Sunday, September 25, 2005

BLOG is invisible - If like myself, you throw on the Spelling Checker; you have probably discovered that BLOG is not there.. Seems strange that a program which can have words added as they are discovered as missing; does not have that one word describing the users (Blogger) or site.
Invisible to the administrators of this BLOG and their maintains of the dictionary. Who would write the word "blog" in a Blog. Ok the dictionary only check spelling and does not give definitions; so why is this important word not there.. or as just written about HIV positive. (no HIV does not exist)
Guess I will send a copy of this blog to the blogspot administrator or blogger. Lets see, go to setting and put their e-mail address in the e-mail... Gosh so easily...if you know the address.. guess they also want to be invisible to receiving blogs... Well there is also the ability to cut and paste (C&P) to suggestions.. (Guess tomorrows blog is today... invisible to date changes ha ha)

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Hidden in Plain View - HIV positive, was a watch word at the beginning of the 21 century. And safe SEX became a concern. Everyone seem to hear news of a friend or important individuals having discovered they were HIV positive. This was an invisible world, we all closed our eyes, until it hit home. Yes, the tube pushed stories after stories until we became more sensate to reality.
When writing about the invisible cleaning lady (Sept 16) a comment came from a HIV blog.
Yes, like the cleaning lady whom we accept into our lives; but don't see, talk about and certainly don't talk too; we have began to exclude this sickness from our reality.
Invisible, because we know it is there but continue to not become involved; the number of new cases detected yearly has greatly increased over the last couple of years. Scare of the possibility of infection, it was the worst of the unsafe sex encounters. But during the past few years it has been placed as just another possible danger of Unprotected Sex or Liberal Sexual attitudes.
First it was invisible because we knew so little about it. Then informed we became more "not my problem" blind to its presence around us. The Gay movement, seem to gain movement; and we saw it as their problem. Now, we are again placing it in the area of invisible reality. Knowing it is there, but no longer concern; we are now even telling ourselves it is not a danger. We argue that more and more people are living longer with medications. etc . etc.. So back to the hidden reality while we exclude this from our concern. It is not part of our world.
Yes, we exclude these people from our circles, they are not our type or we don't need to know them, unless they are our servants like waiters, barmaids, hairstylist and others. Back away if they say they are gay, because they are more than likely also HIV positive... What a crock... Open our (your) eyes.. See the flowers and the weeds and give each there share of attention.

Friday, September 23, 2005

We see what you are doing. - ( do you think we are stupid?? ) The biggest influence on our life is that tube. We spend so much time watching what we consider as enterainment, we seldom consider how it is influencing our opinion. I remember a program some time back... a girl was raped in the back of a van. Once the idea is in your mind it is there for good... Yes I wish I did not see it, but I can not remove that memory.
Last night it was the first of a new program "E-Ring" about the CIA, Army, etc etc... but it was about how they ( chief of staff, DND, etc...) all decicded to go into the 12 mile (or was it 20 miles) zone of China to retreive a CIA agent. (USA breaking the rules again). The new series was ...." U don't leave anyone behind" as the reason... and of course China had started to develop a steld... ( is that how it is spelled) submarine. Well, TV,,, yes Television, influences how we think about a thing. As we watch a program which is enterainment, we forget that in the Invisilble world of influence we do not forget what we have seen.
In the news tonight is the history of China and how it is chan (dictionary) ... challenging the USA. Strange a program influencing my views on the USA decision to involve in the internal affairs of China and justifing (dictionary) justify the US involvement. An invisable world of influence and hidden agenda. Glad I am a Canadian.... (Yes need a dictionary, stupid but not too stupid)
How much of our TV do we see as an hidden (invisible) agenda..
A "Blog" is like like diary which is open and anyone can read... but no one reads We just expresses our opinion and ... " So what .."" ha ha..

