It happened in 1967 or ’68. The event took place in the late fall when all the weeds were brown and brittle from frost, but not broken down from newly fallen snow. I was out with four friends testing hand held class D (CB) radios. Two of us had just entered a field and were proceeding across it when we discovered the spiral. We came across an area where the weeds had been folded over in the same direction. The weeds were bent over, singed, and formed a spiral pattern about twenty feet in diameter. When I looked back at our path through the field, I noted that we had clearly left a trail of broken weeds. There were no other disturbances in that field other than our paths and the spiral. There was no doubt in my mind that something had landed in that field recently.
Many of you may have seen something about the latest string of UFO sightings in Texas. MSM has had a couple of stories on it. Something about this “Flap” is different. First, the very idea that MSM covered the event is odd. Usually they ignore stuff like this. Second, it took weeks before someone realized how close these sighting were to the Crawford ranch. Third, after witnesses repeatedly gave reports that jet fighters were pursuing some of these UFO’s, the military flat out denied having anything up. So, what else is new? Later they would correct themselves and say, “yes indeed we had ten F16s in the air that night on a training mission”. Uh huh, riiiight! A nighttime mission with ten aircraft over a populated area? Suuuure. Now we come to the strangest item of all.
Folks, video was taken by some of the witnesses. Until today not one of the four main discussion boards have picked up the videos and tried to analyze them. NOT ONE!!! Usually these boards would be all over these videos, but there is hardly a mention. Something is just not right here. I should point out that hoaxed video is showing up as well.
After the Isaac/caret/drone flap of this summer,(I know it is a 75 page read, just scroll down for the pictures!), I keep wondering what all this is leading up to. Disclosure? Invasion? Hmmmm… It is said that before a major world event, UFO’s show up in great numbers. Somehow, I don’t think that we are going to have much longer to wait.
In case you are interested here are some links:
UFO Casebook
Nuforc
Above Top Secret
UFO Casebook forums
Open Minds Forum
Oh and psssst… Aunt Robin….. You sure that you haven’t seen any little grey guys hanging around lately?
****Outis leaves searching for his tin foil hat*****
Outis
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Uhhhh. Better send the kids out of the room
Yeah, this one may stretch the ‘R” rating a tiny bit. Renegade Evolution has an excellent post that touches, in part, on something I wanted to cover. I will use a much broader brush and include the entire movie industry.
Before going any further I better warn you all that most of these links are NSFW.
Just the idea that some people view porn, and assume it is real, is ludicrous. When this false idea is held, porn is lifted out of the entertainment category and thrown into the “Education” bin. This reclassification becomes really harmful when porn becomes the only resource (for things of a sexual nature) available. When you combine Abstinence Only Sex Ed. and porn, a potentially disastrous mix is created. There is a lot of unrealistic, unsafe, potentially fatal sex being presented out there. Fortunately, the industry is beginning to admit that it must step up and take some responsibility for what it is doing. Again Ren has a great post on the subject here. For a much more realistic view of what it is really like in the industry, take a look at Violet Blue’s San Francisco Chronicle article for this week. Another great exploration of the differences between the fantasy world of porn and reality can be found in the movie “Marie and Jack; A hardcore love story” by Comstock films. (At the time of this writing, I cannot find a link that works to the Comstock site, Grrr.) In a nutshell, Marie and Jack are married and work in the adult industry. They discuss the differences between their film work and their own intimate relationship. I guess I should but up the warning here that at the end of the movie they do get it on….. c’mon people, it is after all a porn film! Ok so what about the young folks out there?
Fortunately there are some pretty good resources for young people out there. First is Scarleteen. Second, and many may not agree with this, is the Midwest Teen Sex Show. This show is very fast paced and uses a lot of outlandish humor. However they do get their point across. OK, now the broader brush.
During the seventies I could not go to a movie that did not have (female) nudity and violence in the same scene. The entire portrayal of violence and sex turned my stomach. We live in a violent enough world folks; I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend money to watch rapes, beatings, murders etc., as entertainment. To me at least, this ever increasing trend of violence/sex seemed almost purposeful. I know, “Good ol’ Outis is just being his paranoid self again”. Maybe not. A while back, there was a movie called “This film is not yet rated”. It traces the history of the film rating board. It puts forth the idea that the ratings board has consistently manipulated what we have been viewing for decades. As a result we have been fed a steady diet of negative racial/ethnic/sexual stereotypes and violence. At the same time any movie that has to do with normal sexual relationships has been given the dreaded NC17 kiss of death. Coincidence? I think not. The movie runs about an hour and a half. Don’t take my word for it…. Here is the link.
