Flowers in the desert

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime..

Big Country - In A Big Country

Vision Quest

Louden Swain: You never took a night off to see me wrestle before. They'll dock you for that.
Elmo: Hey, kid - money ain't everything.
Louden Swain: It's not that big a deal, Elmo. I mean, it's six lousy minutes on the mat, if that.
Elmo: You ever hear of Pele?
Louden Swain: Yeah, he's a, a soccer player.
Elmo: A very famous soccer player.
[pause]
Elmo: I was in the room here one day... watchin' the Mexican channel on TV. I don't know nothin' about Pele. I'm watchin' what this guy can do with a ball and his feet. Next thing I know, he jumps in the air and flips into a somersault and kicks the ball in - upside down and backwards... the goddamn goalie never knew what the fuck hit him. Pele gets excited and he rips off his jersey and starts running around the stadium waving it around his head. Everybody's screaming in Spanish. I'm here, sitting alone in my room, and I start crying.
[pause]
Elmo: That's right, I start crying. Because another human being, a species that I happen to belong to, could kick a ball, and lift himself, and the rest of us sad-assed human beings, up to a better place to be, if only for a minute... let me tell ya, kid - it was pretty goddamned glorious. It ain't the six minutes... it's what happens in that six minutes.

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Louden Swain: But all I ever settled for is that we're born to live and then to die, and... we got to do it alone, each in his own way. And I guess that's why we got to love those people who deserve it like there's no tomorrow. 'Cause when you get right down to it - there isn't.

My answer to the lemmings...

...who ask me why I no longer chase money or worship materialism.

Boston ~ Piece of mind



John Lennon ~ Watching The Wheels

Academy Award winners

Best picture
“No Country for Old Men”
Best actress
Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”
Best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”
Best supporting actress
Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton”
Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”
Best director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”

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Taurus Horoscope ~ too much flirting

The art of flirtation takes a lot of time to learn, but you are becoming quite an expert, right now. It's time to stop holding back and start using those killer skills you have learned! If you have someone in your sights, romantically-speaking, today is the day to pull them aside and make that connection. Ask a slightly risque question or two, and help them see you in a new light. If you are currently in a relationship, get ready for things to go to a much hotter level.

HAHA! And I thought I should be taking a break!

End of days Moon turns to blood on Wednesday

The Moon will turn an eerie shade of red for people in the western hemisphere late Wednesday and early Thursday, recreating the eclipse that saved Christopher Columbus more than five centuries ago.

In a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are directly aligned and the Moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by the Earth.

But the Moon does not become invisible, as there is still residual light that is deflected towards it by our atmosphere. Most of this refracted light is in the red part of the spectrum and as a result the Moon, seen from Earth, turns a coppery, orange or even brownish hue.

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Socrates

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Human regurgitator

Crazy, wild, awesome ability.

Valentines day

Well, what can I say?
There is only one left standing in my heart. The others are liars and have let me down in crazy, unbelievable ways.

But on this day, even crazy women deserve a rose. So here is one for all my stalkers out there...

My self restraint

C the beautiful teacher going to the casino. Yes, I caught your hints. Thank you very much, but I'm trying to be a good boy.

S with the green panties. They were very nice like I said, sorry I didn't pursue things further like you were expecting....Please see above.

B with all the questions and comments. I was flattered, sorry if I wasn't as responsive as I normally would have been. It was heading into dangerous territory, so I was playing it safe :)

Woman And Trust

I think this is one of the areas that the mind set is different for men and women. For a man, it depends on the length of a relationship. If they know it will be short term, trust and communication isn't really an issue. They know all they are in it for is the sex and they know that it will be over in a small amount of time.On the other hand, women see it differently. I think some of it is because they were taught as kids to be afraid of men. They are told to be on the look out for strangers or people who might harm them. Think about it... How many times do you hear of a woman raping a child? Not very often.

I do think this plays into the mind set of a woman. She will need someone she can trust and communicate with to have sex. Now, I don't mean that this is the case with a one night stand or someone that she has casual sex with. Instead, this is in regards to a relationship. You see, women view all relationships as a strong bond. Being that this is the case, even for a short term relationship she needs to have trust and communication to have sex.

Let's talk about trust for a little while. You might not like what I have to say, but that is your choice.

- Women sometimes don't trust men because their fathers were abusive. This has more of an effect on women than we would like to think. A lot of people have had abusive childhoods. It is more common than we think.

- If you are out for a quick lay, I'm not sure that it is worth the effort to try to figure out why a potential date or even your current girlfriend has issues with trusting you. I mean, if you are only looking for sex and she isn't giving it to you, why stick around?

- If on the other hand you are looking for a long term relationship with this woman, then you should take the time out to know why she is the way she is. She might have been abused or raped sometime in her life. It is important to know this, but I wouldn't dig too deep.

- If you have to dig deep about what bothers her about men, chances are she doesn't want you or anyone else to know. It is possible that after she feels more comfortable with you, she will tell you. On the other hand, she might just think you are an asshole.

This is why it is important that you keep an open line of communication with your woman. She needs to know that she can talk about anything and everything to you. The next time she talks about her period, don't go ape shit and tell her that it is disgusting. Put up with it and ask questions if you need to. This is the key thing if you want her to trust you.

Bikini Girls ~ ode to spring

30 or older single women! HAHA :)

Why it’s OK to settle for Mr. Good Enough

Of course, we’d be loath to admit it in this day and age, but ask any soul-baring 40-year-old single heterosexual woman what she most longs for in life, and she probably won’t tell you it’s a better career or a smaller waistline or a bigger apartment. Most likely, she’ll say that what she really wants is a husband (and, by extension, a child).

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What I didn’t realize when I decided, in my 30s, to break up with boyfriends I might otherwise have ended up marrying, is that while settling seems like an enormous act of resignation when you’re looking at it from the vantage point of a single person, once you take the plunge and do it, you’ll probably be relatively content. It sounds obvious now, but I didn’t fully appreciate back then that what makes for a good marriage isn’t necessarily what makes for a good romantic relationship.

Ok, what the hell! I'm in...

Horoscope
Taurus (4/20-5/20)
Are you in the midst of trying to make a decision? The good news is that, right now, you are as close to understanding what you really want as you have ever been. The bad news is that you're still not quite all the way there. So today, you need to just take that last leap of faith. You won't know the results for a while, so don't spend the rest of the night wringing your hands. Make the choice. Forget you made it. Then just move on with your life!

I must be way beyond the curve!

Love is a numbers game: Crack the code
It takes 10 first dates with compatible people to find a match

Anyone who’s dated knows it’s a numbers game. All it takes is one person to set you on the path towards happily ever after—or to add another bad date to the list you’re hoping to laugh at one day.

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So get out there with a fresh set of eyes and set your aspiration level. I believe that dating and finding love should be like buying a piece of art—you need to be captivated by someone you want to take home and frame, but all too often, we're walking around with our tiny frames trying to fit people into them. We're looking for something/someone rather than really seeing. So dismantle the frame, take some risks and give yourself 10 dates!