Ramble II

Well I arrived home after a very long day and I must say that it's great to have the weekend off. What will I do?  I am not sure I am just relaxing and going with the flow. Having spoken to a few people there are all sorts of things that are going on it seems. Both the great thing as well as areas that we only understand by way of having the mutuality.

I have a cousin that was the youngest of his family and more than likely he was pampered by his mother. She was on my mother's side and I was asked to get involved to some extent. I have not heard from him, all that I know is that he has to get on with his life. In calling his older brother - it was clear to see that all areas between the family had been exercised.

My main telephone call was to this older cousin, to most of all have him and his wife keep on making the calls to my mother as called me and I could tell that here is a time in which she does not have the calls that she used to. And Delvin, the older cousin was one that was always up on things.  And that gives way to something positive entering within my mother's realm that once she has a few calls from people and relations that are positive it all leads to something that makes her day.

As for me I have not had much time for blogging and yet each night before I go to bed, I often have that thought or that image I wish to share, but the priorities don't allow it at this time, therefore it's all within the write.

It's been a week one that I have been tested on and the mind shift of the times of work have been a test, but I am slowly getting used to it.  I had a retired army gent that was testing me more than what was ordinary. So at a certain time, I knew that I was new but at the same time I understood that you take so much and then you come back with the questions. As I am, nor will I be subject to one older gent that bases everything on ego.  So we had a meeting with the local boss in which he called for. And then I went into study mode. After it all all the team on the task force indicated to me not to pay attention to it. I did, and yet I didnt. I wanted to prove that I am vigilent in doing what I do.  And today's date probably with a small random of mistakes - I did it. There are two people that are on this team/office that have been there for more than 20 years and they are sharp as sharp can be, and as well they have that humanistic quality. Both without any politics told me not to worry about anything and that to be able to do what they do takes time. And that time will be afforded to me.

So I had this office meeting with the boss and with this one person in particular that called the meeting --- and we went through everything on Wednesday.  The other person was excused and then my superior told me that I have to pay attention to the particulars. I did not mention anything personal, but I said it would be done. And effectively today's date it was done.

When I left, I said "have a good evening gentleman", and everyone greated me the same, the one person in particular whom I went out of my way after to indicate my respect, as he could be correct in what he is doing - it's just a military style - and he indicated "we will see you on Monday". I wished him a good weekend and thanked him.

I am certainly glad the weekend came, as for the next two days I am relaxing and all I know is that without my ego getting involved here is that I do my best and that is all that I can do, and more than likely I have one person that is from the "old school", and I am not in competition with but am learning from. If you can learn this way, along with the others - which is much more different - you can do it very well.  Perhaps, just perhaps, I am being trained by a person that is either nuts or is one of those old souls that knows his chops in a way that will challenge me, but make for a great way.

That is the way I look at it. And now here we are at the end of October. Can you believe it?  I arrived home each day this week with the need to just take a nap and then wake up and study. Then I would go back to bed and wake up just before 5:00a.m. in the morning.

Tomorrow I plan on sleeping in. And whatever comes about for the weekend is what comes about. As this has been a week that has been challenging the say the least. However, weekend now for me at this moment mean relaxing and doing what I enjoy. Whatever that is, is what it will be.

I probably won't have any picture unless I go back in time for some, so for now I rely merely on what I write. But with all being said I am sure that others in some ways have had there own challenges as well. For the betterment. If you look at what takes place and then evaluate it outside of the realm from where it is -------- it seems to me you understand it much better.

Such is life and we are not millionaires, perhaps there may be some, but for me I am pleased with my placement.

 

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I Just Got Home and TGIF....

I am not sure how you place these site. So allow me to just place it within here.

It's nothing special just a power point. Peace means many things. As well, just placing your feet up at the end of a long day and saying "yes".

http://www.cryofthespirit.com/peace.html

A Ramble...

Gosh I have been thinking of something creative to write in some manner. It seems that right now there is not much time to take any sort of picture as it’s getting darker so much earlier and as well, I find that there just isn’t as much time.

I am not sure but how is it that as we age time seems to go faster?  I find that the days just fly by and there is not much time to really embark on something except work. I enjoy work but at the same time I am sitting here right now and just
thinking of something to write. I could write about my co-workers but that is rather mundane. I enjoy them, I am learning or adapting to new things every day right now. And then it’s off to home on the highway.

I know one, have you ever had one of those days that everything just is good. I mean things are not working out any different than anything else – but it’s just good for some reason. Of course I went and filled up my car with gas
and the person working behind the counter wasn’t all that happy. And I left and said have a great day. And then I ran into one person at the gas station that I know and he seemed to be preoccupied with something. Seems there was much on his mind...I don’t know maybe everyone has different things going on in their life or each and everyone of us is within
that fast lane right now, that we can smell the roses. Well, roses wouldn’t be growing this time of year anyways.

And then when I got home I changed into my sweats and in finding that I didn’t have leg pain – that I was having for the past week – it’s seems that might be the reason that I feel so good, I am not sure. It could be a combination of things but for some reason everything seems just fine. Fine is a good thing I think. I was out on the back porch last night before heading off to bed and there was a rabbit in the back yard. It just sat there.

So I went in and grabbed some bread and tossed it out to it. But he never took to it I guess I should have used a carrot instead. One thing that is interesting is these rabbits are starting to change color now. It’s rather interesting how nature works and wild rabbit’s will go from one color to another for the season.

Just a ramble of a write....as I wish to write on something and...well I don't have any particular thing to write about other than just ramble.

~ Animal Names ~

Have you ever wondered why we call certain things by the names we do? 

Take animals, for instance. 

Why do we call a bull a "bull"? Why isn't it a "snark" or a "quiggle"? Why is it called a "duck" rather than a "dufus"? I realize this isn't really heavy intellectual stuff on a Monday but inquiring minds (like mine) want to know.  My super duper scientifically reliable intensive research unearthed the fact that "bull" comes from an Anglo Saxon word, belan which meant to roar or bellow. 

