Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - IX)

Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.

Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend,
you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.

Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner,
and shine!

Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.

Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,C
ome on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!


Syd Barrett (01/06/1946 - 07/07/2006)


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Why the 4th rules

For the sake of the Fourth of July I am writing a very special Post. Granted it is a little late but hey, I have been busy. Everybody has seen fireworks, either on the Fourth of July or New Year's Eve or that time in Eight grade when "someone" threw that M80 down the toilet in the boys bathroom.

The two categories that pyrotechnic devices fall under firecrackers and sparklers. For todays lesson we will be learning the fist one. Firecrackers have been around since at least the Han Dynasty (206BC - 220AD) where their loud sound was intended to frighten evil spirits. Fireworks were first used during either the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907) or the Song Dynasty (10th Century). From there Fireworks have been used for celebrations. They were even used for George Washington's 1789
inauguration. The most major events in which fireworks are used are: Bonfire night in Britain, U.S. Independence Day, New Year's Eve, Indian Festival of Lights, Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, Maltese Petards.

Aerial Fireworks consist of four or maybe five parts:
Container: Generally this is a paper package shaped into a cylinder
Stars: This is the part that actually makes the sparkle
Bursting charge: A charge at the center of the firecracker
Fuse: This is what cause a time delay
Lifting Charge: This is not always necessary

The fireworks are shot out of a mortar which is usually a steal pipe. The lifting charge goes off and it shoots the package out of the launch tube. The lifting charge is not always necessary because the aerial fireworks can be launched using compressed air rather than gunpowder. Walt Disney was the fist company to use such a launch system commercially. Then instead of a fuse an electronic timer is used. The reason for using compressed air is that there are no fumes and the hight and timing can be better controlled. When the package reaches the right hight the fuse will run out and it will send the Stars out into the sky to create a great aerial show. Depending on the arrangement of the stars in the container depends on the shape of light show. There are nine different types of packing arrangements. There are shells that are made in multi break shapes so two or more of these arrangements are put into one package.
Palm: Large charges travel outward and then curve downward.
Round shell: Creates a light show in a spherical shape.
Ring shell: Instead of a spear of light this only creates a ring.
Willow: Shape of willow branches and may even stay visible on the way down.
Roundel: This creates a circle of shells that explode in sequence
Chrysanthemum: Like the flower this is a spherical shape that leave a trail.
Pistil: Chrysanthemum with a different center color.
Maroon shell: All this does is make a loud bang.
Serpentine: This sends small tubes outward in random directions.

The colors of the fireworks depend on the chemical composition of the stars.
Red: strontium salts & lithium salts,
Orange: calcium salts & calcium chloride
Gold: incandescence of iron (with carbon) & charcoal
Yellow: sodium compounds & cryolite
White: magnesium & aluminum
Green: barium chloride
Blue: copper acetoarsenite & copper chloride
Purple: strontium (red) and copper (blue) compounds

There... A simple yet effective lesson on fireworks. This is only for informational purposes. That is why there is probably a lot more things that can but will not be said in this post. Who knows what night happen? Some retard might read this and try to make something and then hurt themselves. Remember... if you do not know what you are doing when it comes to pyrotechnics don't play with them. Chances are you will probably hurt yourself or others. Worst you will kill yourself. At best your girlfriend will be opening up your ketchup bottles for the rest of your life and then the Fourth of July will really suck.


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Why Blondes Are Hot

If you light a match or start a fire, the hottest part of the flame is the yellow part. In the world of hair color, blonde burns brightest. Blondes have to be having more fun. Because when a blonde walks into a room, hers is the only head not to turn. Much like a flame, blonde hair stands out in a crowd. Even ugly blondes will get your attention, even if for a brief moment.

California has more blondes per capita then anyplace on earth, even Scandinavia, although Scandinavia is the point of reference for this pigmentation.

