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A Hobson Choice from an old TV show

Not sure, how many of you were fans of this old TV show, I caught it in re-runs growing up, but even after a decade, the show still holds a strong resonance for me.   http://youtu.be/NI-qCUK_G4U   Early Edition was brilliant in many ways, because in almost every episode, a regular guy named Gary Hobson had to make choices for people and their fates based on a Newspaper that foretold tomorrow's events and tragedy.   This particular episode is remembered by fans as one of the great classic

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My short story, The Unintended Consequences, ideas and concepts

While my story is short, it carries some interesting ideas.   My story is quite sad, but within it I tried to give people a deeper understanding on the issue of peaceful resistance against foes such as the businessman in my story. A critical flaw in the concept of nonviolence is that nonviolent solution requires human beings to have equal consciences and equal beliefs in what is right and wrong. Morality is relative to a culture, whether it is Christian, Islamic, Taoist, Hindi, or any other be

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A poem from the past

The Hangman   Shall we hang alone or hang together: By Maurice Ogden   Into our town the hangman came, smelling of gold and blood and flame. He paced our bricks with a different air, and built his frame on the courthouse square. The scaffold stood by the courthouse side, only as wide as the door was wide with a frame as tall, or a little more, than the capping sill of the courthouse door.   And we wondered whenever we had the time, Who the criminal? What the crime?

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An episode from an old TV show that reminds us about Tyranny

Gene Roddenberry was a drama writer with a science fiction genre basis, I have been viewing some of my favorite TV shows created by the legendary film creator. Most people remember Star Trek as his greatest work, I freely admit that I was influenced by its exploration of mankind and social commentary.   There was another show, which was also just as good as Star Trek with marvelous stories and human introspective issues. Earth Final Conflict was originally conceived as the predecessor series t

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Just finished the last episode of a "banned Chinese Drama"

One of the things I have been able to enjoy in the last few weeks was going to a underground Chinese website to watch a very well received, but now "banned Chinese Drama". It's English name is "Scarlet Heart". The story revolves around a modern girl transported back in time via soul migration to the past, Qing Dynasty China. She eventually falls in love with half the princes in the Imperial Palace as they all fought for the coveted role of Emperor, while knowing the final outcome of their strugg

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Nothing happened today, my birthday blog

Seriously, nothing happened today.   I woke up, checked my emails, thanked people for wishing me happy birthday, then I watched a movie.   No special party, no drinking games, no surprise inside a cake (I'd love to have that happen with a hot male stripper), and no real thrills. It was just me by my lonesome. Everyone is busy with their own lives, careers, and stuff. I am grateful to get happy birthdays, but I miss the old birthdays with actual parties and games.,   I guess I have grown up

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Well, I wrote it, now I can get back to reading the Anthology

Originally, I had conceived The Phoenix on the Dragon Chair as an entry into the Anthology, but I thought nope, it's too complex and not many people will get the gangland references or chinese idioms I am introducing, let alone the concept of customs. The idea was shelved for Which Do You Want To Die.   I know most readers see my writing as cerebral and deep, which it is and I usually go into that direction. However, I do have other interests, including Chinese triad crime fiction. I think it

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One or Many: a problem of humanity

I realized something today, everyone that argues, whether liberal, conservative, or libertarian. Rich, middle, or poor. We are all arguing about the same point.   One or Many?   It can't that simple, but it really is that simple.   On a side, you have people advocating for individuals defining themselves, their actions, behaviors, and even destinies as they choose. On the other side, you have people advocating for groups whether it is a society, a state, a subset of human beings (gay, blac

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Back from DC

Well, the trip was fun and relaxing; no pressure, no hassle, it was a simple affair between strangers, who are equivalent to pen pals of old. Sometimes, I wonder how much people on site actually think about the "real" you as in the actual person behind the avatar. We're all different people with our own backgrounds and tastes.   I didn't picture Q being Mr. Dad or how cute lil' Q was in real life versus just pictures.   Cassie and I shared a hotel together, it was fun to be traveling compani

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Getting ready for the train ride down to DC

Checklist:   1. GA anthology stories downloaded Can't do it, hope there's wi-fi at the hotel   2. Alternative reading for long train ride, The Lost Bank- Check   3. Clothing appropriate for DC in the summer (I am not going nude, it'd make a bigger scene than the protesters in front of the Capitol and White House)- Check, Cargo shorts and shirts   4. Music for the ride- Check, just downloaded the new album by The Maine and The Fray + my other favorite bands   5. An emergency escape pla

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What is natural law? - It's a question beyond politics or economics

You have given me a lot of things to think about in terms of philosophical arguments and concerns over the nature of “Natural Laws”. I am not sure if this is the best answer, but it is a probable answer to a question that is uncertain.   What is “natural law”? There are several ways to interpret the concept and I’ve seen several different perspectives trying to frame the idea.   First, some people assume natural laws mean absolute rules, based on certain facts of nature, i.e. there is

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Some music for the nihilist in all of us

I was browsing Billboard to see what was hot in today's music just out of curiosity as I haven't gone on that site in ages and I want to prove my astrological chart wrong that I can enjoy popular things. To be honest, I don't follow many popular bands anymore outside my small circle of pop, punk, and rock groups, but I saw Linkin Park had a #1 rock song, so I thought why not, they're usually good.     Oh I love it!

