tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67693659370713001572024-03-07T04:11:29.540-05:00random thoughtsldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-17064182785330404092014-09-09T20:21:00.000-04:002014-09-09T20:21:21.034-04:00BoredomThe desire for desires.<br />
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Happy 186th b-dayldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-8023420088714035292014-04-04T21:26:00.000-04:002014-04-04T22:22:35.080-04:00MattersIt doesn't matter so much, what you want at the time, what matters more, is how you are in time, you may even get close to what you think you want, and, if it's the right moment in time, you may even find the way to what you never expected to want.<br />
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Snow has been on the ground for about five months, and more's in the forecast tonight. Lake Michigan was over 90% frozen this winter,. any blue that looks like water was not in a liquid state as of this week Monday.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-84638686337502761962014-02-06T21:55:00.000-05:002014-02-06T21:55:39.707-05:00Land of Ice and Snow<br />
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Parked on roadside at Pier Cove overlooking Lake Michigan.<br />
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The land drops off the other side of the almost buried by snow drifts fence; there is a public beach below, accessible by stairs in more clement weather, so what can be seen would all be open water but is now ice as far as one can see.<br />
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Couple more shots taken from the road on the dead end road to the north (private property).<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-69842072281452081372014-02-02T20:53:00.001-05:002014-02-02T20:53:31.422-05:00Robins!A small flock of birds fluttered up as we drove past in Saugatuck/Douglas on the road that leads to the beaches. Robins! What would they be doing here? Good question. My eyes could have played a trick. Arrived home, standing in the open garage, a large flock of birds flew by, 1, 2, 3...10, and landed in the front yard tree. Robins!<br />
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Longest, coldest, snowiest winter we've had in decades, Lake Michigan the most frozen over in 40 years, this is the earliest i've ever seen the robins come back, usually it's at the end of Feb., beginning of March. Even Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and the prediction is six more weeks of winter. Yeah, and if he doesn't, a month and a half more here in MI. The innerwebz tells me he's only correct 39% of the time though.<br />
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We'll go with the harbingers of Spring!<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-72199397347054901422013-12-07T18:04:00.000-05:002013-12-07T18:04:12.730-05:00Shades of Cthulhu<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-29090003660098614922013-10-18T22:38:00.000-04:002013-10-18T22:38:07.888-04:00Happy Birthday to meWhere else than the ever changing Great Lake?<br />
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I was standing where the waves broke flat on shore when that roil at the middle left almost knocked me off my feet, and got my pants wet and sandy up to the knees. The Lake likes to play too:]<br />
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Went with Son #1, and then to dinner at Saugatuck Brewing, best walleye ever! Yesterday with Sis, received a bunch of flowers and lunch at China Inn, luv the bourbon chicken. Son #2 texted me this morning and called late afternoon (will see him sunday). Neighbor come over with card and homemade hand lotion.<br />
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Most of the day was happy, even sunshine in the morning after two days of rain. But, yeah there's always that but, got the results from my MRI today and my lumbar spine is all f'ed up (already have a fusion in the cervical spine). Earlier this year the doc referred me to a physical therapist, and we all kinda thought the operation on my right hallux was causing me to limp, and probably throwing off my gait. A few weeks ago while at the kazillion dune stairs beach i got some scary symptoms, and so finally went to a podiatrist, who found that joint fusion to be very good, but my left hallux needs the same operation, and he didn't think either big toe was causing my hip/back pain. He wondered why the doc hadn't ordered a hip x-ray. Good question. I asked the doc if he couldn't just put me in the hospital and turn me into a bionic woman. We have the technology! (dated reference, haha)<br />
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Ah yes, getting old, the warranties on all the parts have expired. Keep calm and hobble on.<br />
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Oh yeah, don't forget to keep your sense of humour.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Allen Ginsberg: "Dying, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I do that every time I sit down on my Zafree [a meditation pillow], abandon my mind, observe thought-form fading, and the gaps between thought-forms, and breathe out my preoccupations. At the moment, one ideal death would be sitting on a pillow with empty mind.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">-- from a 1977 essay on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">how men of letters imagined the end of life </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">by George Plimpton</span><br />
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ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-39382602959088646172013-09-28T18:18:00.001-04:002013-09-28T18:18:46.911-04:00It Is Autumn<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-92181346112734542422013-09-25T23:49:00.000-04:002013-09-25T23:49:13.739-04:00Every Picture Tells a Storydon't it<br />
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Yesterday my neighbor talked about Laketown Park, so it was in my mind to go there today, as i hadn't been for a few weeks. Gilligan Lake, on the way. It's even more beautiful in person, but this is a pretty good slice.<br />
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Luv to be at Lake Mich. The sound of wind and waves blow/drown out any irritating thoughts,feelings, moods. Today though, as soon as i pulled up, another car came in with the radio blaring, and that was almost all i could hear up the dune on the first stretch of half a kazillion stairs. Ahh, then the wind in the trees took over. There are another kazillion stairs up and down more dunes, but i choose to go down the dune, and was standing there trying to get the colors of the water, when someone came up panting behind me. He waited, so i feel i rushed the shot and it could have been better framed, but therein lies the story.<br />
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We walked down the dune together, and along the beach to the stream that comes out of the woods. We spoke of cabbages and kings, and many other things. He said the water was cold, no, refreshing, said i, last i checked yesterday, 60 degrees. He wanted to go swimming, come on, no and no again. So he went in while i want to sit on the sand, when suddenly my mind saw me sitting at home tonight wishing i had gone in. So i did. Refreshing indeed.<br />
