Christmas, Respect, Tolerance. Where is it All?

First, I'd like to thank anybody reading this. You're all too kind.

This time of year, is a time of reflection. I want to reflect on the subject of Respect and Tolerance, if nobody objects. I always was taught that you give respect out of out of courtesy, to a person's right to live as they see fit, even if they don't agree with your life or you don't agree with their's.  Lately though, that has seemed to have gone out the window with the baby's bath water, as this year- 2016, draws to a close. Now I won't go on with names or blames, but I will tell a story.

A Christian-faithed (note I don't say "Religion"), young Gentleman, of Filipino and Caucasian descent, keeps company of a Wiccan, for a Best Friend, and fell for an Atheist, whom he loved. Which one do you think showed more "Tolerance" for the young man's beliefs? The answer's obvious here... The Wiccan BFF. The Atheist soon found her escape from a chap who was nothing but empathetic and honest with her. The Young Man doesn't regret but one thing though, and that's that she revealed too much at the end, causing the Young Man to lose the last of his old respect for her.

Too many times does "Tolerance" comes with "Conditions" in this day and age. Isn't the point of "Tolerance" to Respect the Rights of Others and Other's Right to Live as they see fit for themselves and have it returned in kind- not as condition but courtesy? I find this hard- that in order for "Tolerance" to be real, to say a person won't bake a cake on principal is okay for one chap, but not for another, That's not "Tolerance," that's "Hypocrisy!"  Instead of being reasonable and finding another bakery, people whine, cry, and file lawsuits. That's like a Spoiled-Rotten Child crying, when they don't get their way... No, that's exactly what it is! Instead of Maturity and Respect of an Individual Person's Rights, People go out and actually do this. It's plain boar wild Crazy!

Longing to tie this all up, resentment at all ways of believing or not believing as like yourself is astounding and dumbfounding. An Atheist can go on for days on how "Religion" and "Superstition" is the inciter of Violence. They can bring up the Crusades, Pol Pot, and Adolf Hitler. Quickly do they forget Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un. Not to mention, Fidel Castro (a lot of praise, for healthcare and education, but have we forgotten about the REAL Criminals- Rapists, Murderers, et cetera, released to our southern shores of Florida, during the Mariel Boat Lift?). You can't say "Religion" and "Superstition," incites "Violence," when you have Atheists with so much blood on their hands. I knew an Atheist, who'd fight every religious group who comes to the college's campus, and even go out of their way to perform lewd acts in front of places of Worship. Good Grief! Find me an Atheist who doesn't go out of their way to argue about beliefs, and respects each person's right to live as each see's fit, and I'll buy you AND the Atheist, a slice of Pizza and a Bowl of Gelato!

I guess a lot of people, expect either something in return for their something, or something for nothing. Instead, do what ever act you do, especially "Respect" and "Tolerance," with an attitude of "Hey, I'll do it not for anything but my own self." If you don't and can't "Respect" and "Tolerate" your own self, then how can you do it to Others?  How can you "Respect" and "Tolerate" other people, if you can't "Respect" and "Tolerate" your own personal self? You couldn't to save your life. Find your self-respect, find your self-tolerance, and the rest is easy as pie. Find ten (10) good things about yourself, that are tolerable and respectable. You'd be surprised at how much it can change your whole outlook on your life. Even if you can't find ten, how many ever you were able to find, is certainly better than none at all. You've got to start looking on the "Bright Side of Life" Millennials, Gen X, and All People really!

In closing, I'd like to wish you all a Happy Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Happy Kwanzaa, and a Merry New Year in 2017. The year 2016 was a "Hot Mess" for lack of better terms. Let us heal and hope for the best. Life, Liberty, Civil Rights and Progress, will ALL Continue, regardless of who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 20500. So everybody calm down, and don't worry... Be Happy!

I'm NO Bloody Millennial!

I'm Pissed-Off to the Hilt! While I just came away with a nice haul of model trains, books, and buildings from the Boeing Model Train Show, it sure ain't no consolation to how I feel about my generation. I'm disgusted at my generation's attitude over Donald J. Trump, being the United States of America's 45th President! You burn your New Ballance shoes- a good chunk of which are made by Your Fellow Countrymen and Countrywomen, you destroy Downtown Portland, and you ALL declare that "It's the end of My Country." NEWSFLASH, it's not just "Your Country," it's ALL of Our Country! Are you ALL Self-Centered and BLEEDING BATSHIT CRAZY?!

(Source: AdWeek)

This is RIDICULOUS, but then again, it's Portland, Oregon, and anybody from Washington State, knows Oregon has a lot of crazies (the Mahareshi comes to mind!).

 (Source: NBC News)

I'm Autistic, I've blogged about being on the spectrum before, but just last Wednesday, I heard my fellow Autistic Classmates, declaring they'll flee to Ireland, England, et cetera. True, I was considering Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, but my Grandfather talked me out of it, instead sticking around, and Helping- For Better, or For Worse. I'll call all- who declared they'll flee, as a bunch of yellow-bellied, snake-sniped, pride-less, complaining disgraces, to the land that fostered such great legends as Nikola Tesla, Howard Hughes, Alexander Graham Bell, Susan B. Anthony, Charles M. Schultz, Ray Bradbury, Henry J. Kaiser, William E. Boeing, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Westinghouse, Albert Einstein Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Jessie Owens, Temple Grandon, James Ward Packard, Ransom Eli Olds, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robbinson, Jim Thorpe William Francis Gibbs, Francis Scott Key, Scott Joplin, Janis Joplin, John Wayne, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Norman Rockwell, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Page, George Washington Carver, Bruce Lee, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Betty Davis, F. Nelson Blount Betsy Coleman, Amelia Earhart, Amy Tan, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Gordon Varney, Irv Athearn, Joshua Lionel Cohen, Neil Young, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Will Rogers, and many, many more greats! Take some pride in your country, make the change you want to see, and don't go destroying the world around you! Ask not what Your Country can Do for you, but Ask, what You can Do for Your Country, because the Only Thing We have to Fear, is FEAR ITSELF! Life will go on, and your destructive behavior, will only hurt your own future!

