tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43486579330845759512011-11-27T19:33:03.401-06:00There is nothing I have found more stress relieving than heating a piece of steel to a bright yellow and hammering on it, until it conforms with the desired shape in one's mind. If you don't believe me, give it a try, sometime.Pagan Blacksmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06642145938688371088noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348657933084575951.post-90120787161397462552010-04-25T19:42:00.000-05:002010-04-25T19:42:16.805-05:00

Another realization: Dreams are for children. My dreams of happiness and success are empty and hollow. My wishes and desires for the heart of another person, now lost to me are but ash in the wind. Gone much like the magician's flash paper. As I have been reflecting on the changes I need to make in me, and through me to the world about me, I've come to the edge of myself, and the empty

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“To be or not to be.” The eternal question posed by Shakespeare so many years ago is rather poignant, tonight, for me, personally. The last few months have been a bit difficult for me. I've left a good job, left loved ones and moved halfway across the country to tend to family. No discussion, no thought to much of anyone but my own selfish desires. I don't believe I was wrong in my

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There is nothing quite as painful as having messed up, and hurt someone else in the process. This past weekend I realized how much I cared for someone. This loving and tender person has never done me wrong, but I hurt her, repeatedly, emotionally for over two years. It was never my intent to inflict such pain on her. And because of this, she no longer trusts me. Which I can fully

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I recently stumbled across a question on onioning.com that I felt compelled to answer. The question was: your parents are strong [or] cool people consider!!? I thought I would share my answer here, as well. There is much more to say on the subject, but I think little more need be said than this: I believe my father to be a strong person, because of who I am. He helped mold me into the person

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Last week, my mother-in-law passed. We had a memorial for her on Tuesday.Paula was a wonderful woman, full of praises. Always with a quick, meaningful smile and a word of support. As a school teacher, she touched and supported the little town she lived in at a level politicians could only dream of. Former students (and their parents) were always speaking with her, when she was out. I swear

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WOOHOO!Thank goodness for Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, John Jameson and our many other friends of sour mash origins!NO, I'm not intoxicated, nor am I even tipsy. I've had a single drink, this afternoon, of normal size and proportions for an American Legion post's bar. The good of this is not from the fact that I had a drink, nor that I had a drink with a bunch of old drunk farts. Instead it is in

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I’m serious, it really does. And I recognize that fact. Everyday I sense the sliding and the slipping into a deeper state of apathy. I’m in the house, alone, no job, diminishing fiscal statements and I’m having a hard giving a damn about it all. This is what it comes down to: I need to get off my ass and DO something. But I have no energy or desire to do anything. And this just makes the

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So, here I am, in Franklin, Indiana. A small town, where as a young person I was taught the variances of 'right and wrong' behavior.Today, I witnessed, and humbly admit to participating in, poor behavior. The type of behavior that would have had my backside spanked to a light cherry red color and other forms of punishment.Here is the story of today's events:About 11:30 AM I decided I would step

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Well, I've done it, again. I left this blog un-updated for several months.Last August I took a vacation. On this vacation I stopped by to see my family, on my ride to the Smokey Mountains. This is when I learned how ill members of my family are.So, in October, I moved from OKC to a suburb of Indianapolis to help. I left my good job at Dell, sold off or gave away a lot of what I owned, and put

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"When will it END?" cried a mother, for a TV news crew. "When will the government take the guns off the streets?"What a GREAT soundbite and video clip that was for the local TV news station. A impoverished woman of color, with a quietly sobbing child on her hip gave the camera her all. Really superb opportunity to get that personal community touch. But how about some truth?Item 1. That

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During the President's presentation, tonight, he was called a liar by South Carolina's Joe Wilson. (http://www.examiner.com/x-15870-Populist-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Joe-Wilsons-apology-is-meaningless) Mr. Wilson's outburst came while President Obama was stating that the Health Care Reform would not insure illegal aliens.Mr. Wilson's political career is probably over. And this is a shame. He has

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3 months ago (June 12th, 2009), there was an explosion in the laundry facility of my apartment complex. This explosion, caused by a faulty, coin operated, gas drier, damaged the building and the centralized water heaters That provided water to entire complex for all tenants. Electric water heaters have been installed and are not functioning, correctly (they were not designed for this type of

