Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

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Describing my immediate surroundings towards the beginning and a twist to the tale or possible solutions to issues towards the end of some blogs and how they relate to my expectations of the world at large.

  • 20100503-Not News

    I am browsing Yahoo! News. And what do I see? More violence and death! It appears this world is designed not for the living but only for the dying. An actress dies. Turtles die. Players get hurt during sports. People get cancers and diseases. There seems to be no end to living and struggling to live but no solution or cure whatsoever.

    Media truly has opened the means and way for communication. It’s faster and mostly spectacular and not entirely realistic. There’s more propaganda meant to sway opinions for weak-minded drones. There are more terrorists: It’s really getting old. Blame the Taliban: They’re in Pakistan or Afghanistan. It’s all about drugs – opium – and more mind control.

    It’s not about illegal aliens like Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and pals. It’s about the die-hard nutballs who want to ruin America by dumbing down citizens and immigrants alike, who work hard, pay taxes and still get ram rodded with failed policies that only make the poor, well, poorer.

    Today, I saw in my mind’s eye how the perceived notion of working for survival has lost its meaning. I no longer see how people work for the money but for the wealthy. It’s not what is in it for the worker but what is in it for the boss.

    I see that now. The FEDs are thugs. They are no good. They are in cahoots with businesses, like Goldman Sachs. That explains why Obama didn’t respond fast enough to prevent the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from going far. Both sides continue to make money, win or lose.

  • 20100503-Many Pages

    I’ve changed the order of my pages. This time I have four parent pages, which are `alphabetically arranged`. These are modeled after the WordPress.com Dashboard:

    • Archives;
    • Links;
    • Media; and
    • Pages.

    Archives include posts and topics (which are categories and/or post tags). I have a separate `page` for old posts. Links include the blogroll. This theme has a links template, which presents the blogroll alphabetically by category. The media `page` includes lots of links for information.  The pages section could be handeled as `sitemap`.

  • 20100503-Happily Less

    While waiting in the doctor’s office, I read the May 2010 edition to the `RealSimple.com – Life Made Easier, Every Day` magazine. The magazine has lots of good recipes. Each photo is VERY well presented. I especially love the texture of each page.

    On page 232 and at the last section of the article, I learned about STARTING OVER.

    Home, Sweet 351-Square-Foot Home
    By Kristin Appenbrink and Bess Hochstein
    How a couple lost all and learned to live (happily) with less than they’d ever imagined.

    `Surviving the tragedy of the fire aged our relationships but in a good way,` she says.

    My grandfather always said, `Find a woman you could survive with in a foxhole.` says Natale.

    The story was about a couple, Ren and Natale. They lost everything to a fire but rebuilt and lived in a small cottage about 351 square feet.

    This is what I mean about people getting in and over their heads about paying an expensive version of a rent (or mortgage). In an instance, everything could be gone.

    If only people learn to live simply and modestly, that’s all that is important – to have each other.

  • 20100503-Changing Color

    Ugh! Here I go again! I couldn’t resist editing my paid CSS upgrade. The colors are no longer the boring white background with black font but a transformation from deep blue and brown to peach yellow and pea green!

    Doesn’t the constant changing of my weblog make you throw up? Yes!

    A house that is painted in a hue similar to sunshine (which is usually yellow) sells better, supposedly. So I figured that if I changed the color from boring to morose and then brighter tones, this weblog will `sell` better.

    The color is supposed to be reduced to `safe ` colors (WebColors), which closely similar to my favorite online `daily companion` for religious readings.

    So far I’m not feeling it. But that’s my nature, always dissatisfied and always lacking perfection. Perhaps I should just stick to blogging and leave the designing of weblogs of upcoming WordPress. themes to the experts.

  • 20100503-My Fault

    So I’m still listening to CoastToCoastAM.com and the caller heard a voice – God. The guy then realized that it was his fault, not God or anyone else. He didn’t have to do drugs and destroy his family. But after apologizing to God, who meant for him to shape up and thus save his OWN soul, the guy cleaned up his act and found a good job.

    Then I suppose it’s my fault for being gullible and `good-hearted`. To TPTB: You know how you remained free. Now it’s your turn to come back to my side after what you’ve put people like me through after all these years!

    Maybe, I am really a hateful person, just like everyone else who had been hurt. Therefore, I will have to pay the price for these HEARTLESS fools who would dare go too far!

  • 20100503-Trying Theme

    Oh, dear Lord! I couldn’t stand the dark color and small fonts from the previous WordPress.com theme. Therefore, I’m back to

    The Journalist v1.9 by Lucian E. Marin – Journalist is a smart, minimal theme designed for professional journalists.

    Again, I wanted more details viewed from the page and NOT from the sidebars, which I hate! I prefer the single, page-like columns and footers. But this particular theme doesn’t have bottom bars.

    The archives template offers sections months, categories AND tags, which appears ONLY in this theme. The links template looks normal, listing the blogroll alphabetically and by category.

    If only there were more shortcodes for pages, then I’d be a happy camper.

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    I’ve removed almost all the widgets from the sidebar and narrowed down my choices to four widgets (so far):

    • Gravatar widget describing my blog with links.
    • Search form.
    • Akismet.
    • Blog stats.
    • Text widget for `Notice` of fair use, disclaimer and copyright.

