Disclaimer: This is a real text message from a friend that is NOT a member of ATS or DI. This person knows me well enough not to try this crap. It also deals with controversial issues, and ways i process that which screws up my day.

So my sometimes annoying (mostly) gay friend sent me this text message today.



He has yet to respond.

What the hell do you say to that? I almost said, "For the love of God would you go get laid!"

But I post this, because it's also really really sad. He is such a girl-minded boy too. His approach is a paragon of failed masculinity. Nevertheless, it got me thinking about the trans issue he so eloquently ALL CAPS TEXTED me the importance of to him.

He took the time to say he wanted to be a girl while simultaneouy denouncing transgender ideology? If I was a Star Trek robot, it might cause a self-destruct sequence.

He's conservative, Trump all the way. But it seems he's also really freaking dysphoric and angry. I am wondering if his conservatism has convinced him that he deserves to abuse himself over wanting to be a girl? Or what the real deal is here. And why he cares that he would be ugly.

And while I gotta somewhat appreciate him promising to stay out of my gender, It is still annoying and rude to send this trip to someone because you're having a bad day.

Never thought I'd say this, but this dude seriously needs Jesus, or at least INTENSE THERAPY, LOVE, something, because the prideful satan thing he/she does ruins my Fridays at work on an already agitating day.

Maybe you move somewhere liberal where nobody knows you and start taking hormones? Just stop laying your disturbed problems on me... unless you want me to turn it to a public topic of discussion with some anonymity remaining intact.

Maybe try to salvage their rather obvious pain into a psychology discussion. It seems like a real issue he's deliberately falling to shit over.

Unsure what games are being played, but Joe Rogan's Trump interview has been released, but unlisted and removed? but some people captured it.
Unsure.. maybe the Iran attack forced them to take it down hoping for a wider audience..
Joe Rogan Experience #2219 Donald Trump since it was unlisted


Watching this now its 3hrs long so ill come back with some updates

I was on Cozumel a few weeks ago. I was repulsed, I saw men wearing Speedos!

Would you be caught dead in a Speedo?

This photo is taken from google!

Would you wear a Speedo?

An Israeli force, believed to be made up of either F-15I Ra'am and/or F-16I Sufa, hit targets around Tehran early Saturday morning. It's believed that they launched ballistic missiles over Iraq or Jordan that hit IRGC targets around the Tehran area. It appears that at least two SAM sites, an IRGC logistics center, and a research lab belonging to the IRGC Aerospace Forces were hit.  A second wave of attacks has apparently started in Shiraz, with multiple explosions being reported in the area.

Quote:DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault Oct. 1, officials said. There was no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic.
Israel’s military described the attack as “precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” without immediately elaborating.

A Dutch court has ordered Bill Gates to stand trial over his role in deceiving the public on the COVID-19 injections -WOW   

Is the truth finally coming out?!

If you know more about this than I do, then please share.


I am reading this now:

Seven vaccine-injured plaintiffs allege that Bill Gates and others “misled people into taking Covid-19 injections, while they knew or should have known that these injections were not safe and effective.”

The lawsuit also targets former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, and key members of the Dutch government's COVID response team.

The bombshell came when Gates tried to evade the case by arguing that, as a U.S. citizen, he should not be subject to Dutch legal proceedings.

However, the court ruled that due to Gates close connection with other defendants under Dutch jurisdiction, he IS subject to trial in the Netherlands.

Now, Gates and his legal team must confront these serious allegations in court, with a new hearing set for November 27th of this year.


https://rumble.com/v5jy6wx-bill-gates-hi...shell.html

I'm sure some of us have hit that wall..., trying to cancel recurring charges of 'subscription services' or 'licensing' that keep recurring even after the desire to cancel is duly expressed.

I offer as an example my own struggles trying to cancel several such contracts for "anti-virus," gaming subscriptions, etc.

You "logon" to the service, or navigate to customer service and lo and behold... there is no 'button' or app that will simply register the cancellation.  The systems force you to bounce around the board, click after click, and even when you thin you're done, you find the charge is still drawing your money over and over, and the remedy seems 'out of reach' as you are forced to repeat and re-accomplish the same steps...a gain and again...

