Tease
So today I took a tech job (fixing 3 computers), and while I'm glad I did, I shouldn't have done it the weekend before finals! I have so much homework! Hottie is up to something, because he's being nice. SJ is texting me all the time, and my roomie has been drinking wine all night, which means he is talkative! I so thought things were going good, but once again it's a tease at what my life will be like once I'm done with school! ;) peace
Nature's great sense of humor
Naturally a lot of people are offended by this because in the 1800s and on passed World War II some people suggested blacks could be morally kept down because they weren't as evolved as whites and where closer to apes, so they didn't have to be treated as humans.There was nothing other than racism to back up this claim that blacks were less human than whites but it still made its way into literature, even Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it into his land that time forgot series.
This idea had finally been pushed out of the mainstream until recently fringe Republicans have been trying to bring the idea that somehow blacks were less human than whites and Asians. If they paid attention to the latest science they might not be so eager to bring this particular debunked idea back.
When it comes to Irony no one beats mother nature. Scientists have been mapping not only the human genome but the Neanderthal genome as well and made an interesting discovery, Europeans have a lot of Neanderthal DNA. Currently Whites and Asians have 2 to 4% of their DNA coming from Neanderthals and it is believed that in the past that could have been as high as 20%. All humans genetic lines except for Africans have Neanderthal genes in them.
So nature's great sense of humor turns this line of racism on its head and shows that Africans are actually MORE human than Whites and Asians. Nature always gets the last laugh.
By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
Breaking News: Birthers are Stupid
Today President Obama released his long form birth certificate. I'm wondering how Fox is going to spin this?
Are they going to use this as an example of how he refuses to compromise?
Are they going talk about his abuse of powers by making the Hawaiian Health Dept release a document they don't normally give out?
Will use the logical fallacy of “Argumentum ad Numerum” and show polls that show 150% of respondents believe that Obama wasn't born in this country. Because so many people believe it, it must be true. Just like 17 quadrillion flies like poop so it must be tasty.
Will they claim that the shadows on the birth certificate aren't parallel so it must have been filmed at a secret sound stage at Area 51? Just because this myth has been debunked doesn't stop them from repeating it.
If all else fails they can go to their old stand by and say by releasing his birth certificate this year, Obama caused the recession, deficit, Iraq war, the Pleistocene extinctions, and Katrina.
As hard as I try I know that somehow Fox News is going to come up with something even sillier than I can think up.
By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
Is this gay?
I hope so. Read about it here http://huff.to/fPn9Ps. Could be that Budweiser has the first gay ad after Don't Ask Don't tell!
Get teary eyed about it now.
;) peace
Get teary eyed about it now.
;) peace
Abs
Because I should probably start working on mine.
School was cool today only had the one class. I'm not sure why I procrastinate my homework so much. If I was assigned homework, and was told it was due the next day, I would be a much better student. But if you give me homework and tell me it's due in a week, then I will do it on the last night before it's due. ugh! So that was tonight for me. Cramming AND I had to go buy a tie for my last "mock" interview tomorrow for my Career Prep class. I actually took my shirt with me to the store where I bought my slacks. Yes, I'm a bad gay. I needed to physically grab a pair of slacks like mine, bring in my own shirt, and stand in front of the tie rack for an hour going "does this work, does this work, does this work?". Sigh. I think I did a good job though.
Then I get home and realize I bought a different size of slacks than I normally do. They have been sitting in my closet for over a week, I actually bought a size smaller and with a "slim" fit. I hadn't even tried them on yet! Now I know I tweet and blog how I'm a smaller guy, but that could all just be in my head, and I could be a big ol fat ass! So I tried them on, and let's just say, wow, I liked how they fit a lot! From now on, if possible, I'm buying slim fit pants. I already do buy slim fit button up shirts, and athletic fit Tees (I think athletic means the same as slim in this case), but never really thought of slacks or jeans in that regard. Not only do they fit good, they look good. I'm very happy with them. Hey! I am a good gay, I just spent all this time talking about how my "slim" fit slacks look on me! See, they can't take my card.
