Why does the outside of a funeral home always have more ash in the ashtrays and smoke lingering in the air than a cigar club? The obvious and truthfull awnser is that a death makes you lungs pray for punishment. Not any kind of punishment only punishment from a cigarette, pipe, or maybe even a hookah, the lungs however do not want anything to do with cigar smoke because that is generally a celebatory smoke and a funeral is not a celebration by anymeans. With that in mind you must remember with such a fragile state of mind nothing calms the nerves like a lit stick of tobacco.
There is something about the smoke filling your mouth as you take a long deep drag of the cigarette that releaves the pressure of a lost loved one like nothing else can. There is something about smoke seaping from your open mouth slowly as you watch the smoke eratically dance higher and higher in the air that slows the tears. There is something about keeping you mind on how potentially cool you look smoking a cigarette puff by puff, drag by drag, toke by toke that keeps your mind from focusing on the death of someone you knew and loved.
Maybe the appeal of smoking at a funeral is the appeal of easing the social akwardness. When the crowd is standing around in silence with gravity taking its effect as tears drip down everyonce face then a smoke my ease the akwardness. Keeping you mind on whether or not you should say something or continue to look at the ground in grief and remorse. A smoke gives you something to do when there is nothing to do.
Its a curious statistic how many people start smoking at a funeral or around the time of a death as compared to starting the tobaco adiction under normal circumstances. It appears to me that stress causes more people to start or return to smoking than a just a lust for tobaco with no stress. Maybe that is a common sense stat, but maybe it isn't. I really don't no i am just trying to write 400 words for proffesor ass face (ass face equals two words).
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Election Fatigue
As a new voter with exitement to vote bursting from within me i have been closely following the 08 election. Or now i shawl say was closely following the election of 08. With all the mud slinging going on between the democratic candidates i have become sick of the immaturity. I have always disliked the voting system of electoral colleges but i am a strong believer in the vote or don't complain policy. And complaining about the whitehouse and its staff has been a growing trend in this nation.
In my minds eye this election will become vote for the least of the evils. With no strong candidates as far as i am concerened i am truly worried what the future will bring. Barack and Hilary a close race that will not matter. The more important thing is if elected who will be the vice president for either candidate. Both are strongly hated and will require very high national security for survival. Obama is the first presidential candidate to have national security before elected due to the amount of death threats recieved. And Clinton, well lets just say it is Hilary Clinton the name speaks for itself.
Oh and the republicans with there now sturdy reputation (sarcasm intended). Well you have John McCain who is a shoein for the republican nomination. Congratulations McCain you will beat Mike Huckabee or whoever that is.Good luck in the main election seeing how as you are a conservative who supports the war you have a real fighting chance.
This election has become a joke and the only good outcome of this election will be (in my prediction) Hilary Clinton will get crushed. Great.
This is a third party candidates best year for a chance at the oval office. Posibly the most prized and hated job that this earth has ever seen.
Just for kicks i here by declare "God save the Queen."Atleast parlimant has a use.
In my minds eye this election will become vote for the least of the evils. With no strong candidates as far as i am concerened i am truly worried what the future will bring. Barack and Hilary a close race that will not matter. The more important thing is if elected who will be the vice president for either candidate. Both are strongly hated and will require very high national security for survival. Obama is the first presidential candidate to have national security before elected due to the amount of death threats recieved. And Clinton, well lets just say it is Hilary Clinton the name speaks for itself.
Oh and the republicans with there now sturdy reputation (sarcasm intended). Well you have John McCain who is a shoein for the republican nomination. Congratulations McCain you will beat Mike Huckabee or whoever that is.Good luck in the main election seeing how as you are a conservative who supports the war you have a real fighting chance.
This election has become a joke and the only good outcome of this election will be (in my prediction) Hilary Clinton will get crushed. Great.
This is a third party candidates best year for a chance at the oval office. Posibly the most prized and hated job that this earth has ever seen.
Just for kicks i here by declare "God save the Queen."Atleast parlimant has a use.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Get off your knees ref your blowing the game
Another Boerne High School game brings yet more drama. This game the stage was not in Boerne but not far down I 10 north in Kerville. The stage could not have been more perfect for Boerne with an undefeated season so far this season and having already beaten Kerville by an easy 15 points in their first match.
