What To DVR for 2012 - 2013

First and Foremost several of these shows should be on your DVR.  If they aren't someone needs to schedule an intervention.  If your watching reality TV just take your man card out and hand it to your wife or significant other  This list does not include sports or anything from the summer shows that are becoming a saving grace to the re-run from last season we are use to.

  Second I'm going to list the shows by days and give you the channel and time it will come on once the season starts.  No I don't know when they will start.  Being a Grown means sometimes you have to do things yourself.  DVR everything and don't bother with commercials.  Included the start dates of non-basic channels

If you want the full line up (does not include not basics):

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/16/cbs-fall-2012-13-schedule-revealed/

* = Hopes the new show isn't a flop.  High Hopes for success but won't hold my breath.

Monday:

Bones on FOX at 8pm
How I Met Your Mother on CBS at 8pm
Partners on CBS at 8:30pm (New Show)
  - Will and Jack are best friends with one of them being straight. 
*Revolution on NBC at 10pm (New Show)
   -What happens when all the lights go out?  This is apparently what happens.  Appears to be based on the S.M. Sterling Books about "the Change".  An uncle must help his dead brother's daughter rescue her brother from the evil Warlord of the Midwest. 

Tuesday:

Son's of Anarchy on FX at 10pm, September 11th
Vegas on CBS at 10pm (New Show)
  -The story of how Vegas is cleaned up by a rancher turned Sheriff.  Walking Tall meets the Shield.

Wednesday:

Animal Practice on NBC at 8pm (New Show)
  -Scrubs meets an upscale vet clinic in New York city
*Guys with Kids on NBC at 8:30pm (New Show)
  -Your 30 with a kid(s) and you don't want to lose your coolness and still see your friends.  What every man fears turned into a comedy. 
The Neighbors on ABC at 9:30pm (New Show)
  -You get your dream house is posh New Jersey neighborhood.  But your neighbors happen to be aliens and are just as screwed up as you.
*Arrow on CW at 8pm (New Show)
  -How Oliver McQueen became the Green Arrow - Spinoff from Smallville
Supernatural on CW at 9pm

Thursday:

Big Bang Theory on CBS at 8pm
Two and a Half Men on CBS at 8:30
Person of Interest on CBS at 9pm
*Elemental on CBS at 9pm (New Show)
  -Sherlock Homes leaves London winding up in Manhattan solving crime with Lucy Liu at the ever present Dr. Watson.
The League on FX (Time and Date TBA)

Friday:

Whitney on NBC @ 8pm
Last Man Standing on ABC @ 8pm

 Saturday:

You should be doing something other then watching TV

Sunday:

Dexter on Showtime at 9pm (September 30th)
Do No Harm on NBC at 10pm (New Show)
  -The classic tail of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in an updated format. 

Possible Mid Season Add Ins with Possibilities:

*Friend Me (Midseason) on CBS

  -Two friends move to LA and put an advertisement out to meet new people.  Harold and Kumar meeting and hanging out with someone new each week. 

Cult (midseason) on CW

  -A fictional  TV about a Cult starts to has a real cult following.

The Goodwin (midseason) FOX 

  -What happens when your daddy leaves a shit load of money behind and you have to jump through hoops to get it.

*The Following (midseason) FOX 

  -Kevin Bacon is a retired FBI agent until the serial killer he put away 9 years ago breaks out and starts recruiting and organizing the 300 active Serial Killers in America.

Hanibal (midseason) NBC 

  -Turning the Red Dragon Movie into a TV series. 

*Next Caller (midseason) NBC

  -Radio's Man Show is getting a pretty perky upbeat girl as co-host and he's not happy about it. 

 

Raising Kids

  There are more books on how to raise your kid then satellites orbiting the planet.  The problem is one will contradict the other.  So who should you believe.  If you actually read most of that trash the best thing is to pick and choose things that fit your life, you beliefs and culture.  You don't believe in allowing kids to explore the world your not going to incorporate the granola life style.  Reality is kids have been raised for thousands of years and no matter what, there are going to be good parents and their are going to be shitty parents.  If you want to be a good parent there are some basic things that have to done.