The most recognized and influential blonde in popular culture even after her death, is Marilyn Monroe. Hands down, no other blonde of any generation had the sultry staying power of Norma Jean. The original blonde bombshell introduced us to blue jeans on a girl's ass, was also on the first cover of Playboy Magazine; she married Joe DiMaggio and slept with Kennedy's. She never won an Oscar, she did drugs and suffered from depression, yet her memorabilia goes for outrageous sums at auctions. Even years after her death, Elton John wrote, "I would have like to known you, but I was just a kid, the candle burned out long before the legend ever did."

Pamela Anderson has the updated "blonde bombshell" style and look. This style is usually a big head of hair, glamor makeup and plastic surgery. Jenny McCarthy started her career doing the MTV circuit and posed for playboy magazine like Pam, but she has real talent and is the "goofy blonde" writing and staring in her own films. Another ex of Tommy's is the "backstabbing blonde tart" Heather Locklear. From Dynasty to Melrose Place she's the little blonde bitch you love to hate. Mattel can't even make Barbie dolls look as good as Tommy Lee's ex's. Yet, that little blonde Barbie doll is one the largest selling of all time, even little girls like the blonde girls.

The "smart blonde" goes to gals like Paula Zahn from news television fame. She is a true blonde with an Ivy League background and talent for playing the cello. What a catch, smart as a whip and the carpet matches the drapes. The "dumb blonde" poster child has to go to Paris Hilton. She is a natural blonde right down to her double digit IQ and single syllable responses. Paris' sister and her mother are both natural blondes... yummy.

Tara Reid exemplifies the "blonde party girl", with a constant college age look and a reputation for getting drunk and getting laid. She can party with the best of them and always looks good even if she loses her voice every weekend. I call Ann Coulter the "double barrel" blonde. A smart, well connected, politically charged author and mouthpiece with long legs, a great body, and single. She will get your attention either with looks, brains or both barrels.

If you want to cover the expanse of all men with a libido then lets not leave out Jessica Simpson. She looks like she should have been on Baywatch before anyone else with that bikini body and her combo "California Girl" look with southern charm. She is still a dingbat. Another of my favorite up and coming bimbos is sweet little jailbait Hilary Duff. So goes her title "jailbait blonde", need I say more? Believe it or not both Jessica and Hillary have younger "jailbait blonde" sisters pumping out chart strugglers.

At the other end of the blonde bikini bimbo babe battalion is the master of sex and spy games, 007. James Bond had his share of women but the blondes stand out. From Ursula Andres to Kim Basinger to Denise Richards every generation of Bond has a blonde heroine. Kill the enemy, save the blonde, have sex with her -- all compelling stories that Ian Flemming no doubt wishes he had been living.

The Gold Adonis

The boys club includes less consistent celebrity selection that generally has longer staying power. In Hollywood, as in fairy tails, "tall dark and handsome" reign supreme. Tell that to Brad Pitt. Pitt is one of the most successful blonde actors of all time. His flowing locks swaying in the wind while riding horseback across the plain in Legends Of The Fall are nothing to the bleached out mane on his crown in epic Troy. Every girl of every age of every country wants Jennifer Aniston's throw away.

The original blonde boys club belongs to Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. Before Paul Newman was making "His Own" salad dressing, he was making movies as a blonde blue eyed babe, eventually sharing the screen with soon to be blonde independent film giant Robert Redford. When it comes to blonde men with talent in film these two guys are sitting at the round table.

Everyday Blondes

Some blondes are brunettes in disguise. As stated earlier there are more blondes in California then anywhere else, and not all by birth, which is for certain. The left coast has its share of imports of every ethnic race, color or creed and just as many boxes of hair dye on the shelf. The everyday blondes are the ones tired of their real color and migrate to Blondonia, the land of blondolicious wealth and attention. The everyday blonde is also known as an "imposter" blonde. Every few weeks those unhappy roots start popping out of the scalp to make you wonder if the carpet matches the drapes.

You can always tell the imposter blondes, they have a different energy than a natural blonde. The imposter blonde craves attention where as the natural blonde knows it is coming and doesn't worry about it. The natural blonde has no need to scan the room for suitors; they will naturally gravitate to her. If you really want to get blondes attentions, hit on the girl sitting right next to her in a social setting that also has blonde hair. A blonde's only competition is herself.

