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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Fairytale Wedding Story

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LOVE STORY FOR A FAERY PRINCESS AND A PIRATE DUKE

For those who believe in one true love, no matter how odd...


Her eyes were black and deep like a subterranean pool, her skin olive, her nose aquiline; she said she was Irish. "The black Irish" my mother would have said, and with that came the kiss of the blarney stone, for she was double-tongued and manipulative.

I was forward, dark too, honest and blunt. Persephone loved me for I came from a secret place in the underground, cursed by Hades. 



In 1974 she broke the hell hound's spell when she saw me. Since then she fled, fearing the goblins and fiends unleashed as I ran wild over the heather in northern Scotland and the shamrocks in County Cork, wild to the pubs of Canada, the Druid and Kelly's Bar, unable to imbibe because the whiskey had got the best of me by then. That scared her too, no doubt, I have no means of knowing because I didn't see her again until 1991.

By that time I was tamed but splashing holy water on the walls of the psychiatric hospital to still the flames that roared from Hades in every crack of the old building. It worked, too, especially when the staff murdered me with a lethal injection.

That didn't really kill me, of course, any more than they killed the love I had for her and she for me. I was a violent pirate and she was a faery princess who believed in violence.

By 2012 I loved her enough to go to jail for her and say I was guilty of her own offense, her offense of lying and control and holding grudges.

The offense was really love and hope, though, and I pleaded love and hope.


Somewhere over the desire of the mountain to the east, rose a pink blush of moon. Not the sun yet, though that would come after the long silver night had shivered and worn its way down the horizon. 

A thousand suns would rise on the morning she awakened, blasting the feeble goblins in Hell to sing anthems, and Hades himself to smile at the triumph of something he could not control, the triumph of her love over mine, and my love over the weakness of my body and mind.

She never liked the pirate or the Duke but bits of them remain to tease and torment her.

They may explain my triumph now, in the 39th year, and the desire of the mountain is gold dust in my hand. I won't forge a chain with it, or a ring. I'll blow the dust onto the stamens of her orchids and ask for forgiveness and compassion, which once she offered but I did not accept.

If there is a ring it speaks of hope, compassion, forgiveness, forbearance, patience, laughter, and love.

Don't take yourself too seriously, Duke, the faery princess will not always love you then. You'll be a Pirate till the day you die, and the ladies love Pirates too.

It's not easy to be a lady's duke and love a lady who loves violence, but that, too, can change. 
Faery Princess as Prof Incognito



red garland of roses for the winner
As the dove came back to Noah and the thrush sang Aura Lee, the white bird entwined with roses came back to her and me.


Image by Ponsuan/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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Monday, April 15, 2013

NEW XBOX COMING OUT

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Xbox 720 release date, news and rumours


Suggestions for new posts are welcome. I might write something about a game like World of Warfare, D&D, Quake or a first person shooter game that Judi and Ray used to play called Unreal Tournament.

There are also very strong rumours that Microsoft will reveal the new Xbox at an event in May.

Xbox 720 release date

 

What's better:  X-Box or Playstation? This guy has definite ideas.


TechRadar website notes, "Many industry experts predicted that we'd finally get some hard Xbox 720 info at GDC this year but Microsoft confirmed to TechRadar that this is definitely not the case."

Is this what the new console will look like?

 Probably not.


X-Box 360 console and games

TOP 10 WEIRDEST GLITCHES OF ALL TIME

 

 

JUDI AND RAY PLAYING UNREAL TOURNAMENT

Written by Kenna

The theme song drumming, the beat of a heart
Finish the map you both must start
Running, fraggin', it's Deathmatch now
Everyone for themselves and kill somehow.

Team Deathmatch out-frag the opponent team
Protect your carrier and your armors gleam
Compete together or Capture the Flag
All mutants and bots and the flashing frag.

Or win the map, control the points
Your strength and the metal, the supple joints
Of the bots of your team in Domination
From a distance or through occupation.

Last Man Standing is the player who wins,
A set number of lives as the match begins.
The number of deaths more important than kills,
The Theme Song heartbeat wavers and thrills.

Or Assault the base and defend to the death
Your Theme Song heartbeat; mutants have breath
Each team bears the dream and the map is king,
Your objectives in sequence to win the thing.

O Judi O Ray: hear the beat and the click
The restless, the urgent, the music is quick,
O Judi O Ray: the best part of the day
You win or you lose, is this Battle or play?

O Judi O Ray may the best domination
Of your brains beat the others with expert creation,
Your mods so much fiercer, O Judi O Ray,
Than those competing against you today.

Friends to the end and the laughter's contagious
The adventure adept and the fun - OUTRAGEOUS!

 
Image courtesy of Victor Habbick/FreeDigitalPhotos.net


 Unreal Tournament Theme Song

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

SpaceHive Kindle 99 Cents on Amazon May 3 - 10 inclusive

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Bizarre interstellar voyage leads to conquest of Earth

  • Only 12-year-old Jason Anderson can stop the conquest
  • He and his Indian pal Aadab Ali are left alone to stem the swarm of evil
  • Can the plains of India withstand the horrific flame death of the War Machine?
  • Can the wicked Wasp General Vard destroy Earth in his fury?
  • Will anything be left of Jason's mother and will his baby brother survive?
  • What will become of Jason and Earth?
  • What role does Burma play in peacekeeping?
  • Will the baby die of radiation induced leukemia or can science save him?

