tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236329272024-03-13T20:09:08.831-07:00Artsy Fartsy (អាភៀន)This is personal blog for things that happen in my life. Read if you like, leave if you are offended by any thing I write. I post private thoughts here. This blog is about me in general. It is uncensored and at times raunchy. For comments or questions: steveotto2001@yahoo.com or ottozero2001@yahoo.com.SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-28019636267867815262022-07-04T14:15:00.006-07:002022-07-06T15:53:15.139-07:00It's been the worst 4th of July I can ever remember<p> By Steve Otto</p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">WOW!!! I didn't realize how bad a holiday can suck until today. My one bank card wont work, so no Uber rides. Iv'e been trying to get a cab since 11:30. It's now about 3. I just realized I forgot to turn on the AC on in the hottest day of the year so far. Its been one cluster fuck after another. I hope I never have a holiday like this again.</span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">In other news there is a line we can call (</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">316-290-1011) </b><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">if we want to rat out our neighbors for lighting illegal fireworks. As far as I'm concerned they can light off dynamite </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">or hand grenades if they want.</span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The one thing I did enjoy, that day, w</span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">ere the fireworks I bought earlier in the</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">week. I had various sized rockets and some helicopters. I also had some smoke bombs, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">firecrackers and roman candles.</span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">So although I was totally by myself, at least
I had some fun fireworks that night. The neighbors, next door, also had fireworks,
so I enjoyed watching them firing off their stuff.</span>
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</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgls6CWfIcjwQ8rruW21xofcu_aH-y2iS1ljAKPCiOGQ2ZcuNhb0KrjHR49RmlWMga7Hl1vB96uVjKePwnIWHiolGrJrrbUCgCcDINqZW6yX4UPP1YCu1mosqWHxlCKllwRuqhHq-HOLuu3GeUnYOToJQXL2oJdXv0Y67gCYA2dS4rOQcSnKw/s172/images%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="172" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgls6CWfIcjwQ8rruW21xofcu_aH-y2iS1ljAKPCiOGQ2ZcuNhb0KrjHR49RmlWMga7Hl1vB96uVjKePwnIWHiolGrJrrbUCgCcDINqZW6yX4UPP1YCu1mosqWHxlCKllwRuqhHq-HOLuu3GeUnYOToJQXL2oJdXv0Y67gCYA2dS4rOQcSnKw/s1600/images%20(3).jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitALvB67l_c-lenykRnpy9cKlq2CinHs2_CtAbJMqvk1UfVg4TfPnul1bAmth3EZwOjBeRGU44mw6a5I3ybxycJ4VJq0XyMuQC8X-avZ96b68RVLW50hBZkepXVZ6AHEtfPNNLcNxaM9SUvBo8V9qSJOqDFlA2tAamh2V1vj-q86oS2pznDA/s699/290959368_10159447834396773_5223211066767315491_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitALvB67l_c-lenykRnpy9cKlq2CinHs2_CtAbJMqvk1UfVg4TfPnul1bAmth3EZwOjBeRGU44mw6a5I3ybxycJ4VJq0XyMuQC8X-avZ96b68RVLW50hBZkepXVZ6AHEtfPNNLcNxaM9SUvBo8V9qSJOqDFlA2tAamh2V1vj-q86oS2pznDA/s320/290959368_10159447834396773_5223211066767315491_n.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">My own blue smoke bomb.</span></div><p></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="stjgntxs ni8dbmo4 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 h905i5nu monazrh9" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="l9j0dhe7" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="bp9cbjyn m9osqain j83agx80 jq4qci2q bkfpd7mw a3bd9o3v kvgmc6g5 wkznzc2l oygrvhab dhix69tm jktsbyx5 rz4wbd8a osnr6wyh a8nywdso s1tcr66n" style="align-items: center; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--divider); color: var(--secondary-text); display: flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; justify-content: flex-end; line-height: 1.3333; margin: 0px 16px; padding: 10px 0px;"><div class="bp9cbjyn j83agx80 buofh1pr ni8dbmo4 stjgntxs" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #65676b; display: flex; flex-grow: 1; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41" style="align-items: inherit; align-self: inherit; display: inherit; flex-direction: inherit; flex: inherit; font-family: inherit; height: inherit; max-height: inherit; max-width: inherit; min-height: inherit; min-width: inherit; place-content: inherit; width: inherit;"></span></div></div><div class="kb5gq1qc pfnyh3mw c0wkt4kp" style="background-color: white; color: #65676b; flex-grow: 0; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; width: 7px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-29599236505226482402022-06-28T09:45:00.002-07:002022-06-28T09:46:22.974-07:00Another update on dating- diving into the empty pool<p class="MsoNormal">By Steve Otto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is another update on my dating experiences. My best simile
is that my dating experience is like diving into a swimming pool. Just as I
realize I’m where the water should be, I realize some one forgot to put water
in the pool. There I am headed for a fall. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This week I called a woman I’ve known for some time and
asked here out. She said she might go out with me. She said, “call me later.” So,
I called her later. I had trouble getting her on the phone. So, Saturday I
tried several times go get a hold of her. On the fourth try she answered the
phone and went off on me. She got really mad and told me off. According to her
I called “four times.” That’s four whole times. I guess four is way too many
for her. Of course, she doesn’t answer her phone and a friend of hers said “you
have to keep calling her.” And that’s what I did, and it just pissed her off.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Women seem kind of sensitive to me. I went with a woman last
year and went drinking. After getting too drunk I mumbled something in a
drunken stupor. I didn’t realize I was saying it. The woman took offence, and
we haven’t seen each other since. These women seem to take the path of absolutely
no forgiveness. Make a mistake and the relationship is over. There was a woman
who got mad because I couldn’t remember who she was when she said she was” from
the site.” It seemed as if I had two women yelling in my ear at the same time.
Woman just aren’t that tolerant lately. I got mad and told one lady to fuck
off. Of course, that pissed her off. She wanted to break things off anyway. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So overall, I have met some of the rudest women in my life.
I have had</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIq-ZFa5GsbtoFeBEc_Z-_Y5spbdilcRINEplA2zYYL7Kc5tArS2bOjRBjfpB7IIwrlbnSRHAia_ZUb5b6GJzujmLLELgDq8gSvMdrwGZoihrMCuDo9NYyNl5lzs-VcFfOYdPjM8PGeJcWZFa0fhw39Atq4oapNCnS08yvvNY5BaP2DOdzQ/s198/198x149.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="198" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIq-ZFa5GsbtoFeBEc_Z-_Y5spbdilcRINEplA2zYYL7Kc5tArS2bOjRBjfpB7IIwrlbnSRHAia_ZUb5b6GJzujmLLELgDq8gSvMdrwGZoihrMCuDo9NYyNl5lzs-VcFfOYdPjM8PGeJcWZFa0fhw39Atq4oapNCnS08yvvNY5BaP2DOdzQ/s1600/198x149.png" width="198" /></a></div><br />dates in the past. It was never this hard. I know I have made some
mistakes, but once again, there is no forgiveness and no redemption. It has
simply been a miserable experience. Maybe it will get better. I have recently been
on the site Benaughty. I recently told a woman:<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">“Originally, I have been going to
Elite Singles and Eharmony. So, I made up all these thing that I can match up
with. But by now, I'm thinking maybe I just want a horny woman who
wants sex. The hell with political beliefs, religion and all that compatibility
crap. I suddenly don' think it is that important. I once had a relationship
with a woman who was nothing like me, but I found her physically attractive.
I'm beginning to think that was as better idea.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p> So this is my update.
