tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53131292024-03-23T11:48:22.649-06:00A Swag Mans NotesJust some scribbles from Swagy is all, some rants raves and other stuff.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-20082108961043184912015-12-07T05:28:00.001-07:002015-12-07T05:28:55.756-07:00Good Morning<p><a title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-Je2q5Nr8" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-Je2q5Nr8">Good Morning</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-47323002978546277482015-11-09T17:11:00.001-07:002015-11-09T17:11:42.792-07:00Nothing to Say<p><font size="3"><strong>I</strong></font> <font size="3"><strong>guess this is a first, I have nothing important to me to say. This does not mean I will not subject you or anyone else for that matter to my derisive musings, it just means you may as usual proceed to ignore all and anything I have to write.</strong></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-46965022188570420722015-11-04T04:11:00.001-07:002015-11-04T04:11:41.567-07:00Caring, Sharing and Small Acts of Kindness<p><strong><font size="3">I like everyone else have been observing the current first of the moves towards the eventual election of a new President of the United State of America.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">One thing that has struck me has been the loud boastful and general unkindness of the people wishing to seek their parties nomination to stand for election. There seems to me that apart from a couple of candidates most of these people are such that I for one would never sit down and want to have a beer with them they are ego filled hateful people who have no feelings for the people they seek to represent.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Perhaps I should look more towards my wife who is a caring sharing and generally nice person. Her first reaction on buying a new possession is “oh this person would love this I will send it to them” not to gloat and keep it for herself.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">There is more than enough nasty in this world we need more kindness, I have decided to try to be more like my wonderful wife and each day try to perform one act of kindness.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-30015521920375538712015-09-29T20:31:00.001-06:002015-09-29T20:31:59.923-06:00Best Birthday Ever<p> <dd><em></em> <dd><em>The Mercury <a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Aso6UbmPusc/VgtJm9-2e6I/AAAAAAAAILc/sa-Cpt2KjPA/s1600-h/250px-Mercmasthead%25255B2%25255D.png"><img title="250px-Mercmasthead" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="250px-Mercmasthead" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YthCg7ntfG8/VgtJnnmtBkI/AAAAAAAAILk/fqN_XRf9R-U/250px-Mercmasthead_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="244" height="64"></a>(Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)</em> <strong>Saturday 27 September 1952</strong> p 16 Family Notices ... , 1952, at Queen Alexandra Hospital, to June and Trevor: a son (<em>Stephen</em> <em>James</em>). Both well. POWELL ...</dd></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Here is the entry from the local newspaper for my birth, simply amazing this digital age we live in.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Just think stuff that is over 60 years old in a backwater at the end of the earth is available online, wow.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">I spent my birthday with my grandbabies (all three) and hade a wonderful time, we all should live long enough to see our babies have babies.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-48028708472845019242015-09-24T14:55:00.001-06:002015-09-24T14:55:05.735-06:00Useful Technology<p><strong><font size="3"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uy5b_6sVMIM/VgRjIe-K76I/AAAAAAAAIKc/bd6p3aJXEDg/s1600-h/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g3.jpg"><img title="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NG7DTdiirMc/VgRjJP6NAHI/AAAAAAAAIKg/Hi8yFKuhcZA/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="60" height="43"></a>Today there is a multitude of offerings for ‘assisting’ you with everyday living. Of those that have recently come to the forefront has been an offering from Amazon the Echo. Ginger and I ordered one and were on a wait list for a couple of moths prior to it finally arriving.</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SsQ2MPJ5l68/VgRjJXTUo1I/AAAAAAAAIKo/yI0zavsNHbw/s1600-h/41jwk87yL._AA160_3.jpg"><img title="41 jw k87yL._AA160_" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="41 jw k87yL._AA160_" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TlzhDAVH0pA/VgRjKNzZdwI/AAAAAAAAIKw/CtcI1Lzr1yU/41jwk87yL._AA160__thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="85" height="85"></a> <font size="3"><strong>The machine itself is an unimposing</strong></font> <strong><font size="3">tube around the size of a can of tennis balls, however, once it arrived and after a pain free setup process. We have been and continue to be impressed with its versatility and usefulness.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">I use the device daily for all sorts of functions including listening to my morning news, keeping track of my to do list my shopping list read my audible books answer general questions all via voice control. I was and am that the device understands me at al, for those that know me I have, still, a very strong accent that I have never been able to shake.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">It works and I love it.