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A piece of my astrological chart

So I went to Cafeastrology.com and tried it out. It hit me right now on the mark, sadly.   Look at the quotes:     I actually do feel that way right now about my life and job. Heck, I'd love to be free being able to live my life as I want to and doing what I "feel". Like right now, if not for obligations, I'm feeling like flying South America and traveling down the amazon or going back to school and learning molecular biology.   That was just an attribute according to the chart, my core

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Movie Review: "Prometheus" aka Aliens prequel

Somewhere between the mock up spaceship, the android David, and the gut puncher coming out of someone's belly; I just said been there and done that.   I really tried to like this movie, it has everything the Alien franchise movies had, a good story, a decent cast more or less, and superb sci-fi themes. Problem is that the movie has been done over and over again for so many decades and I have seen enough incarnations to really stop "believing" as the movie holds as its central tenet.   I won'

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Looking forward and backward

What is human nature? A complex array of interactions, emotions, and systems of belief that conjures up a myriad of potential outcomes.   I guess for me I look to the future as much as I look to the past. A great thought of the nature of existence is that time is arbitrary, consequences are not. We can measure time based on human terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, and centuries, but how can we measure consequences.   This is just me musing on the nature of existence, we base our

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Why are public Charities not giving 99%?

I saw the posting in the Soapbox and I promised not to get involved in any debates in there, but I have to at least correct some people's understanding on how non-profits work.   I hear people say, "You are scamming us and not giving our money to charity." a lot, since I've worked with charities and foundations in the past. I have worked with charities, sat on their boards as an unpaid director, and generally understand why on the accounting side of thing, it's hard to make them functional.  

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Beautiful story and good lesson on reparative therapy

If I were to post this in the open forums it will probably be moved to the soapbox and I have made it my promise not to get involved in a soapbox debate until my novella is done, which is coming along nicely. Also for those waiting on the last two parts of my play from the prior anthology, they are almost done and I am also wondering if my fictional play is actually being mirrored by non-fictional realities in Virginia. I'm not Arthur Miller, but sometimes, I wonder if the crucible that we curre

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A girl drew my attention, lol!

This might sound strange, but I was on the bus today and I was looking around aimlessly until I spotted a girl, who I thought was a guy. No I am not attracted to trannies and she was definitely not one just really boyish-manly looking, but from just the side of the face, I was really captivated. Maybe, the strong exposed forearm, the muscular legs, and the face was just too cute in a manly type of way. Her hair was cut in a short bowl cut and it was my favorite shade of maroon.   Like any gay

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New Episode of "the Borgias", plus a gay character I like

The Episode is titled "Choices", but there are almost no choices in the episode as the final outcome and nature of the characters were already in existence. The writer is probably making a creative shot across the bow about homosexuality, which I appreciate.   Since the moment I saw the scraggly beard, murderous eyes, and heard his snarky remarks, I could sense he was gay. I speak of Micheletto, Cesare Borgia's assassin in the the TV series, the Borgias.   It was a great revelation and he wa

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Why can't we make finance simpler?

I just read this and it made me think about finance and investment in general   http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/news/companies/jp-morgan-losses/index.htm?iid=Lead   I don't like the idea of credit swaps, nor derivatives as I can't see any practical or "real" value in them, except as a complex vehicles that simply inflate the prices of what they hold.   Maybe, it's strange coming from an accountant, or not if you know the blood feud between the disciplines, but why can't finance be simple s

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Why do people make bad choices knowing they are wrong?

There are so many choices in the world, so why choose choices that you know will end up biting you in the future?   Looking at the world today, you see a lot of people trying to take charge. I think part of the bigger problem is that we as human beings have placed ourselves too far ahead of everything in the world around us.   We have people making "projections" and guesses for the future, but it's all merely one man's guess versus another, but we base our entire civilization on these guesse

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What should I be looking for?

I have had to re-evaluate this several times with various short hands: LTR, NSA, FB, and ect.   Some of you probably have used all these along with other short hand expressions, but I just don't know anymore what I am looking for.   Seriously, I really want a long term relationship, but most guys are in it for the quickie. I can't blame them, since I do the same thing, which is a crappy way to live life in my view. It is just a lonely existence without someone to cuddle up with, but it is ev

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I am falling in love with a book series, but why?

I was bored and out of the random impulse of my mind, I surfed wikipedia. Yes, It's full of inaccuracies and stuff like that, but whenever I get bored, I go on there to look for something interesting.   I was reading up on Greek mythology, which is interesting as it is the origin of many story elements that we hold today.   Well one thing led to another as you know how wikipedia and my asymmetric mind works (strangely enough I've tested for ADHD and my teachers once said that I had a strange

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Living witness: History in front of your eyes

I just realized something today, The au bon pain had completely closed down at Harvard square.   I haven't gone to the harvard bookstore in ages, lot's of things getting mixed up in my life and probably a little too much GA soapbox stuff as well. If I had gone down there like I had in the past, I'd noticed the place had changed as I wanted to grab a sandwich after work.   I also didn't realize that a starbucks had opened right near the train station (seriously, there's a starbucks right at t

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My weird taste in movies strike again

If I ever find a good boyfriend, who can live with my eccentricity and political views, he definitely needs to love movies.   This particular movie was interesting, but very out of character for me:   God Bless America   The premise was what drew me towards it: I mean who doesn't have urges sometime after watching MTV to strangle all those reality TV stars for their stupidity?   Or when you hear about Reverend Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptists anti-gay demonstrators, who hasn't ever

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