What's the key to working out during Winter?!

So, I've come to the realization that I must exercise in order to keep my figure where I want it. But winter is a tricky situation with cold weather and constrictive clothing. What is the key to working out during winter? Is it a good heater? Is it walking outside in the snow? I haven't figured out what makes a healthy winter routine yet, but I think it is an entirely different routine than summer exercise. I believe the intensity and duration of work outs are shortened, and making time for walks outside is critical. Gym time is especially important if you can afford it (I can't). For us mere mortals it may be several short walks outside, when there's no risk of frostbite, each day that can get us through the winter. Winter sports are fewer, yet available to those who look for them.

I'm Not Afraid of Mind Control, Let Me Tell You Why...

Most attempts at mind control, or suggestion as we'll call it in this article, are flukes of nature...minor discrepancies between mind, body, and environment calling on us for moments merely to be aware of ourselves. Suggestion is a powerful force when wielded by a strong willed person. This is why I don't like making a practice of picking on monks as their power of suggestion is very fine tuned and very powerful.

Suggestion comes in many forms and there are ways of countering suggestion or reinforcing it.

For example, when you're walking down the road and there's someone else in your path. It's necessary that either they move, or you walk around them. It's a very simple example of a choice that two individuals make where suggestion is at work. The implied collision if both parties do nothing is an unpleasant end that both parties are inherently aware of. This gives suggestion of the stronger willed individual a natural course. Avoid collision and keep from being collided with. Naturally taking responsibility for the situation and suggesting that the second party follow suit. A slightly more obtrusive objection might be a stated phrase..."get out of the way." And so on, a force escalation curve that might end in physically removing the second party from the path.

This linear walkers paradigm works in the real world in 3 dimensions in many situations. There are many variables taken for granted by 1 or both parties until the task is completed or the danger resolved, but often it is the stronger willed individual making a path for himself. The first reason I don't fear suggestion, it works.

My personal fear of suggestion is limited by a strong will of body and mind. Where my mind is often want of novelty and submission, my body simply does not allow it. And there are times where my body is want of things, where my mind is the moderator. Keeping a strong body and mind is so much more than good sense, it's the definition of who we are.

Now onto the seedier side of suggestion. There are many variables at work that would see you brought low in the story of life. There are suggestions to break the law, follow an unwise course, or otherwise break down situations where the individual may be at risk. To be well advised in such situations is to yield to actors that we may be infringing on. Yielding gives us the advantage of seeing our stronger companion follow their course.

In conclusion you now see that suggestion is a largely linear path with many variables where yielding may be advantageous.

Drugs expressly a money problem...

I've seen it too often...in the long run, finances dictating usage patterns. Though I'm only versed with certain make and model of drugs I'm fairly certain it applies to every last corner of the Earth. Why do the rich routinely test out clean of substances? It's not what everyone expects.

Drama and drying out are only a small portion of the story. Money or the lack thereof is a prime indicator of substance use. Drugs become a resource for the harried workers and students of the world. It's a resource that's tangible like electricity or money. It can be bought, sold, and traded. It's a heck of a lot more fun than a trip to the dentist.

So you say "Money is the Root of all Evil." Not so. It isn't the buying power of the money that causes the ill effects of substance abuse. In earnest or in façade. I won't even go so far as to say it's a class struggle though much of it is. The thing of it is, a great taste for money (sic greed), that goes far beyond our current culture, that is such a compelling force that it can break down boundaries, cause conflict, and even dictate usage patterns. Substances use money as a tool, not the other way around.

So you say we're want of our senses? Not so again. It isn't sense that makes usage patterns either. Though there is no lack of trying. The poor are routinely exposed to drugs while the rich are routinely exposed to culture. But that's sense you might say. It may be a programmed want of sense. But it's not sense. This resource (drugs) is so much more than sense that it becomes a tool for the poor. A profitable tool mind you.

Just as you can swing a hammer with very little sense, you may also use a drug.

In conclusion, I contend that drug use is as crafty as a personal balance sheet, as aloof as a second cousin, and as timely as a Rolex watch.

1 Shooting at a Club in Orlando Florida can affect Consumer Confidence for a Decade or Longer

We are not immune to violence. When it happens in our community there are ripples that have an effect on all corners of the globe. Tourism is affected. Spending is affected. There is hardly a sector that is not affected. We may never go to the club to dance, but we are affected.