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-49851528657937511192015-09-19T18:20:00.001-06:002015-09-19T18:20:16.439-06:00Welcome Wesley Neil<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4wpgUfYGthw/Vf37semNpfI/AAAAAAAAIJM/aE7tCvwnk2Y/s1600-h/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S3MXJ_Eurdg/Vf37sjznY1I/AAAAAAAAIJQ/ILG-Vw5km5w/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="93" height="66"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NcooMbRyKSc/Vf37tWg_n5I/AAAAAAAAIJY/z742vbOvUwQ/s1600-h/12009803_10156099087045188_790710081545224396_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="12009803_10156099087045188_790710081545224396_n" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="12009803_10156099087045188_790710081545224396_n" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8RZSLkVeauw/Vf37uPz87CI/AAAAAAAAIJg/7LhjJHk6msw/12009803_10156099087045188_790710081545224396_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="95" height="125"></a><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xY5gWPUoDLk/Vf37vD8kL7I/AAAAAAAAIJs/XSWWIYU6y1E/s1600-h/10435843_10156099087050188_2819942935738594397_n%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="10435843_10156099087050188_2819942935738594397_n (1)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="10435843_10156099087050188_2819942935738594397_n (1)" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jQZpQ2m1x1A/Vf37vyVuBPI/AAAAAAAAIJw/T47q4o2DUoI/10435843_10156099087050188_2819942935738594397_n%252520%2525281%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="94" height="124"></a><strong><font size="3">Welcome to the world!! My newest grand baby what else can I say.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-70933049465562703392015-09-16T04:25:00.001-06:002015-09-16T04:25:53.712-06:00The broken system<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nKI1xmFWoXU/VflDqhben9I/AAAAAAAAIIU/B8KUhcjjqUA/s1600-h/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jbmfwg6K5pM/VflDrO-o0AI/AAAAAAAAIIY/yKhpuhccJgk/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="87" height="87"></a><strong><font size="3">It is easy in this time to become really negative about the system in the west, with the electoral system becoming nothing more than an extended entertainment program, bought and presented by the wealthy donors to provide a façade of choice. There is every now and then however, a glimmer of sanity in the midst of this non stop parade of idiots posing as potential leaders. I have been watching the beginning of the process of electing a new President for the United States and there among the crazy people is an old man still on fire with the ideals he had a a young hippy in the sixties. I think we need to pay attention to Bernie Sanders as he is the only voice making some sense in this whole process. Not just business as usual with the same old suspects shouting hateful and divisive slogans. That is what I think for what it is worth.</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kMj0fJrItXA/VflDrpnyH5I/AAAAAAAAIIg/QoG6T6Ql9ng/s1600-h/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ni_3FVkDvRg/VflDsA88PqI/AAAAAAAAIIo/ceXoTftlOy8/AU505-AustralianandUSApin_g_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="73" height="52"></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-50443576682214351572015-09-15T07:23:00.001-06:002015-09-15T08:09:11.745-06:00Wars and Rumors of war<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5rppwDc8BsY/Vfgb4yd4g9I/AAAAAAAAIHw/_qnwpmeNjvw/s1600-h/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_lNWjCz_7cM/Vfgb5VZCHrI/AAAAAAAAIH0/ftSka9_G4oc/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="78" height="78"></a><strong><font size="3">There seems to me that there is an acceleration of conflicts around the world right now, more than a few are religion based seems to me the Muslim world is fighting between themselves and against every one else all over the place, The number of conflicts seem to conflict with the projected religion of “peace”.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Not that any other religion is free from conflict both armed and cultural with the Christians in the US under the delusion that they are under attack (they are 80% of the population) the Hindus shouting the same in India seems like we might have a much more peaceful world without any religion at all. The following is not an exhaustive list but a sample of what I am aware of only.</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3"><em><strong>1. Afghanistan Extreme radical Fundamentalist Muslim terrorist groups & Osama bin Laden headed a terrorist group called Al Quada (The Source) whose headquarters were in Afghanistan.<br>2. Bosnia Serbian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholic, Muslims<br>3. Cote d'Ivoire Muslims, Indigenous, Christians<br>4. Cyprus Christians & Muslims<br>5. East Timor Christians & Muslims<br>6. Indonesia, province of Ambon Christians & Muslims<br>7. Kashmir Hindus and Muslims<br>8. Kosovo Serbian Orthodox Christians, Muslims<br>9. Kurdistan Christians, Muslims Assaults on Christians (Protestant, Chaldean Catholic & Assyrian Orthodox). Bombing campaign underway.<br>10. Macedonia Macedonian Orthodox Christians & Muslims<br>11. Middle East Jews, Muslims<br>12. Nigeria Christians, Animists, & Muslims<br>13. Pakistan Suni & Shi'ite Muslims<br>14. Philippines Christians & Muslims<br>15. Russia, Chechnya Russian Orthodox Christians, Muslims. The Russian army attacked the breakaway region. Muslims had allegedly blown up buildings in Moscow. Many atrocities have been alleged.