They are blaming Katrina for pushing the gas prices up over $3.00 a gallon. Gas was $2.75 in my area long before Katrina hit the US. The way I figure 50% of the price increases of the last year are not to be blamed on nature.
We ran last Governor out of California over the price of energy. Will Bush be next?
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
bongo
Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.
Mickey Hart
The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mickey Hart
The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Rules and regulations filled out in triplicate.
Why does management keep pushing new ideas with no merit down the pipeline?
It should be oblivious that one only needs to ignore them for a few days before they dissipate into the ether.
Sometimes procrastination has its merits.
It should be oblivious that one only needs to ignore them for a few days before they dissipate into the ether.
Sometimes procrastination has its merits.
Puzzle
Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.
Robert. L. Ehrlich
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
Theodor Geisel
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.
Timothy Leary
Robert. L. Ehrlich
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
Theodor Geisel
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.
Timothy Leary
Puzzle Palace
The power of Thought, the magic of the Mind!
Lord Byron
A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
George Bernard Shaw
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
Lord Byron
A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
George Bernard Shaw
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
Puzzle Palace
What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising discrimination, judgment, awareness.
Ayn Rand
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Thomas A. Edison
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ayn Rand
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Thomas A. Edison
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Puzzle Palace
Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.
Pablo Picasso
My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?
Virginia Woolf
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
Plato
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain
Pablo Picasso
My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?
Virginia Woolf
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
Plato
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain
Puzzle Palace
Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
Ambrose Bierce
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Lewis Carroll
I can't do it all myself. I'm not that kind of artist, I'm the kind of artist who works off other people best. It was like playing with Tinker toys or dominoes, trying to get all the pieces to fit like a jigsaw puzzle so I'd have a whole portrait but it would still have many facets.
Iggy Pop
Ambrose Bierce
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Lewis Carroll
I can't do it all myself. I'm not that kind of artist, I'm the kind of artist who works off other people best. It was like playing with Tinker toys or dominoes, trying to get all the pieces to fit like a jigsaw puzzle so I'd have a whole portrait but it would still have many facets.
Iggy Pop
Monday, August 29, 2005
With Time:
The Black Flag logo once stood proudly on his neck. With age and gravity it now looks likes a collapsed skyline.
Platform, guides and rules for becoming world leader #120
War can be profitable for friends, family and supporters.
FIL Update: Monday
They have not started doing the dialysis through the neck. It seems that they needed a family member to sign off on it and they waited for two days until no one was around to ask for a signature. The Cat Scan showed nothing wrong in his head, but they have now ordered a MRI. It looks as if they are concerned by his speech and arm/hand movement
Meditation
The real meditation is... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voila une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voila une chose!
Ezra Pound
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
Voltaire
Ezra Pound
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
Voltaire
Relax
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
Ovid
Ovid
Sunday, August 28, 2005
outlaw toddler
In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.
Merle Haggard
If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Bertrand Russell
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Henry David Thoreau
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor Hugo
Merle Haggard
If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Bertrand Russell
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Henry David Thoreau
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor Hugo
Saturday slid into Sunday
FIL update
A few months back they put a tap/plug thing into FIL's arm. It did not have time to properly heal before the dialysis started. (or it got torn out) They will now start doing the dialysis through FIL's neck. Things are looking brighter. He may be moved out of the hospital and into a rehabilitation type place on Monday.
Details are still sketchy.
The stress is starting to show throughout the family.
A few months back they put a tap/plug thing into FIL's arm. It did not have time to properly heal before the dialysis started. (or it got torn out) They will now start doing the dialysis through FIL's neck. Things are looking brighter. He may be moved out of the hospital and into a rehabilitation type place on Monday.
Details are still sketchy.
The stress is starting to show throughout the family.
god complex
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.
Ernest Hemingway
God created man, but I could do better.
Erma Bombeck
Mark Twain
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.
Ernest Hemingway
God created man, but I could do better.
Erma Bombeck
magazine Gags
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
e. e. cummings
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
Joseph Heller
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
William Shakespeare
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
Virginia Woolf
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
Woody Allen
e. e. cummings
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
Joseph Heller
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
William Shakespeare
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
Virginia Woolf
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
Woody Allen
Saturday, August 27, 2005
William Carlos Williams
The Red Wheelbarrow
By William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
By William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
Friday Slid Into Saturday
FIL update-
Dialysis has started.
As of last night the Cat Scan had been ordered but not done.
His voice is getting stronger.
Today I plan on playing with my camera and thinking happy thoughts.
Dialysis has started.
As of last night the Cat Scan had been ordered but not done.
His voice is getting stronger.
Today I plan on playing with my camera and thinking happy thoughts.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Up and down.
FIL is still in the ICU and it is sounds as if they may do a Cat Scan of his head tomorrow. (MIL seems to be getting everything all jumbled up.)
Mquest Jr is grumpy. His grumpiness is a vast improvement over the lethargy he has shown over the last few days.
