First month I've ever missed

When one looks back through the archives of Mind Jazz , and eventually that will be all that is left, it will be interesting to note that September of 2014 has ZERO posts.

I think my excuse is fairly adequate for the non-posting month.

One thing I just noticed is the amount of increased views on my stat sheet.  Overall increase is rather interesting.....and I'm not sure what that's attributed to.  It's almost like more people are looking when I'm not posting on a regular basis.  Which means if I never post again, within two years I should have about 1 million readers.

Oh, to live and operate within the land of fantasy....

I do envision having quite a few more readers but a million would seem rather impossible..... but once again I marvel at the mysteries within which the Universe plays with me.

I know the Universe plays with everyone but I feel like I experience an abnormal amount of interaction that seems to have jovial combined with heartwrenching elements.

But that's just me you see.......

"The Other God Particles" is the main reason for missing September and although it only ran 11 days....it totally consumed 100% of my time and energy.  It started on the 6th and ended on the 16th......of course it took six months (and 35 years) to complete the project.

The next excuse is explained in the photo below.

This event happened on September 20th and was shortly followed by that stoic couple becoming themselves again....I think it took about two hours to answer the water call.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Stoker or Mr. and Mrs. Rachel Roberts or Mr. and Mrs. RayPat StokerRoberts or Mr. and Mrs. Cy's Owner's or Mr. and Mrs. LetTheGoodTimesRoll couple of the year.

It was a very special day and evening and I'm was quite proud to be part of it.

NOW let's get back to ME. 

I was going to do a complete summary of the show but since the 11 day run turned out to be "Previews" for the next show and for the show after the next show....I've decided to leave out the gory details.  And as my friend Norton Wisdom said two weeks before the show....."Art show openings are a train wreck."   I don't think my show was a train wreck but there sure were some derailings that took place in the time leading up to....during...and immediately after the actual event.  And the main culprit didn't turn out to be yours truly but instead that title rested on the shoulders of the gallery owner.

Everyone says the same thing about him....."He's a really nice guy."

It actually might be true but his business and marketing sense is pretty much non-existent....except of course when it comes to his own artwork.

And one consistently hears this quote about him...."well, he is an artist, after all."

Very few artist have ever been able to run a successful art gallery so that's one explanation regarding his shortcomings.

I realize that it's not entirely his fault, but operating a business within a dead paradigm is just not a good idea if one wants to stay in this particular type of business.

The INTERNET has totally changed the dynamic on how living artist can present their work.
Of course it's nice to have a good location with walls to show your work but if the gallery in question doesn't have an established collector base (and it need not be a large base) then what actual good benefits an artist being in said gallery?

By the way...a collector base is a certain number of people that trust and rely on the gallery owner to present them with artwork, and artists, that might prove to be worth collecting.   The worth part becomes illusionairy because whereas the work might prove socially important, that doesn't necessarily translate to increased financial value.....and generally collectors are quite interested in that aspect of collecting........DUH!

I was totally responsible for 99% of the 300 people who attended my opening.  Had I not done the marketing work I would have been standing in a gallery with the owner and his single paid employee listening to him say for the 15th time......"see I told you no one would buy anything."

He claimed to have a 3000 e-mail invite list....and yet there weren't 10 people who came because of his invitations.

I said I wasn't going to summarize the entire ordeal but the fact of the matter is....the owner of the gallery tried quite hard to make sure I didn't have a successful show.

Little did he realize that I was in "Previews" and just being able to present the show for the first time was all I really wanted to do. 

The fact that I did sell some work just made the experience that much sweeter....but truthfully the only reason sales are important is because it allows one to buy more supplies.

For the last two weeks I have been cleaning up my "Studio" so that I can get busy for the next presentation.  Since January I have been inside a massive mini cylinder of chaos trying to create the vision that I had banging around inside my little brain.

The Order that resulted from the Chaos came out looking pretty damn good.......and I can say that because I heard it over and over and over and over....and one doesn't tire of hearing nice things about something that has dominated every waking moment for the last 9 months.

The last photo shows the picture windows covered in 1/2 foam core......of course next time I will have something painted on the foam core.....like maybe a knock off Bansky piece. My friend Patrick had to put up and take down the foam core three times during the night so that I could present my SHOW in its best LIGHT.   Ambient light reduces the effect of protons colliding at almost the speed of light............and I need to have A GLOWING LIGHT within a dark room........if you get my drift.

When a room full of people, in an Art Gallery,  start clapping and cheering you know you've done something right.

Now I've just got to get back to work and make sure the next show is even more RIGHT.  And for a guy who is always leaning to the LEFT.....that's not really easy to do.