It could be better and I hope it gets better. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-64371750692315305252022-06-18T09:35:00.004-07:002022-06-18T09:42:27.901-07:00Another adventure of dating and drinking<p> By Steve Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday I went to the doctor, Dr. Ranjini Madhavan. All week
long I’ve had blood sugar problems. A few weeks ago, I met a lady on <a href="https://dating.elitesingles.com/ge173m/741661/?seg=br&gclid=CjwKCAjw77WVBhBuEiwAJ-YoJL1hoUcz8G43eWkIiiNpDl8TiSlLP5UzT23VBysh0FO0lm0OYo4yExoCTRoQAvD_BwE&CID=US_SEM_1_1359578301_56061149482_122853278474_recurringusers">Elite
Singles.</a> I was going to <a href="https://artsyfartsy45.blogspot.com/2022/01/im-done-with-on-line-dating-complety.html">quit
that site</a> but I changed my mind. This woman I met from that site met at a
local restaurant and told me she wanted to start out as friends. I agreed. On
the positive side, I went out with her four times. She is the first woman I met
on-line, who met me for more than just one date. I’ve had several dates, from
that site, where I met a woman where she was my first and last date all in one.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, this new friend tried to give me a lot of advice and
help. On our fourth date she explained to me that we had no possible future- no
possibility of a relationship. We were too different, she said. She even said
she thinks a lot about an old flame. So, I feel like our time together is basically
over.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of her last suggestions was that I detox from alcohol
and drugs.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
At first I laughed that idea off. But lately I’ve been getting sick a lot and
finally I decided to try and quit drinking and quitting drugs – at least for
now. For almost a week I drank some beer- but no more whiskey and wine, which I
have been drinking in the bars and at home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a week of near sobriety, I found myself in a deep
depression. It was as bad as my “contemplate suicide” days. So, I resorted at
least to a small dose of drugs to stop the depression. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So earlier this week I went to the Emergency Room, on the
advice of my new girl friend and they suggested I go to my regular doctor. I
did and she said the ER people said I was drunk and disoriented. I had been
drinking but I explained that my blood sugar was at 45 one day and 20 two days
later. They checked my blood sugar and did a number of tests for high blood
pressure the condition of my heart and everything was normal. So, they acted
like I was demented or something. The Doctor asked me if I forget things. I
said, sometimes. She suggested I use Meals on Wheels. She asked me questions as
to who lives at my house and if I have any relatives who can help me out. She
wants to see a psychologists. He specializes in alcoholism. He may go by
the AA<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
program’s philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means no
other drugs- no getting high in any way shape or form. Absolute sobriety.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By the time I left the doctor’s office, I felt like I was perceived
as a doddering demented old fart. Old age does suck for some of us. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is more to this story, I’m stopping here and I will
continue this later.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> At
this point I would rather not name the drug, in order to protect myself.</p><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Alcoholics Anonymous.</p></div><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/AutoRecovery%20save%20of%20blog%20stuff.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> See: <a href="https://artsyfartsy45.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-debate-over-choosing-how-we-treat.html">The debate over choosing how we treat our own bodies continues with "People Are Going ‘California Sober" </a><br /><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">Marlene Winter just died recently—last month
(April 10). I seem to be writing a lot of obituaries lately—way more than I
would like to. I have to admit, I really liked Marlene. I almost liked her
enough to ask her out on a date. But I never got the nerve up to doing that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">She was pretty. Even as she got older, she
still looked good. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">She liked tie-died shirts and other hippy
type clothing. I remember years ago when I met her at Kirby's. She was bare
foot and wearing a tie-died shirt, and in general, she dressed like a hippy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">As she got older she adopted a "born
again" religion. She quit drinking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and her outlook on life was quite different from mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she was always open minded enough where
she did not run off her best friends, including me and John Mesh. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">Two weeks ago (May 7)Mesh and I went to her
funeral. She had been cremated so she was not actually there for us to see. But
we met with her family and other friends. She was not all that old when she
died. She had been sick and a post-Covid pulmonary embolism finished her off.
This was a very sad occasion for John and <st1:place w:st="on">I.</st1:place>
John noticed that most of us, who visited Tim Pouncy at the hospital right
before he died, were now dead. Just John and I are left.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;">It is a sad time in our lives where a lot of
our friends are dying off. And in old age there is little we can do about that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUxUrOp7tresDhq_4YgbTVN7XiQIfR7TGcCwfHR-0nPgEgBNyxo5_vCokLj8SWMcygQwV_V7rc8EOJ4_NUBw_QLIcYpm-UJYYTMCZX2glAVRWAlz1Cg6WLqLgzkFs3bBBsX6NkfG8JC58RKDECWvWUkNoGp2PKq-qcPGyQrw83dCClQLwDQ/s453/safe_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="453" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUxUrOp7tresDhq_4YgbTVN7XiQIfR7TGcCwfHR-0nPgEgBNyxo5_vCokLj8SWMcygQwV_V7rc8EOJ4_NUBw_QLIcYpm-UJYYTMCZX2glAVRWAlz1Cg6WLqLgzkFs3bBBsX6NkfG8JC58RKDECWvWUkNoGp2PKq-qcPGyQrw83dCClQLwDQ/s320/safe_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-53325689465995143942022-04-29T17:35:00.004-07:002022-05-19T07:58:28.901-07:00Another dismal dating experience<p> By Steve Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal">Wow! What an ass hole. I met this woman tonight and she ran
out on me when I went to the bathroom. Then she cut all contacts with me on
that site. I don't know what bothered here but she clearly did not like me. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What an ass hole. She not only doesn't like me she is a coward.</p><p class="MsoNormal">So far my dating experiences have been really bad. I'm not sure what I'm going to do next. It sure has not done me much good to look for a woman to date. I get tired of always being alone. I was married a long time and I'm not used to it. The women I've met so far have been terrible. Not one has agreed to a second date. I can't see myself giving up but clearly something is not working right.</p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-72996834155090424912022-04-26T06:49:00.004-07:002022-04-26T06:49:36.526-07:00Our old home movies<p> It's fun to look at those old family movies. This one below has me and my Uncle Bill Otto:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rw1__HH8nMY" width="320" youtube-src-id="rw1__HH8nMY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnRGs17nBQ</div><br /><p>Here we are a little older:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wca53gOXeHc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Wca53gOXeHc"></iframe></div><br /><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wca53gOXeHc</p><p>And even older:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9M7nRQVTRGk" width="320" youtube-src-id="9M7nRQVTRGk"></iframe></div><br /><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M7nRQVTRGk</p><p><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-43670533160977317162022-04-13T06:17:00.001-07:002022-04-13T06:22:14.633-07:00An update on my recent, crappy, dating experiences <p> By Steve Otto</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wow. I've been going on dates ever since the beginning of
the year. Despite my declaration that I was finished with on line dating, I
hooked up with some women who were new to me anyway. So far the experience has
been horrible.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I heard from some women last week. One woman suggested we go
out. I also had a date with a different woman the week before. So on Saturday,
I get a call from the first woman who says her daughter doesn't think it is
proper that she is dating, since her husband died only last August. I told her that many of my friends
said the same thing after my wife died January of last year. I told them I have the right to do what I want with the rest
of my life. About the same time I get a call from anther woman from that site claiming we met
at Silver Singles. But I'm not on that sight and I told her that. It turns out
that Silver Singles and Elite Singles must use the same site. She cussed me out
about the same time the other woman told me her daughter means to much to her
for us to ignore her and go out. But now I'm being screamed at by 2 different
people or it seems that way. I told the first woman to "fuck off."
Bad choice of words I'm sure, but it doesn't matter much because I think it was
over for us anyway.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The other woman decides to go out with me last Saturday.
I really liked her and thought maybe we had something in common. She did not
and sent me a text telling me that we "were incompatible" and other
various things, including telling me that she blocked my phone number.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've been out with several women, all of the dates lasted
once. The messages I get seem nastier all the time. I left a message for a
woman last week. Yesterday I got a message back that accused me of calling her
a guy. I may have misprinted something, but I clearly knew she was a woman and
I told her so. She was rude and cussed me out. But to be fair, she did sort of apologize. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I'm pulling back from dating for now. It just seems like
there are women out there who feel free to be rude and obnoxious to men they
don't know. A lot of these women are ass holes. I'm considering lowering my age
limit to 50. What happens to these women to give them the excuse to be rude and
obnoxious to people they never me. Many of them don't look that good, but I
figures it was only fair to approach women in my age group.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well the hell with that. I don't know when I will go back to
looking for women again, I seem to like dating despite all the crap I've had to
put up with. I'm going to be a lot pickier with the women I approach and I feel
no obligation to nice to any person who is not respectful of me. </p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-31962181614694578742022-03-28T02:14:00.007-07:002022-04-13T06:32:53.473-07:00Sexuality is not wrong—suppressing it is<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By Steve Otto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Just today, I met up with a woman I hope to get to know.
This is a good time to remind myself that the women I meet in real life are
never like the women I see in porno movies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So I’ve decided to muse on the subject of porno films.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have argued in the past with people about
pornography. Despite all the objections from guys, as well as women, I still
think most guys look at sexually explicit materials at least some of their
time. And among some of the opponents of my views there is the agreement that
there is a difference between straight out porn and erotica. Anti-porn people
vary on where they draw the line. But most of the Marxist-Leninists (and MLM)
activist I know are against most sexually explicit photos and films. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As my brother pointed out to me the other day, the people in
those films don’t talk like, or act like real women (or men) that we know. It
is important not to make the mistake of talking to women about what a guy sees
on such films and forgetting that the dialog with real women is far different.
Forget that and a guy can offend a woman really bad. And the results can be
terrible. I actually know a guy who made a bad impression on a woman I knew who
dated him. She said he talked about moves he learned watching porno films. She
was not impressed—the very opposite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Still I wonder what motivates a man or woman to expose their
private parts in a movie, doing personal things that most people would never do
in public? Are they just out to make money? Do they enjoy what they do? One
anti-porn woman I talked to said she read an interview of a porn star who said
they often had her doing things that were painful. I don’t doubt that. I’m sure
there are forms of pornography that no one should really do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be painful and unnecessary. I have
watch some films, in the past, and wondered how a woman could tolerate such
treatment. I’m not in favor of just anything. Abusive films need not be made. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It is easy to see that porn film stars are doing things that
look good on the cameras, but most of us would not have those types of sex for
fun. Most men in those films ejaculate (the money shot as they call it) out of
the vagina, not in as most people would do. There are many angles that a person
would use for sex only so the camera can see what they are doing. In some ways
it is hard to distinguish between people who simply want to film their sex life
and those who are professional porn stars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So why do people do this for a living? Money would be a big
reason. Some people might find the activities they are in as exciting
adventures. Some may be rebelling against the puritanical society we live in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At times there are only pictures of nude people. Some are
tasteful, some look candid as in a person who just happens to be out naked in
their yard or on a beach. Others may be demonstrating crude poses that most
normal people would ever do. Again, what is their motive? For example some
women like being photographed while they are peeing. These photos are not
intended to be tasteful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then there is all the non-sense I have seen on line about pornography.