  First and the most basic is keep it alive.  Yes I said "it" children don't have sexual identity until they are older.  Yes they have a "penis" or "vagina" but that does not mean they can understand what responsibilities are associated with those private parts.  By thinking of them as "it" you allow yourself not to place your own stereotypes and expectations upon them.  That comes later.  Keeping "it" alive is making sure they feel safe (this is the same as knowing it is loved), fed a healthy diet (titties/formula at first, fruits and veggies, meats, etc), is appropriate clothed (clothes appropriate for the season), and your house is not a deathtrap (gates for stairs, door knobs, outlets covered, etc).  Kids have a tendency to find the most dangerous objects where ever they are and play with it.  There apparently is a gravitational pull created by dangerous objects kids can't resist.  I personally believe this pull is an evolutionary thing.  If you can't learn to survive then you aren't worthy of surviving. So I've been fighting evolution in saving each of my kids on a daily basis.  Once you get the hang of it, it becomes subconscious.

  Second you must set firm set boundaries for them.  This is first done physically by gates, shut doors, plugs in electrical sockets, stove covers and in my opinion lifting all the nicknacks, pictures and all the other stuff that makes your home look nice a good 5 feet off the ground.  This way they are allowed to explore and you are free to allow them.  Now you don't have stand over them every second.  Having to yell at your kids every 5 minutes to not touch this or that turns you into a prick.  You have better things to do then yell and hover over your kids every second of the day.  As they grow they are allowed access to things because they have matured enough to handle doing so.  As the first boundaries stop being physical, they become metaphysical.  For example: You are not allowed to eat cookies unless you ask.  You find their hand in the cookie jar.  You must now discipline them.  If you don't they will think they can get a cookie anytime they want because you are not going to do something about defying you.  Example 2: Your kid crawls into bed in the middle of the night because it had a nightmare.  Kid starts having "nightmares" every night and has to sleep in your bed every night.  There goes your sex life.  Kids are always going to be testing limits.  Your responsible is to make sure they know their limits.  Otherwise over time your shifting boundaries will let them think they can be little shits because you never punished them for doing what you told them not to.  By not setting firm and consistent boundaries, you create a person without morals or ethics.  They learn that rules are meant to be broken because a consequence is just a word.  People are 99% nurture and 1% nature. 

  Nature vs. Nurture.  Nature is your genetic profile.  Are you tall, short, brown hair, blue eyes, etc.  Nurture is learned through boundaries and role modeling.  If you want your kid to grow up healthy and happy, you have to lead a happy and healthy life.  If you and your significant other fight over every last thing.  Your kid will thing that is how you talk to people.  If you eat like a hog at a trough you can't be surprised your kid is 100 lbs overweight.  Parents are kids heroes and when they are young they don't care how much money you have, that you have all the best toys.  The happiest kids and most well adjusted are those whose parents set boundaries and role model those boundaries while spending time with them.

  Three, be your child's hero.  For kids there is no one stronger and braver then their father.  No woman more beautiful and caring than their mother.  You are prince charming and sleeping beauty (after she wakes up) to your kids.  By such you have expectations to live up too.  Not because you want to but because you need to if you want your kids to be able to be well adjusted adults capable of supporting themselves being productive members of society.  This means you have to demonstrate the behaviors needed to be a strong morally adjusted person.  Remember kids want to be you and if your a piece of shit of a person your kids don't have to know, if you show them all the positive things normal people do your kids will become greater then you.  You are the first and most influential teacher in your child's life.

  Four: show emotional and physical affection toward your kids.  Not in the pervert way (if you thought that was what I meant you shouldn't have kids, be around kids, maybe you should find a way to leave this planet or your so spastic your a nut case).  Kids are emotional creatures when their young.  Showing physical affection allows them to feel good about themselves, your affectionate relationship with them helps creates a connection of safety they can rely on to become emotionally safe internally.  Yes the old joke "Your mommy or daddy didn't hug you enough" isn't really a joke.  They probably didn't get enough hugs and affection from their family to allow them to establish and maintain lasting emotional connections to others or the exact opposite they become compulsive, overcompensating for their lack of affection seeking it where ever they can.  For you fathers with daughters there are two type of promiscuous women: the one with "daddy" issues; the second is because she really likes it and isn't ashamed.  I'd pick the second over the first. 