When I Bite the Bullet and Return to College

This isn't so much a why as a when. I do plan on returning to a 4 year university except this time it will be all liberal arts. Theater, English, History, and various Arts. I've had it up to here with JavaScript. Technology is getting harder and harder without an end in sight. I've got an Associate's Degree. My goal in school was to get a Bachelor's degree but I'd really like a PhD and I intend to complete it. Possibly with a focus on Education. Something I can do as I'm aging. Computers are great but you can't program yourself a sandwich. Schools have hot lunch. I plan on running a half schedule, not doing as much as the kids, but doing more than a part timer...Maybe 2 or 3 classes per semester until it's done plus extra-curriculars like baseball.

I'm considering my options for 4 year universities...I'd really only like to enroll if it's live, not online. But that poses the challenge of paying for residency on top of tuition. It would be nice to find a self-guided program through the U of M. (Not agriculture) I prefer the Arts, but I wouldn't even mind going back into science if it were self-guided. Maybe that's the boost I need to deal with the bugs on my computers.

As far as I know I won't enroll this fall. It will have to be farther down the road.

Stop Making a Mess of My Private Data, It's Not Yours

I'm odds on sure that someone, at least they call themselves someone, has been making a mess of and doctoring MY DATA. When I take pictures I expect them to be the same quality today as they will be in 100 years. Just because my servers aren't housed in preferred data centers doesn't give anyone the right to mess with my stuff. This may sound like paranoia, and it is, likely because of the process I deal with.

Look, everyone wants the fountain of youth, but I just want my files to stay the way they are meant to be. I've been hacked and socially engineered 9 ways from Tuesday, but this is the best I can do. Please stop making a mess of MY DATA. I'm getting less productive just watching my works become doctored. I don't mind the crappy stuff that gets incidentally copied to my drives being gone, I do mind when it's mission critical.

I'm connected to the work network in my office building but I don't snoop on other computers because I don't want to add a space or delete a file where I don't belong. If it's not your computer, it's not your computer. Please be civil to computers and computer users.

Someone at Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast Likes the Pain of the Market

The cards being released in the most recent Mtg set "Eternal Masters" are for lack of a better term, "a weak bleeding of the market." I pre-ordered my box from a local gaming store for $256, after tax, but am having serious buyers remorse as they release more and more spoilers. The cards in the set are a bunch of upgraded commons and uncommons that are already sitting well below MSRP on the secondary market. While it will be interesting opening these great cards, and possibly drafting an old school feel, my own investment in the game has gone downhill. The cards I own from the past are losing their value, and the cards that I've preordered are losing value as they release spoilers. This set is powerful money grab. It's a drag.

The set can best be summed up by asking, "Can I cast my "Hydroblast" with my "Mana Crypt?"" The answer is, "No."

How Can They Discontinue Disposable Cameras?

I'm sure the disposable camera market is alive and well. But I was just informed on Amazon that Fujifilm has discontinued their disposable camera line. It's Bad Information. You can't bend computer users to your own will, then cut them off from distributors on a whim. This nonsense is worse than the technical glitches that happen all the time because it affects the market negatively and is a discrete action taken by someone on the computer. There are questionable services and information on the computer, but this is the worst I've seen to date. It's not like a disposable camera is the shining star of photography, but they have their place and I'm sure they get purchased.


I don't like shitty markets and I don't like this move.

Cheeky Post for a Bright Day gone Dark

Oooh, la lah

I don't really care what my girlfriend Lydia thinks. When they put me in a home and all my faculties are (hopefully no, and no) gone, at least I'll have cute pictures to make me smile.

Why Does My Doctor Ask Dumb Questions?

Ok, so I'm familiar with bad time Charlie. I have bipolar depression. I live in a state where it's cold and dark a lot of the time. But my doctor must stop asking me whether I'll off myself. I understand that kids get caught up in the wrong line of reasoning and get steered away from life's pleasantries, yet I know for a fact that when someone tells me they aren't going to off themselves I respond by accepting their offer of good faith and quit asking the question. It's an insult to my intelligence to ask such a shitty question.

Independant Contractors or Employees, Sometimes you Save, But Not Always

There are star independent contractors and wage employees that make up the spine of the workforce in America. When is it appropriate to say "come on board" or "go your own way" to workers?

