I was Thinking, or Not

A big influx of federal stimulus money to weatherize the homes of low-income families is creating a jobs boost — at least short-term. This is the type of thing I am talking about, however will it be enough to stimulate the organizations to make the shift to self funding? "I see it as having a tremendous future, an opportunity for a person to climb up the ranks,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of opportunity for individuals who are interested in this field.” He’s hoping the government will keep money flowing to the program after the stimulus program ends. “It would be a waste of time for the government to start it, just to turn around and tell people it was just a joke,” he said. That is a common misconception by people, that the government should keep funding the projects. They provide incentive capital, and it is up to the organizations to seek additional funding sources, through creative means to continue to fund the programs. They could look to local sources, but there is not e...

I'm back, scanning the headlines and voicing my opinion.

Why is Syracuse, NY not the location for technology. It could be, if it only wanted to be. It could be the center for "green" technology, if it only set its sights on that goal. Screw consumerism, and all the trappings that holds, it is not real economy. It is better to strive for something more stable, like growth. Environmental technology is not a fad, it will not wane as the economy fluxuates, it is a solid growth technology. Syracuse has opportunity to change from a lagging economy to one that is booming, through its resources of technology and education. The Onondaga County government drags it feet in the mire of indecision. It needs to set the goal to be the premier "green" technology community to achieve it. I read about how they talk about it, but nothing is being done, because they are mired in their own petty concerns. Okay, that is my opinion of local government, but from what I have seen so far, that seems to be their position. The Syracuse Dev...

Light up another cigarette, and drink a little more coffee. Trying to find my place in this universe, with very little success. Is it me, I wonder, because I have been doing all that I can. But it keeps getting harer to believe that it is all because of me. What is it I am supposed to do, can you tell me this? I used to wite, but that seems to pale in comparrison now to everything else it seems. I just want to raise a few animals, and grow some vegetables, maybe live a decent life. Willing to do what it takes, but what will it take. I keep thinking it must be me, something I am not doing, or something I am doing that I shouldn't be. I have given up so much, to live simplely and to have some good in my life. What is it that I have to do to please these gods of moderate success. What the fuck do you want from me? Mother I deplore you please tell me what to do. I am out of answers, and looking to you. Change the weather, turn a new leaf, done whatever I had to do. Please m...

My first article on article writing, or at least the articles I have read on certain article sites. Are these companies like Verizon really paying these rates for these articles? I mean, has anyone actually from the company read these articles? I have seen better writing from high school students. These are not articles, even if they are SEO articles they should at least be well written, and include some sort of information that at least gives the appearance of being from someone who has had experience and/or knowledge of the subject. I have read some of these SEO articles, and they are basically written to get the key words into half arsed sentences. Not to mention the grammatical and spelling errors, and especially the spelling errors, there is a program called spell check that could fix that. Furthermore the typos prove that the authors are not proof reading their articles before submitting them. That the buyers are accepting them says that they are not proof reading them ei...

You ask to much of me I am just a human being In this haze of silence Distant and wandering There is no way to return You are far from Perfect Even if you believe me You are far from Real Giving me some artifice Of what you think is real I give you no reason to try I give you no time to breathe I give you no return I give nothing

Driving in my car, with the tunes turned up, some crap from the static filled world of commercial radio, I hate it.  I don't mind the advertisements, so much, but the endless chatter of so much bullshit from the dj's just pisses me off.  Who the hell do they think they are, none of them are funny, most of them are just base, and then I feel like turning the dial, but there is nno fucking dial anymore.  At my PC, I am listening to lastFM , which plays lots of good songs, with no freaking dj's to interrupt the music.  I control what I listen to, and that makes me happy.   If it were only a little more intuitive, and read my mind, well at least my cache, which is the mind state I am in as far as the browser is concerned. I think about this as I contemplate building a web site, again, once again.  The trouble is I don't know what to sell this time, some service, or some product I don't believe in anymore, or anything that is repeated so much, it makes me believe that t...

If I were to make a web site, what would it include.  What purpose would it serve?  Would I sell something, or just inform the people of some impending danger to themselves.  There is so much out there already that seems to duplicate the same stuff, with no end in site, but what is it that matters to other people, or even me.   -- Cordially Yours; James E. Doud "ad copy here" "Caution: Nitroglycerin has the capacity to sense when a stupid or clumsy person is around and, if given a chance, it will try to kill him." (Warring found on actual container of Nitroglycerin) "Tut, tut, child! Every thing's got a moral, if only you can find it." The Duchess: Alice in Wonderland "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. " Mark Twain

I've been at this for too long now, with limited results. I don't know what I am looking for, maybe something like recognition, but most likely not. Just a forum for my rage, but I find lately that my rage is contained in few words. I am not who I used to be, the cynical self has taken the fight out of me I guess. I just want to write stuff, most of which is of little interest to anyone but myself. I think I started out with intention, but as with most my ambitions, it has been quieted by the turmoil of constant bullshit from other blogs. I have nothing more to say, I think sometimes, or just don't say it when I am here, at the computer. I think it, but it never comes to me when I am here, or least not lately. Sometimes if I write enough bullshit something begins to come out of it, apparently not today.

