tasking. If the thought of being off emails makes you feel anxious, reassure yourself it will only be for 20 minutes and after that you'll be able to tackle your inbox with a clearer mind.
But no day is all good or all bad and paying attention to the things that are good will help you bring those to forefront of your mind more. Maybe the only thing you can muster is that you got the best parking space at the supermarket this morning but then reflect on what that meant to you: you were able to get into the shop faster and so were home earlier and had more time to spend with your family.
Just start smiling and see how long it takes for your lips to start curling of their own volition.
In fact, research suggests that people who have had botox and are less able to frown are, on average, happier than their furrowed brow counterparts.


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Regardless on which side of the fence you come down on, Sunday at 2 a.m. you’re still going to have to honor it: Daylight Savings Time.
While some states don’t recognize it – Arizona and Hawaii both say no, thank you – those of us that live in California are subjected to the bi-annual ritual of tweaking our alarm clocks to dictate how much light shines through our windows at certain times of the day.
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“It’s an extra hour to play my guitar and skateboard and hang out with my friends,” he said. “But I like it in the fall when I get the chance to sleep for an extra hour too.”
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atch TV, but a little bit of sunlight isn’t going to keep me from sleepwe added Vincenzo’s Italian leather belts to our line up. I named my favorite model after my maternal grandfather, Aldo, and made sure to get one in espresso to use both with my jeans and with my brown slacks.
It did not take long for me to wish to have a black one as well. Every time I wear my non-Italian-leather, non-handmade black belt it feels really cheap and it has gotten to a point that it is rubbing off on my pants. I will for sure get a black Dionigi belt by Vincenzo on the next gift opportunity. Maybe for Father’s Day.listed!
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This is just one of several troubling disclosures in the "60 Minutes" interview.
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There's news this morning that folks who do the ordering at factories are increasingly wary. The Markit U.S. Purchasing Managers Index was a disappointment, its worst showing since late 2010.
Wall Street professionals get criticized for thinking too short term , sometimes selling off a so-called "investment" a fraction of a second after buying it. So as a former history major, may I salute Michael Hartnett, chief Gglobal equities strategist at Bank of America. Hartnett's research report is called "The LONGEST Pictures" -- in which he takes a deep dive into, among other things, how the British bond market performed during the American Revolution


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Alana Explains was at Hollywood Studios this morning and she had a chance to share some character love and get some photos of the characters in their new costumes. All these photos are used with permission. She visits the characters in the local theme parks frequently and shares them on Instagram as well.
Daisy and Donald have switched to their classic costumes, so it’s now an opportunity to meet Sailor Donald without having to hope for a random meet at Epcot Training or Character Palooza. Daisy wears this costume at Epcot in her regular meet.
Goofy also switched to his regular cartoon costume that he wears in Epcot’s Character Spot. He is now meeting on Commissary Lane near Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater.
Bolt, Lilo, Max and Stitch have ceased meeting. I’m not sure for how long these changes will occur.
Do Donald and Daisy come out right at 9 even if the park opens a few minutes early? Wanting to meet them before heading back to tower of terror but feel like if I’m waiting on them I’m waiting precious time.
Kenny, since the far far away show is temporary (season of the force) couldn’t they switch back in the future.
Anything could happen, but dhs canceled the Season of the Force branding so they could do it more long term here.
And my Disney Experience is WRONG again!
Ahhhhhh! So Donald and Daisy Meet Together?
So where is the new donald and daisy meet location?


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SeaWorld is a great experience for kidsannual Halloween Spooktacular event. Trick or treating, meet and greets with colorful characters and live shows featuring Sesame Street’s Count Von Count and Elmo means there’s no shortage of things for kids to see and do. These SeaWorld Halloween Spooktacular tips will help you plan your trip and make sure that it’s an amazing day.
Planning a trip to SeaWorld’s Halloween Spectacular? From special character meetups to trick or treating, there’s no shortage of things to do. You’ll want to experience it all and tday and have an amazing time.
The SeaWorld app, listed as the SeaWorld Discovery Guide in Google Play, will help you stay on top of things and plan your day wisely. This is where you can find showtimes for Sesame Street’s Countdown To Halloween and other shows. It also has a map to help find your way around the park, fun frames and filters for your photos, allows you to pay for things inside the park with your phone and more.
There’s nothing worse than waiting in line for candy, only to find out it’s something you don’t even like. Check out the signs at each candy station first to see if it’s candy you want before hitting the line. I enjoyed seeing which ones made the cut. For Keira, Smarties were worth waiting in line for, Tootsie Rolls were not.
As you walk the path through all the trick or treat stations, you’ll find lots of fun characters (and great photo opps). Some are easy to spot right away, like this pretty princess.
Others are located closer to the lake so you’ll have to look a little harder to find them. Even though the park was crowded, there were enough characters that the lines to meet them were very short.
Overall, we had a lot of fun! Because of the focus on Sesame Street, some aspects of the Halloween Spooktacular are going to be more popular with younger kids but my 9-year-old still had a great time. It’s definitely something we’d do again!


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Son nom provient de la rivière voisine, et a été référencé pour la première fois en 1904 par l'United States Geological Survey. La population s'est installée le long de la rivière entre 1950 et 1960. Actuellement, une route goudronnée relie Funny River à Soldotna.


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Every single week during series 10 of GBBO, I will be attempting that week’s technical challenge, following the same rules, timings and recipe as the bakers in the tent.
This week, it was Cake Week in the tent, with the bakers facing a fruity signature challenge, creating decorated fruit cakes in only two hours; whipping up a pretty complex technical, three layer angel cake slices; and creating extravagant birthday cakes, inspired by their own childhoods.
I won’t post any spoilers here in case you haven’t yet caught up with this week’s episode, but I definitely enjoyed watching and am looking forward to getting to know this new batch of bakers better over the coming weeks.
