Contentment is more valuable than Happiness

I almost slipped into one of those alternate universes that circulates but never collides pulling myself back before I did and no sooner did that I did regret not having taken advantage of this occasion to venture into the exploration allowing apprehensive its full reign. My time here is limited and uneventful, without incident due to the submission to the worry of consequence. I am just playing out my role but not as it was meant by the part written in the play written for me. Now I’m just nervously pacing the same trail hoping that world opens hoping I’d be audacious and be content to slip.

Dearborn morning (before the snow)

This is for those (elbint elcanadiya and everyone else) who miss DBN.
It is still here and still the same and the same and the same...
well, except for the Panera Bread and the Caribou Coffee and the Cigar shop
and so on and more of the same....

The State of the Union

Well, it seems that whenever Arabs get together and agree upon something democratically or decide on positive change the world gets involved to break it up in favor of chaos and instability and violence, forcing wedges between us...and we let them at times happily submitting to the barbaric instinct, then the world sits in comfort and luxury smug in their success.

rejected; juried into submission

my first attempt into a juried photo exhibit was unsuccessfull and uneventfull, no feedback.














transient photos 2007

Forced Migration

this is a video I made for an group art exhibit last year. (no audio).

Hiking the Smokies

Although I'm not sick of winter (it's been eerily mild so far)
I am in need of a road trip. I wish I were hiking the smokies again.

Winter garden care

My neighbor finally gave up and let go of summer and admitted it was winter, by covering his prized fig tree.

How do you become a non-smoker?

The following is not your typical post, but one that I must post...

I've been wanting to quit smoking for years. For cost reasons, for health reasons, for many reasons. But I've never had success.
I know people weaker than me who have quit cold-turkey, didn't work for me.
I know people who quit slowly, I tried that, but always returned to a pack-a-day.
I know people who have quit with the patch, I smoked while wearing it.
I know people who quit with the gum, it tasted nasty so I spit it out and lit up.
I know people who quit with hypnosis, that's a joke, would never work for me.
I know people who quit through exersize, that for me just gets the nicotine circulating through my blood and makes me want to smoke again.
But I also have known many people to die from smoking and I must quit. I just need to find what works for me. I'm already two weeks past my new year's resolution and still smoking. Maybe the problem is that I like smoking.

Anyone have suggestions? Does anyone want to quit as well? How about a blogger-ex-smoker support group?

My last cigarette was Tuesday January 16th @ 10:30am.

Critical Mistakes

So to fix it 21,500 more troops will be sent (for now, I'm sure there will be more later) and Billions more dollars spent. (must equal more death and destruction).

So, how does it end?

Riddled with Riddles

photo by transient