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Oh, my...
Well, it’s been forever and three days since I popped in here. Sad. I’ve been spending the majority of my online time on the Diaspora Network and my Nocturnal Slacker blogs on WordPress. I should try to contribute a bit here at Tumblr. It was a fun place many years ago; I’m sure it still is.
Regards,
~Eric
You may have read the news regarding lawsuits from major music labels against Grooveshark. This latest news dealt specifically with an early version of Grooveshark which we dispensed of in 2008 in favor of our current music streaming service. As such we will continue to work with all parties to...
I love my GrooveShark! Don't let the bastards shut you down!
Tuppence Times turned 3 today!
Sadly, its owner hasn't been posting much here lately. Distractions from Real Life are a bitch sometimes. Hopefully, we'll have a bit more activity here in our fourth year.
Love Tumblr! Love Tumblr folks!
Later,
~Eric
Watched this great old movie from 1933 the other night. I remember how it scared me when I was just a little boy.
Enjoy!
~Eric
TAMPA — The long, hard four years ended Friday for families of two Tampa police officers killed during a traffic stop in 2010.
Adios, Motherfucker! Here's wishing you a really bad trip straight to Hell.
I am running out of words. Some crackpot who couldn't get a date stabs and shoots his way across the Southern California college town of Isla Vista, killing six people and wounding 13 before apparently turning his gun on himself.
So, Mr. Pitts...
I'm a long-time reader of your columns (in the Tampa Bay Times), and while not necessarily agreeing with every word you write, I still respect you and would defend your right (even using firearms, if necessary) to say them.
That being said...
I understand your frustration, your anger, your feelings of helplessness, and your lack of new ways to use words to express these feelings in regards to all these tragic and horrific mass murders of late. However, I noticed that even though you claim a drought of verbiage to fill that empty page, you managed just fine in this latest article of yours.
I have a question, though...
When cause and effect is a topic of analysis of someone's actions or motivations, why is it that the tool used last in the last act of a person's life is often held up to the most scrutiny by the media when it comes to post-event analysis and attempts at understanding?
Why, sir, is the firearm to blame? How about the knives that are often used in these types of events? What about the cars used? What about the garrots? What about the clubs, bats, crowbars?
Why is it that the tool used in the last action is the thing most focused on? What about the decades leading up to these events? What about the prescription pain killers and alcoholic beverages? What about the mental and physical abuse some of these unbalanced people suffered before the went off their rockers? Can we blame the TV shows they grew up with, the video games they played, the friends they hung out with, or maybe even that loud Rock and Roll music they listened to?
My point is...
The tool (the firearm) was a means, not a cause. When will we begin to focus on the causes of these events? When will we begin to focus on the reasons that our society breeds such nut cases? Until the day comes that we begin as a society to figure these things out and start making changes to alleviate the possibility of future monster creation, man will continue to murder his fellow man using whatever deadly tool is at hand.
Man has been killing quite proficiently for the past million years so. The firearm is just a tool. You can be killed nearly as easily with an electric can opener. As with the current state of medicine and health care in this country, we treat the symptoms, not the diseases.
It is what it is, I guess.
Regards,
~Eric
Many American families living in or right above the poverty line have flat-screen TVs, cars and cellphones — so what does living in poverty mean today?
*sigh*
Been here, doing this. :(
Step inside a factory to watch how hot dogs are made. Still hungry for hot dogs?
What's for dinner, mom? I may have eaten my last hot dog. :( This so reminds me of the old Brown 25 skit from the 70s movie The Groove Tube. http://youtu.be/008BPUdQ1XA
A 32,000-ton arch that will end up costing $1.5 billion is being built in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to all but eliminate the risk of further contamination at the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.
Interesting interactive article about the Chernobyl clean-up in progress.
ALAMOGORDO, N.M.
Mystery solved!
Can modern forensic science uncover fresh clues about the assassination of JFK?