The problem itself is bad enough to have elicited exposure simply due to the number of people who are being fleeced of their money... to the collective tune of billions of dollars per year... and most (if not all) of those 'charges' are ultimately "irreversible."

Companies such as Blizzard, or Netflix, actually profit significantly from the simple overcomplication of a process which is clearly designed to "make it harder," or even "impossible" to simply cancel a recurring charge.  And it became even more abusive as many of the beneficiaries of the charges separated themselves within the process through "third-party'' companies contracted by the providers to "handle subscription services" adding yet another entity through which users we obliged to deal with... just to say "goodbye."  So much so, that the charges would recur, and the company could just say... "Oh. We don't handle that... you have to contact xxx because we are not the one's charging you"  And the money siphoning game continues... while the frustrated user bleeds money into someone coffers for a service or subscription they no longer use or want.

Eventually the FTC and ancillary authorities could no longer "ignore" the complaints or hide from their legislated observation to act, lobbying not withstanding.

Sourced from ArsTechnica: Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule

Apparently, reason prevailed and they had to officially act, 

"... the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule that "requires sellers to provide consumers with simple cancellation mechanisms to immediately halt all recurring charges."

One week later, a Cable lobby group - NCTA-The Internet & Television Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau trade group, sued the FTC in the Texas US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

The lawsuits say the FTC order was "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act," that it was unsupported by substantial evidence, and exceeds the FTC's statutory authority in violation of the US Constitution.

So the trade groups members are playing a "delay" strategy... based upon the wording we can see the stereotypical claims of "challenging statutory authority" and "questioning the Constitutional grounds" adding the egregious characterization of "capriciousness;" as if it were being done out of malicious glee, or spite.... poor babies, they won't get to keep sucking on the teat of profit with impunity.

For example;  NCTA CEO Michael Powell claimed during a January 2024 hearing that "a consumer may easily misunderstand the consequences of canceling and it may be imperative that they learn about better options" and that the rule's disclosure and consent requirements raise "First Amendment issues."

The Interactive Advertising Bureau argued at the same hearing that the rule would "restrict innovation without any corresponding benefit" and "constrain companies from being able to adapt their offerings to the needs of their customers."

Imagine that, legally requiring the provider to accept contract cancellation is somehow "unfair" and a 'rights' violation.  

There is a lot here to expose, and in my opinion, it all hinges on the "benefits" to the company... and zero obligation to accept 'user cancellation' as an honorable contract obligation.

In a not to distant future it is my guess there will be no need for human actors or even voice actors. Why pay a human a large sum when A.I. is available  for the bottom line and profits ?

Just in the last two years the ability to make an A.I. created person look real and dub in any voice that would be appropriate for the person has really come a long way. 

Star Babes is an example with beautiful faces/bodies and very little clothes.
 https://youtu.be/zMadcnApm6U

I don't know how much interest there is here about this subject, but since it is "on the radar" of the FCC, maybe we should talk about it too.

From ARSTechinca: Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC
Subtitled: FCC docket draws anger at ISPs and mockery of Republican's data/coffee analogy.

Before I enter the fray, I want to point out an unfortunately stupid and telling analogy by an industry-supporting politician....

Republican FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington last week argued that regulating data caps would be akin to mandating free coffee refills:

Quote:Suppose we were a different FCC, the Federal Coffee Commission, and rather than regulating the price of coffee (which we have vowed not to do), we instead implement a regulation whereby consumers are entitled to free refills on their coffees. What effects might follow? Well, I predict three things could happen: either cafés stop serving small coffees, or cafés charge a lot more for small coffees, or cafés charge a little more for all coffees.

1. Why not just admit that you are subject to lobbying control, and a puppet mouthpiece for their interest?
   
2. Our "vow" not to mandate the prices that ISPs set, was always contingent on their practices being 'reasonable' as ALL such "vows" are.  No one should get a 'free ride' to set prices like this.
   
3. Please don't 'volunteer' your idiocy... ISPs are NOT going to simply stop services if they don't "get their way." 
   

PSA: Don't Fall In Love With AI

It was only a matter of when...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024...i-chatbot/

This one doesn't need much lead in:

Quote:Sewell: I promise I will come home to you. I love you so much Dany

AI: Please come home to me as soon as possible, my love

Sewell: What if I told you I could come home right now?