Until tomorrow. ;) peace
School was cool today only had the one class. I'm not sure why I procrastinate my homework so much. If I was assigned homework, and was told it was due the next day, I would be a much better student. But if you give me homework and tell me it's due in a week, then I will do it on the last night before it's due. ugh! So that was tonight for me. Cramming AND I had to go buy a tie for my last "mock" interview tomorrow for my Career Prep class. I actually took my shirt with me to the store where I bought my slacks. Yes, I'm a bad gay. I needed to physically grab a pair of slacks like mine, bring in my own shirt, and stand in front of the tie rack for an hour going "does this work, does this work, does this work?". Sigh. I think I did a good job though.
Then I get home and realize I bought a different size of slacks than I normally do. They have been sitting in my closet for over a week, I actually bought a size smaller and with a "slim" fit. I hadn't even tried them on yet! Now I know I tweet and blog how I'm a smaller guy, but that could all just be in my head, and I could be a big ol fat ass! So I tried them on, and let's just say, wow, I liked how they fit a lot! From now on, if possible, I'm buying slim fit pants. I already do buy slim fit button up shirts, and athletic fit Tees (I think athletic means the same as slim in this case), but never really thought of slacks or jeans in that regard. Not only do they fit good, they look good. I'm very happy with them. Hey! I am a good gay, I just spent all this time talking about how my "slim" fit slacks look on me! See, they can't take my card.
Until tomorrow. ;) peace
Hodgepodge
So after a week off from school I walk into my first class today, and was told I had to give an impromptu speech, and it had to have a humorous tone. #WTH? I was so not wanting to hear that! See, I dislike public speaking, and speeches, and presentations! I get so nervous! So my topic was "I hate public speaking" and when I gave my speech it was very well received! I got laughs, and applause. LOL. Wasn't expecting that, and then like 6 people came up to me afterwards to tell me my speech was the best. So that was a bad/good experience!
Oh I gave Jessie a ride home today, and he said I'm making too much of it, as far as my fear of public speaking. He said that all my presentations in classes he had with me have been great. That made me feel good. I just don't like it! ha!
Then 3rd period I realized how behind I was, but I caught up since it was a free period. 4th period I finally realized my math teacher hates me. He even wrote a nasty comment on my project he returned to me! Not shooting for an A in that class, just looking to pass!
In my night class the tech guys found out they were getting their first tech class next term. When I say tech guys I normally refer to MY tech guys from my class. These are not my tech guys. Well once they got their schedules (I should get mine tomorrow) they asked me about the class and what to expect. I felt so good. I'm a senior tech guy at school now, I have my cert, and they are just starting on theirs! I answered their questions, and reassured them if they do the work it will be easy. Just do the work, because those tech classes are grueling! They are lucky because they are night students, and when they take their tech courses that is all they take. I had to take my tech courses (which are two periods long as a day student) AND my other classes! So they should be able to focus more on their IT classes.
So yeah, was kind of a Hodgepodge kind of day. ;) peace
Oh I gave Jessie a ride home today, and he said I'm making too much of it, as far as my fear of public speaking. He said that all my presentations in classes he had with me have been great. That made me feel good. I just don't like it! ha!
Then 3rd period I realized how behind I was, but I caught up since it was a free period. 4th period I finally realized my math teacher hates me. He even wrote a nasty comment on my project he returned to me! Not shooting for an A in that class, just looking to pass!
In my night class the tech guys found out they were getting their first tech class next term. When I say tech guys I normally refer to MY tech guys from my class. These are not my tech guys. Well once they got their schedules (I should get mine tomorrow) they asked me about the class and what to expect. I felt so good. I'm a senior tech guy at school now, I have my cert, and they are just starting on theirs! I answered their questions, and reassured them if they do the work it will be easy. Just do the work, because those tech classes are grueling! They are lucky because they are night students, and when they take their tech courses that is all they take. I had to take my tech courses (which are two periods long as a day student) AND my other classes! So they should be able to focus more on their IT classes.
So yeah, was kind of a Hodgepodge kind of day. ;) peace
Songs of Sunday
Tonight it's about songs from X's. I dunno why, just thought I would share. And thanks to motimetostart on Twitter for figuring out the last song! I could not remember! Guess it wasn't that important. ;) peace
My ex Shane. He said I was always gonna be his last. Um, no, I dropped him like a bad habit when he cheated on me.
