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An Eternal Present in the Blink of an Eye

Bionic Man Destroys Track and Field

When an international court ruled Friday that a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa was eligible to compete in this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, the stage was set for disabled athletes to meet their own trailblazer.

I think they know that with his body size(even though he stands taller than he would have with his own legs) and strength, he can run faster than an athlete with prosthetic limbs ever has but despite the improvements in prosthetic technology he still can't quite approach Olympic times. This means they can have this feel good decision but what about a few years from now or sooner, the research increases to improve the technology as disabled athletes and others see an opportunity for themselves to compete in regular track and field events(arguably rightly so). But the problem is now if he is allowed why not someone else with even better artificial legs or artificial arms for javelin throwing.

If he did manage to win, just about everyone will think and some will say, it was the legs that won. No matter what he does those will never be his legs so basically it's a freak show but it's also a sign of things to come and if it's going to be a wide open race great but they will have to get rid of bans on everything and let the best motor ablized, bio and chemo assisted, mechanically enhanced, genetically enhanced human, regular human or superhuman win.

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/sports/20070514_RUNNER_GRAPHIC.html

Nostalgia

Mirror

From the film by Andrei Tarkovsky

Mirror

From the film by Andrei Tarkovsky

You Are Under Arrest

Somewhere in Laycock Park

Worst Fight Scene Ever

Coffee and Doughnuts

A new Tim Hortons is getting ready to open on the corner of 64th and Centre St. NE.


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I glad there will be something open early in my neighbourhood now and I practically live next to it.

The Last Piece of the Great Lego Castle

Language and Humanity

from Waking Life by Richard Linklater

Big Brother

A Great Finish

What amazing power and control. I love the reaction of the guy losing, he just as impressed as the crowd. It seems like a great atmosphere and he plays with style.

Show and Shine at Deerfoot Mall

After a third classic car passed by walking home last Saturday, I went by the mall to check it out. It was ending when I got there, the sky was clear, seemed a perfect day to show off their rides.
Sometimes a car is more than just a way to get around.

Shark Surfer

That's unbelievable. It's gotta be a fake.

Colourful Trash

I took these when I had a lot more time one my hands, a few years ago. It was also before I bought a digital camera.

Pulp Influence Richard Prince's Nurses

Tender Nurse by Richard Prince

Debutante Nurse by Richard Prince

Registered Nurse by Richard Prince

Dude Ranch Nurse by Richard Price

Man-Crazy Nurse 2 by Richard Prince

Bukowski

One of my favorite poets for sure, actually I dont have too many favorites, so probably the favorite. His book Factotum is hillarious and the wrting is all as simple and poetic as this poem. They tried to make a movie of the book, I say tried because the genius of the book is in the words and sentences as much or more than the characters or storyline.

This is an early poem written sometime in the 1950's

Friendly Advice to a Lot of Young Men

Go to Tibet.
Ride a camel.
Read the bible.
Dye your shoes blue.
Grow a beard.
Circle the world in a paper canoe.
Subscribe to The Saturday Evening Post.
Chew on the left side of your mouth only.
Marry a woman with one leg and shave with a straight razor.
And carve your name in her arm.

Brush your teeth with gasoline.
Sleep all day and climb trees at night.
Be a monk and drink buckshot and beer.
Hold your head under water and play the violin.
Do a belly dance before pink candles.
Kill your dog.
Run for Mayor.
Live in a barrel.
Break your head with a hatchet.
Plant tulips in the rain.

But don't write poetry.