Ducks are birds that "duck" in the water and the name comes from an old English word meaning diver.  The word is spelled d-u-c-e.  I don't know exactly how to pronounce it.  We have a toy poodle and poodles got their name from the German word "pudel", short for "pudelhund", which stands for a dog that splashes in water (although I've never known ours to do that). "Horse" comes from the Greek word "hippos".On that note, a hippopotamus means "
river horse" because "potamus" means river.  I thought they were pigs. Maybe that's just their eating habits.  

Who named the first animal and what was it?  Well, biblically it was Adam, as in, "Then God told Adam to name the animals.  All the creatures gathered around: those that crawled and those that flew and those that swam in the rivers; creatures with four legs and creatures with two, those with bushy tails and those who could see in the dark. They were all equal, and Adam had always been one of them.  Yet, as he began to name them, he drew himself apart. And the first animal he named was.....the unicorn."

Bidding you a Great Week...

I bid you all a great week.

As well who knows what tomorrow does bring. We all used to work normal hours and then the world came to be one that shifts and part time work commenced.

So all the best and take care and we shall see you sooner than later.

The one thing to take into consideration is that when we say goodbye, the term that is. It gives the allowance to once again say hello.

~ As life always does revolve and have that open door ~

 

~ We Humans ~

Choices are one of the great blessings of life. Sure, choices can be difficult. But life would be dreadfully boring without them! We humans get to choose what we do. We choose how we treat others. We choose how we treat ourselves, too.

It wasn't until I was past 35 that I learned although we can't control what others do or say, we can control how we react to them. We are not animals who run on instinct alone, but people who get to make choices. We can only choose our reactions when we first prepare

our minds.

We need to acknowledge that our ability to think and choose is what separates us from animals.

Some people make choices based on their desire for control. Often, helping can be a form of control. The underlying and often unconscious motive is, "If I help this person, then they will not abandon me or they will be loyal to me or they will do what I want or they will owe me and I can cash in on that later."

Still others make choices because they are jealous of another's success. These are the people who choose to elevate themselves by cutting down others. The result is that everyone is diminished. These kinds of people make their choices out of a mentality of scarcity.

In their minds there is a finite amount of love, attention and success available and they find it necessary to grab their piece of the pie. However, if we operate out of a mentality of abundance, then there is plenty of love and attention and success for everyone.

From that example, we can ALL have these things, because they never run out.

The fascinating thing is this-when one makes choices out of a mentality of abundance an abundance of good things are the result. We attract to ourselves the very same good that we send out. It hardly needs saying, but I will say it nonetheless, that when one operates out of a scarcity mentality, everyone is impoverished.

I still find it amazing that some not all adults engage is choices based in scarcity.

I look at the betterment of society and life...

 

 

~ I Thought It Might be Worth Mentioning ~

If there is any way shape or form that I have offended anyone I certainly apologize. Or the likelihood is that I am over thinking but I hope within any of my own writes or replies - that I have not offended anyone.

 

The Weekend is Here

I have done so much as I woke up early went and got groceries and groceries for work. The weather is changing and as well it's that time where it's starting to show the indications of winter. But that is just something that will happen there is no use on dwelling on it, but there is some use in enjoying a weekend that has been rare to me for a couple of months. But the way I see it, obtaining the things and doing the things are all done by way of how we wish.

There is a merit within what I do, as well as everyone else. We write and some may ignore us and some may not. Writing on a blog is a choice and I am glad that I have that. I learned at an early age to not think too much on behalf of others, but the true friends you do have keep them close. That is a reversal of the saying of "keep your enemies close to you" I guess.

So I have accomplished one week with my new job where things lead towards are only the manner in which I set forth and just do it. Right now, I am just taking the time in of having some self time. And for myself that is pleasant enough.

 

The 2nd Last Saturday of October

This was last week very early in the morning....

It's been cold and a dust storm with rain took place for most of the day and I had things to do with getting prepared for next month so I thought I would bring my camera along and capture a few photos.
There is a major construction going on with several roadways, this overpass in particular is one of many that are happening as this city is probably one of the most spread out cities. It's hard to imagine that we are near the end of this month.

Thank God It's Friday...

The week was good and this weekend I am thinking of what I will do. I really wish to buy a new camera, but I think that I might just partake in some of the things that I have not in a while.

For now I have been on later that I have usually been. I have tried to place on music in a manner that is not anything more than just music. I could bring out so much but by the time I arrived home I had a great talk with my friend as well as a visit with his parents before they left.

We all talked about my folks since the father of my friend knew my father during his younger years. And then I arrived home and I was going to take a nap but I wanted to get this system working and the correct blog streamed so that it was not doing anything that I did not wish it to do.

I really have a friend that resides in Dubai and as well in Florida and I asked both of them to give there own thoughts in a write on a topic. Maybe it will arrive, and then maybe it will be a while before I get both of them. But truly all that matters is where we are at.

Economically we all are facing some times but they are not forever. And last but not least I opened my guest book on here and I certainly would rather not have it but I thought that small quotes or thoughts would be nice I get on here periodically at night. So with all that said. I think I am going to go to bed and count my blessings. We are blessed in ways that are by the hands of our own work. And as well we are blessed in our own beliefs.

I will say it now. I do believe in Borak Obama. And I think that as soon as he does take office we will see the economy take shape internationally. Not right away but with some time. I don't believe one should hate another due to whom they believe in. I believe that it's the right for each and everyone of us to have our own beliefs. As you would. We all have that right. I am not pushing but merely indicating whom I do seem fit for the challenge in the next 4 years and most probably 8 years if he does it right. And I do believe so...

Peace my friends and we shall see you this weekend...

