New Beginning

With every new beginning something comes to and end. I am changing my employment status in the near future. Those I currently work with have already given me the boot so to speak at least mentally. I've seen it in the past many times. As soon as someone leaves the only question is by whom will they be replaced and it is hoped that person won't be a bigger asshole. Thing is, I expected it so I'm not shocked.
In this scenario nothing is remembered of anything substantial one has contributed and if one is talked about at all it is mostly where others can construe that you F'd-up.
That leads me to comment that today is the day MLK Jr. was assassinated back in '68. I was a kid in JR. High school and barely noticed. I pay attention now because I realize it will always be relevant realistically and metaphorically in relation to the previous paragraph. The killing of one's enemies is so much easier than fighting their ideas, in fact it takes much more to destroy the ideas than the person. The person stands for something; it is usually the something they stand for that is feared or hated much more than the person. It is just aberrational thinking on the part of the fearer/hater/paid thug that they strike out at the person because they can only eradicate him and not for what he stands.
On a much smaller scale diminishing or ignoring a persons "bona fides" is a minor assassination of that person. There are ways to protect one's self from these comparatively minor attacks so that the little irritations bounce off like raindrops on an umbrella or for the more dramatically inclined, like bullets off Superman.

Return

Finally! The Buffalo has returned from pasture. It's the day after Christmas '08. It is quite clear now that the manipulations I suspected have seen some light. We now know who the manipulators are and they have made it obvious what they want (e.g. your money, your property, your soul, your mind, and any other thing of value they can squeeze from you). Since my last time here gas went to almost $5.00 a gallon. Housing values have fallen dramatically as well as the buying power of the dollar. The economy has been structured to fail and we the real people have been tapped to pay for it even if it takes all eternity. It's not looking good for anybody.
As far as I can tell the People of the US have voted in a leader that is illegitimate to go along with all the banker and investment fraud we have accepted as de rigueur.
Still no solution from me other than cast off the bastards who are responsible and let them drift in their own filth until they flounder in it and suffer the just rewards instead of allowing them to place the onus of their detestable degradation on us. Since I noticed I have nothing good to say I will stop.

Drive on

Nothing is working to make the knee better. It doesn't keep me from doing normal activity but the range of motion is definitely diminished. I've been swimming, biking and bodyweight working out so I'm still near fighting shape. Maybe I'll say something about the economy soon but don't hold your breath unless you're doing breathing exercises.

start over

I'm back and done. Ended up with hopefully minor injury that will heal. Must start over now. Tried to work through the injury but it's not working so I now feel I need to take off a while to see if that will work. I hate to slow down too much but if that will do the trick I'm for it. It's been a month so I need to do something different to get different results. Wish me well.

Get Tough

I'm on my way to Matthew Furey's Get Tough fitness seminar in Tampa, Fl. It will be a great time with good people and a valuable learning experience. Go to mattfurey.com or combatconditioning.com for the details. If you haven't heard of it until now what a shame. Be there next time if not this one because it gets better every year. Maybe I'll give a synopsis of the events when I return on the 29th of May.

Fish Fry

Man I love fried fish. I'm from the south and my motto is if ain't fried it ain't cooked. I'm also lucky in the fact that I know a Captain of a grouper fishing boat who supplies me with real fresh fish on occasion. So I broke out the frozen fish and fried it up in my Wok outside over my grill flame. I used tempura batter but forgot to add the Old Bay seasoning which I will do the next time. This was shortly after my daily workout. Today I did 4x25 Hindu pushups 5x5 handstand pushups after holding the handstand as long as I could each attempt. I did 250 Hindu squats straight and 50 sumo squats for a total of 300. I also worked on splits and stretching with strand pulling exercises mixed in. I just dislike to get all specific but it was a good workout and I feel the results lingering.
I think it's time for everyone to start buying the things the really need and get rid of the credit card debts and such. The pundits are predicting dire consequences in the economy. I look at what they say and the last few economic slowdowns and such and I don't remember being affected that much. The price of gas and food going up is noticeable now but the last ones I didn't notice affect me because I didn't know they were happening. I didn't have any investments and lived only on the paycheck which is what I still do. I'll probably not want to travel and such because of the prices but I can see a fallout not expected from this downturn. Oh well, I will continue to practice writing on this forum and maybe even say something worthwhile before I'm done. Until them Mahabuhay Ya'll.

I knew this was going to happen. Get all fired up about the ridiculous restrictions on vitamins and discretionary health products for the public that are being proposed in various circles of authority to limit the health prospects for the masses from natural products because the elite have all the science and longevity products cornered so as to leave the rest of us in the dust. Mass poisoning from fluoride and genetically modified "GMO" products to decrease thought power and increase compliance is reprehensible.
Why is there a seed bank in inaccessible regions of Norway. Why has NASA not returned to the Moon? Why are we being terrorized by individuals who are no more than idiots or pawns of some controlling faction that remains anonymous. Please just leave me alone. I have prepared for some things and neglected others but indignation is my mode of being now. Please don't encroach my space because that's all I have now. I do not allow bugs to crawl on me if I can reach them. Peace, love, and mahabuhay (long live) to all.