Oh how I want to tie up the Hog-Wild, Crazy Nutters right now...

Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," had a "Hobo Camp of Intellectuals" and they were all living books. Montag became "The Book of Ecclesiastes." I'm sort of a living testament, of legendary ideas, common sense, and valuing not only old ways, things, et cetera, but the wisdom of the past, and the people I've met, throughout my short life. So I'll be staying behind, if and/or when people flee, but on the other hand, Crow will become a Necessary and Staple Dish, for those humbled, if things don't turn out as bad as they think.

I DON'T like this election any better than ANYONE else- regardless of Political Affiliation. I'm DAMN HAPPY it's OVER. I'm PO-ed at the Millennial Generation that's Playing right into the hands of Soros' Plot, destroying and throwing the BIGGEST DAMN temper tantrum, in the HISTORY of the USA! This isn't how Bernie Sanders would WANT Things! I'm so pissed, that the next ONE-HUNDRED and Sixty-Seven Days, I hope will be the DAMN best One-Hundred and Sixty-Seven Days, ANY BLOODY HELL-FIRED President EVER HAD! Thank you Tori, for this wonderful post. Now, Millennials, GET OVER IT, and actually make the changes, you want to see in your country, NOT ACTUALLY DESTROY IT- you're being more destructive, than DRUMPF could EVER BE, to your Own DAMN Futures!!! God bless you, and God Bless America!

In conclusion, I'm ashamed to be classified as a "Millennial" and I REFUSE the DAMN Title. It's shameful, because of the few who have given the masses a rotted, reviled, sour and grotesque name. If anyone calls me a "Millennial," they're asking for a whirlwind crossfire hurricane, of a cross between a Barbed Wire Fence, Loose Cannons, a Steamroller Going Down a Hill, and a Battleship full of Wit and Fire! It all depends though, on how much mercy I have, and the circumstances behind why I was called such a derogotory term...

 #Millennials #Election2016 #GiveMEaBreak #Civics101 #BernieSanders #FeeltheBERN 
#GETOVERIT #GodBlessYou #GodBlessAmerica #GodSaveAmerica #ImNODAMNMillennial #VulgarityisNoSubstituteforWit #TalkinBoutMyGeneration

A Rant for a Friend: The Musical

*Note: I own NO rights to the Images and/or Music in this Post. I just am using it to make a Point...

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Recently, a friend of mine and I, just had lunch, and afterword, I walked away with a sad view of the state of things. If anything, I couldn't believe how messed up things were; I couldn't believe, that so many things could blow up, fall through, be misread, et cetera. The age we live in, lacks so much horse sense, I seriously keep coming back to the idea of living in a little hamlet in the sticks, to gain peace and sanity, upon the completion of my education. Then again, I better check what kind of internet connections they have, before deciding on the matter.

Let's start with something easy, "Misread Signals." The Friend I just had lunch, separated from a friend he had a complicated relationship with. He originally had one of these "No Strings Attached" relationships (NSA), with her. But about Six or so months back, he told her that he Loved her. In hindsight, he realized that the girl was very, very bad at reading subtexts in situations (she mistook an offer of sharing some Wonka "Nerds" candy, as an insult, calling her a "Nerd." He was just offering some candy to share.). She told him she wasn't ready for "love," but she didn't really realize, that he was saying "I'm done with this NSA stuff, I want a serious relationship with you." And things degraded over the next six months, with the awkward arrangement continuing, until an incident happened, and she used it as a parting of the ways, even though what he did, was not anywhere meriting a comparison to the Two to Three Years of Psychological Abuse, she was put through, by her last "boyfriend." She wasn't innocent in the situation either, but in retrospect, my friend said that "...It was just one in a long line of abuse she's faced in her life, ranging from unethical doctors and treatments, to poor treatment by pious folk, to physical violation, to psychological violation by boyfriends and parents. She's embittered from her experiences, and she has every right to decide how to handle it, in spite of the fact that she's more than able to change the paradigm and rise above it all, she still continues to wallow in it." He gave her the most understanding face he could, when she stated that "It would take a long time for her to build trust in him again," and that she wanted to explore more, try and lure one of two guys she liked in her physics classes at their community college, make female friends, et cetera. However, he realizes that he was more of a doormat to lay her problems on, in the whole relationship. He gave her support, usable tools of advice, and the proverbial and literal "shoulder to cry on," all with civility, calm, and stregnth. He rarely, if ever, put sever personal burdens at her feet, but at the end of the day, he was a doormat. He doesn't want anything to do with her anymore, not because of guilt, but because he doesn't want to be on egg shells, being brought down, or any other mess, associated with her. He's now free to "...be as political, faithful, civil, uncivil, blunt, high-brow, and most of all, his true and horse-sense, common-sense self, as he wants to be!" At one point, a week or so ago, he was at an early Halloween Dance. He was hoping that she would be there, and somehow, they would make up. She didn't show. He hoped for something, in the vein of... Give a hand, for the music Eddie Money:

That didn't happen, and worse over, the DJ didn't play "Thriller." He played plenty of Michael Jackson, but NO "Thriller!" What kind of Halloween Dance (since the 1980's), doesn't have "Thriller" played during the course of the event? He had plenty of Michael Jackson, a bit of Bruno Mars, Eurythmics, even some "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." from Aretha, but NO "Thriller"? What kind of DJ is he? Especially since he, according to my friend, had played it in past dances! He snapped himself back into a re-assertive self, and brushed off the dashed hopes, then went to Denny's, dressed as a Greaser- none-the-less!

