late to the show yet again

So the media today thinks we have become numb to tragedy in this country... well Mr and Mrs Media got a news flash for you... you are very late to this story, maybe more than 20 years to late on reporting this one

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30046195/

always have a backup plan

well, a crazy past 48 hours, very little positive to talk on other than some rain yesterday morning... these people need it! and I found a panda express! super great food. Going to go over to a friends place tonight for some conversation, will see about vloging it...

So I'm going to plan b on things, it was really the last choice I had but maybe at the end of the day the only choice when I think about living and following a code... I'll interview next Tuesday... being a spiritual person, living in a Confucian philosophical and Christian way really helps set a path, now will I chose wisely... that remains to be seen...

-z-

a haiku for you,

a last blue color

that brings both emotion, thoughts

on a instrument

rain rain go away... south!

It was amazing to see the amount of rain in the panhandle on my driving the other day... but it stopped around Ocala and the farther south I got, the drier it is. I hope these poor saps in TPA and ORL get some rain soon!

a haiku for you...

a little rain cloud

is a sight to see always

for it brings rain, life

take care everyone!

-z-

watch your step

a sign of the economic trouble?... Florida rest areas on the interstate system seem to be a little bit dirtier than usual... even the I-10 rest areas aren't up to the same level of cleanliness they are known for. Don't worry, its not too bad and at least we have stops on the interstate, more than I can say about the neighbors GA and AL... but that said, if you've got to go, watch your step!

-z-

a haiku for you...

traveling is hard

an unknown destination

what path to take now?

beware being alone in this economy!

Hi all,

Don't want this to be a downer posting, but after 15 years of researching and watching like a hawk the past two years... during this economic time, try not to alone... know where your family is, know who your friends are...

cultures so "awash" in money needs... to live, to be, to make an identity so too speak... will be hit hard over the next few years. None of this is new... history is filled with times of economic turmoil...

but its alot easier to read about history than to live through something as difficult as losing everything you've come to think of as "you" "yourself" or "who you are"

keep your minds clear and family and friends close for the next few years and have one thing to live for, one thing to dream about, and keep informed and knowledgeable about both the past present and keep working for a better future...

-z-

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/suicide.forrest.japan/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

sad link on a culture that was "infected" with a western idea if self based on money.... a spiritual side will keep you ok, along with music ,family and friends

a haiku for you...

I hear the clock, Tick

for time is all taking, tock

it ends, begins, Tick

posting for next 3 weeks and a quick update

Hi,

Its going to be a crazy few weeks, I'll try to post but might be April before things get back to normal with computer/writing time.

Hope everyone is well. A fast update... searching, moving, training, researching, and not much else... haiku and photography are on hold... still finalizing the Vlog over at my YouTube channel and hope to get a twice a month Vlog thing going over at the channel late spring.

Best wishes always to everyone,

-z-

link

http://www.youtube.com/user/docrobphotostop

a haiku for you...

And time, is it real?

but without time, can we be?

time, the only way?

know what your talking about

just an FYI,

I'm a car person so I care about these things, but America did not invent the car! Karl Benz in Germany invented the car as we know it...

Henry Ford helped mass produce the car, Model T, bringing costs down and allowing more people to enjoy the pleasures of the auto in the USA...

Why am I blogging about this, something that I feel should be "common knowledge" ??? well a certain someone who should be in the know on things doesn't seem to know basic things and that is a very scary situation.

links...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobil

-z-

ok ok ok... you pay the gov too much!

OK, I want to set the record straight on the announced "Tax Cuts" today.

Basically, most people have an amount of their pay withheld by the government over a year, then at the end of that year... you "file" or ask to get the government to give you back what you over paid them. I think the average person overpays the government around $1,200 give or take in a year.

So today's announced "tax cuts" are not actually tax cuts in that you will be paying less to the government over a year. What today's announcement is and should be reported is this...

The government is lowering the amount a person is overpaying in taxes over a year... so at the end of the year the government will be giving you back less of your money (being as you didn't have to overpay them)... so next year instead of the average $1,200 back from the gov when you file... you'll get $800 or something.

Always remember... what you get back as a tax refund is your money that you let the government borrow interest free from you and you have to hope they let you have it back every year.

Also of note very soon, if you work in a small business, the average boss, or the owner of the small business will be paying 15 percent more in his taxes... wonder if business will pick up in time to make up the difference... seeing how the economy is forecast to retract 8 percent over the next year or so don't see how...

-z-

links...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29319055

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29314485

Archery Haiku

Archery, for me like driving, is not just a sport or hobby, but an active art, and expression of all the best things humanity has developed and become over the past 3000 years.

now some haiku for archery,

The weight of bow, string

balance and beauty within

an instrument, tool

The feel of the string

and the image of the flight

to find the target

The curve of the bow

the texture of the wood grain

and life force within

-z-

links...

http://www.usarchery.org/

http://www.floridaarchery.org/

fast two weeks!

ykes!

Can't believe my last post was two weeks ago... so much to say and no words to say it?! I'm working on a poetry update for later this month, also political observations, tech update, music, and auto notes all on the way... should have new posts up this weekend and more over the next 2 weeks as well.

-z-

nope JJ, that was not what history says

Well, saw another trailer for the new trek movie on the way for this summer. In a way I know how Bond fans felt when the actors that play bond change... but its different what they are doing with new trek vs old trek, much more of an issue than just recasting. I know Bill Shat and Leonard will not be around forever, and the characters they helped bring to life can live on in other performers, like the Bonds have...

No, my problem is with the fact that so much of written ideas and character development is being thrown out to make a big budget shoot em up everyone will sleep with everyone else and things will get blown up type of thing. I could do 20 blogs on everything they are changing just based on that one promo during the super bowl.

One huge problem is with James Tiberius Kirk... he's made out to be this bad boy... breaks all the rules... well, this isn't the case with a young Kirk according the the original character development... he mentions in several episodes of the original series and the movies that he was a model student at his academy days, an "absolute bore" that was constantly tormented by Finnegan and other upper class man... and his first space assignments were not to Enterprise... but other ships... and for all get out I can't stress how incorrect building Enterprise on earth is!

o well... change for change sake, just hope its a good movie for Star Trek's future and in this movies defence if there can be one, visually it looks very nice, but sadly, I feel alot of older fans will catch it on DVD, if at all...

-z-

hard to talk when your walking away(in purple Tshirts)

Today I watched a recording (on the local PBS channel "Florida Channel" broadcast they do on weekends, re airing recordings of state government meetings that happened over the week)....of a meeting in west palm, a public meeting on the topic of the state budget and shortfalls... its so John Q public walks up, says his peace to the state representatives and senators.

So what set me off was a Tshirt wearing person, she gets up and says her speech, no problem right? Everyone else did the say thing; get up, talk, sit down, and listen to the next person... well this speaker gets up... talks, then turns around and all of the sudden, 3/4 of the people (most wearing that same type TShirt by the way) in the room get up and they all walk out... well there were other people that had a turn... why are you all getting up and walking out?! Where was the respect for your fellow Floridian... everyone listened to what you had to say... why not stick around and listen to others?

made me mad, one side of the debate will not show respect and listen to other ideas... nothing will get fixed with disrespect and the inability of conversation between people.

-z-