5/8/08
Long-term outlook on the dollar looks grim due to the following (according to 3 government reports, you can read a summary here: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id
=29114238&txt2find=gld+ ): medicare and social security for baby boomers (10,000+ added each day), private mortgage and corporate debts are MUCH larger than our national debt, federal governments fiscal burden is $400,000 per full-time worker in the US, grand total of all US debt is more than 3 times US GDP which is declining, the looming derivative crisis will further inflame the current housing and credit crises, the "inflation tax," the current international food crisis, etc.
This Book is Not for You: Dan is at the airport minding his own business when a sexy blond suddenly walks up and sings to him - at the gate. Strangely, her song is quietly playing on his iPod in perfect timing! How is she doing it? The only thing Dan knows is it's all about to get crazier. Experience intense karate fights, clandestine animal-beings with covert purposes, a hot dancer awaiting a bizarre future, and evil magic from none other than a terrible overlord named George 'Walker' Bush. Dan must face his worst, new enemy, Walker Bush, in a colorful, zany world. Who will rule the land? Will it be Walker in his crafty cunning or can Dan wrestle away the power with a secret weapon? Prepare for a wild ride of non-stop, random silliness as the author satirizes modern America. Consider his creation a cross between Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Gulliver's Travels (original satire), Monty Python, and Alice in Wonderland. Click on the book's cover above to preview the book and read 6 chapters (~1/3 of the book)! Alternatively, you can read an older version on MySpace (2 edits back).
Update on This Book is Not for You:
The entire book is now edited and posted. Also, it is now published as a soft-back ($8.95) or e-Book ($0.50). Eventually, it will be on Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Needless to say, I had quite a bit of fun writing this book. Also, I'm working on the audio book. At this point, I have Chapter 1 finished (not much, takes time!). The audio book will sell for 99 cents. If enough people are interested, I'll write Book II.
Who is from Tyler, TX? Message me or add me. Curious who you are. :)
Evolution is statistically impossible.
Saying we evolved from single-celled organisms is like saying a tornado can assemble a 747 airplane while blazing through a junk yard. It's statistically impossible. In an infinite amount of time, monkeys randomly beating on typewriters will eventually create a work of Shakespeare (e.g. Romeo and Juliet). However, a course of action that takes infinite amount of time will statistically NEVER happen. Since infinite time can never be reached in this reality, "evolution" would always occur in the future. In other words, we would ALWAYS be waiting for it to happen. (Unless someone or something outside of this reality gave it a little push.)
To put it plainly, believing in chance-evolution is like giving mathematics the bird. And even the thought of flipping off a form of study is just plain silly! :)
Remember that evolution is a theory. It is not a fact. Refrain from believing everything you hear. Most of it is nonsense.
The reason we are so quick to believe in this nonsense is because we do not truly understand the sheer complexities of the human body or even a simple flower. A 747 airplane is a house of cards compared to the immense intricacies of our bodies and minds. According to an article in the New York Times, we do not understand 97% of our DNA ( Article: Human DNA, the Ultimate Spot for Secret Messages (Are Some There Now?) ).
According to an article in Discover magazine ( Article: Your Body is a Planet ), 90% of our bodies are made up of other living creatures. The statistical possibilities of this happening by chance are utterly ridiculous (compare it to winning the lottery every week of your life from age 18 to 99 years old). This truly shows how unfortunately unprepared our generation is in terms of understanding and comprehending impossible probabilities.
Consider the possiblity of existence to be far more complex than the simple evolution explanation. Consider that there is a far more interesting likelihood looming in front of our faces. Consider it, and seek to understand what is really happening around us. Changing the way we all comprehend reality happens one person at a time. Your beliefs are important and influence the entire framework of society.
"The wind pushed from a butterfly's wings may be just enough to start the next hurricane. Your every small action matters and may matter in an extraordinary way."
Scientists are Finding that our Dimensional Reality is a Mere Shadow of what is True Actuality
"Researchers have found that the best candidate for a theory of everything, the variant of string theory called M-theory, is self-consistent only if the universe has more than four dimensions of space and time--as many as seven more. One implication is that the constants we observe may not, in fact, be the truly fundamental ones. Those live in the full higher-dimensional space, and we see only their three-dimensional 'shadows.' ... The constants are a tantalizing mystery. Every equation of physics is filled with them, and they seem so prosaic that people tend to forget how unaccountable their values are. Their origin is bound up with some of the grandest questions of modern science, from the unification of physics to the expansion of the universe. They may be the superficial shadow of a structure larger and more complex than the three-dimensional universe we witness around us. " - Scientific American - Inconstant Constants, June 2005 - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&am
p;articleID=0005BFE6-2965-128A-A96583414B7F0000
Let me state up front that I'm NOT interested in pursuing any kind of relationship outside of exchanging ideas/thoughts. I welcome your mind and your rationality. If you cannot keep them in my presence, leave me be. Although I'm open to the possibility of plutonic relationships building into something greater, let me strongly warn that this is highly unlikely with me. Sensuality accentuates our inherent, animilistic tendencies, all of which I consider vile. I want to make it clear that I do not look down upon those that choose sensuality. It is simply just not for me. As you can see from one of the below quotes, marriage is considered a good thing from my standpoint. However, there is much more to life than this, and I'm determined to prove it.
If you find any of the above overly bizarre, you do not understand the nature of this realm or death.