Three minutes into the game Boerne's leading scorer senior all-state foward Robert Moore fouls out do to very biased officiating. With their pockets full of bribery money as i suspect the refs made no changes in their horrifying officiating. Every last one of Boerne's players that steped foot onto the court had not only Kerville to play but also the three referees. Not even the dream team could have won this game.
Let me give an example of one play that represents the officiating of the entire game. Kerville drives down the court. The point gaurd swings the ball left to number 22 outside the arc. He shoots. The ball bounces off the rim. Isaac Evans jumps for the rebound. He retrieves the ball. He lands. He's lifted by not one but two Kerville players. He is the not dropped but thrown at the ground. Fans yell in outrage parents and students alike. Robert Moore comes off the bench in anticipation of kicking some ass. Why blame him his teamate got body slamed. The whistle is blown not once but multiple times. Isaac has a fould called on him to my best guess falling to fast. Nobody knows what the fould was for. Struggling to get up he has no strength to argue such an absurd call. He looks at his dad as he is escorted from the arena for yelling at the refs as his son was abused. Rumor has it Mr. Evans simply yelled " Come on ref. Wake up and smell the roses." I very much doubt it but that is the rumor. However this is not the end of the scenario Robert Moore is then after fouling out minutes earlier ejected for stepping foot on the court in atempt to check on a fellow companion and teamate.
Never in my life after years of season tickets in many sporting arenas have i seen such a biased and terrible officiating. This I made very clear when in the middle of the game I threw my hat at a referee. Upon my hat striking him in the back of the head i threw many crude remarks at him. Which I knew he heard as due to the fact that he was 5 feet from me.
The Boerne Greyhounds ended up loosing by 27 and the number of shots took in the second half could be counted on 2 hands. Never do I blame the outcome of the games on the officiating. I am an umpire for youth baseball and softball i know the difficulty level of the job. However this was not any normal circumstances. Never does the number 7 ranked team in the state loose so easily and score a meager 23 points when their star player averages more than that alone. To referees everywhere i tell you they give your profession a bad name. Bribes are not worth it. People hate you and will beat you down.
This was not the only drama at the game. More was to come in the fights following the game in the parking lot. Fists and words were thrown. Boerne Prevailed.
Three minutes into the game Boerne's leading scorer senior all-state foward Robert Moore fouls out do to very biased officiating. With their pockets full of bribery money as i suspect the refs made no changes in their horrifying officiating. Every last one of Boerne's players that steped foot onto the court had not only Kerville to play but also the three referees. Not even the dream team could have won this game.
Let me give an example of one play that represents the officiating of the entire game. Kerville drives down the court. The point gaurd swings the ball left to number 22 outside the arc. He shoots. The ball bounces off the rim. Isaac Evans jumps for the rebound. He retrieves the ball. He lands. He's lifted by not one but two Kerville players. He is the not dropped but thrown at the ground. Fans yell in outrage parents and students alike. Robert Moore comes off the bench in anticipation of kicking some ass. Why blame him his teamate got body slamed. The whistle is blown not once but multiple times. Isaac has a fould called on him to my best guess falling to fast. Nobody knows what the fould was for. Struggling to get up he has no strength to argue such an absurd call. He looks at his dad as he is escorted from the arena for yelling at the refs as his son was abused. Rumor has it Mr. Evans simply yelled " Come on ref. Wake up and smell the roses." I very much doubt it but that is the rumor. However this is not the end of the scenario Robert Moore is then after fouling out minutes earlier ejected for stepping foot on the court in atempt to check on a fellow companion and teamate.
Never in my life after years of season tickets in many sporting arenas have i seen such a biased and terrible officiating. This I made very clear when in the middle of the game I threw my hat at a referee. Upon my hat striking him in the back of the head i threw many crude remarks at him. Which I knew he heard as due to the fact that he was 5 feet from me.
The Boerne Greyhounds ended up loosing by 27 and the number of shots took in the second half could be counted on 2 hands. Never do I blame the outcome of the games on the officiating. I am an umpire for youth baseball and softball i know the difficulty level of the job. However this was not any normal circumstances. Never does the number 7 ranked team in the state loose so easily and score a meager 23 points when their star player averages more than that alone. To referees everywhere i tell you they give your profession a bad name. Bribes are not worth it. People hate you and will beat you down.
