Cold again this morning, thermometer reads below below
Sweating in bed only to have to rise and turn up the heat.
Many complain about cold, about mornings
but not me.
I love this weather, any weather, especially when wind is involved
No wind this morning, just a large moon, a clear sky, and the memory of sleep.
ZZ Top is a great band. I love their music and when that music is put to video…great! The following video is also great because it shows what men like to watch, beautiful women and cars and soap and, and, and, did I mention beautiful women?
Women: A blessing and a curse for men of this world. Strange creatures for sure. It makes me wonder how male humans could even consider forsaking women and instead crave the physical of men. But then again, I’m a monster so I guess it is what it is.
A joke: God saw Adam was sad and alone and told Adam, “I see you’re lonely. How would you like a companion that would be of great comfort to you, please you, be with you, love you? A companion that is kind, peaceful, intelligent, and never hurt or abuse you?”
Adam replied, “What would that cost God?”
“Your left foot.”
Adam thought for a minute and God saw the disappointment in Adams face so he said, “Okay, how about the same companion only this time she will suffer monthly cramps, be a bit cranky, strange, weird, and crazy to be around but most of the time she will be the perfect companion?”
Adam asked God the same question, “How much will it cost me?”
“Your right hand.”
Adam sat in silence thinking about the two offers and there cost and with a smile coming to his face asked God, “What kind of companion can I get for one rib?”
And today we see the result of that deal…Beautiful women, wonderful to be around sometimes, crazy, strange emotional creatures…but ya gotta love em.
It feels so good to be free to write again, so good indeed. Had a good laugh about a man I know who thinks he knows something, wonderful to see ignorance run your world.
Speaking of worlds, today I got a new tooth installed, or what is commonly known as, a cap.
Way cool how it all went down but first I learned much from the dental assistant pertaining to her husbands logging outfit, it was nice to see her speak the truth. The next assistant I learned about the man with the large abscess on the roof of the mouth that ruptured and caused her to gag, what with all the puss and all.
Next, I questioned the Doc about many things and learned many things.
After all the learning I watched and felt as they did their magic. Most was mundane and mechanical but the tooth making was very interesting indeed.
The dentist owns a machine costing in excess of $100,000. It is a milling/lathe machine that turns tiny block of material ranging in hardness from soft to extremely tough. The machine does it all with no human supervision.
My cap took 13 minutes (of course, it had too…) to make and I got to watch it be made by the machine.
Yes, the whole ordeal cost almost $1200 but it was well worth it, and of course, inspirational.
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Hands form symbols which form worlds which form.
Hands to give or take
to make and destroy
to caress or slap.
A mummy in Cairo reveals death by jaw infection and disease
Today, the people have wonderful machines to enhance life.
Machines to drive and fly, plow and grade, lift and swim
So many machines as they run your world.
Funny thing though, about these machines,
if they keep evolving faster than humans
the machines will rule the world, and will no longer need
people.
One of my favorite numbers, 13. One to represent, three to mean, together a perfect marriage. Also, another good morning to be!
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Hello monster, I see you slept well
Dreams full to the brim and so much to write
So much to look forward with foot placed on any coming trouble.
Worldly news: Obama’s dog bites a girl, stitches are needed
Trump still dances and twirls
EPA taken to task over coal miners lost jobs
CNN gets a taste of humiliation…
basically, humanity stands fast.
Hello world, it’s me, just a simple monster
a smile upon my face, two corgi’s by my side, and toast
Today is another 13, another day to be, and it won’t be my last.
It be that time of year when the younguns from the big ol black cows start a poppin out on the snow them little calf buggers. Lookin a lot like raisons on rice or flys on flour…
Tuday there be a who0oole lot of them little buggers a bouncin all round the place. Seen a whole bunch a runnin n jumping followering the hay tractor, thow they dont give a can a bean fer dry stuff as they only can drink the white stuff.
Mighty inspirating fer a poem.
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Pop N Go
Heavy fat cow with black fer color, settin aside by herself
Most the herd be standin round, eaten n such or talkin cow stuff
N then she starts her labor n out pops a bunch of gooye stuff.
Little black fellar though sometimes it be a toss n the little black fellar is actully a heffer
Layin all still while the momma sets to licken up the goo, n the little black calf
Seems sorta cruel the nature, what with throwin sno n rane, little calf starts out slow n then…
At furst they a try to stand, only to fall back down n then up, n then down, n then…
Standing on all four with a splaid leg look all a wobble.
A lookin fer the tit, sometimes stickin ther nose in the momma’s ass.
But ya gotta hand it to that mother natur, them calfs, they end up sucking on that tit
Like little pigs they are, a suckin n suckin n then…
Pow, it don’t take long n they be off to the races
Given ther momma fits, what with a jumpin n runnin, some even wiggle thru the barb wire fence.
