| Monday, July 13th, 2009 |
| 4:14 pm |
Art in reds and grays
Art in reds and grays I love CSI. It makes my job so interesting and simple. Thank to shows like that and science men believe only what is in front of them. They only in the evidence, and to someone like me that is so easy to create. ( Read more ) |
| 3:59 pm |
Gentle into that good night
Here is the "finished" version of what I had posted before, I have had it done for a while but didn't feel motivated to post it. Thanks to the few of you who encouraged me. (this was inspired originally by the style of HP Lovecraft) Also while posting this I notice it needs editing, I will be doing that here this week. Mike Gentle into that good night Police interview tape suspect unidentified: In a room with one glaring overhead light and bear walls a small unassuming man sits sweating nervously and wringing his hands. Looking at first the officers then the large mirror set in the wall he gulps dryly his prominent Adams apple bobbing up and down he finally starts to speak in a soft unassuming voice, only slightly deeper than one would expect for his frail looking frame. ( Read more ) |
| 3:39 pm |
I have been thinking for a bit on writing a set of short stories all set in the same world with a similar theme told by different writers. It is just something fun I have wanted to do for a little while with some of my friends. I put this here as a reminder to myself to do it and not sit around on my ass. The idea came to me while discusing working on a comic book with a friend of mine who is an artist, I was trying to convince him to work with me on an online comic that we could do episodic content that would switch to different stories all in the same world and with the same basic premis but all unique and not necessarily related other than world and basic idea. The Idea was this Hunters, in their different forms in a supernatural world. "Gentle, into the night" (I will be posting the "full" version of that one after this) Represents a starting point for two of the hunters I wanted to work with. A pair of werewolves that were tasked with hunting down a rabid Were and dealing with everything that entails. Since I did that one I have written two more with completely different hunters that are unrelated to them in theme, purpose, and style. I will be posting the next one Called "Art in Gray and Red". I like this one while at the same time hating the "protagonist" a great deal. Mainly I am doing this for me but if any of you like it, hate it, or just feel the need to comment or participate in any form feel free. Mike Current Mood:  artistic |
| Thursday, May 14th, 2009 |
| 8:32 am |
Interesting
Anyone else feeling the Chaos crackling through the air? Or is it just me? Current Mood:  curious |
| Thursday, March 19th, 2009 |
| 8:32 am |
Woo Hoo Birthday Time !
I seem to have oddly survived another year of being me. I know I am every bit as shocked and surprised as you are. Anyone in the Greater Cincinnati area tonight come on down to the Dock for the Goth industrial night and laugh as well wishers try and poison me with Alcohol. Hope to see a few of you out. Mike |
| Monday, February 2nd, 2009 |
| 4:04 pm |
my saturday night.
So went to drew B-day party and that was fun even though they made me sing in a round of rock band. (Tenacious D's Master Exploder I got a 96% it was awesome) All that was fun, then I drove home, and the night turned weird and suckey. On my way back from Drew's place I was the first on the scene at a nasty car accident between 2 Mini-vans. There were 2 bodies lying in the road in spreading pools of blood, at first I thought they were dead, Not something I was prepared to come upon like that at 1 something in the morning. When I got there the accident was maybe 20 to 30 seconds old and from my car it looked like niether of the guys laying in the road were moving. Got out calling 911 and went to check on the guys, while I was doing this more people showed up luckily one of them was a nursing student. While we waited for EMS to show the one guy (Hugging a beer to his chest) was making some gurgling sounds and was having trouble breathing, I had to keep people from moving him too much, from the twisted rag doll position he was laying in it looked like there was a good chance he had a spinal injury. Once the Cops and ems got there they asked a lot of questions that no one could answer and cleaned up the 2 guys that were laying in the road, the one (Looked like he was the driver) was moving around on the ground on his own but the other one (guy with the beer) looked like the passenger in the one mini-van. The lady from the other mini-van. Seemed to be in better shape. Broken leg, broken arm, and some busted ribs. she at least was awake the whole time. anyway I am mainly ranting to get this out of my system. Current Mood:  weird |
| Friday, January 30th, 2009 |
| 12:28 pm |
On economics and spin.