Back to the main topic though, applauding the surface, I'm more than delighted in the fact that he told her what she wanted to hear, to rest her conscience, then does an about-face, and has now cut her entirely from everything. He doesn't even say "hello" in passing. He's dropped her like a stone, and what does it feel like to him...? Ladies and Gentlemen, the incomparable, the soulful, the powerful... Adele:

My friend also said that "...He's with me, not voting for any of the Presidential Candidates, rather focusing up to Congerss. He also told me that he wouldn't be voting for either of the gubernatorial candidates either." Both are in favor of "Bus Rapid Transit," instead of a North-South Rail Line, paralleling 4/5th's of King County's "I-405," and instead, the King County Council, and their Mercedes-Benz driving, Eco-Fascist Hypocrites, backed by "Big Tech," is making essentially a "Heroine Highway" trail system from Milton, Washington, all the way to Mount Vernon, while Transportation, Social, and Economical policies, favor "Big Tech," and we the common man, have no seats at the Sound Transit Table, and Sound Transit is becoming more and more a "Rich Man's Toy." Now we're being asked to pay for the Rich Man's new "Train Set," that will take a Quarter Century to Build, and Go NOWHERE useful, while the common man, gets "Bus Rapid Transit," the Heroin Problem gets worse, the Homeless Issue is about to go Critical Mass, Race Relations are Souring and they're all just twiddling their thumbs, with their heads in the sands of their Private Beaches around the more affluenzic shores of Lake Washington! Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for Barry McGuire: 

My Advice, to my Friends, vote by conscience, vote up to Congress, to make true change, to beans with the Presidential Election- The Electoral College will do as it will, unless you're Kevin Costner, screw the Gubernatorial Candidates in Washington State, vote NO on Prop. 1/Sound Transit's ST3 budget, Vote Yes on 1464- to find out who's really paying for Political Ads, and pray for a miracle on November 8th!

In closing, that was a good lunch between me and my friend. We saw eye-to-eye on a lot, and thank goodness for it. We later saw and joined a flash-mob dance party, jamming to some sweet tunes. I close this musical with some Up-Beat fun. And now, put your hands together, for Mark Ronson, and Bruno Mars!:

 

That's my Soap Box for the week. Thanks for Reading.

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Fin

(~Fictus~)

Life: Should be Sought. Relationships: Should be cared for. Growth: Should be Life-Long. Self: Should be taken care of, first.

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A word of the wise in this day and age: if you ever consider an NSA (No Strings Attached) Relationship, they're not worth it. If you find someone you really fancy, and you resort to that, as a relationship starts, you're making a damned fool of yourself. I see it too often. It may last for a while, but in the end, you end up just a mess, and many a time, you lose a person worth fighting for. Once, a guy I know tried to stop the NSA he had with a girl, so he could give her a proper relationship, by getting up the nerve to tell her he loved her. She wasn't ready for those words, that meant so much to him (her last relationship had ended badly), so he continued unwillingly with the NSA- the informal relationship they had started with. He wanted to be serious, but unwillingly, he accepted reality. A few months later, they had a falling out. She told him, that she wanted him around, as a friend, not closing the door on a future relationship. (She's now trying to woo two boys in her physics classes into being interested!) He told her what she wanted to hear, but he told me, as far as he's concerned, the door be as well closed.

The fallout was bad enough, that he can't trust himself in any sort of relationship with her again, friend, lover, or otherwise; he tried, gave himself, but it wasn't enough. He's accepted it, and is moving on to take care of himself more. I told him that's a good thing. He did so much for her, and her as well, but as I told him- "...You made the right call to go ghost mate. You need to take care of yourself. She was descent to be honest, in spite of you trying to be honest with her months back. Just remember tough: Seek out and explore life. Take care of your relationships. Keep growing, all life long. Your own self, is the only one you have, so you need to take care of you."

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People need to be more socially self-sufficient, in their life. So it's NOT "...So Whatever..." Instead of whining about how none of your friends want to "go to museums," "play laser tag," "hike a foothills trail," et cetera, go do it yourself. Go out and meet people, as you travel through the day. Take a cooking class. Ride a Ferris Wheel, go to a Festival, heck- go ride a bus from one end of its route to the other, or even just go to a park, and stroll around- maybe even pet a dog (with their owner's permission, of course!). Life is out there, you just need to buck-up and seek it. And in the process, you'll make new friends along the way, who want to do this stuff!

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It's seeking life, that is the biggest part of Personal Growth. Growth should last your whole life, for, if you don't change, what point is your life. Life isn't static, life is flowing, ebbing, flourishing, floundering, and so, so beautiful and brutal. I'm not the same person I was five years ago, or ten, or even a day ago. I'm learning, creating, growing; we all are really, but we need to keep moving, keep living, and keep being curious about the world around us, to truly thrive with Personal Growth. And with personal growth, you should always strive to be the best you can be, as one Author, responsible for "Bull Running's Popularity" put it:

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Hemingway, makes a great point, and so does Nelson Muntz:

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In short, Personal Growth is necessary; it won't be easy, but it's necessary. Anything worth the time will be difficult, but in the end, it makes you better, because you put in the time, because you are worth the effort to do so. You're worth it.

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With all of that growth, you've got to keep it in check. That's why you take care of your self. That goes beyond looks folks. It's mental maintenance as well. You need to really be careful what you think, what goes into your mind, and how you handle all of it. Thinking before you speak, thinking before you act, deciding your mindset, all are underrated-yet-crucial skills, you need to handle your mental care. If people put half as much effort into their mental self, as they do the physical self, the world would be a lot better off. Imagine, a world of people who look descent, and were actually half descent to each other, every single day. "Do unto others, as you would have done unto you," would actually be the rule, rather than the exception. A world where the Mental Self, is thought of as much as the Physical Self, could solve a mighty lot of problems.

(Source: memegenerator.net)

So, once you start seeking life, growing yourself, and taking care of yourself, Relationships of all kinds, are a piece of cake- a cake walk, right? NOT! You still need to work on those too, as healthy relationships are a two-way street. It goes back to that "Do unto others, as you would have done unto you" business; you've got to treat others, as you'd want to. Treat rotten, you get rot. Treat kindly, you get kindness back. See, two way street. Healthy Relationships- of any kind, involve Respect, Interest, and Clear Communication channels. Respect who you're friends/lovers/family with, and they'll do so as well. Always take an interest in the other's thoughts, daily lives, et cetera (listen carefully, you may actually learn something), even if it isn't interesting, as a sign of respect and understanding. Keep your communication as clear as possible, because mixed signals, un-understood implied things, even misreading body language, can scramble the lines, and muck everything up. Communication is key, to growing healthy relationships. I can't emphasize enough, that Respect, Interest, and Clear Communication, go hand-in-hand-in-hand, toward making Healthy Relationships- of any kind, possible realities.

