Alone With Myself
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Jan 26, 2011 2:37 am
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Rarely if ever is it all about me even, still, it is left up to me to make to take responsibility for my life and the lives around me and that always starts with me. It's the great paradox about my life, our lives, that while we are all in it together so much of what we make of it is left to the responsibility of the individual. Each of us has to accept the consequences of our actions. None of us live in a vacuum and the actions of one affects the actions of all. None of us can survive, let alone thrive and grow, without the love and support of those around us.
The basic things that binds us, besides just the fact that we are human, is that we all want and need to be loved. We all want to belong and be able to contribute to the world around us in a meaningful way. None of us are perfect and we all have challenges that we need to face and overcome in our lives. With the love, support and help of others we have been able to do what I could not do alone.
In the past, what seams like a lifetime ago, I use to experience intense feelings of loneliness. I realize now it was because I had built up walls around myself as a way of protecting myself. It wasn't till I started tearing those walls down and allowed myself to be vulnerable that I started to feel that I was connected to others. (another paradox)
Today I while I am often alone I am rarely ever lonely. I am comfortable in my own skin. I like the man I have become I see in the mirror and perhaps that is the key. While I look at the sun rising alone from my balcony each morning I am I realize that I am never more connected to the world and all humanity then I am during those early moments I spend alone with myself.
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Glorifying the American Male
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Jan 24, 2011 7:29 am
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Health fitness guru Jack Lalanne passed away. For those of you who don't know who he is Jack started the first commercial gym in the USA the 1930's after first opening a health food restaurant in California. He is credited for starting the modern fitness movement in North America by promoting both exercise and diet.
He was also rumored to be bisexual though he denied this. He was how ever involved in the "beefcake" fitness magazine business in the 1930's-1970's and in many ways could be considered on of the grandfathers of the gay prono industry.
If nothing else he is the person most responsible for our communities fixation on the perfect male body because he did did more to glorify the male body then anyone else of his generation.
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Travel Advisory
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Jan 23, 2011 9:44 pm
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The Government has issued a travel warning due to the cold weather.
They suggest that anyone travelling in the current icy conditions should make sure they have the following:
Shovel
Blankets or sleeping bag
Extra clothing including hat and gloves
24 hours worth of food
De-Icer Rock Salt
Flashlight with spare batteries
Road Flares or Reflective Triangles
Empty gas Can
First Aid Kit
Booster cables
I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning!
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New Furniture
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Jan 21, 2011 5:33 pm
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We must have gotten about 2 ft of snow or more the last week. It's piled everywhere and we are suppose to get another 6-10 inches tonight. Still it's warmed up and after tonight the forecast is for more sunshine and warm temperatures. It is icy out.
I saw some really cool furniture online. I wants!
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A Letter to the Prime Minister
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Jan 19, 2011 8:42 am
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Dear Mr. Harper,
Please find below my suggestion for fixing Canada ' s economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks and car companies, that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan:
There are about 20 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire. Twenty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They MUST buy a new Canadian CAR. Twenty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
4) They MUST send their kids to school / college /university - Crime Rate fixed.
5) Buy $50 of alcohol / tobacco / petrol a week - There's your money back in duty / tax etc.
It can't get any easier than that!
Yours truly,
Ordinary Joe Canadian
P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances.
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A Good Read
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Jan 17, 2011 4:37 am
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When I was younger I use to love nothing better then escaping into a good book, the key being escape. It was easier to hide in a good book then it was sometimes to face reality. I was a big fan of both science fiction/fantasy and also self help books. I knew I was actually getting well when I stopped hanging out in the self help section of the bookstore. There is only so much a person can read before they finally have to start doing, that is if they actually are serious about changing their life. It seams as I've gotten older I read less and less. Well, that's not entirely true. I read a lot of papers and reports on heath care policy, HIV and other related issues. It's not uncommon to have several land in my inbox everyday. When I do read for pleasure I prefer nonfiction over fiction. I do like to take a book along with me when I travel although I'm finding that now more often then not I nod off fairly fast when I read. I guess that's just a byproduct of getting older. I do the same thing when I watch TV. I guess that most of my time reading is spent in front of a computer screen both for pleasure as well as professional reasons and as a result just haven't made reading anything else a priority in my life.
I was wondering just how many other people do the same thing. Do you spend most of your time reading stuff on line or do you still enjoy curling up with a good book. If you do prefer a good book what are you reading now? As for me, it's back to the latest policy paper.