There are so many details in the daily workforce, that I'm afraid we often lose sight of the task at hand. Everyone seems to be treating their daily coffee and commute as an expense they have to write off. But that's not the focus of this Blog Post. What we're discussing is when it's appropriate to give employees a gig or hire an independent contractor.

The de facto rule is that everyone is out for themselves. But that's not always the case when you have a job that requires teamwork. And how do teams and individuals interact within an organization? In recent years the trend has been to give individual accountability to workers while tracking their progress through the company. This is fine for a job that requires a linear progression going from point A to point B. When a job is varied requiring countless variables to function. The question is "what can I do?" instead of "how far can I get?"

Generally you're told to follow the money. Let the market decide whether it makes sense to hire a contractor or employee. I contend that this can be used when the decision to hire out is very close. Yet often the task at hand calls for a certain level of finesse. Certain decisions work better in an employee, employer relationship and certain decisions work better in a contractor situation.

Ultimately you want to take care of your star employees whether they are contractors or employees.

Parallax Getting Better for Vision

I've had terrible parallax with my vision, blurry vision, and numbness in my head. But this bout of warm weather we're having seems to help. I was outside tanning for about an hour, and I'm feeling much better. I'm sure I'll go out tanning again, but have to wait until the neighbors are done with their yard work, so the dogs won't bark. I'm not quite sure how eyes can feel like they've moved on your head, but it's a real phenomenon.  I open 1 eye, then the other, and still experience parallax, or lack thereof, and it concerns me. I don't think these symptoms are typical of Bipolar Depression, but the doctors seem to think so.

I do think it is a poor excuse for fracturing, or the process of breaking dogs so to speak. Frankly, I'm not sure what my family could be doing with my poor habits anyways, but I guess if you break a poor habit that's only 2 strikes and you still have life. At least that's what I tell myself. Now whether you have the time to read this drivel is another story. But if you do have time to read this drivel then click on the advertising so David gets paid.

They Shouldn't Nerf Lodestone Golem and Workshop Decks

Workshop is the saving grace of Vintage. Why would you nerf a deck that actually casts creatures to the battlefield? Creature combat is what's lacking in Vintage. Workshop is already slower than other decks, it doesn't need to be nerfed. I understand that Lodestone Golem is an advantageous card, but so are 3 dozen other Vintage cards. Remember it costs 4 to cast...that's an expensive creature...even with Mishra's Workshop. Try making faster creatures and counters instead of nerfing existing decks.

What Makes a Full Time Job?

I hope this turns into 1 of those evergreen articles. The components that are necessary to have a fulfilling career that compliments your personal life.

Requirements

1) Patience. Waiting out your boss when he wants to fire you is key.

2) Lower standards on earnings. There's no such thing as a free lunch. But there is such a thing as a tasty 1.

3) Penny for Penny, Pound for Pound, you must make a profit.

4) Don't burn bridges.

5) Care for your employees.

6) You shouldn't think about work when you're at home, and you shouldn't think about home while you're at work. This is a general guideline with exceptions, particularly when involving kids.

7) The economy is a living, breathing thing. It should be respected and cared for. Every transaction counts.

8) Know the difference between strategy and process. Strategy often has shortcomings. Process often needs to be updated, but works better than strategy.

9) Lead Strong.

Better Sense Sometimes

When you have better sense, you know things are lasting. Like relationships and standards.

For example, knowing that an article of clothing will last you 3 years with regular wear might provoke certain actions that will make you want to wear that comfortable piece of clothing. Personally, I'm a little shaky when it comes to shelf life of hard goods and clothing. When it really comes down to it, how does anyone know what something will last?

That brings up another very valuable point. My computer has become more valuable to me in the same time it decreased refresh rate and increased greasy content. I guess that Microsoft will see my ranting and raving as a hint that they might slow down their "progress." I know we all drag our feet. I know that for a fact. Please bring back hard copy. Please bring back CRT. Please bring back discrimination. Please get the girls in bikinis off the computer. Please limit Flash. Please keep my auto-fill from making crude suggestions. Please quit asking me to store my password. Please don't give me anything moving that I don't click. Please understand that there are many of us that operate a computer for many hours.

Why are Religious Leaders Gaunt?