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Lost Cashier - Are Self-service checkout counters at the supermarket removing jobs from Cashiers ? Tonight, I used the machine for the first time, as I saw the long line at the few items cashier. It was not all that bad, although the Vegetables seem a bit more difficult. Reading the codes was unique. Where was the Cashier ? I checked the controlling Cashier station where she was controlling 6 machines; and was aware she needs to be on her toes. (Maybe, be cause more are first time users, like myself)
I was surprised to see (or discover) all the electronic controls. Electric eye detects your presence, even the bags sit on a weight sensor which detects if you put something in your bags. And don't try to take your bags before paying; the Cashier arrives FAST. No I was not attempting to leave, I just thought that now all was checked in, I had to take my bags and go to the cashier at the end. (No, machine takes your money, bills, cards everything).
Invisible world because of the disappearing Cashier but most off all, we forget how much electronics can check every move, every unique variations of the norm. Worst is the damm machine say "Put your item in the bag" when I left it on the side of the reader after reading. It would not advance until I did. Guess now will have to see if it detects two items bagged at a time..Ha ha.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Sex Slavery - Tonight, the Canadian program "The passionate Eye" covered the Russian kidnapping of women into trips to neighboring countries where they are sold into the large cities prostitution. How can police, when supplied with television footage of actual exchange of money and actual charges laid by the women; continue to ignore the crimes. Are they proslavery and recruiting free services for their blind eye. This invisible world must be confronted at each individual levels. Here in Canada we have a immigration policy allowing Exotic Dancers to work in the Country. I will be taking some Blog time to write a letter concerning this BLIND EYE

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Verbal Diarrhea - Invisible to the individual who seems to write and write, this is certainly my problem with the previous postings. Rather than give my views in detail, I would rather open the reader's eyes to what is hidden or hard to see. Before posting I did not notice the running off. Sorry.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Holes in World's Reality (part 2)
Part 2 - In the previous, we saw how people with difficulties must learn to create a picture of reality.
Yes a Blind person accepts they can do Lawnbowling if they receive sufficient information. But as a handicap individual rebuild their life with the assistance they receive.(a wheelchair, a volunteer, memory remainders, and even medication) they want their weakness to be invisible.
Not wanting dependence,they create limits of assistance and visibility,and understanding that those around them will respect these limits. They do not see the difficulty with which friends and family find it impossible to not treat them differently.
Also when a friend has their accident which caused the handicap, all seem to be invisible to be accepting the new restrictions.. This is an invisible world we must walk into and live, whether the handicap individual or friends. How do we not see them and not want to help. How do we help without making them feel dependent. Can we talk about IT or never discuss IT.

A friend of mine who helps blind lawnbowlers often says to his charge. "Look at me, can't you see what I am saying ? You are doing this, or that" He is treating the individual as anyone else. However, same taboos exists like "Can't you see" could be replaced with " I am sure you see that..."

It is strange but the level of making the handicap invisible is in our own self. As long as we see them as different and are happy that has not happen to us; there is no way our expression, or actions can not reflect it.

So in part 1 we were talking about how these individuals accept holes in the reality of they world. How, things remain invisible until the result or information is received.

Would you believe our life is like that too.

Many of our actions have holes of delay between the start of the action and the results of action. Different results then we expected means changing our method of presentation of the action; whether an interview, a budget, a speech or other actions. We certainly, become use to periods of "no information"
Having given a rose to a lovely women, or your wife; You wait for her reply have expectation of what the results will be The invisible world of her thoughts and emotions become clear. (Most men are said to be in the dark as to that invisible world of women's emotions) Her immediately reply, if the rose wa given in person,has a very short delay and hole of visible understand. But waiting for her to call, can be long if the delivery by the flower shop.

Or you have send out invitations to friends for the weekend party and must wait for their decision and reply. Like the blind bowler, we know at a point we will have our results and information but the waiting forces us to living in an invisible world. Not knowing, not seeing what has happen.

Even receiving the phone call, we become blind and depend upon the voice to imagine the person. They could be wearing anything at the time, a suit, a rags or jeans or a housecoat. The phone is a door into the invisible world, and others want that invisibility as knowing they are not seen, seem to do strange things while on the phone. (read "Don't want to know" on Sept 17th)


This invisibility is a reality of our world. Like a Car rally, the Rally of events which are all invisible, as they arrive , or as we attempt to make them happen; we just go from point to point waiting for the best results in the end. We should see that layoff at work coming but facts made it invisible until the last few weeks. We should have seen that that friend was using us for a personal gain but we wanted their friendship so much we closed our eyes and let the best come out of it.
Point - We live everyday and every few minutes with holes in reality. Blind sports and hope in things coming out for the best. Our invisible world forces us to have confidence in what is to come next and wait for it. Knowing this invisibility of reality we can not worry about what is, whether invisible or visible, just not waste the time to worry about it. While going to the next checkpoint in our Rally through our invisible world we are living for the moment and happy for the chance. The world of reality is "Everything is not what it seems to be"

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