The Shabab has a Twitter account.
When Twitter first started in 2006 I went on their site to see what the buzz was all about. I looked at the amount of information they wanted from me and decided I was not going to be a Twittereeerer. It seemed like they were asking more than the standard sign up information and since I refuse to text, it didn't seem like a platform that would occupy my time. I did see the potential for other people wanting to voice their opinions in 140 characters or less....but as you've probably noticed by now....it's hard for me to streamline an idea down to a punch line. I like to surround the situation and then develop an attack plan before I try to make my point.
There are so many times when I wonder if I actually made a valid point, or just traversed the concept without actually arriving at my intented distination.....
The Shabab has a Twitter account.
DID THEY FILL OUT ALL THE REQUIRED FIELDS OF INFORMATION?
I'm pretty sure most of my Mind Jazz readers don't have the slightest idea who The Shabab is. but rest assured they aren't the latest boy band out of Australia.
This is the exact words of a few very recent Twits from The Shabab.
"The UN, a merchant of death and a satanic force of evil, has a long, inglorious record of spreading nothing but poverty, dependency and disbelief." "Mujahedin units from the Martyrdom Brigade have stormed the UNDP compound near the airport in Mogedishu, Domalia. Some of the 'white kuffar' who tried to engage the mujahedin in combat were killed and thrown out into the compound."
And people wonder why DRONES get used?
By the way.........The Shababad is an Al-Qaeda linked milita that opposes the Somalia government.
I hope they don't have a Facebook or My Space page and I'd really hate to hear that their Instagram account is operating smoothly.
Bitter non-Twitter
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A few random thoughts
Last week I picked up an audio book at the library and I'm stunned by how relevant it is......
DIGITAL FORTRESS by Dan Brown...written in 1999....long before Da Vinci Code.
NSA listening is so not new but people letting us know is.....I'm not sure what Mr. Snowden has revealed and will probably have to wait for the movie to find out....but who didn't think this was going on.
The latest interpretation of Superman might be the best. Just showing how advanced Krypton was is a big advancement in the franchise.
The San Antonio Spurs are proving that Greg Popovich might be just below the Phil classification.
Subaru makes a cool looking car.
Republicans are trying to take the IRS dealio to the top of the food chain in Washington. Sometimes it's just as bad when levels just below the top.....think they are doing the right thing.
Am I crazy or do the numbers add up to a vastly improving economy? Stock market, housing prices, car sales etc.........the unemployment numbers will take longer because manufacturing losses might take ten years to recover. Learning new skills is not a short term process.
I make more good swings on the golf course than anytime in my life and have been playing golf since the age of 12....that doesn't mean that I play better or score better. Somethings don't change.
The Great Gatsby was even better the second time.
Aaron Sorkin's NEWSROOM starts its second season on July 14th, Might be the best non musical TV show ever made.
The Yasil Puig experience is now in New York and although they got rained out tonight I'm looking forward to the response that a new Mickey Mantle type player gets in the greatest baseball city in the world. 27 championships gives them the bragging rights.
How cool is it that there is a new President in IRAN? I realize the main man is the Ayatollah but maybe a slight reduction in attitude by the President might move relations in a more civilized direction.
The only leader we get to hear is the President. The Ayatollah seems to be a rather shy man......externally for sure.
Why can't there be a Pay Per View Rolling Stones concert on HBO or Showtime?
I personally think Kobe will have a great year when he comes back.....but it might not be this next season. Reach down and pinch your Achilles tendon....now squeeze it.....now snap it. Imagine being able to play professional basketball within 7 months?
How can people not know who Lindsay Vonn is? The most decorated skier in American history is a really big deal.
Bees are much too important to be left out of the news. There should be a weekly national show about CCD.
CANADA DRY GINGER ALE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DRINKS ON THE PLANET. WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS A STOMACH ACHE AND IT SETTLES DOWN AFTER JUST A FEW SIPS....YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME. That doesn't change as one becomes an adult.
LATER
Michael Timothy McAlevey
DIGITAL FORTRESS by Dan Brown...written in 1999....long before Da Vinci Code.
NSA listening is so not new but people letting us know is.....I'm not sure what Mr. Snowden has revealed and will probably have to wait for the movie to find out....but who didn't think this was going on.
The latest interpretation of Superman might be the best. Just showing how advanced Krypton was is a big advancement in the franchise.
The San Antonio Spurs are proving that Greg Popovich might be just below the Phil classification.
Subaru makes a cool looking car.
Republicans are trying to take the IRS dealio to the top of the food chain in Washington. Sometimes it's just as bad when levels just below the top.....think they are doing the right thing.
Am I crazy or do the numbers add up to a vastly improving economy? Stock market, housing prices, car sales etc.........the unemployment numbers will take longer because manufacturing losses might take ten years to recover. Learning new skills is not a short term process.
I make more good swings on the golf course than anytime in my life and have been playing golf since the age of 12....that doesn't mean that I play better or score better. Somethings don't change.
The Great Gatsby was even better the second time.
Aaron Sorkin's NEWSROOM starts its second season on July 14th, Might be the best non musical TV show ever made.