<br>16. Serbia, province of Vojvodina Serbian Orthodox & Roman Catholics, Muslims<br>17. Sri Lanka Buddhists & Hindus Tamils, Muslims<br>Additional conflicts<br>19. Thailand: Pattani province: Buddists and Muslims<br>20. Bangladesh: Muslim-Hindu (Bengalis) and Buddists (Chakmas)<br>21. Tajikistan: intra-Islamic conflict</strong></em></font> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-47965615597249210682015-09-15T05:46:00.001-06:002015-09-15T05:46:30.787-06:00Another day another medal<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ra4v9umYmiM/VfgFD0nt5WI/AAAAAAAAIHI/V3NlkZllt9Q/s1600-h/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B1%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n[1]" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n[1]" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xGHMJ0_Ry5c/VfgFEciBfzI/AAAAAAAAIHM/R9YgaTOa-DU/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B1%25255D_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="164"></a><strong><font size="3">I got a surprise the other day, received in the mail, this</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"> <a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JEClf6Qdixo/VfgFE_K9CRI/AAAAAAAAIHY/3rEutGuu5eo/s1600-h/724%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="724" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="724" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w_F2M7mjFMc/VfgFFUib8PI/AAAAAAAAIHc/usf7CqKKRoE/724_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="244"></a>It was quite a surprise I have been away from Australia for a long time and did not realize I was awarded this medal kind of cool.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-62649263364596053512015-09-14T19:49:00.001-06:002015-09-15T05:37:34.610-06:00Getting Older is not for wimps<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wPaI34YtR7k/Vfd5GUIVU7I/AAAAAAAAIFk/QOqtAiO-UYM/s1600-h/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B1%25255D%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n[1]" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n[1]" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oDVLwVpEDfU/Vfd5GqEAjdI/AAAAAAAAIFo/LcyKRF9gFXs/377801_10150419123984609_944760089_n%25255B1%25255D_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="109" height="109"></a> <strong><font size="3">Hi, I am talking to you, mostly because no one can hear anyone these days in the world of self created noise. It seems the more of the “sharing” that goes on in this modern era the less we hear and communicate. We “like” a post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.carlyon">Facebook</a> but fail to give these that are on our page a call and actually talk to them.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong> </p> <p><strong><font size="3">Oh well, enough of that I am starting to sound like an old man here, but then again I am now getting up there and am I guess for right or wrong could be now considered “old”</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"> <a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YcSKpk714UI/Vfd655IWEtI/AAAAAAAAIF4/6NGuO_miirM/s1600-h/11951156_10153601296804609_5104104292244825438_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="11951156_10153601296804609_5104104292244825438_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="11951156_10153601296804609_5104104292244825438_n" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q3QyIi8MdVE/Vfd66qH64GI/AAAAAAAAIGA/VhL7J1Y29O4/11951156_10153601296804609_5104104292244825438_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="164"></a>I am even starting to look old, things are drooping getting wrinkles and generally just falling apart. Gosh I even regularly go the the doctor these days. I am not going to get into all the health issues that have become a focus of my life (golden years my ass).</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">So this is how it is, getting old feeling like I am still 18, except my body is betraying me. Soldier on.</font></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-73745819420369279112010-05-07T00:35:00.000-06:002010-05-07T00:35:43.332-06:00Grass CuttingWell, the mower is finally ready, the grass is 2 foot high, so it is time to cut the grass. Made a start on it today, got the grass around the house done and half of the back field done so that is around an acre mowed. Lots more left to do.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-53242223647420121302010-04-29T02:25:00.004-06:002010-04-29T02:46:15.598-06:00Let me tell you all a story about a small bull with a big attitude.<br />I was in the process of moving the bull from one spot to another the other day and he managed to get loose of his lead rope. <br /><br />After some chasing around the farm yard he winds up in the goat pen, ah thinks I, gotcha. Not so fast, he ducks the rope I don't look up and manage to crash into the low overhead of the goat shelter. Down go I to the ground, nearly out cold, seeing stars and finding it difficult to gain my feet. I manage to get to my feet only to see the bull rear up and crash through the fence of the goat yard. Darn it, now another job, fix the fence. <br /><br />So once more I am in hot pursuit of the bull across the yard. He takes it into his head to go across the road into the corn field, luck holds at least they have not planted yet so I am across the road casing after the bull with a lasso in hand. <br /><br />Ginger is on the road in the pickup trying to cut him off from crossing more roads. I hear a sound and look down as I make my way at a fast clip across the file and low and behold there on my heels are two goats. Calvin and Klein have decided to follow me and now I realize this must be a sight a small bull being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pursued</span> by a man with two small goats on his heels, not the macho image one would think of. <br /><br />The bull meantime is making good his escape, but, hello there is Ginger in true western style in the corn field with the pickup spinning tires doing a great impression of a Duke of Hazard episode. Ginger does a great job but the bull once more makes it way to escape, Ginger in a last ditch effort tries to head him off and hits the ditch on the side of the road at 40 mph and takes the truck airborne, it looks truly spectacular. <br /><br />We give up for now take the goats home, repair the fence regroup and head off to find the little bugger. After a search there he is at the neighbors place a mile away making nice to his horse and steers. We round him up and with only one minor problem, me getting zapped on the hot wire get him home. What an afternoon, go home get ready for work and that is the end of another adventure on the farm.