My Souls Journey

To let go of the fear and anger which imprisons the heart.

To relinquish all childish expectations and live joyfully in the world as it is--
not as I wish or imagine it to be.

To be free of the ever craving ego.

To be released from the endless hungers of the body.

To see good in others.

To see good in everything.

To die without death and merge my consciousness into the cosmic see from which I came.

To create a weekly blog that can compete with YouTube videos like this:




Almost 2 million friggen views?

This is my soul's journey.

Fooseball terminology

We recently added a fooseball table to the basement. Immediately El Duche began making up words to describe the action.

"Cluck" : although typically known as the sound a duck makes, El Ducherino meant it as a combination of chuck and clack I think. which is kind of what he does with the fooseball and the ensuing sound it makes as it hits the wall.


"Minigle" : El Duchante made up this word while describing a particular play. Apparently it means to delicately manipulate the fooseball between two of your players before accidentally knocking it into your own goal.

I will keep you updated on any further Esperanto.

Blogger annoyed by all the News. Blogs his brains out.

Obama and Congress are looking for a scapegoat.

There is a Volcano in Iceland spewing Ash over Europe.

Another coal mine collapsed killing 29 people.

Toyota is recalling another 600,000 minivans.

B.F.D.

Its easy for the ruling class to take advantage of perceived and actual problems by introducing solutions that do not truly benefit the public. Instead, these solutions only advance the agendas of the elite. It is a great way to persuade the citizenry to accept something that is actually not in their best interest. (Tea Party teabaggers listen up).

Americans can't get their minds around finance so they argue talking points and simplistic reactionary crap instead of seeing who the real enemy is. They blame Bush. They blame Obama. Neither one of them told you to buy a house you can't afford, three SUV's with DVD players and whatever else it took to make you feel good about yourself. This same banking system has been alive and intact forever. It played both sides of the Civil War against each other and came out rich and has continued the tradition to this day. JP Morgan and the Rockefellers stack the decks, shape what is taught in schools, sell the people the 'issues' we fight over, and sit back making billions while we run in circles.

Now Goldman committed FRAUD? What fraud? In a market where one side shorts and another goes long. Only one will get it right. The dealer stands in the middle and facilitates the trade. Just like Vegas baby. It allowed two parties to take different sides of a trade. One bet correctly that credit would be downgraded while the other firms were wrong on housing.

Goldman is a scapegoat for the government's infusion of credit into the housing market and the bubble that followed.

Made up words....

I am trying to make up a new word, one so good it quickly becomes part of the fabric of our culture. That would be something. People everywhere using my word to express a feeling they had. Here are a few of my ideas, and an example of their proper usage, for your consideration.


Minigle- Our beloved El Duche made up this word while playing fooseball the other night. Apparently it means to delicately manipulate the fooseball between two of your players before accidentally knocking it into your own goal.


gridlove - A fantasy that occurs when you glance at the person in the car next to you in a traffic jam and are momentarily convinced that they are the answer to all your hopes and dreams. Were her feelings real, or were they just gridlove? She didn't care. She just prayed that her lane would catch up to his.


sortalebrity - This one is credited to James Grim. He defines it as :"anyone that is only famous enough to get on a Celebrity Reality Show."

doorgasm - The feeling of relief and pleasure when the person you had sex with finally goes home. I feigned a bittersweet smile as she walked out of the bedroom, then was rocked by a powerful doorgasm the second I heard her car start.

homortified - The uncomfortable feeling straight men have when they're watching porn and are momentarily turned on by the wrong ass. George was so homortified that he was forced to use his own imagination.

girinal - An upright urinal that ladies can also squat over. (I heard this someplace else, but want to further it's advancement into our society).

Feel free to use them.

What is "Organic" ? and is it better for you.

What is "Organic" ?

According to the USDA: "Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers mad with synthetic ingredients , sewage sludge, bioengineering: or ionizing radiation." Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.


Why are Organic foods more expensive?

The government subsidizes large-scale farming companies, which leaves out nearly all organic farmers. So basically, your tax dollars have already paid for a portion of the conventionally grown food you buy.

Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are less expensive and less time consuming than organic methods. Organic feed can cost twice as much as conventional feed.

Modern methods produce higher yields with less land. As a result, organic farming brings a smaller yield at a higher cost. That cost gets passed on to the grocery stores, since bulk discounts are difficult for organic farmers.