I believe there is a fair amount of stress that goes into being a religious figure. I'm a big supporter of "The Church" and how the church operates. Yet, I do believe that the stress that religious figures often have is not of their own doing. It's their subordinates and followers that aren't giving them a break. Not the kind of "thank you for allowing my family in your church" kind of break. But the kind of break that regular human beings need from time to time. To smile. To eat. To feel loved.

So support your pastors, regardless of sect, and invite him over for a meal or 2.

Dear Opah, I Don't Like This

My dear Opah conditioned me to have vulgar traits and now I'm feeling very poorly about it. I mean I eat a lot, but I don't burp. I mean I'm incontinent from all the pornography I've watched, but I don't fart. These bad habits are simply distractions from my intent to have a productive and happy life. I don't think all my negative traits are from my Opah, but these definitely are. I had about 3 quarters as many farts and a ten times as many burps after returning from Arizona. I don't see any purpose behind this. I am a victim.

Man's Desire to Keep his own Dictionary

It is my belief that man be allowed to keep his own dictionary. There are many ways we represent and interpret what is said and done by individuals today. The simple act of keeping ones own dictionary can separate the fools from the faulty, the sunshine from the sunny, the misgiven from the given. There are many troubles in prose, vulgarity, tense, and subject matter that can deter man from his purpose. Body, mind, and soul need keep dictionaries.

Even if they Printed the Reserve List

Even if they broke the trust of thousands of Magic the Gathering players and re-printed the coveted reserve list, the cards from "Vintage Masters" would skyrocket and immediately become like the older cards prices. I used to think that Wizards could moderate demand for these things, but I'm beginning to wonder whether there's any real merit in it. We've all heard stories of kids getting hurt over Starter jackets and Air Jordan shoes. Wizards should think long and hard about what they bring to the table. It's a friendly card game.

Now the troll speaks. I try to bring to each deck something special. So each deck will have a theme, or tribe, or commander. I'm always on the lookout for card interactions. Most modern cards won't speak to my Vintage decks, but that might not always be the case. I prefer creatures to spells. I can visualize 2 creatures interacting. It's much harder to visualize spells interacting. There are lots of modern cards that could be purposed to present a real challenge in the Vintage format, and Modern for that matter, but casting costs would have to come down to where they were before. The minor adjustments on spells have been welcome. That being said. Leave Magic the Gathering the way it is.

Numbness from Medicine

I can't say there is a definite link here. But I think that my anti-psychotic medicine is meant to numb the nervous system and to get a more desirable outcome in thoughts. The problem with this is that I'm not very sharp to begin with, so it's like putting a muffler on a Geo. And the real problem with this is that physical touch is perceived poorly and the resulting depression is the exact opposite of the desired effect for this medicine.

Now, I'm no Psychiatrist but I have a college degree and a pocket full of common sense. Lapping these medicines for the sake of what is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I've got lingering effects from the undesirable medical treatment I've been subjected to. Now, my medicine list is changing because the doc wants to see change despite my arduous injunction.

I have a long history of fighting and I'll continue to fight for what's good and true despite what I'm subjected to.

Fart Jokes Aren't Funny when You're Incontinent

So I get it...switch to USPS make my life miserable. Send me on vacation to Arizona and hire me for a miserable task. And teach me to fart. Life's little fart joke. I would find it funny if I weren't INCONTINENT.

When I Own Wal-Mart

Ok, so when I own Wal-Mart there will be no self checkout and none of those annoying electronic advertisements in store. In fact the only ad you see will be the weekly coupon catalog when you enter the store.

No Flash

"No Flash" means No Flash

Independence Day

The Cray Computer Took a Snapshot of the Open Field
The Stones were Thrown at the Camera, 76er

I Miss Pixels

So I did a little experiment to see what's been bugging me about Windows and changed my resolution back to 1024 x 768 and sure enough, there were a bunch of pixelated icons. I'm still thinking there's a camera-like setting that has been added to Windows computing. A simplification perhaps, that deals with the increased number of pixels. I refuse to use classic shell, and my monitor doesn't support 1024 x 768, so I move on.

Crude Belching and Incontinence, Pawn America was less than helpful

Still belching and incontinent...I think the belching is from Grandpa and the incontinence from pornography.

On an unrelated note, I brought some very saleable goods to Pawn America and they followed their corporate and personal procedure without a second thought to the saleable nature of the products. I was only expecting a smile and a couple bucks, but I got a long wait and a magnet test. Poor business strategy. I guess Pawn Stores are better for buying than selling.