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He had to go somewhere, so we walked back, and he wanted to meet up again Friday. I sat at the bottom of the stairs and meditated (smoked a ciggie really). The last guy i dated, last summer, was 14 years younger than i, and i think he was even younger. Not that age matters, it's all relative, time is a dimension, right? Whatever, nice to know i still got it, whatever it is.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-66597127539856996882013-09-21T17:23:00.001-04:002013-09-21T19:32:21.329-04:00Progressive's ProgressYes! Some good things happened this year.<br />
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The war on Syria was halted on the Peace Prize winning Prez's track. He seemed willing to bomb "terrorists" (and women and children) without Congress or the peoples approval, but when the Brits stood up to their Prime Minister and just said no to war, the Prez's push seemed to stall. Then Putin the Peacemaker (wtf?) offered an interim solution.<br />
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O's pick for the Fed chair, Larry Summers went down. Hey Larry, way to help deregulate the financial markets, you were an elitist choice for sure.<br />
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1.9 million home care workers rights were advanced. Sept. 17, 2013 (doesn't go into effect until Jan. 1015) Obama and Labor Secretary Perez announced they would no longer be exempt from minimum wage laws, and overtime protection.<br />
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The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule the corporations reveal their CEO to average worker ratio annually. In 1980 CEO's made 40 times the average worker's pay. The current gap is 354 times.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-75624823516088732062013-09-11T18:13:00.001-04:002013-09-11T18:13:48.198-04:00Dear NSAIs it you causing problems with my blogger account? I keep getting a pop-up box when i click anything from my dashboard , that says i'm logged out on another account, do i want to log in again? If i click, you open the same dashboard in a new tab with the same results. Around and around we go, log out of everything, log in in random order, until finally you randomly open a new post, go to comments, etc. You've probably left so many back doors open that you've befuddled my poor computer's circuits. And, you've successfully cause a kerfuffle in my brain circuits too. I'm the determined sort though. Or is that stubborn? Anyway, please take a hint from John McCain, and just sit around and play online poker, wouldya?<br />
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We're about to walk through the cornfield across the street.<br />
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but the woods are dark and deep<br />
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Homeward bound, the tree line is filled with these red berry trees, this one caught my eye because autumn lurked in its shadow.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-49989816718377469012013-09-01T21:01:00.000-04:002013-09-01T21:01:47.363-04:00September Sunset<br />
After reading some history of Labor Day, had to get out for a just-out-the-back bike ride. Twilight begins on the ground.<br />
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This one hangs onto the light.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-45688534806493878442013-08-13T21:14:00.000-04:002013-08-13T21:14:43.075-04:00Forest-By-The-Water<br />
Eureka! A new place to explore.<br />
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I <3 trees<br />
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and a red headed woodpecker<br />
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and a butterfly on sassafras<br />
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but mostly, i luv The Great Lake<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-22765663765445035612013-08-04T22:18:00.000-04:002013-08-04T22:18:46.859-04:00Cassini's Views of Saturn2004 - 2012<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-58165622477203962432013-07-20T19:44:00.000-04:002013-07-20T19:45:29.548-04:00aka Fantastic Planet<br />
This is a good movie, imao; that is an understatement. 1973 French movie: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi.<br />
Found a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtJN6A_AYY" target="_blank">YouTube Part 1</a> in English, after an interesting write-up on a feedly reader site. Yes, it's very trippy. The other three parts have English subtitles, or the entire movie can be seen in French at the link. According to<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank"> IMDB</a>: <span style="font-family: inherit;">s<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 18px;">aid to be based on the Soviet Occupation of the Czech Republic.</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><br />
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Watched the movie on Thor'sDay, Saturn's Day random art work from the movie popped up on feedly several times, like little gifts.<br />
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<br />ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-66597953668603633192013-07-16T22:43:00.000-04:002013-07-17T23:34:45.072-04:00v. NS(first letter of the alphabet)Jewel v. 2008: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_v._NSA">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_v._NS</a>( )<br />
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First Unitarian Church v. today<br />
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The EFF (see link on right of my site) has joined in another lawsuit against the NS( ) with a diverse group: <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the First Unitarian Church of LA, Greenpeace, Calguns, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, Council on American Islamic Relations, the Franklin Armory, Free Press, Tech Freedom, Public Knowledge, the Free Software Foundation, Human Rights Watch, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the Open Technology Institute, People for the American Way and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lawsuit makes the case that the dragnet surveillance violates the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.</span></span><br />
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Hey surveillance people, if you want to see something really good, check out the link on my last post.ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769365937071300157.post-74961819452533921832013-07-16T20:58:00.000-04:002013-07-16T20:58:02.968-04:00Your Moment of Zen<a href="http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls">http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls</a><br />
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Are you the Bear, the Salmon, the Water, the Seagull, the Tree, the Air?ldismehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895785690482486691noreply@blogger.com1