He (Shane) used to love to watch me dance to this song. So this was our "fast" song. :)
My slow song to my last ex. We actually danced to this in my apartment one night. Was a great moment when I sang it to him while holding him.
This is the song I couldn't remember, and should have (last ex). The Reason by Hoobastank. He dedicated this song to me, but he didn't change. I appreciated it though.
For a moment I thought I could change him, and thought I did. Well for a bit, I guess I did. He said I inspired him to change, and I honestly believe he tried.
I posted these songs, not because I still pine for these guys, I posted them because I was too good for them, and didn't realize it at the time. Think of it as self affirmation. ;) peace
My ex Shane. He said I was always gonna be his last. Um, no, I dropped him like a bad habit when he cheated on me.
He (Shane) used to love to watch me dance to this song. So this was our "fast" song. :)
My slow song to my last ex. We actually danced to this in my apartment one night. Was a great moment when I sang it to him while holding him.
This is the song I couldn't remember, and should have (last ex). The Reason by Hoobastank. He dedicated this song to me, but he didn't change. I appreciated it though.
For a moment I thought I could change him, and thought I did. Well for a bit, I guess I did. He said I inspired him to change, and I honestly believe he tried.
I posted these songs, not because I still pine for these guys, I posted them because I was too good for them, and didn't realize it at the time. Think of it as self affirmation. ;) peace
Beautiful
Was such an awesome day! I volunteered to fix Veteran's computers. My friend at school, Cristy, volunteers at the local VFW, and put together this thing where we will tune up your PC for a $30 donation. Well including her, there was only 2 of us who showed up! So overwhelmed, but so loved it. I was rocking!
Listening to the older guys (which, none hit on me #refreshing! Although the older ladies did flirt :p) was so cool. Explaining to people what they needed to do to keep their machines up to date today, awesome. I just loved the whole day. I stayed late after Jessie left, and I'm so glad he stayed as long as he did. So picked his brain on a few things!
The most humbling part was when I pulled in to the parking lot, I kinda wanted to stay home and sleep, but when I pulled up, I saw a vet missing a leg, and my whole attitude changed! I was now gung ho, let's do this! I learned so much today, I got to practice all I learned in school, and meet so many interesting people. They kept calling themselves old! ha! It was just a Beautiful day. I'm so thankful Cristy asked me to be a part of it, and trusted me that I could actually work on these machines.
I tweeted earlier that I felt like somebody, and my "pervy ladies" said I always was (love them), but today, I actually felt like I was. I've never had a title, or been referred to as anything. Today, I was a tech guy. Not to sound vain, but I kinda swelled with pride when someone asked me if I was one "of the technicians". I got to say yes, yes I am. Y'all don't really know where I come from, but for a rez kid from South Dakota, that's a pretty big thing. :)
I'm actually really good at this tech stuff, I get it. I'm good at the customer service part too, it was difficult at first not using "jargon", but I got it down to where I could explain things to people so they understood. I had a former Commander of the VFW computer to work on. It was such an honor for me. He was so patient.
I b*tch about school a lot! I b*tch about a lot of stuff, but today I heard war stories that makes me into nothing but a b*tch! I am so blessed. Everything happens for a reason, and I am so grateful for today. ;) peace
Listening to the older guys (which, none hit on me #refreshing! Although the older ladies did flirt :p) was so cool. Explaining to people what they needed to do to keep their machines up to date today, awesome. I just loved the whole day. I stayed late after Jessie left, and I'm so glad he stayed as long as he did. So picked his brain on a few things!
The most humbling part was when I pulled in to the parking lot, I kinda wanted to stay home and sleep, but when I pulled up, I saw a vet missing a leg, and my whole attitude changed! I was now gung ho, let's do this! I learned so much today, I got to practice all I learned in school, and meet so many interesting people. They kept calling themselves old! ha! It was just a Beautiful day. I'm so thankful Cristy asked me to be a part of it, and trusted me that I could actually work on these machines.