Good Things Flow In Good Time

Good Things Flow In Good Time.  Or do they? Perhaps it's our own quest, as nothing just comes hand given to any of us. But in a manner within the art of doing, we do flow. And the aftermath is what we seem to come to conlude within our own lives.

We all don't have the answers in life, but we do have the ability to share and get some idea of what the other person is about and what is going on in there life. In fact I dare to say is there a definate answer to life? For myself it's several things. But they all come in good time or just within sometime I guess it all depends of effort.

Well there are several things that have gone on in the world as well as my own. And I think that we see it all from a different way.  But I truly believe within balance where the answers in life are within our own very own thoughts and our own dreams and desires that we make come true.

Here in Canada we now have had are elections and we know await for what seems to be the obvious in the United States of America. I really am excited with it all, but I hope that after the election is done - there are some things that are set up as mandates. And as well alliances. As that is what makes this globe flow, and I think "silly spending" is over for a while. I think we may have awakened to something much in the likes of a generation back one or two, where we understand the difference between definate needs and not merely just want's. As economically we certainly did get into this due taking from and spending from in a manner that has effected some more than others. But this is not the purpose of my write...(Then why did you say it Jack?) I have not had the time to write and I am just thrilled to be writing this from a much different mindset. So you can ignore this part - it's my subconcious coming out...:)

We awaken to life in different ways. Each one of us has a meaning. And as well two people are not alike. We all are some sort of a writers assembly based on individually - carrying on with life while pending what are agenda is during these days some have the ability to write more on something than others. But each person, certainly has that ability to write and enjoy what they write.

For myself I have even though I have not been on here that much as I have a priority right now, I do believe in the merit of respect. Each one of us has that choice from which they make. Which leads me to food. I have not had the time to go get the fridge stocked up.

But every morning or evening I make it too one place right now. And that is MacDonalds. Two fillet o fish and a vanilla shake  this weekend I am going to get something made where I can store, and take into work as that is what everyone does and I used to eat good things and especially as the winter approaches it's really something that is necessary.

Yes good things do flow in good time, even when it comes to those small things. Regardless of how big or small the positives of life lay there much more to be found than the negatives. Hence there is always some manner of flowing.

Even if it's "Rotten Ronnies".

Cows Start The Day By Saying.....

Moooooooo

So this is my new agenda, last night sure as guns after I was home I laid down and was up for two hours as I was beat. Right now I am in a training phase.  So I am glad this is going the way it has. I could have taken another position that required shift work but I like this and when it comes to Airports within large cities literally they never go to bed.

So here I am with my cup of coffee half and half and I am just about to prepare something for my breakfast and as well believe it or not I have things in the wash. From where I live it takes me nearly 30 minutes maybe a bit shorter to get to the Airport, but it’s all on what is called the Number Two Highway and it’s a fast one and there bumper to bumper situations going on, as the speed limit is 110, so it’s nice.

Oh yeah the mirror well there is a store here that took me for a wild goose chase after I paid for the a car part for my car and they were supposed to have it done on or before two. I ended up getting escorted back home and then I had to pay for a taxi to get back there. Hmmm, they say the customer comes first.

For now I say the coffee come first and there after work. I hope to see you all soon and as well the cows are not out yet – but the planes are. And they go 24 hours a day. I am so glad I am with a international company and most of all older people than I that have been around this for some time. There are a few that are around my same age but right now the person that is training me on there computer systems along with another on other areas is are both really good people. 

They say as long as it takes, you don't have to worry about knowing everything fast, and ask all the questions that you want. Well that is a change! Secondly, we have what are called briefings at 11 each and every morning just so that everyone is on the same page and we all know what is going on for the day as well as in the future. Right now I am just taking it all in.

For now, over this weekend I need a quilt, a heating blanket – the other one I had does not seem to be working as well.
Thus far my legs are doing fine. Certainly they ache when I get home, but I think the best thing is to just lay back ----------------- well everything ached yesterday! And I still have my membership to the gym, what I need is just a massage each and every day, or at least a nice whirlpool that is nearby but for now the tub does wonders.

But it’s morning and I love that one and a half hours before you have to get ready, so I thought I would write this. Good morning and either it’s tea or it’s coffee but enjoy that little time you have before your off to it!

I see within just a few weeks there will be a new President. On the other hand soon enough there will be sn..........(don't say the word it's not supposed to sn.....- till after Halloween). Oh how will urn for the green grass and many of you are within that climate area...one of thes days I will get to a warmer climate yesterday as I while coming home I ran into this retired man and his wife at the grocery store and they were on there way to Arizona for the winter....MUST BE NICE!

How time flys....

~ Early Too Bed And Early To Rise

I know I could be on here writing but I think the best thing that I can do is - read a little and then head off to bed. As I am up early and right now that is the best thing to do.

So I wish everyone all the best, I thought of taking a nap and then getting up and then going back but this is not that time. I am training and learning some new areas right now and I know tomorrow I willl have more from which to do.

So as the saying goes, Early to bed and early to rise - is something that when you are on a learning curve you want to be working at your best. That all said I look forward to seeing the variety of writes. For now I think it's best that I tend to things and right now this rest of the week is most important to me. As I have to be up early and I want to be working at my best.

So, for now I bid you a farewell, and I will be back maybe tomorrow or the next, but what is most important is one knows what is best for them and not to burn the candle at both ends.

With that said I wish you all the best...

Tuesdays Delight

Well I am glad with all that has happened. I finally got the position I really like. Mind you the hours are different. As they will be really early after two weeks if not before. But I have to tell you I obtain this position and then thereafter - I had one other that came along. With a company that I had to call back and thank you for the offer.

Yesterday my mirror was fixed but rather than having it done on or before 2pm, It ended up being 6pm. Thereafter I took a cab and went and got the things I needed and I could not leave my mirrow in the shape it was as I knew heading out to the International Airport I would have a ticket. So yesterday was very exhausting.

Here I go again but never let anyone tell you it can not be done, it might not be exactly what you want but it may come very close...