When it came to my own experience, taking on their technical challenge, it certainly wasn’t easy – video below…
PS. If you fancy having a go at Prue’s Angel Cake Slices, you can find the recipe here.
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Now if I can successfully triple or quadruple the recipe, then maybe. Just maybe … 🤗🤗


many cities and One of the wisdom behind this is that Allaah is Allaah and were sincere in it. We ask Allaah to
whenever he visited them, he used to spend time giving everyone a chance to excel and to bestow His immense mercy upon him. We ask
with the elderly and the poor of those cities. become scholars. If Muhammad (saaws) was Allaah to increase his rank in Paradise and to
When giving out sadaqah to the poor elderly in alive now, there would be no chance for anyone gather him with the prophet (saaws). We ask
Makkah, he would always cover his face to avoid to excel, there would be no need for scholars; Allaah to gather us with him and the righteous
drawing the attention of the people. but he (saaws) passed away, so there could people in Paradise. Aameen.
arise bands of scholars.
One day Shaykh ibn Jibreen was riding in the car And Allaah knows best.
of his student, who was speeding over the If ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (raa) was alive today,
speed-limit. The police pulled them over and we would not need any scholars and nobody Compiled from:
told off the student. Then he came over to the would attempt to become like ‘Umar because we Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad’s weekly dars in
Shaykh’s window, and said “Yaa shaybah, why already have him with us! However Abu Bakr Manor Park, London. Check the City ISoc
are you allowing him to cross the speed-limit?” and ‘Umar passed away, and so did Abu website’s “Ongoing-Courses” page for details on
The Shaykh had white beard and this term “yaa Haneefah and Ahmad, Izz ibn ‘Abd as-Salaam when and how to attend this free dars based on
Shaybah” which means “O uncle” is not a term of and ibn Taymiyah – may Allaah be pleased with Ibn al-Qayyim’s (r) book Zaad al-Ma’aad.
respect. The student told the police officer that them all.
this is Shaykh ibn Jibreen. Upon hearing this, the
Shaykh pressed his student’s hand to not say There is a chance for every single one of us to
that. The policeman then let them go; then the be one of the leaders in Islam. Our biggest
Shaykh said to his student, “why did you tell him problem is our lack of ambition. People like to Know my brother that the Messenger of Allaah
this?” He did not want any privileges because of live in their comfort zone and do not like to step (saaws) said:
his name – may Allaah have mercy on him. out of it to become great people. “Whoever goes down a path searching for
knowledge, Allaah will make easy for him the
One day when the Shaykh came back to Riyadh Allaah is showing us that He is taking these road to Paradise.”
(his home) from another city, it was very late and great people away and leaving us a space to fill [Muslim]
almost 2am. He used to have a scheduled long in and become great people as well. Their
dars at 5am (on that very same day on a weekly biographies are in our hands and we can follow This ‘knowledge’ is the Knowledge of Allaah and
basis) and the students thought that there would these biographies in order to become great His religion.
be no dars on that day because he is old and he people.
may be tired and sleepy and so some of them
did not attend, only to later find out that the The real happiness is in the happiness in the
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In this environment there is nothing to do and Ibn Taymiyah (r) wrote while he was in jail that “Indeed in that (i.e. Qur’aan) is a reminder for
nothing to read but the Qur’aan and that is when he had been reciting Qur’aan and reflecting on whoever has a heart or who listens while he is
the Qur’aan reveals it secrets. When the hearts its meanings and that Allaah has opened up the present (in mind).”
are clean; when there is nothing clouding the meanings of Qur’aan for him. He said he learned [Soorat Qaaf (050:037)]
s new meanings that scholars would wish to learn.
By Imaam Anwar al-Awlaki.
I have never in my life felt the Qur’aan so He had learned from it meanings he had never
strongly. Thoughts, insights and feelings that I thought of before and he went further to state An excerpt from:
would fail to describe would come with every that he regretted the time he spent in the past []
new verse that I would recite. Reading Qur’aan learning other aspects of knowledge and not
then was not something I would force upon focusing on the Book of Allaah. Within a short
myself but I would recite it with eagerness for period he said that he had read the Qur’aan,
hours at end and never lose my concentration. from cover to cover, eighty times. This was due
to the blessings of him being imprisoned. Allaah “The Qur’aan is the Arabic Kalaam (Speech) of
The chapters of the Qur’aan would carry me says: “You might dislike a thing and in it Allaah Allaah, which He revealed to Muhammad
outside of this world and I would completely puts a lot of good.” [002:216] (saaws) in wording and meaning, and which has
forget about my situation until a warden would been preserved in the mus-hafs (written copies
slam the door open for restroom time or to take During that blessed period of over two months of Qur’aan), and has reached us by mutawattir
me for interrogation. when I was free of any distractions except for the transmissions (reported by a large number of
interrogation worries, that is when I came to people, such that they cannot be mistaken or
Then I would wake up again to the depressing understand the statement of Uthmaan (raa) intentionally forge a lie), and is a challenge to
reality of this world. So does the Qur’aan speakmankind to produce something similar to it.”
to us differently in jail? never satisfy their thirst from the Book of Allaah.” [az-Zaraqaanee]
We approach Qur’aan with a more receptive Those moments are so strange to me now, and My brother, Muslims often fall victim to the
heart when we are being tested. We also come so different that they do not seem to be a reality, ongoing attacks of the kuffaar, particularly with
to understand Qur’aan better when we are or even a far away memory, but rather seem to regards to the authenticity of al-Qur’aan. With
separated from the distractions of this world. be a dream. your best interests in mind, we encourage you to
Both these two elements exist in prison. One read “An Introduction to the Sciences of the
thing I came to realize is that the Qur’aan does We ask you O Allaah to make us of those who Qur’aan”, by Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi about the
not open up its secrets to you unless you open love your Words and contemplate them. methodology of preserving the Qur’aan. This is
up your heart to it. Qur’aan does not spill its truly an Eemaan booster.
pearls to the undeserving.