Mquest Jr is grumpy. His grumpiness is a vast improvement over the lethargy he has shown over the last few days.
A prince and other pampered idiots:
Someone has trained this little prick to be a Machiavellian Prince.
Thankfully- I am unimpressed by monarchy
Thankfully- I am unimpressed by monarchy
Platform, guides and rules for becoming world#119
Never describe your opposition using any human characteristics in the description.
Platform, guides and rules for becoming world#118
Only do body counts when it is in your best interest.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Wed Update
With Mquest Jr. we are fighting some type of asthma/bronchitis brought about by the cold. He is on antibiotics ( amoxiccilin ) and is taking doses of Ilbuterol from mask/tube (inhaler/spacer) device. His breathing is much better today.
My father-in-law is still in the ICU. Yesterday his organs started the process of shutting down. At the time we were told that their was nothing left to be done. It seems that today there is a bit more hope. It looks as if he will begin dialysis tomorrow.
Thanks for all the well wishes.
My father-in-law is still in the ICU. Yesterday his organs started the process of shutting down. At the time we were told that their was nothing left to be done. It seems that today there is a bit more hope. It looks as if he will begin dialysis tomorrow.
Thanks for all the well wishes.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Tuesday
No time real time for a update. Mquest Jr is now on antibiotics and is coughing like a seal.
My wifes father is in rapid declining health.
My wifes father is in rapid declining health.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Relapse-
Mquest Jr has taken a another turn toward sickness. It sounds as if the cold it has moved into his chest. He now has a deep cough and a appointment to see the doctor in the morning.
A Quick Personal Note:
It was my good friend MC's last day at work today. (Do we really have a tradition where we make the person we are having the party for cut the cake and serve it?)
I wish the best of luck to MC. I know you will be able to make a difference. Good luck on this new chapter in your life.
I wish the best of luck to MC. I know you will be able to make a difference. Good luck on this new chapter in your life.
Jagged little rocks
The river of life polishes our harsh life lessons into more pleasant memories.
Time is a great equalizer
Time is a great equalizer
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Health Update:
Mquest Jr seems to be feeling better. He is rather cranky and gets tired quickly. I hope a good nights sleep will improve his cranky disposition.
Thanks You for all the well wishes.
Thanks You for all the well wishes.
Let them eat cake-
As I look through the catalog of rich peoples toys a thought occurs to me.
Does one really need a special refrigerator to keep your wine in? One would think the paper bag that the liquor store provides would keep it chilled long enough.
Does one really need a special refrigerator to keep your wine in? One would think the paper bag that the liquor store provides would keep it chilled long enough.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Liberal Arts and other useless crafts-
As I question my motives I realize that I am having a Kafkaesque moment.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Sick
Mquest Jr. is sick. All he has done all day is lay around and stare at the ceiling. Every hour or so he gets up and walks to a different location and collapses. It is the saddest thing.
UPDATE: The phrase “OFF OFF” is toddler talk for I am going to throw up.
UPDATE: The phrase “OFF OFF” is toddler talk for I am going to throw up.
Boys of Summer
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.
Robert Frost
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw
Robert Frost
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Intelligent Design
I was all set to add my version of Intelligent Design to the text book debate. Then I found this link at Nina turns 40. Not as good my pizza god idea but a Flying Spaghetti Monster will do.
Words
What if the propaganda machine called them preachers of hate rather than religious extremists?
Fodder for the front line
The guy that is too stupid to use the ATM machine is wearing a “Rage Against the Machine/Battle for Los Angeles” shirt.
When the battle starts lets put him on the front line and remove him from society first.
"I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats."
Woody Allen
When the battle starts lets put him on the front line and remove him from society first.
"I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats."
Woody Allen
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
I'm Blogging This
Happy Birthday
The Mquest Blog turned one today. I would like to thank my handful of faithful readers.
Thank you.
Mquest
The Mquest Blog turned one today. I would like to thank my handful of faithful readers.
Thank you.
Mquest
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Yard Work
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Platform, guides and rules for becoming world leader: #117
Never underestimate the publics love of the flag. It may be a inanimate object, but one can get away with a lot when hidden behind it.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Art
Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
Pablo Picasso
Mr Picasso I never learned how to paint.
I never had the artistic abilities to paint and draw. I hope Mquest Jr figures out the art of drawing.
Pablo Picasso
Mr Picasso I never learned how to paint.
I never had the artistic abilities to paint and draw. I hope Mquest Jr figures out the art of drawing.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
inside your fridge
What is in your fridge? How much can we find out about someone by looking into their fridge? One of my Flickr contacts put me up to the challenge. Click on the pictures to see the notes and comments that were left on the flickr site. There is even a group for these types of photos that can be found HERE. The group is called inside your fridge.
Are you up to the challenge? What is in your fridge?
Are you up to the challenge? What is in your fridge?
Fridge
“Harry! harry! where do you go when the lights go out (3x)
Harry! harry! where do you go?” Harry Hood--Phish
Harry! harry! where do you go?” Harry Hood--Phish
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