Is Organic food better for you?

Currently, there are NO studies which say unequivocally that organic food is more nutritious. Although researchers at U.California,Davis, report that organic tomatoes have higher levels of phytochemicals and vitamin C than conventional tomatoes do.

Organic fertilizers and pesticides are not necessarily safer than their counterparts. Some types contain high levels of pathogenic bacteria, salmonella and E. coli. Organic farmers are allowed to use copper solutions that leave copper residue in the soil.

Some organic farmers use non organic manure!

The USDA has been pressured to allow non organic ingredients in certified organic foods including 19 food colorings, two starches, casings for sausage and hot dogs, gelatin and fish oil!

Basically the whole organic industry is a work in progress. The best method seems to be to buy local and know your farmer. That way you can ask them how they make the food you eat.

Does the Ipad suck? or do I care about anything in the news?

What's on everybody's mind and why aren't I interested in it?

I'm sure there is a website out there right now that has embedded the word "ipad" secretly hidden in it's code somewhere that is attempting to gain higher search engine result listings on Google and yahoo and Bing. the website itself will probably be nothing but cheap and obnoxious advertising for Apple products or products that suck off of Apple, such as the bluetooth market, or the iphone cover market. there are some covers out there more expensive than an Iphone itself!! but the biggest leach seams to be At&t. who has taken advantage of their sole service company deal for the iphone, and frustrated millions. or so I hear because I'm with Verizon. and really I'm not to surprised one way or the other with the service I get from them. they provide their mega-lifestyle-service for whatever fad or gadget they are tricking us into thinking we need.
I want to know more precisely what our actual increase in productivity is using the newest technology. i know in farming, technology has practically made us who the world is today. without the increased productivity in farming and agriculture, we couldn't FEED this many people, period. end of discussion. now you may argue whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm just analyzing technology and productivity here. and in farming, a gas powered tractor is much more efficient than a horse. by a long shot.
But does an Ipad make you THAT much more productive than your current laptop? Will cloud computing be the future path of applications and all those USB and Ethernet wires you have behind your desk be a thing of the past? For the past couple months it's been All Apple, all the time. Is there ANY part of our culture it doesn't have a hand in? is it a coincidence that Steve Jobs is looked at from the cult leader angle, much more than Bill Gates or Donald Trump even? it's a fact that there is a cult around Steve Jobs. people wait in lines on concrete for DAYS to buy the next gadget that Steve Jobs tells them they need. and i know this perspective is nothing new. because if apple's products actually make people BE more productive than non-apple product using people, they've got an obvious point. but from my perspective (I own NO apple products myself) it seems that apple is very good at making people FEEL more productive. they LOVE their apple products. so are they actually more productive or just feel like they are? and really, does it matter? because every other big player in our culture from google, to facebook, to activision-blizzard (they make guitar hero, world of warcraft, and Call of Duty) are either working with apple or competing against them. the ipod started it, then the iphone dug them in. now they're going after the laptop computer market and the next target is the TV market. yes. iTV is coming.
Ugh, I'm so sick of it. I can't even get high speed internet service where I live. I can't help but ask: Is life passing me by? If I don't sign on to the apple technology train now, will I find myself lost and helpless in 20 years? I'm afraid I won't be able to go grocery shopping in the future without first pre-sending my grocery list to the store via a super app. that has all my products pre-shopped for me. wait. with amazon-grocery.com why would I even need to leave the house at all? I can just receive all the culture that they feed me through my internet/phone/tv connection. and just go back and forth to work. is that what kind of society we want? I know several people right now that their whole lives are home/work/store. and ALL of the culture they experience is given to them through the TV or Internet. period.
I don't give a fuck about Tiger Woods. I don't care about Sandra Bullock and her cheating husband Jesse James. I don't care about American Idol, or the Biggest Loser. I am slightly interested in Anna Paquin announcing she is bisexual. Because why do celebrities tell the world these things? Personally, I think she was playing an April Fool's joke on everybody.
Either way, what more is out there besides Pop culture and gossip? Is that ALL our culture has to offer? nothing of substance, just enticements to consume more?
You tell me. How much is technology, apple, or television embedded in your life? how do you find the music you listen too, and the tv you watch? is it given to you or do you actively seek it out? Are you an active participant in your culture or do you just consume whatever stuff they put in front of you?