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-66059666053577763932010-04-16T14:15:00.001-06:002010-04-16T14:27:36.967-06:00Good time off so far. Got the vegtable patch corn and potato patches flower beds in and ready for Ginger to plant. Dug the beginings of the duck pond and got the pumpkin patch tilled. Put a hot wire on the fence for the horse padock. Lots of jobs finished .. Only afew thousand more to got.. love working on the farm.. Wish I could retire and work it full time..<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-9654038183746685502010-04-07T15:59:00.000-06:002010-04-07T16:04:19.632-06:00Day off.. The baby goas are doing well.. the baby geese I am raising for a friend are doing great. More fence work tomorrow.. The mini horses are due to arrive on the weekend. Next week we get our Longhorn bull<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-62083065356611281882010-04-04T21:27:00.002-06:002010-04-04T21:33:15.077-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fa20skU1iuA/S7lZIQJMBFI/AAAAAAAAEBA/aR4WMP4FQjE/s1600/hd_nubin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456490421843395666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fa20skU1iuA/S7lZIQJMBFI/AAAAAAAAEBA/aR4WMP4FQjE/s320/hd_nubin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Another day on the farm, the new baby goats have decided that they are capable of jumping the fence from their pen into the chicken pen. Not a problem except only one of them jumps in and the other cries <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pitifully</span>, the hens <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">don't</span> like it much either as they stopped laying today. So, out with some creative fencing, and now they have a six foot high fence, that even they can't jump. Peace returns to the Rusty Spike Ranch.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-87757904766438140102010-04-03T02:35:00.002-06:002010-04-03T02:38:55.588-06:00Been a while, but lots happended, we live on a farm (small one) that we rent in Colorado. It is about 13 Ac and is big enough for me to putter around on.<br /><br />We have managed to get the hen house organized since we moved in last summer, and now have 18 hens laing eggs on a more or less regular basis, we get around 12 eggs a day.<br /><br />We managed to raise 6 pigs last summer/fall and have the bacon in the freezer, it is good too.<br /><br /><br />more to follow.................<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-51632736390299133102009-05-25T09:51:00.001-06:002009-05-25T09:54:55.410-06:00Well, it has been a long time. I have not had the urge to write for some time and really, I do not have the urge now. There have been, as usual a few changes in my life since the last post.<br /><br />I am in Colorado now working for a private prison, it is surprisingly very interesting work. The variety of people I work with is astounding.<br /><br />I still go camping and fishing etc, but do not have the time I would like to have to do all the things I want to do. <br /><br />I guess right now I am in a good place in my life, small irritations but large satisfaction.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-11878784586552558142008-09-03T15:07:00.000-06:002008-09-03T15:11:20.580-06:00Oh, and I got married over the summer as well.<br /><br />More to follow!!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-65006317230549460112008-04-24T15:35:00.000-06:002008-04-24T15:40:04.053-06:00It has been awhile since I last took the figurative pen to electronic paper. The deal is, I have changed my job, the state I live in, just about everything.<br /><br />The thing about change is that managed correctly it can be a great thing. Now not all change is good I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">concede</span> that, but change for the better is always good.<br /><br />I am exploring a new State Colorado, this is a place that is very interesting and a great place to spend time out of doors. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Some</span> of the things I enjoy like camping, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hunting</span> and fishing are almost a religion here, I like that.<br /><br />I will try to document some of the things I run against here for my one reader to enjoy.<br /><br />Sleep well dear reader, I am alive, well mostly.