11.29.2010
11.28.2010
| fall has essentially reached its end and winter is coming on strong. the return of the winter season means i will finally be goin back to work up in truckee. ive been away long enough that i am actually looking to getting back into the mountains and seeing friends and also having a lil cash in my pocket. i chose not to work this fall because i still had some left over funds after my summer travels and felt like there were better places i could be rather than at a job. i cant express how grateful i have been for this time off but also for the opportunity to do so. this entire year has really been a whirlwind that when looked back on is hard to imagine. more adventures are knocking on my door though and cannot wait to get them started. here are some pics from the last couple weeks. they were filled with the closest of friends and wonderful family. it is so reassuring to have a network that is supportive and encouraging towards my decisions. ohhhh and one last thing...i went out and hiked and added in some up hill and flat sprints on saturday. felt good. im tight and weak but the idea of being able to get some running miles back on my legs is exciting. |
PROUD.
People regard metal as the "evil" or "satanic" medium of music. I believe this to be true in the sense that it is the freethinking, intelligent man's music. people that have enough thought to decide for themselves what is enjoyable. metal is the genre of people who do not follow the norm or subscribe to music they are told to enjoy i.e. pop music. Pop music represents the other side of the spectrum; blind faith and following of music you are told to like, music with no intellectual depth. Pop music takes the place of Christianity and faux spirituality in this example. so the next time someone asks you if you listen to the devils music, say yes, and be proud.
11.18.2010
hi hi hiya
Last couple weeks
Ladies and gentlemen. Mark Dahl.
Grant ripped some curl.
This man is 6'5.
Beach Goths.
These kids showed up.
18 degree car sleep sesh.
11.17.2010
Hard Woods & Soft Goods
Some recent projects to emerge from the dungeon-
These tool handles used to be wood grain...
DCLXVI
Shirts for sale. I made less than a handful of random sized short and longsleeve shirts with a definite old school feel.
FRONT
BACK
These tool handles used to be wood grain...
DCLXVI
Shirts for sale. I made less than a handful of random sized short and longsleeve shirts with a definite old school feel.
FRONT
BACK
11.14.2010
11.10.2010
"Humans are animals, true, but a special kind of animal, one that has expanded the standard definition of evolutionary fitness. And no, I’m not trying to imbue our species with some sort of cosmic or spiritual significance; we create our own significance, our own meaning, by virtue of our massive brains"(Mark Sisson).
Well said Mark.
Well said Mark.
11.02.2010
Let the arms pooling begin
Britian and France strike defense deal
Let the arms pooling begin. The European union has done a lot in the past decade to ensure the stability of Europe internationally and domestically. The goal of the union has been to, in a sense, tie Europe together economically so much that fighting became out of the question. So far it has worked. Of course with all this tying together and joining together sovereignty must not be lost. This has been a tricky course to follow since the more integrated and efficient the nations become the more efficiency is strived for. And democracy is not the most efficient of governments especially when it has a weak federal government trying to appease many strong states. Since many economic barriers have been broken down; common currency, federal trade trade agreements, open borders, and a wider spread work force, it has been stated that financially the most efficient use of money and resources for the EU would be to pool the defense departments together. Instead of all working and independently funding essentially the same programs where redundancy will burn money faster than gasoline soaked late-summer prairie. This would of course almost eliminate any possibility of war between member states since it would be far too integrated to do so it would end up lookin like a a civil war. Well today as stated in the linked article the arms pooling has begun. Despite the assertions by both countries that sovereignty will be maintained this seems short sighted in my view and I see it setting precedence for much further and far reaching military integration in Europe. Especially if there continues to be more economic difficulties, countries will be forced to streamline their operations. So while it might not happen in the next 10 years, slowly I see a European army in the works that will be created to co tend with and scare off the ever-growing Chinese PLA and the insatiable mercenary army of the USA. It seems orewellian as I write that and think of the large three in the book 1986 ever locked in a arms struggle and ever changing ally arangment. Who knows we'll see how it all works out because we all know that when we stand together and pool our resources we are stronger ie WWII.
I'm trying to go through and fix the typos but my browser inst letting me. Maybe later til then hope it was food for thought.
-tyler
Let the arms pooling begin. The European union has done a lot in the past decade to ensure the stability of Europe internationally and domestically. The goal of the union has been to, in a sense, tie Europe together economically so much that fighting became out of the question. So far it has worked. Of course with all this tying together and joining together sovereignty must not be lost. This has been a tricky course to follow since the more integrated and efficient the nations become the more efficiency is strived for. And democracy is not the most efficient of governments especially when it has a weak federal government trying to appease many strong states. Since many economic barriers have been broken down; common currency, federal trade trade agreements, open borders, and a wider spread work force, it has been stated that financially the most efficient use of money and resources for the EU would be to pool the defense departments together. Instead of all working and independently funding essentially the same programs where redundancy will burn money faster than gasoline soaked late-summer prairie. This would of course almost eliminate any possibility of war between member states since it would be far too integrated to do so it would end up lookin like a a civil war. Well today as stated in the linked article the arms pooling has begun. Despite the assertions by both countries that sovereignty will be maintained this seems short sighted in my view and I see it setting precedence for much further and far reaching military integration in Europe. Especially if there continues to be more economic difficulties, countries will be forced to streamline their operations. So while it might not happen in the next 10 years, slowly I see a European army in the works that will be created to co tend with and scare off the ever-growing Chinese PLA and the insatiable mercenary army of the USA. It seems orewellian as I write that and think of the large three in the book 1986 ever locked in a arms struggle and ever changing ally arangment. Who knows we'll see how it all works out because we all know that when we stand together and pool our resources we are stronger ie WWII.
I'm trying to go through and fix the typos but my browser inst letting me. Maybe later til then hope it was food for thought.
-tyler
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