Some of the claims are just plain idiotic. For example consider this piece I
found on pornography Addiction:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"<a href="https://www.josh.org/can-spot-pornography-addiction/?mwm_id=496610987446&mot=J79GNF&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-pqejp7f9gIVSSdMCh2SBAjnEAAYAyAAEgIvevD_BwE"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How Can You Spot A Pornography Addiction?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: #993300; font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";">Many seek sexual stimulation
outside of the bounds of ‘normal’ intercourse. In most cases, people can keep
this urge under control, but serious problems arise when people (</span><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/real-healing/201208/overexposed-and-under-prepared-the-effects-early-exposure-sexual-content" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #993300; font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">especially
young people</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #993300; font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";">) use porn as an educational rather
than a recreational tool, and attempt to apply the fictitious (and often
damaging) mores of porn to their real-life sexual encounters."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Many of the articles I found treat pornography
as a drug or on par with gambling addictions. Of course there are always those
who become compulsive addicts to an activity, such as gambling or pornography
or some other activity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Another absurdity I found was</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"> "</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15pt; letter-spacing: 1.2pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.iamatreasure.com/blog/7-negative-effects-of-porn?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-pqejp7f9gIVSSdMCh2SBAjnEAAYASAAEgJgefD_BwE"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">7 Negative Effects of Porn</span></a>,"</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0f0000; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">by BJ Stockman. He claims that
pornography causes: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">"PORN CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WITHIN MEN."<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">2. PORN REWIRES THE MALE BRAIN</span></b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">Struthers elaborates, </span><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #c45911; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">As men
fall deeper into the mental habit of fixating on [pornographic images],
the exposure to them creates neural pathways. Like a path is created in
the woods with each successive hiker, so do the neural paths set the
course for the next time an erotic image is viewed. Over time these neural
paths become wider as they are repeatedly traveled with each exposure to
pornography. They become the automatic pathway through which interactions
with woman are routed….They have unknowingly created a neurological
circuit that imprisons their ability to see women rightly as created in
God’s image (Wired For Intimacy, 85)."</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">This is real pseudo
science. This guy writes this crap to make a name for himself. These claims are
ridiculous. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">3. PORN TURNS SEX INTO MASTURBATION</span></b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;">Sex becomes self-serving. It
becomes about your pleasure and not the self-giving, mutually reciprocating
intimacy that it was designed for. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;">So no one in normal society masturbates?
How absurd it that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">"4. PORN DEMEANS AND OBJECTIFIES WOMEN."<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We see this on both the left and the right. Porn can
objectify anyone male or female. Again, it is a weak argument. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">It also says a lot that a woman is objectified, demeaned or humiliated by sex and her sexuality. Why is sex humiliating.</span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">"5. PORN SQUASHES THE BEAUTY OF A
REAL NAKED WOMAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;">Wolf, in her own blunt way,
confirms this, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #993300; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">For most of human history, the erotic images have
been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked
women. For the first time in history, the images’ power and allure have
supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad
porn (Quoted in Wired for </span><span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;">Intimacy, 38).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">6. PORN
HAS A NUMBING EFFECT UPON REALITY.<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt; margin: 8.05pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;">7. PORN LIES ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
MALE AND FEMALE</span></b><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Cormorant; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c45911; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;">Dines records how porn tells a
false story about men and women. In the story of porn, women are
“one-dimensional”–they never say no, never get pregnant, and can’t wait to have
sex with any man and please them in whatever way imaginable (or even
unimaginable). On the other hand, the story porn tells about men is that they
are “soulless, unfeeling, amoral life-support systems for erect penises who are
entitled to use women in any way they want. These men demonstrated zero
empathy, respect, or love for the women they have sex with…(Pornland, xxiv).”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;">Most of this is just a lot of absurd crap. Some
of these things may really happen in extreme cases, but rewiring a persons
brain about sex does not happen that easily. Any person has to be able to distinguish
between fantasy and reality. For example the early, 1 AD writer, </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Titus Lucretius Carus</span> mused:<span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;">"Hot pitch, executioners,
torture, and all those ghastly diversions the judges impose on felons scare us and
let us imagine an eternity of whips, firebrands, and scourges, the effect of
which is to make life on this earth a hell for those fools who cannot distinguish
dreams from the truth.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;">And there are those people who work really
hard at repressing their own sexual desires:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #3da5d9; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">From </span><a href="https://www.purelifeministries.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n6FzSLR6nSCeoD_26l9pd1MTy8U2Z0i8BgmgCfTrj2v5Ka5H8XQkthoCHjMQAvD_BwE" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">Pure Life Ministries:</a></p><h1 style="background: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; position: relative;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">"has been a pioneer in dealing with sexual addiction and its consequences for over 35 years. During that span of time thousands of people have found freedom through our counseling programs and teaching materials....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">....Residential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our 9-month Residential Program, located in a beautiful rural <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kentucky</st1:place></st1:state> setting, is the ideal solution for any man in sexual sin</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;">."</span></span></span></p></h1><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Here we see an example of someone who uses religion to try
and destroy their sexual desires. I have seen this before. Many religious
people treat sex as a sin...pure and simple. They treat it as a curse.
Sexuality is a normal part of most people's lives. Sex is not wrong. In some
forms it can be wrong. Rape is wrong. We must treat others with respect—regardless
of their own sexual practices. We don't want to force ourselves on others. All
sex must be consensual. We have no right to force ourselves on anyone. </p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">But sexuality in itself is a normal part of life. It should
be treated as such. Some pornography does cross that line. For example it is
not normal to watch a women being gang banged. Regardless of the background for
making such films, no women should be portrayed as a victim. That is not normal
sex. There is nothing wrong with pictures of nude people. Some portrayed sex
acts cross the line between what is normal and what is not. But to put blank labels
on all porn, as something evil and destructive, is simplistic and stupid. We
live in a world were some sexuality is a normal part of life. To deny this is