Music

What role do the following play in SpaceHive's conclusion?

  • Brahms's Third Symphony
  • The Canadian National Anthem
  • Audio from a hockey game
  • Jason's new ZipPAD
  • His mother's taste in music
  • The Bees dance to the Music of the Wings
  • Two vulnerabilities - diet and entertainment

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Shop for April Showers on eBay

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I Discover eBay

Not so long ago

  • I was afraid of auctions
  • I was afraid the sellers would take my money and run
  • I was afraid to bid
  • I was afraid of eBay

Then a friend coached me

Texaco Aviation Fuel Clock

























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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Fox News Bashes Canadian Military Site youtube.com

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Fox News Bashes Canadian Military Site

Russell Peters, Canadian born comedian of Indian descent, bashes Canada first

Our Accents

  • Canadian born Russell Peters bashes white Canadians and our accents. Hee-haw, lol.

Jim Carrey, Canadian-born actor, satirizes his Canadian roots, lol

  • The Great Moose and the squirrel?

    • Drilling a hole in the ice to get food.
    • Building an igloo.


A Canadian Icon, RIP Stompin' Tom Connors

A concert

  • We'll get to work on Monday

    But tonight is only Sunday

    And we'll get to work tomorrow

    On a Sudbury Saturday night.

     

    Fox News Insults Canada and Canada's Military


    "This is the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country"

     


    • Fox News Apologizes for Insulting Canadian Troops

       

May I ask, humbly, as a fourth generation Canadian, what's the difference between Canada dissing the USA and the USA dissing Canada? Is it the difference between an elephant sitting on a mouse and a mouse sitting on an elephant? (Or eagle)?

Come on, Canada, lighten up. Our military is no longer lean and mean, we take over the hill guys from the city and train them for six weeks in mud and broken terrain, then set them loose in Afghanistan. Sure, we're no longer peacekeepers.

Fox, as we all know, is rah rah America and that's to be expected. What about our Rick Mercer report? Funny as hell, sure. But insulting to our neighbors?

Sure.

See this for dissing one's neighbors. Funny? Yes. Insulting to the USA? Sure.

  • Let's have a beer and laugh about it.

     

     Lastly, Rick Mercer with "Everything you Wanted to Know about Canada but were afraid to ask."

    • God save the Queen.  

      Americans respond: 

"The people of the greatest nation in the world. We respect other cultures, and are tolerant, unlike European people who stereotype us as fat and lazy. FYI, everyone in America doesn't like McDonalds... in fact many of us don't... and by the way there is McDonalds EVERYWHERE!!

"George W. Bush is in no way an example of a "typical" American. In reality, there are no "typical" Americans... We are a melting pot of many cultures.

"So before you diss the Americans, think of this.

"OUR ANCESTORS ARE ITALIAN, SPANISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SWISS, GREEK, etc. So yeah keep insulting yourselves =D
*German guy*: Americans are fat and dumb.
*American w/ German ancestry*:Yeah dude, our ancestors were cousins. Think it through"

If you enjoyed this post you might like to read this.




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Friday, April 12, 2013

Canadian Culture vs American Culture

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Canadian Sense of Humor vs. American Lack of Sense of Humor

Americans take themselves too seriously

  • Americans have no sense of humor but Canadians constantly laugh at themselves and their neighbors. And the world. 
  •  Don't take yourselves so seriously American friends. Loosen up and fly right.

    Invading Canada

  • Don't think we'd be so easy to invade. We burned down your Whitehouse in 1812. hahahahah
  • Correction: the British navy burned down your Whitehouse in 1812.
  • The Canadians won the war of 1812.
  • The Americans won the war of 1812.
  • Nobody won.
  • They both won.

    Video: Aboriginals lost the war

  • The First Nations Indians lost the war.
  • Nobody else won or lost.
  • It's all propoganda.
  • But the British burned down your Whitehouse, hahaha

 Comparing Economies

  • You owe China and Japan so much money that you can never repay it. Never. Not even the interest.
  • Our healthcare system is better than yours.
  • However, we can't take handguns into malls.
  • Want to compare economies?
  • Alberta, Canada is importing foreign workers because we don't have enough workers in the service and retail industries, we don't have enough doctors or nurses, and we don't have enough tradespeople.

Know who our Prime Minister is?

What's his name?

Is this the PM of Canada?

 
Prime Minister of Canada?

 
Is this the happy face of our PM?

 

Who has cuter kittens?

 

Okay, next time it's bash Canada day. Any suggestions? No, no, no, don't get nasty or arrogant now. We bash gently.

If you like this satirical post you may want to see something more serious on a previous post comparing Greece and the USA. 
Or here, bashing the USA and Canada equally.


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Thursday, April 11, 2013

CAPTCHA What do you think?

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Hi, good readers.

I recently removed the CAPTCHA requirement, you know, the word you have to type in to leave a comment. Since then I've had two or three disturbing comments in spam which I have to remove.

If it continues I'll have to put the CAPTCHA back, sorry.

Some sick people out there. Especially seems to involve telephone sex or people involved in telephone sex, I think maybe one of those comments slipped through.

Welcome to the rest of you who comment, much appreciated.
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