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1151518673491676722006-06-28T12:15:00.000-06:002006-06-28T12:17:53.503-06:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I know that I have been slack and idle with the blogs and podcast of late, but I have a few excuses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">For a start it is summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now that means it is warmer, which in turn means I am not hurting so much, so I am in a good mood and want to get out more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It also means that it is summer break time, and this year Pearl is staying at our weekender for the summer and working for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This in turn means I am now an only child at home and I am enjoying it greatly, small candlelit dinners with my honey, a few glasses of wine and then, well I will not go on as even though this is a very personal media it is not THAT personal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All in all I am having a thoroughly good time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Now even though I am enjoying my life right now this does not mean the world has stopped and that there is not bad things happening, George Bush is still waging a holy war against the Islam Nation and is hell bent of killing as many of the cream of the youth of America as he can, while at the same time handing over to his rich crones the wealth of the nation, while all the time cutting as much of the money going to the poor of America as he can get away with, while at the same time trashing the bill of rights and the constitution, he is indeed a very busy man.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So, having said all that I have not been totally idle, I have finally settled on a design for the web site, </span><a href="http://www.swagy.com/"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">www.swagy.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> and am quite happy with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So until next time have a great time, and don’t forget to write.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1150054238974836722006-06-11T13:29:00.000-06:002006-06-11T13:30:38.976-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Censorship and still more Censorship</span></div><br />Congress in it infinite wisdom has just increased the fines for broadcasters that send out on the airwaves indecent material. The fines have increased to around $350,000 an incident. Now I am heartily sick of these right wing religious nuts taking my freedoms hostage. This is just another cynical example of how this vocal minority of the community is imposing their warped views onto me. Now although I do not watch a great deal of television it is outrageous how they can dictate to me what is bad for me. Now I have a very well developed opposing thumb that is more than capable of either switching channels or turning off the TV set when I don’t want to watch something, this includes the inadvertent tuning into the moronic ravings of one of those TV evangelist nut jobs. Now if I can do it why cant they, are they afraid they might accidentally come across something they are told they should not watch and watch it anyway? Get a life you people. You are pathetic. Do your insane church thing and leave me alone, stop forcing your dubious values down my throat.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Evil genius</span></div><br />The NSA is apparently decided that given the sheer mass of information freely posted by the internet users on the web in self descriptions that they are going to design and implement a data base using this information to establish a type of six degree of separation database derived solely from information we have published freely on the web.How much is that and evil genius moment. Beware Big Brother is watching.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mental Health</span></div><br />Listening to a podcast recently about mental health got me to thinking, now I know I am no expert, but, perhaps there is a correlation between the expected peak of population in the world. Apparently the world population is due to peak in about 2040 a mere 35 years from now. My theory is that we are not that far removed genetically from our roots as hunter gatherers and that we are genetically inclined to operate in small, tight knit family groups separated from other groups by some distances with space and time to devote to the mere survival of our families and not over concerned with larger interaction with mass numbers of people. Where conflict arose primarily over food recourses. With the increase in population the inevitability of industrialization that followed along with urbanization have, I believe created pressures on us as humans that we have not been equipped to handle. Hence the ever increasing out of control mental illness, which it follows, is a symptom of population pressure. The worry of impending pandemics, natural disasters and wars and rumors of wars cannot help the situation. Maybe we are heading for a major crash of human culture, a reversion to the simple times genetically encoded into us may just be what the doctor orders, the doctor being the planet that is becoming sick from our appetites as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1149957988826351692006-06-10T10:42:00.000-06:002006-06-11T13:27:53.626-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Censorship and still more Censorship</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br />Congress in it infinite wisdom has just increased the fines for broadcasters that send out on the airwaves indecent material. The fines have increased to around $350,000 an incident.<br />Now I am heartily sick of these right wing religious nuts taking my freedoms hostage. This is just another cynical example of how this vocal minority of the community is imposing their warped views onto me.<br />Now although I do not watch a great deal of television it is outrageous how they can dictate to me what is bad for me. Now I have a very well developed opposing thumb that is more than capable of either switching channels or turning off the TV set when I don’t want to watch something, this includes the inadvertent tuning into the moronic ravings of one of those TV evangelist nut jobs.