to deny humanity. It is absurd to say the least.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-38051719103264115072022-03-11T06:57:00.003-08:002022-03-11T06:58:05.692-08:00A little more snow for March<p> So we are now in the month of March and we have a little more snow. I think we've had more that most years. I still like it when the skies are gray and there is a bit of fog and there is snow on the ground. I don't that it is cold at all. That is fine with me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaxwUWKQH0V9tCsIfRa7EDzF56B4m9qgu3O59F6WXNYxt-3dsD0xEB8BYf-WWE3vgxmmKBQNIstkobd32UfqHbKEo9vXcBxKLxFSw2z4XZdk40TbM6LtzwZ57MHnowiaLNOy1jSkEvVPAXHLEmAUmEByRYBgqBA_GjKsh0jeI4QJG3IXn1EA=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaxwUWKQH0V9tCsIfRa7EDzF56B4m9qgu3O59F6WXNYxt-3dsD0xEB8BYf-WWE3vgxmmKBQNIstkobd32UfqHbKEo9vXcBxKLxFSw2z4XZdk40TbM6LtzwZ57MHnowiaLNOy1jSkEvVPAXHLEmAUmEByRYBgqBA_GjKsh0jeI4QJG3IXn1EA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't remember when I took this picture, but I'm sure it was this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkS1gxgx2kzpJGyROBYd-DMAwFGaW3B_Q6c6MAPZUW6yqWuQ02G4LQfmljkfwg7FCNSLALw7QuBVeIIg1tboCCNW1Ch0UqQn570vCbiAxqM84kI2DKkuot84AqBq2qY7HD_XNgLiBphZVgu3zdaXSTvmsO94HMxyCAGCTWLefZIgAAD9Si_A=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkS1gxgx2kzpJGyROBYd-DMAwFGaW3B_Q6c6MAPZUW6yqWuQ02G4LQfmljkfwg7FCNSLALw7QuBVeIIg1tboCCNW1Ch0UqQn570vCbiAxqM84kI2DKkuot84AqBq2qY7HD_XNgLiBphZVgu3zdaXSTvmsO94HMxyCAGCTWLefZIgAAD9Si_A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other night I took this picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGRDJ_01AnR0VrHP973gpenfPCUqJX4rNMFLGkyrBSkh5YDq_84_cM0PKtSvvFvRm7dz2yqU7puKKLMDdQrGgiypdVFDrQ9CSfrSJ47dlUsXyzyumaH1f_BSbyZmixU2Swp-bQx7PIGoYTjHrS3uSwf9jQ8llB3knzdYnWDFCE_qh9HEoKDg=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGRDJ_01AnR0VrHP973gpenfPCUqJX4rNMFLGkyrBSkh5YDq_84_cM0PKtSvvFvRm7dz2yqU7puKKLMDdQrGgiypdVFDrQ9CSfrSJ47dlUsXyzyumaH1f_BSbyZmixU2Swp-bQx7PIGoYTjHrS3uSwf9jQ8llB3knzdYnWDFCE_qh9HEoKDg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I took this picture today.</div><br /><p><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-25210174793398753032022-02-19T14:44:00.001-08:002022-02-19T14:44:36.513-08:00This year's snow - 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By Steve Otto</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We don't get a lot of snow in Wichita. So each year I take pictures of snow days and post them here. This year, so far, we have had two serious snows. That means the snow was at least 4 inches high and when I walked through the yard, I actually left serious prints. So the first snow happened the day I left for Portland Oregon, February 2, to visit my son Ethan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">\<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpY7QNzNpChT7puyYBGL_m30SPHHAaZlvsjagHkKQskk2CjgLj76qpfU9ye24eZmnJ4INFu62f08LGROatYskGv1gk4Y5En08Svg14jnHJLK6xu5KK4B3MzrWTQnvv2toAx1Ws1jlOxfkpnPBH6kxQTjdSffx-X_3rtj4z494Lh1z5-bs1Qw=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpY7QNzNpChT7puyYBGL_m30SPHHAaZlvsjagHkKQskk2CjgLj76qpfU9ye24eZmnJ4INFu62f08LGROatYskGv1gk4Y5En08Svg14jnHJLK6xu5KK4B3MzrWTQnvv2toAx1Ws1jlOxfkpnPBH6kxQTjdSffx-X_3rtj4z494Lh1z5-bs1Qw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the picture of the night before I left.</div></span><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div>Then I visited Mt. Hood, while on my trip, and it was covered in snow. So I saw a snow day in another state. Here at home, they shut down almost all the schools for two snow days, Thursday and Friday. We haven't had real snow days in over 5 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQxpEPiBodC5KyWPPrr4cbVG5Z5xEeyrdUdyys1pBZzjV6woXbmtE8ZCtTfAkfNLJTP4uLNKbNVxXZJyhqO-5OI_k0AqdeCzW8ADPSpdvRAmyafYXQZaZ83x-CvOYcbg0TbpfIYBdeoqDl8wblmnH7yrVFgDahQnxeiFiUmspEEkMpzGzElw=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQxpEPiBodC5KyWPPrr4cbVG5Z5xEeyrdUdyys1pBZzjV6woXbmtE8ZCtTfAkfNLJTP4uLNKbNVxXZJyhqO-5OI_k0AqdeCzW8ADPSpdvRAmyafYXQZaZ83x-CvOYcbg0TbpfIYBdeoqDl8wblmnH7yrVFgDahQnxeiFiUmspEEkMpzGzElw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDf2Hys5HaMwHpyNz6Jt6p6HeDAFL1rmuiMZTywIykY_1_DKpwsK24vFHENbn3V10DanJfqz2DMqCwemQAB00YJUrA2XtkEvqerpCaImoY8mI_WTksRdrBd0u13TdD3rwVYTAuBfMRKj6ohcEFsSxqfqWWvvBQ-MNWNFtyijgqmTFsQYJgvw=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDf2Hys5HaMwHpyNz6Jt6p6HeDAFL1rmuiMZTywIykY_1_DKpwsK24vFHENbn3V10DanJfqz2DMqCwemQAB00YJUrA2XtkEvqerpCaImoY8mI_WTksRdrBd0u13TdD3rwVYTAuBfMRKj6ohcEFsSxqfqWWvvBQ-MNWNFtyijgqmTFsQYJgvw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we had a decent snow over the last few days, February 16 through 19. This was also significant snow. So this has been a much better year than the last several years.</div><br /> </div><br /><div><br /> <p></p></div></div>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-82112352863119545852022-02-16T20:03:00.004-08:002022-02-19T12:52:16.346-08:00A trip to Portland Oregon to visit my son, Ethan<p class="MsoNormal">By Steve Otto</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">For my trip to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Portland</st1:city>
<st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state></st1:place>, I took a few pictures.
The first night I stayed at my son, Ethan Otto's house. It is a nice house near
the middle of town. He has two cool room mates. One is a woman who draws for
comic books, or as they say, graphic novels.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I stayed at a hotel for three nights, called "<a href="https://www.expedia.com/Portland-Hotels-Inn-At-The-Convention-Center.h22892.Hotel-Information?semcid=US.UB.GOOGLE.PT-DSA-c-EN.HOTEL&semdtl=a112059470703.b1121918135811.r1.g1aud-1210701017499:dsa-975335630862.i1151817143606.d1494290539789.e1c.j19024240.k1.f">Inn
At The Convention Center</a>." It was a fairly good place to stay. But not
the cheapest. I ate some of my meals at a <a href="https://www.dennys.com/">Denny's</a>
near by (two blocks). Ethan told me he doesn't like Denny's.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Sunday night Ethan and I went to my brother Terry's house
for dinner. We had some great fish. The rest of the trip I spent at Terry and
Barb's house, except the last night. That last night I stayed in a hotel close
to the Airport. It was a Super 8 and it was cheaper than the <st1:place w:st="on">Inn</st1:place>
and it had a fridge, microwave and a coffee maker. The people working there
were very nice.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">We did a lot of site seeing while Ethan was at work. Terry
took me to <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/mthood/">Mt. Hood</a>, which was
covered in snow. It was beginning to snow in <st1:city w:st="on">Wichita</st1:city> when I left. So I got to see not only
a lot of snow, but that cloudy misty fog. It was a wonderful trip. I got to see
something we rarely see in <st1:city w:st="on">Wichita</st1:city>—a
snowy day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The next day Barb took me to buy some new shoes—which I
badly needed and we went to a winery and hotel for lunch. And no! I bought my
own shoes. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">It was a fine trip. There is nothing like travel to get a
person going.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">It was great to see Ethan again. I also got to see my
Brother Terry, his wife Barb and son Jeff.</p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0RBkCdJDiZIZ_N0C0c_mx22iPs7IQHWtiljPSPJnnmifrRXRv_9osryVGR8g9y2hneYcqVXM8W6TKO7qUkgBvqb72Pl1Jby4HH6i9ULZ-ga63jfvwxf1Qws4Ne2SzeQKhEL0v7d7RqnLyxkYTC4gvSc3Ew-eH3ooPvTA4jp-X74UYgs0SLw=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0RBkCdJDiZIZ_N0C0c_mx22iPs7IQHWtiljPSPJnnmifrRXRv_9osryVGR8g9y2hneYcqVXM8W6TKO7qUkgBvqb72Pl1Jby4HH6i9ULZ-ga63jfvwxf1Qws4Ne2SzeQKhEL0v7d7RqnLyxkYTC4gvSc3Ew-eH3ooPvTA4jp-X74UYgs0SLw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ethan took me to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pizzeriaottonepo/" style="text-align: left;">Pizzeria Otto</a>. We both had a big pizza. It was really good, but I missed getting Ethan in this picture. We ate at a few other fine restaurants.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVZCEno92NCT0pMkze9ykbjRbYdIboLIgOp6f3MFs_k-tfJ24K0e0t96oUkPXgPSc4ewAiveo75VoXWiRnHoIv452_HAT6gVB0k6rYfza_Ek2L8a2-mDM5Al7EjNEvTlpQFUqHqf4h3CBt-DikSLp_SXndA-n5WkDSytTOcqDj-lsXa9oBtA=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVZCEno92NCT0pMkze9ykbjRbYdIboLIgOp6f3MFs_k-tfJ24K0e0t96oUkPXgPSc4ewAiveo75VoXWiRnHoIv452_HAT6gVB0k6rYfza_Ek2L8a2-mDM5Al7EjNEvTlpQFUqHqf4h3CBt-DikSLp_SXndA-n5WkDSytTOcqDj-lsXa9oBtA=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Here Barb and Jeff took a break from walking around, in front of one of Portland's many fine restaurants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDHpaalAbl_nCTa1I9bzAei1lyI593glq_MOAU8Ccz_teKuKRoKeVahxEVcrSIn9BqccPNQGF4VfiXNDsSpj5gh24ojdz4KVc_KEznXIXuh4lFB3hH685UJdJazKSixVZDnEqVQr6CIjWy8MzrtnKZD_WEkF1e4qxnwimK1r2ZeMXxhyV7Q=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghDHpaalAbl_nCTa1I9bzAei1lyI593glq_MOAU8Ccz_teKuKRoKeVahxEVcrSIn9BqccPNQGF4VfiXNDsSpj5gh24ojdz4KVc_KEznXIXuh4lFB3hH685UJdJazKSixVZDnEqVQr6CIjWy8MzrtnKZD_WEkF1e4qxnwimK1r2ZeMXxhyV7Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a site seeing tour, we saw a lot of water falls that drain into the Columbia River. Terry pointed out one of the nude beaches in Portland. He said that people there will go to those beaches in surprisingly cold days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioig-yUdsrOlVXBt8ycck_4BQHrelJFuDplf-4i-d--7SE5xRddpajXDn8V956WYUCo9NIrfcSsZhUn6AvxVlHBVom76kty2JIIgU4kNXuCIyGh7Xkp1_mgfpjrm-WvaH4PeMxiWfjdEqDn4tKxqrRtQ85QA4rVW9M7StrVhfK-Cg1mvGPSQ=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioig-yUdsrOlVXBt8ycck_4BQHrelJFuDplf-4i-d--7SE5xRddpajXDn8V956WYUCo9NIrfcSsZhUn6AvxVlHBVom76kty2JIIgU4kNXuCIyGh7Xkp1_mgfpjrm-WvaH4PeMxiWfjdEqDn4tKxqrRtQ85QA4rVW9M7StrVhfK-Cg1mvGPSQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRIlcHukIPUDyrFIArplp5QRvUARw-brYwcDXaACXBHf6DcgY6bIEgda9iGz-FapopEg0UeEaIqEAVap4OS57uWAYpiNG2g4GVFJcTmbHf0FODY9lxBEThVSBM-1Y8nnFaYBfaIpKUQ5abAr0L8aTDROjQ7Mp2w09jn9Zzqes6v4QUiW_yMw=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRIlcHukIPUDyrFIArplp5QRvUARw-brYwcDXaACXBHf6DcgY6bIEgda9iGz-FapopEg0UeEaIqEAVap4OS57uWAYpiNG2g4GVFJcTmbHf0FODY9lxBEThVSBM-1Y8nnFaYBfaIpKUQ5abAr0L8aTDROjQ7Mp2w09jn9Zzqes6v4QUiW_yMw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Terry, Barb and the dog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For a look at the homeless problem, in Portland, go to either <a href="https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-trip-to-portland-oregonliberal-yes.html"><i>The Idiot Factor</i></a> or <a href="https://ottoswarroom.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-trip-to-portland-oregonliberal-yes.html"><i>Otto's War Room.</i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-72413641650132800222022-01-18T22:38:00.002-08:002022-01-18T22:38:22.088-08:00Another year passes after Cam died and there is nothing to show for it<p> By Steve Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On January 21, my wife died one year ago. That means I’ve
been a widow for a year. It hasn’t been a good year. I’ve tried to date women
and that has not gone well. I only had one date that lasted more than once and
it is now over. Some of my friends have seemed to take offence at me dating
after Cam. But overall the experience has sucked.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suddenly as that date comes closer—today is the 19, I realize
how little I got done in a year. Nothing good came out of this year. I’m alone—really
alone. I’m trapped in a house I don’t like—in a town I don’t like. The only
thing I did like was tea and I quit using that. So now I really have nothing.