I tweeted earlier that I felt like somebody, and my "pervy ladies" said I always was (love them), but today, I actually felt like I was. I've never had a title, or been referred to as anything. Today, I was a tech guy. Not to sound vain, but I kinda swelled with pride when someone asked me if I was one "of the technicians". I got to say yes, yes I am. Y'all don't really know where I come from, but for a rez kid from South Dakota, that's a pretty big thing. :)
I'm actually really good at this tech stuff, I get it. I'm good at the customer service part too, it was difficult at first not using "jargon", but I got it down to where I could explain things to people so they understood. I had a former Commander of the VFW computer to work on. It was such an honor for me. He was so patient.
I b*tch about school a lot! I b*tch about a lot of stuff, but today I heard war stories that makes me into nothing but a b*tch! I am so blessed. Everything happens for a reason, and I am so grateful for today. ;) peace
Sex, Violence, Racism and Child Abuse: The value of critiquing
I belong to a few critique groups and I get more out of them than just having other people look over my work. I learn a lot from seeing other people's mistakes. This makes me look for those mistakes in my own work, and I find them often.
In my latest work MIND THIEF, I had painted myself in to corner as far as starting it. I needed something to hook the reader but the main character was going into see a psychologist, so I was thinking he couldn't have thoughts that would make him a danger to himself or others as that would get him locked away.
I was critiquing someone else's novel and noticed that one of the characters blissfully told the psychologist abouts thoughts of murdering people, which she would have learned not to tell the psychologist. That kind of information would need to slowly pulled out of her in an interview, it wouldn't be volunteered.
As I thought about this I realized my main character would also know not to tell a psychologist about thoughts that would make him a danger to himself or others. Because of that he could think about just about anything and simply not mention it to the shrink.
That makes for a much more exciting start:
Howie walked down the street from the parking lot and had a strange sense that there was something wrong. He looked around, there was nothing out of the ordinary about the wide concrete sideway. There were a few more hybird cars parked on the street than he would see back on the college campus, but since he was in front of a medical professional office building their presence wasn't surprising.
In a flash Howie had a memory of this street, it was different. The sidewalk was brick, not concrete and the street was made from cobblestone instead of asphalt. A few Model A's were parked in the street but otherwise the area was deserted. He could hear a bike coming down the sidewalk behind him. A quick glance told him the rider was a red headed boy in his late teens.
As the rider started to pass him, Howie stuck out his arm and clotheslined the boy, knocking him off the bike. Howie stood over the boy who was holding onto his left shoulder in pain. Looking down he screamed, “You micks need to learn your place. The sidewalk is for people walking, you dumb hooligan.”
Howie kicked the injured boy in the ribs. Satisfied that he had done his good deed for the day he continued walking down the street.
Coming back into the real world, Howie stopped dead in his tracks and took a deep breath. Don't tell Dr. Randolph about this day-dream. It might be enough to get you labeled as danger to yourself or others.
Howie tried to push the ugly images out of his mind as he went into the office building for his appointment with the psychologist. Although he couldn't stop wondering, What the hell is a Mick?
By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
In my latest work MIND THIEF, I had painted myself in to corner as far as starting it. I needed something to hook the reader but the main character was going into see a psychologist, so I was thinking he couldn't have thoughts that would make him a danger to himself or others as that would get him locked away.
I was critiquing someone else's novel and noticed that one of the characters blissfully told the psychologist abouts thoughts of murdering people, which she would have learned not to tell the psychologist. That kind of information would need to slowly pulled out of her in an interview, it wouldn't be volunteered.
As I thought about this I realized my main character would also know not to tell a psychologist about thoughts that would make him a danger to himself or others. Because of that he could think about just about anything and simply not mention it to the shrink.
That makes for a much more exciting start:
Mind Thief
Chapter 1
Howie walked down the street from the parking lot and had a strange sense that there was something wrong. He looked around, there was nothing out of the ordinary about the wide concrete sideway. There were a few more hybird cars parked on the street than he would see back on the college campus, but since he was in front of a medical professional office building their presence wasn't surprising.
In a flash Howie had a memory of this street, it was different. The sidewalk was brick, not concrete and the street was made from cobblestone instead of asphalt. A few Model A's were parked in the street but otherwise the area was deserted. He could hear a bike coming down the sidewalk behind him. A quick glance told him the rider was a red headed boy in his late teens.