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While on vacation, I visited family. Primarily my Dad. His best friend, came over that evening and we had a great visit. Discussing politics, society and computers. I really love that type of visit. The next day, Dad and I went to his parent's house. While he was doing other things I sat chatting with my grand parents. Both are in their 80's and having issues. My living so far away, I

Pagan Blacksmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06642145938688371088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348657933084575951.post-42818041840060276912009-09-02T01:25:00.001-05:002009-09-02T01:28:06.135-05:00

For almost two decades I have worked in the IT industry. I have enjoyed a wide variety of jobs where I started building machines for the a neighborhood white box vendor to becoming the IT resource for multiple dot-com start-ups in Silicon Valley. And now I answer phones, providing tech support for Enterprise customers. I spend my 9 hour shifts fixing what other people own. Every day I am

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Well, not so much a 'funny' but an interesting.I am on vacation. For my vacation, I am riding my motorcycle to a long list of places. On day 4 of this wonderful vacation, I was in the Lake Cumberland area of Kentucky.I spent some time seeing the various sites and 'reconnecting' with an area that has a heavy ancestral relationship to me. It is an odd thing to describe. The last time I was in

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From Slashdot comes this little technology nugget:"From the BBC, 'Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google's attempt to create what could be the world's largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive. They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many

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It is time for me to take some time for ME. Yes, it is vacation time! WOOHOO! I work 3rd shift. It is 10PM, at the moment. My vacation starts at 0600. 8 hours. 640 minutes. 38400 seconds. And already the phones in the support center are ringing non-stop.ANYWAY, back to my vacation plans. (THIS is the REAL reason to have a blog, right? To brag about something? At least that is what

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Ok, here is my WTF article for the week. And I’ve got a few things to spit out about it.“Dozen Armed With Guns Protest Obama SpeechAbout a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech.”http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/18/

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Last month I was called a bigot.  I was called a racist.  I was told that I had no compassion for my fellow man.  All of this stemming from an 'interview' with a friend of a friend who was doing a paper on 'Social Attitudes'.The discussion went kind of like this:Me: So, what do you want to know?  What are we going to discuss?Her: I've got a list of topics I want your opinion and comments on.  I

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Iran, 2009; Current day example of why the 2nd Amendment applies to the individual, rather than the state.

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Send $25.00 to melody.byrne AT gmail.com via paypal for what is going to be one of the very best cook books ever printed ($10.00 for an e-copy).These people, Chris and Melody of http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/ have been going through hell the last few years with an extremely expensive international custody battle. This couple has done everything to protect their kids. I've read their blog for

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This e-mail was forwarded to me, lately. I decided to respond in a helpful way, rather than just smacking someone around as my mood suggested.**************************How to protect your e-mai l address bookA computer repairman says this is like having gold.This is a good thing.I learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in its simplicity.As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets

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Sitting at work, things were slow, so I pulled out the MP3 player to jam to while surfing for Linux stuff.I just told the the MP3 player to start randomly playing any of the music on there.  The first few songs were not 'right' for my mood.  Then came up "Girl" by the Beatles.  I chose to listen to that album, Rubber Soul.  For 30 or so minutes I was transplanted in time a space, within my mind

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Ok, I've been quiet quite a bit, lately. Mostly because I've been working on my L4SMB.net website. Thanks for dropping by, if you have not, get on over there.Anyway.Obama the fierce is being clapped on the back (by his own people) as a firm, decisive leader with a spine. BULLSHIT!Yes, I just used an offensive word. Get over it. If you don't like it, crawl under a rock and hide for a decade

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First I read: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/15/tea-bag-toss-ends-white-house-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-672022.  And I was mildly perturbed that some idiot threw a tea bag onto the white house lawn.  Then we learn it was a box of tea bags.  OK, so some idiot was being an idiot.  THEN I read the comments.  My comments may get moderated out of existence, so here they are.  I posted them

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Lately,  I've been working on another website, quite a bit.  Trying to get some google money from advertising, etc.  But primarily, I have been trying to develop content for a Linux site focused on supporting small business.For several years, I have been a strong proponent of Linux.  The Open Source 'movement' has come a very long way in recent years.  As applications such as Samba continue to

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Ok, I had this truly evil idea.  At least many in our government (mostly the elected officials) would consider it evil, yet they are the one's who gave me the idea.Here are my thoughts on several things that are broken and how we can fix them.Problem - Social Security - I'm paying a lot into it and doubt I will ever get anything back out of it.Fix - get rid of ALL the special federal employee

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This is just a test of this new and interesting tool.I will delete this entry once I have finished with my initial testing.