Even work on my political blogs has dropped off. I do less and less every day.<o:p></o:p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-63810316089796219612022-01-15T19:01:00.001-08:002022-01-15T19:08:11.720-08:00My birthday, 67 years old, 2022<p> By Steve Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the day began, I was not considering this to be a very
good birthday. I’m sure I’ve had bad ones before, but this one got off to a bad
start.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had this new girl friend, that is until today. She had
plans for us to stay in a motel for a day or two. Those plans didn’t last long.
The woman is crazy. She claims I said something rude while I was drunk. We all
say stupid things when we are drunk. But she would not let it go. After a while
she accused me of badgering her for the last 4 hours. All I did was try to talk
to her. The more we talked the more obnoxious she got. When she finally left at
dawn, I was glad to be rid of her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was supposed to have a celebration dinner at longhorn steakhouse.
My brother John decided it was too cold to drive around, so we (meaning mostly
him) decided to call of the dinner until tomorrow. So, realizing that I had nothing
to drink tonight, I set off to walk to the liquor store for some refreshments.
While it was 25 degrees out, more or less, I bundled up to go to that liquor store
about 2 miles down the road.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite the long walk and the cold, I started off, trudging
along. I stopped at Pizza Hut and decided to eat a little pizza and drink some
ice tea. Then I got a call from my brother Phill. He didn’t know we called of
dinner. So, I invited him to meet me at Pizza Hut. Then we went to the <a href="https://www.ubereats.com/store/el-agave-mexican-restaurant-maize-rd/p4DZ_yUoX4i2zgqkWnAklw?diningMode=DELIVERY&utm_source=AdWords_NonBrand&utm_campaign=CM2049463-search-google-nonbrand_1_-99_US-National_e_all_acq_cpc_en_DSA_Exact__dsa-957608126530_459314883106_105836485885__c&campaign_id=10945138450&adg_id=105836485885&fi_id=&match=&net=g&dev=c&dev_m=&ad_id=459314883106&cre=459314883106&kwid=dsa-957608126530&kw=&placement=&tar=&gclid=CjwKCAiA_omPBhBBEiwAcg7smV47L_-nN9vLrvDBD0wO-1P-n6fq3N3YYaTX5JGwSrdaZYUsoETm6hoC71UQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds">Agave
Restaurant</a> near the local liquor store. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phill ate dinner, I just drank margaritas. It was a fine
afternoon.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOi115QXtmsovlsNWzY0vI4qf6C2w1K3RWjINiV_8I-1EZrC9sE2iypTchWu1R97zAMU9kd8g1nY0xLbXwuC21GTf_6J0mialAhRrhnK6q7IvM-W4YeFUSP55qmAyo9ckityOBU_S-FBRVyBKg2SzoEKjspO-8xdeXpX5CJFYPec1slvsotg=s259" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOi115QXtmsovlsNWzY0vI4qf6C2w1K3RWjINiV_8I-1EZrC9sE2iypTchWu1R97zAMU9kd8g1nY0xLbXwuC21GTf_6J0mialAhRrhnK6q7IvM-W4YeFUSP55qmAyo9ckityOBU_S-FBRVyBKg2SzoEKjspO-8xdeXpX5CJFYPec1slvsotg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-8767062902784150372022-01-05T18:14:00.003-08:002022-01-05T18:17:42.317-08:00I'm done with on-line dating--complety done.<p> <span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Steve Otto</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have finally had my
fill of on-line dating sites. For me it is a waste of time. Elite Singles has
tried to take about $137 out of my account and I plan to stop them. I don’t want
their service anymore. None of the women I met there wanted anything to do with
me. I went on two dates and they were a one time deal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I went to Match.com
and I have had no better luck with them. I will cut the cord for them soon. I went
to another site, which is more of a sex site and I am reminded <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9yBPcn8IqU">“There is no sex in the Champaign
room. None! Oh there is Champaign in the Champaign room, but you don’t want
Champaign. You want sex.”</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I will stick to
meeting women in person. I’ve met two women here at a bar and one of them still
sees me. So my life now doesn’t completely suck. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Between my no longer
functioning card and my isolation here in my home, this week has been a real cluster
fuck. I’ve been stuck here a lot, since uber won’t take my card and won’t take
cash. My brother has been too sick to drive me anywhere and I can’t get a hold
of my new girlfriend. I have had all kinds of problems with my bank, including
an end to my card. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I either had bad cold
2 days or Covid. NOT GOOD!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4YPSp2VSpns" width="320" youtube-src-id="4YPSp2VSpns"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-4371738152260949132021-12-26T06:39:00.005-08:002022-01-07T00:29:58.181-08:00Christmas/ Winter Solstice celebration 2021<p> By Steve Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal">This is one of the worst Christmases I've ever had. When I
woke up on Christmas morning I realized how alone I really am. Things got
better as the day wore on. This is my first Christmas without <st1:place w:st="on">Cam</st1:place>
and it has been different. I had a bottle of Spumante sparkling wine which I
planned to drink later in the day. But what the hell, it tasted fine at 6 in
the morning. Since I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, I really felt the alcohol. I
had some Whisky for later in the day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The only gift I got was from my brother Terry who lives in
Sandy Oregon. It was dried fish. The only gift I gave was a copy of Fear and
Loathing in Los Vegas by Hunter S Thompson to a woman, Cheri, who I dated on Christmas Eve.
The evening before Christmas was way better Christmas Day. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It's been a crappy year so maybe next year will be better. I
wanna say it can't be any worse, but that just isn't true.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are the only Christmas songs I haven't posted here,
this year:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And for some reason I never got around to posting this one:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Probably my least favorite commercial this year is:</p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0in 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://ottoswarroom.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-year-scrooge-is-hero-and-he-doesnt.html"><span style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">This year
Scrooge is a hero and he doesn’t need to change anything</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div><br /></div><div>If there is anything I am now grateful for it is the end of seeing this stupid ad.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjelWuCr4LEk456wJ5k9IYnuGZVvI_yghJ4BuvyHqDG1_ViGI-VzSd2FDGZHJ3qnADekZqS0MsjZTj82Wdf6AurmVwiCn8ecks_mkUpzpJlYCQ76dMbLblf5-IXkxfHXaIhXwLEAWrUtERnrbII4q8Npe1hT5WnRqwA9urlnIGAlvNijKqBEg=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjelWuCr4LEk456wJ5k9IYnuGZVvI_yghJ4BuvyHqDG1_ViGI-VzSd2FDGZHJ3qnADekZqS0MsjZTj82Wdf6AurmVwiCn8ecks_mkUpzpJlYCQ76dMbLblf5-IXkxfHXaIhXwLEAWrUtERnrbII4q8Npe1hT5WnRqwA9urlnIGAlvNijKqBEg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I put up this cheezy aluminum X-mas trees.</div>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-25555294263649091942021-12-24T03:42:00.001-08:002021-12-24T03:44:39.964-08:00Tom Saad—one of my best friends dies at 66 years old<p>By Steve Otto</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once again I'm writing on the death of a friend, Tom Saad.