I feel confident that by the time I hit Broadway I will have THE SHOW honed to a tee.

HONED TO A TEE........never used that expression before.....is it actually honed to a T?

I'm consistently confused about certain things in the Universe.....but once again I say

THAT'S JUST ME YOU SEE.


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Normally not a diary type blogger BUT WTH.

I know it's dated Friday....but I didn't finish until 11:30 Saturday night because I have a few million other things on my mind besides this.  Started on Friday.

Now that it is only eight days away I think I should take a few minutes from my project and bring my many readers up to date.  I'll wait a sec until you stop laughing. 

Ok, got that out of your system? 

Let's pretend that you are my only MIND JAZZ reader.

.........

Good morning,

First off I hope everything is going well for you and that all your hard work and energy pays off in ways that not even you can imagine.

On Saturday night September the 6th I'm having my first solo art show.  I know you already know that but it's just fun to write it out one more time.....in fact one more time

I'm having my first solo art show on September 6 2014....at the Hamilton Galleries in Santa Monica.  This is the press release and then the official invite card.   I truly would be extremely disappointed if you didn't show up

Invite card

It's a fairly big deal in my life and I've only been thinking about something like this since I was 6......so the old adage, better late than never, really applies in this case.  I was in galleries in the early 90's but never a solo dealio.

But that's not all the great news that is happening.

 

 

Those five beautiful girls are all McAlevey girl's.  Two of them, so far, have changed their last names and I simply can't explain why anyone would want to stop using MACALVY, McALVERY, MACALEVY, McLevy, Mcaleaveeay, or McWhat......just doesn't make any sense to me.

But that's just me you see.

The babe on the far right is being carried around by the beautiful Vanessa Carkonen.  There's a baby in there stupid.

The chick third from the right is now a Naylor...and the fact that Mike did just that doesn't surprise anyone who knows Victoria.

The other two hotties on the left, Alexandra and Elizabeth,  are still on the market but I don't think Evan and Gerald would appreciate that comment....but listen here boys......you guys have the inside track so don't blow it.

Now.....the second sweetface from the right....is Lily May Montana McAlevey and she is my daughter.  What has happened to her in the last month is the best career news a father can receive.
My daughter is a highly gifted dancer and artist.  She is just learning about her art abilities but her dancing abilities are known by anyone who knows her.

She now works for a dance studio in Malibu teaching little kids how to dance.
It is a perfect job for her....and it's a job that can easily become a career.  After 12 years of ballet training and dancing for free at different clubs and party venues...she now is getting paid to do what she loves.

MY HEART IS BURSTING WITH PRIDE....because she is career happy for the first time.

Lily being happy is all I want for her.  Well, I'd like her to meet a wonderful socially conscious man who knows how fabulous she is and worships the ground she walks on, but that's an issue which cannot be rushed.

The other great news is that I've begun a soft friendship with the most gifted artist that I've ever personally encountered and his beautiful wife Carla.  I say soft because this man has so many people who admire what he has done and what he represents that to say anything but soft would almost seem like an intrusion on his space.

http://leighmccloskey.com/
                                                       

Simply go to his site and then e-mail his wife at carlamccloskey@aol.com and you will be invited to events that give you an opportunity to see a modern day version of the Sistine Chapel.   And if you think that is an exaggeration......I promise to refund the cost of your time.  Oh I forgot you are quite successful so I can't afford your time....but I'll give you a free painting if you don't agree with me.

Now remember you are my only MIND JAZZ reader so I know who you are.

One of the other amazing things happening is the golf game of my older brother Jerry.  I think back 5 years ago when he started playing consistently and my dad quietly said to me...."he ain't EVER going to be able to play this game....and nobody improves once they get past 60."

SO WRONG DAD....SO VERY VERY WRONG.  He now beats everyone of the regulars he plays with including yours truly.

Ok...so now let us get back to me.  Right now it's all about ME.  Of course that will change on the morning after my show.  Then everything will revert to being all about YOU.

The Universe is having a good time with me right now. The small nuances that keep flowing through my daily existence are often times quite funny and then at other times they are quite staggeringly stressful.

Here's a funny one.  Every morning I wake up around 6 and take Ollie out for his walk.  Being a Yorkshire Terrier his bladder is the size of a golf ball so he's a 3 time a day pisser.  I walk two blocks to the market and get the LA Times and say hi to my DP's.  (Daily peoples)  Then I come home and do my morning food recycling while reading the paper.  I start with the Calender section because show biz is a big part of my life, having been born in Hollywood.  I read the entire section and then I read my horoscope. Then I read the Pearls Before Swine comic strip by Steven Pastis.  It's consistently funny and I've only been reading it for about six months thanks to my friend Dr. Francis Joseph Conlan, better known as Butch, from Northern California.  I used to read only Doonesbury but his strip during the week has been repeats for the last four months and I don't do repeats.  I appreciate that his Sunday strip is current and that's better than nothing.