Among the everyday impostor blondes you have a sub-category that no man can seem to resist; the MILF blonde. The MILF (Mom I'd Like to F***) -- in real life and in movies the hottest MILFs are blondes. They have had a couple of kids yet they are fit and dress young with a wicked head of gold or platinum locks, all the while making sure that everyone thinks they are sexy even if their husbands don't anymore. Revenge is sweetest when it is served steaming blonde.

Next is the sporty blonde; she plays volleyball, tennis, golf and even softball. She may be blonde, but she is less feminine than your other everyday blondes, including the "no bearing blonde". The "no bearing" blonde is a girl who has so little going for her, that being blonde does not even help. Guys won't even come up from behind to see what she looks like. The "no bearing blonde" is the only blonde not having more fun.

Just Add Color

Black men love white women, but nothing says trophy to the black man, like blonde hair. Other than professional athletes most black men like their white women blonde and big. They want to see the ultimate contrast physically and visually when getting busy. Even BBBWs (big blonde beautiful women) have a following and that can not be denied. Black men have the market cornered here because you rarely see a white guy with a fat black woman with or without blonde hair, that's just freaky.

For years wealthy men from states of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) have paid ungodly amounts of money to blonde American women to come to their Arab palaces to "entertain" men. The American blonde female is priceless to wealthy foreigners who visit our strip clubs and night clubs. It is as if the darker they are and the worse their English is, the more they want American blonde women. I live here, I can see why.

A Rare Find

Among the everyday blondes, impostor blondes and BBBWs, you rarely see the bleach blonde dike. Lesbians don't seem to go out of their way to be overly blonde, using darker and subtler tones to almost disappear in the crowd. I can count on one hand how many blonde lesbians I know, and three of them I had to pull from my "bi-sexual" batch. I checked out some dating sites for this piece and found that among the bi-sexual women that were presently "unattached" that had ads posted, more than 60f the three sites I chose were blondes. So if you're looking for a gay blonde, you have to wait until she fully crosses over from bi-sexual blonde and catch her before she dyes it to dike. The rare find group can also include the "geriatric blonde". She is the natural blonde that's over the hill and yet still seems to grow naturally blonde hair when her friends are silver and blue. You won't have to work up a sweat chasing that cougar.

Role Model

Celebrity blondes, everyday blondes and let us not forget blonde models or "model blondes". These are your playboy bunnies, beer poster girls, internet models and supermodels and otherwise "non-available for local consumption" women. Remember Christy Brinkley? She was a hugely paid blonde model for her time. Hugh Hefner's last wife was Kimberley Conrad, a smoking hot drop dead blonde. After the divorce, that was not enough for Hef, he then went public with his seven (7) blonde girlfriends. They all live in the Playboy Mansion and follow him as an entourage. Donald Trump left Ivana (international blonde) for Marla Maples (blonde bimbo of the moment). Marla's claim to fame was her blonde butt.

WHY?

So why do everyday blondes get our attention with the glow of a celebrity? Why is it when a man is driving, a simple pedestrian will cause him to practically crash his car? Is it boobs? Is it money? Is it pheromones? Simply put, the light burns brighter. When we are children we are compelled to explore anything shiny. Objects that gleam, shine or glow get our attention, and are more fun to play with, including fire.

Men specifically are visual in nature when it comes to the opposite sex. Our peripheral vision naturally picks up the brightest or most evident color in our visual spectrum. Men are Pavlovian as well, with keen senses to the presence of women. The male ear is trained to distinguish the sound of high heals against loafers. The nose is trained to pick up the slightest feminine scent. And the eyes -- the eyes are always scouting, surveying for a visual taste treat. This is when the bright blonde babes stand out in the crowd. Combine horny men with the most visible women possible and you get, "blondes have more fun".

Unlike brunettes, blondes have many categories; platinum blonde, bleach blonde, natural blonde, strawberry blonde, dirty blonde, light blonde, dark blonde, frosted blonde, blonde highlights, toehead and many more. When your hair is bright, the "hello" factor from strangers goes up. Brunettes on the other hand are often labeled: striking, mysterious, and exotic (especially the Latin females, but that's another article).