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Some readers complain… Actually, I don’t receive a bunch of complaints about this series, including nobody complaining when I blame Jesus. So, people must be cool with blaming Jesus on a bunch of untimely deaths. The facts being, Jesus is more often not to blame. Stupidity in the form of false belief is alive and well without the benefit of Jesus, as evidenced by the Breatharians:
Prior to her death Verity Linn had announced her intent to follow the Breatharian quest, and a copy of Jasmuheen’s book was found near her body. However, it is not apparent the notorious demise of Jasmuheen’s followers resulted in major hit on her popularity. Besides “Living on Light,” she has two other books, “In Resonance” and “Our Camelot,” listed on Amazon.
The book mentioned, “Living on  Light,” is now in its fourth edition and retitled Pranic Nourishment, with the subtitle “Nutrition for the New Millennium.” I just now purchased a Kindle edition, and you should be looking for a review (possibly not favorable) in the near future.
As mentioned in the referenced item from The North Texas Skeptic:
[Ellen] Greve is a former Australian business woman who now calls herself Jasmuheen. She is a New Age guru promoting avoidance of food. Her cult is said to have a following of 5000 world wide. At least one wiseacre has conjectured these may not be the same followers from one year to the next. Her followers tend to be claimants of the famous Darwin Awards.
The Wikipedia entry for Jasmuheen contains detail of additional interest:
Jasmuheen developed financial and business management skills working full-time in the finance industry. In 1992 she began combining her experience in business and finance with meditation, selling access to workshops and seminars on the topic and, by deed poll changed her name to Jasmuheen.
In 1998, she appeared in her first film, a six-part direct to video documentary called The Legend of Atlantis: Return of the Lightmasters. The Australian television programme 60 Minutes challenged Jasmuheen to demonstrate how she could live without food and water. The supervising medical professional Dr Beres Wenck found that, after 48 hours, Jasmuheen displayed symptoms of acute dehydration, stress, and high blood pressure. Jasmuheen claimed that this was a result of “polluted air”. On the third day, she was moved to a mountainside retreat about 15 miles from the city, where she was filmed enjoying the fresh air, claiming she could now successfully practice Inedia. But as filming progressed, Jasmuheen’s speech slowed, her pupils dilated, and she lost over a stone (6 kg or 14 lb) in weight. After four days, she acknowledged that she had lost weight, but stated that she felt fine. Dr. Wenck stated: “You are now quite dehydrated, probably over 10%, getting up to 11%.” The doctor continued: “Her pulse is about double what it was when she started. The risk if she goes any further is kidney failure.” Jasmuheen’s condition continued to deteriorate rapidly due to acute dehydration, despite her contrary insistence. Dr Wenck concluded that continuing the experiment would ultimately prove fatal. The film crew agreed with this assessment and stopped filming.
Sadly, there are additional deaths due to people following Jasmuheen’s eternal wisdom. So, who needs Jesus?
I will profile additional such deaths in future posts. And may Jesus have mercy on my soul.
September 5, 2016 by John Blanton
An odd collection of questions:
How many ridges around the edge of a dime?
A jiffy is an actual unit of time. How long is it?
According to his business card, what was Al Capone’s business?
What’s the relationship between an almond and a peach?
Human babies don’t have them when they are born, but develop them after 2 to 6 years. What are they?
What parts of their bodies do butterflies use to taste?
What English word ends in “mt?”
What famous inventor invented the scissors?
The name of what state consists of a single syllable?
What is unique about the words “stewardesses” and “lollipop?”
What is interesting about the words “racecar,” “kayak,” and “level?”
How many ways are there to make change for a dollar bill?
Cite four English words that end in “dous.”
What is interesting about the words “abstemious” and “facetious?”
What Flintstones character is missing from Flintstones Chewables Vitamins?
What is interesting about the word “typewriter?”
Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in England. In which room?
Regarding United States currency, which bill lists all 50 states?
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June 17, 2016 by John Blanton
So, why am I showing this image of a brown (?) Probe? Maybe it has to do with today’s funny headline:
Kenyan Judge Says Anal Probes Are a Legal Way to Determine if Someone is Gay
In Kenya, a nation where sodomy is a criminal offense, a judge just ruled that anal probes are a legal way to determine someone’s sexual orientation.
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Wacko In The Sky
July 5, 2015 by John Blanton
The term chemtrail is a portmanteau of the words “chemical” and “trail,” just as contrail is a contraction of “condensation trail.” Believers in the conspiracy theory speculate that the purpose of the claimed chemical release may be for solar radiation management,psychological manipulation, human population control, weather modification, or biological or chemical warfare, and that the trails are causing respiratory illnesses and other health problems.[1][9][10] Contrails are formed at high altitudes (5–10 miles or 8–16 kilometers) and if any chemicals were released at such altitude they would disperse harmlessly and fall many hundreds of miles/kilometers away, or degrade before touching the ground.
So “chemtrails” is a subset of “conspiracy theories,” itself encompassing JFK assassination theories, 9/11 cover up theories, black helicopters and the like. Conspiracy theories derive from a human personality quirk. Paranoia may be a necessary ingredient. The simple and more rational explanation is rejected in favor of one that quenches the thirst.
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Geoengineering is Not the Answer to Climate Change, by Dr. David Suzuki
Chemtrails: Twenty-year hiatus in rising temperatures has climate scient
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So let’s see. For the past decade and a half the sky has been covered with a sun shielding haze emitted from high altitude aircraft.
