Into my second week of vacation now---i have been rebuilding my computing nerd cave, command center into a cleaner, more pleasant place to work----I have completed an entire list of to-do jobs---this vacation has so far been productive and feels as if it is longer and more restful than other vacations I have experienced....I believe that when I return to work i will be both rested and have a feeling of accomplishment---which should last for at least, well,----

two weeks anyway...................

As of today 07-11-11 no budget, no action on the debt ceiling---Meetings, meetings, meetings-----Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare but want no tax increases on their millionaire clientele--cut school lunches for poor kids, sure----- raise taxes on the rich--never---The Fat, stupid, lap dog of Satan Racist Tea party people are simply Bat shit crazy..........The Democrats are afraid to be who they are and do what they were elected to do---they want to be ersatz Republicans seeking that elusive undeclared, centralist voter to insure reelection....meanwhile confusion reigns---the entire country created only 18,000 jobs during the last accounting period---we need 130,000 new jobs created a month, just to make space for newly anointed adults entering the workforce---yet officials deny we are in a depression!

I am at a complete loss as to what we are doing and where we are going as a society----The Republican Taliban created this mess but are claiming they are actually the saviors of society and the Walmart voting block believes them?? Yell about Jesus---pretend people are out of work because they want to be---compare marijuana to heroin---never agree to anything so you cannot be held accountable and constantly expose people to fear of a nameless, shapeless foreign, boogie man---all this appears to be the Republican/Tea Party keys to power over our stupid, stupid NASCAR nation. Nothing makes sense anymore....as a thinking human I can no longer allow myself to care, it hurts too much......we are so fucked. Grow food....

Although understandably not truly serious about finding a Lada Niva mentioned in the last blog, I am completely serious about purchasing a used vehicle, without a doubt a Jeep Wrangler, for adventures....for something to focus on, make work seem necessary and to occasionally get away. New Mexico is a state where actually owning a jeep can be useful---as compared to the suburban wasteland SUV uselessness.

There are thousands of BLM roads accessing publicly owned lands---great state parks and places that a jeep can actually be used....as compared the way in most places owning a jeep indicates a Mall attack vehicle, usually driven in an insane manner on the interstate by a soccer mom late for snowflakes ballet practice !

If I wind up working for longer than I had originally planned due to the depression, I want a personal project to show for my effort---something to make the continued prostitution of myself worthwhile...i need this.....desperately.

Happy Birthday to my blog's namesake---

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/10/happy-birthday-nikola-tesla/

http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-books-nikola-tesla-popovic-by-vojislav-m-popovic

I am changing my mental attitude on the projects I undertake----At one point in my life, I could never consider a project truly completed----there was always more to do according to my little OCD brain pan....projects were an unending, ongoing, situation----but as they said in the Holy Grail---"I'm getting better".

I consider my every day carry equipment project completed---I have what I need, organized properly and totally functional....my last few equipment purchases are in route. There is nothing more I need....

I consider my Prius vehicle project completed----I have done everything possible in my circumstances to achieve the highest possible daily home to work, commuting mileage. Reducing my gasoline consumption and profit to Dick Cheney as low as humanly possible.

I consider my mobile computing project completed----I have what I need and what I have works wonderfully for my daily requirements....there is nothing more necessary.

There are other ongoing projects that are nearing completion---at least I accept that completion of these projects is now possible---a strange thing for me......I'll advise on completion of these projects as they develop---

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham

I've been wanting to purchase a used vehicle of some kind for future adventures before I retire---for things such as camping, exploring back roads, traveling, something to bring the fun in driving and vehicle ownership back to me which i seem to have somehow along the way-----completely lost.....As always I am born on the wrong continent---I'd really love to buy a used, Lada Niva....of course, unknown here in the United States---although imported and sold everywhere else in the world!

This Strong like Bull--little Siberian two door, 4x4---4 cylinder would be perfect for us...the Lada Niva is known for being "always broken, but always running".....