When people get programmed to accept anything that they see in movies as real, then the next move is to other media like the news. Who was it that said “In order to control the people, you must first control the media”? Welcome to 1984 folks!
Before going any further I better warn you all that most of these links are NSFW.
Just the idea that some people view porn, and assume it is real, is ludicrous. When this false idea is held, porn is lifted out of the entertainment category and thrown into the “Education” bin. This reclassification becomes really harmful when porn becomes the only resource (for things of a sexual nature) available. When you combine Abstinence Only Sex Ed. and porn, a potentially disastrous mix is created. There is a lot of unrealistic, unsafe, potentially fatal sex being presented out there. Fortunately, the industry is beginning to admit that it must step up and take some responsibility for what it is doing. Again Ren has a great post on the subject here. For a much more realistic view of what it is really like in the industry, take a look at Violet Blue’s San Francisco Chronicle article for this week. Another great exploration of the differences between the fantasy world of porn and reality can be found in the movie “Marie and Jack; A hardcore love story” by Comstock films. (At the time of this writing, I cannot find a link that works to the Comstock site, Grrr.) In a nutshell, Marie and Jack are married and work in the adult industry. They discuss the differences between their film work and their own intimate relationship. I guess I should but up the warning here that at the end of the movie they do get it on….. c’mon people, it is after all a porn film! Ok so what about the young folks out there?
Fortunately there are some pretty good resources for young people out there. First is Scarleteen. Second, and many may not agree with this, is the Midwest Teen Sex Show. This show is very fast paced and uses a lot of outlandish humor. However they do get their point across. OK, now the broader brush.
During the seventies I could not go to a movie that did not have (female) nudity and violence in the same scene. The entire portrayal of violence and sex turned my stomach. We live in a violent enough world folks; I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend money to watch rapes, beatings, murders etc., as entertainment. To me at least, this ever increasing trend of violence/sex seemed almost purposeful. I know, “Good ol’ Outis is just being his paranoid self again”. Maybe not. A while back, there was a movie called “This film is not yet rated”. It traces the history of the film rating board. It puts forth the idea that the ratings board has consistently manipulated what we have been viewing for decades. As a result we have been fed a steady diet of negative racial/ethnic/sexual stereotypes and violence. At the same time any movie that has to do with normal sexual relationships has been given the dreaded NC17 kiss of death. Coincidence? I think not. The movie runs about an hour and a half. Don’t take my word for it…. Here is the link.
When people get programmed to accept anything that they see in movies as real, then the next move is to other media like the news. Who was it that said “In order to control the people, you must first control the media”? Welcome to 1984 folks!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
TED Gonna make my head Splode
TED Technology, Education, Design.
This conference has been around for some time. I knew about it of course; I also knew that it was terribly expensive to attend. Recently, BMW and others made the decision to make all of these little lectures available to the public. They can be found at the TED website. In order to demonstrate the diversity of topics I have selected a talk that deals with feminism. The lecturer, Isabel Allende, is witty, sharp and makes her point well. No, I do not plan on making this into a feminist blog. I just thought it would be an interesting thing to post.
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If it doesn't load for you here is the direct link
In other news.....
I got a comment SQUEEEE! My very first! From another Troll no less. Her name is Robin and she just barely qualifies as a troll. (has anyone figured this out yet?) As an added bonus she has an interesting site (as opposed to where you, kind reader, are presently parked.) Thanks Robin!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
TEARS AND RAGE
I am crying right now.
I was going to write a short piece on how lucky I was to stumble upon Renegade Evolutions blog. Not only for her excellent writing, but for the wonderful links that she provides to other bloggers. I will speak of these people later. One of the blogs that Ren discovered was that of Razor Mick. She hadn’t posted for a while…. Ren got the news first. Razor had been attacked, stabbed, multiple times and left for dead in a dumpster. No one deservers that kind of outrage. Not now, not ever.
I have nothing in my heart but darkness for her assailant.
