Had to write a report for the office today and take someone to the hospital. I finished the report, had it reviewed and it was deemed perfect. I can write good business reports and am very fast, still I like my little blog. A different style of writing. In business writing one needs to know how to make the points and show the consequences, quickly. Often this involves translating between areas of expertise. A communicator should be able to take the complex and make it accessible to everyone without losing the detail.
My blog allows for silliness and I don't need to prove any point, just bring it up and look at it. Sometimes I don't have a point or anything on my mind, like tonight. Instead I thought I would talk about what I am cooking for dinner. I began by making split pea soup with shredded pork shoulder from scratch. I had previously made the pork and frozen some. That will be had tomorrow.
I decided to make chicken parmigiana with pasta. I made the sauce from scratch, prepped and baked the chicken and will be serving it with a salad. I did all of this, and a load of dishes, in under 30 minutes. Now I just wait for it to cook. Cooking is really not that difficult and is certainly not a chore. I taught myself and stole as much as possible.
I know some people who only eat fast food or microwavable food. I couldn't do it. Too salty and not enough flavor. I am feeding seven people homemade food for under $30. That is just a little better than what it would cost to feed the same people at McDonald's. Don't get me wrong, I like McDonald's once in a while. Quarter pounder with cheese, no onions please.
When I used to get home after work, I would cook for the family. Each of them had a meal that was their personal favorite. It is odd to think that they no longer get to enjoy my food. We are entering winter and that is when I begin making stews, chili's and soups. This year I am going to make chicken pot pie, I enjoy it. The ex didn't like cooking; but, I guess she is now. Funny, consequences that we never consider.
Let me explain. My ex left for her reasons. My cooking was never a consideration (I think that is a good thing). Still, it is a consequence. We prioritize when we make decisions (as it should be), there are always little consequences that we don't consider. Since age 20 I have pretty much taken care of myself, I didn't lose much in the way of assistance when we divorced so no big adjustments, none.
I really appreciate it when I am helped with minor tasks. The important thing is to be able to do them yourself. We are raising a nation of cripples, people who cannot take care of themselves and become frustrated when they have to. This is dangerous for society. The only thing guaranteed in this life is change. The more skills you have, the better you adapt to change.
One skill we are losing is writing. Professional writers are even getting lazy. I find more mistakes in published articles now than ever before. Well, got to get back to cooking. Be well.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Sorry, must post.
There is a councilman in Los Angeles, I do not trust him and never have. I have met him, he has a sleazy feeling about him. He does not need me to say what I have heard about him, I will let the District Attorney deal with him. He is not impressed by the truth only cookies.
Here is a story from the Los Angeles Times about a Councilman. Mr. Alarcon says he lived in his district, the District Attorney looked at his electrical and water usage, it did not make any sense. As for his chief deputy, Saeed Ali, I count my fingers when I shake his hand, then I check my wallet. Foul, nasty and not to be trusted. Some people are that way.
Sometimes God blesses me and lets me see his ways. Sometimes he exposes things. Hiding things does not make us perfect and we cannot make the lies come true, they are lies.
Here is a story from the Los Angeles Times about a Councilman. Mr. Alarcon says he lived in his district, the District Attorney looked at his electrical and water usage, it did not make any sense. As for his chief deputy, Saeed Ali, I count my fingers when I shake his hand, then I check my wallet. Foul, nasty and not to be trusted. Some people are that way.
Sometimes God blesses me and lets me see his ways. Sometimes he exposes things. Hiding things does not make us perfect and we cannot make the lies come true, they are lies.
A Post and Bed
I have never seen it; but, have seen it mentioned in the media. There is a television show called "Glee". My understanding is that they make fun of stuff, movies, thoughts, whatever and use music. If I am off a bit, I don't care. Recently a man who considers spiritual people to be idiots and is a rabid atheist began dying of cancer. He had made friends with some Christian, the Christian asked people to pray for him. Some prayed he would die, others prayed for his soul and the well being of his family. Glee is apparently taking this issue on.
Glee is going to do a show, reportedly, where someone named "Finn" discovers God in his grilled cheese sandwich. The article states that Finn is slightly stupid. Our whole concept of God is usually based on what we want, if we don't get it then we don't want to believe in him. Not very scientific.
I rarely talk to people about God and am very selective about with whom and when. People who do not know me and read this blog may be surprised. In fact, the things I write about are not in most of my discussions in person. I like jokes and to talk about business. I never try and "prove" God to others, if asked about him I will explain what I do believe. I am not here to save anyone, that is between them and God. I will explain why I believe what I believe if asked.
People might wonder that if I believe so much then why don't I try to spread the word. I spread it when asked and write my blog. I believe in free will. There are Christians who seek God like the seek a cookie. He is their goal, that is not biblical. Jesus said that if we loved him we would do his will. His will is that we love one another. He said there was nothing greater than giving our lives for one another and provide service to one another. We are told not to hide our light.