As the rider started to pass him, Howie stuck out his arm and clotheslined the boy, knocking him off the bike. Howie stood over the boy who was holding onto his left shoulder in pain. Looking down he screamed, “You micks need to learn your place. The sidewalk is for people walking, you dumb hooligan.”
Howie kicked the injured boy in the ribs. Satisfied that he had done his good deed for the day he continued walking down the street.
Coming back into the real world, Howie stopped dead in his tracks and took a deep breath. Don't tell Dr. Randolph about this day-dream. It might be enough to get you labeled as danger to yourself or others.
Howie tried to push the ugly images out of his mind as he went into the office building for his appointment with the psychologist. Although he couldn't stop wondering, What the hell is a Mick?
By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
Fantastic Future Friday: Mars
Ground penetrating radar has unearthed (unmarsed?) a great find. A huge bed of frozen CO2.
Thawing out this bed of CO2 would only double the pressure of the Martian atmosphere, so the majority of the planet would still be unable to have liquid water. But in the lowest depths of the Valles Marineris doubling the air pressure would make it thick enough for liquid water. That would be enough to transport life to the planet and jump start the process of terraforming it to be an Earthlike world.
A second habitable world in the solar system will lead to a fantastic future.
By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
I love this!
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Perform This Way
Apparently Gaga wouldn't let him release it. If he had, all proceeds from the song would have went to the Human Rights Campaign. I like her music, but not her, and now I like her even less. Cow. I guess she's all about the HRC when it makes her look good.
And I have no idea why I called her a cow when there are so many other colorful adjectives out there! Anyways, have a good laugh and enjoy! ;) peace
UPDATE: Gaga has approved the parody! I'm sure it's the HRC donations at the end. For the record, Weird Al doesn't have to have her permission. He's just a class act who always ask the artist's permission first. I'm leaving the cow comment.
Apparently Gaga wouldn't let him release it. If he had, all proceeds from the song would have went to the Human Rights Campaign. I like her music, but not her, and now I like her even less. Cow. I guess she's all about the HRC when it makes her look good.
And I have no idea why I called her a cow when there are so many other colorful adjectives out there! Anyways, have a good laugh and enjoy! ;) peace
UPDATE: Gaga has approved the parody! I'm sure it's the HRC donations at the end. For the record, Weird Al doesn't have to have her permission. He's just a class act who always ask the artist's permission first. I'm leaving the cow comment.
Repost
I've been meaning to do another video, but whenever I get the right song in my head, I totally forget it when I have the time! That was one of my goals for this time off school. I really enjoy doing the vids, but they can be time consuming especially for me, I have to have them just right! ;) peace
Do You have Pretty Feet???
LOL, um, ya know what? I will say yes. I've been told I have cute feet, not sure if that's the same as pretty. ;) peace
Today's Weather...
...was gorgeous! Perfect weather, not too hot! Spent the day with my cousin and nieces wandering around Old Sacramento. Plenty of eye candy!
