JamesSavik

I guess it all depends on what you call an oldie.

I'm afraid all the time. About what might happen if I just let go. If I embrace the chaos and the fire that's inside me. It's would be so easy let go, explode and destroy. Pure unfocused rage that burns through everything like thermite. The Vikings had legends of berserkers: warriors who were so high on their own adrenalin that they fought beyond the point of death. That blood is in my veins and twice I have been in that state. It is liberating; like being a super-hero. Your speed and strength is many times what it usually is. You are moving so fast you are a blur but everything seems to move in slow motion. There is no pain. Blows may land and blades may bite but you don't feel them. You are at one with an elemental force. Channeled chaos: red and hot and raw. That's what lies beneath and why I must never lose control. If I do, there will be no turning back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kbC0hQHRg

Insomnia Insomnia haunts me and taunts me, Mind racing and chasing details of the day. Plans of tomorrow, no time to borrow, Always behind as time grinds, Past and future together in the breathless present. I am so lost, I don't know the cost, Of the things that I've been or the things that I've seen, In the night they are burning bright, Restless azure darkness impaled, By the fires that rend the eternal night. There is no peace when the wars never cease, even though its been over for decades. I close my eyes and I am there, Once again in the fire of pain and desire, The unending battles still rage. Beware my friend not to live too long, And see entirely too much shit, Because in the night, it will never feel right, And it can be a hell to live with it.

I love google earth. I remember when would get shot for knowing the name of Novaya Zemlya or having a map of the place. Or Vozrozhdeniya island or Star City or Balaklava or Arcangel or Semipalatinsk or Vladivostok...

Saratoga Labs The Physical Sciences Labs were located forward above the launch tubes with access to the probe bay and near the forward and lateral sensor equipment bays. A deck below the labs were several large storage rooms filled with spare parts and heavy equipment in crates. Danny was astonished by the space and equipment that were set aside for the Science Section. He had at his disposal well-stocked labs for physical and chemical analysis. There were mass spectrometers, gas

Saratoga Flag Bridge Lt. Commander Rankin looked at his instruments and said, “According to the NavCom beacons, we’re right where we’re supposed to be- 30 light days out from the Dahlgren 63 system.” Lt. Taggert read the status board and reported, “All ships accounted for. Jump successful.” A cheer erupted in plot. After all the preparation, training and waiting, they were finally on their way. Keller said, “Congratulations ladies and gentlemen. We just made history. Ou

What does it say? It came from Novaya Zemlya in the Kara Sea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3krjPWs_7E Give 'em hell AirCav- see you on the other side Uncle Will.

I'm an old fart but far from helpless. My wit and disposition (usually nasty) make me either a sweet old geezer or your worst nightmare. Your choice.

Fun stuff from the vaultz of the intenets

There can be only one! Queen & David Bowie

Citation please. I have never heard of "Cannabis" causing death. It's non-toxic. You can smoke it until you pass out. (Believe me. I have.) The worst side effect I've ever seen is nausea and that was a "virgin". The synthetic kind, perhaps. Dumb asses doing something stupid and getting killed while they are high doesn't count. That's just natural selection at work. I question the seizures claim too. Never heard or seen anything to support that claim and I do tend to keep up with the subject. There are huge questions about the induced schizophrenia claims. Is the cannabis responsible or was it inevitable? The onset of schizophrenia happens to occur during adolescence and early adulthood- exactly the same time people are fooling around with Pot... err excuse me, cannabis. There are numerous researchers over the years that have gotten busted for exaggerating their claims, fudging their research and out right lying. Finding something actually wrong with cannabis would be like hitting the lottery. Anyone who does will be showered in government grants. Objectively- there is no evidence that cannabis deserves its reputation for a killer drug; no justification for the billions spent on prohibition, the hundreds of thousands jailed and the millions with criminal records for simple possession. Generations of government propaganda has done it job quite well.

There are tons of songs about the end of summer. I encourage others to share.

Ummm... I didn't see pot on that list.

Nobody on the road nobody on the beach I feel it in the air the summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone I'm drivin' by your house Though I know you're not home I can see you Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCw6jXo84o Yeah, it's almost gone Where will we be When the summer's gone? Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burned gold into our hair At night, we swam the Laughing sea When summer's gone Where will we be Where will we be Where will we be

Ball cancer? Really!? Hysterical BS much? I've been seeing "small" studies like this for decades attempting to pin something awful to justify the billions we're spending for prohibition. The follow on "large" study never seems to back up the first. Besides- if there was any truth to it, I would have been dead 30 years ago.

You wanted eighties? You got it.

More from the disco era...

Might as well be aliens from the Cantina scene from Star Wars.

Just for fun...

Some dance club hits from the distant past...

Between 1952-89, the Soviet Union lost 16 subs. Of that number, 10 were nuclear powered. Fourteen were armed with nuclear weapons- nuclear tipped torpedoes and/or missiles. Most are in waters greater than 10,000 feet.

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