We are now in a Depression. I am calling it since they will not, just like they would not admit that we were in a recession until after we were over a year in. Why am I calling it a depression? Simple, this is the worst the us economy has been since the great depression. But Mike it's not as bad as the great depression yet so how can we be in a depression. It does not have to be a Category 5 storm to be a hurricane, and it does not have to be the great Depression to be a Depression. All the numbers we are now seeing point to a full blow economic depression especially if you look at the numbers a little more closely. Just an example, Jobless rates: this number is crap and useless, it counts only new jobless claims and those collecting unemployment. Once you have gone beyond the 6 months covered by unemployment you are not counted. once you have given up you are not counted. So if you add in those numbers (and they are growing daily) our adjusted unemployment is most likely 10 to 12%. You add to that the fact that we have under-adjusted pay to match the rising costs of everything and you have an uglier and uglier picture. Why is this important? Because as long as we are being deluded by the whitewashed picture we will not realize how bad we are screwed and we will not do what we need to do to get better. Sadly I don't know what the fix is here. What we need is better pay for the people that work, and a chance at work for everyone who wants it. and at a good pay. We do not need more minimum wage jobs, we need real jobs that a real person or family can live off of. I currently have some hope that this new administration has noticed all the same problems that seem so blatantly obvious to so many of us, and seem to want to do something real about it. Tax cuts are nice I love them but they will not help a single person who is not working they will not create jobs, all they really do is let those who have keep more. New jobs though will give more people a chance to have money and with it they can spend that money and in doing so help create demand for products and services this will lead to greater manufacturing and more service jobs. We have tried and failed with trickle down. (Rich people do not let money go, so there is very little down in that, more like a damn) This new plan looks like a bottom up approach which is how a steady structure is built. I hope it works. I really do. Mike Current Mood:  contemplative |
| Monday, January 19th, 2009 |
| 10:33 am |
On science and faith and the war inbetween
Is it fear that makes people of faith attack anything that goes against what they believe? That kind of thinking leads to Jihad, and Jihad leads to Genocide. All over what you believe. What a waste of faith that is. **************************************** The above is something I posted in an argument about evolution. Below is what I want to say at least here where I can explain more of what I believe. **************************************** What I find personally appalling and irritating, is the behavior of these same groups when it comes to us "Playing God" They seem to not only want us to not look back but also not look forward. No evolution and no development. We will one day be able to do most things only attributed to the Gods of old (That includes the ones of the monotheists). Making life from scratch is close, Designing life to our needs or wants is already here. Soon we will be able to change ourselves to fit our own needs or wants. What I do not understand is why this scares people so much. If you believe then that is a wonderful thing. I believe, but what I believe is this. If there is a God (Or Goddess or Noodley one) out there and they made us, then as a species they would be like a parent. What sort of parent would want us to always life in fear and ignorance? What parent does not hope and dream that their child will one day grow to the point that they can be at least their equal or more. If you Deity is so petty that they want their "Children" to stay babies forever then they do not seem to be worthy of your worship. And if they made you only to be their unthinking slave maybe we need to grow up to the point were we can throw them down. Children learn by playing, it is one of the fastest ways to learn, so I say play god. Its the only way I can see us learning how to become gods ourselves. Current Mood: contemplative |
| Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 |
| 9:57 pm |
Think I broke my ankle
Walking down the sidewalk with 2 drinks in my hands and got distracted. Then I twisted my ankle and there was a wet crunching sound and lot O pain. Think I Broke it. It is wrapped up and I took a bunch of Advil. If it still feels like this in the morning I am going to the hospital. Driving home then walking from my Car HURT! I will keep you all updated. |
| Monday, October 20th, 2008 |
| 1:41 pm |
Back in town
Rolled back into town at 6:30 Am Crashed. Then around 8 AM the construction outside of my place started up. There is a huge ass crane outside of my window. I may be incoherent from lack of sleep today. |
| Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 |
| 10:40 am |
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| Saturday, September 27th, 2008 |
| 3:40 pm |
http://jeffblack.newsvine.com/_question/2008/09/26/1919787-who-won-the-presidential-debateI used to be on the debate team in high school ( I know I am soo cool it hurts you to know me) If during a debate you site there and huff and laugh and grunt while your opponent is talking it does not reflect badly on them but on you. I think Sen. McCain should probably look into that little bit of debate etiquette. If you did not watch it please do yourself a favor and go watch it online, I think it clearly shows who the people involved are. |
| Friday, September 19th, 2008 |
| 11:53 am |
Arrr!!