In Closing, the summary's clear: Life should be sought. Relationships should be cared for. Growth should be Life-Long. And Self, should be taken care of, first. I can't say it simpler enough. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got assignments and fiction writing to do. I'm going to cruse on down the highway now...

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It Matters at the Local and the State...

WARNING: If you're staunchly entrenched in National Political Parties, this isn't the Post for you. This is encouragement to speak-up to effect your local issues, your hometown's well-being, and make your voices count, where it matters the most.  Voting at the local level, and pride in community, is the heart of Patriotism, in it's most pure, uniting Non-Partisan form.

"O God and Heavenly Father,

Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." 

- The Serenity Prayer

Vote at the local level. Vote for your Governor, your Mayor, your City Council, Sheriff, Judges, ballot measures that can make or break the future. Vote a Dog for Mayor, vote for your hamlet's "Village Idiot." Vote by Your Conscience, Brush-Up on the Issues Facing your Area, Brush-Up on your Candidates' stances and Make a Difference around your neck-of-the-woods. Patriotism's heart, lies in non-partisan ideals, that your vote, your voice, influences the world around you and your home. Take pride in your community, vote, and keep the home fires burning. Some may say, that it's irresponsible to let (any one) of these nuts, into the White House. It's EVEN MORE irresponsible, to not vote on the Local Level, and to a good close second, the State Level.

Now, Me and a few of my friends (from Young Bucks, to Grandfathers) have come to the conclusion, that not a soul of sound mind and constitution, can reasonably choose between an Egotistical and Thin-Skinned Blowhard, a Flip-Flopping and Pathological Liar, a Discrediting Idiot, and a Hippy Eco-Facist. Therefore, we are ABSTAINING from voting for the highest office in the land. If You choose between the lesser of evils, you still choose E-V-I-L, Period. Our votes don't count a dime exactly for the Presidency. Unless you're Jeff Bridges, the Electoral College will do as it sees fit for themselves first, and the country... Well... Somewhere down the list. If you believe you need to vote for the next residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20500, then go right ahead and do so (it's all about the bluest blood to the First President anyway). You do you, and I'll do me; agree to disagree, and respect each other's decisions.

The District of Columbia, doesn't mean a dime, and frankly, Will Rogers' words matter more now, than ever before:

"You can't beat an Administration by attacking it. You have to show some plan of improving on it."

"But I must get back from these political parties and get back to civilization, for there's nothing in common between politics and civilization."

"Talk about our civilization! Why, if they ever took a sanity test at a political convention, 98 per cent would be removed to an asylum."

"On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. 

"Imagine a man in public office that everybody knew where he stood. We wouldn't call him a statesman, we would call him a curiosity."

"In this country, people don't vote for; they vote against."

"A statesman is a man that can do what the politician would like to do but can't, because he is afraid of not being elected."

"If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con,' what is the opposite of Congress?"

No wonder there's a statue of him in Congress! These days, Horse and Common Sense, are far and lacking. If you made it this far, just let us be. This is why I love Dogs... They Do NOTHING for Political Reasons, even when they're the Mayor of a town:

http://myfox8.com/2016/08/24/minnesota-town-re-elects-dog-as-its-mayor/

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A long time, but life's moving forward. Who wants to "Paint a Continent"?!

So, due to recent events, a friend and I are parting ways. It's a sad but good note. Nobody said life was going to be easy, but life certainly throws the curve balls.

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Clearing my mind, I'm going to focus on building a better self. I'm going to cross off things I've been meaning to do. Here's a list:

• Fix several model steam locomotives I have.
• Remotor several locomotives with bad/no motors.
• Reassemble several steam locomotives, I recently purchased as parts. 
• Finish building two steam locomotives, I bought as projects.
• Take up painting again.
• Find a new camera, and start taking better photographs.
• Make new friends.
• Be more adventurous.
• Visit old friends.
• Do more writing.
• Submit my writing.
• Find cool restaurants.
• Catch up on my favorite shows.
• Maybe start a "Start-Up."
• Build a rocket.
• Fight a Mummy.
• Climb up La Tour Eiffel.
• Discover Something that has long thought, not to exist.
• Give a Simian a shower.
• Surf Tidal Waves.
• Create Nano Bots.
• Locate Frankenstein's brain.
• Find a Dodo bird.
• Paint a continent.
• Drive my Aunt Debbie insane (she's the closest thing I have to a sister).
• Make a Title Sequence.
• And Much, MUCH MORE!!!

Okay so half of my list, mirrors the "Phineas and Ferb" theme song, but seriously, I am going to focus on my self, and make things happen! Now, does anybody have motors and/or parts for Rivarossi, Mantua, and/or Penn Line model trains?! (I'm Serious.)

Chrysler PT Cruiser - The "Packard Clipper" of Chrysler!

The Chrysler PT Cruiser, originally meant to be a "Plymouth," came into the world in 2001, and left via Japan in 2010. An overly affordable "retro compact," its looks were cliche and the world fell in love with it. Sadly, even I was enamored with the funny machine, having a weakness for its woody variants. It wasn't until years later, when I learned from a Teacher, that they had terrible blind spots (she had experience from rental cars). It got me thinking...

A few years on, I had grown to love the great "Packard" marque. Inevitably, the 1941 Clipper model came up. Many say it was the "final straw" that broke Packard's luxury back (NEWSFLASH: It wasn't! Far. FAR, more stupid things did...). Something bugged me about the lines of the first Clippers though. I couldn't place my finger on it, until one day, walking down 3rd Avenue South, in Renton, I saw it... A well-done, retro-modified, Chrysler PT Cruiser. Then it hit me like a freight train on Houser Way: The PT Cruiser, is the Clipper of Chrysler! Just take a look below.