Yesterday morning I woke up slightly bummed.  The night before I had done a Q & A in front of 45 people at the above mentioned artist's house regarding my art show and the Particle Fever movie.  I semi-bombed the event and felt horrible about my 15 minute presentation.  I did my regular routine and when I got to the horoscope I read the following words.

"Put the word out. Hire a PR person or become your own.  Hold nothing back. What you share will multiply your good fortunes and the good fortune of others."

It really pumped me up and I don't even believe in Astrology but I read the nonsense because....because......I'm an idiot...and contradictions along with illusion play a big part in my persona.

But most of all I know The Universe is having some fun with me and that makes me feel connected.

I enjoy the thought of being connected even if it's not true.

Keep in mind that all theories regarding NPR are abstract by their very nature....and besides that.......they are theories.  When it comes to finding truth about non-physical reality those of us who wish to appear as Theoretical mystical thinkers  do not have Experimental mystical doers to prove them right or wrong.

Experimental Physicists are fundamentally important to Theoretical Physicists......but the arena I play in has no such participants.

Neo-Illumination # 25

The string theory has been adopted by Quantum minds
and there are opportunities to truly understand
the mysteries of Creation

But keep in mind Neo-Illumination #12
Sometimes the soul of an artist can know for sure what the mind of a scientist will never understand.

Kind of cocky , huh?

Please remember...not only is Michael Timothy McAlevey coming out of the hidden art closet but I'm bring Neo-Illumination with me and the dance should prove rather interesting.

The last song on my play list for the show will be this piece by the guy who makes me dance the best....and probably the most. It's hard to sit still when Johnny does his thing.

I might be dancing all by myself.....but it will be at the end of the show and there's a good chance that I will be the only one there.

I plan on playing that song until someone comes back and checks up on me.

Well since you are my only reader I've got to thank you personally for getting to the end of this and now I've got to get back to work.

ONE WEEK AWAY

Tomorrow I'll post the brochure that I will hand out at the show, just in case you can't make it, so you will have some idea of what has brought me to this exact point.....which is approximately 13.9 billion years since The Creator gave us The Universe.

And oh by the way......Thanks.

Bless you...and be sure not to tell your friends about the show because then they might want to start reading Mind Jazz and you won't feel as special as you do....right now.

Michael Timothy McAlevey
 

















                                     

Press Release

www.hamiltongalleries.com

26 days and only 25 more things on the to do list

This isn't the invite card...just the front of my Tri-fold.....but in case you are wondering about the address......
1431 Ocean Ave
Santa Monica, California
www.hamiltongalleries.com

and for me...this song is so spot on for what I want to accomplish at the show

and in the remaining days of my life.

No nothing's wrong....just being realistic as a guy in his 60's should be.......

More show information to follow

Michael Timothy McAlevey

COUNCIL OF FAITH

The previous posting really needs to be addressed by people who make decisions that involve world peace and global harmony.

HUH?

Sounds crazy when you say it out loud.  World peace and global harmony.

To solve problems on a large scale it's important to think large....and since everybody seems to be trying to cover their own asses the thought process stays fairly individually centralized.....or small, if you know what I mean.

Organized religions should obviously lead the way because they've been built on a principle of higher consciousness and spiritual awakening.

HUH?

It does blow a collective mind when looking around the planet and realizing how many problems exist because of religious differences.

Well....it's Sunday morning and I've just decided to play two of my favorite songs instead of trying to achieve world peace and global harmony,

 

 

The COUNCIL OF FAITH should be a bit more important than Comic-Con but welcome to the 2014 reality check.

I have to admit I'm pretty excited to see Batman vs Superman and Wonder Woman.

Have a nice Sunday......but first.......listen to both songs one more time.

Part Two......in case you missed part one.....scroll down and start again

I left off with the comment that I know how to correct some of the antiquated religious thinking that would allow for the act of Apostasy to end in a death sentence.

I wrote the following on 9-15-2001........obviously four days after 9/11.