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And now we return to our regularly scheduled programming:JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau has written an article I found promising, but am afraid it is too little, too late. U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, a board member of the National Rifle Association, announced Wednesday he will serve as co-chairman of a new task force on gun rights.More details are available here: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/

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I diced to walk to the video store, one morning last week. It was only about 3 blocks, round trip, and I was winded and tired and my legs were cramping, especially my calf muscles.At 5' 9" and 250# I carry a heavy spare tire. So, I have decided to try something a bit different. Slow small adjustments to my lifestyle. As an example, I have started by cutting back on my soda intake. I can't

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Test of Presidential QualificationsWhy would you be willing to spend millions of dollars (some it actually your own) to become POTUS? After all the gig only pays about $400,000.00*. Granted there are a few perks, such as: a $50,000.00 expense account a $100,000.00 non-taxable travel account and $19,000.00 for entertainmentThere is also that retired presidential pension. The one that has been

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Responsibility of CitizenshipLong ago, I read a book by Robert A. Heinlein called Starship Troopers. You may recall several years ago a movie was made based upon the story of that book. The movie sucked. Denise Richards was hot in it, as she still had a look of innocence about her eyes. Now, well, she just looks like a Charlie Sheen one night date. And not a very expensive one at that. The

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An associate of mine has contacted me regarding this blog. She wants to know how I can be such a conservative and still consider my self a pagan.To which I will respond publicly:I am not a just a Pagan. I consider myself to be a 'Militant Pagan'. I walk the paths and the trails that are not safe so that others may follow without fear. I ask the hard questions and search for the painful

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I've been a follower of the Linux community for a long time. We often times are fighting FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) as spread by the marketing of closed source, commercial software.To fight FUD, we often have to dig beneath the fluff of the shillers and expose the truth beneath to the light of scrutiny. usually we find that there is no truth, once visible.I'm seeing much the same from

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A realistic question for you:If an unarmed person is 'subject' of their government and an armed person is a 'citizen' to their government, which would you rather be? A person 'subject' to the whims of the masses, the government and the corruption? Or a 'citizen' who is a part of their society, helping guide and drive their nation in good times and bad?Myself? I'm a Citizen. That is with the

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*** RANDOM ANGRY RANT ALERT! ***And ANOTHER THING!America did not fall because of an increase of "Moral Decrepitude" but instead by a constant bombardment and loss of civil liberties and freedoms. For decades I have been 'held accountable' and paid for the 'criminal acts' of people who I never met. People who held slaves, not all of whom were black. But, I still pay my taxes a part of which

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The Obama Stimulus Plan a.k.a Democratic Party Stimulus ActNearly $1 Trillion to 'save' our economy.$1 billion for Amtrak, the federal railroad that hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years$2 billion for child-care subsidies$50 million for that great engine of job creation, the National Endowment for the Arts$400 million for global-warming research (damn you Gore!)$2.4 billion for carbon-capture

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Or at least I will be, come early January.MyCorporation.com has been sending me spam the last several weeks.  They have been waiving their usual $149.00 processing fee for new incorporations.  That is actually pretty cool.  That means to incorporate, as an LLC, I only have to pay them $29.00 for some S&H and the fees the state requires.  Grand total:  $129.00.It is actually, a pretty sweet deal.

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The drama is coming to a close.I spoke with my supervisor, or should I say I was spoken to by my supervisor.  There were many comments regarding ethics and integrity.  Fortunately, neither my ethics nor integrity were being questioned, but the appearances of the opportunities for impropriety were the topics of discussion for the day.  Evidently, those that were actually at work last Monday

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Well, now I've gone and done it. At the beginning of what is being called the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930's I have put my job in jeopardy.My employer sells a product. I purchased said product used, and out of warranty. The company also has a policy regarding a product being dangerous, outside of it's warranty. My purchase developed a problem that fit within the

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I don't know how this man is, but I certainly do applaud his way with words. Tom Adkins, let me know if you are ever running for public office. You would have MY vote!WHITE GUILT IS DEADBy Tom AdkinsLook at my fellow conservatives! There they go, glumly shuffling along,depressed by the election aftermath. Not me. I'm virtually euphoric. Don'tget me wrong. I'm not thrilled with America's