(1947 Packard Clipper shown. Photo by Wikipedia User Charles01)

(2006 to 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser shown. Photo is "Public Domain")

Ever since "Plymouth" went the way of Adam and Eve out of Eden (it has long been jokingly said that "God is a Plymouth driver" because of Genesis 3:24 and to a lesser extent, Jeremiah 32:37. I'll leave you all to look that one up yourselves!), Chrysler has devolved to this pile of cliches, even worse than ever before. They rely on a dismal and uninspired line-up, and hope to draw in people with their new "Pacifica Hybrid" minivans to go on sale next month, and the hallowed "300" name for "Ghetto Bentley" sedans. Here's a bright idea FIAT-Chrysler: Put your big muscle into a gentleman's suit! Make a "True" Chrysler, and take your big o'l Dodge Challenger, and make it into a "300 Coupe," with proper Luxury and Performance, like the original 1957 Chrysler 300-C (a car much hallowed as one of the progenitors of the "Muscle Car age"!), and while you're at it, consider some factory convertible variants, and sell your "Hellcats" as high-end crate engines? Some AMC guys out there, would LOVE to put a "Hellcat" into an AMX, Javelin, Matador, Ambassador, or heck, even a Gremlin, Packer, or Hornet hulk! I'd love to see a Hellcat, put into a Hudson Hornet "Hollywood Hardtop" from 1953 or 1954 personally, and see it conquer the "La Carrera Pan American," just once (Sorry Studebaker-fans; with all the racked-up wins by Studes, they might as well rename it "La Carrera Studebaker!" And I love Studes.). 

All of these "Cliche Problems" and the reliance of Jeep and Ram sales to support FCA, and the "Crossover Craze" that makes me ill, has led to the neglect of the American Motorists. We the consumers are being corralled into a mess where we must fit a mould and be happy with it. NO. Like "Field of Dreams," "...If you build it, they will come!" Chrysler, like Packard, used to be "Engineering Greatness." Now, Packard's gone (with no one solid "scapegoat" to blame), and soon, FCA may be gone too, with Jeep left to soldier on, like an "International Harvester" or "REO" or "Diamond T," with the scary possibility of the "Willys Aero" or "Willys Americar" name coming back, as a (GASP!), a rebadged Suzuki, Mitsubishi, or (DOUBLE-GASP!!), a Chinese Car (THE HORROR!!!). 

Back on the comparison, it was shocking, that these two cars, decades a part, were literally fulfillment of similar roles, of premium, mass market cars. and it's undeniable, their styling is almost identical (maybe a better comparison, would be the Packard Station Sedan and Convertible Victoria models of 1948 through 1950, with Clipper panels, instead of being "Pregnant Elephants"). As I walked down the street, I lamented the fact that Packard was gone, long before my time- yes, but gone none the less. I lamented that the sibling rivalry of the "Leland Kids" (Cadillac and Lincoln were both founded by the same man- Henry M. Leland), was nothing more than a joke today. And I lamented, that Walter P. Chrysler's hard work, reinventing the "Good Maxwell" cars in his own image, will vanish in years to come... Oh how I wish they built the Atlantic and the Imperial of 2006, like I wish Packard had said "Cost Be Damned! Let's build some 'Rolls-Royce' expensive luxury cars again!" earlier than 1953, when the Caribbean came out, and Cadillac came out with the Eldorado...

Nikolaus Bautista - Hey There Delilah (Cover)

Audio Engineering Final, set to film. Enjoy!

Kirk Franklin “Losing My Religion” - A Message to All

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(Note: This is a re-post of a Note, I posted on Facebook.)

#SteveHarvey #KirkFranklin #Faith #FaithvsReligion Watch the clip on HULU first. Then Read:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/893910

So, as those who know me, you know my Faith- NOT RELIGION, is one of my strengths. A huge bur has lodged itself in my saddle, and I can’t take the high road any longer. I want you who claim the Name of the Lord, and think real hard, real, real hard, about what kind of person you are in Christ. If a Homeless Man, came a knocking at your Church’s door, would you have the nerve, and let him in, out of the cold, for the length of the sermon, and not judge him? Now ask, is your Church the kind, that would accept people from the “wrong side of the tracks”? I bet ten cents, your church community wouldn’t, let alone, entertain the idea.

Anything can be a religion! Even eating a Ham Sandwich on a Tuesday, can be a “Religion.” “Religion” is legalistic, ritualistic, pious, and bigot loaded. And yes, I may sound like I’m complaining, but I’m calling out the facts. Jesus didn’t come, so that we could quibble among ourselves about who’s “way” is right. John 3:16- Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the light. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.” God gave us choice to follow him, or not. Man now mocks what Man has created, and Man created Mockery, out of what God had said and done. We’re too focused on what “not” to do. I’ve heard children ask “how” when their parents tell them to be good, after they’d been chewed out repeatedly for what they’re NOT to do. My point being, I’m sick! I’m sick of how people lump Christians into the same boat. I’m sick, of thinking that Christians are the Banes of Existence. Christians aren’t Banes. It’s MAN’s constructs and Mockery of God himself, to be “Holier than Thou,” and I’m sick, disgusted, plain downright angry at all of those who claim Jesus’ name in “Religion” Karl Marx was right, “Religion is the Opium of the People!” I will say this now,

“Faith- the act of believing, practicing what you believe, as a lifestyle, is happy liberation from bondage.”