What I wrote then has not been implemented but it's still the best I've got and at the very least it's something.  I'm presenting this piece exactly how it was written

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                                                                      9-11

                                  


                             I SAW A MOVIE THIS WEEK



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I saw a movie this week.....
                  but the credits never appeared.......

the special effects were unbelievable.....so real that I
couldn't believe what I was seeing.....
I waited to see who directed this blockbuster
I waited to see who wrote the script
I waited to see who produced this epic
I waited to see who distributed this huge production.....
                    but the credits never appeared.

I waited to see who the sound editor was
I waited to see who the film editor was
I waited to see who the costume designer was
I waited to see who wrote the music score
                     but the credits never appeared.

I ESPECIALLY WAITED TO SEE WHO THE STARS WERE
                    BUT THE CREDITS NEVER APPEARED

AND
THEN SLOWLY
THE STARS STARTED TO APPEAR....
THE HERO'S NAMES STARTED TO ARISE FROM THE
ASHES
AND I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE FILM WAS A
DOCUMENTARY

I waited to see who the cameraman was....and discovered that there were hundreds of them....scattered all across the landscape....every angle was covered from every possible viewpoint and then I waited to see who the set designer was....
                                   but the credits never appeared...............
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I saw Apolcopyse Now
I saw Independence Day
I saw Pearl Harbor
I saw War of the Worlds
I saw every John Wayne movie
I saw Sargeant York
I saw Battle of the Bulge
I saw Guns of Navaronne
I saw Tora Tora Tora
I saw Sound of Music
I saw Star Wars
I saw Star Trek
                 and I remember seeing all the credits

THE SCARIEST THOUGHT IS
                 there are no credits because there is no ending and until THE END appears there will be no credits...and then it might be a little too late to show the credits except in futuristic technological history books.....

THE TRUTH IS....OUR SENSES HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED BY THE MEDIA AND THIS IS NOT A NEW THEORY....BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A TEST SCREENING QUITE LIKE THE FILM I'VE WATCHED THIS WEEK.

We have seen every form of destruction known to mankind and then add the outer space genre and we have seen amazing other forms of destruction beyond out earthly means....but there was always credits.

It turns out the film didn't start on 9-11-2001 like everybody thinks.....it started much, much earlier.
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FINDING OUT WHEN IT ACTUALLY DID START MIGHT BE THE ONLY REAL WAY TO DISCOVER WHEN THE END MIGHT APPEAR AND THE CREDITS MIGHT FINALLY ROLL ACROSS THE SCREEN.

LEARNING HOW THE ANGER AND THE HATE WAS CREATED WILL BE OUR ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE FILM MAKER'S MOTIVATIONS.

PUTTING ONESELF IN THE MIND OF THE FILM MAKER IS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHAT STIMULATED THIS HUGE PROJECT.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT....IS TO
DISCUSS.......
CONVERSE.......
COMMUNICATE.......
WITH THE CREATOR OF THIS INCREDIBLE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA EVENT.

Understanding the reasons, even if you don't agree with them....allows you to know what moral avenue one must travel to seek solutions.

If this is truly a HOLY WAR then the answers are going to be extremely hard to understand.  The reasons are not going to make any sense at all, unless you are on the side of that certain belief system.

HOW IRONIC IS THE TERM.....HOLY WAR???????
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THE IDEA THAT ANYONE ON THIS PLANET REALLY BELIEVES THAT GOD APPROVES OF ANY ACTION WHICH CAUSES THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOUL TEMPLE.......IS AN IDEA
THAT REEKS
OF
INSANITY

Human insanity regarding spiritual ideas is not a new form of insanity and probably dates back further than any type of insanity exhibited by mankind.

We, as a species, have chosen to define violent actions by using GOD's name more times than can even be discussed.

ALMOST every organized religion on this planet has illustrated extremely poor judgement when dealing with other organized religious belief systems

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For us to understand anything about this last week we must begin at the beginning of each belief system.  We must study and we must learn and then we must accept and we must tolerate differences.....and above all we must immediately STOP THINKING that the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE APPROVES OF ANY VIOLENT ACTION TAKEN TO ACHIEVE A SPIRITUAL END.

 SOUL AWARENESS must emerge from this tragedy, by victims and perpetrators, from observers and reporters, children and nations.

DO WE HAVE THE POWER?
Do we have the ability to use our true power to overcome the hostility?
Will we only use the type of power that creates more destruction or will we truly begin to demonstrate a stronger power?

This power that is being tested perhaps as never before....it is a power that exists in each and every soul on Earth....IT that must surface for PEACE and FREEDOM to finally arrive on our planet.  We are at a crossroads of unbelievable proportions and if we are unable to use the POWER of LOVE at this crossroads, the havoc which will result, because of that failure, will turn this beautiful blue/green sphere into an arena of chaos.....well beyond our wildest imaginations.

