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Why Do I Care About Consensus Concerning What’s OK to Put on MY Website?

I have an urge to do some fun things with this website. One thing I want to do is make a tribute to “Geoshities” pages: you know, black background, that GIF with the skull moving up from the surface of whatever it’s in; Hello Kitty animations, those annoying trampy looking “Dollz” (I like the cute ones), etc. That’d be just one page though. Oh, and the entire page would have to be center tagged. I want to have a series of collections of images. Why not start a collection?

I’d also like to make a little “portal” page where I’d link to enjoyable websites. People used to come to my website just to go to all the cool blogs that I linked to. I realized back then that my blog was crap, and it’s still crap, but I only strive for personal amusement with my website. I don’t want a LOT of people coming here.

I’d also like a section where I write reports on things I’ve researched. I do a lot of research! My favorite part of school were the times when we learned something. Generally I only learned when the teacher properly taught me how the basics so I can teach myself the rest. Research papers and reports also fall into the category of learning something. Tests are supposed to be there to determine if a child learned something. What happens when a child gets an F? Well, we just move on past the subject as usual and don’t keep covering it. I actually had a teacher at Adams High School in Southbend Indiana. He made sure everyone understood what was going on and encouraged us to raise our hands. That was probably the only class where I wasn’t shy and I had one of the highest grades in the class. I don’t know how he did it, but I didn’t feel stupid raising my hand in that class. What a guy. If you read this after googling yourself Mr. Urban (or a relative of him), I say thanks to him.

But, my original point was that I love learning so I research a variety of things, from the simple to the complex. Just today I was researching Kosher cheese; but I could only find articles on the Dogmatic Kosher; ie the man made laws of Kosher. I’d like a good resource beside the bible on Kosher laws. There may be some things I must understand about the Hebrew culture to understand some of the bibles laws. I just want the basic soley-Torah Kosher that comes from the Father. I tell you this because I’d like to be the person to write that article! I like providing information. Thanks for visiting. Be well.

Update: OK so I went and looked for it and I found it. Now I don’t like the whole evil skull type deal, it’s just it was such a “famous” image that a tribute to geocities would be lacking without it.

The Geocities Skull

greetings via pictoblog

Dear Loving Person

Dear Loving person:
God is the author of Love, and is Love. How automatically and beautifully have you loved your children if you have them? Do you love God too? His son will turn away strangers. Love is an action, not just a feeling. He’s coming back soon. Be adopted today! And know, that the love you do give is so much sweeter when you’re doing it for Gods glory as well as out of love.

Dear Hateful person:
Do you hate God too? If you hate people “the love of the lord” isn’t “in you”. Let go of the hate so Love has room.

Dear Fearful person:
We can’t add one cubit to our stature by worrying. Fear is the opposite of faith. Don’t be afraid of hope, like I was for so long.

Dear Prideful:
We can’t create anything new. Try to think up a new color or new animal. It will only be a variation of what we already have.

Dear Thoughtful:
Have you thought about asking God questions concerning Him, rather than assuming? Have you believed he’s merely a tyrant? Don’t you know we see through a glass darkly lit? We can’t know everything. Don’t believe man-taught doctrine without proving it first! SO IMPORTANT! Let him prove himself to you.

Dear Christian:
A person doesn’t have to look culturally like a christian. The bible says all tongues and cultures will have believers. They need the son to redeem them and to repent - God is great at helping with that automatically! Trust Him. Don’t let them be ignorant of something they want to know if you know it, however.

Dear Agnostic, or unsure person,
There’s no time like the present to get serious! Try trusting the God you believe may exist. He will clear it up for you! Ask Him for questions to ask Him. If you don’t even know where to start, sit and think about his name. Maybe think about spiritual events or thoughts in your life and how God relates to them. How has God helped others? In short: Meditate on God! Ponder Him.

Dear Leader,
Make sure you are leading in truth and love. All truth belongs to the Lord, and YHWH is Love!

Dear Follower,
Follow the Savior! He will lead you somewhere difficult to tread, but worth it.

Dear Mediator, Medium, or person in Medicine,
Are you mediating between untruth and man, or truth and man? Are you mediating man with God, or man with a Demon? Are you speaking too much theory and little fact? You can know them by their fruits. Can you be sure you are leading a person to God or filling their hearts with what may be deception?

Dear Person seeking Love,
God himself is Love. He’s the author of the true love you seek. That true love you seek from a companion (and i know from experience) comes largely from God. You can be with your beloved and still feel lonely or like something is missing. That kind of deep intimacy and love and adoration is reserved for a relationship between Him and you. Don’t think people can make you feel good about yourself. They can for a time and they can certainly get you started and afloat for years, but people can let you down. God can’t! He is faithful - totally faithful. Ask God what you’re missing.

Dear Hurt, Let Down, Disappointed, or Depressed person,
The Father is not the author of confusion and chaos. We live in a free-state and stuff happens to the believers and non-believers. The father can bring good things out of the bad. Let him help you use something bad for good rather than letting yourself dwell on it and further spiral yourself down that blackhole void that sucks in everything good around you.

Dear Weary:
God is the ultimate rest!
Jer 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Dearest Abba:
Hear the worlds thoughts and bring them to you with customized understanding; In Saviors name, Amen.