If you think Christians are all the same, think again. The Christians you mostly meet, are all “Praise the Lord” on Sunday, and the most awful, rancid, putrid sinners, to walk God’s Earth! They are creatures of broken bondage, that either don’t realize, or fully realize, and keep breaking. Forgiveness isn’t a Ticket to keep acting the Same Rotten Way you Act! Forgiveness, is your reprieve, to change your life for the better, and never return to that mistake. You’ll make plenty mistakes in life- we’re creatures created from Sin. The Cross wasn’t so you can just carry on as you were. The Cross was Emancipation from Sin. The Cross, isn’t just Sunday, to give you a clean slate. The Cross is the price paid, so that you don’t have to wallow in spiritual destitution every single day of your life. Jesus came, so that the laws of the Old Testament, wouldn’t bound those Grafted into the Tree of Life. And at the same time, that same EMPTY Cross, is the symbol of the Faithful, to uphold the responsibility that is the Faith of Christianity. The ritualistic rules of the Old Testament, were made null and void by the cross, but that’s NO right to act like there’s a Golden Calf to Party around! Think about that for a second, just one blasted second.

“Religion is Getting in the Way of Relationship. That we don’t even know God’s Love, because we’re so busy beating up people, with the rules and what they can’t do. When people come to [religion] about what they can’t do, rather than what they can do.” - Kirk Franklin

I dare you to consider this:

“I want people to know about the beautiful life they can get, when they sign up. So to be able to do that, let’s focus on relationship, and feel that love, man. ” - Kirk Franklin

If there’s one thing I detest, it’s the “Pious Bigots,” that proclaim the name of Jesus, that proclaim the Faith of Christianity as Their “Religion,” that hurt people without any remorse and guilt, alienating those they hurt, from God’s love. Pious Bigots, hear me, you’re sorry sinners! You’ve hurt too many I care for. You’ve alienated those who I love. You’ve hurt too many that matter to me. You’ve even hurt me- by being inconsiderate, by Witch Hunting when I wanted to get Baptized! A young child, wanting to feel God’s love, and you put him on Trial, like it was Salem! Was there some bad rye bread that day or what? You hurt me, by bastardizing the closest I felt to God, and insulting me, and for what? Making a show of your Pastor Relative resources, a Big Show of your Religion? Good Riddance to your mess. You failed miserably anyway. You got what you sowed! You don’t represent Jesus, his teachings, his life, HIS LOVE! You are NO better than the bankers at the Temple, that Jesus ramshackled, in disgust! You’re worse! You make yourselves out as representing all Christians, everywhere! NEWSFLASH: YOU DON’T! You don’t represent me, or anyone, or anything, but the Hatred, that has permeated, embedded itself, like blasted Hipsters, ruining the message of the “Carpenter from Nazareth.” It’s disturbing and disgusting. You are leaches, sucking life out of the Faith, replacing it with the Opium- that is Religion. You’re a sorry lot.

And now, I’ll throw everybody for a loop- I FORGIVE YOU. Now, for the love of Creation, Repent. Do something consciously selfless, and Act what you believe, and read the New Testament for yourself! The Old Testament, is just Backstory! B-A-C-K-S-T-O-R-Y. Nobody’s held to it, but don’t disregard it. A good chunk is common sense in there (I.E.- Don’t have relations with your cousins!), but the parts about divorces, what to or not to eat, et cetera (wacky stuff, due to the primitive nature of the time) that stuff is either at discretion (food), and/or null and void. I forgive you Pious Bigots. I ask you to ask God for forgiveness, own up, change your life, and humble yourself. You as you stand, are a sorry sight. You waste the price that the Cross afforded all, even though you claim to know God’s Son. You don’t! You wouldn’t be Pious Bigots if you did. Jesus died, so we may live. You trash this opportunity, through “Religion” a vile product synthesized by Man, that has NOTHING to do with the Trinity! Repent you False Proclaiming Sinners. Jesus will forgive you. God will forgive you. You Pious Bigots, Repent. I forgive you. Jesus is waiting for you to ask it of him. He waits for your humility. He waits to make you a new creature in his image, his love, his stregnth. Are you game for that though? Only you can answer that one.

On that bombshell. I leave you for now. That’s my peace. I step off my soapbox, and retire for the evening. I now give you an encore presentation of Kirk Franklin everybody. Good Night, and God bless. In Jesus name, amen.

Find Me Incorruptibility, and I'll Give You a Cookie

I've read up the candidates for the 2016 Presidential Race. If there were a court trial to decide the President, the one with the latest reasonable doubt would win, if they hadn't withdrawn their argument (candidacy) already. There hasn't been so much doubt, since we had two "Bonesman" running in 2004! At this point we need a Statesman- someone not worried about reelection, and more concerned about doing just and honest by all people in the United States of America.

Now I prose this question: Find me someone consistent from day one of their life, has humility, is just, who doesn't spew hate, doesn't sound idiotic, doesn't take $2 Million in "speaking fees" and not expect to have to "dole out favors," doesn't deny Marines' request for continued use a Douglas DC-3 airplane, doesn't take from "Pharmabro," and doesn't read "Green Eggs and Ham" in a Fed-shutdown Filibuster, then see where we stand?

Pretty amazing... Isn't it?

Shame- We Don't Need More of It!

Notice: Due to unintentional shaming of my Cousin, I revised this post. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Weight Shame, Religious Shame, Ethnic Shame, Race Shame, Sexuality Shame, the list goes on. Human-Beings are like a barrel of crabs- always trying to pull each other down. From Fat and Gay, to Skinny and Christian. From Asian, to Black, to White. The numbers of shame types, are like the number of grains of sand on a beach. Everybody falls victim at one point or another, to shaming someone else, to feel superior. NEWSFLASH: Under the skin, there is NO superior race! NO superior Sexuality! Nothing, nada, zip, zilch zero. We each have the right to believe as we want, we each have the right to weigh what we weigh- though it's better to find the happy medium of a "healthy" weight, than to be severely over or under. We each can take pride in the cultures we come from (positives, not negatives), and there are better things to do with your time, than go bagging on somebody else's problems! And NO, shaming you pets, is NOT a better use of your time, no matter how funny it is. This pretty sums up my feelings on the subject. Trust me, we all could learn from the drake:

And if you do it in real life, then that really, REALLY needs to be addressed. Think about the following:

Here's an example, of the two-sides of Shame: You are over-weight. 