If we follow the rules and are "good" in order to get into heaven, we have missed the point. We are so afraid of messing up and that has been forgiven. Many Christians seek to isolate themselves from the world, from "wrong doers" and "sinners", as if such a thing were possible. We were told to interact with sinners; but, not have willful sin in the church. We are to reach out to the world and show by example, not perfection.
You demonstrate chastity by being chaste. You demonstrate honesty by not cheating. People will notice over time and it tends to upset them. Liars lie, fornicators fornicate, adulterers commit adultery. People act out what is in their heart. Which weaknesses are more damaging to others? If we do things that only effect us but are wrong, is that worse than not giving to the poor? And for those who do not know me, I have four people who were homeless living in my house. I put my money where my mouth is.
People might ask me if I went to church Sunday, the answer is no. Instead I fed people who would otherwise be homeless. I have been accused of not being sufficiently acceptable because I drink wine and smoke and cuss up a storm. I cuss a lot. I am not always gentle and it is no fun to have your head taken off by me, I know this. Sometimes the point needs to be made in order to make things better.
The world either sees God as Santa Claus or a kill joy. He is neither; but, at times is both. Those who see God as Santa Claus and those who see him as a killjoy are the same, they are cookie chasers and are afraid to take responsibility for us. They either want cookies or strict control, an abundance of either is bad for children, they don't learn.
So where is this all going? There is an atheist who is dying, he doesn't want people to pray for him as he thinks it is silly; but, he appreciates the kind thoughts. He has no right to tell me who to pray for. He does have the right to call me a wacko. I pray for him because I choose to and I won't even tell him about it. Heck, I even pray for the ex wife and her ex(now) boyfriend.
Morality is not about getting cookies or even God. Morality is doing the right thing for the right reason. The right reason is because we love our neighbor as ourselves, there is no place in science for that. It comes from the heart. Morality is voluntary or it is not morality.
Be well and enjoy your week. I have a report to write tomorrow, it is in my head. Writing the report would take a group of people a couple of weeks to write, I will have it our in one or two hours. I have written million dollar grants in a couple of hours and got the money. Writing is about knowing what you want to say, it requires that you know what you believe. Be well dear friends.
Glee is going to do a show, reportedly, where someone named "Finn" discovers God in his grilled cheese sandwich. The article states that Finn is slightly stupid. Our whole concept of God is usually based on what we want, if we don't get it then we don't want to believe in him. Not very scientific.
I rarely talk to people about God and am very selective about with whom and when. People who do not know me and read this blog may be surprised. In fact, the things I write about are not in most of my discussions in person. I like jokes and to talk about business. I never try and "prove" God to others, if asked about him I will explain what I do believe. I am not here to save anyone, that is between them and God. I will explain why I believe what I believe if asked.
People might wonder that if I believe so much then why don't I try to spread the word. I spread it when asked and write my blog. I believe in free will. There are Christians who seek God like the seek a cookie. He is their goal, that is not biblical. Jesus said that if we loved him we would do his will. His will is that we love one another. He said there was nothing greater than giving our lives for one another and provide service to one another. We are told not to hide our light.
If we follow the rules and are "good" in order to get into heaven, we have missed the point. We are so afraid of messing up and that has been forgiven. Many Christians seek to isolate themselves from the world, from "wrong doers" and "sinners", as if such a thing were possible. We were told to interact with sinners; but, not have willful sin in the church. We are to reach out to the world and show by example, not perfection.
You demonstrate chastity by being chaste. You demonstrate honesty by not cheating. People will notice over time and it tends to upset them. Liars lie, fornicators fornicate, adulterers commit adultery. People act out what is in their heart. Which weaknesses are more damaging to others? If we do things that only effect us but are wrong, is that worse than not giving to the poor? And for those who do not know me, I have four people who were homeless living in my house. I put my money where my mouth is.
People might ask me if I went to church Sunday, the answer is no. Instead I fed people who would otherwise be homeless. I have been accused of not being sufficiently acceptable because I drink wine and smoke and cuss up a storm. I cuss a lot. I am not always gentle and it is no fun to have your head taken off by me, I know this. Sometimes the point needs to be made in order to make things better.
The world either sees God as Santa Claus or a kill joy. He is neither; but, at times is both. Those who see God as Santa Claus and those who see him as a killjoy are the same, they are cookie chasers and are afraid to take responsibility for us. They either want cookies or strict control, an abundance of either is bad for children, they don't learn.