Yes sir, it be that time of year agin when the sno be fallen n rane n hail
A time when the wether be crazee, when calfs be born,
a time when all the momma cows get a bit thinner n a horse throat puttin up with the younguns shit.
There are people who have lived on this planet that are much the opposite of what I am. Jesus first comes to mind and then others such as St. Francis. For my moment in this world, Mother Teresa was most indeed one of the better forms of humanity.
If you have never heard about her it makes for a good study into what the potential is for a person. If you have heard of her and have disparaging comments about her it just means you’re upholding the real ignorance of your species – good job. Now if you have heard of her and know what she really was, isn’t it nice that a woman like her enriched this planet?
Compassion for others comes hard and easy. It is easy to feel compassion and hard to carry that feeling forward with actions. So many say, “I’d like to help,” only to have their minds drift quickly to another endeavor.
Mother Teresa was human, of this there is no doubt. She was not a monster yet being human she was ignorant and full of fault yet she still strove to emulate the perfect human that was not ignorant, not a monster, rather the perfection of what humanity can be: Jesus.
This monsters heart loves Mother Teresa and is glad to have felt her presence. This monster also knows there are many others like her on this world, silently trying to be better for the betterment of humanity with actions, thoughts, and prayers going against the grain of ignorance. To help those in need without thought of recognition, reward, or anything other than to give compassion and aid to their fellow man/woman. To people like them and to those like Jesus, St. Francis and Mother Teresa, it shows the evolution is going well and that there is hope for humanity, but this monster knows with absolute certainty – the success of hope for the entire world is far, far, into the worlds future, but there is time, lots and lots of time.
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Hope
To have found, known, and lost the feeling
To realize what is only to know what is,
is real.
So easy to say empty words full of real meaning
Well intentions
Proud thoughts
Ambitions left with a yawning pit…
So easy to find fault and see reason
A world filled with that which seems to never change –
Anger, rage, evil…
Can hope really exist?
The answer shown and given by many in the past, present and future
The true answer is,
yes.
David Bowie was an excellent artist. He even did well in some of the movies he appeared in. The troll king he portrayed was excellent.
The following song is one I enjoy.
As I sit here listening to it for the millionth time a poem comes to mind that will be written regarding a tooth that broke in this shells mouth today. Most interesting, about 1/5 of the tooth cracked off like an iceberg calving a large chunk of ice.
It did not hurt at first but now it throbs as the root nerve is exposed. Makes a person wonder what they did in the old days…oh wait, they pulled out the tooth, or tried. Sometimes some of the root remains in the gum to cause infection, pain, and death.
It will be interesting to see if the doc pulls the remains or caps the tooth. I think a chainsaw would do nicely, though that might mess up this ugly mug even more so than it is.
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Toothy Humor
Crack goes the enamel as the body falls into pieces
Once strong, the next broken and weak
If only and then played back in the mind,
again and again.
Chew lightly instead of loudly
Run the food through a metal detector or have a taste tester taste
Wonder if it was some kind of revenge.
It is of no matter as the body does not matter
as it decomposes
leaving only dry bones, a skull, and broken teeth to show a world
another shells remains.
a poem:
Living between asleep and awake
Top blanket; mattress, while the floor creaks.
Dust to blow on all seen and unseen
Reality
Fantasy…
Voices whisper unheard
Unheard becomes a torrent of sound
For some there is crazy, insane
For me, there is the dust to blow on all…
seen and unseen.
(silence)
Reading this morning a piece with the above title. It was a long written piece written by a short minded soul.
Read another piece:
Pope Francis speaks during an audience with diplomats accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings, at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)
Pope Francis came out Monday and condemned radical Islamist attacks as “homicidal madness” and urged political authorities to seek peace not only for their own citizens, but for the world.
In remarks to the Vatican diplomatic corps, Francis said, “Sadly, we are conscious that even today, religious experience, rather than fostering openness to others, can be used at times as a pretext for rejection, marginalization and violence,” adding:
I think particularly of the fundamentalist-inspired terrorism that in the past year has also reaped numerous victims throughout the world: in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, the United States of America, Tunisia and Turkey. These are vile acts that use children to kill, as in Nigeria, or target people at prayer, as in the Coptic Cathedral of Cairo, or travelers or workers, as in Brussels, or passers-by in the streets of cities like Nice and Berlin, or simply people celebrating the arrival of the new year, as in Istanbul.
“We are dealing with a homicidal madness which misuses God’s name in order to disseminate death, in a play for domination and power,” he continued.
Francis appealed to “all religious authorities to join in reaffirming unequivocally that one can never kill in God’s name.”
“Fundamentalist terrorism is the fruit of a profound spiritual poverty, and often is linked to significant social poverty,” he said. “It can only be fully defeated with the joint contribution of religious and political leaders.”