Arrr Ye know what today be. So Avast ye scurvy dog, and prepare to have yer wenches boarded. And to all ye fine lasses Yer booty shivers me timbers. I'm off to sail the sees of technology. No server be safe from my wrath. |
| Monday, August 18th, 2008 |
| 3:22 pm |
Me == No hair
Shaved my head This is a short term thing but turned out way less bizarre looking than I thought it would. So on the positive side if I ever start going bald I know that this is a viable option for me.  Current Mood: quixotic |
| Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |
| 10:58 am |
On politics
It is just beginning I want to write about something here that I almost never write about. Politics. I feel weary from all of the crap that has been flying around the net. I have seen raging madness and hate flung about in a delusional manner by a lot of people on all sides but I have to give the win her with the supporters of Senator Clinton. I was never going to vote for Hillary Clinton. Ever. This has nothing to do with her being a woman. Women are just as capable as men of being leaders and just because none have led this country yet does not in any way mean that they are incapable, it just means that in a lot of ways we are a bit backward. And that the right woman has not come forward. Hillary is not and will not be the right person for the job. She lost because of the person she is not because she is a woman. Were there people that voted against her because she is a woman? Yes I am sure that there are some backward little boys in men’s bodies that felt threatened by her. There were also many women that voted for her just because she is a woman. In my mind that is just as bad, it is sexist. Just because you are female does not mean that you are incapable of being sexist, and voting for someone just because they are a woman is just as sexist as voting against a woman for the same reason. Were there people that voted against Barak because he is a mixed race individual? Yes there is sadly video documentation that this is the case. Racism is an ugly thing that I really wish was gone from our world but it exists. And just like with Hillary I am sure that there were people that voted for him only because he is part African American. That is also racism. What I wished had happened was that people voted for the candidate because they thought that the person was the best choice for the job, that the person will be the countries best hope for the future, our best hope to get out of the political shit hole that they are going to inherit. Whoever gets the job is going to have a HUGE hole to dig themselves out of, this will be a thankless job and whoever gets it is screwed for a minimum of the first two years and possibly for their entire term. We are in a war in Iraq that we should have never started (and made us take resources from the war in Afghanistan that we had a reason and a morally defensible reason to wage.). Our Economy is in the shitter and the outlook is getting worse, we are dependant on foreign countries and enslaved to major corporations. Our health is determined on a cost/benefit analysis spreadsheet and our researchers are denied the ability to cure anything. This and so much more is what our next president will inherit. I pity that person. That person will have to do all of this for a country that seems to be willing to be lead about by simple fear and an inability to see through fairly transparent Hype. The sadist testimony to our country is that the best place to find out the truth and a balanced viewpoint on Television is hosted on a Comedy channel on cable. I am not where I started out on this rant but then that is sadly the nature of rants. Let me get to the point. What we need to do people is we need to think for ourselves. We need to use our brains for this, that is the organ that is designed to do the thinking , not the heart, not skin , and not your gonads. I will admit that in my life all of these things have steered me. I have had someone’s outward appearance deceive me, have had lust override my thinking waking mind, and I have been stirred to emotions so raging that I thought I would burst and have them overwhelm me. But we need to learn to not always live that way. The worth of a person is not in the color of their skin or in the gender they were born, or in what the circumstance of their birth is. It is in their words and deeds. What we really need today is for everyone to prove their worth in words and deeds, ALL of us not just our elected leaders. For to long we have had the attitude of elect them then forget it. Once we have finished our dirty business in the voting booth our responsibility and our duty is over. This is the attitude that has been taught to us to allow those in power to do as they wish. THIS CAN NOT CONTINUE. No matter who you voted for or will vote for or against, make sure you do it with your mind, not your skin, heart, or