If you're personally ashamed, because of what the weight has done to your life, that is, not being able to lead the life you desire, then admitting your shame to yourself, is acceptable because you're acknowledging that you need to change directions in your life.

Now, let's look at the wrong way about this. If you are over-weight, and someone is ridiculing you for it, not yourself, based in fact, but someone else, based in opinion and disgust, then that's not okay. It's cancerous, it's putrid, it's disturbing, it's downright nasty.

If anything, we already carry around enough personal, internalized shame as it is, and we don't need any more. It's bad enough for kids to be shamed by parents, if it's truly uncalled for, like little kids being made to hold up signs, the pictures being posted to the Parent's Facebook account. Nothing is deleted from the internet. It will follow those kids for the rest of their lives, and long afterword too!

Shame, internally, it can be a wake-up call to rectify one's life. Shame, coming from people around you, whether you know them or not, can be the more destructive, than rage.

A Warning Wake-Up Call - Ask and Learn Cursive!

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Those of you who know me in real life, know I'm not one to be fooled easily. Those of you who know me in real life, know I'm not one for illogical hear-say. And also, those of you who know me in real life, know I like classic American writers of the 20th Century such as Ray Bradbury, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Recently, I've been asking, and I've been receiving answers to those questions. When you ask questions, you learn, when you learn, you grow. Why are we fearful of "growing" ourselves to meet and exceed potential? Why do we fear that?

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I write this because not since 1985, has the Doomsday clock been at 3 (Three) Minuets to Midnight, for a second year in a row. It seems between fashion, musical trends, and the world at large, we are repeating the 1980's. Heck! Even the Delorean DMC-12's heading back in production, and still no "proper" hoverboards:

I won't go into depth about what I've learned, what I've asked, what I've concluded- at large. Many put forth, to inform, but many a time, we brush them off for heretics. However, I will propose you the following to chew on, as it's startling when you think about it, even for the briefest of seconds...

• If you've read, or seen "1984" by George Orwell, then you've heard of "New-Speak." The Goal of "New-Speak" was so that nobody would understand historical texts and documents, by the 2050's. Now think about this: Why isn't cursive being taught in schools? Why is the "digital signature" such an important thing now, over a "real-world signature"?

• If you've read or seen "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, you know of "The Family," an interactive television show, where viewers were called "Cousins." Now consider this: Why are so many people concerned with "Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/YouTube Fame"? Why are game-shows like "The Price is Right," having whole weeks devoted to "Social Media"? Why did the now defunct "Current TV" have a show called "Bar Karma," in 2011, in which a "community" dictated what happened in the episodes? Why do we obsess over the likes of people who do so little to contribute to the betterment of humanity? 

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

• Why is it, until recently, have the great geniuses, like Nikola Tesla, and his ideas, been hidden from humanity till recently? And why do we still call Marconi, when the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1943, declared Tesla, "The Father of Radio." Why is it Karl Benz, that is hailed as the "Father of the Automobile" when it was an Austrian named Siegfried Marcus, who in 1870, put a gasoline engine, on a four-wheeled cart, and drove it around town? 

• There are such things as "Known Unknowns," which is a status of where society knows something, but decides consciously "not acknowledge" the known fact/theory/idea, as if it were a bad penny. Ponder this: If there are so many things in this world, that add up to things we abhor as a society at large, why do we act as if they don't exist? Do we do it to preserve social norms and orders? And if so, who's responsible for the orders? 

If anything, I can provide a simple and correct answer to these. There are such things known as "Open Secrets," in the world. For example, Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors, and Space X, has been widely known in recent news articles, for saying that the alleged "Apple Car," is an "Open Secret." Now what is an "Open Secret." It's a secret that's known as fact by the masses; a theory that comes to fruition. Now, back to the ones who created the "Social Order" of the here and now, you can do a search online, and find out things for yourself, of far-fetched sounding theories, that have facts- hard, undeniable facts, backing them up, then why haven't the powers that are mentioned, not try and remove these posts, essays, and the people who post these things to the internet, like in movies, "The X-Files," et cetera? They most likely used to, but now, these powers, have most likely found it easier, to stay in the shadows where we consciously don't look, and let those who try and expose them, just end up looking foolish like Chicken Little, until the moment the Fox or Wolf, decides to make a "Turducken." It's that foolishness, that discredits the person exposing, and we just continue on our merry way, forgetting all about the shadows, as we always have. 

We are afraid to look in the dark, and for good reason- the dark holds too many atrocities, horrors, and worst of all, monsters- some of which, can get all the heart transplants they want, even if they were born, before we even went after Pancho Villa! It is up to us though, to fear only fear itself, and refute in the light, all that is done in the dark. 

There's a reason that "The Allegory of the Cave" is more relevant than ever now; it's just a matter of not getting blinded by the rage, fear, and rhetoric around us. I don't plan anytime soon, caving into the dangers of single stories, like Chimamanda Adiche said in her famous Oxford, England TEDTalk in 2009. Even she was guilty of it, but she recognized it, and overcame it:

TEDTalk - Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story

I leave you with a few important thoughts: 

One) Ask. Trust your gut instinct and ask. If it doesn't feel right, trust your gut and ask. 

Two) Read. Read things with structure, ideas, hope, and if fiction, a descent idea of what's right and wrong. Read all you can, and make good use of it in your lives. 

Three) "Stuff your eyes with wonder. Live as if you're going to drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories." - Ray Bradbury 

Four) For the love of all creation, teach yourself, people in your life who can't, your kids, and encourage those with kids, to learn how to write in cursive. Handwriting is an ever important skill to have; it has been, it is still, and always shall be, the most important way we'll communicate. Don't let handwriting, especially cursive, go the way of the Stagecoach, the Steam Locomotive, and face-to-face communication is right now! Heck, stop the death of human interaction in the real world while you're at it too.

That's my soapbox for now. Here's a little alarm clock (below the awesome cartoon of two of my favorite characters!) in closing- I ask you really, really don't hit the snooze button on this one; you may accidentally hit the football instead! 