So I am going to just have a sit back and come back online in a while, but I do thank you for all the kind words.

Sunday and here I am :)

Well I called my friend as I have two days till I start this new work. I decided that I would go get groceries and then go back to this place called Drumheller. I was all prepared and it was one of those last minute things. Then low and behold I am coming home and while I was closing my door my neighbor was there and in the way I turned I broke my mirror on my car.

So then I went and I can't get a replacement for it till tomorrow morning - and I put duck tape on it - and on a day that I thought I would be taking pictures on the anniversary of moving here to Alberta. I got held up. Now I have to be honest with you here.... this is the very last thing that takes place!

I am going to take the car in tomorrow and there after, I start my work on Tuesday. I would have loved to takes some pictures of the mountains again along with catching up with a good old friend.

That is pretty much where things stand at 12:00 noon here and I do agree that all things are in balance but right now, I am not going to drive while I have a car that I would get a ticket with. So that is the way things go. I am looking forward so much for Tuesday, and taking the car tomorrow I can do some other small things and take it from there.

Amendment - I went out and I have had two tickets thus far with this place here that I live so I went out and went shopping got some socks and some of those winter things as I will tell ya, in the morning it's really nippy.

So my mirror on my drivers side is fine and I called into the police to ensure that if it's done right I won't get a ticket - after I knew this then I got on with it.

ON this very day

I have achieved federal security fed security clearance and had a meeting with a federal asemblly.

I start on Tuesdsday as in accordance with the company I work for I have have only these days from which to write on in this post but I say to all that this that things that can't be done.

They can...

If you work hard enought and are not reliant. In you own way and shape and form they can.

It's a Great DAY

I have just obtained something that I was working hard for within the International Airport. I was left hanging last week and then today with a handshand many forms to fill out it was achieved.

Believe in determination and never give up!

When To Say Yes or No...

Well I think it’s fair enough to mention a few things. Over this last weekend I had a call from my mother with regards to my cousin Rob. She was getting some calls from him as he is having a very hard time since his mother passed away back a year and a half ago. Thereafter, I talked to his older brother Delvin surprised that I had called. It has been some time since we have talked and the reason was to get the telephone number for my cousin Rob seems to be living in a depression. And as soon as I brought that up Delvin's tone of voice went down and he gave his slant on how things were for his younger brother Robby.  I called Rob that night and sure as gun's I got the answering machine. So I left it at that and thought that I tried and that is the best that I can do.

Now I know for myself what boundaries I have set and this thing about doing good onto others has it’s limitations – as I have set some so that I move along with my own life after some exhausting things that did take place.

I did not expect a call which came at last night.  I was just in bed it was midnight and there was a very depressed person on the other side.  I listened to him from 12 to 2 in the morning, as I know what has been said about him, and I never judge I just listen. Rob ironically is in a small town and seems to be almost at that point where he is going to loose several things as he lives every moment of the day thinking his mother is going to come back. He even called a Medium, what ever that is in Pennsylvania and said that he talked to his mother.

Meanwhile, I know that I have my own areas of life from which I am doing, yet rather than cast him aside I know he needs a friend but I told him that we would talk again on Sunday.   My mother had said that his brother indicated that he is very close to loosing his wife. As she now is fed up with him, as well, he is kind of fixated on his mother and I think that the best thing for him to do or his brother and sisters to do are to have a kind hearted intervention with him.

All that Rob seems to wish for some of his family to help him and I think that they may be fed up with him now and basically he is on his own, along with a wife that as he mentioned seemed to be part of the problem. I think I can see the entire picture of what is going on and there is one side of me that does want to get involved, but not too involved. I don't want to break the trust with Rob, but I do think there are some things without prying in from his brother that could help. But I don't live there and I don't want to get involved in other peoples if you know what I mean. Especially when it comes to families.

My feeling is if Rob got away and helped his bother for a while on the farm – it would do him allot of good as I think that is really the first start of him getting well. I have not seen him in a long time but I know his mother spoiled him and as well he was thriving in areas that were not really realistic in his life and at the same time he never moved ahead in a career that would give him something in return all his life – in a way he was and is a great musician but in some way before it’s too late he has to get some help and I know that there is only so much I can do as here I have my hands full. So I can just leave the "phone door open to him" and let him decide at his hardest times of when to call or I can make one call to his brother but not being there you don't know all the angles of the situation.

What would you do in a situation as such?  I have done this so many times - that over the last year, I have pondered away from it. But yet when you see one that is really in need and I have no shame in stating that I went through my own situation with my family and Cancer but I have learned how to deal with things and right now there is a very great opportunity that has come my way, and it's so ironic that these things come up right at the same time.

Any suggestions?

It's a full Moon

There is one thing we all do share

When we look up into the night sky we can see

The very same moon

It might now be exactly at the same time

But it's certainly something we all do share and have in common

 

Borracho, he was a dog but did not bite...

Borracho in Spanish means “a drunk” but when I got him in New York I had yet to come to know Spanish that well. All my relatives were Spanish
but I remembered an annunciation like this and just by fluke, I named my own dog a “Drunk”.

I remember taking “Bo” and as I was training him and the North Shore Animal League in New York City thought I would be taking him back to Canada. There thoughts not mine and when taking him to get neutered I went and asked the lady whom was a veterinarian
what he really was as he had went from less than one pound to 30 lbs easy within a few months. And I knew that the description on his papers of being half boxer and half sharpie just did not fit. This was a great dog that so loved and would sleep in bed and you
would swear he knew more and could actually speak English and perhaps even Spanish as well.

The dog was not dumb.