The Yasil Puig experience is now in New York and although they got rained out tonight I'm looking forward to the response that a new Mickey Mantle type player gets in the greatest baseball city in the world. 27 championships gives them the bragging rights.
How cool is it that there is a new President in IRAN? I realize the main man is the Ayatollah but maybe a slight reduction in attitude by the President might move relations in a more civilized direction.
The only leader we get to hear is the President. The Ayatollah seems to be a rather shy man......externally for sure.
Why can't there be a Pay Per View Rolling Stones concert on HBO or Showtime?
I personally think Kobe will have a great year when he comes back.....but it might not be this next season. Reach down and pinch your Achilles tendon....now squeeze it.....now snap it. Imagine being able to play professional basketball within 7 months?
How can people not know who Lindsay Vonn is? The most decorated skier in American history is a really big deal.
Bees are much too important to be left out of the news. There should be a weekly national show about CCD.
CANADA DRY GINGER ALE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DRINKS ON THE PLANET. WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS A STOMACH ACHE AND IT SETTLES DOWN AFTER JUST A FEW SIPS....YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME. That doesn't change as one becomes an adult.
LATER
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
NSA and CIA and FBI and INFO on you and me
It seems that marketing groups have spent millions and millions of dollars trying to find out every single detail of our lives for as long as I can remember.
The technology upgrade has changed the game plan and for all practical purposes it's going to get even more invasive.
The world of APP's has opened up more windows than one can even imagine.
You download an APP that you think is used for one thing and it's quite possible it's used for something else, along with it's primary purpose.
People can't be naive enough to think that gathering information is going to be limited to what you buy at the grocery store.
In truth....we are involved in a new type of war fare and when there are groups in the world that would like to see the American way of life come to a complete meltdown....it's up to someone to make sure that doesn't happen.
It's actually your job and my job....but we are too busy being Americans and enjoying this treasured way of life to start spying on every asshole and dickhead that wants to cause THE CURRENT UNITED STATES SYSTEM to fail......so......
SOME ONE'S GOT TO DO IT!
If in that process of trying to fend off any form of attack....some useless information gets recorded ......than so what?
THE QUANTUM COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN OUR IMMEDIATE FUTURE WILL DO IT....WITH OR WITHOUT OUR HELP.
I'm hoping that the intrusive technology (IT) makes it extremely hard for fanatical groups to conduct their destructive behavior within our borders. Actually I'd like to see IT being extended to every country on this planet.
I'd like to know that it's impossible for anyone who wants to blow up people who don't agree with how GOD should be loved....to succeed.
IMPOSSIBLE TO SUCCEED
I'd like FAILURE to be the optimum word when discussing terrorists activity AND IF we have dormant dickhead cells operating within our borders then someone needs to be doing the dirty work..
Your taxes pay the salaries of every three letter government organization. I'd even like to think that there are some two letter organizations and maybe even one letter organizations that are doing everything possible to keep America safe.
If someone is listening to my phone conversations and reading my e-mails and trying to decipher my blog then all I have to say.....HEY.....BUY SOME OF MY ARTWORK!
...............AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
The technology upgrade has changed the game plan and for all practical purposes it's going to get even more invasive.
The world of APP's has opened up more windows than one can even imagine.
You download an APP that you think is used for one thing and it's quite possible it's used for something else, along with it's primary purpose.
People can't be naive enough to think that gathering information is going to be limited to what you buy at the grocery store.
In truth....we are involved in a new type of war fare and when there are groups in the world that would like to see the American way of life come to a complete meltdown....it's up to someone to make sure that doesn't happen.
It's actually your job and my job....but we are too busy being Americans and enjoying this treasured way of life to start spying on every asshole and dickhead that wants to cause THE CURRENT UNITED STATES SYSTEM to fail......so......
SOME ONE'S GOT TO DO IT!
If in that process of trying to fend off any form of attack....some useless information gets recorded ......than so what?
THE QUANTUM COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN OUR IMMEDIATE FUTURE WILL DO IT....WITH OR WITHOUT OUR HELP.
I'm hoping that the intrusive technology (IT) makes it extremely hard for fanatical groups to conduct their destructive behavior within our borders. Actually I'd like to see IT being extended to every country on this planet.
I'd like to know that it's impossible for anyone who wants to blow up people who don't agree with how GOD should be loved....to succeed.
IMPOSSIBLE TO SUCCEED
I'd like FAILURE to be the optimum word when discussing terrorists activity AND IF we have dormant dickhead cells operating within our borders then someone needs to be doing the dirty work..
Your taxes pay the salaries of every three letter government organization. I'd even like to think that there are some two letter organizations and maybe even one letter organizations that are doing everything possible to keep America safe.
If someone is listening to my phone conversations and reading my e-mails and trying to decipher my blog then all I have to say.....HEY.....BUY SOME OF MY ARTWORK!
...............AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Party rules and expectations
As the summer rolls into high gear there are millions of people in this country who will attend a party or two or three or four or....... Hopefully if you live near an ocean your party will be at a beach house.
There are certain areas on both coastlines that offer high end entertainment possibilities due to the cost of the property involved. Some of this property is available to rent for a month or two during the summer for prices that would be hard to imagine for most Americans.