  How you implement these things is up to you.  I'm not coming to your house to show you how you should live.  I don't have the time to deal with your problems, I have my enough of my own to deal with.  All of this can be broken down to just a few things: 1. Praise and reward your kids when they do things right, punish them when they do something wrong being consistent.  2. Love your kids and don't be shy about showing them.  3. Stop evolution by keeping them alive.  4. Role model the behaviors you want your kid to have. 

-Rudest Dad

Reclaim your Manhood

  Men need only a few things to make us Happy.  A cold drink, a lot of sex, no one telling us why were doing everything wrong and feeling capable of providing for our families.  This last part is the key in feeling like a man.  Genetically and through millennium of evolution we have been programed to provide for our families.  Without this we can no longer be considered men internally or externally.  We have to reclaim are manhood, but the problem is we can no longer do that in our current society.  We have lost to designer underwear and service jobs.

  As a man in a emasculating society we have to accept and move past a large amount of things we have been conditioned from childhood.  We are suppose to be Alpha in the house, regardless.  In today's recession driven society men are no longer able to provide for their families as they did.  More and more women are becoming alphas in this capacity.  This goes against everything we as men have been raised to be.  As men we don't do well with change, resulting in anger and douchbagery.  We are no longer allowed to hit things and take our frustrations out on killing animals to provide for our families, earning the money to provide.  This has caused us to feel inferior which leads us to being a sad sack.  Everything we have been raised to know and believe in has been turned on its head.  The problem is we don't know how to reclaim our manhood in the acceptable manner of our current society. 

  We evolve or die.  For this we must develop hobbies and things that allow us to be men again.  Hence all the MMA do-jos,  gyms full of middle age men who want to reclaim something they felt they have lost.  You did lose it and now you have to man up and go reclaim it.  Don't feel guilty in this as you go into a gym or a martial arts studio, take an automotive class or something manly.  You are doing what you need to do to reclaim your manhood.  We have to relearn the skills we no longer pass down from father to son.  Because frankly everything has gotten so complicated we can't recognize them anymore.  But there are still things we are able to do.

  We must shed are ignorance and accept the world for what it is and learn to live within it, then carve out the parts necessary reclaim our manhood.  If we don't reclaim our manhood how will our children know the meaning of respect, honor, and duty.  These concepts will be lost forever to greed, backstabbing and hate.

  As men we must have a common ground to know each other.  No longer should we ridicule each other for trying to make ourselves better.  No longer will we give a shit about the petty things.  No longer will we worry about who makes the money, rather knowing our shit is taken care of regardless of by who.  No longer will we allow ourselves to betray ourselves by wallowing in self-misery because we can't do something.  We will take our man pants out of our wives/mothers/girlfriends dresser and start to reclaim our manhood.  We will reclaim our honor, by doing our duty and respecting ourselves as we swallow our pride to learn and evolve in this panty waist society. 

Home Theater: Things to Consider

  For many men having a giant TV with picture so good we can see Cameron Diaz's ass dimple and speakers that can blow women's clothes off is a dream we all work for.  It's the American Dream to rock out in our own homes.  No more having to pay 10 dollars a ticket for a movie.  We can wait and put it on the big screen in our own home.  The issue is that when it comes to the world of electronics we don't understand what everything means and how to make this dream a reality without wiping out our bank accounts.

  The first step is having a spot for all these toys.  Knowing the space is as important as what is put in there.  Does the space large, small, wide, long.  The space you plan on will dictate the size of your TV and the type of speakers and furniture you should buy.  If I have a short, squat basement room I plan on putting in my stuff then having floor speakers with a 60" TV would be mean I have to swivel my head to see the whole TV and have to have a very small couch to accommodate the speakers.  Or the opposite is true.  You don't want to have to have a small TV you need binoculars to see.  Or the need of a sub woofer because you plan on setting it up beneath the babies room.  These and other decisions need to be considered in the space you decide on. 

