The Truth in Our Hearts...

Happy Birthday Arrow! Has it already been six years? (he only looks like a cat... he is really a higher being just visiting me for a while on this plane of existence)

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While every episode may not be your particular 'cup of tea', Foamy is just GREAT! I and a good many of my friends make a habit of enjoying his and his friends monthly rants on a wide range of topics that cover, well, all topics! Here is the latest one for your enjoyment:

Fans should be sure to pick up a stuffed foamy for their desks or other prominent place of worship ;-).

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Well, it has been a long while since I last posted... it has been a tough year...barely half over. I was hoping it would be less so than last year, I I avoided talking about two great tragedies then - to me anyway) but no such luck ;-(. Life continues to make sure I take nothing for granted. ~sigh~

In any case, I have started a new blog/site with the idea in mind to actually use one of my oldest domains and it's default traffic flow to get a decent content flow and hopefully take in some advertising dollars and maybe even a contribution or two if I turn out to be interesting to people... long shot, I know, but considering all the truly bizarre bozos out there already, perhaps I will be a bit of fresh air? Who knows? Oh, yes, the URL...

http://blog.sleepingbeauty.com.

It is just a basic template and has only been up for a day, so don't expect much yet (laughs as I realize that no one is likely 'listening' so I am really just talking to myself, but that's Ok. Status Quo there ;-).

However, I also wanted to add more about my Norbert, as my last post here was about his passing and I had only posted his last "at peace" photo. I feel such a lively and loved dude as Norbo deserved some more pics of his lively and fun self so people might have a better idea of how adored he was and still is... do they ever really leave your heart?

Handsome Dude!

Huh? You talkin' to me? (check out his red & black eyes)

Always happy to hang around in my hoodie...

Ever curious and wanting to see what was going on!

Of course Norberton always ate healthy foods too...

Mmmm...Delicious!!! :-) He definitely enjoyed his snacks!

You are always in my heart, my Grand Norboo!

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I miss you my Burton. You left me so suddenly today and I still can not believe you are gone. We spent every day together and suddenly you are no longer here. I am saddened beyond words. Such a little guy, you were always affectionate and sweet. Happy to hang out on my shoulders or in my hoody. Ever curious and always on the lookout for a delicious snack. You will always be in my heart my dearest Norbert. I love you.

Norbert passed away thus morning at ~6:30am. He rang his toy bell and I heard him cough/hack ( a nasty sound ) and he was half out of his hammock when I came and got him out and held him in my hands seconds later. I knew he was dying, I don't know why but I could tell he was going fast. He had just stopped breathing and I just held him petting him and letting my tears fall. At some point I lay him back in his bed until I could come to grips with what just happened and then make his funerary arrangements ( he will be cremated and his ashes returned to me ).... The day has been long and sad and I fear I am not done shedding tears for him. But he knows he was loved and is loved still. A rat among rats among humans.. he was a Good Boy!

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While this practice has been worsening for years, I am glad this post brought it to my attention.

Sadly ABC seems to have lost its soul and sense of, well, much of anything compassionately human. It just reminds me how our corporations and "big business" are really all about $$$ for a few really wealthy at the top. Otherwise, why wouldn't they do something GIVING and THOUGHTFUL like playing such classics commercial FREE and uncut as a sign of Good Will and Christmas Spirit? Don't tell me you can't afford it. And don't do anything to increase the quality of our lives if it costs You anything... like no trip to Paris for a long weekend over Christmas. Heaven forbid.

Sorry for my rant. ABC is certainly not the only corporate entity at fault. They are in good company. But couldn't the people 'at the top', who have the ability to effect change and help out the state of the world, stop being selfish pricks and actually do something? Set some examples for the rest of us besides, "look Ma, I got the most material goods and fucked over the most people, I win!"

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This is just one sad sad example of a) how people are way too paranoid and take no responsibility for their own actions and b) how even the police fall prey to actions that only a MOMENT of THOUGHT could avoid - like realizing the complaints are unfounded and show an innate stupidity in the complainer.

How to get $8,000 for taking a photo of a woman "laying on her stomach with her skirt pulled up over her butt."

A similar thing happened to me this past fall when I was taking pictures at the Croton Dam in Northern Westchester County, NY, not far from the house where I grew up and my parents still live. While doing so I was approached by a very friendly Police Officer who said he had been asked to investigate reports of a "suspicious looking blond woman taking photos of the dam". What? "Do you mean Me?" I asked. Yes, he did. I laughed in disbelief. He then asked for my license which I told him was in my car. I was becoming concerned and one of my 'accomplices' (translate as 'fellow recreational photographer") stopped himself from interfering so that he wouldn't 'get me arrested' I later learned. The officer then asked if I would write down my name and address instead, which being in a good mood and KNOWING I was innocent of any sort of crime, I did. I now regret doing so as it WAS a violation of my own privacy and rights, but at the time I was just too surprised to react properly. It helped that one of my fellow photographers used to be a trial lawyer so I felt safe in the long run.

That was it. Sorry. Once I wrote my info down, which I could have made up but didn't, he went on his way and we parted with pleasantries. He was very nice and cordial the entire time, but it does not excuse the fact that some "paranoid idiot" thought to call the cops on me! Admittedly I was climbing around the dam to get decent angles and points of view, but I do not look like a terrorist unless 40 year old caucasian ladies with long blond hair and a Nikon camera look dangerous to you.

Here is one of the photos that got me in "trouble":

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so I won't try.

"Reefer Madness".

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