Imagine $100,000 a month for a house on the beach in Malibu.......now stop imagining because it's true, even though most high end rentals are in the $70,000 a month range.
I think the next door renting neighbor, of my friends in Malibu, is paying $500,000 because he is so uptight the money squeeze is making his brain very very very small.
I agreed there are certain party rules that should apply where close proximity neighbors are involved.
#1 Invite the neighbors to the party when it's going to be attended by more than 50 people.
(it's very easy to have a party with 25 close friends and family and the uptight neighbor has no business attending that type of private function.
#1a Rule 1 doesn't ever actually take place unless the neighbors are hot. If they are really hot they are probably having their own parties that you want to attend.
#2 During the week there should be a 10 o'clock curfew on outside music.
#3 On Friday and Saturday 12 o'clock should be the curfew for outside music. There should be no curfew on anything going on inside the house. Common courtesy would dictate that windows facing the houses on either side should be closed during any party that goes beyond 12 pm.
#4 Special Holiday's like Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day are exempt from all rules.
#4a Birthday celebrations are also exempt from all rules.
#5 No Rap music should be allowed at any party on the beach. Rap music is only allowed at inner city parties east of the 405.
#6 All beach parties must have multiple FlashFlight LED disks made by
Nite Ize http://www.niteize.com/
#7 All neighbors that complain about music on Saturday nights before 12 pm should have to cook breakfast for the people having the party.
#8 Cats should not be allowed at beach parties.
#9 Drones should not be used to eliminate uptight neighbors even if you work for Boeing and have access to their weapons program.
#10 Smoking tobacco will never take the place of smoking pot so why smoke the bad when you can smoke the good stuff. And remember it only takes one hit.
The idea of having a party is to celebrate someone or something or not.
THERE ARE NO REASONS NOT TO HAVE A PARTY.....ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER ON THE BEACH IN MALIBU.
It would be so cool to have all of 55's (address) neighbors have a party on the same night and simply not invite him.
Or God forbid......everyone near him just decides that he is right
and no more parties
no more fun.
but then again.......
There are common sense rules that apply to how parties should be constructed but no where on earth does a party on Saturday night have to end before 12PM.
End of story.
There are certain areas on both coastlines that offer high end entertainment possibilities due to the cost of the property involved. Some of this property is available to rent for a month or two during the summer for prices that would be hard to imagine for most Americans.
Imagine $100,000 a month for a house on the beach in Malibu.......now stop imagining because it's true, even though most high end rentals are in the $70,000 a month range.
I think the next door renting neighbor, of my friends in Malibu, is paying $500,000 because he is so uptight the money squeeze is making his brain very very very small.
When someone tells you to stop the music and dancing at 11:30 on a Saturday night party, which is being attended by only 10 people, and then mentions that the same house just had a party last week (Memorial Day) and that this party nonsense has to stop.....then it means that the person renting the house, on the beach, during the summer, in Malibu, simply chose the wrong location for seclusion.
I agreed there are certain party rules that should apply where close proximity neighbors are involved.
#1 Invite the neighbors to the party when it's going to be attended by more than 50 people.
(it's very easy to have a party with 25 close friends and family and the uptight neighbor has no business attending that type of private function.
#1a Rule 1 doesn't ever actually take place unless the neighbors are hot. If they are really hot they are probably having their own parties that you want to attend.
#2 During the week there should be a 10 o'clock curfew on outside music.
#3 On Friday and Saturday 12 o'clock should be the curfew for outside music. There should be no curfew on anything going on inside the house. Common courtesy would dictate that windows facing the houses on either side should be closed during any party that goes beyond 12 pm.
#4 Special Holiday's like Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day are exempt from all rules.
#4a Birthday celebrations are also exempt from all rules.
#5 No Rap music should be allowed at any party on the beach. Rap music is only allowed at inner city parties east of the 405.
#6 All beach parties must have multiple FlashFlight LED disks made by
Nite Ize http://www.niteize.com/
#7 All neighbors that complain about music on Saturday nights before 12 pm should have to cook breakfast for the people having the party.
#8 Cats should not be allowed at beach parties.
#9 Drones should not be used to eliminate uptight neighbors even if you work for Boeing and have access to their weapons program.
#10 Smoking tobacco will never take the place of smoking pot so why smoke the bad when you can smoke the good stuff. And remember it only takes one hit.
The idea of having a party is to celebrate someone or something or not.
THERE ARE NO REASONS NOT TO HAVE A PARTY.....ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER ON THE BEACH IN MALIBU.
It would be so cool to have all of 55's (address) neighbors have a party on the same night and simply not invite him.
Or God forbid......everyone near him just decides that he is right
and no more parties
no more fun.
but then again.......
There are common sense rules that apply to how parties should be constructed but no where on earth does a party on Saturday night have to end before 12PM.
End of story.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Beach access along PCH in Malibu
I realize that nonpretty soon Larry Ellison and David Geffen will own most of the property between Duke's and the Malibu Pier....but this is a list you need to keep in your wallet when visiting Malibu.
These are the addrsses that have PUBLIC ACCESS to the sands of Malibu.