Is anyone paying any attention, or am I really just thinking they are asleep, completely. I have been saying that we need to stop. I mean just stop, and yet there everyone goes, still buying up crap and eating shit, and thinking their pathetic way of life will continue. I'm not talking about just simple shit here. It's over folks, the illusion is not going to continue to cover your ass. I'm on the edge of fury here, because I just don't get it. Got to go, got real work to do. Peace.

How is it that CNN.com had something interesting on it. I think I will try to see this movie. Probably via some download site, as paying for it seems so anti-anti-revolutionary.

Is this thing on

Industry has fallen into love with the concept of ever increasing profits. They are not satisfied with making a profit, but they justify their need for more, by demonstrating that their cost continue to raise, therefore they need more profit to ensure that at some future time they will have the capital to invest in their ability to make more, even though this is a false concept, that feeds only upon itself, and only serves to create an atmosphere of greed. More about this later...

This little ditty was inspired by this little slide show . Blame the Victorians if you must, but it twas never thus, not they, nor the revolutionaries of the twentieth century that given us thus, but we ourselves, that in the blame should lie, as it is truly our appetite for waste and desire for stuff that hath bought us to our knees. The demise of the crafts, and the people within whom we entrusted to create that which we would desire is is our own lack of desire for quality versus quantity. We want more of the same, and lots of stuff that we can claim. We wanted so much those things that to us seemed to say we were rich, when in reality it only made us all the more poor in body, self and same. We have only ourselves to blame, not Walmart, or Target, or Woolworth, or any such barron of worthless junk and greed. These are but the merchants of such, not the buyers, not the providers of the emptiness that is pervasive in the quantity that we own, or at least convince ourselves that ...

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Doud Dairy Farm Journal Monday August 31, 2009   Well we didn't move the goat fence after all. We let the goats out to eat, drove the ducks to the pond and Arleta trimmed some of the goats hooves. Today I have to build at least a temporary shelter, because the weather is turning towards winter, and prospects are not panning out as fast as I would like. I will need more hay as well, and I don't think I can get any more from Mary at this time. As for today, I guess we will try to move the fence, but that depends on the weather, if it looks like rain, I would rather leave the fence, get a few bales of hay and build a temporary shelter with a tarp.   I need more fence, but our cost right now are such that they exceed my current income. I am trying to rectify that by getting some egg layers, but that is another out lay of cash. I could buy chickens from the auction cheap, but they most likely have some type of disease that I don't want my birds getting, so I pay a bit of a...

Doud Dairy Farm Journal Sunday, August 30, 2009   Winter is coming... and there is still so much to do.   We got out to the animals late last night, as I had to finish up the car for Mary. As a side note; Mary is very unhappy with her car, and that does not make me happy. I will have to do something about that, but in comparison to what she has driven in the past, this car is far superior. Oh well, that is the way with people these days. I notice that people do not appreciate much that is not what it is expected to be. She had a concept in her head, but the car was more or less than she expected. She like most of her generation expect that whatever they buy, it should be newish like, no matter the relative cost. This is an example of how not proud Mary is about her car, IPD sent her a lapel pin with her order, and she left it sitting on my desk. She was commenting on how some one in her family was commenting on her car, and hoping she didn't pay much for it. She didn't...

Doud Dairy Farm Journal Saturday, August 29, 2009   We need to locate a farm very soon. Winter is coming and we can not winter our animals over where they are at. We would like to get more animals, like a few milking Devon cattle (at least one bull and three to ten cows), and some sheep. We have an opportunity to purchase some sheep at a fair price, if we had the capital and place to put them, but that would take a farm. I could get work, if I had a farm. It is all on the farm. I need to use some scrap lumber to build a feeder for the Goats.   The diagrams will be uploaded later, as they did not transfer through the Google Docs application. This is the Frame, we will need two (2) of these build from 2x3 or even 2x2 lumber. (Structural Frame Diagram goes here) This is the Top, we will need one of these, the holes should fit a bowl, like the dog bowl. It is made from sheet material, or from 1” slab lumber at least 8” wide. (Top Frame Diagram goes here)   The two fram...

Luke Review   Most of the problems that my dog Luke has are my own.  I am trying to understand him, while the reality is there is no understanding, just a dog being a dog.  I have not earned the respect of the dog as his leader.    

This is Luke