In the evening there often was the case of going to a corner store to get something and for myself and my former wife, he was really a well trained dog and so often there was some situations – that if need be he was trained to act but I only knew the code to that – no one
else. I remember my former ex wife whom was Spanish went out to the grocery store on here own and a few guys approached her. Now living in the area that I lived was not Manhattan, nor was it a dump but there was some bad gangs that did hang about.  She was approached and I when she got home she told me what had happened. One very large man approached her and asked if the dog was trained. No one could make out what type of dog he was as he had a lost half of his nose which made him have a cute pig like nose, but he was half pit and half boxer and when she was approached – she did indicate that there was a name that she would say and he would attack on command but he was trained just so that he would be an obedient do most of all - which he was. It was good for that word to spread as then it kept her secure but “Bo” was a fun loving dog.

I remember while training him that I would be doing all sorts of things within the one hour training while he was a pup and there was older Spanish ladies that would be walking around and for example “ come on Borracho”, “Sit Borracho”, and after the training in the back
courtyard to the condo that we had, I would be coming back home and I would just utter his name, and there sure as guns there would be a lady giving me looks. You know if you have a dog named Sam, your going to say “c’mon Sam” well this went on for six months and
then finally during a festive Sunday with the family at that time, there was food and music and then after when everyone retired to the living room…Everyone was looking at each other as I remember.

In Spanish everyone saying, “should we tell him now?”  I had started to pick up on my Spanish and then they told me what the name meant. I looked at my “better half” at the time and put my hands on my face in embarrassment as here I came to realize where and why I was getting all these looks.

However I then called him “BO”. And to all the Spanish ladies that I may have offended that thought I was calling them a drunk. I had relinquished and then enjoyed the friendship with them all. Within the area I lived it was predominantly Polish,
Spanish – from Columbia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and a variety but everyone was very nice and integrated in a very positive manner. The greatest thing of all was while “Bo” was a pup, we had got a baby thing that you were on the front of your chest and I would go and do the shopping while I was waiting to obtain my working papers. And I have never
seen so many women in my life as well as the grocery store owner smile when I came in to do my shopping. Bo was spoiled rotten yet at the same time he knew the difference between right and wrong.

I have never trained a dog before but in some fashion – it came naturally. And that is the story of Borracho for you Beverly.  I did have a divorce and the past is the past but the fond recollections of “Bo” were just too much fun, whom ever becomes the third in one’s bed and lays on his back and sleeps between two just like a human being. Yet at the same time “Bo” was famous for eating up visitor’s shoes if he had the chance.
I had a friend from Canada come and visit and his wife had some stylish shoes and the next morning they were in pieces. And Jim and I were sent to find a shoe smith that could place them back together. I don’t think she liked “Bo” that much but the entire neighborhood thought he was something else and
they knew this mistake with his name but everyone called him Borracho. He kind of really became a star within that neighborhood.  Why - due to the humor all to do with his name most of all. And he did walk straight!

That was then and this is now, but I thought I would write it for you as you had asked so I have answered. Axile is here with me and in time I will get a dog, I would love to get a lab or a boxer. Or maybe a Pug Dog as I think they are called.  But all within time...

Evening Conclusive

Well Axile has been and is a hoot and as well there was a dog that I owned. A few years back...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a story behind this one and I will come back to it but this was from back in NY.
But today what was I will indicate with this picture. That's me with "Bo" and for some reason he liked to be dressed up. You can guess what kind of dog he is. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I called my mother that is a picture of her back during the 60’s and her best friend is right to the right of her. My mother is in the white dress between two her best freinds - she is on the left side one over from the end.

I hope you can see what I am trying to show.

 

 

 

So I called Mom, I didn’t make it too see them this Thanks Giving but we all

know that everything that way is alright and as far as other things it was a ordinary day with the time to just take time out and do as one pleased.

So tomorrow is Tuesday and hey the stock market went back up! I was so please and I hope this continues as globally we were seeing so much happen. Much like the “dirty 30’s but in a different fashion”. So I have done all my calls and I have enjoyed this amusing dog and I do remember one dog that was much like a son to me. But that is for another time. So for this eve I will say all the best to you and no matter where you come from – it really does not matter. It’s about whom we are on this blogoshpere.

Everythings is not by way of chance it's in the efforts and choices that we make. That is what makes life something of worth. For myself and for you, I hope.

Peace and a great week to you all regardless of where your from.

 

Jack

Good Morning

Well I know a place that got and is getting Snow already and it's in a place called Regina, Saskatchewan but here in Alberta thanfully we are not getting that. So today is a holiday monday. And I have a small little friend that is here with me. His name is Axile. He will be staying for a few days. And hey it's been some time since having a dog around. So this guy is rather fun.

He is a little shy of me but if there is food around he loves ya.

So sipping on a coffee and just taking it easy while this little guy gets used to me and I with him. I already let him out and he was not to cold to do his thing...:) Maybe we shall go for a walk pending on how things go burt for now. I am just glad it did not snow!

As you can see the monkey is pacing...but he likes me when I have his food. I am just thinking of the old movie with Peter Sellers. He goes to the Hotel clerk and asks if a dog that is in the hotel bites. It goes like this:

Inspector C: Does your dog byyyte?

Clerk: No...

So Inspector Cuseau (misspelled) goes towards the dog and attempt to pet the dog and he nearly gets his hand taken off. He rushes back to the clerk which is an old man and is panting and ask....

Inspector C: I thought you SAID YOUR DOG DOES NOT BYYYTE!!!!

Clerk: Well that is not my dog...

 

~ Within this Week ~

We have seen so many things happening and I think it fair to say that we all have some areas that we are affected by what is happening globally. Do I wish to change the world. NO. Who could, we have to flow with what is happening and take into account the things that are precious to each and everyone of us.

I was watching a show that is one Greece and you know when you have people from different places it's really amazing. Some blogs I have literally killed myself laugh with the write as it almost takes you write into what that person went through and they write in such a way that shows some humor. And then to a grandmother that sees her grandson with such blue eyes.