I have nothing but tears for Razor and all of the other Razors out there that we don’t know of…
I feel so empty…….
I was going to write a short piece on how lucky I was to stumble upon Renegade Evolutions blog. Not only for her excellent writing, but for the wonderful links that she provides to other bloggers. I will speak of these people later. One of the blogs that Ren discovered was that of Razor Mick. She hadn’t posted for a while…. Ren got the news first. Razor had been attacked, stabbed, multiple times and left for dead in a dumpster. No one deservers that kind of outrage. Not now, not ever.
I have nothing in my heart but darkness for her assailant.
I have nothing but tears for Razor and all of the other Razors out there that we don’t know of…
I feel so empty…….
Thursday, December 27, 2007
OH SHIT!!!!!!
I have no idea where the phrase comes from but “Katie, bar the door!!!” seems appropriate.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today. You can find news here, and here. Folks, this is very, very bad news. If there is any place in the world where the bad guys might be able to get their grubby little hands on a tactical warhead, Pakistan is the place. (Well, that’s assuming that we finally found the one that we were missing)
I know people are screaming Al Qaeda, but I don’t think so. If the report in Ha’aretz can be believed, Bhutto was killed by a shot to the neck. The car was moving at the time. Whoever the assailant was, he/she was either damned lucky or very highly trained. OK, so I know that still leaves the question of who done it?
I’m open to ideas. Anyone?
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today. You can find news here, and here. Folks, this is very, very bad news. If there is any place in the world where the bad guys might be able to get their grubby little hands on a tactical warhead, Pakistan is the place. (Well, that’s assuming that we finally found the one that we were missing)
I know people are screaming Al Qaeda, but I don’t think so. If the report in Ha’aretz can be believed, Bhutto was killed by a shot to the neck. The car was moving at the time. Whoever the assailant was, he/she was either damned lucky or very highly trained. OK, so I know that still leaves the question of who done it?
I’m open to ideas. Anyone?
EVERYBODY OK?
Ok, so this is a little late I meant to post yesterday and today turned into tomorrow.
Getting up this morning, I checked up on all of my favorite writers. It looks as though everybody got through yesterday OK. Christmas seems to be a day that some people look forward to, others dread its coming. Some believe that this time of year is the “season of the enforced Happy” as Chelsea G. Summers puts it. There are others who have had misfortune/tragedy happen in December and the holiday brings back sad memories. Others find themselves alone and longing for the comfort and succor of family; while some wish they didn’t have to bother with people and yearn for solitude. Happily, for the majority of people, things go well.
My Christmas day was pretty quiet. I spent a couple of hours with my family and then returned to my poor excuse for a hermitage. Usually I get my place all spiffed up for the holidays, but I just didn’t feel like it this year. It was kind of like, meh, who cares.
I most certainly fall into the holiday category of the disaffected. For a while, I was connected to a family where my father-in law would go off his nut just before Christmas and beat the living shit out of his wife. The family, having “old world values” would do nothing about it. Instead, they would walk on eggshells hoping that this year would be different, only to have their hopes dashed by predictable behavior. Years later I found out that these outbursts had a genetic link. The rage and physical violence were caused by a recessive gene found in certain eastern European males. Any one of the MAOI’s could have fixed the problem. Sadly, all of this information came too late to help. Just after I left that relationship and began another, I discovered that the two people that my partner cherished as a child had both died on separate Christmas Eves. My partner also had some mega anger issues that she had been hauling around since childhood. I quickly learned what to expect. Somewhere just around Christmas Eve, she would loose it and punch a hole in one of our walls. It quickly came to pass that when Christmas music made its annual appearance on the radio, I would once again be filled with angst concerning the dreaded approach of the holidays and its inevitable outcomes.
There were some positives that came out of the shattered plaster.. One, she is now confronting the anger issues… and two; I became an expert at wet plaster repair!
All things considered, when I made my decision to become a recluse, my holidays have come and gone with much less drama. I guess that’s a good thing.
My goodness, this post is positively maudlin! SBT. I promise something a bit more upbeat next time… ummmmm let’s see….. I know!
... My Pygmy.