So with the billions spent on this covert activity it seems that “they” are forestalling the inevitable. Of course, this isn’t truly addressing the root of the problem, only treating a symptom (much the same as much of modern medicine). CO2 levels are still progressively building up in the atmosphere, oceans are becoming increasing acidic. But this “pause” in global temperature rise eliminates the perceived urgency of the problem, and allows climate change deniers to claim there is no problem. So is this clandestine activity actually helping, or is it in reality sowing the seeds of our destruction? Meanwhile the Greedy Lying Bastards keep feeding like pigs at the trough.
I’ve touched on Mike Adams and Natural News in previous posts”
How cell towers are frying your brain and causing mass confusion
The brains of everyone living within range of cell towers are being damaged by electropollution.
Crosshatch patterns of contrails
Contrails that spread to enormous width
Explanations given by scientists and the military, and which are rejected by the theorists, include:
Chemtrails 911 gives insight to this mindset:
Exposing aerial crimes and aerosol operations… …because it’s an emergency!!
INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMTRAIL ISSUE
Others pick up on the meme:
Following the Money: Obama, 9/11, Chemtrails, Climate Change, $Trillions in Carbon Taxes
Note: This 2010 article gains significant light in the context of more recent research on the history of weather modification:
History of weather Control by Jim Lee
Originally published Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Why does Franklin Raines of Freddie/Fannie own the patent for a carbon trading computer originally owned by Carlton Bartels, CEO “Cantor Fitzgerald/CO2e.com/eSpeedprogram ? – a company whose employees were murdered by a well-guided jet aircraft that crashed into their offices on 9/11/2001? Wasting no time, why did the new Democratic Congress (2006) give the patent to Raines obamaimmediately following the election?
There is more to the chemtrails story than I can possibly unravel in a single post. Perhaps when I chance upon another ripe fruit I’ll share it with readers. In the mean time keep your eyes trained on the sky. And keep reading.
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January 22, 2014 by John Blanton
Obviously this was way back when. Way back before people like Ted Kaczynski and Timothy McVeigh spoiled it for the rest of us. This was in the spring 1958 when I could walk into a store and purchase a few pounds of potassium permanganate and not have the ATF knocking on my door before sundown.
My cousin and I and sometimes my brother and a school buddy built some neat rockets. Sometimes we had great success. Sometimes, not so much so. Anyhow, the statute of limitations has finally expired, and we can show the video.
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This Stuff Was Crazy
December 2, 2013 by John Blanton
We used to do a bunch of crazy stuff, so I’m starting a series with the title. Here’s the first one.
This was in 1968, and the year before we had participated in a motorcycle race in Torreon in the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It’s not really close to the border, but it’s driving range from Austin, and we took a bike down for the six-hour endurance. I will post something about the 1967 race another day when I can get the graphics together. Today I have the map for the course starting in 1968.
The race course in Gomez Palacio
This region is locally call Laguna, supposedly because of some lakes in the area, and the endurance race was “Las Seis Horas de La Laguna.” the six hours of the lake. The first year they held the races in the streets of Torreon, but after that they moved them to Gomez Palacio, which is just a cross a small river and in another state, Durango.
There was a woman who worked at the Astronomy Department at the University of Texas in Austin, and she was kind enough to draw up excellent maps of both courses, and I used these maps in some articles I wrote about the races.
Going to the races was actually one of the fun parts. Here’s the standard windshield photo on the way to Torreon. David Carpenter was driving. It was his truck. It was his motorcycle. He was going to get to keep the trophy.
Anyhow, this was crazy. The races were run on a Sunday, sometimes in May, sometimes in April, and there was never any bad weather. There was no special track, the city just blocked off some streets, and we raced for six hours starting shortly after lunch.
Take a look at the map. “Meta” is the start-finish line, and approximately 70 motorcycles started at the same time, in the direction indicated by the arrows. The deal was that at the time Mexico did not produce any motorcycles larger than 175cc displacement, and that was the limitation for the six-hour race.
What was especially fun about these races in Mexico was there was absolutely no crowd control. My impression from what I have read is that back then there was almost no concept of tort law south of the Rio Grande. Somebody gets hurt, it’s their problem. The race organizers did have the benefit of Mexican soldiers to keep order. I am now wondering whether these rifles were actually loaded.
Especially maddening was that straight section along Avenida Valle del Quadiana that you see at the top of the map. These were not big bikes, but we could top out at over 100 along this section. Then at the end it was necessary to get hard on the brakes and cross over to the east-bound lane before making the turn to the south. Something that really tightened my sphincter muscle was approaching the cross-over and seeing a woman with two little children waddle across the track in front of me.
Along del Quadiana I could get enough speed that drafting a faster bike made a difference. I could get behind one of the local team’s Bultacos and keep up with him all down the straight. When the driver got onto what I was doing he calmly let his bike drift over into the pea gravel near the curb, so I had to contend with a spray of stones if I wanted to stay in his stream. I got back later in the race.
Here are some shots to show you what the traffic was like.  Many riders started, but very quickly they got sorted out, and there was lots of room to race. Even so, spectators liked to stand right at the curb, but I eventually found something that made them back off.
Here’s what it looked like making the cross-over before the turn back south.
That sharp, pointy turn labeled 2 in the map is where I got the spectators’ attention. After a few laps I got this one figured out, and I was able to start my turn along the curb on my right and keep the pressure on all the way through. I exited the turn right up to the curb on the south side of the street, and I could see people backing away when they saw me coming.
This is also where I got it back on one of the Bultacos. The Mexicans had some fast Bultacos, and I could not pull them down the straight. But I was following one of them, I think he was the president of the local Moto Club Laguna, as we headed toward turn 2. I was right in his slipstream and keeping up with him. Muscles acted before the brain did. I swerved to the left and went right by him before I realized something had happened. His two-stroke engine had seized, and I looked back over my shoulder to watch him park at the curb.
Here’s a photo of Dave on his bike in the race.
There is one part of the course I never figured out, and I was back here twice more. That was the section involving turns 4, 5 and 6. You had to make a sharp left, then round a slight bend (turn 5), then a hard right. I could never do much more than just walk the bike through this section. There just didn’t seem to be any way to straighten it out.