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A colleague's wife is attending college and studying to be a counselor. Here are some of her questions, and my answers regarding a pagan/wiccan/witch meetup she went to.Do you, as a Universalist , believe that gemstones and crystals have healing or magical properties? 1) As a Universalist, I not believe that gemstones or crystals have magical properties. I do, however, think that if a

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What a bloody crock of filth and unadulterated thieving scum!"redistribution of wealth" my fat, sweaty, hairy ass. Stalin and Lenin both supported the ideologies of distributed wealth, until it came to their wealth going out to others.So, the Obamanator's great plan is to take the monies from those of us that work to make a living to pay for others to not have to work. He has been spouting that

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McCain - the shifty old dog!McCain shocked the wolrd, last week when he suggested Alaska Governor Palin for his running mate and to be the VPOTUS. At first I thought: WTH? Then I started thinking about it and the more I liked the idea. And as I started reading more and more about Palin the more I liked the idea. Here is a woman that knows how to be womanly and yest still governs a state that

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Yes, it HAS been too long since I last posted on this blog. It's been close to 6 weeks, maybe longer.The posts have been missing, because my head has been elsewhere. On August 1st, I again took the RedHat Certified Engineers exam. This is one of the few remaining IT related exams that actually has any value on the market. RedHat is a Linux distribution that has corporate support and offers

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Interesting dissenting comment by Stevens.The majority “would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian use of weapons.”Ok. One question: WTF?210 years ago, the founders were businessmen and farmers (mostly) who were tired of being oppressed by a tyrannous government. At that time, the most

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Funny little quiz. I don't go for these, often, but the Middle Earth thing hit my geeky streak! Enjoy!Your result for The What Middle Earth race do you belong to Test ...ElfYou scored 0% Size & Strength, 59% Morality, 59% Aggression, and 88% Intelligence.To This Testhttp://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-what-middle-earth-race-do-you-belong-to-testTo Your Resulthttp://www.helloquizzy.com/results/

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Magickal EpiphanyI must admit that I have had a bit of an epiphany regarding TheWitchDiaries.com website.I recently made the mistake of forwarding an email to my father with my TWD e-mail address as the reply to. I'm not sure if he noticed, but it got me to thinking. My father is considerably more conservative than I am. In a conversation a few years ago, my father described Magick as a tool

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Socialist Society and Personal SafetyInteresting read over on Marko's blog. The Munchkin Wrangler almost always has something interesting to write about. I have found inspiration there, more than once. Much like today, so first go read his post. I hope you like it. I'll wait for your return.Ahhh, good. You have made it back. Did you notice the last line of his post? I sure did. And it

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Unchallenged Bad Ideas Never Go AwayAll to well have we seen how a trend becomes a permanent fixture in our lives. The next generation does not know there is another way, becuase the trend has become the norm with which everyone is comfortable. They assuem this is how things should be. (More on this in a later article.)The advances of surveillance on a global scale are moving very quickly.

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The difference between "Right's" and "Privileges"I am getting so damned sick and tired of all these various groups demanding that they be funded by the gummint. Some have declared it as a 'RIGHT'! Well, let's get a few things straight.Dictionary.com defines a right as: 18. a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 19. Sometimes,

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I know it's a bad thing, but I am curious what others would put in the drop box.Imagine, purely for a intelectual workout, we did not elect a voluntary President, but instead conscripted or drafted one.Who would you draft and why?Personally, I would look for someone like Fred Thompson with a lot of practicle business experience like an Iacoca.A solid center line conservative (on most things)

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I need a bit of legal assistance.I'm a former convicted felon, nearly 20 years ago. I would like to get an expungement. An expungement would make it possible to apply and actually qualify for a security clearance. Having a security clearance (or at least being eleigilbe for one) would open a great many doors of opportunity in my chosen career field of IT.I have spoken to a local attourney, he

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And it's NOT from Hallmark! Sent to me via e-mail.