Either you believe in an afterlife or not. In comparison to such a possibility, the duration of this life is nothing, a drop of rain in the ocean. Preparation for the next level, the greater existence, is therefore the only matter in our mortal lifetime. We all have our own ideas about how to prepare, but do you have plans? Are you acting out a plan of preparation, or are you a drifting raindrop aimlessly hurtling towards its end?
The ostrich hides his head upon foreseeable danger.
In the face of a foreseeable death, I refuse to mimic this FOOLISH bird. Do you?
Jesus, Paul, and every Dali Lama refrained from relationships based upon sensuality.
Here are two authorities on the matter that somewhat support my view:
1. "I think biologically, there is some kind of desire of the sexual, of course, as part of the biology of the human body, that of course, I think, is a very narrow minded emotion." CBC News Interview, Dali Lama.
2. KJV of the Holy Bible:
"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." 1 Cor 7:27
"But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife." 1 Cor 7:32-33
"So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better." 1 Cor 7:38
My various thoughts (in double-quotes) or quotes I found and like (no double-quotes):
"Understand the present. Create your future."
"Wherever you go, find a way to give more than you take."
"I highly recommend Yoga. It's simply fascinating."
The best mind-altering drug is truth.
"Hardly high on life..."
Too many days to get lost... Many, many people I've known... got lost...
Outrun Destiny
"Constantly, carefully ponder all previous and present paths in life. Without consideration and reflection, life is merely a ride."
"Bend your mind into ideas."
If asking oneself "Am I dreaming?" in a dream proves that one is, what does it prove in waking life?
The Fallen will control you whether you like it or not. There is only one answer; only One that asks you give up control.
"I am my own lack of self control. Me: the greatest hypocrite of all."
Nihilist Paradox: If truth does not exist, the statement 'truth does not exist' is a truth, thereby proving itself incorrect.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
"Purposely procastinating to refrain from procastinating"
"Reality is not apparent. What we believe to be reality is."
"Changing the future... one piece of code at a time."
Man prepares for privation by satiety, and finishes his sin thoroughly.
Normal is dressing in clothes bought for work and driving in traffic a car which you still pay for, to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes, the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. This is our modern version of slavery. It is not slavery in the strictest sense, but it is our version of it.
"Can you be more than a meager cog in the machine? (Because that's all you likely are.) Or is it just your destiny to be small? Expand your mind; increase your sphere of influence."
"Free as the wind."
"I wish I felt led rather than screwed."
"Cricket your galactic."
"Emerge from the Undercurrent of Mediocrity"
"The sudden reality of death forces drastic changes in perspective. Fortunately, every one of us will fade from this wretched existence. I have great relief in knowing this life is only a glimmer of the full spectrum of reality."
"Upside-down hope."
"If it was easy, everyone would do it. The hoi polloi go with the flow, taking the easy road."
Accursed be he who can find a subject for sarcasm in involuntary misfortune, and who can crown gray hairs with thorns!
The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools
"I need to know."
Pride comes before a fall.
"Time is money, and time is the only thing that matters in this reality... everything else requires it."
"I am not this body. This body is merely a vehicle, and I am temporarily trapped in this reality."
Revelling leaves men in rags.
"Breaking Free of the Whirlwind of Desperation"
"Infinite Energy from an Infinite Source"
"Unfortunately, I keep secrets from myself. There are hidden parts of ourselves we all blindly ignore."
"Bad days and good days, ups and downs: does this shadow reality control your mood?"
"My fingernails are tiny guitar picks."
"Odds of dying: 1:2 (There's always translation. :)"
"Discovering classical guitar is wonderfully amusing."
"You can be anything! ... Be a corporate slave-dog."
"Subtle choices dictate our spiritual blindness or clarity. Cloud your vision or see beyond the four dimensions: you make the choice to suffer or enjoy the consequences in THIS LIFE and the next. See into the framework. Make the choice."
"Beware the pink sheets."
Slave to Strategy
"Once destiny is proffered, one must take it."
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
We have lived as if in a trance...
I like to take toothpicks and throw them in a forest and say, "You're home!"
A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.
"Brainstorming with the best illuminates the brightest of ideas."
A clever hawk hides his claws.
A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.
Every African morning, Gazelles and Lions awaken. Each knows it must run faster than the others, or it will die from starvation or slaughter. The point is, whether *you* are a "Lion" or a "Gazelle," when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
Oil: 'The only REAL hedge against the rising cost of EVERYTHING!'
My sun is ascending again...
"See into the framework. Make the choice."
What if everything around you isn't quite what it seems? What if all the world we know is just someone's elaborate dream? Are you one of the few that would want to know? This concept isn't new. Many feel it just as you.
"Working on the future of our world."
Heaven is having a Japanese wife, a Chinese cook, a British country home and an American salary. Hell, on the other hand, is having a Chinese salary, a British cook, a Japanese house and an American wife.
I love the following from Wikipedia's The Liar's Paradox:
"Analyzing the statement 'I am lying now', if what the speaker says is true, then the statement "I am lying now" is false, that means when the statement was said, the speaker was actually lying. But then, on the contrary, if it is true that the speaker is lying, then the statement 'I am lying now' is false in that the statement turns out to be true."
Also from Wikipedia:
"Supposedly, in 270 BC, the poet and grammarian Philetas of Cos reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia while brooding about the Liar paradox."
