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Well now. If you're in this page, you must be just a tad curious, maybe you're just bored stiff and killing time, or maybe, you just have a lot of time to burn. But since I posted the page, and sort of inferred that you were welcome, I guess I had better keep up my end of the bargain. The information will be a bit sketchy on the surface because I am of the opinion that everything including information has a fair market value. The Fair Market Value of assets would be assets, and of any information you want to know about me would be the same relative information about you. For example this means if you want to know my precise weight, then you E-mail me with the request, and you tell me your precise weight, if you want to see pictures and the names of my cats, then I want pictures and names of your cats. If you don't have cats, substitute another pet. If no pets, then a picture of yourself. My full name is {tradeable information}. I am currently residing on an orbiting rock circling a star known as Sol in the Milky Way. The rock is known as Terra and is in the third orbital ring approx. 149 million kilometres (8 light minutes) from its parent star. I reside in a small collective known as a city which is named {tradeable information}. This collective is located on a landmass floating in a large pool of greenish blue liquid. The liquid is made up of one part oxygen and two parts hydrogen. Now this information appears to be a contradictory anomoly when carefully considered with all the facts known. There is a process known as combustion (commonly referred to as fire) on this planet and this process requires oxygen in a gaseous form to proceed. Hydrogen in a gaseous form will combine with oxygen to create combustion. The strange thing is that the liquid combination of hydrogen and oxygen can be used to stop combustion. Go figure. This is just way too strange. Back to my previous train of thought, my collective is located on a landmass known as the {tradeable information} continent. This collective has smaller sub-collectives within it, and the smaller units are accessed by pathways which run around and through the collective. My unit is located at {tradeable information} Drive. I have maintained and occupied this particular location for the past {tradeable information} years as calculated on an artificially created time tracker known as the Terran Calendar. My oldest nickname is Slider. This nickname was hung on me about 20 years ago by a co-worker, Jack Dill. He always evaded the question when I asked him how and/or where he came up with that name. Over the years, numerous people have lost much sleep surmising on its deeper meaning. But there are no hard and fast answers. The most popular of the theories being tossed around would seem to involve my attraction to the fairest of the sexes, and I do seem to be attracted. It has been noted and documented that where they are, I are. I can honestly state however, that I don't know any of them (the females, not the theories) as well as people seem to surmise. This fact always seemed to be like a cruel joke on me. As it turns out, I like them a whole lot more than they like me. Somebody once told me "It sucks to be you." and apparently they were correct. It does!! I have a secondary nickname (Charmin Sharman) currently hung on me. Now I know precisely why this name is in use. It is used by almost as many of the males I work with as is used by the females. You should be able to figure out its signifigance. If you need help, just email me My current third nickname, Ashmedi, is used by one extremely good female friend I met about 2 1/2 years ago. It is my self proclaimed nickname used for MSN messenger and in the MSN chat rooms. Ashmedi is synonomous with Asmodeus, and used to be the name of one of my pet budgies who had a death wish. Ashmedi and/or Asmodeus was the demon of rage and lust and I believe the names were based on Persian mythology. The current search engine info turned up no info for Ashmedi, and indicates that Asmodeus was the jewish 'King of Demons'. I like the Persian reference better, although the names do not fit my character, personality, or temperament. Well, not as far as rage goes, however the lust part might be right on. If you search with 'DogPile', you get a ton of info, including the following two. From the encyclopedia Brittanica Asmodeus - Hebrew ASHMEDAI, in Jewish legend, the king of demons. According to the apocryphal book of Tobit, Asmodeus, smitten with love for Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, killed her seven successive husbands on their wedding nights. Following instructions given to him by the angel Raphael, Tobias overcame Asmodeus and married Sarah. From the encyclopedia Mythica Asmodeus - An evil spirit. He appears in the Apocryphal book of Tobit. Although he is described in later literature as the king of demons, in Jewish folklore he is mischievous and lively, a figure of fun and often a friend to people. He is said to disturb marital happiness, and it was Asmodeus who strangled the seven husbands of Sara during her wedding-night. Asmodeus originated from the ancient Persian demon Aesma Daeva. Latinized form of the Hebrew Ashmedai. I was born on {tradeable information} in the city of {tradeable information}. I am not planning on divulging my Terran age, however I will tell you that if I had been born on Mars, I would be celebrating my 32nd Martian birthday next May 28, 2002. If I had been born on Venus, I will grudgingly admit to more than 60 Venusian birthdays, well, maybe a lot more than that, but I ain't saying. If I had been born on Saturn, I would be celebrating my 2nd Saturnian birthday on Mar 01, 2001. And my 5th Jovian birthday will fall on Jul 18, 2001. If you would like to know how young or old you would be on all of the orbiting masses of rock in this solar system (the big ones only, I don't do asteroids, comets, or windows), just e-mail me with your name and complete Birth date (Month, Day, and Year is mandatory, time of day is optional). I will send you the next significant dates in your life when you can celebrate, have a party, and logically expect other people to give you gifts. A better idea and one that may pay better dividends would be to calculate a loved ones various ages. Go check out the Birthday page for ideas and the rationale to support such totally bizarre behavior. My secondary goal in life at the moment is to live long enough to celebrate my first Plutonian birthday. I only have to hang in for approx another 189 earth years (or approx 69000 big sleeps), and I will have done it. And what is my primary goal you say? Well now, that is {tradeable information} One of my hobbies is custom Stained Glass creations. And a second is playing around with computer graphics and honing my skills. Check out the Graphics pages for custom wallpapers based on photos, and collages created from the union of 2 or more photos. Some of these were created in resolutions that allow the printing of the collages as actual and surrealistic photos. And my third hobby, not necessarily in terms of importance, is browsing or window shopping. That is the politically correct term(s) for girl watching. Browsing is inexpensive, invigorating, and inspiring. It is non fattening, non allergenic, and not illegal as yet. This page is being updated in February, the temperature is brutal, the wind is wicked, and its\'s not going to get any better for a while. Another very short summer in this neck of the woods. How impressed do you think I am at the moment. This is truly a sad time of the year. But on the optomistic side, there is only about 7 paydays to spring. That is my definition of spring. My definition of spring is when I can realistically expect the girls to be out of those damn confining coats, skirts instead of pants, blouses instead of sweaters, and beginning to delayer in general. I am the proverbial self taught "jack of all trades", and Master of none. What else can I say about that, I think I pretty much said it all. A rather strange but very wise observation was made by my son a few years ago. He noted that there seemed to be some eerie correlation between his age and my IQ. If I recall the note in the card correctly, it was something to the effect "The older I get, the smarter you are". Or get, or something to that effect. It's too bad kids don't notice that sooner in their life when it would benefit them the most. I am married and have 2 kids (one of each). There wasn't any point in having any more, they would have just been repeats. I also have 3 grand kids (the first two belonging to the fairest of the sexes and then one more who doesn't). They are all courtesy of my daughter and her husband who decided this on their own. Nobody bothered to consult me as to my feelings on the subject. Now that they have arbitrarily decided to make me Grandpa, the only thing left to look forward to is Great Grandpa. That thought scares the willies out of me. At the rate my life seem to be travelling, that stage is just around corner, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Well actually I do know what I want to be. I just can't figure out how I can get to be Emperor and the sole male of a balmy South Sea Island with High speed Internet access and a personally handpicked female population. It doesn't need to be a large one, and I have a couple of dozen names in mind, and there are some strong front runners. Almost all of the names I have in mind are locals, and I am sure that if the girls at work or elsewhere in this city were aware that they were on this fantasy wish list, some would be absolutely mortified, some would probably be insulted, some would go "Tsk Tsk Tsk" and some would just smile and graciously accept that knowledge in the spirit it was meant which is complimentary. Some very insecure husbands and boyfriends may be ticked, however, they would not have a problem if they were doing the dreaming. But knowing the way my luck works, my complete female population would probably switch sides, my Internet access would go on the fritz, and my island would float south towards the Antartic polar ice cap. If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all. But still, If only dreams came true. Dogooders or militant feminists can stay off my case, and if you are insulted etc, then you will have to take it up with your god &/or gods as he/she decided what my genetic makeup would be and how it will react to the other sex. I'm quite aware that girlwatching or even thinking about girlwatching is politically incorrect thinking these days but where's the harm in a little fantasy or wishful thinking. You can't be convicted for just thinking, or dreaming can you. At least I hope not. I could be in a whole bunch of trouble. I like Proverbs (those little gems that we are supposed to live our life by) and Murphy's Laws (those little gems that we actually live our life by). Check out my Links or Proverbs pages for more Proverbs, or check out my Murphy's Laws for more of them. On the previous version of this, I had selected a favorite Proverb. I was planning to replace it with a new one, so I went and checked my sons Proverbs Pages. Have you ever noticed how many proverbs there are? Anyways, I couldn't decide on just one, so I have borrowed a bunch from him. These qualify in my mind as special and are what I try to remember when I am trying to live life. "The deepest feelings are the hardest to express." "The best thing to break the ice is a smile." "The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive." "People can alter their lives by altering their attitudes." "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important." "Most smiles are started by another smile." "Worry is very much like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do but it won't get you anywhere." "Hindsight is good, foresight is better, but insight is the best of all." "Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." "If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." "No matter how limited a vocabulary you have, it is big enough to say something you will later regret." "The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant, and the population is still growing." "They do not love, that do not show their love." "The best sense of humour belongs to the one who can laugh at himself." "Smile with your eyes and not just your mouth." "The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed." "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." "A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down." "Friendships are fragile and need as careful handling as any other precious thing." "Be careful what you wish for, it may come true." My favorite Murphy's Law is "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Then the cycle repeats itself, again, and again, and again". I attempt to live by the "Golden Rule". but it can't be working for me though, otherwise my complete life wouldn't be following Murphy's Law so closely. Oh well, just another of life's little mysteries. I really wish someone would give me the answer book. Hell, I'd be willing to buy the damn thing. Currently is considered an ongoing Work in Progress, or maybe you are witnessing the ramblings of a potentially disturbed mind in real time. |
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