Happy Halloween!

From goolies and ghosties and lony leged besties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord Deliver us!


Happy Halloween all!

Alone

There are those times in your life where you really really feel the weight of being alone. There are times when there are events in your life where the weight of it all just feels so incredibly heavy. When things don't go your way, you get sick or you have mechanical problems, whatever it may be, you have only yourself around to work it out, you feel alone. Or on those days that have always been special to you. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday's, and you don't have anyone at home to go share it with, you feel alone.

It may be that you have family far, or not so far from you, but they are either far away, or busy with their life, and though you may talk on the phone, you wonder why you got the day off work when there will be no party for you. Or perhaps, you are left out of the party, for whatever reason, and you wonder why the people who you care about didn't invite you.

If you are lucky enough to have someone in your life, make sure that you do not neglect them. The worst kind of alone is when you are alone with someone else.

Dating Dating Everywhere

Have you ever noticed the shenanigans that people who date a lot buy into? I watch my friends do and say some very silly things in the name of dating.

"Do you jump in the sack on the second or third date?"

"If they look to the left on the second date that means that he is seeing someone else?"

"I have been dating (fill in name) for four years and we lived together for two, but we really just don't know if we should get married, it just might not be right."

I have never been good or interested in the stupidity that surrounds "dating." I really hate it. I don't know the "rules" and I don't care to know them. You need to wait 36 hours after giving someone flowers to call them .... Who says?! Why?

Another thing that makes me nuts is the break up/ get together drama. I know so many people that break up, cry, move out and carry on, then are back together the next day. I hate this. It upsets me when my friends do it and I really really hate when it has happened to me in my life. That is something that people thought was cute in Jr. High and I didn't think so then and I still don't think so. It upsets the people fighting and it upsets the people who care about the people that are fighting. If it is bad enough to break up, then it is bad enough not to be together.

Also, if you cannot commit to someone after four years, you are practicing to fail in a relationship. If you don't know if you want to be together, then the answer is, no you don't.

Seriously dating several people at a time is also something that several people I know do. Or dating one person seriously and seeing other people casually on the side. I have always thought that this is the mark of someone who isn't really serious about anything.

This may be my most boring and worthless blog entry ever.

EDIT: I have been told that this post is neither boring nor worthless. I repent in dust and ashes.

Velvet Glove ... It's All the Same

WARNING! I don't know what to call this next poem. Erotica I suppose. If that kind of thing bothers you. Don't read this.

Once again. It is old.









It’s All the Same

You call me on
to a brand new game
where nothing else matters
it’s all the same

Your kiss or a whip
is it ecstasy or pain?
it doesn’t matter
it’s all the same

With a velvet glove
or a ball and chain
it doesn’t matter
it’s all the same

carried away
beyond pleasure or shame
it doesn’t matter
it’s all the same.
©Icebear 1996

Emergency Alerts

I have a text messaging service on my phone that alerts me of emergencies happening either in my area, or in the world. It is supposed to be things that are so important, that you need to know right away. For instance, if a tornado is headed my way, it is supposed to alert me. If a terrorist attack is in progress it alerts me. You get the idea.

Well, some time in early October, at 3:45 AM (thats 03:45) the emergency alert goes off. I flew out of bed expecting destruction to be eminent. When, after fumbling in the dark for my phone, all the time wondering if I needed my guns, I opend the phone to discover what could be so important at this hour to set off the emergency tone.

Albert Gore Jr. had won a Nobel Peace prize. Yippy skippy do. I will write later, perhaps, about why I would like to see Mr. Gore choke on his own tie, but that is another matter all together.

This is another example of how the media pushes its political propaganda on you in the name of news. This is NOT emergency news. It is barely news let alone something that needs to go out on the emergency network. But, the media has their agenda and they will make sure you know what they want you to know, and nothing else.

Notice that unless you live along the border you never hear about the Mexican and South American gangs and military that operate in this country? Hey news media! Where are you on that one? If Canada's military drove into Detroit you can be damn sure that would be reported.

Advice: Don't trust the mainstream media!

The Two Candidate System

Has anyone noticed that we no longer even have a two party system in this country. We now have a two candidate system. We have Bush, then Clinton. I don't think I am being over the top here. We had one Bush for four years, then Clinton for eight, then Bush for eight. Well we are up to 20 years of Bush/Clinton.

Do we really want Clinton again? Make it 24 years? Maybe 28? Then maybe another Bush can run. I hear that Jeb is considering it. Then when he is done maybe Chelsea will be old enough to run! Yay! Maybe we can do 44 years of Bush/Clinton.

Lets recap the problems of the 80's that we agreed that needed to be resolved.
1. Illegal immagration. Well, Bush/Clinton/Bush got that under control ... Oh wait ...
2. Iran/ Iraq turmoil. Once again, got that one in the bag. Actually I think this is on its way better than the immigration situation.
3. Afghanistan trouble. Hey, its an oldie but a goodie.
4. The war on drugs. Lets just admit we lost this one.
5. Education and literacy. Wow! Illiteracy is at an all time high since the turn of the 20th century!

Well, I am depressing myself, so I think I will stop now.
Lets all vote in the two candidate election so that we can have more of the same!

When A Mangy Bear Is Just A Mangy Bear

I love cryptozoology. I really find it fun when a new species is discovered. I even like the weird things like the hairy lobster and giant prehistoric shark. But often people who perport to love nature have no idea what they are looking at.

Sometimes, its nothing new. Its not bigfoot, its not the chupachabra, its just a poor bear with the mange. Sorry buddy. That looks itchy.