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AND HERE IS THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM......

WE NEED TO GET THE STARS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE SCRIPT WRITERS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE DIRECTORS TOGETHER
WE TO GET THE PRODUCERS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE STUDIOS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE PUBLICISTS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE CRITICS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE DISTRIBUTORS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE FILM EDITORS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE SOUND EDITORS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE SET DESIGNERS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE GRIPS TOGETHER
WE NEED TO GET THE CATERERS TOGETHER
AND
THEN
WE
NEED
TO DEMONSTRATE OUR ABILITY TO LISTEN AND LEARN
AND THEN LOVE WHAT WE HEAR AND LOVE WHO WE HEAR IT FROM.....AND THEN LOVE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TRYING TO REACH THE SAME GOAL

AND most of all, as members of the human race, 
we DEMAND validation of violent behavior by religious ideals in our PRESENT TIME FRAME....which is the 21st Century in case it slipped your mind.

WE DO THIS BY
CREATING A MAJOR MEDIA EVENT
CALLED...........

            THE COUNCIL OF FAITH

We cover it like no media event in history and we give it prime time exposure......and equal to the amount of time it has taken to demonstrate tragic religious behavior.

Let the world watch and participate.

BRING EVERY RELIGION, through various levels of leaders within each organization, TO THE COUNCIL OF FAITH and once and for all let's put them all
on
TRIAL!

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The COUNCIL OF FAITH will document every atrocity ever committed in GOD's name

IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A HOLY WAR
THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A
HOLY SOLUTION
and if it takes 100 years
SO BE IT!

And this point is quite important.......while the COUNCIL OF FAITH is convened there will be an immediate cessation of all violent actions by religious groups. 

Unrealistic you say....so is a death sentence for Apostasy.

EVERY DAY IT WILL BE COVERED LIVE
BY ALTERNATING TELEVISION NETWORKS AND RADIO BROADCASTS.

(by the way...this was written before Google and Social Media became mainstays in our daily life...so of course the coverage by Facebook and Twitter simply adds to the amount of people paying attention)

USE THE MEDIA IN WAYS  NEVER USED....MAKE GOVERNMENTS HELP PAY FOR THE BROADCAST AND ONLY ALLOW ONE ADVERTISEMENT PER HALF HOUR OF COVERAGE.

IF THIS COUNCIL OF FAITH IS ALLOWED TO TAKE PLACE THEN PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
THE HUMAN RACE CAN TRULY SEE THE CREDITS AND
HAVE AN ENDING THAT DEMONSTRATES OUR APPRECIATION TO THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
FOR HAVING GIVEN US A SOUL THAT ALLOWS US TO
LOVE
NOT
DESTROY.

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Now excuse me while I take some more mushrooms and acid and start planning the 2016
COUNCIL OF FAITH experience
at CNN, BBC, etc.......

This is crazy and I could be a target for writing this article....BUT

Some things just flat out need to change.....and not in a few hundred years but right NOW.

While glancing through Tuesday's LA TIMES I noticed a headline on the bottom of page three.

"Woman sentenced to die for apostasy freed in Sudan."

Meriam Ibrahim, 27, mother of two, one of which was just born in prison, married to an American from South Sudan, WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH LAST MONTH FOR
APOSTASY
APOSTASY
APOSTASY

I just want this to sink in.........

SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
APOSTASY

Have I made my point here?

THE FACT THAT SHE WAS FREED BY AN APPEALS COURT IN KHARTOUM IS NOT THE MAIN PART OF THIS STORY

IT'S THE ONLY GOOD PART OF THIS STORY, BUT IT'S NOT THE STORY

The story is.........that in 2014
on planet Earth
someone can be sentenced to death for
APOSTASY!

AND TO BE TRUTHFUL.....IT REALLY PISSES THE FUCK OUT OF ME.....I TRY NOT TO DROP THE "F" BOMB IN MY ARTICLES BUT..............

THIS IS A HUGE

WTFATT??????????????????????
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY THINKING?

And let me state categorically....if anyone is bothered by my using the work fuck while trying to make a point then where does the sentencing to death for apostasy rank on their list?

Using the word fuck on a bad thing to do list is number 1,900,000,000,000 compared to death for committing apostasy, which might actually rank in the top five of the all time stupid senseless bad thing to do list.....and it might be number one on the human being being evil list.

For clarification purposes....

a·pos·ta·sy

/əˈpɒstəsi/ Show Spelled [uh-pos-tuh-see] Show IPA

noun, plural a·pos·ta·sies.

a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.

