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I miss my grandfather.
A lot.
He was a WWII vet. He was a hard worker. He was a great guy. I loved him very much.
That is all.
dear gay friends
- In deep thoughts, ethics, journal, personal, politics,
from t-shirt hell's website
Dear gay friends,
You know, I’ve been proposed to three times in my life. Twice it was very bad timing, or not someone I wanted to marry. The third time I … I just don’t think I was ready for it. But at any rate now, in retrospect, even if the timing had been perfect and the love of my life had been asking, I should have said no anyway, because you guys can’t get hitched yet either, and I don’t think that’s fair.
Personally I am not big on the idea of marriage (although I’m not opposed to it) and I really don’t think anyone should be in the military to begin with- but I also think that there is no reason that some people should be prevented from doing what others freely can.
In short, I’m on your team, for the duration.
Love,
Me
some things you can do
- take your old blankets and towels and any pet toys or things to the local no-kill shelter. If you have time, volunteer to walk the dogs, or play with the cats.
- take all your canned food that you didn’t eat or use down to food for lane county. especially if it’s good stuff.
- take all your books that you’ve already read, to the local literacy center. in eugene there’s one downtown that teaches people to read.
- take your old clothes, wash em, and give them to goodwill.
- volunteer to go to a nursing home and visit people who don’t have relatives that visit. You can offer to record memoirs (often single people without kids have led very interesting lives)
- let someone who looks more tired than you have your seat.
Everyone can do something. Seriously.
I don’t have a lot of time but I do what I can, and my politics have nothing to do with it.
the oregon advisory council on permanent color technicians
Today was quite an interesting experience. There are almost a thousand tattoo artists and facilities licensed in Oregon. There are about 150 electrologists. The board that oversees both consists of:
A legislator-type,three electrologists,one permanent cosmetics worker
there are no tattoo artists on this council, even though there are nearly ten times as many licenses issued, and revenue from us makes up the vast majority of funds brought in by that council.
Maybe we can change that at some point. Today I got a sense for how the council works, and what their responsibilties actually are. What they can and cannot accomplish. They seemed like nice enough people. Our inspection/regulations director here, Tim Molloy, was interesting to listen to. He seems to try very hard, but sadly his hands are tied with many things and there’s only so much they’re able to do. It was good to hear that we now have four inspectors rather than just the one.
At any rate, it was a very informative day. I’m exhausted now and I’m going to relax. I may edit up in here later to add more detail once I’ve had some time to digest it all and go back over my notes.
resonance
I’ve had a few people ask me why I use “resonanteye” as a name. I’ve been using it since before the internet, as a pen name at first and then with the advent of email, as my address and username.
full explanation and some interesting stuff after the jump
general strike
Incendiary words, yup.
But I think we should do it.
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