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She Gave Me the Bird
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Jan 16, 2011 10:29 am
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The sun was out briefly this morning and is trying it's best to poke it's way through the clouds. At least it's not snowing and has warmed up a bit.
My sister in law gave me a chicken at Christmas time so I've got it thawed out and it's waiting to be stuffed before I pop it in the oven. I've got the stuffing made but it's still to early to cook the bird. If I put it in at three it should be done by dinner time. I think I'll serve it with mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans. As for desert, well who really needs desert after all that? I must admitt I do eat well!
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Irish Coffee
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Jan 15, 2011 12:45 pm
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An Irish woman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his advice in reviving her husband's libido.
'What about trying Viagra?' asked the doctor.
'Not a chance', she said. 'He won't even take an aspirin.'
'Not a problem,' replied the doctor. 'Give him an 'Irish Viagra'. It's when you drop the Viagra tablet into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went.'
It wasn't a week later when she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to her progress. The poor dear exclaimed, 'Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid! Just terrible, doctor!'
'Really? What happened?' asked the doctor.
'Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped straight up, with a twinkle in his eye and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent me cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there passionately on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!'
'Why so terrible?' asked the doctor, 'Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good?'
'Feckin jaysus, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure as I'm sittin here, I'll never be able to show me face in Tim Horton's again!'
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55 years ago!
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Jan 14, 2011 3:52 am
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Comments made in the year 1955!
‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things
keep going the way they are,
it’s going to be impossible to
buy a week’s groceries for $10.00.'
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‘Have you seen the new cars
coming out next year? It won’t
be long before $1, 000.00 will
only buy a used one.’
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‘If cigarettes keep going up in
price, I’m going to quit; 20 cents
a pack is ridiculous. ‘
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‘Did you hear the post office is
thinking about charging 7 cents
just to mail a letter.’
we
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‘If they raise the minimum wage
to $1.00, nobody will be able to
hire outside help at the store.’
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‘When I first started driving, who
would have thought gas would
someday cost 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we’d be better off leaving
the car in the garage.’
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‘I’m afraid to send my kids to the
movies any more. Ever since they
let Clark Gable get by with saying
DAMN in ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’,
it seems every new movie has
either HELL or DAMN in it.’
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‘I read the other day where some
scientist thinks it’s possible to put
a man on the moon by the end of
the century. They even have some
fellows they call astronauts
preparing for it down in Texas .’
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‘Did you see where some baseball
player just signed a contract for
$50,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn’t surprise me if someday
they’ll be making more than the
President. ‘
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‘I never thought I’d see the day
all our kitchen appliances would
be electric. They are even making
electric typewriters now. ‘
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‘It’s too bad things are so tough
nowadays. I see where a few
married women are having to
work to make ends meet. ‘
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‘It won’t be long before young
couples are going to have to hire
someone to watch their kids so
they can both work.’
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‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car
is going to open the door to a
whole lot of foreign business.’
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‘Thank goodness I won’t live to
see the day when the Government
takes half our income in taxes. I
sometimes wonder if we are
electing the best people to
government.’
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‘The drive-in restaurant is
convenient in nice weather,
but I seriously doubt they
will ever catch on.’
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‘There is no sense going on short
trips anymore for a weekend. It
costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay
in a hotel.’
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‘No one can afford to be sick
anymore. At $15.00 a day in
the hospital, it’s too rich for
my blood.’
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‘If they think I’ll pay 30 cents
for a hair cut, forget it.’
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MONEY FOR NOTHING
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Jan 13, 2011 8:44 am
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As a result of one personal complaint to the Canadian Broadcasters Standards Commission the Dire Strait song Money For Nothing has been banned from Canadian airways after 25 years of air play because it contains a homophobic slur which by today's standards is deemed to be inappropriate. They will allow an alternate version to be played.
This may not be on the same scale of rewriting Huckleberry Finn but the principle is the same. When it is a question of artistic integrity and free speech or what might be perceived by others as hateful which takes precedence? Where do we draw the line? Are some words such as the N word and the F word more offensive then others or do we have to take them in the artistic and historical context that they were written?
I don't find the song offensive although I am aware that many people in our community find the F word objectionable. Personally I feel the word fagot is far less objectionable today then it was twenty five years ago. Those that seam to have the biggest problem with this word are usually of my generation or older.
Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's
See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's millionaire
We gotta install microwawve ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he's up there, what's that ? Hawaiian noises ?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your Money for nothin' get your chicks for free
We gotta install ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's, Lord
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' get your chicks for free
Money for nothin' get chicks for free
Dire Straits
Money for Nothing (1988 )
Money For Nothing
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