 

Now read how each and every organized religion views apostasy and how they interpret this so called desertion.....which is a really strong description by the way......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy

I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT IF YOU READ THE ENTIRE WIKIPEDIA PAGE ON APOSTASY AND YOU AGREE THAT MURDERING A HUMAN BEING WHO CHANGES THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT IS ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR THEN YOU AND I HAVE A VERY DEEP AND UNREPAIRABLE SCHISM AT THE  BASIC CORE OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS.

The simple truth is that billions of people DO NOT THINK that apostasy is punishable by death........but..... and here's the big
BUT
The planet earth is inhabited by MILLIONS of people WHO DO THINK that APOSTASY
is a PROPER AND JUST reason to put someone to death.

THAT THOUGHT PROCESS NEEDS TO CHANGE
and
change

NOW!

I HAVE A GREAT SUGGESTION ON HOW TO MAKE THAT CHANGE but I've  got to get back to painting for my art show in September.

PART TWO....coming soon.

Michael Timothy McAlevey






 

Don't post like this on Sunday BUT

With the new aggressive activity, by ISIS, going on in Iraq I thought it might be a good idea to once again point out the not so obvious.

The Islamic rule of law called "Sharia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia should be viewed, whether extensively or partially, by anyone who wonders what is going on in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Southeast Asia.

But knowing how historically archaic Muslims are regarding the female role in society, it is a bit strange that  ISIS... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis  is the name of the militant group trying to make a singular Islamic state in that region.  One would think that even if its a workable acronym, the name should be changed just on principle alone. 

 

Everybody knows about the internal battle between Sunnis and Shiites for control of the Islamic religion.  First and foremost they should most definitely take a lesson from Christianity and immediately recognize that MULTIPLE interpretations of one religion can exist without bloodshed.....even though there is a history of bloodshed within that organization.  The optimum word here is HISTORY.  And that's what Islam needs to address in the year 2014.  It's time to let violent interpretations of a religious nature become a thing of the past.  There's a debate about how religious writings should be viewed and of course all supposedly HOLY BOOKS have the same debate.  Personally I think it's time for some new books......or NEO if you know what I mean.

The situation is that 1600 years later there is still an extremely hostile debate still going on within Islam about who should be in charge and what interpretation should be followed....and the bloody debate goes well beyond the boundaries of their own religion.  Islamic law says (one very strong interpretation)  basically that everyone who is not a follower of Islam and Mohammad is an INFIDEL.....and infidels can only be dealt with in one fashion.

ZAP EM!

And that is, just simply put...............NOT COOL AND QUITE WRONG....an of course completely devoid of any form of..............enlightenment.  (Which, by any stretch of the imagination,  should be the ultimate goal of any religious movement, wouldn't you agree?)

IT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE but the main problem is in the Middle East....and the United States gets sucked in because of oil (Iraq is #7 on our oil import list).

It's important to remember which countries are Sunni and which are Shiite or SHI'a

SAUDI ARABIA
TURKEY
SYRIA
PAKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
KUWAIT
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EGYPT
LIBYA
ALGERIA
SUDAN
QATAR

ALL SUNNI

IRAN
IRAQ
YEMEN

3 SHI'a or SHIITE

Obviously by now you do know that Saddam Hussein was a minority Sunni leader controlling the majority population of Shiites....and we all know how that worked out.  And it's also quite obvious that the size of Iran's military is probably the only thing stopping a complete Sunni takeover of the region.

So it would seem to me that looking at the above list that OUR (US) main cooperation would  be with the SUNNI movement......BUT WAIT....there's a trick here and no one seems to understand how that trick is being played.

I SURE AS HELL DON'T SEE HOW IT WORKS FOR US, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.............DO YOU?

If I look at the facts and jump ahead it would seem that the UNITED STATES AND IRAN NEED TO TEAM UP JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE 60'S AND 70'S WITH OUR OLD PAL THE SHAH.

LOGICALLY THAT ISN'T AN ANSWER BUT JUST BRINGING IT UP DOES SHOW HOW TRULY CONFUSING THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS.

THE SUNNI'S ARE ON THE MOVE THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AFRICA AND ARE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE ON THEIR MOVE TOWARD BAGHDAD. 

IT WOULD ALSO SEEM OBVIOUS THAT IRAN WOULD HAVE TO HELP IRAQ BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

The odd part is that Sunni's are trying to kill the Shiites when it truth the Shiites are not infidels like the rest of us.

Now you might understand why I choose to play music on Sunday.  So sorry for the break in soft melodic action but once the Egyptian Goddess ISIS appears on the scene....everything else gets trumped.