I have often said there a lot of things I love to do, and there are things I love to do a lot, but there is not much I like to do for six hours. I did three of these down in Mexico, and each one nearly killed me. The fun part always came after the race.
Sunday evening was the awards banquet. The most memorable of these was the one in 1967, and I will get into that in another post. This one was especially sweet, because Dave and I won a trophy for tenth place. The winners got a new motorcycle.
I considered that tenth was not all that bad. Many started, we outlasted some, but we out raced the rest, all but nine. On the way back to Austin we stopped alongside the road and took photos of the trophy.
Like I said, this was crazy stuff, and we used to do a bunch of that when we were young. A person needs to do some of this. There won’t be another chance.
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Rolen balked, insisting on an escape clause tied to the team's payroll. The Phillies unsuccessfully tried to trade him at the winter meetings ("We'll show you, Scotty"). Rolen then questioned the team's commitment to winning at the start of spring training, and the club responded by signing outfielder Bobby Abreu to a five-year, $64 million contract ("Commitment? How's that for commitment?").
Those who view the glass as half full interpret the Phillies' willingness to pay Rolen $140 million and signing of Abreu to a club-record contract as proof that the team is changing its approach with a new ballpark set to open in 2004.
Those who view the glass as half empty (step right up, Scott) point out that the Phillies added only starting pitcher Terry Adams and outfielder Ricky Ledee this offseason while their principal division rivals, the Mets and Braves, loaded up with star players.
Both arguments hold merit, but the Phillies need to stop worrying so much about public perception and stop overreacting. They've done an admirable job developing major league talent, and their farm system remains deep in pitchers, outfielders and shortstops.
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Shaken and dramatically stirred: How earthquakes affect Dutch politics and natural gas production and bring more Russian gas to Europe
Until the beginning of 2013, the safety of the citizens oftherefore concludes ton.
Following this publication, Minister Kamp came under pressure from the Dutch parliament to further reduce natural gas production in the Netherlands. Within the government, formed by a coalition between Kamp’s liberal party and the social-democrats, unrest increased as well. Like other European Union member states, the Netherlands too has been facing a tough economic tide, with unemployment levels being relatively high. Over the last two years public support for the government has eroded significantly, mostly due to unpopular budget cuts. Because a significant share of revenues from natural gas sales is directly allocated to the government budget, further reducing gas production will require additional cuts elsewhere.
Minister Kamp first suggested capping natural gas production at 16.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) until July of this year without adjusting the overall annual cap. That was unacceptable for parliament and the social democrats. The political sentiment increasingly has become to keep Dutch natural gas in the ground for future generations, instead of continuing business as usual, and selling a significant amount of gas as a commodity around Europe.
Finally, reducing domestic natural gas production undoubtedly will drive up the share of imported natural gas in the Netherlands. Buyers will likely purchase the most competitive commodity that is available on the Dutch trading hub. In one of life’s great ironies, for the foreseeable future, those most competitive supplies will come from a country where EU leaders so fervently like to distance themselves from: Russia.


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Phase 3 involves installing baby gates and other protective accessories. You might think we’re going about this backwards, and you are right. Because we need a non-standard-width baby gate, this phase is going to be expensive. We are making do with barricades until we can get the cash to invest in a nice gate with extensions. Joe starts full time work on Tuesday, so I’ll be ordering accessories next week.
I’ve been inspired by No Impact Man to get our household consumption under better control, and to simplify. I made a case for clearing out a bunch of stuff last night to Joe, so hopefully he is on board. It would be nice to have less STUFF.
I want less stuff too, we’ve been working on this since I got pregnant…lol
You could always pad the coffee table. We’re still on the lookout for a reasonably priced giant padded ottoman to use as a coffee table/seat/someday-changing table. I may just have to get handy and make my own.
I don’t even want the coffee table because we don’t have room for it and it’s a junk collector.
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Follow my lead!Taking a lesson from the amazing guide dogs!
The article I downloaded from the Guide Dog Association also suggests that 'From the Middle Ash.'its methods,November 1927. A blind man called Morris Frank heard about the article, he bought a copy and later stated that the five cents it cost him was worth more than a Million dollars to him, it changed his life!
So what of Britain?
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I have a sinking feeling that not a lot of people will be able to view this post due to severe problems with the new website, however, it is our Eastern Section May meeting on Sunday 12th of May, at our usual venue the Buttercross pub in the Market Place, Bingham, Notts., 10 am to 12 noon. We meet in the Snug, the room near the foot of the main staircase. Being a Wetherspoons pub, doors open at 8 am, so why not come early and have a very nice, inexpensive breakfast (big choice). Pay for your first drink and refills are free all day.
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Usually, dogs keep whining and making noises once they are alone. But dogs showing signs of separation anxiety, not only whine but are prone to self-destructive behavior as well. They can even display self-harming behavior like injuring themselves while attempting to enter into or escape from any place, dirty the house, break up household items.
They can be excessively vocal and may even become picky eaters or may not eat properly at all. Too much salivating and panting can happen to elderly dogs and puppies with separation anxiety. For puppies, if you try to crate and train them, they may not respond properly.
In fact, many of these behaviors can be signs of other underlying diseases which makes separation anxiety hard to identify and diagnose.
So, if you see your normally well-behaved pooch, relieving himself on your brand-new rug, it may be separation anxiety or even incontinence at work. Excessive panting may hint at dehydration which is a medical condition warranting attention.
Once you identify these odd and repetitive behaviors, try to determine if they are exhibited only when your friend is alone or even otherwise. It is also vital to rule out medical conditions arising from his age and personality.
In the case of separation anxiety, the desire to escape from a place signifies destructiveness. So, when he chews up your favourite Jimmy Choo’s, he is not exhibiting any medical condition but just being himself!