Blonde has a fresh and almost "clean" look that is welcoming. We naturally see blondes as "softer"; softer is more accessible to all of us, thus commanding our attention. Everybody wants to have more fun, but don't think for a minute the Latina women around you are not having as much fun as the redheads or the Asian girls. But still the blonde has the most fun of all, and she's the Olympic torch of attention because we covet the soft bright feminine all American female.

-- Jackson Morris, 2006


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Finally done...

So I have been working on this project to import all my music onto my computer. I finally finished. I had traded my music collection with a friend of mine and now I am done organizing his files as well. I finished with this files and I have a total of 9,111 songs. Total listeing time.. 25.1 days. Hopefully now that I am done I will have more time for MySpace. Actually I am adding more files as we speak.


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Richard Cory

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace;
In fine we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

-- Edwin Arlington Robinson


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Blueberry Pie [Zro Mix]

Blueberry Pie, she walks on by
and I don't know what to do
with that Blueberry Pie,
but I'm gonna try.
Blueberry Pie, sad and shy,
won't you come out of your shell?
Life is swell, so are you!
Please don't be so very blue.

Come on blue! There is a party in your head.
Be my friend and we will laugh 'til we turn red.
Want to know why I picked you from the bunch?
You looked so sweet -- let's say I had a hunch
that you'd be silly, I'd be silly;
We'd be a pair!
Life is peachy, let's go bananas,
no one will care!

Blueberry Pie, let's have fun,
'cause when all is said and done
I love you, yes I do,
'cause, Blueberry, you're true blue.
Oh, Blueberry, you're so very berry blue.
Oh, so very berry blue.

I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry.
Oh, yes I do. You know I do.
Irresistable you! Irrepresable you!
I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Don't you know it? I, I mean to show it.
You know I mean to show it.
Berry blue, berry, berry blue.

Blueberry Pie, she's from the upper-crust;
Rolling in dough, she's half-baked and bound to bust!
So don't be flaky,
come on, now, take me to your bakery.
We'll be jamming, ovens slamming,
the whole world will see.

Blueberry Me! Without you
there would be no berry pie.
Tell me why you can't see
you are necessary.

I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Oh, love a Blueberry. She's so necessary, to people!
I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Oh, she's so necessary. She's so necessary. Blueberry Pie!

-- Bette Midler


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10 reasons why the Xbox 360 will succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

by: Sam Kennedy from: 1Up 11.04.2005

Sure, it's easy to come up with some parallels between the two platforms, but will the Xbox 360 go the way of the Dreamcast and have Microsoft abandon it a few years into its life cycle? Extremely unlikely. Microsoft is in a much different position than Sega was a few years ago. Here are some of the top reasons why the Xbox 360 will succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

D: Its predecessor was a complete failure.

X: Following on the heels of the very popular Xbox.


D: Square, the most important publisher in Japan, never supported the console.

X: Has the support of Square Enix starting with Final Fantasy XI.


D: EA, the most important publisher in the U.S., never supported the console.

X: Has the full support of EA, with a whole lineup of titles at launch.


D: Dreamcast was too early for broadband gaming; 56K didn't really cut it.

X: Broadband penetration is getting higher and Xbox Live is unparalleled.


D: Wasn't backwards compatible.

X: Backwards compatible (mostly).


D: Sorry Dreamcast fans, but the system's controller really wasn't that great.

X: Has a wireless pad that many claim may be the best controller ever made.


D: Had tons of amazing games...but no Halo 3.

X: Will have Halo 3. And it will be huge.


D: FFVIII released the same day as the Dreamcast.

X: Next to no competition at launch.


D: Former president Bernie Stolar quit right before the system launched, sending a bad sign.

X: Solid executive team in J Allard, Robbie Bach, and Peter Moore.


D: Had a limited budget of only $100 million to market the console.

X: Can, and will, spend whatever it takes to make the Xbox 360 a success.



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