  • 20100502-Weak Minds

    I’m listening to CoastToCoastAM.com with George Noory. And David Kupelian is talking about the human psyche. Yup, people have weak minds. They believe almost anything, even big lies from global cooling and warming. People get hurt like hostages, who end up feeling sorry for their captors.

    I know this is true personally. I’ve waited ten slong years for nothing. Even the FEDs cannot help. I have my list. I’ll have my day, too.

    It’s amazing how people are exploited by the propaganda machine.

  • 20100502-Beautiful Day

    Today is beautiful! The skies are clear and blue. The winds are strong. The tree branches bend to the winds. Small birds came and went, drinking and bathing in the bird bath.

    The sunshine has warmed the air enough for the parakeets to overheat underneath their covered cage.

    We boiled beef neck bone for soup; defrosted and refroze mixed vegetables; and pretty much relaxed as usual

    I gave Maw a hair trim, too. She would nod off to sleep while sitting upright. Paw does his own things, like exercise and paperwork.

  • 20100502-Trying Theme

    I’m still keeping the `Hemmingway` theme here at WordPress.com. I added a `sticky post` titled Howdy! It is a summary similar to the Gravatar profile. There are links for more reading. For the three footers, the widgets remain the same:

    • Left footer contains Japanese proverb.
    • Middle footer contains external links.
    • Right footer contains internal links.

    I like the feel of a one-column theme and Hemmingway `temporarily` fulfills my requirements.

    PROs:

    • The front page is nice and tidy.
    • Only two excerpts appear at the top.
    • Three footers show only three widgets.
    • Width of body and content elements autofit.
    • Single post views look like forums with meta data on `left column`.
    • No sidebars! I hate sidebars.
    • Template for archives and links available. Too bad that’s its.

    CONs:

    • Small fonts.
    • Zoom-In feature of browsers enlarges fonts.
    • Smaller screen resolution (i.e. 800 by 600 pixels) enlarges fonts.

  • 20100502-Noticing Numbers

    During the the 2010 White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., the event opened with the announcement of scholarships of which $133,000 will be given away. I see the double digit of thirty-three (or 33) again.

    President Obama and Jay Leno at White House Correspondents Dinner

    At during Barack Obama’s speech and towards the end, I see Rick Sanchez (like Hillary Clinton – both killed people in automobile accidents), speaking about Iceland being too cold for volcano. The CNN News headline read: ICELAND VOLCANO, FIREBALL OVER U.S.

    I see the word `fireball` (or comparably to the initials F. B.)

    Then I hear Obama say:

    `I guess that’s why they’re the most trusted name in news.`

    Again, my creative mind picked up another message to moi. Keep my mouth shut. Fine.

  • 20100501-Beautiful Day

    Today is beautiful! The skies were streaked with chemtrails. One was directly over our house this morning. We decided to visit old granny first and right after breakfast. Granny was taking a shower and we waited outdoors until the nurses finished from 9:05am to 09:30am. Maw walked back and forth at the emergency section for some exercise.

    We managed to walk once around the Great Mall in Milpitas, CA. We sat for thirty minutes at the indoor fountain while children were at play. I saw a baby with a bib reading `I’m not a boy`. She had an abnormally large head with blond locks and large blue-gray eyes. The dad appears Hispanic, the whitish kind.

    Anyway,  the baby was babbling and walking on her two chubby legs. I was thinking to myself that perhaps the baby could say `Pikachu`. Then my imagination heard her say `Pikachu` a few seconds afterwards. I smiled. She staggered to regain her balance as her dad held her steady.

    Maw had slept for almost thirty minutes with her head held slightly downward while I sat in her wheelchair catching a snooze, too. She said sleeping sitting upright with her held in that position is easier for her to breath.

    We left at 11:30am, went home and ate lunch of which I cooked fish ball soup with sour calamansi, a sort of small lemon. Paw didn’t seem to like the taste. Fine! I also cooked Maw’s noodles with meatballs and Alfredo sauce. She got tired of that.

    And after this evening’s mass, she wanted noodles from one of the Chinese restaurants from near the USPS. After dropping off the mail, Paw and I decided to try Won Stew House. The `Combination Chow Mein (75)` was good. It had straw mushroom, cabbage, carrots, artificial meat stuff, small bacons of fat, squid, shirmp, beef, etc. The noodles tasted of sesame oil.

    Then we finished the chow mein for dinner and retired for the rest of the day of mostly sunshine was. The wind was not too cold for the parakeets to enjoy some fresh air while under the patio. I had to use the cloths pin to create a seal with the cover around the cage so as to provide a shield for the parakeets. They usual are brought in around mid-afternoon and before the evening winds start freezing up again.

  • 20100501-Care Taking

    Holy crap! For the past week after Maw got out of the hospital, I’ve been playing the role of a nurse:

    • Administering medication.
    • Disinfecting the CPAP equipment.
    • Cooking meals. Holy cow! I can actually boil water and make soup!
    • Pep talks.
    • Tucking into bed.
    • Chaffeur, mostly to doctor’s appointments and sometimes food runs.
    • Trainer. I have to remind Maw to get up and walk around to prevent embolism and such.
    • Pedicurist, manicurist, hair stylist, etc.

    If I want to continue my `cross-training` as a would-be caretaker in geriatrics, I was thinking of going back to school and take up courses for CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant) or something like that. But I’ve noticed that my patience runs rough like a sandpaper, my nerves are jittery, my mouth cannot control its loudness and, well, my mind is putty and soft, too.

    But first I’ll end up filing BK. Dammit!