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Sometimes the imagination of mankind is totally confounding. I believe in the ability of human beings to use their imaginations that is why Einstein and Copernicus succeeded, they were able to be sidetracked and distracted from the “accepted” norms of the societies of their day.

Man still has a long way to go. Just think that the humans of today only use a very insignificant part of their brain to think and solve problems. As the eons of time go by, man will increase their brain usage and I can’t even begin to imagine what humans will be able to accomplish. It is astounding and leaves a lot of speculation.

When I think of Carl Sagan, billions and billions of stars and universes, it belittles me, it gives me such a sense of insignificance that all the problems of the world, as viewed by myself and others seem of no consequence. Not so fast, big boy, that doesn’t mean that we can think or act irresponsibly. If there is one thing I believe in it is that the most important thing we can do while our short lifespan in this world allows us is to leave the world a little better place than we found it.

The risks of having waterfront property

Storm approaching

Who needs earthquakes?

Clearly, she has the biggest pussy in town

This was the last picture of my boyfriend

I don’t know

what happened, I just lost my head

They are not very good pets

I know that these pictures are disturbing to some people and I am sure I am going to get some responses that are critical. However, I see things a little different and I will tell you why: Americans live their whole lives in a bubble. Most people get their Pinesol sanitized news without any “gory” or disturbing pictures. There are few who actually are allowed to see the reality of death, and death is just part of life.

I have posted disturbing pictures in the past, like the ones of gays in the gallows in some fucking Muslim country. I have always been in favor of seeing the caskets of our service men and women who are killed in those stupid wars when they come back…the reason? It is because we should be aware that they made the ultimate sacrifice and the very least we owe them is to know that they died defending us. It would also give us a chance to pay homage to them.

Most people have found some formula to deal with their final nature. Some cling to fabricated fairy tales hand-fed to them by their religion. Others opt to ignore it altogether. Some pragmatists like me think it all out and derive at some workable conclusion.

The truth is that most people cannot deal with the finality of the human condition. They are most disturbed by the sight of a corpse; particularly if the cadaver is mutilated. But these are realities that we must deal with and do it with a healthy attitude. We have a death sentence hanging over our heads the moment we are born, it is natural law.

I am not at all in favor of open casket visitations at funeral parlors. The reason is simple: I realize that most people, because they live in a bubble isolated from the realities of life and death, can’t deal with death at all. After a long illness or a disfiguring accident, it is very difficult for these funeral directors to put together a presentable image of the departed. But they sometimes do a very good job of displaying them in fancy satin-lined, expensive coffins. They are surrounded by flowers and a setting that is calm and soothing. It is part of the therapy that these people need to go through the loss of a relative.

I for one, once had to pick up dead bodies for a living, horrible job, terrible experience. It was very draining on my sensibilities but I found out what a scam the funeral business was. I also saw right through the motivations people had in holding a fancy funeral: mostly guilt that they didn’t do right by the departed.

I also came to the conclusion that this is a waste of resources and it takes up room in mauseuleums and cemeteries. In the end, the finality is still there and the body rots and is eaten by worms even if it is embalmed properly. That is the main reason I want to be cremated. I will leave little of a footprint on the environment and consume not too many resources. But my life should be remembered by my contributions and I hope that I leave this world a little better place than I found it.

There is of course an exception and it is given to the religious. The Western culture is quite willing to look at gory, morbid images of Saints and the crucified, moribund Christ on the cross. This is meant to appeal to the compassionate fiber in us and convince us that Christ gave his life for us. I can’t think of a crueler and misleading trick than this.

About writing and this blog

I don’t quite understand when I hear a writer say “I have writer’s block” and haven’t been able to write for a while. I started to write this blog at the end of July. I have consistently written every day without missing a single opportunity. What’s more, if I could, I would write more only I don’t have the time as I have garden duties, cooking and there is still my painting which I enjoy tremendously.

Good grief! I have so many things to say, perhaps it is because it has all been accumulating all of these years and I have never exteriorized it before; but I feel like I could write forever and not run out of things to say.

I know what you are thinking: you probably will say that it is because I am opinionated and outspoken and because I have no pulpit I am using this format. You are right. But that does not diminish the merits of my endeavor. I am not a professional writer; hell I don’t even think I am an adequate wordsmith. English is my second language and I feel like I am at a loss at times. But I muddle through and still write; I figure that there are others out there whose native language is English and they do a far worse job than I do.

I hope that some of my readers find my point of view challenging and if they are at all pragmatic they might stop and think about what I am writing. I also think that I have a very fertile imagination when it comes to writing erotic stories…they are all original and even I find them sensual and exciting. First of all Ms. Heise, paraphrasing Barney Frank’s now famous lines: “I don’t know what planet you have been spending most of your time in” because President Obama has been enduring criticism not just from Fox but from the other networks as well and not all of it, if at all, undeserved criticism. President Obama quietly sat as Fox raised one doubt after another, told one lie followed by another misrepresentation; this has been going on even before his election. Fox has made no pretense that they want Obama to fail and have called him every name in the book, including Fascist, Nazi, racist, you name it, and they have dished it out.

What is surprising Ms. Heise is that he did show restraint all this time. Any of those dictators you mentioned would have arrested the critics and in some cases put them up against the firing squads. After all, the Fox rebellion is bordering on treason.

Their political agenda includes fake grassroots demonstrations and sabotaging all efforts by constituents to have meaningful discourse with their elective representatives. That Ms. Heise is more like what those dictators do. I know, I am a Cuban who lived there when the dissidents were subjected to these kinds of tactics. The Cuban government called them “Repudiation Brigades”, here they are “Tea baggers”, and so you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.

Lastly, you obviously believed and admired Fox news long before Obama started to fight back. The premise here Ms. Heise is that Fox is a legitimate News organization and it is not. Absolutely not fair and balanced as advertised in their logo. It is simply the propaganda arm of the Republican Party.

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