If your absences are consistently increasing and you see him chewing and tearing up the wallpaper, it is a clear sign of separation anxiety. He does that as he wants to escape from the room.
Now, if we start thinking about why a dog possibly does that, there can be many reasons. The Humane Society of the United States mentions few reasons like being left alone after an extended period together with their pet parents, taking the time to adjust to a new kennel or any sudden changes in any household routines.
Let’s see what little steps you can take to put your little buddy at ease and help him be himself again.
If you are planning to board him at a kennel for a week, take him there for a day and let him get familiar with the surroundings.
Give him an old t-shirt of yours, covered with your scent and a couple of his favourite chew toys to play with at the kennel to make him comfortable.
In case of any major changes in home situations, spend time with him and lavish your attention to make him feel safe.
If your canine friend is already diagnosed with separation anxiety, let’s see what steps you can take.
Help him rise above his fear.
Once you take him to the veterinarian, he may be prescribed anti-anxiety medications as well.
Spend some time with your pet outdoors to give him ample physical activity and exercise-walks, play outdoors gives your pet good confidence to tackle various things.
Shower time and attention on your loving pet and make sure he feels absolutely loved and cared for.
Speak to your vet and design an action plan to get your dog back to normal.


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Published: Sun, September 5, 2004 @ 12:00 a.m.
During a nine-game trip, the team lived up to its nickname.
NILES -- Put football season aside, only for the short term. The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are back in town.
Where have they been, anyway?
A season-long nine-game road trip took the Scrappers over New York-Penn League highways, which included stops in Jamestown, N.Y.; Williamsport, Pa.; and Batavia, N.Y.
At stake was the league's final playoff berth, and the Scrappers' chances to qualify seemed slim, especially with the way they departed from Eastwood Field.
On Aug. 26, Mahoning Valley self-destructed late against Aberdeen, losing a 6-1 lead and ultimately the game.
In the clubhouse afterward, Scrappers manager Mike Sarbaugh questioned the state of his club.
"We'll find out in the next couple of days what we're made of," he said.
Nine days later, what they found was an extension to their season.
At 7:05 tonight at Eastwood Field, the Scrappers (42-34) play host to Pinckney Division champion Auburn (50-24) in the best-of-3 semifinal championship series opener.
Before the Scrappers left on their road trip, Sarbaugh was asked how his players have put themselves into postseason contention.
"No matter what, every day they came trying to get better," the manager said. "That just helps the team, and that's all you can ask."
Mahoning Valley secured the playoff bid -- its first since the 2000 season -- by winning seven of its final nine road games.
The Scrappers beat out Hudson Valley and New Jersey for the final spot on Saturday night by completing a three-game sweep of Batavia with a 7-1 win.
Mahoning Valley will join Auburn, McNamara Division champion Brooklyn (43-31) and Stedler Division champion Tri-City (50-25) in a four-team race for the league championship.
Auburn's edge
For their late-season rally, the Scrappers earned a match-up against division rival Auburn, which carries the league's best record. The Doubledays also carry an 11-4 mark against Mahoning Valley this season.
However, Auburn's definitive edge over the Scrappers may not mean as much in a best-of-3 series. The hottest team at the time gains the advantage.
After tonight's opening game at Eastwood Field, the series shifts 305 miles to the east -- in Auburn, N.Y., for Game 2 on Tuesday and Game 3, if necessary, on Wednesday.


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Each moment is incredibly complex. Things are things, and we are us, but the way it all mixes together is endlessly complicated. I think that’s part of the reason the past becomes so alluring as we age. Because many of the unknowns of past eras fade away, and what we are left with is the idea that life was simple, and the decisions and ideas that ruled people’s lives were simple too. Of course, they were not. They never were. We can look at historical records and see that something took 30 days to occur, but that tells us nothing of what it was to be human in that time. The human mind has been the same for 200,000 years. We like to think we are special now, but we are only part of something special; we are only the culmination of our species for a brief moment, like all who came before us, and we will quickly become just another predecessor when we age and die off.
People make all kinds of silly assumptions about the past. They think people “used to” be religious. What they forget is that people still are–although the pantheon of gods to which they pray has been widening over the past century. And people were never blindly religious anyway, because most holy books are full of stories of people grappling with their faith, gnashing their teeth, bickering with god and wondering how and why such evil could come from such good. Entire world religions were built simply by asking: “Why do we suffer?”
The answer, of course, is that good and evil didn’t exist until human beings invented them. They are merely ideas, and they wouldn’t be here with us unless people had dreamed them up. Things that are, just are. Things that happen, happen. It is only in our minds that those things are good or evil; only inside us that they inspire hope or dread. But things don’t have to exist to matter. We live in a time when millions of people proudly call themselves “social justice warriors,” despite the fact that justice doesn’t exist, either. Justice, which is one of the gods people currently worship, is merely a human invention. Because in nature, what works, works. What is, is. Nothing is good, nothing is bad, nothing is beautiful, and nothing is ugly.
I was recently watching a nature video in which a lion, for no apparent reason, pounced on another lion, sinking its teeth into her spine. With her back broken, she crawled around, her hind legs dragging behind her. The lion who had attacked her sat down nearby, his face devoid of any remorse or pleasure. He was a thing that had done a thing to another thing. It was only in me, a guy watching it on my phone five years and 3,000 miles way, that the incident had moral and emotional implications. A painting is merely canvas, oil and powder. The person who views it is the one changed. It is in the viewer that the painting has meaning.
It is only in us that these things matter. A kitchen faucet exists. A lion’s damaged spine exists. But the other things we live with–justice and good and evil–have no material matter, no weight, no shape, no form, and yet we all know, to varying degrees, that they are real, whether or not we can see them.