AI: Please do, my sweet king

Quote:At that point, the 14 year-old put down his phone and shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun.

Ms Garcia, 40, claimed her son was just “collateral damage” in a “big experiment” being conducted by Character AI, which has 20 million users.

“It’s like a nightmare. You want to get up and scream and say, ‘I miss my child. I want my baby’,” she added.

I think they are paywalled.

here is headline on Twitter

Quote:Trump Flirts With the Ultimate Tax Cut: No Income Taxes at All

The former president has repeatedly praised a period in American history when there was no income tax, and the country relied on tariffs to fund the government.

Quote:Now this would REALLY make America great again!

What's the deal here? I always thought there was attempts to make military efforts expensive.

What is the counter, more drones?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o-DCtwhy9aY
*not a massive swarm, I have seen worse come out of a F16

I thought this was clever.  Zelenskyy wore a t-shirt with small letters saying 'make russia small again'.  Obviously a take off on Donald Trumps 'make America great again' phrase.   And it's ticked off the Kremlin.   They are stomping their feet and bloviating about how great and how big Russia is.   

Someone at ashbubble immediately started printing the tshirts to sell.   https://ashbubble.com/product/make-russi...ain-shirt/   Picture shows how small Russia used to be.    If I had extra money, I'd buy one.  

Zelenskyys T Shirt Annoys Russian Leadership

Quote:

• Zelenskyy wore a T-shirt saying 'Make Russia small again' during a nightly address.
  
• It sparked an angry, and convoluted, comeback from the Kremlin.
  

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed up to his evening video address in an unusual T-shirt and got a scathing reaction from the Kremlin.
 
The Ukrainian leader on Wednesday discussed the state of the fighting — but has been getting attention for another reason.  Emblazoned on the black T-shirt, in red and white lowercase letters, was the phrase: "Make Russia small again."

Not sure if this is religion, metaphysics, or paranormal ....

Witches are, once again, trying to cast spells on Donald Trump.
When he was in office last time it was binding spells.
Now ... I suppose it's spells so he'll lose.  
I'm not 'up' on witches spells so I don't know which ones they'd be using.
But they are complaining that nothing is sticking to him ... 

Witches Claim It's Too Hard to Cast Spells Against Trump Something is Protecting Him

Quote:You think you know TDS, but the witch community — it exists, and they outnumber CNN viewers — hate Donald Trump so much that they're attempting to cast spells on him in order to force him to lose the 2024 election, or maybe even possibly, a lot more than that. 
 
But they seem to be having trouble. 
 
In the subreddit "r/WitchesVsPatriarchy," user "feelmycocobeats" claims that witches have been mentioning that doing spells "directly against tRump are not as effective as we might hope as he seems to have some kind of protection around him." 
 
The user then begins to strategize about spell casting, saying a "freezer spell against Project 2025 would likely be useful," but even if what she was suggesting was actually based in reality, it wouldn't matter because Project 2025 isn't Trump's, it's the Heritage Foundation's plan. Trump's plan is Agenda 47

So who did it, and why? And what will the reaction be?

Quote:The U.S. Space Force is tracking debris in space after a satellite manufactured by Boeing exploded earlier this week, the satellite's operator said.

The Intelsat 33e satellite, which was launched in 2016 and provides communications across Europe, Asia and Africa, experienced "an anomaly" on Saturday, Intelsat said in a news release. Attempts were made to work with Boeing and repair the satellite, but on Monday, the U.S. Space Force confirmed that the satellite had exploded.

The satellite's breakup left some customers without power or communications services. Intelsat said it is working with third-party providers to limit service interruptions, and is in communication with customers.

Since the breakup, the U.S. Space Force is now tracking "around 20 associated pieces" of the satellite in space. The agency said that there are "no immediate threats" and routine assessments to ensure safety are ongoing.

Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said it had recorded "more than 80 fragments" of the destroyed satellite. Analysis of the pieces' trajectory determined that the destruction of the satellite was "instantaneous and high-energy," Roscosmos said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-sate...e-anamoly/

NGL some of these pictures seem like heading towards a slow methodical and measured slow disclosure or are these all DoD faked or doctored images
Cigar Shaped and more UFOs from today's photo & document release at National Archives
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1...are_button

 page 2

Quote: 
Link to the source of this photo:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/44639156...ctPage=106
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/44639156...ctPage=110
and other photos/documents:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23857152
There are also some pretty compelling photos, especially those with radar scans

Made this a couple of weeks ago. It’s made out of birch bark. I only use fallen birch trees for my art.

Peel the birch and soak it in hot soapy salt water for a day! It’s brings out beautiful colors and makes its layers peel easy.

Have been doing art for 20 years! It’s a passion I have.

This one is mine to tackle from years past,
Closing my eyes to this highway from you.

I lifted the brake of time off my shoulder,
She is deep but her road is smooth.

The last time I saw her I failed to release the pedal,
Now I am on the loose and no one can stop this ride.

The road is a smog barroom with drinks all around,
They tease my silly nature over a shot of whisky.

As I let go the highway seeps my tears away,
We are here now in life and on the roads of time

... our gut biome, that is.  Our own individual colonies of tiny friends, working tireless within us, and how do we reward them?  With poison and derision.

I was reading this book article from the Washington Post (speaking of intestinal parasites):



https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/t...r-AA1ss7pP

Quote:There is something about all this enteric disorder that seems peculiarly contemporary. Bookstore shelves are packed with subtitles like “An Empowering Guide to Your Gut and Its Microbes,” and many of my friends spend hours perched on the toilet in a state of disarray. As Natasha Boyd ruminates in a wonderful essay in the Drift, “Americans of all stripes seem to be experiencing a crisis of digestion” — a crisis that seems obscurely related to our intensifying angst.
 
“[Rumbles]” could not come at a more apt or more dyspeptic moment. Its author, Elsa Richardson, is a historian, and she provides not a medical but a cultural account of the “confederacy of different organs” that jointly achieve “the assimilation of material from the outside world into the substance of the body.” Richardson is interested in the gut’s workings, but she is also interested in its symbolism — in how it “came to be understood as an organ under threat from the forces of the present.” In other words, she is interested in why we are all sick to our stomachs and what exactly the epidemic of digestive disquiet portends.

I was watching trains of starlink satellites go by a while ago and I noticed something rotating above them in orbit.  It appeared to be large and definitely rotating , this was happening just after sunset.  It also appeared stationary but on the same path just higher up and rotating very slowly. Sometimes it would be gone after one rotation (probably just timing).

I know it was large and rotating because it must have had a hard angle that casted a shadow on itself, it wasn't a blinking light.  There was also multiple of these objects, or something that moved in unexplained ways, but I'm going with multiples as I didn't see movement other than rotation. 

If you where not looking at it directly you would think it was just a flash of light or your eyes playing tricks on you and that is exactly how it was for me.  I saw these flashes a couple of times and dismissed it.

Hello, 

This past weekend I managed to get a decent shot of our cosmic guest! Comet C/2023 A3 - I also tossed in a few others I recently imaged as a bonus! I hope you enjoy. 

Images were taken with a 50mm Triplet apochromatic scope. IMX462 sensor. 250mm ( F5 ) The nebula photos were taken with an Ha and OIII narrowband filter. Comet was 2min exposure. The 3 nebula below were 40min to 2 hours. 




Next is the Crescent Nebula. Its an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. 





Next is the Eagle Nebula, commonly known as "The Pillars of Creation". It consists of three towers of gas and dust standing light-years tall.  Inside those dusty spires, stars are being born! 





Finally, We have The Elephants Trunk Nebula. The Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.

1/2 hour video ... worth watching if you are into the election and/or prophecy ... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vKDJ072oVs

If true ... looks like Trump will probably win and do something big for Israel.

not sure if I buy it.  I'm probably 70/30 that I do.  When I watched I went from 'ho-hum' to 'yeah, maybe!

This is a half hour video from Rabbi Johnathan Cahn, a well known messianic Jew who has a congregation in New Jersey.  He is known for really knowing his scriptures and Jewish and Christian prophecy, as well as Jewish traditions.    I like listening to him because he goes in depth, especially with the Old Testament, in a way that Christian priests and ministers don't know.