20000-19958
20340
22126
22706
24320-24314
24436-24434
24604-24572
24742-24712
25120-25116
27420-27400
You might have to search around for the entrance and there might be signs that say Keep Out and Private Property but they are just trying to keep you from the sand.
Good luck trying to find a parking space....and then have a nice time sitting in traffic for two hours on your way home.
Have a nice day at Ellison beach and don't forget your sunblock.
These are the addrsses that have PUBLIC ACCESS to the sands of Malibu.
20000-19958
20340
22126
22706
24320-24314
24436-24434
24604-24572
24742-24712
25120-25116
27420-27400
You might have to search around for the entrance and there might be signs that say Keep Out and Private Property but they are just trying to keep you from the sand.
Good luck trying to find a parking space....and then have a nice time sitting in traffic for two hours on your way home.
Have a nice day at Ellison beach and don't forget your sunblock.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Video games with extra goodies
These remote controlled devices, better known as Drones, were in the news this week because our President stated that we need to cut back on their usage. His exact words......once the troops leave Afghanistan in 19 months........"We will no longer have the same need for force protection, and the progress we have made against core Al Qaeda will reduce the need for unmanned strikes." He also said he would consider proposals for an independent panel, or special court, to review evidence before a drone strike is authorized.
An independent panel or special court????????????????????? Is that equivalent to a search warrant?
Maybe I'm missing something here.....
now please acknowledge that methods of conducting military exercises are not within my realm of awareness, but it seems that if someone is looking for the dickhead terrorist and word comes down that he is now driving a white van on a mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan that the window of response is relatively short.....like maybe ten minutes. Imagine having to consult with an independent panel of a special court before taking action. By the time a decision is reached the dickhead could be in Paris having a latte.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THEM TO FIGHT THE DICKHEADS, THE DECISION NEEDS TO BE.......A RIGHT NOW DECISION.
The idea of drones has always bothered me because once a product is created than that product usually ends up at a trade show and war toy trade shows can be attended by anyone with a business card. The United States has always been able to create advanced war toys and being a capitalist free enterprise system means that those war toys will be available to anyone with enough coin. I understand that they might not sell the latest wonder toy but they sure as hell will sell last years model.
Keep in mind that the military buys drones from civilian businesses.
When the President says that drone usage will decline sharply I get very very very nervous.
It makes me nervous because the manufactures of drones will not be happy with reducing the purchases of their newest and greatest war toy.
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IS THE FOLLOWING ACTION.....
AGITATION IN SOME OTHER HOT AREA THAT MIGHT DEMAND AN INCREASE IN DRONE STRIKES.
PICK YOUR FAVORITE HOT AREA AROUND THE GLOBE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO CREATE AN AGITATION.....and God knows that if there is cooperation between the CIA and American munitions manufacturers then that agitation could happen in NUMEROUS HOT AREAS and maybe even some obscure not so hot areas.
The Drone era is here and it's out of the bag and I suspect that eventually there will have to be an international DRONE TREATY.
I MEAN IF EVERYONE HAS THEM THEN WHO GETS TO USE THEM?
I'm pretty sure that Drones equipped with munitions will eventually be banned by the UN.
Of course I always see a much brighter future
than
the
military complex participants.....
It's a future where weapons are not needed anymore because we've learned to play Scrabble to decide our differences.
It's a future that I probably won't see but your children's children might.
It has to start somewhere....so why not here and why not
now?
I realize that I started this article by explaining how the strike decision of drones has to work...but I want it made perfectly clear that I don't want drones to exist. Of course there's a whole list of weapons that I don't want to exist but that's just me.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Friday, May 24, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Things I won't do
There are just some things I won't do.....and resources have very little to do with the list.
But I have to assume that if I won the $600 million Powerball a few of these don't do things might be available for consideration. At the very least I would foot the bill for some loved ones to accomplish said feats.
Some of things I won't do are simply because I do have a certain glimpse of reality.....
I won't....