you gonads. And no matter who is elected we must still act as a people to make this world in general and our country in specific great. We are looking at a hard time ahead no matter who wins in November. Lets not put it all on one person let us instead all stand up and take a small part of the burden of making this world a better place, and if ANYONE gets in the way be they a politician or corporation or a religious leader, then push them aside and go forward anyway. We can no longer rely on our elected (whether with a vote or with money) leaders be the only decision makers when it comes to our future. I expect that this post will generate me some shit. I don’t really give a damn. I have said here at least part of what I believe needs to be said, you can agree or disagree. Maybe you will have a point I have not considered in this, if so maybe your persuasive argument will change my position on something. I doubt it, but as I am a fully functioning sentient being I can adapt to new information as it is presented to me. That is not “flip flopping” by the way it is called thinking and adapting. And if our ancestors could not do that then we would all still live in caves eating cold meat because we sure as hell would not use that fire crap that Ugg in the other valley was telling us about. I hope at least one persons mind is at least a little stirred by this. Mike Current Mood:  awake |
| Monday, April 28th, 2008 |
| 10:26 am |
Travel log Chi Town
Headed up to Chicago on Friday pulled into town about 4 pm their time ( 5 pm here) Went out with Dusty and his girlfriend Kristen. Had a good time at a Karaoke bar drank a lot. Saturday I did something I have never done the other 10 times I have been there. I went sight seeing. Took the L downtown and just walked in random directions and looked for interesting things to do and see. I found plenty to keep me entertained, I even saw a Movie star leaving the place I went to for lunch downtown. It was the guy that played Wormtail in the harry Potter movies and was just in Sweeny Todd. That night we went out to the bars (club Exit and another one I can not remember the name of) and ended up heading back to his place at 5 30 in the morning their time ( 6 30 here) slept for about 4 hours then headed back to cinci. Had a great time but I am beat. No I did not go home and sleep like a smart or sane person would have, as soon as I got into town i headed over to Drew's place and played a game I am a part of. then after that I met up with Kristin and went drinking. All in all a great weekend but I am feeling it at work today. Mike Current Mood:  sleepy |
| Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 |
| 8:46 am |
Greatest holiday in the world
That would be today. My birthday. That is all. Mike PS anyone in town on Thursday the 20th I will be at the club drinking heavily and being chauffeured about so please come down and have some fun. Current Mood:  cheerful |
| Monday, February 11th, 2008 |
| 8:57 am |
My phone is F'd Up
To those of you who have my phone # and try to call me. The damn thing is not working properly. Some times it rings some times it doesn't and some times I can call out some times I can't. let me tell you it is all kinds of special. So what does this mean for you. Nothing unless you are trying to call me. if you are and I do not answer don't get pissed just leave me a voice mail. I should still be able to check those (At least from my work phone) As of this Friday this should no longer be an issue. I am planning on getting a new damn phone thanks to this crap. |
| Friday, August 31st, 2007 |
| 3:19 pm |
Book so far
I will not be doing these all the time but I just wanted to give a heads up. I started the book on Tuesday. Today is Friday Do far I have all the main Characters most of the supporting cast and background information and I have the outline for the first 26 chapter finished it all comes out to only 9 pages so far, but once I have the outline and whole story mapped out everything should speed up. Seems to me that I am going a little slow but I have no one to compare this to. So any of you writer types feel free to give me an idea of how sadly slow I am. I figure there is only about 4 to hours of work so far. Current Mood:  determined |
| Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 |
| 4:01 pm |
My first novel
Well I have decided to finally take the leap and start working on my first novel. It is going to be an odd mix of things (quite like me). So wish me luck and feel free to regularly goad me on. Mike P.s. Go and read my short story in my (myspace) blog and let me know what you think (good or bad). The novel will be on a different subject than that, but I am thinking on writing one someday based off of that story. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=372823&blogID=104007255 Current Mood: determined |
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