 
 

  Once you know where your going to set up your new theater, the next is to figure out is: What is your budget.  There are two options with the money.  The first is to have a large sum and go out and get it all at once.  This will require saving money int the bottom of your golf bag to make sure the wife doesn't spend it on shoes or some other pointless thing.  For decent equipment you will need about $5,000.  This is a great feeling and can be a good start to building your ultimate theater.  But if your like me and bills eat your pay check faster than crack head smokes a bag than this is another option.  Build your speaker system piece by piece.  Take a look at what you have and as you get the money start replacing and adding pieces.  If you already have a TV or one that is good enough you might want to get a receiver rather than upgrade the TV.  As TVs go, buying a new TV is best around March when you can pick up last years model at abut 1/2 of the new style.  Also this gives you the opportunity to score big in pawn shops, clearance sells and other deals that come around randomly.  The key to this is to sock the money away and have a small reserve when you run across a deal to good to be true.  For example this happened to me.  Walking through a big brand store I was able to pick up a Klipse 10" sub for my living room for 60% off.  For $200 I was able to get something that makes my house rattle.  Also by looking constantly for these pieces you teach yourself the prices and products that are out there and worth owning.

  The last piece is your homework with patience.  Do your homework.  This is such an important aspect of buying these products that you can save thousands of dollars if you do the research.  My first big TV I paid an extra $1500 for because I didn't know what I was doing.  Because I got caught in the beautiful picture and size I got suckered.  Don't let this happen to you.  Make sure you look at what's out there and wait for the right moment to go out there to fulfill your dreams.  When you do your research your realize that what one store sells you is a whole lot less somewhere else.  For instance:   you can get cords for about 1/2 price on-line and the big wear house stores sell wall mounts hundreds of dollars cheaper than electronic stores.  The store you buy your electronics isn't the same place you buy the tools to put them together.  Those stores can tack on a few hundred dollars of shit you don't need and find somewhere else cheaper. 

  The key to the right system is the right receiver.  the receiver is the heart and soul of your theater and can be the greatest or worse product you buy.  Buying the right receiver and will most likely be the hardest decision to make.  I personally find pioneer a very solid product that is well priced.  Pioneer is by no way the top of the line.  Its the Cadillac of receivers as the best way to think about.  Solid and stylish with all the same features at half the price.  Everyone has the brand they prefer its a personal thing.  If your a builder like me you know in the future you will want this and that to add to your collection.  If this is the case then you want to make sure you have extra ports for HDMI and Digital Optics for these pieces.  Something else to consider is the 5.1 and 7.1 speaker set ups.

  For those that don't know the .1 is your sub woofer.  Personally I'm running a .2 in my living room because I can.  The other numbers represent the number of speakers.  2 Front, 2 rear, center speaker and a sub woofer make a 5.1 if you had 2 mid range than you have a 7.1.  The thing to recognize with this is that unless you only watch blue Ray having a 5.1 is more than efficient.  As TV shows run 2.0 because there are only 2 speakers on it, plus if your movie collection is mainly DVD's they don't get higher than 5.1.  By eliminating two speaker outputs on your receiver you can save yourself some money.

  Finally you are ready to put everything together.  This is another decision you need to make.  How comfortable are you in installing everything.  For me I love putting it together, cutting the speaker wire and figuring out the puzzle of how I want to set everything up.  But I want that control over my system.  Other people are happy to let someone else come in and do it for them.  This isn't a bad idea if your planning on some seious installs such as in-wall speakers and in wall wire runs.  Everything else can be done at home if you have the confidence and the basic knowledge of how to plug things in. 

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Reconnecting with your Partner

Life is the biggest fucker out there.  It will piss on you when your down and kick you in the balls when your standing.  It will tear apart your marriage and everything you have.  What we don't realize as we are busy trying to make ends meet in the race of buying shit we don't need is that in any marriage the most important aspect is you and your partner.  If you and your partner are not happy then everything else is fucked.  As parents we are the number 1 role model, having the most influence in our children's lives.  If mom and dad suck at being man and wife then how are they going to be when they grow up.  Remember that life will attempt to get in your way so you have reconnect with your partner when you realize you have drifted apart.  Think of a marriage as two planets that are in geosynchronous orbit with each other.  Without proper maintenance this orbit gets F.U.B.A.R..  When things get F.U.B.A.R.ed bad shit happens.  

  Sex is the number 1 reason your marriage is out of sync.  Sex is the foundation of all marriages in this day and age.  Where people think getting married is the equivalent of "going steady".  Shake that up with long hours at work, kids, bills, debt and a whole bunch of other shit you wind up with a lot of exhausted nights wondering how your going to get through the next day.  Sex is the answer!  It's the number one indicator if your marriage is going down the crapper and it's time to reconnect.  

