Water is the Key to Everything

Water flows.  Water collects.  Water sustains life.  Too much water takes life.  Too little water deprives life.  Business relies on water to function.  Energy production relies on water supply.  Economies go up or down depending on water distribution.  So why are we ignoring water?

The world needs a water storage and distribution system to effectively manage all the water resources we need to function.  Areas of the planet can be terraformed with water distribution to become more valuable areas that they are.  Water pulled from the ocean will sustain life on the islands and coastal communities slowly being consumed by rising levels.  Disasters will be minimized by lessening the sources of the problem.  Why isn't it clear that this is needed?

Probably because there are plenty of people that profit on the disaster.  All governments of the world could work together to control the water flow on the planet, but they would rather it fall the way it does, and deal with the consequences as they arise.  They don't see options to reverse it because they don't see any economical value in it. 

It's a foolish thought, that people would risk destroying everything they know just be claiming ignorance, but it's what happens.  Perhaps people just want to see it happen.  People are strange like that.

Poisoned Mind, Seeing Religion in Everything

I was listening to a song about love, passion, and sex.  It was clear that there were many sexual innuendos but someone in the comments obviously had their own opinion "This song is obviously about God!  And all of you are wrong for thinking otherwise!"  Really?  It was written for a movie about the aforementioned topics, not for religion, yet that's all they see.

This is further proof that religion poisons the mind and corrupts interpretation into something that suits their belief, and their belief only.  They see religion in everything, and it's a sickness.  I had friends in college and they would look at the sky and say "how could the colors of a sunset be anything but a created work of art every night?"  I didn't even want to comment.  A sunset isn't always beautiful, it just happens to look that way from certain perspectives.  If they were standing in another location it might look terrible.  Would they still praise and exclaim beauty?  Randomness is true beauty, because it may never happen again.

Then there's the 'eye argument'.  "How could anything as marvelous as an eye develop on its own?  How could life develop on its own?"  Trial and error.  Trial and error over millions of years to get it right.  Building blocks didn't start as cells, and human eyes weren't just spawned into existence.  How many animals can see and how long did it take to develop a sense of surroundings as a need to survive? 

Avoid the poisoned minds, because they only see through sickness.  Discover the wonder of random, because it truly is an aspect of chaos that lends to great things, and that greatness is evident in everything we take for granted.  That greatness doesn't make it a god by default, just something to appreciate.

Mad at the Site called Bubblews

Have you heard of the writing site called Bubblews?  Well I have been a member there for more than a year and they deleted my account this morning without so much of a warning.  When I opened the message they sent to my email account it said "Account removed for inappropriate content."  Okay... so what was it that was inappropriate?  They never said. 

I sent them an email and they haven't replied either.  They confiscated my $18 I had up until then and will probably not restore my account.  Other people on the site think it had to do with recent posts, but I have no idea which ones. 

So much for their motto "write your world" because I did that and got removed.  The only posts I could think that might have been the culprits were one on history (mentions slavery), ones about religion (mentions alternative religious perspective), and one that had a risque picture, that their site provided! 

If they restore my old account I will be less unhappy, but if they don't, and remove my current created account, then I will be raging. 

Chaos is the Norm Now

In this current age of mankind, the spirits are unbalanced and the tides of change continue sweeping the globe.  The element of chaos is strong unlike it has been in many years.  It's unknown whether it is resonating with a source or it the conditions are just favorable for it. 

War has always been common in this world, but right now it seems to be gaining momentum as dissonant groups gain authority and press wedges in the fissures of tension.  Calamity mounts closer as people try to adapt to the change.  In the mean time organisms are gaining new ground as well, as older diseases are claiming new identities today.  Ebola, super bugs, and new viruses are all contenders in this age of darkness. 

Is anyone really happy now, or is happiness an illusion to overcome the stress of the day?  Who can say what is real and truth in this age of chaos and lies. 

Cold Weather

It's cold outside.  The winds are swirling and the mostly full moon is shining through the clouds as though laughing at me with a light without warm.  It may be basked in the light of the sun, but the frozen world is not. 

I've noticed that the media no longer refers to it as a Polar Vortex, they must have overused it last year and were told to knock it off.  Now everyone just has to accept that it's cold air and snow, and not some weather phenomena that is beating down their door and freezing them in their homes.  I'm just hoping to escape this winter without my pipes freezing again, like last year.  Some more snow would be great to prevent that.

Stay warm everyone, do your best to weather the weather. 

Welcome 2015

Looking forward to 2015, it's a time of new beginnings and life in different parts of the Internet.  I have been bouncing around a lot since I moved in 2013 and it's taken a while with work to get things to a stable point.  Entropy is a constant and will continue to be so, as it always is. 

I have survived the latest threat against my life (a new threat every 8 years) that came in the form of blood poisoning.  It wasn't fun, but I got to the treatment early enough to prevent it from getting to my heart (which would have been game over). 

The old home of my writing retired, and the latest one has crawled to a standstill.  I think more blogs will be in the near future, but I wanted to update any readers on this one to the changes. 

Happy 2015, may it be a great year for all of you!

The Bitter Cold and using it to Heat

Every now and then, winter comes in and serves a cold dish a little restricting on people's wallets and lifestyles.  Heating a home during a deep freeze is daunting, especially for people that lack sufficient insulation.  Homes struggle with rises fuel costs associated with heat, while the cold winter sucks the energy right from the structure.  But if the winter is cold enough and there is ample snow around, it could work to your advantage. 

Snow is a fantastic insulator, while ice is not.  Snow is made up of ice crystals, but as they pack together, air pockets form between them, which restricts the passage of heat, making it great for insulation.  For homes with constant dangers of freezing pipes from bitter winds, this snow can become the thing that prevents that.  And that method is a snow wall.

A snow wall is essentially a pile of snow that surrounds the structure to a certain level.  Snow walls can be made loosely or built vertically even using powder snow (it actually works better).  Using a snow shovel and tossing powder snow into one area will make a ridge.  By throwing the snow onto that ridge by letting it fall on it from above, builds that ridge into a wall, while the powder snow that falls down can be thrown up again.

There are three advantages a snow wall provides.  1) It's a great wind barrier and cold air buffer, which slows the transfer of cold temperatures to the side of the structure.  2) It traps heat that bleeds off the home in the air gap between the wall and the building longer, meaning less heat passes through.  3) looking at areas of the wall that are melting away from the side of the house faster means more heat is lost in that area, and can be addressed from adding insulation to an inside wall or placing heat reflective insulation in front of a window.  If the snow wall melts slower or not at all, then it means more heat is being retained by the inside.

I have built snow walls before and they do work great.  There was a noticeable slow to the drop in my home heating oil even though the outside air was in the negatives, and the downstairs portion was much warmer longer, which meant my floor was warmer.  It essentially takes the ground temperature and raises it to whatever the height of the wall is, which even though cold in winter, is far superior to the alternative.  

If in doubt, try it out.  It's a good exercise activity and might save you money at the same time.