Tom and I went to Goddard High together. That is how we met. I don't know why,
but for many years we hung out and did all kinds of things. We went bar hopping
all the time. We use to frequent the Riverside Chalet, for many years. It was
our favorite bar. That is where I first met my future first wife to be Mary
Ann.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKCCkZlvhUm2mhOncHmXj3d4915KLXaYHat1h27UxlUljr2h6up09m7DX74kP_kztNrl81Ls593MUppqJRo7DqLiMb7FBVJsM8NNzkoMJ5z4msB4ncxjtKYAnrLhbVWyWVTH6TGecKK5V7Zz5EKyF2DtoSKI_W8cxXKCiKUMSoHW46b0umTw=s241" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="241" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKCCkZlvhUm2mhOncHmXj3d4915KLXaYHat1h27UxlUljr2h6up09m7DX74kP_kztNrl81Ls593MUppqJRo7DqLiMb7FBVJsM8NNzkoMJ5z4msB4ncxjtKYAnrLhbVWyWVTH6TGecKK5V7Zz5EKyF2DtoSKI_W8cxXKCiKUMSoHW46b0umTw" width="241" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before that we did a lot of things. One year we took a trip
to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state>.
We got to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:city>
after mid-night. Everything was closed so we went to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boulder</st1:place></st1:city>, a college town. All the bars had
stopped serving alcohol but they let bands play until dawn. We met a woman who
wanted to sell us "scag" (heroin) but at the time neither of us was
into that. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When we were younger Tom was the bad boy. He committed
senseless acts of minor criminality. He was found of telling me the story of
when he broke into a local mortuary, near his home in Colwich, and he stole the
hearse. He drove it down <st1:place w:st="on">Douglas</st1:place>, a street we
youngsters used to drive around for fun, back in the 1970s. At the end of the
night he returned the hearse and no one at the mortuary ever realized he had
stolen it. One day he came to my house and he was driving a car he stole. I was
freaked out knowing how much trouble he could get into and me if I were caught
with him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I could go on and on about the things we used to do. I
remember a night when we went to the drive-in to see <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider">Easy Rider,</a></i>
a popular movie. At the end of the show his truck was not recharging and the
battery was about to go dead. We went down Kellogg going 80 miles an hour
without head lights. And we made it to his house. Another night, for what ever
reason, he drove real fast down a one-way street the wrong way. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While I and a few of my friends used LSD<a href="file:///C:/Users/baumgardner/Desktop/restore/It%20seems%20the%20more%20obnoxious%20they%20are%20the%20more%20%20likely%20to%20get%20elected.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> a
few times and cautiously, he went through a faze where he took it all the time.
For a few years he did it lots of times. He was almost an LSD junky. I should
point out that, at that time, he seem to get a lot more women than I did.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is all amazing, however, in later years I was the bad
boy. I shot up heroin and used narcotics. He strayed away from LSD but kept
using marijuana. He never shot up drugs. We both used to visit a drug dealer
who we both knew was shooting people up with heroin. He never did that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At about the age of 20, I got married to my first wife and
we moved away. We lost touch. I didn't see Tom again for a few decades. About
10 years ago we met up again. It was great to see someone from the old days.
Tom had health problems. We both had been married to various women, me two time,
him three. I remember that one of his wives had a child. She beat him to death
and they tried to blame Tom. While he was on trial for murdering a 3 month old
child, she left town for <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state>.
It didn't take long for authorities to realize she was the murderer. Still Tom
got injured by some self righteous jack ass in the prison.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once again we went places and saw each other from time to
time.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tom was always a <a href="https://artsyfartsy45.blogspot.com/2020/12/i-was-hippie-freak-in-1970s-and-i-still.html">hippie</a> (some of Tom's artwork can be seen in this article) and in some ways I am also. He was a painter and a poet. But I always felt his
real talents were in his art work. He had a very distinctive stile. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the beginning of our friendship Tom was more of a working
class kid and I was a little more middle class, with ambitions to go to
college. Tom didn't like education and never went. In the end we were more
alike, both of us working class people. I told him more than once that I
enjoyed college, and I learned a lot about philosophy and art, but it didn't
help as much as I would have liked as far as getting me a high paying job. Also
we both had wives, him Linda and me Cam Gentry, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which we had for many years. In the end we
were much more alike.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will miss Tom. He has been one of my best friends. And
there are few people I know as long as I knew him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I write this article I have not yet seen an Obit on Tom.
As I get that information I will post it.</p>
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acid, Lysergic acid diethylamide.</p>
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</div>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-66980127238953997362021-12-22T06:04:00.001-08:002021-12-22T06:04:45.381-08:00Winter Solstice 2021<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Yesterday I celebrated the Winter Solstice. I drank some Martinis which for me is a good winter drink. The </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">juniper berries remind me of Christmas because they taste like a Christmas tree.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The 21st of December was the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/celebrations-of-winter-solstice?gclid=CjwKCAiAtouOBhA6EiwA2nLKH0JWPCklbzwrgAfCzSGz2z0SwWCrHhHlH5nwTgbf13Dx72vsQAaQlBoCmmMQAvD_BwE" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Winter Solstice</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">. Most of the modern holidays are based on that holiday. Christmas and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia#:~:text=Saturnalia%20was%20an%20ancient%20Roman,festivities%20through%20to%2023%20December." style="color: #cc6611; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Saturnalia</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">are among holidays that were decided by the time of the year. During the shortest day of the year, people had a tendency to find something to celebrate. For many people today, this is right before Christmas which is a religious holiday</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> —</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">the birth of the god-man Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">-Steve Otto</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6qcPS-J0HTg" width="320" youtube-src-id="6qcPS-J0HTg"></iframe></div><br /><h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size,var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size,inherit)); font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.6rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.2rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-shadow: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-text-shadow,none); transform: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-transform,none);"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" force-default-style="" style="word-break: break-word;">Jethro Tull BBC Promo Video for Solstice bells 1976</yt-formatted-string></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA83dzDdkJagik_XMMgTqKj8GVnDRuwAMy4WsizKHdvpSpaKFY5Fnk70xp5gcF-ERpd8--FzDmGxkoEJUfyPzwk6Ym8PMAeqUvF0eW8BNWYqDTJAQa9-4kb9II8lwLBIVBypLjMmAaKOKk00ggUKdknQW0FYWTdfXs9TUUl-2yxGe1X-F-Ow=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA83dzDdkJagik_XMMgTqKj8GVnDRuwAMy4WsizKHdvpSpaKFY5Fnk70xp5gcF-ERpd8--FzDmGxkoEJUfyPzwk6Ym8PMAeqUvF0eW8BNWYqDTJAQa9-4kb9II8lwLBIVBypLjMmAaKOKk00ggUKdknQW0FYWTdfXs9TUUl-2yxGe1X-F-Ow=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" force-default-style="" style="word-break: break-word;"><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" force-default-style="" style="word-break: break-word;"><p class="MsoNormal">Pix by Amazon.com</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Juniper-Berries-Frontier-Natural-Products/dp/B0012BUL96">Frontier Co-op Whole Juniper Berries 1lb</a></p><br /></yt-formatted-string></div>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-66705368716036562822021-12-02T04:22:00.000-08:002021-12-02T04:22:47.318-08:00Father Christmas- The Kinks & Green Day<p> The holidays are here. For me it has been bittersweet due to the loss of my wife and other difficult problems. Still I post what I post every year songs such as Father Christmas, which means a lot to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPPCPqDINEk" width="320" youtube-src-id="fPPCPqDINEk"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uuv2StW4v3s" width="320" youtube-src-id="uuv2StW4v3s"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-66oQD0ygf-Y/Yai5PuiHxQI/AAAAAAAAe9Q/bXfI2CEQTX47T9q3QpoHxs5vYrgHVHcvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1080/thumbnail%2B%2528200%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-66oQD0ygf-Y/Yai5PuiHxQI/AAAAAAAAe9Q/bXfI2CEQTX47T9q3QpoHxs5vYrgHVHcvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/thumbnail%2B%2528200%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also put up my lights...just lights.</div><br /><p><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-21212723732444149492021-11-28T09:51:00.003-08:002021-11-28T09:53:50.156-08:00The death of a pet leaves behind an eerie silence<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">By Steve Otto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is now an eerie silence to my bedroom. That is because
I no longer have any fish. I turned off the tank bubbler that kept their water oxygenated.