It's really amazing in these times as during times as such we throw aside the areas that we know we are facing and we have that encounter that really is sort of some kind of encounter that I for the life of me can not explain. I would like to say that " Venus and Mars are alright tonight" and tomorrow morning we all wake up pending our time zones from which we embark on our day.

I called one good friend in Florida, Iraq, and Saskatoon. And each one of the had a different thing that was happening in life. Nothing tragic but the diversity is really all right. I wish I could come up with some poem but now not the time, but tomorrow is a holiday and I feel just fine.

So too all the fine people that over such a lengthy period of time I wish to you and yours a very great week.

As it's all in the manner in which we think and write. What ever it is - it's just alright. I am looking forward to watching a late DVD that I rented and thereafter enjoying a lazy Monday with nothing necessary to do.

And hey you know what - there is no one that is perfect on here but there is a small element of whom we are that does illustrate it's self  - and that is a good encounter. So as I head of this computer that is down in the basement, I wish to extend the best to each and everyone. I could go through my entire list of contacts but that is not necessary, all that is - is each of us just being comfortable in doing what we wish to do. From Georgia to British Columbia, Saskatchewan to Alberta, Melbourne to Adelaide, New York to England, and China to .............it's amazing. Hence we don't just learn - we thrive in an area that is significantly our own way - thus that is the way of life and why shouldn't it be as such.

We are not the governments of our world but we are the people of the world I am not sure how many have thought of that but it's amazing. So good morning or perhaps good day. Pending on where you are and the agenda of your day.

Sincerely,

Jack

Attachment: Fly Me Too The Moon.mp3

~ The Rocket Man ~

 

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And i'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much i miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And i think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think i am at home
Oh no no no i'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

 

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science i don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And i think it's gonna be a long long time...

 ~ Attachment ~

 

Attachment: Its The Rocket Man.mp3

~ SOME THOUGHTS FROM THE 1940'S & 50'S

I went into as search for some of the old sayings from an era that is well into the past it's it's rather neat to see what people said at that time.

 

 

 

 

 

"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."

"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"

"The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything. Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to run a family business or farm."

"If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon.  Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."

"Kids today are impossible.  Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed.  Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."

"Also, their music drives me wild.  This 'Rock Around The Clock' thing is nothing but racket."

"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more.  Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every movie has a 'hell' or 'damn' in it."

 "Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same bed in the movies.  What is this world coming to?"

"Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar."

"I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the of the century.  They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

"Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?  It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."

"Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the country?"

"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric.  They are even making electric typewriters now."

"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays.  I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

"It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work

"I'll tell you one thing.  If my kid ever talks back to me, they won't be able to sit down for a week."

"Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear pants to their service?"

"Next thing you know is, the government will start paying us not to grow crops."

"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

"Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes.  I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."

"Why in the world would you want to send your daughter to college.  Isn't she going to get married?  It would be different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer."

"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

"There is no sense going to St. Louis or Omaha anymore for a weekend.  It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

"Anymore no one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

"If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across the country that's fine, but nothing will ever replace trains."

"I don't know about you but if they raise the price of coffee to 15 cents, I'll just have to drink mine at home."

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.  I'll have my wife learn to cut hair."

"We won't be going out much anymore.  Our baby sitter informed us she now wants 50 cents an hour.  Kids think money grows on trees."

"Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic transmissions, and who knows what else?  Pretty soon they will have electric motors rolling your windows up.

Some things do change...for better or for worse. Here we are now in the approaching 2009 and I ponder on where we are going. Things are not as simplistic as they were back then, yet we are what we are today - within this very moment. Where are we heading too I don't know.

All I know is what is today.

Visual Renderings

I heading down to go to the Commonwealth Coliseum but there was no way to get in and take some pictures as I talked to the representative by phone while I was looking for a place to take some pictures. So I ended up going to Whyte Avenue which is a very artsy area of the city and I ran into this gent that was playing the Scottish bag pipes and I was going to video him and I look across and I could see across the street there was the caboose so I went over there and spoke to them and the halted there trip for me for five minutes so I could get a few pictures. Nice of them, I wanted one from within, but they were off schedule and I never push it, I was fortunate enough to get the pictures that I got and then I went the Provincial Legislature building which I did last year but just a few as I was running out time with my batteries with my camera. These all were taken on today's date of October 11th. By the time I got out there it was around noon, earlier it's was rather cold. But after it all I was pleased that I obtained some of the visuals that I wished to take for this t time of year.

Canadian Thank Giving

Well I won't be heading home to see my folks this year for Thank giving but I think that is all fine. I found out that card did arrive and I am going to call my father tomorrow morning when he is spry as he usually has been. This is a long weekend here and the weather is rather cold and most all of the trees now have shown what we is inevitable. So I do miss my family yet at the same time I know where my own placement is, or maybe it's just another day.

 

T  for time to be together, turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
H  for harvest stored away, home, and hearth, and holiday.
A  for autumn's frosty art, and abundance in the heart.
N  for neighbours, and October, nice things, new things to remember.
K  for kitchen, kettles' croon, kith and kin expected soon.
S  for sizzles, sights, and sounds, and something special that abounds.

 

There are three traditions behind our Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
Long ago, before the first Europeans arrived in North America, the farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time. To give thanks for their good fortune and the abundance of food, the farm workers filled a curved goat's horn with fruit and grain. This symbol was called a cornucopia or horn of plenty. When they came to Canada they brought this tradition with them.

In the year 1578, the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies.

The third came in the year 1621, in what is now the United States, when the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest in the New World. The Pilgrims were English colonists who had founded a permanent

European settlement at Plymouth Massachusetts. By the 1750's, this joyous celebration was brought to Nova Scotia by American settlers from the south.At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer

Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed "The Order of Good Cheer" and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.The Americans who remained faithful to the government in England were known as Loyalists. At the time of the American revolution, they moved to canada and spread the Thanksgiving celebration to other parts of the country. many of the new English settlers from Great Britain were also used to

having a harvest celebration in their churches every autumn.Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days

became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day. Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed...."A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed... to be observed on the second Monday in October." 
 

