If you are able,
Save for them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you,
with their dying
and keep it with your own.
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
United States Army
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Major O'Donnell was Killed in Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Southern Armada Raid blogs
Half way there. I have now got week 40 up and done. There were a total of 86 weeks so I am about half way through. It has taken me a week to go from 31 to 40. I wish there were a neat little import tool for me to suck in all the data from the original HTML files, but there isn't so it all has to be cut and paste by hand.
I want to get it up into blogger tho so its safe and I don't ever have to do this again. One other distraction this week has been that I have purchased, had installed and picked up my new pipes. They fucking rock! Pics to go up soon!.
I want to get it up into blogger tho so its safe and I don't ever have to do this again. One other distraction this week has been that I have purchased, had installed and picked up my new pipes. They fucking rock! Pics to go up soon!.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Quotes from the old days...
On the old Domain Admins web site we used to maintain a rotating quote selection. Each time you logged in you would be presented with a new quote at the top of the page. This blog doesn't have that functionality but Ive saved all the quotes for posterity
"Where-ever you go there you are"
"God created Arrakis to train the faithful"
"Thank god for Beer!"
"You cant handle the Truth!"
"Thats it, game over man, game over!"
"Houston we have a problem"
"What do you despise?, by this are you truly known"
"Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around now and again, you may miss it"
"I guess they would rather be alive than free, poor dumb bastards"
"Well there's something you don't see every day"
"I don't feel the need to wipe out everyone, just my enemies"
"May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die?"
"Hello, my name is Inego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
"Assimilate THIS!"
"If there is a bright center to the universe you are on the planet that its farthest from"
"I find your lack of faith, disturbing."
"We are on a mission from god."
"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?."
"In this world there are two kinds of people, those with loaded guns and those who dig, you dig?"
"There is no spoon"
"I'm not a witch I'm your wife!"
"When I was your age television was called books"
"God may be dead but you still have to kiss his ass"
"Its never done that before!"
"This isn't flying, its falling with style!"
"Do I look like someone who cares what god thinks?"
"Surgery is open!, whats today's agenda?, ah yes, evisceration!."
"Unbearable, isn't it? The suffering of strangers, the agony of friends. There is a secret song at the center of the world, Joey, and its sound is like razors through flesh."
"Hell is more ordered since your time, Princess. And much less amusing"
"Cheers make girls do stupid cartwheels. Orgasms make people feel good."
"Everyone thinks I'm this big dyke because I wear baggy pants and play sports and I'm not pretty like other girls. But all I really want is a big, fat weiner up my..."
"Her yabos scoff at gravity."
"Noah was a drunk. Look what he accomplished. And no one's even asking you to build an ark. All you have to do is go to New Jersey."
"What He really hates is the shit that gets carried out in his name. Wars. Bigotry. Televangelism."
"We call this next item The Fecalator. One look at it, and the target shits his or her pants."
"I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier."
"Mass genocide is the most exhausting practice one can engage in. Next to soccer."
"When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic"
"When Someone tells you your butt is on fire, you should listen to them."
"There is no such thing as a bad donut"
"If you want results, press the red button."
"You may think it's easier to de-ice your windshield with a flamethrower, but there are repercussions. Serious repercussions."
"There are some things that just aren't meant to be eaten."
"The intelligent man wins his battles with pointed words. I'm sorry - I meant sticks. Pointed sticks."
"I don't need a surgeon telling me how to operate on myself."
"Never leave your keys in a reactor core."
"I may not be the richest man on earth. Or the smartest. Or the handsomest."
"My favorite color is chocolate."
"When that guy turned water into wine, he obviously wasn't thinking of us Beer drinkers."
"What kind of fool would leave a pie on a windowsill anyway?"
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
"I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time"
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
"My computer is bigger and faster than yours"
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously"
"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks"
">SELECT*FROM users WHERE clue > 0 0 rows returned"
"The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people"
"What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator."
"Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?"
"Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad."
"If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing."
"Bow before me for I am root!"
"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it"
"No I will not fix your computer"
"Go away or I will replace you with a small shell script"
"Where-ever you go there you are"
"God created Arrakis to train the faithful"
"Thank god for Beer!"
"You cant handle the Truth!"
"Thats it, game over man, game over!"
"Houston we have a problem"
"What do you despise?, by this are you truly known"
"Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around now and again, you may miss it"
"I guess they would rather be alive than free, poor dumb bastards"
"Well there's something you don't see every day"
"I don't feel the need to wipe out everyone, just my enemies"
"May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die?"
"Hello, my name is Inego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
"Assimilate THIS!"
"If there is a bright center to the universe you are on the planet that its farthest from"
"I find your lack of faith, disturbing."
