Saturday, November 26, 2005

Make your own conspiracy theory

Confused about how the world works? Why not make sense of it all with a grand conspiracy theory! However, there are just too many of these floating around. Here, courtesy of Turn Left you can come up with a Wacko Right Wing Conspiracy Theory of your very own. Simply enter your selections, click the button at the bottom of the page and print it out. You'll be the hero of your next militia meeting. Have fun, and remember...They are Watching You!

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Birthday Calculator

You entered: 5/21/1973

Your date of conception was on or about 28 August 1972 which was a Monday.

You were born on a Monday
under the astrological sign Taurus.
Your Life path number is 1.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441823.5.
The golden number for 1973 is 17.
The epact number for 1973 is 25.
The year 1973 was not a leap year.

There are 176 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 33 candles

Those 33 candles produce 33 BTUs,
or 8,316 calories of heat (that's only 8.3160 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.77 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1973 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1973 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)

Your birthstone is Emerald
The Mystical properties of Emerald

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Emerald is used for physical and emotional healing.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Agate, Chrysoprase
Your birth tree is
Chestnut Tree, the Honesty

Of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritable and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self-confidence, acts sometimes superior, feels not understood, loves only once, has difficulties in finding a partner.

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

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I am, among all, most richly blessed

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn to humbly obey.
I asked for health, that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy; I was give poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness, that I might feel the need for God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life; I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all, most richly blessed.

-Unknown Confederate Soldier's prayer

You better get a tear in your eye
Or I will beat the crap out of you.

-Unknown author of this blog

Monday, November 21, 2005

Its a dogs life..New friends at Palolem..

And I thought I was the only pet in my wife's life..

These dogs had booked us for the day. They slept at our side all day long, and wouldnt let any other dog come near.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Just the photo


Starfish hanging out on the beach. Was walking along Palolem when I happened to glance down and saw these starfish
heading towards each other. Made me realise that we arent the only ones using the beach to socialise..

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

No protest songs

I was reading the other day in the newspaper..that we seem to have run out of protest songs. And this sort of surprised me. Apparently nowadays whenever people protest they sing songs that were written in the 1970s during the Vietnam movement.

Thats sad.

I blame the music companies for this. They have taken on the responsibility for recruiting and creating the talent we see on TV..cookie cutter singers..out of the same box musicians..and those guys aint gonna protest about nothing. They would only protest if their champagne came without bubbles.

It says a lot about our generation. We have grown up to become slaves, and even those of us who dont want to be slaves dont have updated songs to protest about the fact. The reason why there have been no new protest songs is because we are a generation which perhaps doesnt believe in protest..which cant protest properly..which protests in a very bland fashion..because we are living in a state of constant fear.

But I speak for myself..I have never protested about anything. And thats not because Im a coward. Its because just staying alive, maintaining my standard of living has gotten so hard, that all the fight is reserved for everyday living.

And the other sad part is, who can you protest to? Earlier, you had the administration..you could stick it to THE MAN. But now, THE MAN has gone underground. He has so many heads, you dont know which one to cut off. He finds way to threaten what you have, so that everyday is spent clinging onto it. You never want to lose the precious few things you managed to wrest from life.

The other night we were at a nightclub..and it was a peaceful party, listening to this DJ Pete Gooding..specially flown in from Ibiza or something. Just chillin. And then the cops marched in at 1am. They busted a party where nothing illegal was going on..they took down our names and phone numbers..and then let us go. Nobody shouted at them. No one said..this is bullshit. We all said bummer and took off home. Later in the week the same thing happened to another friend of mine..this time at 12.30am. They even arrested the DJ. So that means we cant even go out for a night on the town anymore.

And thats how they get you. In small doses..take the fight out of you. Persuade you that you arent entitled to enjoy life. So once you never raise your head for the smaller causes, where will you raise your head for the big ones?

And even then, even if you do raise your voice, it will be with some song your daddy sang when he had sideburns.

Who wants that?!