When we look back on our ancestors, we tend to think of people who had an overly simplistic view of the world and their place in it. But that distinction, too, lives only inside us. For cave people had the same minds we have, and they made their own distinctions, ascribed their own meaning, invented their own justice and their own beauty and truth.
My modern friends often think anyone who lived before 2014 was ridiculous. “People used to believe such silly things,” they say. “People used to be so primitive.” But primitive is relative, and 500 years from now we will be primitive too. It is merely a rank you earn in your death.
People buy millions of books about laughable medieval medical cures, and they scoff at anyone who thought thunderbolts were thrown by gods, or that goddesses sometimes streaked through the sky in a chariot pulled by cats, or that eating a frog would cure a cold.
What they fail to see is world is made of. But it tells us nothing about what to do with our lives. It tells us what things are, but it does not tell us what they mean. In order to know the earth beneath our feet, the sky above our heads, and even the mushy inner workings of our own bodies, we need hard science. But to know how to treat the earth, where to fly in the sky, and what to do with our bodies is for art, romance, philosophy and faith to decide. I have been far more instructed by a painting than a periodic table, because I believe some things exist, and some things don’t, but the stories we tell (about what is real and what is not real) are the most important things we have.
Modern people like to create false dichotomies. “I believe in Jesus!” they say, or “I believe in science!” As if those two gods are incompatible. Yet science is not something you can believe in. It is a process for figuring out that which is factual, and in many ways it is the best method we have to slice and dice the world using Ockham’s razor. (Ockam’s razor is essentially the idea that simple answers are good answers.) It tells us so much about ourselves and the things around us. But again, it never tells us what our lives mean, or what we should do with them. Scientific inquiry can tell us that a forest or a species of ungulate is disappearing, but how we respond to that problem is not a purely scientific matter; it is a question of ethics, of romance, of justice. Science can tell us we are dying, but how we live out our remaining days is determined by other factors.
While many people don’t know it, it is philosophy that gave us science in the first place. The first biologists, chemists and mathematicians were all called “Natural Philosophers.” They tinkered with and prodded the earth, dissecting dead creatures, growing molds and fungi, peering at the smallest things they could see in their labs, and gazing through glass at the furthest reaches of the cosmos. It is philosophical and theological inquiry that led them there, not only because those disciplines were considered branches of philosophy, but because philosophy is what told them that an examined life is a good life, and that looking and asking is good, no matter what you find. Even if you find nothing at all.
And I don’t think things were ever simple. I think Neanderthals, Denisovans, and the earliest homo sapiens all thought about themselves and their worlds just as intensely as we do. I think any culture that tells stories, and listens to stories, whether they are painting Odysseus on a vase or etching a raven deity on a pole, is exactly like us in the most important way.
I’m currently reading a book by Steve Rinella. It’s about hunting and conservation and what it means to be a predator on the planet Earth. The earliest stories are hunting stories, he points out in the book’s opening pages. And of course, he is right. All of the earliest cave paintings are of the beasts who hunted and ate us, and beasts we hunted and ate.
There is a very old story, told elsewhere, about a hunter who is mauled by a bear. The human is both hunter and prey, the bear is both hunter and prey, living in the intensity of both ends of existence. The bear uses its nose, its claws, its teeth, its strength and its speed (if you ever want to feel atavistic terror, just look on YouTube for videos of brown bears running at full speed). The human has a weak nose, no claws, small teeth, and very little muscle mass, except for one very important muscle, her brain, which she uses to craft tools that help her hunt and help her avoid those who hunt for her and would dine on her flesh. Yet both survive the encounter, and the bear leaves with just a taste of human meat, while the human leaves with a scar and some broken bones. Many years later, when the bear dies of old age, the hunter, still living with long-healed scars, goes insane with grief. Because to be hunted by something is to be one with it, and to hunt is to be one with the thing you consume. Both literally and metaphorically. Because the experience thrusts you into the same story as another species, where you can experience the many gods that govern the life of another living being.
Those ancient people who lived all across the world - in caves, in tents, in huts, in igloos - they knew something of Ockham’s razor, even if they lived thousands of years before a Franciscan friar named William of Ockham (who in turn, lived nearly 1,000 years before us). But they knew the simplest answer to the biggest question is this: We are all part of an unbroken chain that stretches back to the first moment of life on earth. Every single person who walks around today, from the guy in the grocery store who thinks his t-shirt disproves evolution, to the woman in the parking lot who thinks her bumper sticker will be the thing that spurs people to global peace, is part of it. Every. Single. One. Those cave people who hunted, and were hunted, are not some vague idea. They are not just distant figures. They are part of the chain, too. It goes back to little, single-celled organisms squirming in primordial muck on a planet of sludge and electrical storms, which people would one day understand with a story about Zeus, or Thor, or electrical currents. And it will continue on, until the final day.
There was a first human on earth, long ago. And someday, maybe in 300 years, maybe in 300,000 years, there will be a last human. It is not a good thing, or a bad thing. It is merely a thing that happened and will happen. It is a thing we know.
What we do with that knowledge, how we choose to forge our link in the chain, is up to us. It is enormously liberating to feel so small, to be part of something so big, and to be so free.


Georgia Bulldogs v. Auburn Tigers: The Haphazard Ill-Informed Roundball Preview
By T Kyle King Feb 4, 2011, 12:15aGeorgia is a very solid team.
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After handing the Hogs their first home loss of the season, the Georgia Bulldogs return home to Athens sporting a 15-6 overall mark and a .500 ledger in SEC play. As Seth Emerson noted, there is a dearth of teams with losing conference records in the Eastern Division. The same cannot be said for the SEC West; Georgia, the fifth-place team in the East, would be tied for second place in the opposite division with a team the Bulldogs just beat head-to-head. In basketball, unlike in football, the West is the weaker half of the league.
This brings us to the Auburn Tigers, about whom I have been asked to offer my thoughts.