Francis said religious authorities are obliged to teach “love of neighbor,” while political authorities should safeguard the right to religious freedom and to recognize “religion’s positive and constructive contribution to the building of a civil society.”
The pope urged political leaders to prevent conditions that can serve as “fertile terrain for the spread of forms of fundamentalism,” through “social policies aimed at combating poverty,” policies that reflect “the importance of the family” and “a major investment in the areas of education and culture.”
Francis urged leaders to work for peace not just in war-torn parts of the world, but also in Europe, which he said is “experiencing a decisive moment in its history” as it grapples with terrorist attacks and the refugee crisis and as it comes to terms with Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Citing Europe’s reunification following World War II, Francis said the continent is “called to rediscover its proper identity” as “a unique opportunity for stability, peace and solidarity between peoples.”
Francis concluded that peace is “a gift, a challenge and a commitment:”
Reading this morning what has been known since humanity gained awareness of self: Ignorance.
There is much power in thought, in words, in action. What is done in the heat of the moment is either quickly forgotten, fed upon, or embraced only to eventually be quickly forgotten or changed…
It is good humanity strives to evolve as evolve it will. Is it bad that humanity embraces it’s ignorance…
(silence)
How would you answer the last question? With defiance? With peaceful thoughts that the writer is itself, ignorant?
History is filled with unlimited amounts of examples pertaining to humanities ignorance in all areas: Religion, God, Love, Hate, War, Science…Everything that humanity is is and does contain a balanced/unbalanced evolutionary layers of ignorance and truth.
What is truth?
(silence. birds fly by and a fog bank touches the hillside)
What is your answer?
The answer is: Whatever it is you embrace at the moment and moments are fleeting. Your answer may change with time or remain the same.Does that make it ‘real’ truth or only truth that you make real? To know real truth one must deny ignorance and sadly for all humans, ignorance is a part of the body as much as legs, arms, head, and soul…
Recently I read a poem from a poet pertaining to his version of truth written as his mind saw it.Was he ‘right’ or ‘wrong’? Is the Pope ‘right’ or ‘wrong’? Is the Catholic church ‘right’ or ‘wrong’? And this confession, what is complicated about it?
(silence as silence is truth)
Confession done with the fullness and awareness of mind, no matter what the situation, no matter the age, situation, setting, religion or lack of, no matter the species, gender, color, no matter…Is Truth or truth.
Below is the Popes prayer followed by comments, comments reflective and representative of the current level of ignorance by a few of those just living the moment. Sad really, but expected of your species.
My confession?
I am a monster through and through.
This, then, is my prayerful hope for the year just begun: that our countries and their peoples may find increased opportunities to work together in building true peace. For its part, the Holy See, and the Secretariat of State in particular, will always be ready to cooperate with those committed to ending current conflicts and to offer support and hope to all who suffer.
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Was listening to NPR yesterday; some islamic dude talking about the danger of islamic radicalisation. The usual tripe: unemployment, poverty, no hope….. And I wanted to yell at him through the radio:
The reason they can do this is because your religion does not teach that it is wrong to murder people.
So, once they’ve fallen through all these stages; no job…., no money….. no hope….. When they get to the bottom, there’s no underlying, foundational teaching from your religion that tells them that MURDER IS WRONG. When they get to the bottom, there’s nothing to stop them.
Every other religion in the world, except islam, teaches that it is wrong to murder.
And to think that islam is the religion that liberals love.
uhhh, duhhhh.
Pope Francis is right about all the killing in the name of God it’s got to stop, But that’s wishful thinking, due to the fact that, killing in the name of God has been going on for centuries. But isis and others CAN be brought down. Hopefully more.
I like what the Pope said about terrorism, but what is his position on all of the Muslim refugees flooding Europe? Apparently youthful looking men as old as 30 are claiming to be under 18, so as to get automatic acceptance as unaccompanied children.
I think the Pope final read the end of the Bible and is now putting the Refugees and 2 and 2 together.
He might want to back track on his Refugee stance.
It uses a god’s name, not THE God’s name. I don’t like the context put forth here. What they worship is the arab moon god who was based on a Babylonian god of the same name. That is historical fact, not opinion.
I agree with the Pope but what he said is Captain Obvious. But since the Pope said it maybe the obvious will reveal itself to more people.
Pope Francis came out Monday and condemned radical Islamist attacks as “homicidal madness” and urged political authorities to seek peace not only for their own citizens, but for the world.
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So easy an Obama could have done it…..but will not because he is a sympathizer.Good Points by the Pope.
p.s. does anyone find it interesting that the ’terror’ has been going on for years,
and in early 2017 (after a U.S. election, and the recent outcome), the current Pope makes that evidentiary public comment?