Thank God and Seamus that I have a piano........

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Like Doonesbury I can post from archives

ORIGINAL WAS WRITTEN IN AUGUST OF 2007 and with my art show coming up in September it's pretty easy to see that what I'm doing NOW is nothing new....just visual instead of wordy.

 

Just south of Orion

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, using the Wilkenson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite, discovered the ultimate NOTHING, or VOID, in a region of the sky either near or very close to the constellation Eridanus and just south of Orion.

They have discovered a "gargantuan" hole completely devoid of the following items that seem to be found in abundance throughout the universe.

galaxies
stars
dark matter

This "gargantuan" void is about a billion light years across and the researchers have stated that "they have no idea why it is there."

That's a rather funny part of the story.....like what did they think would be there to explain it....
A "GARGANTUAN" SIGN?
THIS IS A LARGE VOID IN THE UNIVERSESTAY OUT!
The researchers, headed by Professor Lawrence Rudnick and his colleagues Shea Brown and Liliya Williams, also said that a void this large has never been discovered and in fact no one even "expected" to find something like this.

NO ONE?

They also say that what they've found is not "normal."

NOT NORMAL?

Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellites have been around since.......what? The late 1990's

It's not like we've been using Microwave Probe satellites since Galileo or Copernicus.....so discovering things in the Universe that are not NORMAL seems rather presumptuous to me.

And NO ONE thought there might be areas of the universe that haven't been filled with something?

NO ONE speculated that perhaps the Universe had areas of expansion available, when I've always heard that the Universe was always expanding.....and I'm an idiot.

One of the other funny things the Minnesotans said was....."The region appeared to lack DARK MATTER."

Dark Matter, or Dark Energy depending on your school of thought... is usually detected by measuring gravitational forces, because of course.... IT.... cannot be seen directly.

My question is ....when you measure gravitational forces in order to detect DARK MATTER obviously something is allowing a gravitational force to be measured. That something normally would be either Gases or some other molecular structure such as a Star or an entire Galaxy.

COULD THIS REGION TURN OUT TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DARK MATTER?

THE BIG KAHUNA OF DARK MATTER?

THE KING OF DARK MATTER?

THE ULTIMATE DARK MATTER?

THE BOSS OF DARK MATTER?

IF SO....THEN THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE HAS A BIG FREAKIN PROBLEM.
and since you and I are temporary residents of this Universe....it becomes our problem too....

Of course realistically speaking, it's probably going to take 1 or 2 million years for that THING just south of Orion...to get into our face.
But our children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's (this could take awhile to get to 1 or 2 million years) but relatives are relatives and somebody needs to think about their future.

Obviously I have some issues with
DARK MATTER
and what we don't know about it
and yet we are trying to create
oneat the CERN facility underground in Europe.

How strange to think that THE THING just south of Orion is the ultimate big daddy of Dark Matter and IT is watching our experiment at the CERN facility just hoping that we can make a little DARK MATTER baby

and then the CONNECTION will be shorter between the two.....and
BIG DADDY DARK MATTER and LITTLE BABY DARK MATTER
CAN UNITE
AND
then finally we can check out what happens when our molecular structure gets absorbed by something that absorbs all energy and all light.

DARK MATTER FREAKS ME OUT......as I am sure you can tell.

On the other hand....perhaps a VOID in the Universe just simply makes sense because the Universe needs room to expand.
Those wacky kids from The University of Minnesota have a long football season ahead so of course they've got to be looking somewhere else.

You can bet your ass that USC kids aren't looking at anything....other than September 1....vs Idaho.

Real Dark Matter would be Idaho upsetting the Trojans.

The Universe would have entirely new problems to deal with if that happened.

AND OBVIOUSLY I'M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS I DEAL WITH MATTERS THAT ARE VERY VERY VERY DARK.

I'm sure you have your own special ways to deal with the mysteries of the Universe.

Just check out that area.... south of Orion.....and note......NOTHING.

EVERY ONE EVERY WHERE

 It would seem to me, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but knowing what kind of damage could be done if a large asteroid struck our planet, wouldn't it be a rational thought if we ALL….

 every country....every corporation....every politician....every organized or non organized religion....every atheist….every billionaire.....every millionaire.....every middle class worker.....every farmer….every artist……every warlord……..every illegal immigrant……every prison guard….every janitor……..every Major League enterprise…..every horse owner….every student…….every Union member….every Olympic Committee participant…..every Doctor, Lawyer and Candlestick maker…..EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE GREEN PLANET……

decided that we needed to work TOGETHER on a solution which will prevent ANY SEMI-LARGE OBJECT from space entering our gravitational field and striking the ground which in turn could ultimately destroy life as we know it.

