We awoke at the end of an era, We came to life in the footnotes of time, We are stardust made conscious and breathing, orphans of the suns that have died.

We are created but we are the makers, we are lucid inside the Dreamtime. We are the Alphas and the Omegas, we are what we choose to define.

We are the scales of our own hearts, We are alchemists in search of, transforming randomness into meaning, We are the serpent, we are the dove.

We are every possibility, We are the fire stolen from the gods, We are all horror and we are all beauty. We are what we are - paradox.

Love is the only law, and it cannot be killed. We are the stars, we are of stars, so love what you will.

And the Seraphim will sanctify, the particles that illuminate the sky. What was once will always be, the universe is inside me, the magician that wants to be free.

I have a beta test code to give away for Elder Scrolls Online. Just one.

Watching the local community Facebook page whip themselves up in a patriotic frenzy over the lack of forced recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. It is taking all of my will power not to respond.

We had a Top Gun moment when Kerrie Bartel-Christensen and I broke out in song to “Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”. Belle just looked confused.

My computer blue screened while writing a paper :-/

If you trace back all those links in the chain that had to be in place for me to be here, the laws of probability maintain that my very existence is miraculous. But then after however many decades, less than a hundred years, they disburse and I cease to be. So while they’re all congregated and coordinated to make me, then—and I speak her on behalf of all those trillions of atoms—I should really make the most of things.” – Jim Al-Khalili

I understand what people are trying to say, but honestly, this whole “real women are this” or “real women are that” is bogus.

Real women… are people that have reached the age of majority that identify as female. Nothing more, nothing less.

I am sick of winter.

Ahh, beta testing. Loading screen for 10 minutes…

Test completed! 50 minutes, 75 questions… missed two. One was a stupid mistake (Unicode is obviously NOT 8-bit, derp)… and the other was an even worse mistake as I forgot to check my answer. sigh

Sitting for an hour and a half at the Saranac High School.

I just finished my first essay for my English class. It is titled “Escape from Intolerance: My Conversion to Buddhism” :D

Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. Shortly thereafter the physicist returned to the farm, saying to the farmer “I have the solution, but it only works in the case of spherical cows in a vacuum.”

Was granted access to a pretty substantial beta test. :-D

My favorite orbit?

Middle-earth orbit :D

Best Super Bowl commercial? COSMOS!

Can we please stop calling the winner of the Super Bowl “world champions”.

Wow. Safety on the first play.

Someone decided to party at 10am.

School already called off for tomorrow.

Belle had a 3 day weekend, then a 3 day school week, followed by a 5 day weekend, and a 3 day school week coming up.

Internet connection down. Homework will just have to wait.

This Pro Bowl is a lot better than previous years.

Bah! Business management…… SO DRY!

Just finished the final episode of Downton Abbey’s Season 4. Already anticipating Season 5 :D

In the deepest depths of winter with nary a blot of color to be found nor a single source of warmth to be spied, I find my life full of bright colors and a source of warmth unmatched in the universe. Kerrie and Isabelle have brought to my life a joy I didn’t know was missing. And now, with a son on the way, I feel I may explode with happiness.

Denver in. Come on 49ers!

I had Mexican for lunch, and now it’s having me :(

Full moon, Uposatha time for the Buddhist.

Watching my brain fart as I switch back to programming in Java after a long period of C++ is kind of funny.

All my classes are online now. Time to dive into semester #3.

I am laughing at some silly comments on the internet.

Climate change is not disproven because of weather.

Wow. The Colts came alive at the end. Good game.

Fifth third ballpark is on fire. (Home of the West Michigan Whitecaps)

Everything down first base is engulfed. Propane tanks in the concession area are exploding. There is fear of eminent collapse, so the fire department is staying back.

I’ll be buying my school books tomorrow. I honestly have no idea what to expect in my intro to telecommunications class, but I’ll have answers tomorrow.

It’s noon and we haven’t got out of bed yet. Success!!!!

Happy Day Arbitrarily Set As The Beginning Of A New Year!

Who is the genius running around with no coat in 15° weather?

Brr.

From the Dhammapada

One is not wise because one speaks much. He who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called wise.

49ers pull out a win! However, Seattle won as well. Therefore, they only get a wild card spot, and not #1 seed.

I’m a little jealous. I want to shower in Belle’s bathroom. That light up shower head is groovy.

Some role-playing books purchased. We’re going to begin having a family role-playing night :-D

Pick 6 of 90 yards? I’ll take that. 49ers to the playoffs!!!!!!

Last regular season game at Candlestick Park. As a life long 49ers fan, tonight makes me a little sad.

From the Dhammapada

Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them.

One more from the Karaniya Metta Sutta:

Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or resistance wish for another to suffer.

As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

One of my favorite verses in the Buddhist canon. From the Karaniya Metta Sutta:

Whatever living beings there may be — feeble or strong; long, stout, or of medium size; short, small, large; those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born — may all beings be happy.

Ooh, Seatle lost! A 49er win tomorrow will put them closer to taking the division.