  But there is never enough time.  Bullshit!  That is an excuse there is always time.  I'm not attracted to my partner.  Well that sucks, might be why your not getting any.  We don't have anything in common anymore.  We don't, We don't We don't... are all excuses as to why your not bumping uglies, screaming "oh, God, Ala, Jehovah, Buddha, etc" or "YES! Oh Yes!"  We live in an "I can't" society, no longer a "We Can" America.  Everyday there are opportunities to do the nasty.  The problem is will she let you?

  So you have all these excuses, yet you don't want your marriage to end.  Well the biggest thing you have to do is reconnect with your partner.  This is a big concept with a great deal of many small parts.  This requires work and effort on your part.  But will result in a great deal of sex if your not a prick. 

  Number one reason sex is taken off the table by women is because they expect things you don't give them anymore.  Most women have told you in their top secret language we have no fucking clue how to read.  And because we haven't decoded their wants: Guess what, "NO MORE DOING THE NASTY".  Which causes the spiral of a loveless marriage ending with the divorce after all the kids leave.  Is it our fault we don't know the language of crazy?  That's debatable.  What isn't is taking our partners for granted, not doing anything nice for them.  Yes, we got married, they won and wenare now whipped.  We fight against this caging by not doing the things we are told to by our jailers.  We wait to be nagged and nagged before theyir throwing things.   Well our defiance to our imprisonment is us rallying against authority, attempting to get our way without having to do anything.  Men I learned this is just a slow way in killing ourselves.  I find that doing what is necessary without being told gives me a lot less bitching and a lot more sexy presents.  I'm well trained but I'm also well rewarded. 

  Reconnecting means doing things you don't have to, without the expectation of something in return.  "What the hell?".  Remember the end goal, Porn Sex.  Just because you took the trash out last week without being told doesn't mean your going to get a reward.  Women don't understand that if they want us to do things we need positive reinforcement.  We have to train them to do this.  And taking out the trash regularly doesn't deserve a treat in their irrational world.  For a reward it means you do all your chores without being told, and do the ones she hates the most for at least a month.  Once this month is over you can't drop her chores like a bad habit you have to drop one a week or so so it's not obvious.  We don't want her expecting you took over her chores.  Women have a problem with selective memory disease.  They only remember the shit you did bad, because you don't do enough good to counteract the bad.  Why give them a reason to talk shit.  This is the first small step in reconnecting.  The trick is to balance it without overdoing it.  If you do something long enough women come to expect it.  And as Chris Rock said, women do not go backwards.  Take the kids once a month on an all day trip, leaving a note and a flower to relax and take the day to do nothing (This takes some skill as you have to get everything prepped before you leave and with young kids this is a hurricane rapped in a tornado.)  Doing these small things similar to this randomly sets the tone letting your partner know you want to get rid of the kids for a weekend.  But it also signals to a woman that you care and you appreciate them (I don't know why but that's what it means).  Which wants to spend the weekend with you.   

  When this weekend happens don't make it about sex.  Make it about you and your partner.  Making it about "having" a good time implies sex later.  But you aren't home free and you have to continue to set the tone.  Remember your training her to reward you with all your hard work.  Don't screw it up. 

  Make sure the week before your weekend: talk/text, clearly telling each other what you want out of the weekend.  If you say naked porn action right off the bat your fucked and I can't help you because your a dumb ass.  Make sure you include a TV series you both can tolerate or movies.  Things that keep you at home or in a hotel room.  Having a weekend without kids, means you need to decompress.  If your still like to go out drinking make sure this option is put in on your recovery day.  Your partner wants to spend time with you.  Having hours of TV gives them that and you don't even have to talk.  Having a weekend on the couch catching up on Game of Thrones or Mike and Molly with a few glasses of wine/bear/liquor gives you better odds of some naked time.

  Make sure a dinner is in there as well.    For some reason women have this notion they have to be wine and dinned.  So to reconnect we have to do this.  Now it doesn't have to be a flashy, break the bank kinda thing.  Your trip can be to the grocery store for dinner ingredients, the redbox for movies.  The key is to sleep in and spend all your time together.  If your relationship is on tenuous ground, most of the time you will have to talk about things that are not personal.  Politics, food, What would be a cool place to visit, etc.  This is a reconnection not an inquisition unless you want a full out should we stay together weekend.  For most of us life just got in the way and we forgot about keeping each other in orbit.

