7/30/2021

Today's quote by me

 Inspired by an email conversation with my dear friend.

We are talking about being who we are. Laughing about the bizarre stories we've been told by pathological liars we've known. Updating our past selves with the wisdom of our current selves. 

Here is the quote:


"Why waste a wish on the past."



Officers arrest gunman outside Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark

 https://www.ky3.com/2021/07/29/officers-arrest-gunman-outside-baxter-regional-medical-center-mountain-home-ark/

7/28/2021

Monday drive to Riverside

 Monday I went for a trip out of town. While waiting for the red light.  The driver of a truck in front of us tossed an empty coffee cup out the window into the bed of the truck. It flew up turned over and stuck lid down on top of the cab roof. The man was watching to see the cup pass the back window. When he didn't he got out to investigate. It was too far over for him to reach from his side and the passenger wasn't budging. He got back in and pulled the truck to the shoulder. He found a stick to flip it into the bed.  When we passed I said out the window. That awesome how it landed. He smiled and went back to his life.

It looked like it had a magnet inside the cup how to hit and gripped to the metal.

7/25/2021

In their blind spot

 The relationship ended, it's an all too familiar experience. Everything going along fine until I step into their blind spot. If I speak about what I see in their blind spot the chaos is created. If I try to speak quickly I'm told to calm down, If I try to speak plainly I'm told I'm seeking attention, and quickly ignored. If I present it as humor, I'm called crazy. If I say nothing, I'm called difficult. Is there a way to create the space for a meaningful conversation to happen. I don't think it is impossible, or even rare. I just happen to notice it most in people when it exists, but not when it doesn't.

7/18/2021

Spat

Nike Sues Apex One Over Trademark 

 RICHARD GREEN January 10, 1994  

Article source: https://apnews.com/

 https://apnews.com/article/863a3be7c0d538cbc6f218f96380c575


PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Nike has filed a false advertising and trademark infringement lawsuit against Apex One, alleging NFL players under contract to the New Jersey shoe manufacturer are pasting that company’s logo on Nike shoes.


Nike, in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims that Apex One is providing stickers of its logo to its contract players in the NFL. Nike says many players wear Nike shoes but place stickers on the shoes to make them look like Apex footwear.


Use of such stickers, called ″spatting,″ has become common practice, said Keith Peters, a spokesman for Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike.


″What’s apparent is that some of the players who are being paid by Apex would prefer to wear our shoes,″ Peters said. ″I guess it’s because they prefer the way our shoes perform.″


Apex called the suit without merit.


″After reviewing Nike’s complaint, the issues relative to spatting and painting logos on tape are, quite frankly, too insignificant for us to respond to,″ said Apex chief executive officer Joseph Kirchner.


″Given Nike’s recent economic performance, one would expect that Nike would have greater concerns than what a few NFL players allegedly have on their feet,″ he said.


Apex spokesman David Venneri said he knew of no instance when a player under contract to Apex used the company’s stickers on Nike shoes.


Apex is the official supplier of football shoes to the NFL. Nike and Reebok have agreements as authorized suppliers. That means no team can have more than 10 players with recognizable Nike logos on their shoes in any given game. Reebok also can have 10. Apex can have the rest.


In 1991, the same federal court ordered Apex One to not allow its players to alter Nike shoes. That case arose late in the 1991 season when Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills altered his Nike shoes with an Apex One sticker, Peters said.


Photographs of NFL play obtained by Nike show that sticker alteration has taken place. He said Nike shoes are so distinctive that it is easy to tell them from Apex shoes despite the sticker.


The new lawsuit against Apex seeks $1 million in punitive damages, another cease and desist order and an unspecified share of any Apex profits.


NFL Properties sent a notice to general managers earlier this year warning that the only spatted logo that would be allowed would be the one that belongs to the shoe’s manufacturer.


7/17/2021

Archway, arcade

 Arches the story I was told of how the arch developed in human history, It was said to be a gradual process. However it makes much more sense that knowledge is a simultaneous event. That way it can activate emotions. Envy, greed, fear, rage, justice, fairness, reason. The idea of hiding knowledge only to be discovered by the worthy. Is it true anyone can manifest anything, by any means?  What is worthwhile or worthy? If it doesn't matter and anyone can manifest anything there is no need to lie. 

To some lying is what makes gravity function, to tell the truth would cause them to float out into space and vanish. The most peculiar are the lies told by those who claim to worry about  the wrath of God. 

The arch creates a boundaried space for the purpose of remembering something? Something that was already in existence? How to create something that is already there? Remembering after being forgotten?

7/15/2021

Reality sharing is complex but not impossible.

The setting for a shared reality. Trust is a major factor, being able to trust, being trustworthy. 

Next is the quality of the reality. Different people have different needs to consider calling something real. 

Trying to create an environment that cultivates reality sharing. 

Talking to the lie. Accepting a person's lies to help them live within the reality they have for you can facilitate getting to the topics that need to be resolved. Like why they need to lie. Most relationships don't get past this phase. It is such a rare occurrence, I think the average human life span isn't long enough for most people to come to terms with themselves. 

Funny book titles. (people playing around with images and perceptions)

















7/11/2021

Nature in the real world, of a spiritual nature

 On the way out of town earlier today. We saw a deer, mom and baby in the trees planted along the roadside. It felt spiritual, because it isn't common place to see deer in the area. The mom looked like she in the process of standing after resting in the shade.  On the drive back through on the way home. I could see how difficult it is to see something in that tree line. That is when I began to take on a spiritual meaning.

7/08/2021

Three's

Lying will get you:

An inability to reason, no growth. Lying will get you.

Nothing

Do you remember how this never happened? Do you remember? Because I remember nothing happening. I remember all the times nothing ever happened. Now you are saying it is my fault. You are wanting me to be responsible for nothing. You aren't saying that. In fact you aren't saying nothing. So here we are back to nothing. I did nothing

There is no equal =

Making it obvious there's a problem.

Making it impossible to solve.

Outside myself there is no connection.

People don't say things like that about me.

I'll never know what they see.

She is sad, she is angry, she is lonely. She is trying to get attention, she talks too much, she is too quiet. She needs to learn to sit still.

Do it my way or else. Or else? Yes I'll make up a lie you can't prove.

I'll ruin your favorite item. If I have to hit you I will. Or I'll get someone else to hit you.

Do it my way

solve the problem use the equal sign.

7/01/2021

Shark bites Boy Scout

 I saw a news item with an interview on ABC 7 Los Angeles. The troop was at Camp Emerald Bay. The news station interviewed the teen. He explained they were trying to catch up to the group of other kayakers by taking a short cut through an area thick with kelp. He said he felt like his paddle hit something solid. He looked into the water. Noticed his paddle was gone, and saw his hand was bleeding. Said "it looked pretty gnarly".  The Troop is out of Riverside Calif. The first time I heard the song Baby Shark was at a Boy Scout event. I'm sure the Troop will be singing the Baby Shark song in memory of this Summer Camp.