"We are on a mission from god."
"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?."
"In this world there are two kinds of people, those with loaded guns and those who dig, you dig?"
"There is no spoon"
"I'm not a witch I'm your wife!"
"When I was your age television was called books"
"God may be dead but you still have to kiss his ass"
"Its never done that before!"
"This isn't flying, its falling with style!"
"Do I look like someone who cares what god thinks?"
"Surgery is open!, whats today's agenda?, ah yes, evisceration!."
"Unbearable, isn't it? The suffering of strangers, the agony of friends. There is a secret song at the center of the world, Joey, and its sound is like razors through flesh."
"Hell is more ordered since your time, Princess. And much less amusing"
"Cheers make girls do stupid cartwheels. Orgasms make people feel good."
"Everyone thinks I'm this big dyke because I wear baggy pants and play sports and I'm not pretty like other girls. But all I really want is a big, fat weiner up my..."
"Her yabos scoff at gravity."
"Noah was a drunk. Look what he accomplished. And no one's even asking you to build an ark. All you have to do is go to New Jersey."
"What He really hates is the shit that gets carried out in his name. Wars. Bigotry. Televangelism."
"We call this next item The Fecalator. One look at it, and the target shits his or her pants."
"I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier."
"Mass genocide is the most exhausting practice one can engage in. Next to soccer."
"When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic"
"When Someone tells you your butt is on fire, you should listen to them."
"There is no such thing as a bad donut"
"If you want results, press the red button."
"You may think it's easier to de-ice your windshield with a flamethrower, but there are repercussions. Serious repercussions."
"There are some things that just aren't meant to be eaten."
"The intelligent man wins his battles with pointed words. I'm sorry - I meant sticks. Pointed sticks."
"I don't need a surgeon telling me how to operate on myself."
"Never leave your keys in a reactor core."
"I may not be the richest man on earth. Or the smartest. Or the handsomest."
"My favorite color is chocolate."
"When that guy turned water into wine, he obviously wasn't thinking of us Beer drinkers."
"What kind of fool would leave a pie on a windowsill anyway?"
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
"I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time"
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
"My computer is bigger and faster than yours"
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously"
"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks"
">SELECT*FROM users WHERE clue > 0 0 rows returned"
"The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people"
"What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator."
"Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?"
"Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad."
"If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing."
"Bow before me for I am root!"
"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it"
"No I will not fix your computer"
"Go away or I will replace you with a small shell script"
Monday, March 01, 2010
Sydney Mardi Gras
Ive heard about the Sydney Mardi Gras for the last 20 years or so. The circles I used to travel in it was considered a big deal and one of the best parties in the world. Having now seen and experienced the Mardi Gras I have to say, Aucklands Hero Parade was better.
Sydneys party is definitely bigger, involves more floats and more people both in the crowd and involved in the parade. However it seemed to me that the Sydney parade handed out the right to join the parade if a GLTG person had walked past your offices in the street. What the fuck does the RTA have to do with Mardi Gras or gay rights?. No idea, but they had a float.
Hero was LOUD, I mean really seriously fucking loud. You couldn't have a conversation with someone standing next to you at any level below a shout. The music and light shows on each float were awesome. Because there were a lot less floats they tended to be of better quality both in presentation and enthusiasm. The Hero parade was a lot less political than Mardi Gras seemed to be and the participation of those in the parade a lot more enthusiastic.
Hero was a lot more sexual. Lets face it, the various Gay parades around the world are at the end of the day about a choice which involves the loins. Celebrate that fact, flaunt it in the citizens face, get RUDE!.
Maybe if I was circling the parade on pills it would have been a lot better. Maybe if I had any gay friends in Sydney and had been invited to a party it would have been more enjoyable, I don't know. I just wasn't that impressed.
PS: Bobby Goldsmith Foundation I am not paying you 130$ for a seat again. The seats were bloody uncomfortable, too small and didn't at all feel safe. Charging 7$ for what was effectively a 1/2 glass of beer and 10$ for a sausage roll was also well on the nose.
Guys I understand it all goes to charity, but that doesn't give you the right to rip people off.
Sydneys party is definitely bigger, involves more floats and more people both in the crowd and involved in the parade. However it seemed to me that the Sydney parade handed out the right to join the parade if a GLTG person had walked past your offices in the street. What the fuck does the RTA have to do with Mardi Gras or gay rights?. No idea, but they had a float.
Hero was LOUD, I mean really seriously fucking loud. You couldn't have a conversation with someone standing next to you at any level below a shout. The music and light shows on each float were awesome. Because there were a lot less floats they tended to be of better quality both in presentation and enthusiasm. The Hero parade was a lot less political than Mardi Gras seemed to be and the participation of those in the parade a lot more enthusiastic.