kill a bee
step on a spider
eat beets
own a cat
climb Mt. Everest
forget Hoyt Axton
sing the Star Spangled Banner at Dodger Stadium
shoot a sub par round of golf
stop loving 40 foot screens
remember any grammar school teachers that weren't named
Sister Mary Margaret
understand how political corruption is achieved
care much about food except at Dermot's house
forget how to bump a volleyball with my forearms
remember the complete lyrics to any song I didn't write
drive in the Indy 500
forget Echo Lake
explain QuantumTime Travel
walk in the fast lane on the 405
run across the outfield during a professional baseball game
see an atom split
swim with pirhana in the Amazon
write an algorithm
beat Tom in a foot race
make a mountain out of a mole hill
turn down Kerry's grilled cheese
underestimate God
sing opera
spend a week in Mumbai
forget the first game of the 1988 World Series
wear a Giants hat
stop trying to create the perfect flow design
forget how to kiss
learn how to read Hebrew
ever stop worrying about Lily
address the Supreme Court
forget Creek Rd
rob a bank
forget how much Sean liked his four best friends
stop reading newspapers
ever not feel like a dad to Laura and Grace
smoke crack
get mad at Reese Witherspoon
regret my friendship with Tom
start liking the color pea green
forget the summer of 68 and 69 in Venice
date a Catholic nun
become a Catholic Priest
cut off my nose to spite my face
tell a dirty joke to your great grandmother
swallow live termites
think war is THE ONLY answer
forget one night at June Lake
Vote for anyone named Bush
take a vacation to Afghanistan
move to New York
forget taking Warman to the hoop
forget the 4H pledge
have a snake for a pet
bowl a perfect game
ever forget the moments with Sean
pierce anything on my body
ever understand why Harry's Law got canceled
be able to read James Joyce
paint my toenails
forget the RF and Mom's
stop looking for perfect female face
stop trying to draw perfect female face
work for a rug merchant
send donations to a Karl Rove charity
stop being amazed at how smart Butch is
stop going to movies on opening day
give up my DVR player
forget Little League experiences with Sean and Lily
forget my Angel years in Malibu
stop feeling disappointed that David Foster Wallace is gone
stop believing that Cop Rock will return
ever be convinced that AC/DC isn't the greatest rock band even if the Stones tour at 90
and of course
have anything to do with male parts of the body that aren't mine
Just the way I roll
And then there's this break in the action
But I have to assume that if I won the $600 million Powerball a few of these don't do things might be available for consideration. At the very least I would foot the bill for some loved ones to accomplish said feats.
Some of things I won't do are simply because I do have a certain glimpse of reality.....
I won't....
kill a bee
step on a spider
eat beets
own a cat
climb Mt. Everest
forget Hoyt Axton
sing the Star Spangled Banner at Dodger Stadium
shoot a sub par round of golf
stop loving 40 foot screens
remember any grammar school teachers that weren't named
Sister Mary Margaret
understand how political corruption is achieved
care much about food except at Dermot's house
forget how to bump a volleyball with my forearms
remember the complete lyrics to any song I didn't write
drive in the Indy 500
forget Echo Lake
explain QuantumTime Travel
walk in the fast lane on the 405
run across the outfield during a professional baseball game
see an atom split
swim with pirhana in the Amazon
write an algorithm
beat Tom in a foot race
make a mountain out of a mole hill
turn down Kerry's grilled cheese
underestimate God
sing opera
spend a week in Mumbai
forget the first game of the 1988 World Series
wear a Giants hat
stop trying to create the perfect flow design
forget how to kiss
learn how to read Hebrew
ever stop worrying about Lily
address the Supreme Court
forget Creek Rd
rob a bank
forget how much Sean liked his four best friends
stop reading newspapers
ever not feel like a dad to Laura and Grace
smoke crack
get mad at Reese Witherspoon
regret my friendship with Tom
start liking the color pea green
forget the summer of 68 and 69 in Venice
date a Catholic nun
become a Catholic Priest
cut off my nose to spite my face
tell a dirty joke to your great grandmother
swallow live termites
think war is THE ONLY answer
forget one night at June Lake
Vote for anyone named Bush
take a vacation to Afghanistan
move to New York
forget taking Warman to the hoop
forget the 4H pledge
have a snake for a pet
bowl a perfect game
ever forget the moments with Sean
pierce anything on my body
ever understand why Harry's Law got canceled
be able to read James Joyce
paint my toenails
forget the RF and Mom's
stop looking for perfect female face
stop trying to draw perfect female face
work for a rug merchant
send donations to a Karl Rove charity
stop being amazed at how smart Butch is
stop going to movies on opening day
give up my DVR player
forget Little League experiences with Sean and Lily
forget my Angel years in Malibu
stop feeling disappointed that David Foster Wallace is gone
stop believing that Cop Rock will return
ever be convinced that AC/DC isn't the greatest rock band even if the Stones tour at 90
and of course
have anything to do with male parts of the body that aren't mine
Just the way I roll
And then there's this break in the action
I post this every few months
Maybe
my
favorite
Elvis
song.
And I'll never stop being an Elvis fan!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Lost then found
Obviously written
sometime in the early 70’s of the 20th Century. I normally dated everything but this paper
was torn in the right hand corner with no date. Fairly certain it was written
as an introduction to a script I started writing about a writer seeking
isolation on the island of Maui. The
reference to Munich makes me think this was scripted shortly after the 1972
Summer Olympics.
“To understand
this story of an everyday man
You only
have to be an everyday man to understand”
The complications
in my life are probably no different than anyone who shall read these
words. They honestly represent the
special three things that dominate us all; Love,
Money and Thought.
Why complicate
matters more? Our indulgence of the
various situations will create less hassle in an obviously chaotic climate. That answer is
fine if you can allow yourself the minute pleasure of observation without
participation.
Detrimental to the flourishing and blossoming
existence that should be available and possible for all members of the human
race.
and then the story starts……..
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Carbon Dioxide levels or Mother's day salute
When my mom passed away in 1980 carbon dioxide was probably 385 ppm.
Carbon dioxide was measured at 400 parts per million at the oldest monitoring station which is in Hawaii sets the global benchmark. The last time the worldwide carbon level was probably that high was about 2 million years ago, said Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP)
In 1980 I would imagine that carbon dioxide measurements were probably known by less than 1 percent of the world's population.