This was not the only drama at the game. More was to come in the fights following the game in the parking lot. Fists and words were thrown. Boerne Prevailed.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Not to long ago the Discovery Chanel aired a series of shows called "Life in 2050" or something like that. However, I am positive that 2050 was somewhere in the title. The whole purpose of the show is to predict to a decent level of accuracy what life will be like 42 years from now in 2050. Throughout the whole show they have physists, futurists, chemists, and all types of proffesionals whose title end with "ists".
Before the more details of the series is revealed i shawl inform you that my view of the future and the technology it holds is slightly biased. I lean towards less technology purer life. Much of this is influenced by how handicapped I am when it comes to technology. Also, I strongly believes that technology weakens humans.
This show lets these scientists of all kinds tell us their predictions of the future and tell us how it is possible. They mention inventions such as cars that drive themselves, elevators to the moon, and hollowgraphic images as pets that project themselves into thin air and can interact with you.
Lets start with the cars that drives themselves. These cars will have the technology to interpret hundreds of images a seconds. The cars will interpret these images in a way that the car will know what move to make next. Whether it be turn right, left, brake, accelerate, or maybe even run from the police. These cars will be run off of hydrogen with great efficiency. These cars will also have the ability to switch to a manual drive so you have the ability drive as though it were 2008. This is not all of the ability of these cars. These cars also have an extremely advanced form of voice activated GPS system. You name the location and your there.
Should I even get started on the elevator to the moon. The say it is possible to have an elevator that runs from somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean to the moon. How is this possible a stationary elevator cannot lead to a unstationary moon. The idea of such technology is rather incredible. This is only and idea or a theory at most. Imagine the cable to guide the elevator.
This idea they have of hollowgraphic pets that can preject themselves into nothingness at the touch of a button or the command of a voice is hilarious at best. The make these visual pets interact verbally with you. How can something talk when in is made of air. Nothing to produce sound waves. Also these pets can surf from billboard to billboard across a city run on the internet and a complex series of logarithmic technology.
My favoriote part of the whole technology boom is the more and more reliant we become on technology the less reliant we become on ourselves. One crash of technology and we are set back potentially hunreds of years. If such a setback happens many will not be able to deal with such a situation because they are to dependent on technology and have grown weak
Before the more details of the series is revealed i shawl inform you that my view of the future and the technology it holds is slightly biased. I lean towards less technology purer life. Much of this is influenced by how handicapped I am when it comes to technology. Also, I strongly believes that technology weakens humans.
This show lets these scientists of all kinds tell us their predictions of the future and tell us how it is possible. They mention inventions such as cars that drive themselves, elevators to the moon, and hollowgraphic images as pets that project themselves into thin air and can interact with you.
Lets start with the cars that drives themselves. These cars will have the technology to interpret hundreds of images a seconds. The cars will interpret these images in a way that the car will know what move to make next. Whether it be turn right, left, brake, accelerate, or maybe even run from the police. These cars will be run off of hydrogen with great efficiency. These cars will also have the ability to switch to a manual drive so you have the ability drive as though it were 2008. This is not all of the ability of these cars. These cars also have an extremely advanced form of voice activated GPS system. You name the location and your there.
Should I even get started on the elevator to the moon. The say it is possible to have an elevator that runs from somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean to the moon. How is this possible a stationary elevator cannot lead to a unstationary moon. The idea of such technology is rather incredible. This is only and idea or a theory at most. Imagine the cable to guide the elevator.
This idea they have of hollowgraphic pets that can preject themselves into nothingness at the touch of a button or the command of a voice is hilarious at best. The make these visual pets interact verbally with you. How can something talk when in is made of air. Nothing to produce sound waves. Also these pets can surf from billboard to billboard across a city run on the internet and a complex series of logarithmic technology.
My favoriote part of the whole technology boom is the more and more reliant we become on technology the less reliant we become on ourselves. One crash of technology and we are set back potentially hunreds of years. If such a setback happens many will not be able to deal with such a situation because they are to dependent on technology and have grown weak
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