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We used to (in the U. S. of A.) have a term that many people wanted, both for themselves and of others. It was called "Being a Good Neighbor". Good Neighbors welcomed new people to a neighborhood, helped with every little thing that the family next door could not do for themselves or just needed a helping hand with. Good Neighbors DEFINED a community. Good Neighbors insured the newspapers and

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* I believe myself to be, mostly, a Republican and moderate conservative. * I believe in HELPING others at a social level, meaning the variety of churches and other service providers that work as non-taxed entities. * I believe in the adage of teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish every day for the rest of his life. * I accept it as a hard fact of reality that if you save a

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It is truly amazing how the nation currently known as Great Britain at one time generated people who said:All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. -- Winston ChurchillIf Churchill could see what had become of GB, he would leave it, of that I am certain.P.Blacksmith

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The U.K., in this article is starting to crack down on people who illegally download movies and music off the internet. In order to do this, they must know, as a provable fact that the current download is of illegal content. I guess the British don't have those little bills that guarantee protection from illegal search and seizure.This wonderful recommendation comes from a consultancy known as

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Hey Fred! Thanks for trying. It's a shame you started so late, you may have had a better chance if you had started earlier and gotten your name more prevalent. Oh well, it's only our country, right? The Liberals will tax the hell out of us, drive us into the pending recession and then we will acerbate the the impending fall of America.I never knew a Tennesean to give up so easily on something

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Introducing I Mean To Misbehave.From what I have read of his blog, so far, I have enjoyed it considerably. And the title being a quote from a favorite movie does not hurt, either.P. BlacksmithPowered by ScribeFire.

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Eulogy for America The United States of America, born from strife and abuse. Men of courage, traitors to the land of their fathers, determined to be free, stepped forward to unite a people to a common cause. Realizing a Confederacy lacked stability because of fragmentation, these same men remodeled the Nation into a Republic of Independent Free Men who would democratically choose their

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Emergency Preparedness Due to recent and local weather events, I realized I was woefully under prepared for emergencies. So, I have started building emergency kits, again. This is a call for an open discussion of what makes for a good emergency kit. If you are a particular professional that deals with emergencies, safety or emergency medicine, your input would be greatly appreciated. This

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Comments on Fred and Fred's Principles Last night on Chris Byrne's blog “The Anarchangel” was a video link to Fred and his comments to the people of Iowa. Although he looked about as interested as a four day corpse at a Thanksgiving Dinner, I truly did enjoy his comments. In today's political landscape I doubt there is a single candidate that shares the same ideals I do, but that is part of

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On Marko's blog he posted about his dislike for the upcoming handout for people whose TV's will soon stop working. This is due to the FCC's mandate that all TV Transmissions go to digital, rather than the much broader and higher bandwidth using analog transmissions so many of us are accustomed to.In the comments section...Dion said... I never realized there were so many people that felt

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America the Great, America the Beautiful, America the Cornucopia of WelfareDemocracy: 1.government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2.a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies. 3.a state of society

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Have not written much, lately. Been a bit swamped with work and other not so much fun stuff.I WILL be posting over the holiday weekend, though. We are expecting the first snow of the year this weekend.Everyone be thankful for what you have. Show your love to those you love. P.Blacksmith

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You Are 83% AngryYou are a very angry person - and you might not realize it.While you may think that you're bitter, depressed, or bad tempered...What you're really feeling is anger.While you may not need anger management, you may need some therapy!How Angry Are You?

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Inside I'm a dutchman...it must have been those 'unsavory' options in the quiz.Your Inner European is Dutch!Open minded and tolerant.You're up for just about anything.Who's" Your Inner European?

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A wizened older gent I met at a flea market loved to bicker. He once told me the only reason he did the flea market booth was just so he could argue and haggle with people. Everything he had at his booth he had added $5.00 to the sticker price. Some people would just come up, pick up an item pay the listed price and leave, with barely a word spoken. Others would walk away in disgust at the

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I do so wish I could get ALL of our government officials to read this. I know there are SOME government agencies DESIGNED to spend our money (the DOD comes to mind), and there are other agencies meant to collect our money (IRS), the rest of the government should be about protecting our money, our properties, our lives and ourselves.My grandma used to tell me that giving is best when it comes

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A National Blackout ?Oh, the snarks I could make on this one! But, I will be the bigger man (ok, so I am fat, that just makes it easier to be bigger!), here, and not sharp shoot anyone with the obvious comments.But please do read this news story.P.Blacksmith