 

Global Regard & Freedom

Having the freedom to express my thoughts on many issues and never have to be concerned that I will be denied the right to do so within my borders. However, outside of the Canada, and in conjunction with any other nationality, I step more considerately.

I've a varied and international view of things by fact of environment and influence of same, and it's difficult to think in any other manner, as it would be for someone from another cultural background. Meaning we all have our own cultural diversity. And in trying to gain more understanding with others I try to find out more about them in an effort to understand what makes them think the way they do; what has shaped their thoughts and opinions. One from one country may think a certain way, whereas another may have a understanding and higher regard for thinking on a global level.

However, I do believe that we, outside of genetics, are products of our environment and what we're exposed to. I also believe that most people fear what they don't understand and the only way to change that is to educate themselves and expand what they have at the moment.

There are so many important matters going on in the world which we do have that impact our own rights in our own countries. And I do believe in a Globalized Economy - contrary to what many would think as if a country is a "micro country" it's not going to grow economically it will falter.  As many times I do wish to write on some discreet politics on an international level but it’s always with regards to involve the issue of terrorism. However when we look within our own countries what do we see? Don’t we all have situations within our own lands that involve people being terrorized in many communities; atrocities being committed; diseases being left to increase; children starving to death; women and children being sold into slavery or the sex trade, our environment being destroyed at a faster rate than it can heal...the list goes on…But we do have indeed some areas to resolve..........regardless of where we are from - despite borders and change of any kind I think and I believe these are the times to act.

There was a writing with regards to Dubai, and how it's such a magnificient country that is like the city of NY, but the only manner that they will ever be able to truly enter into the "Global" union is if they seperate church and state. I forget his name he is a notable person, but perhaps there was some sense in what he had to say from his own vantage of a country that is very rich but still embedded within it's old traditional values. I don't know but it's something that I was thinking about.

* This picture was taken in Western Canada as Three Ladies that we preparing with what is called "military exercises", and then they were in route with Candians going to Afganastan.  We talked about several things then and be all came to the same conclusion on what alliances are and I don't know where Kim is, but we all had many things in common. The picture was taken last year and at the time I introduced them to my father and they wished to meet him. The lady on the left was amazed with whom she met. And it made his day to meet them.

Recent Economic News

The World Economic Forum indicated today that Canada has the world's soundest banking system.

In the ranking order after the fall out globally of the economy countries were studied to see how each countries banking system ranked and endured the current crisis we have at hand. Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum as making the doing the best in the times that we currently have.

This is due to the fact that Canada has what is known as a regulated banking system. It's part of what took place with the inception of Canada and sure there are fears with were the economy is going right now.

This was released today's date. Thursday, October 06th, 2008.

The Year teaches much which we never knew

Well it's fare to say that we are more than three quarters before a new year comes about. I think that aside of politics and all that has gone on, I have found that things change much more and much faster than before. There is that old saying that you can't go back, but live within the moment. But I think that once in a while you have to reflect and see where things are and then come back to how things are right now.
Today has been a very productive day. I know that things always change. Each one of us has changes which take place. Some days may be less productive than the last but it's all within how we do things. But they change.

For myself it seems that all things are working out fine. And I don't get so caught up with everything. Each evening when I get on here I know there is something large or small that I wish to share in some manner.

I had books that are now in storage that have been passed on to me, as well it's so interesting with you can do a search and find some of these things and post them. I miss the old newspaper that I had in the city I lived in before as at the very top of section C, there was Quote of the Day.
And I found them so interesting and I thought they were found from the internet but no, I think a few that worked in the department of the new paper actually would get together and come up with some quotes. But here are a few I've compiled a few samples from “authors unknown” so I don’t infringe any copyright. “Nothing you know is worth anything if you don’t know how to be proud of yourself”. “Remember, if you try to go it alone, then the fence that shuts others out, shuts you in”. “Clutter is the same thing as junk. It just has a home”. “A friend not in need is a friend indeed”. “If you can only find it, there is a reason for everything”. “It’s loving and giving that make life worth living”. “Making the most out of other people’s strengths and the least of their weaknesses is a surefire formula for managerial success”. “You don’t need to be sick to get better”. “No matter how you used yesterday, you received 24 hours today”. “The kindness we resolve to show tomorrow cures no headache today”. “Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm”. “If it were not for hope, the heart would break”. “Live every day as if it were your last. Treat everybody else as if they were you”.

And then I think some of us do come up with out own quotes. But regardless, we write in our own manner as a leisurely activity and sometimes we have some from which we recall. My own favorites that are my own are these two... "Acceptance is the key for the things you can't control, and "It does not matter where you come from nor where your born, all that matters is where your head is at". Yeah those are probably the two of my own that I like.

I took this picture on the way home and I don’t have much of a zoom on my camera to allow me to get the vantage of what I see, but there is a new road being built near my place and it ends, as they are in the midst of making a new roadway that will lead onto the highway. And I am not sure what it brings to mind, perhaps "the road that never ended" or "when you start a job remember to finish it". 

I am not sure but it's fun to read and write. How some of these old sayings came about I often ponder where and when they came from. Those sayings from common people and who know maybe a farmer was on his land and was thinking while he was taking off his crop.

Great Debates

I am really tired of these debates now.

One say's one thing and another say another in a different manner. You could write about it and go on and on but there really is not anything new. And I think most of us are tired of it. But yet our societies are based on it.
Because  more than probable is that Osama Bin Laden is not alive. I learned nothing more and all that I saw was the same old same old of "what I am going to do" but in a manner that the answers just have no real defined areas of what will be done.

I think we are really missing something within these debates. I think it's within our own "backyards".  The one thought that comes to mind is what if.  What if John F. Kennedy Jr. was still alive?