WHO AM I KIDDING?.......one hundredth of one percent is more likely.
Today a much larger portion of the population is aware but I'm sure the number of people who actually understand what these numbers mean for the human experience...is quite low.
My mom would think I had taken acid if I had brought it up in 1980....and she would have been correct if it had been a few years earlier.
By the way this is the first time in my blogging career that acid has been mentioned twice in a row.
I wonder if I am looking for answers from interior windows of my mind.
Maybe it's time to listen to some Mother's day songs.
Guess what? Nobody has ever created a standard Mother's Day song.....so
I still love you mom and thank you for everything you did for me. Happy Mother's Day and could you talk to someone in upper management about lowering the Carbon Dioxide numbers.......getting down to 360 or so would be sweet.
Love
Timmy
Carbon dioxide was measured at 400 parts per million at the oldest monitoring station which is in Hawaii sets the global benchmark. The last time the worldwide carbon level was probably that high was about 2 million years ago, said Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP)
In 1980 I would imagine that carbon dioxide measurements were probably known by less than 1 percent of the world's population.
WHO AM I KIDDING?.......one hundredth of one percent is more likely.
Today a much larger portion of the population is aware but I'm sure the number of people who actually understand what these numbers mean for the human experience...is quite low.
My mom would think I had taken acid if I had brought it up in 1980....and she would have been correct if it had been a few years earlier.
By the way this is the first time in my blogging career that acid has been mentioned twice in a row.
I wonder if I am looking for answers from interior windows of my mind.
Maybe it's time to listen to some Mother's day songs.
Guess what? Nobody has ever created a standard Mother's Day song.....so
I still love you mom and thank you for everything you did for me. Happy Mother's Day and could you talk to someone in upper management about lowering the Carbon Dioxide numbers.......getting down to 360 or so would be sweet.
Love
Timmy
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Somewhat personal
Mind Jazz is usually devoted to addressing issues that are not of a personal matter but more global in nature....things that affect everybody in the long run. Of course I interject my artwork once in awhile but mainly that part of my existence is posted on one of my Facebook pages....Michael T. McAlevey.
When I post pictures from www.Space.com or www.Hubblesite.org it's because I believe you need a larger grasp of reality.
When I post music it's simply a chance to help you remember some of the great sounds that have come and gone through your life.
This morning, while reading the newspaper, I discovered that my Thyroid doctor, Boris Catz, passed away on May 2.
On October 13, 1976 a total thryroidectomy was performed on me at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles California and I woke up in the recovery room to Dr. Catz asking me what I had been doing to make my vocal chords ten times their regular size.
On October 10, 1976 I was at the Oakland Coliseum experiencing the Grateful Dead for the first time as they opened a daytime concert for a little band known as The Who. It was a Bill Graham series of concerts called A Day on the Green.
http://archive.org/details/gd76-10-10.hollwein.vernon.11670.sbeok.shnf
I just YouTubed the date and the link above is a complete audio of the Dead portion of that show.
If you blow up the second picture a thousand times you will see me about a quarter of an inch from the stage.
Now that Dr. Catz has passed away I think it's ok to explain why my two hour Thyroid operation actually took 5 and 1/2 hours.
When I post pictures from www.Space.com or www.Hubblesite.org it's because I believe you need a larger grasp of reality.
When I post music it's simply a chance to help you remember some of the great sounds that have come and gone through your life.
This morning, while reading the newspaper, I discovered that my Thyroid doctor, Boris Catz, passed away on May 2.
On October 13, 1976 a total thryroidectomy was performed on me at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles California and I woke up in the recovery room to Dr. Catz asking me what I had been doing to make my vocal chords ten times their regular size.
On October 10, 1976 I was at the Oakland Coliseum experiencing the Grateful Dead for the first time as they opened a daytime concert for a little band known as The Who. It was a Bill Graham series of concerts called A Day on the Green.
http://archive.org/details/gd76-10-10.hollwein.vernon.11670.sbeok.shnf
I just YouTubed the date and the link above is a complete audio of the Dead portion of that show.
If you blow up the second picture a thousand times you will see me about a quarter of an inch from the stage.
Now that Dr. Catz has passed away I think it's ok to explain why my two hour Thyroid operation actually took 5 and 1/2 hours.
The tickets to the show had been purchased back in the spring of 1976 long before there was any thought of a thyroid operation. I was being treated for a hyperactive thyroid but my first doctor simply didn't know much about thyroid problems and the medicine prescribed was wrong and I developed a goiter sometime before the summer of 1976. My mom heard about a thyroid doctor in Beverly Hills and I went south to meet with Dr. Boris Catz. My standing heart rate on my first visit was 185. Boris asked me if I had run from Northern California. He immediately put me on Inderal and told me to do nothing for the next few months except eat and sleep. I stayed with my mom and basically just chilled. It gave me a great opportunity to write, pray and meditate and for the first time in my life I actually put on weight and went from 165 lbs to 190 lbs in just a few months. My heart rate dropped to about 120 and treating the thyroid came down to two options. Start being treated with radioactive iodine or have the thyroid (goiter) removed. Dr. Catz highly recommended the complete thyroidectomy because radioactive iodine could affect my reproductive system. At the time I wasn't really using my reproductive system but I did have high hopes for future moments along those lines.