I drank half a bottle of wine on an empty stomach, then downed 12 fajitas.

I’m going to regret this later.

Intermission at the Nutcracker. So far, so good. If I may be uncultured for just a moment: ballet dudes, I haven’t seen this much tightly packed sausage since I was in the grocery store’s meat department.

Our Winter Weather Advisory will end tonight at 7pm. Tomorrow afternoon at 1pm we’ll be under a Winter Storm Watch.

Expect an additional .1 to .2 inches of ice Saturday evening into Sunday morning.

I have had this saved to my clipboard tonight because I keep having to repeat it:

This is not a freedom of speech issue. A private company decided to let go of one of their employees. The first amendment (or the constitution as a whole) does not apply.

My official record now has “Academic Good Standing” stamped on it. flex

I’m ready for the new semester to begin!

Happy Saturnalia!

Wow. Nice 61 yard field goal Baltimore.

I was not expecting it to be 3° this morning. Yikes.

Final grades in government have arrived. A :)

Still waiting for my government grades. Everything else is in and it’s all ‘A’s :D

More old photos, INCOMING!

It was fun digging through old photos and scanning them today. I have so many more to go through. I have only scratched the surface.

Patiently waiting for the grade on my government research paper. My being on the President’s List or the Dean’s List comes down to this grade.

I suppose it doesn’t take much to bring back the Yooper inside of you. I just finished shoveling snow in 18º weather with only my hoodie and gloves for winter protection.

Woah! 96% on my math final. I was pretty sure I did a lot worse than that. My final grade is a 99.2%. I did a little excited dance after seeing my grade :)

Thus it begins. Math final now, C++ final tomorrow. Then ends my second semester.

Way to drop the snow ball, Lions.

I can climb the highest mountain Cross the wildest sea I can feel St. Elmo’s Fire burnin’ in me!

Nearly finished! English is complete. C++ is nearly complete, with just the final to go. Math is finished with no lectures left and only a test and final to complete. Government needs one last research paper and the final.

How did I lose 3 pounds over thanksgiving?!

Found a sonogram of me in these old pictures.

98% on my last essay! No final exam for me. I’m finished with English this semester.

Heart… burn!

After a fantastic drive through a mid-Michigan snow storm, we’ve made it to Sault Ste. Marie.

Skipping math class again. :-)

Denver New England game is pretty damn good.

It’s a nice balmy 23° outside.

Just Dance 2014, teaching me I’m out of shape since last night.

Nooooooo!!!!

Touchdown 49ers!

The Storm Prediction Center has issued only two high risk areas during November in the last 15 years. One day had 49 tornadoes and the other had 64 tornadoes and three dozen fatalities. Find a safe place to be this afternoon and evening. -Bill Steffen, WOOD-TV

Weather may get a bit dramatic here tomorrow.

Played Minecraft (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/Dubhghlas?type=fb_sessiondigest

Played Minecraft (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/Dubhghlas?type=fb_sessiondigest

Having a hard time getting motivated to go to class tomorrow. I might skip math tomorrow. It is rather boring.

Being an out of market fan sucks :( I havent seen a 49ers game since week 3.

We didn’t even make it to the finish line. We stopped at HopCat. So we ran a .05k.:-D

More congratulations are in order. This time for Bryan Newland, freshly elected Chief Judge of the Bay Mills community.

Congratulations are in order for my sister from another mister, Kathleen Twardy, for taking the top spot in the election for Sault Ste Marie city commissioners.

Played Minecraft (PC), Democracy 3 (PC) and Breath of Death VII (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/Dubhghlas?type=fb_sessiondigest

C++ assignment completed. I think I’ll play some Minecraft until the trophy wife comes to get me :D

Hehehe. Looks like the University of Michigan football team played as well as their rugby team today.

Final score: Grand Rapids 61, University of Michigan 0.

Another fantastic job by the Grand Rapids Gazelles.

Halftime. Grand Rapids 34, University of Michigan 0.

:-D

Watching Grand Rapids play University of Michigan in a good, wet, cold game of Rugby.

If you live in Sault Ste. Marie and do not vote for Kathleen Crimin Twardy for city commissioner next Tuesday, we cant be friends.

Kathy Twardy for City Commissioner, Sault Ste Marie, MI

New world order… seriously? That shit will happen just as soon as we have world peace.

These conspiracy nutos actually think someone would be able to unify the entire world under a single government?! We can’t even figure out how to govern a single country without it falling apatt.

Played Minecraft (PC), Fallout: New Vegas (PC) and Grand Theft Auto V (360) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/Dubhghlas?type=fb_sessiondigest

SiriusXM has a David Bowie channel. Glam rock and 80s rock at its best.

Today was the first time in a while that I played Minecraft. I enjoyed the new additions.

Played Minecraft (PC) and Miner Wars 2081 (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/Dubhghlas?type=fb_sessiondigest

Had to load Internet Explorer to test something.

I feel dirty. :(