Getting up this morning, I checked up on all of my favorite writers. It looks as though everybody got through yesterday OK. Christmas seems to be a day that some people look forward to, others dread its coming. Some believe that this time of year is the “season of the enforced Happy” as Chelsea G. Summers puts it. There are others who have had misfortune/tragedy happen in December and the holiday brings back sad memories. Others find themselves alone and longing for the comfort and succor of family; while some wish they didn’t have to bother with people and yearn for solitude. Happily, for the majority of people, things go well.
My Christmas day was pretty quiet. I spent a couple of hours with my family and then returned to my poor excuse for a hermitage. Usually I get my place all spiffed up for the holidays, but I just didn’t feel like it this year. It was kind of like, meh, who cares.
I most certainly fall into the holiday category of the disaffected. For a while, I was connected to a family where my father-in law would go off his nut just before Christmas and beat the living shit out of his wife. The family, having “old world values” would do nothing about it. Instead, they would walk on eggshells hoping that this year would be different, only to have their hopes dashed by predictable behavior. Years later I found out that these outbursts had a genetic link. The rage and physical violence were caused by a recessive gene found in certain eastern European males. Any one of the MAOI’s could have fixed the problem. Sadly, all of this information came too late to help. Just after I left that relationship and began another, I discovered that the two people that my partner cherished as a child had both died on separate Christmas Eves. My partner also had some mega anger issues that she had been hauling around since childhood. I quickly learned what to expect. Somewhere just around Christmas Eve, she would loose it and punch a hole in one of our walls. It quickly came to pass that when Christmas music made its annual appearance on the radio, I would once again be filled with angst concerning the dreaded approach of the holidays and its inevitable outcomes.
There were some positives that came out of the shattered plaster.. One, she is now confronting the anger issues… and two; I became an expert at wet plaster repair!
All things considered, when I made my decision to become a recluse, my holidays have come and gone with much less drama. I guess that’s a good thing.
My goodness, this post is positively maudlin! SBT. I promise something a bit more upbeat next time… ummmmm let’s see….. I know!
... My Pygmy.
Monday, December 24, 2007
HELLO ALL
Welcome
This is my second attempt at a blog. Those of us who participated in the World Without Oil project, (May 2007), were encouraged to keep a fictional blog tracking our progress through a crisis scenario. WWO was a social experiment designed to use gaming strategies in order to solve a crisis. It was an interesting, if not scary exercise. I will probably devote a post to it at some later date.
Recently, I have come across either comments or ideas discussed on other sites that I would like to explore a bit more on my own. I also do not want to dilute the quality of responses found on those other sites with my somewhat disjointed thinking. All of the blogs that I read have very articulate comments. Hell, even their trolls are articulate! I think it is best that I keep my ramblings somewhat contained on this site.
I have a ton more links that I will be putting up in the days ahead, but for now I feel compelled to comment on a couple already up. Violet, Ren, CCG and Ryann have chosen to work in a field that some of you, gentle readers, may not agree with. Please do not go charging into their respective sites with all of your damned moral six guns blazing. These women are highly intelligent, reasoning people who have chosen their professions. On top of that they are all kick-ass writers; as opposed to yours truly. On a final note, I assure all of you that I only go to their sites to read the articles ;)!
How long will I be around? Who knows? Stay tuned if you want, if not, thanks for stopping by.
This is my second attempt at a blog. Those of us who participated in the World Without Oil project, (May 2007), were encouraged to keep a fictional blog tracking our progress through a crisis scenario. WWO was a social experiment designed to use gaming strategies in order to solve a crisis. It was an interesting, if not scary exercise. I will probably devote a post to it at some later date.
Recently, I have come across either comments or ideas discussed on other sites that I would like to explore a bit more on my own. I also do not want to dilute the quality of responses found on those other sites with my somewhat disjointed thinking. All of the blogs that I read have very articulate comments. Hell, even their trolls are articulate! I think it is best that I keep my ramblings somewhat contained on this site.
I have a ton more links that I will be putting up in the days ahead, but for now I feel compelled to comment on a couple already up. Violet, Ren, CCG and Ryann have chosen to work in a field that some of you, gentle readers, may not agree with. Please do not go charging into their respective sites with all of your damned moral six guns blazing. These women are highly intelligent, reasoning people who have chosen their professions. On top of that they are all kick-ass writers; as opposed to yours truly. On a final note, I assure all of you that I only go to their sites to read the articles ;)!
How long will I be around? Who knows? Stay tuned if you want, if not, thanks for stopping by.
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