(perhaps bo’$ untold stranglehold has been loosened up at the Vatican …and it might speak up, more truly and holy. It just did.An update to the encyclical Laudato Si, could be enlightening and refreshing too (sans parts of paragraph 23:…. ’A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events”…..)
imho
Yes, we need to respect the Pope and yes, like other humans he is not perfect and the Popes’ infallibility pertains to understanding and conveying to us Christs’ understanding’s. (not pol. science)
Pope Francis is just stating the obvious.
Then why the ”Hell” does he seem to support every leftist effort!?
Feeble Catholisism
Peace is not in these Muslim animals vocabulary ! We must eradicate them !
Peace is not in their mindset either.
Pope Francis the ping pong pope, bounces back and forth.
As Christians we are not told to ’work for peace’, but to keep the peace granted us from God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Of course it begins with believing on Jesus as Lord and embracing His Resurrection. If one is willing to accept that ”peace” means a cessation of strife between two entities, then the Christian is at peace with God spiritually at the point of the new birth. Practically, peace is achieved when Christians endeavor ’keep the unity in the bond of peace.’ True peace is not available with Islam as they reject Jesus as Lord, nor do they believe that God 1) has a Son, let alone the Son of God, Nor do they accept 2) God raised Jesus from the dead. There can be no true accord with them; tolerance is the best one can hope for, but then, how tolerant is radical Islam lately?
Peace for too many people means that you get to capitulate to their demands and/or views. The recent election is an excellent example of this, given the Michael Moore’s of the country and their willingness to accept the election results.Few devout Catholic I know personally place much trust in their Pope…
And I have absolutely no trust in the Padre .What Francis calls “homicidal madness”, I call islam.
Glad the Pope finally called this ’ movement ’ was it is : homicidal madness wrapping itself in a flag of Islam. The videos that these sick savages use to ’ recruit ’ would only attract psychos to their so-called ’ cause .’ That in itself proves what this jihadi movement really is : a Satanic , Dysfunctional Movement of Homicidal Psychos.
The Pope Lives in dreamland.
Francois, albeit it’s my confirmation name. Here is another beast: ton saint patron aimait les animaux ET les animaux l’aimaient. C’est un autre genre D’animaux qui sont tues pour leur fourrure. Leur idee de salut est de tuer ces soit disant animaux.
…do I need to translate?
I’ll give you some time Trolls.
No, Francis, that is not ”homicidal madness”. It is actually called Islam. Try reading what the Koran and Hadith actually say and you’ll see that it is not peaceful in the slightest.
Yeah, Europe has a real problem with widows and orphans.
yep, not a SINGLE working age man there. Dont know where they all went to…
Who is the Secretariat of State?
The 2nd ranking official at the Vatican.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=18893
That would be a horse of a different color…?
The Pope is also calling for a reform of the International Financial System, putting it all under one central monetary authority. Now there’s a good idea…..
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-09/pope-francis-now-international-monetary-guruFatheroftwo on Jan 9, 2017 6:03 pm said…
’International Financial System, putting it all under one central monetary authority’
”The second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name”Quite certain, reforming to an International Financial system is not part of this Pope’s job description. It becomes more apparent why the good Pope Benedict ”resigned”, the globalists needed a new face sympathetic to their agenda.
Two : Think the Pope should stick to advising mankind on man’s spiritual life and leave economics to the economists .
Yeah what could possibly go wrong with that?!?!?! (sarc off) Give the globalists more control and take more control away from We The People, uh, no. Never. Just look at what’s happening to the EU right now–it’s disintegrating under the weight of their generations of social justice programs and “European-style socialism”.
Don’t trust him. Wait for the other shoe (the left one) to drop.
You CAN’T cure extremism with a Government program, but you CAN cure extremism with several hundred thousand degree temperatures!
Lead poisoning is a known cure as well.
He gets it right every once in a while. Wonder why this time?
This Pope has zero tolerance for Catholic clergy sex scandals and is actually doing something about it. I have a lot of faith in his dedication to preserving peace and I hop that other faith leaders join him.
The Pope encouraged open borders to Europe. The result is hundreds of dead Christians, countless women injured, economic devastation and thousands drowning trying to get to Europe to get welfare.
I respect Catholics and their right to practice their religion. The Pope has set governmental and political policies, which I don’t like.You think!
#BitterBarry had better get him off his high horse.
Hey kinda what the crusades were all about. Everything moves but nothing changes.
When running everyday in the Marine Corps I found the following song to be very inspirational. After listening to it the miles dissolved easily.
Shoelace tied tight
Knee brace in place
Snowstorm and night, a Stockholm road called.
Memories of music, the thunder called
Off to race the police
Faster and faster, until, they stopped me.
“Are you a U.S. Marine?”
Yes
Watching their tail lights fade, filled with laughter and the sounds of thunder.
Robin Lipinski 