Philosophical shift

I would like to announce, that as of now, I fully support gay marriage, as I feel the issue has not been shoved down my throat recently. This is a move from civil unions with all the benefits of marriage, but leaving God out of the matter. I will now fight as hard as I can on the issue in the conservative corner of the GOP. I apologize for my slow move to this position; as a contrarian, the issue would repeatedly be forced upon me, and my contrarian instincts would kick in and I would argue against it. I wish all the LBGTs out there the absolute best of luck. I cannot see in any way how you marrying infringes on the rights endowed upon me by The Creator, or anyone else’s. Go with God, go with peace, good luck to you all. I now stand with you fully on this issue. I’ll do what I can to change the minds of others, but this is something that one has to arrive at oneself, I think. Take care.

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Philosophical shift

I would like to announce, that as of now, I fully support gay marriage, as I feel the issue has not been shoved down my throat recently. This is a move from civil unions with all the benefits of marriage, but leaving God out of the matter. I will now fight as hard as I can on the issue in the conservative corner of the GOP. I apologize for my slow move to this position; as a contrarian, the issue would repeatedly be forced upon me, and my contrarian instincts would kick in and I would argue against it. I wish all the LBGTs out there the absolute best of luck. I cannot see in any way how you marrying infringes on the rights endowed upon me by The Creator, or anyone else’s. Go with God, go with peace, good luck to you all. I now stand with you fully on this issue. I’ll do what I can to change the minds of others, but this is something that one has to arrive at oneself, I think. Take care.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

To those of you who feel alone — who is really alone if there are so many of us who feel alone?

Note: (MM, EHR, TAH)

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Happy Birthday Raymond Joseph Teller!

In honor of the “silent” half of Penn & Teller (listen to Penn’s last podcast, it’s all Teller speaking, and fascinating as hell), a blast from the past:

(Note: Teller’s name is now legally just “Teller”).

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Penn & Teller & Autism & Neuroplasticity

Because neuroplasticity is the shizzle. And so are Penn & Teller.
Ancient Magical Illusion Even More Effective Than Magicians May Realize

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Atlantic Oaks Campground — AWESOME

I just want to take a second here to fulfill a promise I made. I want to thank the proprietors of Atlantic Oaks Campground in Eastham, MA, for helping a weary, cold, family in need during the blizzard. A family with two elderly parents in very fragile healthy. They are GREAT people there. And it’s a beautiful place. If you ever come to Cape Cod, I highly recommend you go there.

Here’s their website, although it currently seems to be down — https://atlanticoaks.com/

I hope I can give them some business, because they are the some of the best people I’ve met down here. And again, it’s stunning over there. I’m not heavy into camping, but I actually thought about doing it looking at the place. If you’re reading this, thank you so much, guys!

 

 

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Back on the market?

So here I am, thinking to myself, it’s been ten years since you last did…anything…with a woman. On purpose. I did this for several reasons. First, I had a couple that got away. Two, exactly, if I’m counting right. Yeah, two. On different continents. LOL. Anyway. I figured, shrug, what’s the use playing the game. It’s just frustrating. There’s no point to it. It’s complicating your life. Screw it.  Plus, you’re overweight, unemployed, you live with your parents, and you have terrible teeth. What woman could possibly resist you? Hehe. I just got tired of the shit. Really did. Plus, due to my condition, I’m kind of a shut-in. I mean, you’d never know it if you met me; I’m very charming and gregarious. Or I at least try to be. Especially since I kicked the booze out of my life.