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 Please, I implore you, be the change you want to see in the world, and please, be a change for the better. - Good night, and God bless.

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14 Solid Thoughts - To Do My Grandpa Proud

*Note to Reader: This is a repost from my Facebook Page!*

Alright, so I've been doing a lot of heavy thinking. That wretched show, "Wizards of Waverly Place" was right, "Everything is not what it seems." It's an "open secret" (like Apple's Electric Car) that there are people in the shadows pulling strings, for their own nefarious doings, and it's no secret that for the most part, we are blind to so much, because we hear more about so-called "celebrities" and get all wrapped up in them, rather than our own problems at home, and abroad. You can't pull the slivers out of your neighbor’s thumb, until you get the blasted plank out or your own eye though. So let me put some food for thought, to remove the planks and horse-blinders:

1. Tools are just objects. It’s what Human-kind does with them, that make them into instruments of Good or Evil.
2. We all too often, are like sheep. We follow blindly, without a second thought, and eventually, you’ll all end up like the birds in “Chicken Little.” Wake up, and use your brains! They’re there for a reason.
3. Ray Bradbury is right: “Stuff your eyes with wonder. Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. see the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that . Shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.”
4. We aren’t promised tomorrow. So take No. 3, and make the most of your day. You woke up right? That’s half the battle right there.
5. Until we can achieve “Nuclear Fusion” then have a closed system of Fusion and Fission, using the same material, going in a Figure Eight, for perpetual-motion energy (somebody correct me, because this sounds like a great dream though), Nuclear energy, is the only thing Man’s ever created for his toolbox, that had no good side (either weapon against his neighbor, or fuel source that’s highly toxic!). Until Fusion’s artificially replicated, all I can ask is, “...Whatever happened to using lasers to speed up the decay process?”
6. You’ve got to be foolish, to think that the Universe itself, started spontaneously, without some intelligent force behind the pushing down of the Detonator Plunger to trigger what’s now known as “The Big Bang.” There’s a “great intelligence” out there, and I’m darn sure that in the end, we’re answering to that great “I am that I am.” I don’t want to be on the wrong side of that; any being that creates a creature, that’s known for being generally vicious, only to be caught on film (yes, actual 8 or 16 mm, home movie film), playing in the snow (rolling and tumbling down a hill), must have a sense of humor (See the documentary “Alone in the Wilderness,” for the proof- a Wolverine, none the less!).
7. You’ve also got to be foolish, that there are forces act against the great “I am that I am.” You see it everywhere too. The PBS show “Cyberchase,” is a great example, for the central villain for most of the show, was a cyborg, built by Dr. Marbles, out to take over the whole of Cyberspace! I know it sounds crazy, but the biggest “wool-over-eyes” ever attempted, is to not only dispel the idea of their being intelligence behind creation, but also that there’s no such opposite force.
8. Let us hear the names of the soldiers who die in combat again. Ever since Obama came to power, we haven’t heard a single name. For all his good, he didn’t renew the exemption for the Delta Queen, and has had to deal with more indecisive, divided idiots, that WE put there, for no good reasons, because they’re mostly in the pockets of the few, instead of serving the many. You may not agree with war (for the most part, I don’t either), but we should, and must, respect our soldiers, no matter what.
9. I will say, that Dogs are respectable animals. They’re loyal, kind, aware, and faithful, if you give them the chance. Anybody who would commit such cruelties, such as poisoning them, killing them, or worst of all, Eating them, needs to be marched to the nearest tree, to cut their switch, and beaten with it nine ways to Sunday! As Will Rogers said, “I love a dog. They do nothing for political reasons.”
10. Never lose yourself. All too often, we let ourselves go, to fit into what society wants to be. Be what that previously mentioned “Great Intelligence” wants you to be instead. Achieving the best you, that you can be, that you were meant to be, is better, than keeping up with trends and those “Krashdumbians” any day. Go ahead, be a little crazy, it’s actually good for you.
11. Love your family. We don’t get to choose them, but a family that loves you, is worth more than a Royal Palace. I’d trade a Royal Palace where I’m all alone, for a shack on Puget Sound, with my family around me. Too often, we try to be everything on our own. We can’t be everything. Think for a second “...Will this (XYZ), shame not only me, but my family as well?” If the answer’s unclear or “Yes,” then scrub it like Boeing and its Super-Sonic Jet program forty-plus years ago! Family, if it is strong, is worth more than all the riches in the world. You can’t eat with money across from you at a table, but you can eat with family across from you at a table, because sharing a meal with family, is better than eating alone.
12. Listen to your Gut-Instincts! If something doesn’t seem right, check it out. If something doesn’t quite add-up, check the math. Too many a time, we don’t look before we leap, and you can end up with an improperly kept bungee-cord, and go plummeting to meeting the great “I am that I am.” Before, you should have really.
13. Don’t just play your birthday, or do “Quick Picks” in Lotteries! Not only do you cut your chances in half, but everybody else does those too. Pick a nice spread of numbers, and you’re a heck of a lot better off.
14. Make your own kind of music. Sing your own special song. Even if Nobody Else sings along. Cass Elliot was right. Look up her song, because it’s worth it. Her song was some of the most sound advice I had ever heard in my life. I advise you all listen to it, and make sense of its meaning, as I have.

In closing, carve your own path, to your own dream of life, your own “manifest destiny.” What ever you create, will be better than any idea that “Society” tries to sell you. I for one, will most definitely do so, in defiance of “new age,” “uncouth,” “reckless,” and “disgusting” so-called “Modern” views. I’m an old-fashioned soul, with a heck of a lot of “horse-sense” than Ninety-per-cent of my generation. My Grandfather told me that he knew my ideas were “right.” Coming from a man who was born at the beginning of the Great Depression, who has been one of the four instrumental people in my upbringing, and has more wisdom in his smiling eyes, than knowledge on Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica combined... That means more to me than anything this world can try (and epically fail) and offer me.

I need my sleep now. That’s the end of this soap-box. Aloha, and God bless.