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I was reading a favorite blog, this evening, when I was reminded of autumn while in high school. back in the early '80's we lived near a small town in rural south western Ohio. About 40 miles upriver from Cincinnati and about 10 miles north of the river. It was a good place to grow up. I have often times, since, lamented it was a good place to be from.We lived on roughly an acre in a ranch

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A little something to read and think about. What have you put down the sink, today?http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695218537,00.htmlP.Blacksmith

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OK, as promised, a posting on general blacksmithing. Please keep in mind these are techniques I used to learn and still use to 'warm up' when I have been away for a while. Your mileage will vary.Let's start with the hammer. The hammer is the blacksmith's primary tool. The hammer is used to apply localized force to move and reshape the metal that is being worked.Start with a short handled

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My Quotable Of The Day:"I have accomplished so much, with so little, for so long, that I can now build anything, in no time, with nothing."Sounds like a sever case of burn out.P.Blacksmith

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The end times are upon us! Run now! This post is filled with general ramblings and hatred of the 'Best Game in Town' known as our Federal Government. This posting also represents the second of our most important rights: The right to speak as I feel and believe. The first and most important right is being able to leave, of course. Rather than leave, I would rather contribute to help FIX

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Evidently, I am on a mission. In the last week, I have gotten no more than 12 hours sleep. The demands on my time will be declining after this weekend. With working grave yard shift, packing, moving myself, unpacking and setting up in the new apartment (barely started), assisting my roommate with packing and loading trailer, and his motorcycle, and ... and ... Let's just say, I'm definitely

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"No pain, no Gain"my Drill Seargent barkedas I forced my body to meet my willI looked deeeeepdeep down within myselfbut to find a door to which only I held the keybeyond this door was a well springfeeding my pain and agonysupporting doubts of myselfbeyond this was another doorto a small quiet roomin this room stood a tableupon which perched a chestthe key to the doors opened the chestinside the

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Why is it that the ignorant people seem to be flocking into my life, right now? The last two weeks have been pretty rough for me with the loss of a grandfather then to return to my apartment, only to face packing boxes.In the last 4 days I have met 3 new people that were appalled and vocally disappointed when they recognized I walk a different path. The first was one of the kind gentlemen I

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I currently have a death in the family looming. He could go at any minute. I may not post for a few days as I deal with this. Dave, my stepmother's father has been important in my life. A successful man, well off, multiple business ventures presented him the opportunity of a comfortable life. And he availed himself of those opportunities. I recall when I first met the man, I was an 11 or 12

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Before reading my post, please visit this interesting commentary on the way things stand with the war.http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/?p=2579Go ahead and read it. This will wait.Now, I would like to say: What the Hell! Is someone TRYING to make things worse? I mean such an aggressive stance, such harsh demands. Of course we will NOT surrender to the likes of that filthy son of a pig-nosed wh*

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If I take the time to make a unique post for each question that I have been asked...well, I don't think my fingers can handle that kind of typing. So, here are a bunch of answers, again in no particular order:Bob: No thanks.Terry: Sure, what ever.Terri: Yes, you too can start your own blog. The account is free. And you do not need a specific topic to discuss. Some people use their blog as

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Daggone it, I have had a wonderful response to this blog. Several people I asked to visit have and a few are asking questions and offering subject and discussion topic suggestions. One person, though, asked why all the posting times were so early in the morning. It's easy to answer, actually. I work 3rd shift. I started the blog, on Friday night, during some down time, while at work. Over

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A colleague of mine asked how in the world I managed to link to so many people in the medical and policing industries. Here is a part of the conversation:"It's quite simple, actually", I say."yeah? explain it to me.""Nurses, police, fire fighters and many others all provide a service to the population. They are the harbingers of 'The World As It Is SUPPOSED To Be'. These are people that work

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A big warm thanks to AD for the mention on his blogs. I am honored by his mention, but then again, there is a very good reason for that honor. When you have a chance, if you have not already, be sure the special project AD, BabsRN and MattG all did in their collaborative story. They started with Matt's views of a severe vehicle accident, the AD's involvement as an Emergency Medical Tech and

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Well, this is it. My second foray into the blogosphere. My first blog was on a personal website for the study and sharing of pagan and wiccan information.(already broke rule one - don't share religious points of view. This will be discussed more, in later posts.)I believe I have a bit of a snarkish sense of humor and a twisted view on the world, as it is. More on this as I find the timbre and

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