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Droplets, Blobs, Slimes

I made these for fun. Your generic slime from your generic RPG :) The dimensions are 1680 x 1050, but feel free to crop it or change the color. Please don’t re post without permission.


Blue Slime Desktop by ~babylonica on deviantART


Slime, Pink version by ~babylonica on deviantART

I Smell Liars/Decievers at Campbells! (Woah big surprise)

As you all may know, I’m nuts when it comes to avoiding MSG. It’s evil. It really is. Here’s my little bit of proof that it’s evil and/or that since its evil Campbells’s hides it in their foods (or used to before this ad). Or maybe it’s simply proof that they’re a bunch of deceivers.

Campbells has stated (I’ve heard that they have, I can’t say for sure) that they are dedicated to the umami taste and that they’ll never remove MSG from their foods.

I’ve also heard that they hid it. I called to ask if their “healthy low salt” for heart patients and similar has MSG, which I now know it does. I didn’t know what a specific ingredient was and now I know it’s non-pure but strong msg.  They denied that there was MSG which they weren’t lying about. It has to be 99.99% pure before they label it. It’s illegal to put 99.99% pure or more MSG in food without labeling it, but if it’s 99.98% pure they can put it in foods and called it “protein powder” or any number of  other names.

Sandra (boyfriends mother) showed me the ad below because she knows I avoid MSG. I thanked her for showing me but said they are dedicated to the umami taste and haven’t removed it. (I know they never will).

So I checked their website to see the ingredient list. I didn’t need to though when I came across their page on it.

Sure enough:


bottom of page, see highlighted area above

Who’s to say what a “small amount” is, lol.

Now what is yeast extract and its purpose?:

From wiki: Monosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate and MSG, is a sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid glutamic acid.

Also, it doesn’t show in the picture but if you go to the page you’ll see “Autolyzed yeast extract is also the primary source of monosodium glutamate for the food industry.”

So glutamic acid IS msg. I state this for clarity and also because the image above states that yeast extract contains glutamic acid. they use it FOR the msg. msg is just another name for free glutamic acid.

What I’m mad about is that they lie to people. They put people at high risk of Sudden Arrhytmia Death Syndrome, and for people highly sensitive to me, a “small amount” could be WAY over the limit of 0, lol.
Their ad says “nothing to hide”… what as opposed to their other soup which they do HIDE MSG IN? LOL.  They’re basically admitting that they’ve hidden it and then they lie to folk like me.

WHO KNOWS but this might be safe for average people to eat once in a while, but not a large percentage of people with diabetes or any other disease.  What if they just have one form of msg instead of 7? They could have the same amount as before. Who knows. I certainly don’t trust them.

The crazy thing is that they are allowed to add what they want but they hide it anyway. They should just be honest. I guess more and more people realize how dangerous it is now. The FDA will even tell you msg is dangerous.

But yeah, they said there’s no msg to me, yet there’s MSG. I asked “what about a lesser form of glutamic acid” (which is the same question, but more specific and harder to avoid since they can say there’s no MSG if it’s not 99.99% pure), so since they couldn’t directly lie to me the woman on the phone kind of avoided my question. I said “well will you answer my question? i could die from arrhythmia if i try it.” she said “yes its safe, eat it” and I said “okay, I will.” but I guess I lied because I didn’t really intend to, I was hoping to call her bluff. Maybe they lie to their customer service reps. If she finds out the truth some day she’s going to hate herself for telling people its OK.

Critical thinking: If you have are discerning you might notice that they can claim they aren’t lying because it says on their website that it does infact have some msg. The problem is that it doesn’t say that on the ad anywhere. Not everyone has access to the internet and what percentage of people will go to the Campbells Select page when they see that ad?

And just for good measure and empathy’s sake, here’s two images from when I was hospitalized due to MSG poisoning.

My oh my, July, July

Lately, I’ve been enjoying the pace at which time passes. I’m getting older and I enjoy it. There’s more freedom in being older. There’s also more responsibility. As I get older, I know kids will take what I do as an example of what is or isn’t okay to do. It happens all the time. I wonder what sort of things my future holds.

Flock

Flock is a lot better these days. Last time I used it was over a year ago. I suggest getting it if you spend most of your time online on social websites and if you have your own account on the family computer, or if you have your own computer :)

Blogged with the Flock Browser

I’m Not in a Patient Cheerful Mood

I find many weblogs to be very silly. I like when people write about their lives, or any number of other subjects. What bothers me is when every single post is mysterious and doesn’t really say anything. It’s like, “why did you make me read that? I didn’t learn a thing about you except that you are pretentious.” I wonder if we all get like that sometimes… probably. I feel like a person is being cocky by expecting or desiring people to make comments on something that’s not conducive to comments. Maybe that’s where this whole “first!” thing came from - people think to themselves “I want him/her to know I read this but there isn’t anything to respond to, so I’ll write ‘blah was here’ or ‘first!’”. At the same time, however, I can understand not wanting to get too personal. And stop with the billions of inside jokes, or inside anything. Only stop where it’s appropriate. If your blog is just therapy for you, then by all means write whatever you want. If your goal is to please your readers, then stop with the inside stuff.

Michael Got A New Lamp

Michael bought this lamp via ebay. It’s lovely! Don’t you think so? I got the lamp in only 4 days. Good buying experience.

Click the picture for full-size.