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SwampGuy

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joined on 03/28/07
last updated 08/08/11
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What I'm All About

"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." (vonGoethe)
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Me, My Life & My Journey

Gender
Male
Age
59
about me
Seeker and Explorer.

Earth guy living a conventional lifestyle. Totally enthusiastic about life. Into pushing boundaries and exploring the fringes of our existence (OK, well when I have spare time).

Focused. Work really hard. Very serious about things I need to be serious about.

Sometimes like to question that status quo. Being a rebel is sometimes a good thing.

I try to be good person. Usually I am.

Sometimes I give off a lot of raw energy.

Goodness and light rule. And curiosity and honesty and generosity and openness and simplicity.

"In wildness is the preservation of the world." (Henry David Thoreau)

"Carpe Diem." (Some wise ancient philosopher who spoke Latin and had a white beard)

Wild imagination. If you want someone to create really cool alternate universes, I'm the guy. Imagination sometimes needs to be subdued with metaphorical tranquilizer darts.

I like wild places. I think swamps are a great metaphor for life. I'm into deep thoughts and whimsical trivia. I'm a really fast keyboarder.

I was a kid once.

Some of my friends say I am a lousy driver. Sometimes I forget to tie my shoes in the morning. Otherwise, I got my act together.

I think laughter is a good thing.

Ask me anything you want.
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Random Thoughts and Wild Imaginings

Spring is in full bloom, and I spent the uncommitted part of the weekend doing the yard stuff.

Mowing for the 4th time this year (and I still haven't gotten the mower out to the far end of the property). Some weeding. Planting the first of the annuals now that danger of frost has passed.

The rear gardens need major work, the pond needs cleaning, vegetables need to go in next weekend, mulching needs to be done, etc. All for the next few weekends. At least.

I got a notice yesterday fro... read more
Sun, May 19, 2013 - 4:52 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Aotearoa is a Maori term affirming (among other things) that the land can never be separated from persons, and that the land is sacred.

We need to protect the land.

Just an Earth Day thought.
Mon, April 22, 2013 - 1:41 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Positives About Today:

Leonardo daVinci was born on this day in 1452.

Joseph Priestly invented the eraser on this day in 1770. What would we do without erasers?

First really warm and sunny early spring day. Flowers in the pot outside the garage are blooming.

Negatives About Today:

It's National Hostility Day. Seriously.

The modern McDonald's was founded on this day in 1955. Don't get me wrong. I like their entrepreneurial spirit. But is their food causing big-time problems ... read more
Tue, April 16, 2013 - 2:43 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Early spring sunshine streaming through the window illuminates clutter around the house. And dusting and cleanup that needs doing.

But it also paints bright patterns and deep shadows on the walls. Sun art.
Sat, March 30, 2013 - 11:51 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Sequester.

Definition from Webster's: to seize especially by writ of sequestration; to place (property in custody) especially in sequestration; to hold in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex.

So the U.S. Congress is debating sequestration and its alternatives.

The idea is that federal spending will be dramatically reduced unless Congress takes proactive action.

The idea is that we've got ourselves in over our heads in the spending department, and w... read more
Sun, March 17, 2013 - 5:15 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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Important Stuff People Said

"Do not go where the trail may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." (Ben Franklin)

" ... People would become better if they stopped trying to become better off ..." (Peter Maurin)

"Beauty arrests motion." (Thomas Aquinas)

"Live long and prosper." (Traditional Vulcan greeting)

"It furthers one to cross the great water." (I Ching)

"The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates)

"I think, therefore I am." (Descartes)

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you will have ceased to live." (Mark Twain)

"The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it." (Stanley Kubrick)

"Life must be lived as play." (Plato)

"Life would be a lot simpler if only I had the source code." (Unknown)

"I haven't figured out the meaning of life, but I've got some pretty good leads." (Pete C, Slayer of Useless Words)

"Try? There is no try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd just type a little faster." (Isaac Asimov)

"Many a false step was made by standing still." (Fortune Cookie)

"Nothing happens until something moves." (Albert Einstein)

"One man with courage is a majority." (Buddha)

"If not now, when?" (Talmud)

"The first halting step toward freedom of the self is the acknowledgment of one's enslavement." (Gerry Spence)

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose ..." (Kris Kristofferson)

"It takes many years to grow young." (Pablo Picasso)

"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." (Nietzsche)

"You really climb for the hell of it." (Sir Edmund Hillary) - Well OK, I really don't agree with this, but this guy is one of the great climbers of all time and he deserves to have his thoughts here.

"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." (Ralph Waldon Emerson) - Don't agree with this one either.

"If you could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole world would change." (Buddha)

"Mitakuy oyasin ..." (Lakota)

"It is not the mountains we conquer, but ourselves." (Sir Edmund Hillary)

"Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses." (Socrates, from The Peaceful Warrior)

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." (Mark Twain)

"I am in love with this world. I have nestled lovingly in it. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heat, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings." (John Burroughs)

"If we are silent, the stones speak." (Unknown)

"There is no finish line." (Unknown)

"It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions." (Robert Bly)

"Adventure is worthwhile." (Aristotle)

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Halleluljah!

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The Heavens and the Deep and the Wide

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Whistles the Wind

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Knock at the Door

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On the Rope

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Dylan and the Stones

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Spiral Out - Amazing Possibilities

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Seger Rules

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My YouTube Video

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Stuff I've Said Lately

May 19 (blog entry) Spring is in full bloom, and I spent the uncommitted part of the weekend doing the yard stuff.

Mowing for the 4th time this year (and I still haven't gotten the mower out to the far end of the property). Some weeding. Planting the first of the ... read more
blog entry posted Sun, May 19, 2013 - 4:52 PM permalink - 0 comments
Re: Reality what is it? (in Raw Wisdom) Or maybe to put it in oversimplistic terms - the world is so infinitely complex and our brains/being is so infinitely complex, "reality/appearance" is never identical from person to person, or even minute to minute.

We all experience a constel... read more
discussion post on Sun, May 19, 2013 - 4:25 AM
Re: Reality what is it? (in Raw Wisdom) No quotes, but one observation and one experience.

Observation: Descartes & Co. and Enemies have been pondering and debating this subject for centuries. At some point, the debate gets reduced to linguistics. Like what is "reality" and what is ... read more
discussion post on Fri, May 17, 2013 - 5:17 PM
Re: Psychology (in ! Trivia Tribe !) Hmmmm. Cool and fun vid.

I think it might be sort oversimplistic, though.

Being alone in a white room, devoid of anything else - I thought "challenging." (Like as in mental challenge). That's not how I would view death. :)

Thanks for s... read more
discussion post on Thu, May 16, 2013 - 3:10 AM
Re: High ideals (in Raw Wisdom) Hey Rev Ro. Want to weigh in on the discussion?
discussion post on Thu, May 16, 2013 - 3:05 AM
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

August 31, 2008
" Happy Birthday "

wishing you much love rick..
thanks for being my wonderful friend..
I enjoy yr company...
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