<br />Now if I can do it why cant they, are they afraid they might accidentally come across something they are told they should not watch and watch it anyway?<br />Get a life you people.<br />You are pathetic.<br />Do your insane church thing and leave me alone, stop forcing your dubious values down my throat.<br /><p></p><p><a href="http://swagy.com">Swag man on the Web</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1149956381548925782006-06-10T10:16:00.000-06:002006-06-10T10:19:41.563-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Evil genius<br /></span><br />The NSA is apparently decided that given the sheer mass of information freely posted by the internet users on the web in self descriptions that they are going to design and implement a data base using this information to establish a type of six degree of separation database derived solely from information we have published freely on the web.How much is that and evil genius moment. Beware Big Brother is watching.<br /><br /><a href="http://sway.com">Swagy on the Web</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1149955055576737312006-06-10T09:53:00.000-06:002006-06-10T09:57:35.590-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Mental Health</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br />Listening to a podcast recently about mental health got me to thinking, now I know I am no expert, but, perhaps there is a correlation between the expected peak of population in the world. Apparently the world population is due to peak in about 2040 a mere 35 years from now. My theory is that we are not that far removed genetically from our roots as hunter gatherers and that we are genetically inclined to operate in small, tight knit family groups separated from other groups by some distances with space and time to devote to the mere survival of our families and not over concerned with larger interaction with mass numbers of people. Where conflict arose primarily over food recourses. With the increase in population the inevitability of industrialization that followed along with urbanization have, I believe created pressures on us as humans that we have not been equipped to handle. Hence the ever increasing out of control mental illness, which it follows, is a symptom of population pressure. The worry of impending pandemics, natural disasters and wars and rumors of wars cannot help the situation. Maybe we are heading for a major crash of human culture, a reversion to the simple times genetically encoded into us may just be what the doctor orders, the doctor being the planet that is becoming sick from our appetites as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://swagy.com">Swagy on the Web</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313129.post-1148658194341415742006-05-26T09:42:00.000-06:002006-05-26T09:43:14.353-06:00A lousy start to the day today, I had a major computer problem. I could not download my pod casts to my Palm TX for my workday listening. Now to those of us addicted to pod casts you would understand just how dramatic this is, to be forced to listen to hours of inane jocks on t he local radio stations filled me with dread. So here I was at 4.30am in the morning doing a system restore on the computer, reloading the pod casts and still trying to get ready for work. I did manage it though and have now almost recovered from the morning trauma.<br /><br />Now, what this made me aware of is just how things have changed. The model of yesterday was that your media was delivered to you in allocated slots at allocated times via a non-interactive medium. That annoying boy on the bicycle, who always throws the paper into the deepest mud he can find.. On the way to work you listen the over juiced jocks on the local radio station. And at work you listen to the inane ramblings and dated music of the office radio. Fast-forward to my life now, I listen to my digest of the NYT on the way to work via a podcast subscription. I catch up on the international headlines via my RSS reader on the Palm, then settle into my chosen listening fare for the day with selected pod casts covering a wide range of opinion, talk and music. Things have come a long way; I just wish that the traditional media outlets would get it. They should make their media more amenable to time shifting make it easy for me to get their offerings in whatever format I want and play it whenever I want to.<br /><br />I am no peacenik, sitting on my butt decrying all war as morally wrong; I have served my country in the past and would take up my body armor and guns and go to war in a heartbeat for a just cause. But, listening this morning to the current death toll in Iraq has given me pause; we have been led into another unjust war by leadership hell bent on serving the interests of those other than the nations they are elected to lead. We have been lied to, kept in the dark about all manner of things that we have a right to know about and have been deceived at every step. Now had these things had been perpetrated by a cynical self serving leader I might take up arms against such a leader, however they have been done by a man who, I think absolutely believes himself to be right. In fact I think he is sure God is speaking directly to him to carry out this course of action, now this is scary, as we are now in a situation of effectively being in a modern crusade, with on the one hand the Islamism idiots on the one side and the right wings Christian idiots on the other, with us caught in the middle. Enough already, please let this slaughter of our children stop, this is just not right.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Some Rants and Raves</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384273358811140639noreply@blogger.com0