As some of you know, I spent many years studying the JFK assassination. I have an extensive library on just that subject. I've read hundreds of books on the topic. I've read the Warren Commission summaries. I've watched countless documentaries and lectures by expert investigators, etc. And from the time I was a young teen (13 or 14 years old) to very recently, I've never believed that Lee Harvey Oswald popped off three shots (2 hits) at a moving target using a $13 mail order WWII surplus Italian Carcano bolt action rifle. I also never believed in the possibility of the "Magic Bullet" or the Single Bullet Theory. I know ballistics. I know firearms. I just could never believe that one round could penetrate Kennedy's back, exit his neck, enter Connally's back, exit his chest, enter his wrist (shattering the large bone in there), and shallowly embed itself in Connally's thigh only to later fall out onto a gurney in the hospital and appear in almost pristine condition. There was just NO FUCKING WAY! The events, as theorized by the Warren Commission investigation, were thus: Oswald, from his sniper's perch in the 6th floor window of the Texas Schoolbook Depository, aimed and fired at Kennedy as he made his way along the route. Oswald's first shot was miss and was never found. His second shot (the "Magic Bullet") performed as mentioned above. His third and last shot was the one that blew the top of Kennedy's head off. Many were unconvinced that Oswald shot the fatal head shot because the backward motion of Kennedy seems to indicate that he was shot from the front right (his perspective). However, that speculation may have been proven wrong. In just 50 minutes or so, my entire view on this was turned completely upside down. I watched an episode of NOVA on PBS the other night called Cold Case JFK. Watch this if you get the chance. Using modern criminal investigative techniques and bleeding edge ballistic testing, this program has managed to actually prove to me that there was no magic in the Magic Bullet and the Single Bullet Theory was in all probability correct from the get-go. Yes, this program's evidence is that overwhelming. I was in awe. I really was. The fact still remains that Oswald, a trained U.S. Marine rifleman, was indeed very lucky (from his point of view) that day when it comes to his shooting prowess. Some of the best marksmen in the world since then have tried to duplicate his shooting score for that day in November of '63. It ain't an easy feat to crank off three rounds in about 8.3 seconds at a moving target aiming down-angle at a distance ranging from 200' to 265' and garnering two kill shots from a clunker piece of crap rifle like the Carcano. It just ain't that easy, but it is possible. Watch that NOVA episode.
Later...
~Eric
Rainy Days and Toothaches
It started last night with a dull throb in the back upper right of my mouth.
It's a loose tooth that I've had issues with for about 4 years now. It's no surprise to me, really. I'm aware of the fact that it has been a dead tooth for quite a while now.
Unfortunately, being a member of that legion of the long-term unemployed, finances have not allowed for proper dental care this past few years.
And while the extreme poor, those a half step away from spending their next night in a cardboard box under the Interstate, may have access to hospital emergency rooms or other government-paid health care such as Medicaid, there is next to nothing available in the way of dental care for the poor.
So, I'll just suffer through it. Eventually, the damned tooth will fall out so I can put it under my pillow and get a dime or maybe even a quarter from the Tooth Fairy. Hmm... yeah, right.
On a related note, sort of...
Ever wonder why the poorest Americans are also the fattest and least healthy? I'll tell you why that is.
I went to the store a few minutes ago to buy some "soft" food, just in case my tooth continued to torture me over the next day or so. I normally eat healthy; meaning low carb, high fiber salads, chicken, fish, pork, and rarely beef these days. That food is a bit hard on a bad tooth, though. Lettuce, cellery, carrots, etc. require lots of chewing.
Remembering this same tooth giving me issues back in 2010, I also remembered that my diet during that time had to be "soft". Most soft food is high in carbs, unfortunately. At the store, I bought 12 packages of Ramen style soup, two boxes of macaroni & cheese mix, two cans of chili with beans, a 2 lb bag of white rice, and a 12oz package of (mostly chicken lips and pigs tails) hot dogs.
That's quite a bit of food, huh? It's probably two or three days' worth or more for a normal person. You know what that cost me? About $10. That's it. Just $10. To buy fresh produce and quality lean cuts of meat and fish to last me the same amount of time usually costs me upwards of $50 or so.
That, folks, is why the poor in America are all fat and unhealthy. The food that is the absolute worse for you (high carb, high sodium, processed) is also the very cheapest on the shelves. If you're a poor mother trying to feed her family using her husband's menial income to do it, what are you going to buy? You'd have to get the most "bang for your buck", as the saying goes, right?
Ever heard that the way to oppress the masses is to keep them ignorant and fed? See a pattern here? Think on it a while...
And that's today's rant. I must now go suck on some toothache medicine and take about 6 aspirin.
Later...
~Eric
Image credits: Ramen soup - generic
Ten dollar bill - generic
Fat kid clipart courtesy of http://www.clker.com/
1st Day of Spring
Seems as though it's been a long time coming, but Spring is finally here!
When I was young, summer was always my favorite time of year, possibly because I hated school so much that summer vacation was the time of year I lived for all the other nine months. Nowadays, though, I much prefer the "transition" months of spring and fall. Winter ain't too bad either, but that's only because I live in Florida. :)
So, wherever you may find yourself in the Northern Hemisphere of this big blue marble we all reside on, here's hoping your spingtime finds you soon. It's a beautiful day outside. I'm going to sit out on my porch and have a cup of coffee while I watch the sun set over my neighbor's roof line.
Have fun!
~Eric
This is my second Audrey Niffenegger book. I was at my local branch library a couple years ago when I saw an interesting title down on the bottom shelf at foot level. The book wasn't down there bec...
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