Windows 7, 8, 10, greasy photographic mess, Flash Computing

This is my impression of the "modern" Windows operating system. The artifacts displayed on screen do not seem to be natural graphical display issues. But that may be my paranoia setting in. There seems to be a number of unrelated contributions to this new unwanted feel of Windows. First, the layout of the buttons, windows, color schemes, and application settings have changed, giving Windows a feel that's not quite like windows. It strikes me, another contributing factor would be optimization for 64 bit computing. This extra "bandwidth" in processing power may contribute to a change in response times and application functioning, albeit for the better. It strikes me, it's like taking a horse race track and adding lanes for additional horses. You get to compare more horse speeds this way. This also gives it the greasy photographic feeling. And by the way I just noticed that my pings are being recorded in IPv6 instead of IPv4. Another positive improvement, if you like flying toasters, that is.

I haven't decided whether the artifacts are a result of software or hardware malfunctioning, or simply using a LCD monitor for too long.

I forget everything I put in my irate letter to Microsoft Developers, but it's on a forum somewhere, and they should reference that.

I've been informed about "Classic Shell" a couple times and do not want to distance myself from the supposed progress made by Microsoft. I'll continue to use default Windows 10.

Why can't people accept the limitations of the computer?

UPDATE: I'm too full of Mexican food to care what Windows does.

VersaGlobe Inventory of Graded Baseball Cards Left Behind at Arizona

It shouldn't suprise those of you that know me, but I left my Graded Baseball Cards at my Grandparents at Arizona. I'll have to list various products that I have around here before offering the cards again. I may or may not take them off my e-store for sale. As I can always have them fulfilled from Arizona. I guess it could be viewed as Corporate Espionage against myself.

Farting, Burping, Incontinent, leather for skin, do I only complain when it's cold?

I'm not an elitist, far from it. But all of a sudden I find myself with a handful of crude habits. Do we really live in fear of the crude? I don't think so. Some might find solace in their crude habits, but I don't. For example, I hate having to wear a winter hat indoors during the day. I shouldn't have to. But the powers that be keep it cold inside so I wear a winter hat inside. Bad manners, yes. Any choice in the matter, no.

What makes it worse is my Mother asking me to do things for her while I can barely control my own bodily functions. It's miserable. I've always tried being a helpful person. There's only so much a single person can take before they are permanently damaged and woefully disabled. I just can't stand it when I'm sick and the people I ask for help are less than helpful.

Those less than helpful people utter things like "that's how it functions," "try more," "they get what they want," "it might not work anymore" and other nonsense like that. They don't get lasting progress because they don't want lasting progress. I'm still hopefull that there are ways we can help one another find comfort without a wrecking ball.

My Grandfather said something that touched me. He told me he didn't want to get at each others' throats. I find his patience in my own short-sightedness a relief. It's a relief from the struggle of daily life. He's also the person that burped and farted while I was on vacation, so go figure.

While I don't want my blog to turn into a whine fest. I'm really cold right now. I think my skin temperature at my feet is around 40 degrees. Don't ask me why my feet aren't getting blood circulation to them. And frankly I don't care. It's "probably" genetic with a "case" of bad circulation.

Back in Town, the Frozen Tundra

For my dear fans, I'm back in Minneapolis. Vacation was a spectacular ride and a warm ride to boot. I've got a lot of catching up to do now that I'm back. I'm afraid I've got a lot of clutter at both my bedroom and my office to take care of. I'm not willing to take a loss on the items I've aquired so I'm preparing to have my items sit on the market for a good spell. I'll have to keep them dusted.

On a more personal note I'm happy that I'm back. I've always thought of Minnesota as my home and now I'm here. There's never a dull moment but sometimes we wish that there were. My bedding smells like empty room even though my Aunt and Mom slept there. If I had a little more energy I would try washing it. Maybe it will start smelling cheery because I'm sleeping there. Or maybe I'll wash it. I forgot that I get the midday sun and have to close my blinds at my office.

I'm still hungry after an Arizona Tea, Mcdonalds, and fruit. I know I should really watch it better but my appetite seems to have gotten bigger. Maybe I'll have Mexican. I guess I'm eating for Grams, Gramps, and myself.

UPDATE: No Mexican, but I downed water and now I'm fuller.