In the wake of their Thursday night loss to the Tennessee Volunteers, the Plainsmen are 8-14 overall, 1-7 in conference play, 1-4 in true road games, and 1-7 in their last eight outings. Through the season’s first 21 games, the Orange and Blue ranked tenth in the SEC in free throw percentage, eleventh in the league in scoring offense, and last in Auburn is the last-place team in the weaker division of what historically has not been a basketball conference. The Tigers are bad.
How bad is Auburn? Auburn is so bad that the Plainsmen have no leading scorer. All right, that’s not true; through 21 games, the Tigers’ leading scorer was Earnest Ross, who is not one of the top 20 scorers in the conference. The Orange and Blue sophomore would not be the leading scorer on any other team in the conference, nor would he be the second-leading scorer on seven of the eleven other teams in the league, nor would he be the third-leading scorer for the Georgia Bulldogs or the Kentucky Wildcats. Travis Leslie, Gerald Robinson, and Trey Thompkins all average more points per game than Ross. Basically, no one has done less scoring in college than the Plainsmen since Clark Kent and Lana Lang in the fifth season of "Smallville."
The Tigers are guided by first-year head coach Tony Barbee, who played for John Calipari at UMass and served as an assistant to Coach Cal at Memphis. You may know Coach Barbee from his previous stint with the UTEP Miners, or, more recently, from the Pixar film "Toy Story 3," in which he played a pivotal role by using his relationship with Ken to help rescue Andy’s other toys from the Caterpillar Room, to which they had been consigned by Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear and his evil minions.
Frankly, Georgia ought to win this game handily, and I might even be tempted to forecast a relatively effortless victory, were it not for the fact that Auburn recently went on the road and carded a double-digit win over the South Carolina Gamecocks. Having done it before, the Orange and Blue certainly are capable of doing it again.
That does not mean Georgia does not have certain advantages, of course. For one thing, the Tigers are terrible against teams with our mascot. Auburn lost to the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs by one on November 12, fell to the Samford Bulldogs by eleven on November 19, and were hammered by the Mississippi St. Bulldogs (whom Georgia beat convincingly) by 19 on January 16. The Plainsmen are 0-3 this season against teams nicknamed "Bulldogs," the margins in those games have been getting larger, and Auburn has yet to score as many as 70 points in any of those games. Forget home court advantage and conference standings; the name on the jersey ought to be enough to win this one.
Still, last year’s meeting between these two teams appeared every bit as winnable as this one, and the result was an absolute disaster for the Hoop Dogs, so we cannot be too wary of the Tigers. Saturday afternoon’s showdown in Stegeman Coliseum will be the 175th series meeting in a roundball rivalry dating back to the 1907-1908 season, but, because NCAA sanctions from the Jim Harrick era wiped what would have been a Red and Black win from the basketball record book, Auburn officially holds an all-time 87-86 lead over Georgia on the hardwood. Although I hope this game will not be close, I nevertheless am encouraged by the fact that the Bulldogs have gone 7-1 this year in games settled by three or fewer points (and some of us would stick an asterisk next to that "1").
Despite the poor quality of the competition (or, perhaps, because of it), the Athenians need this victory. As Rangers100 noted in a recent comment thread, Wednesday night’s win vaulted Georgia into the RPI top 40. The latest NCAA Tournament projection has the Bulldogs being seeded ninth in the Cleveland Pod (seriously, Cleveland?) of the East Region. If, as anticipated, the Red and Black need to secure six wins in their nine remaining regular-season games in order to ensure themselves of receiving a tourney bid, Georgia’s outing against Auburn simply must be one that adds an integer to the left-hand side of the Bulldogs’ ledger.
Toward that end, Mark Fox needs to instruct his equipment managers (a) to break out the silver britches and (b) not to loan Rob Chubb any shoes. Saturday’s contest is scheduled to tip off at 1:30 p.m. inudent tickets (albeit only student tickets) are still available. Frankly, when my wife and I were discussing finding a home basketball game to attend this year, this was the one I preferred, but an unavoidable commitment intervened, so I encourage you all the more strongly to be there if you can, and to root your hardest for the Red and Black.
Incidentally, in case you might not have been aware of it already, I hate Auburn.
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It turns out the House took up five different votes. The first was a vote on the rule, which ended up being self-executing. In other words, the House voted to set the terms for debate on the bill, and never had to vote on the underlying bill. Inside the rule, the bill was “deemed” passed after the rule passed. That was a heavy lift, with opposition from Blue Dogs opposed to the social spending and progressives opposed to the war. It squeaked by, 215-210, with 38 Democrats voting no.
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The birds have been harvested, you’ve composted the feathers, washed up, not eaten chicken for a few nights then, slowly, in creeps the desire to try one. I mentioned in the last post that my birds had gone strait from slaughter into the freezer, potentially interrupting the rigor mortis process, but having roasted and barbecued a few now, I don’t find the meat at all tough and in fact, it is profoundly delicious.
Also in the last post, I promised you some recipes. I’m going to make an assumption that you’ve got ideas for how to cook the recognizable parts of the chicken. Roasted whole maybe, deep fried, barbecued, all these treatments are well documented in the tomes of amateur and professional recipe writers alike, and so instead, I’m going to use my word count introducing you to the lesser loved but no less delicious parts of the bird: liver, heart and gizzards, collectively call the offal (pronounced OWE-full).
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Through this process, my husband and I have gained new clarity on the processed food industry. What a revelation supermarkets, canned and frozen vegetables, pre-killed and butchered meat must have been, like landing on the moon or the self-driving car! Even with the associated long-term consequences of a highly processed diet, I get why people moved away from farming, given the florescent-lit option. Having opted back in myself, I’ve got a bucket of offal on my hands.
Meanwhile, while I write this, flock number 2 of baby chicks is brooding in the coop, they arrived yesterday. Slaughter date will be in November, just in time to fill the fridge for the winter, if all goes as planned.
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