  Now that you have your weekend and life comes back to invade your world you still need to do the things you did before to keep that reconnection alive and healthy.  Which means buying a bunch of roses randomly every few months to say I love you.  Doing your chores without being told (this will be the hardest but is also the most important).  Remember begging for sex is beneath us.  Our partners should want to fornicate with us and by doing the small things right without fuss we train them to give us what we want: SEX.

  Remember this if nothing else: Women gauge a man's love for them by what is done for them.  Men gauge a woman's love for them by how much dirty sex they get. 

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Is America Stupid?

  If you get all your information on things from FOX News or CNN than you are not informed.  You are being bias.  If your bias and don't read all the information except what you are given, then you are STUPID.  When's the last time you made a decision that wasn't influenced by a 30 second spot on TV, an ad in a magazine or a blurb on the radio?  When is the last time you read the research behind the information you are given?  Just because you believe something to be true, DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE!

  Truth is a subjective matter in America as we learned in Return of the Jedi.  Perspective on our issues is an easier thing said than done because we are kept so busy with work, kids, errands, wife, in-laws, sports, etc.  We seek something that is in-line with our values, the things we have been raised to believe.  When is the last time you asked questions on the most important choices in your life?  When's the last time you questioned the choices you make every day?  How do you relate to the world around you?  How educated are you, not how educated you think you are? When is the last time you tried everything first before making a decision instead of swallowing what you where raised or told to believe?  In a world where more information is accessible than ever before we are more susceptible in ignoring the truth. 

  As a parent making a decision in how I raise my child is not something I take likely.  I have an end goal in how my child will turn out.  Not only do I want my child capable of being successful, I want them to have a good foundation in how to decipher, process and make a decision that will be beneficial to them and those in their life.  But without a foundation in knowledge how can I expect my kid to be able to be successful.  If I don't demonstrate a positive role model, how can I expect my kid to be better than me. The days of having a 6th grade education in America is over.  Without the letters behind your name you can't even be considered for a job regardless of your experience and ability.  The last economic crash has facilitated this understanding.  Denying this basic fact only shows your ignorance of America.  Making sure your child has those letters is an important part of being a parent. 

  With the new presidential debate coming this November we are going to have to make an educated decision based on facts.  But we must do so based on an education of who these two men are and what they really stand for.  The choices we make will not only effect our country in a pivotal point in our economy but throughout the world as we have been at war for over 10 years and could continue for generations with the next election.  This election will set the tone for our children as the way our children are educated will be a hot topic in the coming years with the "No Child Left Behind Act" coming into play.

  This being said:  Is America Stupid?  Look at our country as a whole, what drives you to buy the biggest TV on the block and the newest gadget, the newest trend, or the tons of other worthless shit we don't need.  I know I'm doing the same as you.  I buy the shit I don't need everyday and scold myself for doing that.  My kids got more toys than the 3rd world country and yet when his birthday comes I add to the collection.  Does this make me stupid.  Well if I choose a pile of crap rather than putting my money away into saving so one day I may retire.  Yes that makes me Stupid.  Am I always an idiot?  I try not to be, but sometimes I need to buy myself something to make me feel better.  But God Dammit, its the American Way to buy, to make ourselves feel better through spending.  This thinking is a LIE, I am STUPID because I believe this!

  The American Way is not to buy and spend until we are broke and borrowing money from people who charge 30% interest.  When did the mob infiltrate corporate America?  When did I realize I was an addict to the corporate tit?  (But titties are so nice.  Especially the big ones that have all the right stuff.)  That's not America.  America is about earning what we have, socking money away so we can retire and enjoy our grandchildren.  America over the last 20 years has moved from a Country of hardworking rugged men to a pile of stupid people subservient to metro-sexual bullshit.  Men don't Shop.  Men build things, move things and drink beer afterwards as we talk about what a great job we did.  We know when we are being cheated and stand tall against ignorance, haters and liars.

  Until we reclaim America's true values of earning rather than taking.  Building instead of destroying.  Educated rather than ignorant.  Galvanizing Creativity rather than dampening imagination.   America will remain Stupid until we embrace the values we lost somewhere along the way.  

What Else Does This Look Like?

 

This is a corpse flower that blooms every 40 years.  Georgia O'Keef wishes she painted something like this.  I'm curious to know if what is jutting out of the petals was in stop motion.