My last fish died two days ago. I originally had three blue gills, a popular
fish found in the Midwest, both in Missouri and in Kansas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had these fish since the summer before last. I had them
all for at least a year. The smallest one died first. I thought maybe it just
didn’t get enough food. But about a month later, the largest one died. He acted
kind of slow towards the end. It didn’t eat very much like it used to. It may have
had a disease and it is not uncommon for fish like that—or any fish, to die
from disease. And quite often, if one fish gets sick, they all eventually get
sick. That is probably what happened here. My last fish quit eating and a few
days later, I found him/her on its back on the bottom of the tank.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now the tank sits empty. I may get knew ones but I’m just
not sure. Theses pets may seem insignificant to others, but as many pet owners
know, those us who have them, they mean a lot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJLp0-8Chcw/YaPBjmyu6MI/AAAAAAAAe80/hGvli4mVu9gZcFLt9l79H-DPpS4dd0ZLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s288/download%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="288" height="175" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJLp0-8Chcw/YaPBjmyu6MI/AAAAAAAAe80/hGvli4mVu9gZcFLt9l79H-DPpS4dd0ZLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/download%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><a href="https://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Fish/Bluegill">Pix</a>=<a href="https://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Fish/Bluegill">Blue gill.</a><o:p></o:p><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-76834624403259811802021-11-26T05:47:00.002-08:002021-11-26T05:58:54.088-08:00Another not-so thankful Thanksgiving<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">By Steve
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="df"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Yesterday was another Thanksgiving. I
did not visit anyone. I did not have turkey dinner. And to be frank, this is
one year when I have little to be thankful for. On a personal level I had many
problems. My wife died last January. I had legal troubles and I do not have a
drivers license. I also fell down a flight of steps, which in a round about way
got me fired from my last job. I had to have my shoulder operated on and I am
in rehabilitation therapy. Nationally, just a few days ago, a jury <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/reaction-rittenhouse-verdict/2021/11/19/bd9c9ede-47d4-11ec-973c-be864f938c72_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0u3YMlJ0DmGRnKlNAJClWZsvwstcyiZUmnEXF9AgnIuBZdxYUkK4jBeOQ">let Kyle</a> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Rittenhouse</span> off scot free for murdering
two protesters and wounding another. This gives other vigilantes a green light
to kill legal protesters.<span class="df"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="df"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Among the many things I’m not
thankful for are all the blather on the national TV news, this morning, on Black
Friday and all the great sales that people can expect. I am thankful that I
have no one to buy for this year, so, I can skip all the senseless shopping. I’m
totally disgusted that shopping and making captains of industry rich is so
important on this so-called holiday. Profiteers, political leaders and pundits seem
to have made sure that every corporate stooge has his or her hands in the till.
Capitalism could not be more grotesque or disgusting as it is this time of
year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="df"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We can ad to all of this, the fact
that this is probably one of our most politically incorrect holiday of the
year. For a closer look see:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;"><a href="https://humansarefree.com/2016/11/american-thanksgiving-a-pure-glorification-of-racist-barbarity.html">American
Thanksgiving: A Pure Glorification Of Racist Barbarity</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="df"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As usual, we need a good traditional Thanksgiving song:<u2:p></u2:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CA9TsaK2AwU" width="320" youtube-src-id="CA9TsaK2AwU"></iframe></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-35505921259080478422021-11-19T16:28:00.002-08:002021-11-19T16:28:39.362-08:00Kyle Rittenhouse verdict—this is war!<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Steve Otto</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-verdict-watch-11-19-21/index.html">Kyle
Rittenhouse verdict</a> has given rightwing vigilantes a green light to show up
at our protests and kill us with semi-automatic guns—or any guns. This is an
act of war. We on the left and people of color do not deserve to be shot down
in the streets like animals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I myself plan to get a gun and I will learn to use it.
I have a 22, but I want something that can take an active shooter down quick. We
are now at war. We need to be ready to shoot it out with vigilantes. It is not enough
just to have a gun. We need to learn how to use them and fire at those bastards.
Don’t just aim a gun at them and say “what are you doing.” We need to shoot! If
that last victim had just shot Rittenhouse, he would not be a problem now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This reminds me of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre"> Greensboro massacre</a>
of <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">1979. </span>Members of
the Communist Workers Party faced of with the Ku Klux Klan. Members of the KKK
shot and killed five members of the CWP. The CWP was armed, but they couldn’t
shoot very good. We can’t make that mistake again. There was a trial and the KKK
members were let free. That’s because they shot communists.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That was their defense and it worked. People on the
left need to arm themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This also shows that
the jury system in the US is crap. Twelve citizens with no legal background and
they decide some one’s fate. They often get it wrong.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">THIS IS WAR!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8GWHTH1iluQ/YZhBExb90sI/AAAAAAAAe8M/ySIuo5HWPbYYihghOWBbsOYM18OszgmiACLcBGAsYHQ/s1040/RAF-Logo.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1040" height="314" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8GWHTH1iluQ/YZhBExb90sI/AAAAAAAAe8M/ySIuo5HWPbYYihghOWBbsOYM18OszgmiACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/RAF-Logo.svg.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-45329382502385591222021-11-18T12:19:00.005-08:002021-12-16T11:14:18.405-08:00This is not tilting at windmills—we have a right to be heard—a right to freedom of speech—not the censorships of Facebook!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Steve Otto</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again <i>Facebook
</i>has censored me for my opinions. They are claiming that I violated their
community standards. To put it in simple language this is what they said:</span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><b><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You can't post or comment for 2 days</span></b><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">This is because 3 of your previous posts didn't follow our
Community Standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Nov 16, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Your comment didn't follow our Community Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Jun 12, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Your comment didn't follow our Community Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">May 15, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #833c0b; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Your comment didn't follow our Community Standards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is my post for Nov.
16:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Has anyone seen those adds for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FcashnetUSA.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR11LYO3onfieh-MN1cDm6IDHhDgNa1Nd-1OaaKyZT8V5CFG_BHE5e1optU&h=AT02-a6t-DdASHONfGpJgzSBTf_XEw2BBh2W1SQkNDa4ZK2fEe1vvZZftgtA1dCGluWrf2CR95NsaCGQR1uXaPruL3tDhdm6OKRUCTF3d-OAINkCqn8ApkCi470g0lQY29FKw3F0C4j7nnrTRA&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT3WWw1ZGRQ4xSqto-p5zpJczkusz0ULLtNTtChxIP1B1lAMSjq05grNT6q9ZjZDs3oXN6icdFm1BOLdgW3sKRd97MqHV_8MJ20GNE7W7pJtkmgtfa-vVoLzFjg49q4blT_bgbeA8ORiEZFlWCEJiIge4_4" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">cashnetUSA.com</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Do you know what the
interest rate is on those loans--a little over 200%. That is a whole lot of
money, and I do mean A whole lot of money-!!!!(1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">I then posted a link to that ad on TV:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V3Q2jjSK0lg" width="320" youtube-src-id="V3Q2jjSK0lg"></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Along with:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1PTlvwMamtc" width="320" youtube-src-id="1PTlvwMamtc"></iframe></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Their complaint is that I threatened people
with violence. So where in this comment does it say that I encourage anyone to
use violence? The answer is nowhere. There is no suggestions that people use
violence against these lenders. In earlier posts I did say that these lenders
are crooks, and they deserve much worse than what most activist want to do. I
posted an article in my blog, the <i><a href="https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2021/08/predatory-lenders-may-just-get.html">Idiot
Factor: Corruption Folly</a></i> which said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I recently attended a Payday Loans Town Hall meeting. Most of the
people there wanted to reform the predatory lenders rather than banning them.
My personal feelings are that people who try to profit of the most vulnerable
of people really belong in jail. I would rather see those institution banned.
That is possible, but maybe not what is best for the people who live around
them. Maybe the people who live around the Payday Loans and other similar
institutions will be better off if those institutions simply treat them fairly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t <i><sub>blame</sub></i>
the people in those areas for wanting reforms rather than bans. But I have a
strong distaste for those who want to profit of off those in our society who
are already down. The profit off of those who have problems finding a job that
pays more than minimum wage. They profit off of those who may be living in sub
standard homes, which cost them a lot of money. They profit off of
those who may be driving cars that are about to fall apart at any time. When
they do fall apart they have to find money to fix them and that is not always
possible.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the past I have suggested that some of these
deserve to be shot, “DESERVE,” but I never seriously suggested that people
actually use violence against them. My latest comment said nothing about
hurting anyone. I didn’t say anything about putting people in jail. So why was
my view point censored?! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This is an obvious case of me being shut down
simply because some one does not like my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><i><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook</span></i><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a monopoly that can control what ever they
want in a public forum. We already have three major news networks, <i>ABC, NBC</i>
and <i>CBS</i>. All of them are very biased. These three networks dominate what
passes for news and what is accepted speech and what is not. If there are views
they don’t like, they have ways to make them go away. They ignore them and make
sure such views are kept from the public. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are very affective at doing this. <i>Facebook</i>
is following in their footsteps. They are making sure that anyone who does not
support the Bourgeois status quo, simply disappear—or at least their opinions
do. For example, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how many people in the public eye are able to disagree
with our leader’s treatment of Cuba? Those who defend the Cuban government are
kept out of the public eye.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The bourgeois press is
fond of pointing out that America’s Communist Party can freely publish their
newspaper. That is true. But how many people have ever seen it? If any American
wanted to see that newspaper for themselves, how easy would it be to find such
a paper? How many people know where to get one? Unlike the old Communist run governments,
we do not have official censorship—we have effective censorship. There are no
laws on the books to censor people here in America and yet there are voices that
are never heard. Thanks in part to the US Congress, and due to both parties, <i>Facebook
</i>has become another bourgeois form of thought control. They are a monopoly;
they are owned by $billionaires and those of us who cross their point of view
get buried. Only the wealthy and powerful in this country can be heard without censorship.