Hero was a lot more sexual. Lets face it, the various Gay parades around the world are at the end of the day about a choice which involves the loins. Celebrate that fact, flaunt it in the citizens face, get RUDE!.
Maybe if I was circling the parade on pills it would have been a lot better. Maybe if I had any gay friends in Sydney and had been invited to a party it would have been more enjoyable, I don't know. I just wasn't that impressed.
PS: Bobby Goldsmith Foundation I am not paying you 130$ for a seat again. The seats were bloody uncomfortable, too small and didn't at all feel safe. Charging 7$ for what was effectively a 1/2 glass of beer and 10$ for a sausage roll was also well on the nose.
Guys I understand it all goes to charity, but that doesn't give you the right to rip people off.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Uralla SOO 19.02.10
Once again we headed up to the beautiful region of New England for a long ride and a drunken weekend. It all started off with everyone trying to figure out where we were going to leave from. Initially I posted a route suggestion which was Sydney, Twin Servo's, Gloucester, Walcha, Uralla. In my experience, which isn't vast, those are some of the best roads in that area of NSW. Mannie, who is usually our ride captain, replied to my post and said "we will see what its like on the day".
Well on the day it was raining and we still went headed along exactly that path. Woot one right for me!.
The ride out of NSW was supposed to meet up at Berowra Mobil at 9:00am for a 9:30am departure. I got there about 20 past 8 as its only about 30 minutes from my place. At 9:30am with no one having arrived I was beginning to wonder if I had the time wrong or the meeting place had been changed without my knowledge. While I was hanging out drinking coffee and smoking I got talking to two guys in a pickup truck. Turns out one of them was the ex president of the Mountain Men. We chatted for about half an hour about my bike, his bike, riding in general until him and his mate took off for work.
I love that no matter whether you are a Ulysses member, a 1%'r, a weekend casual rider there is always something to talk about when you love bikes and people are always willing to be nice and chat.
Finally everyone started to show up, we all fueled up, sorted out our coffee and chocolate fixes and headed up to the Twin Servos to pick up Gazz and Wazza. By this time it was past 10 so we were running well and truly late.
Finally we were on the road and heading north. We took the F3 all the way up past Raymond's Terrace and turned left heading up to Gloucester. By this time the rain had which had been threatening all morning had started to come down in a mix of thick haze and pelting rain.
Gazza going home
The rain got worse and my visibility went past terrible and into downright dangerous. You see I have to ride wearing my glasses and if I ride with the helmet fully closed up either my glasses or the helmet fog up or both.
This time it was both, so after giving up on the idea of riding with my helmet closed I ended up doing 120 through to Gloucester in the driving rain with my helmet open. I can tell you that rain at that speed fucking hurts.
Petrol stop
The guys all got to Gloucester well ahead of us and had happily had lunch before we got there
Well on the day it was raining and we still went headed along exactly that path. Woot one right for me!.
The ride out of NSW was supposed to meet up at Berowra Mobil at 9:00am for a 9:30am departure. I got there about 20 past 8 as its only about 30 minutes from my place. At 9:30am with no one having arrived I was beginning to wonder if I had the time wrong or the meeting place had been changed without my knowledge. While I was hanging out drinking coffee and smoking I got talking to two guys in a pickup truck. Turns out one of them was the ex president of the Mountain Men. We chatted for about half an hour about my bike, his bike, riding in general until him and his mate took off for work.
I love that no matter whether you are a Ulysses member, a 1%'r, a weekend casual rider there is always something to talk about when you love bikes and people are always willing to be nice and chat.
Finally everyone started to show up, we all fueled up, sorted out our coffee and chocolate fixes and headed up to the Twin Servos to pick up Gazz and Wazza. By this time it was past 10 so we were running well and truly late.
Finally we were on the road and heading north. We took the F3 all the way up past Raymond's Terrace and turned left heading up to Gloucester. By this time the rain had which had been threatening all morning had started to come down in a mix of thick haze and pelting rain.
Gazza going home
The rain got worse and my visibility went past terrible and into downright dangerous. You see I have to ride wearing my glasses and if I ride with the helmet fully closed up either my glasses or the helmet fog up or both.
This time it was both, so after giving up on the idea of riding with my helmet closed I ended up doing 120 through to Gloucester in the driving rain with my helmet open. I can tell you that rain at that speed fucking hurts.
Petrol stop
The guys all got to Gloucester well ahead of us and had happily had lunch before we got there
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Southern Armada Raid blogs
I am still slowly doing them, I have fixed the text in the weeks up to week 32 and now just have to hand paste the images across. I will get a few more done now as I can do this while playing EVE.
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