In September Dr. Catz scheduled the operation for October 13. I called my friends up north and told them I probably wouldn't be able to make the show and that they should sell my ticket. A week later they called me and said they couldn't find anybody and that I should just come up on Saturday and drive back on Monday. Since I had been extremely dormant for almost three months I figured it would be ok to take a short break before I had my throat sliced open.....so on Friday the 8th I drove up to Marin. Saturday night I went to sleep early because our plan was to leave at 5am for the Oakland Coliseum where it was first come first serve for the infield. I remember waking up around 4 and discovered that it was quite cold outside so I put my clothes on over my pajamas.
I then went into the living room and my friends were wide awake and were sitting on the couch looking at the coffee table like it was the Grand Canyon. On that table was a lovely plate with six small tablets. The name Ozley came up and while I probably considered it a bad idea I nevertheless made a decision that might have been the wrong decision but a decision made is a plan laid and the moment came and went with two of those tablets entered my mouth and quietly slipped past my large goiter and entered my blood stream.
I'm pretty sure I took the acid much too early in the day. The show wasn't going to start until 10 am and The Who had to follow The Dead and I had no idea that The Grateful Dead liked to play for 3 or 4 hours.
I do remember visuals starting while waiting for the gates to open at 8 am and I also recall the run to the grass in front of the stage was exhausting once the gates opened. There was a lot of pushing and shoving but most people were wearing tie-dyed clothing so it was quite colorful. I hadn't done anything physical in quite awhile and I still had a fairly rapid heart rate but while breathing hard the colors got stronger and stronger and that helped to calm me down.
We ended up about 40 feet from the stage....dead center. Remember this was my first (and last) Dead concert and the first 20 songs were actually mellow and grooving was pretty easy. Grooving is what we did in the 70's and although it sounds silly now.....grooving really explains the feeling one has while on two tabs of Ozley's work listening to the beginning of a Grateful Dead concert. It's really one of those "you had to be there" moments to understand the concept of grooving.
What song changed grooving to active dancing participation? I'm not really sure, but things started picking up and what happened next was substantiated by my friends on the ride home. Jerry Garcia started a rock and roll rift and every 20 seconds the following words came out of his mouth.
"COUGH IT UP"
I swear I can still hear it today....and every time he sang "COUGH IT UP" I coughed.....and I coughed in beat with the song and he got louder and my cough got louder and people started to back up and within a few minutes there was an empty path to the stage and Jerry was on the edge and there was a circle of people around me and I started taking off my clothes and of course under my clothes were my pajamas.
It's important here to remind you that I'm a natural born rock and roll dancer. The Who were my favorite and there had been previous moments over the last few years that my dancing had been fully responsible for having sexual encounters.
Back to the moment with Jerry.......
I was absolutely convinced that I was going to cough up my Thyroid so that I wouldn't have to have my throat cut in three days. The image of my overweight body in PJ's had to bring some people down but my mind was focused on the task at hand and I was convinced that the goiter was on its way up and out.
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
WHICH IS TRULY ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF HALLUCINATING ON GOOD CLEAR OXLEY LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE.
Why isn't it called LAD?
Back to the dance with Jerry.......
The last couple of coughs were so loud and strong that it actually scarred some people and the song finished and next thing I know there were a couple of Dead chicks holding on to me and telling me to just relax.
Small moments of affection, from women during aggressive hallucinations, can make everything smooth and very groovy.
I remember being led up to the concession counter and all I wanted was a couple of cups of ice.
The girl working behind the counter told me they couldn't sell ice only and I said I'm paying the full price but I don't want the Coke. She once more told me that she couldn't do that so I ordered two large Cokes with ice and proceeded to turn the drinks upside down with my hands saving the ice as Coke poured on the counter, which caused a big commotion but I remember shouting something about her not seeing Five Easy Pieces and maybe next time she'll focus on the issue.
To be completely truthful................ it might have been Pepsi.
By the time I got back to my spot in front of the stage I was quite spent and next thing I remember The Who is being introduced.
As my favorite band started playing I sat cross legged on the grass not moving a muscle with a very sore throat....and the funny thing is I didn't notice a lot of dancing going on around me. It seemed like the entire infield had peeked during the Dead and now it was just time to groove.
I know I'm probably making this part up but The Who didn't play very long and swear I heard Roger yell...."Fuck em" and they left the stage after a very short set. It turns out that it's not a good idea to follow The Dead when 80 percent of the audience are Deadheads.
On the way back to Marin one of the guys I was with said the exact following words....."dude, you are a better dancer than Mick Jagger but that coughing thing scared the shit out me." And the other guy made a comment about my pajamas and that he was glad they didn't come off but when I started undressing......the PJ's made him laugh so hard he almost threw up.
The next day I drove back to LA and two days later I woke up looking at Dr. Boris Catz and answered his question with the only answer that made any sense.
"SINGING"
Right after Jerry Garcia passed away I ran out and bought one of his ties.
