Smitty explains why you need more than 3 pound test line to fish for bass in Southern Indiana. He also gives a demonstration of how to fish using a pumpkin seed flourescent yellow crazy-lizard rig.
Then, at the end, Plocik drops something heavy onto my drink, knocking it off the cooler and into the bed of the Ranger.
Children, hold your ears.
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Sometimes when an argument seems so circular and endless that there is no possible resolution, it’s best to just do what kids do. Forget about it and go do something else.
Here are some wise words from a Japanese animator called Miyazaki, from an interview in the Guardian:
“Personally I am very pessimistic,” Miyazaki says. “But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can’t help but bless them for a good future. Because I can’t tell that child, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have come into this life.’ And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making.”
Perhaps this is why he tells children’s stories. “Well, yes. I believe that children’s souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It’s just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches down to that level. If I could do that I would die happy.”
I ask if he feels he’s managed that already and he chuckles and shakes his head. Nor does he feel that film can be employed as a force for good. “Film doesn’t have that kind of power,” he says, gloomily. “It only exerts its influence when it stirs patriots up against other nations, or taps into aggressive, violent urges.”
This is a black diagnosis indeed. But then, inexplicably, Miyazaki’s mood lightens. Perhaps it’s the sunshine, or the cigarette, or the fact that the interview is almost over. “Of course,” he relents, “if, as artists, we try to tap into that soul level - if we say that life is worth living and the world is worth living in - then something good might come of it.” He shrugs. “Maybe that’s what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child”
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Must be “fun with kitchen implements” week. This is the definition of Whisking: It is not Spatulacasting. There are those who lump these two terms together and call them Utensilblogging. Those people can rot in hell.
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Halloween comes early this year with this twisted tale of woe and derangement. In an abandoned movie theater in 1930’s Chicago, the killer sets loose his rage upon the unsuspecting and helpless characters of the silver screen. Then in a moment of clarity, the beast realizes the damage he has inflicted and turns the blade upon his own head.
Lifters are prototype field-effect propulsion devices powered by high-voltage supplies. They’re made of aluminum and other lightweight materials, and take off vertically when power is applied. They provide continuous thrust with no moving parts, and don’t require fuel like conventional aerospace technologies.
Lifter technology is currently being investigated to determine if the anomalous side-effects noticed in testing are in fact gravitational in nature, but Lifter technology is probably not “true” Antigravity. The definition of “true” Antigravity would be that it actually reduces or negates the effects of gravity on the prototype.
Lifter technology is a method of producing directional thrust using an electromagnetic propulsion system that has no moving parts. This could be considered the effective equivalent, or “effective” Antigravity for the purpose of future vehicular transportation.
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Central Park, like most of New York, is a great place to sit down and observe people. Imagine if you could know all the stories that make up all these people’s lives. It’s overwhelming to think about. What would you do with all that information?
Note: This video was taken over a month after the video from the last post. Just thought I’d try to bring some kind of continuity to this shamble of a vlog/blog.
Music by the greatest American rock band of my generation, Pearl Jam: Yield
Click for Video Here are just a few moments from my August. The beach, the ants, the Irishman Owen watching American football on the TV. Music by Swellmob.
Bradshaw and Slonsky are paramedics frorm California that were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans. Larry Bradsahw is the chief shop steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790; and Lorrie Beth Slonsky is steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790
You have to listen Beethoven with fresh ears. These two guys are in the philharmonic.
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- Dippermouth Blues
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