I had thought that the Trump assassination attempt in Butler was just an assassination attempt and that there was nothing biblical or religious about it.  That it was just one unbalanced person who was triggered by the extreme rhetoric of the left wing to go after Trump because he is 'such a threat to Democracy' .. that kind of thing.  And that the Secret Service either bungled the operation or the higher ups let it happen as part of a deeper conspiracy of the gov't trying to be rid of Trump.  

But Rabbi Cahn goes into the Old Testament and Jewish traditions and shows that the assassination attempt could be so much  more.   If looked at from a historical Jewish/Scripture way.    I'm not sure if I completely buy into what he is saying and tying together ... but when listening to his description it did make me go ... "hmmmm ... maybe!!!".

Breaking it down (if I understand correctly) -  When a rabbi or king were to lead the Jewish/Hebrew people, he is annointed by God first.   The annointing is that there is a blood sacrifice and the person is put in front of the people (like Trump was in Butler), then is annointed with blood on the tip of the right ear (like Trump was in Butler when shot in the ear), then is annointed with blood on the right thumb (like Trump was in Butler when he lifted his his right hand to touch his ear), then annointed with blood on his right big toe (like Trump was in Butler when his shoes came off and he stepped in the blood that was on the ground), and then he goes to his knees to pray (like Trump did when he realized he was shot), and then he stands and raises his bloody right hand in the air (like Trump did when he fist pumped in the air after being shot).  All this is done before the priest or king is presented to the people as leader (like Trump ... this happened 2 days before the Republican National Convention when Trump was presented as the leader of the people).   This person is annointed by God to be a priest or king and to do Gods will for Israel.   It doesn't have to be a good person.  God uses people who aren't exactly picture perfect.   Example - King David was a lust filled murderer and yet he was chosen by God to be king.   AND the name 'Butler' (name of the town assassination attempt was made in) is in the scripture as 'cup bearer', which is the person who saves the king from assassination attempts by taste testing the food and taking the poison himself.  And it was a cop from Butler that got the first shot off, hitting the gun the assassin was using, which broke the volley of shots at Trump, and that gave the Secret Service time to get the kill shot off.

Does this mean that I think God chose Donald Trump to be POTUS?   I didn't think so before the video and God can't interfere with free will ...  but now I'm thinking maybe God is making things go a certain way so people will vote for him and he'll do whatever it is that God wants him to do for Israel.   Usually those chosen by God were so because they would do great things for the Jews/Hebrews.   And they weren't all good people.   (I gave the lusting/murdering King David as an example).  
 
Like I said ... I went into this thinking there was nothing religious about the assassination attempt.  But if Trump is elected, then I'm thinking maybe Rabbi Cahn may be on to something with his assessment.

The UK announced a new Directed InfraRed Counter Measure system achieved a 100% success against multiple missiles in a recent live fire test that took place in Sweden. The system is being developed by Leonardo UK, Thales UK, and the Ministry of Defense Science and Technology Lab (DSTL). It consists of Thales' Elix-IR threat warning system, and Leonardo's Miysis DIRCM. The system is set to be installed on RAF A400M, Shadow R2, and other RAF aircraft.



https://theaviationist.com/2024/10/22/ra...sure-test/

He was dabbling with his computer while speaking with some friends on-line. 

His wife, usually joined him in their bedroom, where he had his "setup,"  and she enjoyed 'listening in' find herself often amused as he spoke of many different things, joked, and otherwise conducted his new-style social engagement... for he and his wife, such a thing still felt 'new.'  Very rarely she might say something, if someone directed a "hello" to her, or heard a comment that was otherwise irresistible. 

She often kept the bedroom television on and muted, while his conversation went on for hours and hours... just in case she got bored... she was a 'news' addict, who scanned the cable news channels as a matter of "background" entertainment.  He was better served with direct exchanges... and he openly loathed TV advertising misuse.  He was comfortable in his leisure spot in the house.

