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Articles are back to normal

2 comments August 30th, 2006

I decided that I wasn’t able to sustain the conversational style of writing I was doing before. Trying to get a point across within a written conversation, while creative and interesting, made the articles far too long. I’ve gone back to the normal article style of writing, as it’s more succinct and to the point. Much better when you’re trying to grab someone’s attention and they might not have enough time.

Heal yourself first

1 comment August 30th, 2006

If you think that life is a result of your thoughts manifesting into reality in order to help you grow spiritually, then this article is for you.

With your thoughts creating your reality, it’s easy for you to think that what you want can be created, which is what the Law of Attraction is all about. You attract to yourself those things which are most on your mind, and thus create them from your mind.

This all happens inadvertently, and works on the principle of ‘like attracts like’ and, if we go a bit deeper, into the very fabric of reality itself.

The new war that can’t be won

Add comment August 29th, 2006

A very interesting article.  You should read it.

So it turns out that Arabs—or more broadly Muslims—can fight after all.

We may surmise that they now realize that fighting effectively requires that they do so on their own terms rather than mimicking the West. They don’t need and don’t want tanks and fighter-bombers. What many Westerners dismiss as “terrorism,” whether directed against Israelis, Americans, or others in the West, ought to be seen as a panoply of techniques employed to undercut the apparent advantages of high-tech conventional forces. The methods employed do include terrorism—violence targeting civilians for purposes of intimidation—but they also incorporate propaganda, subversion, popular agitation, economic warfare, and hit-and-run attacks on regular forces, either to induce an overreaction or to wear them down. The common theme of those techniques, none of which are new, is this: avoid the enemy’s strengths; exploit enemy vulnerabilities.

Being sick sucks

2 comments August 27th, 2006

Since Wednesday last week, I’ve been sick as a dog, and have been off work since then. First I came down with flu symptoms, with everything aching, fever, chills… That went away by Thursday night, but that day I got a very sore throat. So sore it was actually painful to swallow, and my face was almost going into contortions with the effort to get food past the throat. Then the coughing started yesterday, around the same time that the soreness started to fade away a bit. I could swallow again without too much of a problem! Yay! But the coughing…

No more anonymous users

Add comment August 15th, 2006

Apologies to those that will be inconvenienced by this, but I’ve had a few abusive comments from anonymous users which I’ve deleted. As a result, I’ve decided to cancel the anonymous comment function. Anyone who wants to comment and isn’t already a blogger member will have to sign up for a blogger account and use that. Anyone that wants to leave an anonymous and/or abusive comment aren’t likely to go to this effort, and will decide not to bother. It’s quick and easy, though, and you can use it to log in and comment in future.

Thanks for your understanding.

Geisha’s collar

2 comments August 14th, 2006

Last week we took Geisha in to the vet to get speyed. She wasn’t happy, as you’d expect! Because she’s such a manic kitten, hyperactive in a big way, she even surprised the vet. She’d just woken up from the op and was already trying to run around, even while groggy. We put her in her cat cage to take home and she was chewing at the cage door to try and get out. As a result, the vet suspected we might need a collar to prevent her from licking the surgery wound and removing the stitches. The vet was right.

More on connecting the dots

5 comments August 13th, 2006

“I don’t really understand what you meant with that commentary you wrote, where you were talking about the dots.” Jake was scratching his head, looking at Alan’s blog on the computer screen.

“What don’t you understand about it?” Alan asked, putting his drink down.

“You’re obviously referring to… what is it, psyops?” Alan nodded, and Jake continued. “So how can there be these psyops when it’s obvious that the terrorists were engaging in a plot to down those planes? How do you connect the dots to find evidence of psyops?”

Think about the dots

2 comments August 11th, 2006

Do you remember playing ‘join the dots’ when you were a kid?  You got a whole bunch of dots and then drew lines between them, resulting in a picture forming.  The dots are all over the place, and don’t mean anything - until you connect them.

Anndion Lodge, Wanganui

Add comment August 9th, 2006

When we went to Wanganui, we stayed at this very cool backpackers - the Anndion Lodge, run by… Ann and Dion.

They don’t make them like they used to, that’s for sure. And it’s great that they don’t! Backpackers used to be almost run-down, with the only available beds being in dormitories, sharing with everyone else. Now, some of them are actually better than hotels, with some awesome features being available, and being able to share it with pleasant company.

7 August - Wanganui

Add comment August 9th, 2006

I decided to do the photos the ‘normal way’. Even though the previous post presented the photos in a way that’s ‘agreeable’, I don’t like the fact that viewing the photos actually takes you away from this blog. So I’ll continue with how I’ve been doing them in the past. I’ll leave the previous entry there, but show the photos here as normal.

We went for a walk along the river bank…

Then we climbed a 176-step water tower / lookout to see the view of Wanganui and take some photos…