It is very retarding to be me, very difficult----I'll never find one of these here at a reasonable price if at all----

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Niva

I am on leave effective this weekend for two working weeks----I have been banking my leave for 5 months.....We're staying put--working on the house, the garden, and personal projects. The material that just seems to never, ever get done no matter how hard you try to get to it----things like------- I have collated together our emergency medical supplies into a labeled backpack hung within easy reach---mounted fire extinguishers in the food storage area.......sharpening knives and organizing edc equipment....the construction of the front and back porches are now complete and I cleaned up after the project the other day---this morning we had front and back doors open to the air and had coffee on the front porch....excellent.

You have absolutely got to see this---lizard leaps on the morning news guy's crotch and he spasms like nothing you've ever seen before---unbelievable!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/animals-interrupting-newscasts-video_n_888097.html#s301237&title=Lizard_Attacks_Reporter

I am looking forward to the release of PRIEST on DVD....I've been following this movie since pre-production....A war, humans against vampires, a sect of warrior priests arose to save society---with the war supposedly over they are marked and useless...but yet----it's not over. The stills from the movie look so very dark and styling which is something I enjoy---I like that Gotham city dark, brooding climate in my movies----go figure?

One of the best everyday carry movies is SALT.....Jolie pursued by the Feds, runs to her apartment where she keeps a complete bug out bag just in case she has to make the emergency Go thing happen---money, mini laptop, weapons, clothing, everything necessary for life on the run, for a few days, is in the bag.....I am thinking of renting the movie again just for that, the rest of the movie didn't do much for me...

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
Albert Camus

No progress on the debt ceiling talks---and the band aided budget runs out on September 2----

The only troops we are pulling out of Afghanistan are the thousands we recently pushed into there leaving 70,000 more to go what a great solution-----we talk while we are burning up our youth and our fortune.

I am very close to being finished with my every day carry projects. With the recent delivery of an Esse Isula and Esse Rat 3 knives, new clothing and belts, and completing the construction of my mini-urban survival kit, there is only the last hurdle to accomplish. Finding a new bag to fit both the new protocols and newly acquired equipment. I am considering the, above and below displayed, Maxpedition Sabercat carry-all/butt pack. Capable of being slung from the shoulder, handle carried, used as a butt pack or attached to my Maxpedition Falcon II pack as an extra compartment------ this item should be the last bag I ever require.

Everyday for two weeks over 100F---I've seen 111 on my Prius exterior thermometer---no rain for months--searing wind, the city of Alamogordo is on fire---yet we just pulled carrots, 2 kinds of beets, and heads of cabbage from the garden tonight---my wife JoJo is amazing......she makes the desert bloom!

The porches on the house are finally finished both front and back and I will produce pictures soon they will be just excellent during the spring, fall and winter here to sit out and watch the world go by---I am averaging 49 miles per gallon on my commute----and I am due for some time off---Our little homesteading world is good---the world outside I'm just not so sure of.....

My Last vote in any election is going to go to:

that insane clown posse cheerleader, Republican Stepford wife, God tells me all kinds of shit he doesn't tell anyone else, I recently declared I want to be President----Michele Bachmann...I want the end of our society to hurry up and get here----and this bitch is certainly the one to end it......she is Colonel Kurtz in high heels---- and she scares even "real" Republicans----proven when I tell all the bible thumping Republicans at work my plans to vote for her and why----they sort of cringe---and look like they just ate something bad...I'll fix em' she's got my vote......

Matt Tabi wrote an excellent article on her for Rolling Stone recently accessed by the link below....

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-20110622

(with apologies to my friend Bill)

With the coming of July it has now been one full year since my last haircut....I am lucky that at 59 I have the same amount of hair i had at 19---the result of a strange gene pool but that's a completely different story...... With hair at my shoulders I now wear a true ponytail---not one of those little punk things----mine is now a big solid gray, Willie Nelson like, ponytail.....I have thus far saved $420.00 in haircuts and 18 hours in private time over the course of one year. It is a strange psychological circumstance that the social damage occurred early in the process---people give you shit when you are growing a ponytail---not when you have one....my whole hair life is much, much simpler now--just tie it back--no more thinking that I have to get it cut---when can i get it cut---do people think i need to get it cut---blahblahblah.

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

Errol Flynn