The kids were grown up enough not to require constant direct supervision, and they occasionally drifted into the room quietly... always respectful of the silence they were to observe while Dad was 'doing his boring thing.'  Occasional bursts of laughter always enticed them, though. And animated exchanges caught their interest too.  But it was never the sort of thing they could ever actually share with their friends... since the conversations were often about opinions of current events that were unusual, like UFO stories, paranormal events and claims, international subjects, politics, and history.  Kids don't gravitate to that stuff when there are more vibrant popular interests to occupy their young circle of friends.

The home they lived in was humble, a product of four kids and two working parents.  It was a clean, and relatively neat house... barely big enough to accommodate the family. They were objectively happy, and their family world was not beset by pain and stress.

As he spoke with his friends, he would usually browse the web, finding things that were relevant to the conversation (or not), and the voices coming from the 'computer' were all predominantly friendly... no fighting, always respectful (unless they got playful) but they were never too "adult" to merit him having to hide behind closed doors.  If the door were closed, no one would walk in without knocking - he was secretly proud of the fact that he never had to drill that into the kids... they respected that of their own accord.

But this day was very different...

He was entertaining a himself with a conversation about one of those seemingly random things... It had to do with wild horses apparently being abused by some government people... the conversation drifted away from that as he took a drink from the Coke can... and three things happened...

The first thing was that his second daughter, now becoming a beautiful young teenager, walked into the room... probably drawn in because she heard something about "horses"...  He looked at her, and nodded while drinking....

The second was the drink caught in his throat, in a bad way, making him cough uncontrollably... the kind of cough where the distress of 'making it right' is over-filled with some level of embarrassment...

The third was that he caught something, at first, only out of the corner of his eye, then more fully resolved... something impossible.

A window in a far wall... a silhouette strode into view, just inches from the window on the outside... paused, turned, looked into the window, turned back and walked on... it had goat horns on it's head... and the image came with a feeling that it was surrounded by a radiating dark aura, full of evil intent... it permeated the impression. He couldn't help the notion that this thing, whoever (or whatever) it was, had been very pissed off and deeply frustrated... 

He was still recovering form the coughing fit as he turned to observe his daughter, paler now, eyes wide as if something deeply disturbing had been visited upon her... while slowly backing out of the room in fear, his wife seemed oblivious and untouched... she had seen nothing.

The window in question stood some six or seven feet above the ground outside, one would need a step ladder to be tall enough to look into it.  That "vision" would have been 9 or 10 feet tall... and in his imagination he just knew that it had hooved feet, and the legs of a satyr.  He was stunned into silence... muting his conversation with his friends, turning to his wife and said, "Did you see something in the window?"  His wife looked at him quizzically, glancing at the window, and saying plainly, "No."  He knew her well enough to know she hadn't, and she was curious to hear more... 

But he felt a driving need to talk to his daughter... "It was nothing. I'll be right back" he said, and left the room to find her.

A few moments later, he found his daughter still in the hallway, immediately asking her, "Did you see that?"  She looked uneasy and said, "Yes." showing signs of both fear and relief that she hadn't been alone in the experience.  He added quickly, without thought, "Were those goat horns?"  She responded with a question, "Was that a demon? It looked like a demon!"  "Did Mom see him?"

At this point he sighed... looked at her directly, and said "We need to talk about this, you and I."

"Mom didn't see it." he said.  His daughter was confused, and it showed.

"I'm going to tell you something, and this is very important."  She was attending closely.

"Every now and then, you are going to see in your life, some things that are absolutely horrifying. 

They are not to be chased, they are not to be looked for... ever.  But you will see them sometimes. 

And sometimes, almost always, only YOU are going to see them.  So talking to others about it will not usually be a very good experience. 

I kind of got used to this happening every now and then, and as I grew older, I realized that this is not a curse, even if it feels that way, and also that it is not a gift, as some people will try to convince you... Being able to see this crap doesn't make you better or worse than anyone else..."

"We're just different."

Aug 30, 2024 Pearl Jam in Chicago! It was a great show!

Deep in the forest I found the light,
Away deep back while it was night.

The bends of trees touched my soul,
All this running has taken its toll.

This was the night of heavens dancers from the leaves,
After my blindness left me I followed the trees.

Out came the rope,
I screamed to the pope.

The tree spirit counted to three,
And there I was dead on my knees...

I begged them to have mercy for me,
The head honcho told me he has to disagree.