It all comes around
and gets
neatly
tied
together
I'm not saying that I still hallucinate but I honestly believe that Dr. Catz looked up Jerry Garcia the other day and asked him to explain what the hell he was doing singing that "COUGH IT UP" song on October 10, 1976 to a silly young man.
Jerry most likely just looked back at him and said......"chill dude.....here take one of these."
By the way Internet Archive is a great site if you want to hear actual shows from the past.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
I then went into the living room and my friends were wide awake and were sitting on the couch looking at the coffee table like it was the Grand Canyon. On that table was a lovely plate with six small tablets. The name Ozley came up and while I probably considered it a bad idea I nevertheless made a decision that might have been the wrong decision but a decision made is a plan laid and the moment came and went with two of those tablets entered my mouth and quietly slipped past my large goiter and entered my blood stream.
I'm pretty sure I took the acid much too early in the day. The show wasn't going to start until 10 am and The Who had to follow The Dead and I had no idea that The Grateful Dead liked to play for 3 or 4 hours.
I do remember visuals starting while waiting for the gates to open at 8 am and I also recall the run to the grass in front of the stage was exhausting once the gates opened. There was a lot of pushing and shoving but most people were wearing tie-dyed clothing so it was quite colorful. I hadn't done anything physical in quite awhile and I still had a fairly rapid heart rate but while breathing hard the colors got stronger and stronger and that helped to calm me down.
We ended up about 40 feet from the stage....dead center. Remember this was my first (and last) Dead concert and the first 20 songs were actually mellow and grooving was pretty easy. Grooving is what we did in the 70's and although it sounds silly now.....grooving really explains the feeling one has while on two tabs of Ozley's work listening to the beginning of a Grateful Dead concert. It's really one of those "you had to be there" moments to understand the concept of grooving.
What song changed grooving to active dancing participation? I'm not really sure, but things started picking up and what happened next was substantiated by my friends on the ride home. Jerry Garcia started a rock and roll rift and every 20 seconds the following words came out of his mouth.
"COUGH IT UP"
I swear I can still hear it today....and every time he sang "COUGH IT UP" I coughed.....and I coughed in beat with the song and he got louder and my cough got louder and people started to back up and within a few minutes there was an empty path to the stage and Jerry was on the edge and there was a circle of people around me and I started taking off my clothes and of course under my clothes were my pajamas.
It's important here to remind you that I'm a natural born rock and roll dancer. The Who were my favorite and there had been previous moments over the last few years that my dancing had been fully responsible for having sexual encounters.
Back to the moment with Jerry.......
I was absolutely convinced that I was going to cough up my Thyroid so that I wouldn't have to have my throat cut in three days. The image of my overweight body in PJ's had to bring some people down but my mind was focused on the task at hand and I was convinced that the goiter was on its way up and out.
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
WHICH IS TRULY ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF HALLUCINATING ON GOOD CLEAR OXLEY LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE.
Why isn't it called LAD?
Back to the dance with Jerry.......
The last couple of coughs were so loud and strong that it actually scarred some people and the song finished and next thing I know there were a couple of Dead chicks holding on to me and telling me to just relax.
Small moments of affection, from women during aggressive hallucinations, can make everything smooth and very groovy.
I remember being led up to the concession counter and all I wanted was a couple of cups of ice.
The girl working behind the counter told me they couldn't sell ice only and I said I'm paying the full price but I don't want the Coke. She once more told me that she couldn't do that so I ordered two large Cokes with ice and proceeded to turn the drinks upside down with my hands saving the ice as Coke poured on the counter, which caused a big commotion but I remember shouting something about her not seeing Five Easy Pieces and maybe next time she'll focus on the issue.
To be completely truthful................ it might have been Pepsi.
By the time I got back to my spot in front of the stage I was quite spent and next thing I remember The Who is being introduced.
As my favorite band started playing I sat cross legged on the grass not moving a muscle with a very sore throat....and the funny thing is I didn't notice a lot of dancing going on around me. It seemed like the entire infield had peeked during the Dead and now it was just time to groove.
I know I'm probably making this part up but The Who didn't play very long and swear I heard Roger yell...."Fuck em" and they left the stage after a very short set. It turns out that it's not a good idea to follow The Dead when 80 percent of the audience are Deadheads.
On the way back to Marin one of the guys I was with said the exact following words....."dude, you are a better dancer than Mick Jagger but that coughing thing scared the shit out me." And the other guy made a comment about my pajamas and that he was glad they didn't come off but when I started undressing......the PJ's made him laugh so hard he almost threw up.
The next day I drove back to LA and two days later I woke up looking at Dr. Boris Catz and answered his question with the only answer that made any sense.
"SINGING"
Right after Jerry Garcia passed away I ran out and bought one of his ties.
It all comes around
and gets
neatly
tied
together
I'm not saying that I still hallucinate but I honestly believe that Dr. Catz looked up Jerry Garcia the other day and asked him to explain what the hell he was doing singing that "COUGH IT UP" song on October 10, 1976 to a silly young man.
Jerry most likely just looked back at him and said......"chill dude.....here take one of these."
By the way Internet Archive is a great site if you want to hear actual shows from the past.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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