Welcome to my vlog

My Visual Log

Me and MLW

three dogs

and a passle of cats

and anyone else who stops by

  

I write likeDavid Foster WallaceI Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

 

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Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -9.25

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56

 

  

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I found

that if you have a goal,

that you might not reach it.

But if you don't have one,

then you are never disappointed.

And I got to tell you it feels phenomenal.

P. LaFleur

  

I think a man only needs one thing in life.

He just needs someone to love.

If you can't give him that,

then give him something to hope for.

And if you can't give him that,

just give him something to do.

  

Easily distracted I'm afraid

There's a lot of interesting images

and people on Flickr

 

  

"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;

as for me,

I rejoice that I am not a Republican."

H. L. Mencken

 

The Free Association Of Free Associating

The Stream-of-Unconsciousness

run dry

and the Train of Thought

de-railed.

 

Interested in

sustainable living

minimizing consumption

anti-consumerism

Freecycle, Freeganism

self-sufficiency and so forth

on a tight budget

and convinced that part of the answer

is in old ways

Cats, dogs, tools, bikes...

There's more to life?

Oh, banjos, yeah, left that out.

Banjos!

  

  

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www.scytheconnection.com/

 

www.greenwoodworking.com/

 

www.freecycle.org/

 

www.energyfarms.net/

 

journeytoforever.org/

 

freegan.info/

 

Patrick McGoohan

 

"I think progress is the biggest enemy on earth,

apart from oneself…

I think we're gonna take good care of this planet shortly… there's never been a weapon created yet

on the face of the Earth that hadn't been used…

 

…We're run by the Pentagon,

we're run by Madison Avenue,

we're run by television,

and as long as we accept those things

and don't revolt

we'll have to go along with the stream

to the eventual avalanche…

 

As long as we go out and buy stuff,

we're at their mercy.

We're at the mercy of the advertiser

and of course there are certain things that we need,

but a lot of the stuff that is bought is not needed…

 

…We all live in a little Village…

Your village may be different from other people's villages

but we are all prisoners."

 

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They?

Why, they is the plain and fancy they,

that's who "They" is!

Caught you, didn't they?

Tied a tin can to your tail.

Led you in and waltzed you out again.

 

Oh my, what a bunch!

Big tough ones, eh?

Here you are

with a handful of holes,

a thumb up your ass,

and a big grin

to pass the time o' day with.

They!

Who the hell is "They"?

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNOutomr5XI

Trying is the first step towards failure.

H. Simpson

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NAwlepnSs

 

Go placidly

Amid the noise and waste

And remember what comfort there may be

In owning a piece thereof.

 

Avoid quiet and passive persons

Unless you are in need of sleep.

 

Rotate your tires.

 

Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself

And heed well their advice,

Even though they be turkeys.

 

Know what to kiss.....and when

 

Consider that two wrongs never make a right

But that three do

 

Wherever possible, put people on hold.

 

Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment

And despite the changing fortunes of time,

There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

 

Remember the Pueblo.

 

Strive at all times to bend,

fold,

spindle

and mutilate.

 

Know yourself.

If you need help,

call the FBI.

 

Exercise caution in your daily affairs,

Especially with those persons closest to you.

That lemon on your left, for instance.

 

Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls

Would scarcely get your feet wet.

Fall not in love therefore;

It will stick to your face.

 

Gracefully surrender the things of youth:

The birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan

And let not the sands of time

Get in your lunch.

 

Hire people with hooks.

 

For a good time call 606-4311;

Ask for "Ken."

 

Take heart amid the deepening gloom

That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.

 

And reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot

It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

 

You are a fluke of the universe.

You have no right to be here.

Whether you can hear it or not,

The universe is laughing behind your back.

 

Therefore, make peace with your god

Whatever you conceive him to be---

Hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.

 

With all its hopes, dreams, promises and urban renewal

The world continues to deteriorate.

 

GIVE UP!

 

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I don't have to tell you things are bad.

Everybody knows things are bad.

It's a depression.

Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job.

The dollar buys a nickel's work,

Banks are going bust,

Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter.

Punks are running wild in the street

and there's nobody anywhere

who seems to know what to do,

and there's no end to it.

 

We know the air is unfit to breathe

and our food is unfit to eat,

and we sit watching our TV's

while some local newscaster tells us

that today we had fifteen homicides

and sixty-three violent crimes,

as if that's the way it's supposed to be.

 

We know things are bad - worse than bad.

They're crazy.

It's like everything everywhere is going crazy,

so we don't go out anymore.

 

We sit in the house,

and slowly the world we are living in

is getting smaller,

and all we say is,

'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.

Let me have my toaster and my TV

and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.

Just leave us alone.'

 

Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone.

I want you to get mad!

I don't want you to protest.

I don't want you to riot -

I don't want you to write to your congressman

because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write.

I don't know what to do about the depression

and the inflation and the Russians

and the crime in the street.

All I know is that first you've got to get mad.

You've got to say,

'I'M A HUMAN BEING, GODDAMNIT!

MY LIFE HAS VALUE!'

So I want you to get up now.

I want all of you to get up out of your chairs.

I want you to get up right now

and go to the window.

Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,

 

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All right.

You're walking along,

not a nickel in your jeans,

your free as the wind,

nobody bothers ya.

Hundreds of people pass you by

in every line of buisness:

shoes,

hats,

automobiles,

radios,

furniture

everything,

and they're all nice lovable people

and they lets you alone, is that right?

 

Then you get a hold of some dough and what happens?

All those nice sweet lovable people become hee-lots!

A lotta heels.

They begin to creep up on ya,

trying to sell ya something:

they get long claws

and they get a stranglehold on ya,

and you squirm and you duck

and you holler and you try to push them away

but you haven't got the chance.

They gots ya.

 

First thing ya know you own things,

a car for instance

Now your whole life is messed up

with alot more stuff:

you get license fees

and number plates

and gas

and oil

and taxes

and insurance

and identification cards

and letters

and bills

and flat tires

and dents

and traffic tickets

and motorcycle cops

and tickets

and courtrooms

and lawyers

and fines

and... a million and one other things.

What happens?

You're not the free and happy guy you used to be.

 

You need to have money to pay for all those things...

So you go after what the other fellas got.

There you are, you're a hee-lot yourself.

 

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"You know what I think?

I think that we're all in our private traps

— clamped in them —

and none of us can ever get out.

We scratch and claw

but only at the air,

only at each other.

And for all of it,

we never budge an inch."

 

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"You think you know something, don't you?

You think you're the clever little girl

who knows something.

There's so much you don't know, so much.

What do you know, really?

You're just an ordinary little girl,

living in an ordinary little town.

You wake up every morning of your life

and you know perfectly well

that there's nothing in the world to trouble you.

You go through your ordinary little day,

and at night you sleep your untroubled ordinary little sleep, filled with peaceful stupid dreams.

And I brought you nightmares.

Or did I?

Or was it a silly, inexpert little lie?

You live in a dream.

You're a sleepwalker, blind.

How do you know what the world is like?

Do you know the world is a foul sty?

Do you know, if you rip off the fronts of houses,

you'd find swine?

The world's a hell.

What does it matter what happens in it?

Wake up, Charlie.

Use your wits.

Learn something. "

 

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you too can be the proud owner of

the quality goes in before the name goes on

 

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We got service after sales

How 'bout perfume?

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How 'bout an engagement ring?

 

Something for the little lady

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Something for the little lady, hmm

Three for a dollar

We got a year-end clearance,

we got a white sale

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