So my best friend is back in Cali for a couple weeks and we finally decided on what we're going to do for our night out. It took some negotiating, but we've come to agreement. Going to go out to his local gay bar on Thursday night. Believe me, it took us a awhile to get there. He opened with a s*x club in SF, and I can't stand gay bars, so this is an okay medium. We could have planned something more fun, but I have a fundraiser I'm committed to on Saturday (volunteering my time as an IT guy to fix veteran's computers). Knowing this he pushed for Friday (because the bar will be more busy) but I need to be on my game Saturday morning. Plus I'd have to drive back an hour Saturday morning, and didn't want to do that. I said what about Saturday night but he's going to be at a family reunion. So Thursday night at the local gay dive it is! Actually works for me, there will be less people to deal with. It bugs me he won't even TRY and go to a straight bar/club/venue with me but I always do the gay stuff for him. Oh well, it's one night in many years, I can handle it. I'm a bit concerned about running into my ex there though. The last time I saw him was at this bar, trying to get him to push me or throw a first punch so I could whup his ass (he who swings first goes to jail). He's just as hood as I though, didn't happen. Long story behind that. Anyways, that's water under the bridge, and I'm sure I'll have a great time. Okay not great, but at least maybe I can make some money hustling the gays at pool. ;) peace
So my best friend is back in Cali for a couple weeks and we finally decided on what we're going to do for our night out. It took some negotiating, but we've come to agreement. Going to go out to his local gay bar on Thursday night. Believe me, it took us a awhile to get there. He opened with a s*x club in SF, and I can't stand gay bars, so this is an okay medium. We could have planned something more fun, but I have a fundraiser I'm committed to on Saturday (volunteering my time as an IT guy to fix veteran's computers). Knowing this he pushed for Friday (because the bar will be more busy) but I need to be on my game Saturday morning. Plus I'd have to drive back an hour Saturday morning, and didn't want to do that. I said what about Saturday night but he's going to be at a family reunion. So Thursday night at the local gay dive it is! Actually works for me, there will be less people to deal with. It bugs me he won't even TRY and go to a straight bar/club/venue with me but I always do the gay stuff for him. Oh well, it's one night in many years, I can handle it. I'm a bit concerned about running into my ex there though. The last time I saw him was at this bar, trying to get him to push me or throw a first punch so I could whup his ass (he who swings first goes to jail). He's just as hood as I though, didn't happen. Long story behind that. Anyways, that's water under the bridge, and I'm sure I'll have a great time. Okay not great, but at least maybe I can make some money hustling the gays at pool. ;) peace
Following my own advice
Yesterday I felt like kicking myself in the head, a quick check with my insurance agent informed me that I am not covered for that so I decided against that plan.
What made me feel like inflicting more pain on myself was seeing an obvious problem with my first chapter of my latest book, MIND THIEF.
I had the problem that I was introducing the two main characters in the very beginning, and was looking for ways to quickly unfold their characters which is not my strength. I've been told by a lot of editors that I don't write sympathetic characters, and these two are no exception.
I looked at examples from romance novels to try and get it right and although it helped I had to worry about the problem that I might actually get it right. If I did get that right my audience would be the women who consider TRUE ROMANCE and NATURAL BORN KILLERS to be light romantic comedies. Not a huge audience.
So then I ran across some advice I had given on this site:
RULE #1: The story comes first.
RULE #2: The story comes first.
RULE #3: If in doubt refer to Rules 1 and 2.
With that in mind I wrote a few paragraphs that show what my main character has to deal with throughout the book.
******
Mind Thief
Chapter 1
Howie put his left hand on the door handle to the office and couldn't help but be impressed, it was made of solid aluminum. “Even with the drop in price for Aluminum it still must have cost a pretty penny,” he thought.
He looked down and noticed his lack of shadow, surprised he looked to see how they had arranged the Edison Bulbs to create that effect. He was amazed to see that the hallway was lit by large mercury vapor lamps in the ceiling that must have cost a fortune.
He took a deep breath and looked back at the very common door handle and wondered why he thought aluminum was a semi-precious metal and how he could be surprised by cheap florescent lights. “Just one more thing to talk to the doc about,” he thought.
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Hopefully this new opening will make the reader want to know more about the weird thoughts that are going through Howie's mind so they will stick with me long enough to have the story play out. It also brings it out of the romance area so the murders, tortures, and leaving of “Love Stains” in the bad guy's car aren't as much of a shock to the readers.By Darrell B. Nelson author of I KILLED THE MAN THAT WASN'T THERE
Jack Stuef Is A Fat Cunt
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| Please tell me he does pubic appearances |
All you need to know about this paragon of virtue-
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| Hypocrite doesn't go far enough |
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| Tired clichés directed at the POTUS throw Jack Stuef into a snarky pussyhurt rage |
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| Tired clichés directed at 3 year old babies are super LOL funny |
Haha, people with Down Syndrome have impaired cognitive skills! This is how jokes work!
Send me information.
It's all about the Eyes
Was at Panera earlier this evening, and an incredibly handsome, Asian, mixed dude came in with the prettiest eyes! They were almost silver, I have never seen that eye color before. He was good looking, but his eyes, wow. And then he got on his cell phone and started speaking Russian. Weird. Anyways, my muse for this post. ;) peace
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