There are too many "what if's" and no "what will be". Yet again it's just my own point of view.

Paul McCartney

 

 

He is one of those people that has been writing for the last 40 years and there was a special that I was watching on television the othernight and I found that the various people that were making comments on whom he was and how he really is more than just an icon as he can do something that not only we all can relate to but there is some devine intervention.

This tour was called the "US" tour which meant "all of us". And I found it to be something that I not only enjoyed but was watching something that surpassed music. As all ages could relate and the lyrics that the Beatles as well as Paul - were something that I do find that many were inspired by.

And when you have a tour that goes to so many countries and in every land the people are singing the words. There is something it touches upon.

~ Mona Lisa ~

 

One of my favorite songs as attatched...

Mona lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile, that mystic smile
Is it only cause youre lonely they have blamed you?
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your....doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of... Art.

~Thank you to a very nice friend KOOHASANEH that allowed me to have the picture she took of Mona Lisa~

 

Attachment: Mona Lisa.mp3

Remembering to Touch Base

Before I can touch base there is something I have to know where that base of my placement is. Base is that centered part that I do believe we all belongs. It's anywhere you can kick your shoes off and acknowledge that everything is in a sort good placement.

Today I did all those things that everyone does on a typical Sunday. Cleaned, vacuumed, and as well I went and did my groceries. The weather took a turn as expected.

Within the day I bought and I sent my father a card for his birthday. One I am certain is right on the mark, as he loves to watch baseball, and this had a generic capture of a baseball player standing.  Once everything was done,  I sat down and took out my fav pen and wrote to him in a manner that I have never wrote to him. From my earlier writings, I think it's fair to say that this was something that was not just an ordinary card. I know he gets them, but usually you get the ordinary Happy Birthday and I wrote him in a manner that he would understand. I am sure that my mother will read it too him and he will have it tucked away with his keepsakes. As what I basically wrote was that I was glad that he was recovering and that with all the time that we had spent together or I had handled things that although I am not there, I am there. That sounds rather spiritual and probably it is.

The most important thing I included within my writing within the card was that I was there doing things for him, but he was and always was the one that was doing the up most to keep his health. And I wished him years to come. I have never written something as much to my family as I am periodically now. And I went and mailed it off. And it will be there on the 7th of this month and I am sure that something that I placed within it will be of value to him.
Words to have meaning. We can fabricate things and so forth but when it comes down to the people that brought you into this world - you give back. My father raised each one of his children with the main concern being us. Then I am sure he does have times in which he as any man or woman will ponder on things and in many ways we do share something in common with what we went through with his illness.

We all need time with our own inner self to understand the good sides of things I find rather than the areas that are negative. I honor my father - he definitely did make an impression on me and certainly at times we did have our differences during the times. But at the end of it all we come to realize that there is a value, as we get older - ironic I find it.

I stated to him "Age is just a number, and he is the definition of a intelligent man - as well as a very loving father. As he is. He did everything in his power to do the best for his family first. That was what was first and foremost. And there were times in the last few years that I had learned more from him than ever before. Actually, I have come to understand all that he did from a distance from where I live.

I am terrible when it comes to birthdays, I was up this morning and called the home front to see how things were and things are going well. And typically as most mother's I had that reminder, "Jack don't forget it's your father's birthday". I am glad she told me as I so often forget.

~ Thursday will be a pleasure in just knowing he received it. ~

The Last Smiles of Summer

"Good, better, best never let it rest
until your good is better and your better, best."

 

Why So Many Are Skeptical with Politicians

The vice presidential debate is now history. And the election process continues and as we all can see it's now down to two more debates between Borak Obama and John McCain. Here in Canada we have elections going on as well - but with all taken into account I do believe that with all that took place last week and more Canadians as well as other countries have been watching something very interesting as well as watching with concern. I know I have.

As far as the politicians that we have in place right now. It seems rather dull. The focus goes on with global warming and not real true areas of merit. Only with one area - Afghanastan. I think there is a host of things here in Canada that need and could be debated in a much different manner. But those are just my own thoughts.

However that’s the election not the working of a government to fix a financial crisis.
It was amazing to watch this process of two parties trying to come to agreement to obtain a bill, without taking other things into account. That's politics I guess. While rescuing an economy, and amid all the warnings senators couldn't help themselves. They took $120 billion of pork on the already enormous package of $700-billion bailout before passing it. The House followed suit in passing it.

It's hard to believe but it's true.  While so much was at stake take into consideration what else was introduced into Senate:

$2 million tax break for an Oregon company that makes wooden arrows for children.

$100 million tax break for auto racetrack owners.

$192 million for the Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands' rum industry.

(Right now I am pondering what the budget is and how much goes or does not go into the military).

Then, there's another $148 million for wool fabric producers.
Hollywood gets $48 million a year for productions filmed in the U.S. and $33 million to companies doing business in American Samoa.

And on it goes.

At a time of nation need while in the midst of a presidential campaign hour of national need.
Pork barrel spending is being reviled and promises are made by both parties to rid Congress of the practice, senators couldn't restrain
themselves. The still keep doing it.  There is no shame.

Now don't get me wrong, there are many people who enter politics and serve for the betterment of the greater public. But when I watched as Republicans and Democrats battled over the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. This is money that is needed to help banks access cash for loans for ordinary Americans and it is also needed to help many small companies access cash to meet their payroll obligations. But, you see these politicians vote against it. I guess it's because they are concerned about their political future with elections coming in the very near future. For myself I believe that the election is separate to what had taken place with this bill. Certainly thereafter a potental new leader needs to know what he has to work with economically within a revised budget.  So while you may think this is an American problem, don’t kid yourself, this has major ramifications for many other countries as well.

I just hope leaders have the will to do what may not be politically correct, economically responsibly. As the old sports saying goes, “sometimes you have to take one for the team”.

And in every country we say in our own way "In God We Trust".  I will trust some things when I see the outcome...