12:59 pm - Change Can Happen I plan to speak with Barack Obama about the C-Force Drive, the engine that my father invented that is the answer to the challenges now facing America and the planet. Current Location:Sunset Inn of Greenville, South Carolina (USA) Current Mood: inspired
11:44 am - Thucydides and Pelius Are Comrades A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
We are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must.
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. Current Location:My Pad on Siesta Key Current Mood: calm Current Music: "Sea Green and Cyan" by Greg Davis
all day yesterday i listened to this song, remembering the last time i felt close to someone . . . and felt like myself. to such a melancholy soundtrack i wrote the third part of the mythological retelling of my life. read it at http://lordpelius.livejournal.com or my personal myspace blog.
(how coincidental that another song i find deeply moving plays as i finish this post.) Current Location:kurt's house / bradenton FL Current Mood: lonely Current Music: "in all the wrong place" / ulrich schnauss
01:13 pm - mythbuilding always wanted to understand the way i really see the world? follow the exploits of pelius, red knight of the fire griffin , a quixotic retelling of my life's adventures. can pelius save his dark lady from the clutches of a domineering duke? can they cross the grand mountains to find the great fabled empire beyond? will his winged steed ever let him fly? add lordpelius to your friends list and find out! Current Location:family room Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: "see 2"
12:45 pm - WOW!!! yesterday ranks among the most amazing days of my life. details in a few days . . . probably along with MORE amazing stuff! Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: "underwater love" / smoke city
08:00 am - snowflake at 6 AM i awoke to watch snow falling upon the snow covered ground. pictures at 11 should i still have power by then.
in honor of the weather, i will play a special wintry mix featuring yagya's "the rhythm of snow" album in its entirety on my station. Current Location:bedroom Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: "feel free" / broker/dealer
01:40 am - live 2006 my life quest is to understand EVERYTHING, yet when i became an adult i realized i really did not understand myself. over the past decade i looked inward, testing my personal beliefs, assumptions, and capabilities, stripping away limitations and focusing upon strengths. this process greatly accelerated when i embraced the gift of free will and actively chose my own direction. this new freedom was tested and tempered through facing the greatest crisis of my life, a disaster born from my past inexperience, misguided beliefs, and poor choices. upon meeting and conquering this challenge, this spectre of my legacy of failure, i gained a solid confidence i only thought i had before.
grateful for a second try, i began 2006 as a new man. most everything i chose to do revolved around my loyalties to family, companies, and self. when problems arose, i faced them to their conclusion in spite of fears or odds. i dove into new roles and experiences, with emphasis on improvement and enjoyment. for once i exerted my liberty and though it often got me into trouble, i grew greatly as a person and have few regrets.
certain years in my life are so uniquely special i name them: classic 1989, golden 1993, vintage 1994, free 1997, happy 2001. now "live 2006" joins this memorable list. Current Location:family room Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: "revelation" / techlure
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