So where is this all going? There is an atheist who is dying, he doesn't want people to pray for him as he thinks it is silly; but, he appreciates the kind thoughts. He has no right to tell me who to pray for. He does have the right to call me a wacko. I pray for him because I choose to and I won't even tell him about it. Heck, I even pray for the ex wife and her ex(now) boyfriend.
Morality is not about getting cookies or even God. Morality is doing the right thing for the right reason. The right reason is because we love our neighbor as ourselves, there is no place in science for that. It comes from the heart. Morality is voluntary or it is not morality.
Be well and enjoy your week. I have a report to write tomorrow, it is in my head. Writing the report would take a group of people a couple of weeks to write, I will have it our in one or two hours. I have written million dollar grants in a couple of hours and got the money. Writing is about knowing what you want to say, it requires that you know what you believe. Be well dear friends.
Science and Morality
Now that Stephen Hawkins has explained how God does not exist we can move on to the next issue. A scientist claims that science has a universal moral code and there is no need for religion. You have to love the arrogance. The author is a very well educated imbecile.
His first problem is that he does not understand the difference between right and wrong. He begins his logic with the statement that, "questions about values - about meaning, morality and life's larger purpose - are really questions about the well being of conscious creatures." Right and wrong are not concepts about what is the most pleasurable, it goes deeper than that. If we follow his logic, the purpose of life is to be happy and then die.
As with all fascists, he makes the following statement, "Some cultures will tend to produce lives that are more worth living than others; some political persuasions will be more enlightened than others; and some worldviews will be mistaken in ways that cause needless human misery." He has a "rate the value of life" mentality, by definition he has already failed the morality test.
We can the morality of scientists and doctors, the educated and scientific. These are the same people who conducted the Tuskegee Experiment. The government's doctors took 399 black sharecroppers with Syphilis and studied the diseases effect on them over 40 years without making any attempt to cure them when they could have. Oh yeah, scientists and doctors also did the same thing in Guatemala, except they gave the people the syphilis.
Morality cannot be found on a spreadsheet and everybody matters. Sacrifice for others is a moral decision, it becomes a moral/good act when nothing is expected in return. One must ask themselves why science cares about right and wrong. The answer is because they don't like God, they cannot control him. Worse yet, he regularly makes them eat their words.
The "morality" of science is the morality of cookie chasers. How would they have rated the life of Helen Keller, they probably would have killed her, for her own good. Love is not a feeling, it is a heartfelt concern for the well being of others that leads us to sacrifice for them. Love is not rational from a scientific standpoint, to them it is just chemicals in your brain.
A "scientific" morality would enslave us all. No compassion, just numbers.
His first problem is that he does not understand the difference between right and wrong. He begins his logic with the statement that, "questions about values - about meaning, morality and life's larger purpose - are really questions about the well being of conscious creatures." Right and wrong are not concepts about what is the most pleasurable, it goes deeper than that. If we follow his logic, the purpose of life is to be happy and then die.
As with all fascists, he makes the following statement, "Some cultures will tend to produce lives that are more worth living than others; some political persuasions will be more enlightened than others; and some worldviews will be mistaken in ways that cause needless human misery." He has a "rate the value of life" mentality, by definition he has already failed the morality test.
We can the morality of scientists and doctors, the educated and scientific. These are the same people who conducted the Tuskegee Experiment. The government's doctors took 399 black sharecroppers with Syphilis and studied the diseases effect on them over 40 years without making any attempt to cure them when they could have. Oh yeah, scientists and doctors also did the same thing in Guatemala, except they gave the people the syphilis.
Morality cannot be found on a spreadsheet and everybody matters. Sacrifice for others is a moral decision, it becomes a moral/good act when nothing is expected in return. One must ask themselves why science cares about right and wrong. The answer is because they don't like God, they cannot control him. Worse yet, he regularly makes them eat their words.
The "morality" of science is the morality of cookie chasers. How would they have rated the life of Helen Keller, they probably would have killed her, for her own good. Love is not a feeling, it is a heartfelt concern for the well being of others that leads us to sacrifice for them. Love is not rational from a scientific standpoint, to them it is just chemicals in your brain.
A "scientific" morality would enslave us all. No compassion, just numbers.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
New York's Pension System
Mr. Elliot Broidy was mentioned in an article about corruption in New York. Their former State Comptroller is pleading guilty of taking bribes. It mentions that Markstone Capital Partners is the largest private investment fund in Israel. This will only continue to be exposes, state by state.
Another Nice Day
Had a nice, relaxing day with two friends. We didn't do anything special, just walked around and had a couple of nice meals. A simple day really. Met some nice people during our day trip. We knew we would have a nice day and we did, the right company.
If I write anything worth hearing tonight, I will be surprised. I am just going to listen to some music. Have a great night.
If I write anything worth hearing tonight, I will be surprised. I am just going to listen to some music. Have a great night.
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