Others can be swept under the rug and never heard from again. There is no
organization—no company that can rival<i> Facebook</i>. And they know it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another important
point is that <i>Facebook</i> is protecting people with unscrupulous practices
that harm poor people, trapping them in debt and then squeezing out large
amounts of money from them. Such practices used to be called extortion. But
today these criminal practices stay legal thanks to such leaders as Donald
Trump and institutions as Facebook!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I plan to appeal this
to their censorship board. If that does not work, I plan to seek the help of
those who are tired of a lopsided view of leaders who believe they can censor
and destroy those who get in their way or threaten their agendas! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As of yet, we are not
beaten. We will be heard! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(1) For those who have not seen this--it is too good to not show the public--https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/301294069923254?show_form=post_problem.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-63210348861286168052021-10-31T08:52:00.003-07:002021-10-31T10:32:26.062-07:00This year's Halloween celebration<p>Each year I try to celebrate the major holidays. Some traditions are worth keeping. So today I try to post the songs<a href="https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2020/10/samhain-halloween-some-traditions-are.html"> I like for Halloween /Samhain.</a> And my personal celebrations.</p><p style="text-align: center;">At night!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kFEgDAwabY/YX67FzE8CTI/AAAAAAAAe4g/Nu1FAKr9-AYgD9fKmgc7w_aJRlHysxNpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s198/thumbnail%2B%25288%252922222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="198" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kFEgDAwabY/YX67FzE8CTI/AAAAAAAAe4g/Nu1FAKr9-AYgD9fKmgc7w_aJRlHysxNpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/thumbnail%2B%25288%252922222.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TdvfTAR0QH0/YX7S8dp-HoI/AAAAAAAAe4o/ydNotq23I7YXvRfLiOwHgony6PtVcnn1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s309/thumbnail%2B%252815%25293333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="309" height="307" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TdvfTAR0QH0/YX7S8dp-HoI/AAAAAAAAe4o/ydNotq23I7YXvRfLiOwHgony6PtVcnn1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/thumbnail%2B%252815%25293333.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year's pumpkin.</div><br /><p>And this year I found this really cool video:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YNiI6C0142g" width="320" youtube-src-id="YNiI6C0142g"></iframe></div><h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size, var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size, inherit)); font-weight: 400; line-height: var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem); margin: 0px; max-height: calc(2 * var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem)); overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-shadow: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-text-shadow, none); transform: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-transform, none);"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" force-default-style="" style="word-break: break-word;">Tim Burton - This is Halloween (by Broken Peach)</yt-formatted-string></h1><p><br /></p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-88598087465360238072021-10-23T11:40:00.002-07:002021-10-29T06:37:57.215-07:00Once again- Facebook sucks as does a lot of the people on it!<p>By Steve Otto</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is one more tirade against Facebook and not just them,
but the ass holes who use it. I just got a complaint on a stupid page called "Jukebox
of our lives." They complained because I said that Paul McCartney was not much
of a political left-winger. The moderator said they don't want my political
opinions. Well fuck them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And while we are at it, fuck all the people who think I
should not be dating. I should just keep morning or hang out with my friends.
Now are those the friends who live here in town but I never see them? Kinda
hard to hang out with them. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lately I'm totally sick of Facebook and most of the people
on there. Ya kinda learn who your friends really are after a while of being on
that stupid site. Maybe that's why I rarely go on the site anymore. I spend
most of my time alone and that seems to work the best for me. And being on line
is<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">—</span>more and more<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">—is </span>a waist of time.</p>
<p>I can date if I want to and anyone who doesn't like that can
fuck off. In fact a lot of people, on line, can fuck off anyway. I just don't
need those people!!!! </p>SJ Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487555345944757755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23632927.post-20654555656316448172021-10-21T06:35:00.008-07:002021-10-29T06:34:11.359-07:00On the death of a porn star; Amber Rayne <p> By Steve Otto</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think probably most men watch some kind of porno at least
some time in their life. I'm no different, but unlike some people, I admit it
openly. As<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a Marxist I have had to deal
with people, of both sexes, who deny that sex workers can unionize because they
believe that any kind of sex work should be eliminated from our society and any
other society. I may be a Maoist, but I also have <a href="http://ottoswarroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/peru-and-us-are-threatened-by-ideassuch.html">some libertarian</a> views on many
issues. For example I don't review comments left on my blogs because I whole heartedly
believe in free speech. That differs from a lot of Marxists who do review
comments before they allow them on their blogs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dBZrFAsA8sE/YXFsO7K8AXI/AAAAAAAAe2c/OTsYS3gT5gAEJ8wRepBMYvhWQhPxDSmaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s330/220px-Amber_Rayne_2010.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dBZrFAsA8sE/YXFsO7K8AXI/AAAAAAAAe2c/OTsYS3gT5gAEJ8wRepBMYvhWQhPxDSmaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/220px-Amber_Rayne_2010.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As with sex workers, I oppose laws against pornography,
prostitution and strippers. That has got me some nasty comments from other
Marxists. I have been told that I can't be a Marxist and hold those views. I've
been told that just having those views is the same as promoting those activities.
Some Marxists have insisted that I must be actively doing those things. And for
the record I some times surf porn, but I don't use prostitutes. I believe what
consenting adults do is their own business. I know that prostitution has been
illegal in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuba</st1:place></st1:country-region>
since the start of the revolution and yet <a href="https://ottoswarroom.blogspot.com/2019/07/cuban-traveloguecubas-system.html">I met some prostitutes </a>during my
visit there. And no, I did not use their services even though I ate pizza and
drank beer with them. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I do have a Maoist blog that gets views from all over the
world and for many months I get as many as 800 or more hits and that includes many countries around the world. I get as many as 60 hits or more from some of those
countries, such as <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>. So I do have credentials
as a Maoist. I am a Marxist, Maoist and I support many parties, groups and people around the world. So I'm not worried about Marxists who
oppose my views on this or any other subject.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So the other day I was looking at some sites on the subject
of gang bangs. There are some kinds of porno that I really don't like. Any time
someone looks like they are in pain or being abused I'm not interested or
impressed. But I came across a gang bang video by a women who I found out later
was named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Rayne">Amber Rayne</a>.
Most of the time, women in gang bang films look like victims. They may not
really be victims, but it looks that way. That wasn't the case of <strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lato; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></strong>Rayne.
She was clearly in charge of the film and the men who were trying to be in it.
She came off as a dominating woman and I had to admire that. She was no victim
and if anything, some of the guys were. Most gang bang movies are not like
that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So I became curious. What other things does this woman do?
What is she really like?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I found out she is part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM" title="BDSM">BDSM</a> community, which
a lot of us know as S and M. But I read this does not always mean pain. It can
also include people who like domination, to dominate or be dominated. Her original
name was Meghan Elizabeth Wren. She had been a movie and TV show extra before
becoming an adult movie star.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then came the real shocker. At the end of the article I was
reading it said that she died on April 2, 2016, at the age of 31. She died from
an overdose of alcohol and cocaine. Most of the time, if a person does too much
cocaine they get a hart attack and then pass out. It does not seem like<span style="background: white;"> </span>a pleasant way to die, as opposed to narcotics
in which the users just passes out and dies.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As much as I used <a href="https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2016/10/confessions-of-poppy-pod-tea-drinker.html">to enjoy drugs</a> and alcohol<a href="file:///F:/climate%20change%20rally.doc2.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> (I still drink somewhat) it does turn out to be <a href="https://addictionrehabtreatment.com/alcohol/withdrawal/">lethal</a> for <a href="https://addictionrehabtreatment.com/drugs/illicit/heroin/">some people.</a> So we
know she liked using cocaine and <a href="https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2019/06/oakland-officials-decriminalize.html">drinking alcohol, </a>but that one time she did
too much and it ended her life early. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don't usually find a porn star to be that interesting. The
last time I did was when I was still using My Space and I made friends with a
porn star who did all her own business management. She owned her own film
production company. I have always admired women who are powerful, take charge
and aggressive. That is if they are not right-wing jerks like Margaret Thatcher.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When it comes to any actors, they live in <st1:city w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:city>,
or at least in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state>.
They are usually inaccessible. That meant I had virtually no chance of ever
meeting her. Still, she was interesting. And if I want to admire her, that is
my business.</p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///F:/climate%20change%20rally.doc2.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> See Steve
Otto, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed
Yippie</i>, (AuthorHouse, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bloomington</st1:place></st1:city>
Indian, 2005).</p>
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