Anyway, a few months ago, I decided it was time to change my eating habits a little. I had put on a TON of weight because they had me on lithium after the thing ten years ago, and it did absolutely nothing for me except zonk me out — and add weight. Tons of it. 75 lbs, to be precise. Now, it works for a lot of people, so don’t let me turn you off on lithium, okay? Everyone who has problems such as these needs a different combination of pills. It’s merely a chemical imbalance in your brain. You’re not weird, okay? You’re not “crazy”. You just have a chemical imbalance in your brain. Let the imbalance get too far, and you go crazy, yes. And that happened to me. And it took a long time to put myself back together. I’m still doing it. That’s the other thing. I don’t want to burden a woman with someone like me. You know? Moody. Chemically imbalanced. Still smoking, although I’m using almost exclusively a vaporizer now. And the thing is — see my post on playing chess with life — if I’m going to be with a woman, I have to be absolutely ready, because I do NOT plan on divorce. Or leaving her, if she’s not into marriage, once we have a kid. Period. End paragraph. I’m old fashioned. I’m a conservative (conservatrarian). Right. Rambling here. Point is, after I started eating healthier (hey, here’s a trick — diet green tea), without really trying, I dropped 55 pounds. I’m looking really slim again. And I’ve met a couple of interesting women. I don’t know. I feel like there’s a change in the air. I mean, I know I’m relatively good looking, and now that the weight is gone…and I’m almost down to back where I was in college…use it while you got it, right?

Sigh. I don’t know. It’s just that I don’t really give a shit about the whole deal. I dunno. I’m relatively happy now. Do I need to complicate my life with another woman? Because all I’ve gotten is trouble and hurt. Except for a couple of ’em. But most of ’em just ended up sticking it to me in the end. Yeah. You know who you are. Pffffft. Some of you didn’t, and I appreciate that, I do. But you’re all very complicated and you’re all looking to change me, and look, I’m not going to change, okay? This is me. This is what you get. Period. It ain’t gonna change.

Plus, there’s all the games. Look, women, I don’t make the first move. Learn it. I don’t. Period. If you’re a woman and I’m even talking to you, it means I have a tremendous amount of respect for you. Because most of them, I just can’t be bothered with. So just tell me I’m cute, come over, make it clear. ‘kay? No screwing around. No testing me. No waiting for me to make the move. You want me, go for it. Cuz I just do NOT want to play that game. Maybe I’ll go out and fuck with women for a change. Play games with *them*. Lead them on, then just drop them cold. Totally screw with their heads. That would be kinda cool. Getting them back at their own game.

Dunno. Weighing it all. The whole 99 Problems pull is very strong, though. I don’t want to be manipulated. Really. I hate that. I like the fact that without a woman in my life, things are much simpler. And an object at rest tends to stay at rest.

Ah, screw this. I’ll think about it later. I’m going back to Dead Space 3. 🙂

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PlayStation 4 (“Orbis”) Release Announcement on Feb 20th

Well, here we are at the end of the current console cycle (but, hey, if any more games like DeadSpace 3 come out, we’re going out with a bang!). PlayStation is expected to announce the release date of the PlayStation 4, named “Orbis”, on February 20th. Some gaming titles have already leaked…you can find them here:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/playstation-4-games-teased-from-creators-of-heavy-rain-littlebigplanet-and-killzone/

On the XBox front, I’ve heard rumors the “720” is going to be basically controller-less. You will use a headset. I find it a little hard to believe that MSFT would go full-on Kinect-style and lose the controller; they’d drive away many, many hardcore gaming fans. I mean, oddly enough, even though the Kinect, the Move, and the Wii are all struggling a bit, everybody, including Sony, seems to be doubling down on the tech. I find it interesting…but 90% of these things, I mean, look, if I wanted this sort of thing, I’d get off my lazy butt, go get a health club membership, and work out. Or I’d just find someone with a ping-pong table. I know the tech is in its infancy, but these companies need to understand that hardcore gamers like me like the feel of that heavy weighted controller in their hands. Sure, I’m interested in AR and VR stuff, but just let me retain the option to use a controller, eh?

Will post again when I have more news.

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And now for something completely different…

I’m sure you’re all running around with your underwear on top of your head panicking about the Pope. We need a new Pope! Does a Pope resign in the woods? I guess we do the “lock em up and watch the smoke” thing now, right?

Please, please; an appeal for sanity…

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Contact Form Added

Okay, got a request to add a contact form, so I’mma gonna do it, but if ya spam me, it’s going down. 😉 Cheers!

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