If 200 countries and 10,000 scientists can spend $20 Billion and work for 20 years on an large underground hydra-collider (CERN) attempting to figure out the origins of the Universe then it would seem logical that a similar effort could be put forth to prevent the possible elimination of the human species.  So much petty bullshit is taking place between homo-sapiens when a GRAND PROJECT, like stopping a LARGE foreign object from smashing into our planet, could have us all working on the same page.

Call it EHOSP….every human on same page…or WOSP…..world on same page…….It seems like these large rocks, traveling at 20,000 mph just suddenly appear and doesn’t that seems a bit strange with all the eyes we have in space and on the ground?

And we should start working together really soon…….LIKE TODAY!   Correct me if I’m wrong…….but shouldn’t the destruction of the human species be on the top of our priority list?  Then once we have our EMAARSP (Elton Musk anti-asteroid rocket smashing program) in place we can go back to silly things like fighting to determine who GOD loves more or how much oil should we drain from the earth before we realize that the Sun has more than enough power to share….AND all we have to do is improve the receptive technology that already exists.

Our priority list also needs to include a new Triple Crown winner and to be honest I have no idea why. California Chrome is an amazing horse story and it gives hope to anybody who ever thought about buying a race horse.

I would love to see a future where year after year we still wonder if this is the year for a Triple Crown.  That future is in jeopardy if a large block of Rock is allowed to make contact with Earth.

I was going to post this on Facebook but they don’t have a spell check and I read a statistic the other day that says 85% of the people who started to read this stopped after 140 characters.  It’s a Tweet world isn’t it.

Whatever it is…..we need to have a global unified program in place regarding the issue of random asteroids striking our planet.

Correct me if I’m wrong!

Bowe and so many thoughts

The situation with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has so many layers and my guess is that we might never determine the actual ramifications until classified documents are declassified.  I've read too many spy novels to reach any conclusions at this point.

The story has a "HOMELAND" feel to it and if Mark Wahlberg is somehow involved in the production I won't be surprised.  My guess is that because of the HBO show we won't be seeing any photo ops with Bowe and President Obama anytime in the near future.....or ever.

Observing what we've seen and heard so far:

The father looks like he's part of the Taliban but then it's important to remember that he might just be a rural Idaho type resident.

The Internet rumor chain has gone wacko on this dude and I've read stories already where he's responsible for multiple American deaths.....MULTIPLE.  Pretty soon he's going to be blamed for the United States being in Afghanistan.

The outpost he disappeared from was really not an outpost but his pup tent and gear.....which he apparently left behind when he started walking to India.  If the Taliban did take him why didn't they take his stuff?  Is their stuff better than ours?  I bet they, or he, took his iPhone.

The Taliban guys released from Guantanamo Bay are wanted by international authorities for the deaths of thousands of Shiite Muslims.  I would think Qatar might not be the safest place for them but then again I never learned about Qatar until a few years ago.  I do know it's strictly an oil and natural gas territory that is considered one of the wealthiest states in the region....and the population consists of 20% Pakistani and 20% Indian....which must make it a fairly uptight community.  There are 650,000 people in Qatar and now 5 of them are on the Shiite's most wanted list because Qataris are followers of the Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam.

Please remember that most of the problems in the Middle East, Northern Africa  and South Asia are due to the 1,400 year old schism between Sunni and Shiite Islamic fundamentalists.  And the only thing they might have in common is an innate hatred of the Jewish community.....and of course Satan....better known as America.  (Their term not mine)

Please rest assured that if he did desert his post the military will court-martial his ass faster than you can say Assalamu Alaikum. 

I'm just worried that they infected him with another strange version of MERS and sent him on his way......but like I said I read way too many fiction novels and am probably just a permanently fictionalized paranoid basket case.

Maybe now you understand why I post music on Sundays.........everyone needs a break from time to time.

I think I'll just change the channel and watch Ozzie and Harriet.

Good luck Bowe and I hope for your sake that this entire episode was planned years ago by the Reagan Administration and you turn out to be a full on human spy drone for the United States of America.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Listen......

It's been awhile since I heard her voice and it really is one of the sweetest voices ever.

And then we get a little Hoyt with Linda.......

listen to both again.....it's worth the repeat....and then keep punching the little boxes with all the related videos.  Listening to Linda and Emmy Lou with Dolly is such a gift.....or as Kurt Russell said in Tombstone......"That's my idea of Heaven."

Follow that with Vince singing a great song.....

It's Sunday......enjoy whatever it is that brings you more of whatever.