I just came from Daisys blog and after reading the comments section I just realized that I may Have quit drinking waaaaaay too f**king late!
I don't know whats going on so Screw it I'm going back to bed! Laters... Scratch

Later on... Be good..


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LONG PAST GONE.


I can remember we were driving down highway 99 in my step pop’s old Buick Skylark, heading from Gustine California to Wilmington some 350 mile away, we had the car jam packed and a trailer in tow doing one of many moves from place to place. I can remember being wedged between four or five large boxes and the passenger door in the backseat trying to sleep, I could feel the car swaying and that almost rhythmic slight rumbling beneath the floor that always seemed to tell me that our family was headed into yet another situation with an unknown future. That was late nineteen sixty nine, and back then gasoline was dirt cheap and you could afford to move around a lot, and we did. We used to look for the cheapest gas station to fill the car and back then Beacon stations were amongst the cheapest, the lowest I can remember gas being was.39 cents a gallon and I’m sure that there were places where it was even lower. My… how things have changed, now the average working stiff can barely afford to drive the car around the block and back without digging into the pits of their pockets to scrap up three or four bucks for another gallon of guzzeline to get them to point “B.” I have a friend at work who complained the other day about how he didn’t think they were gonna stop raising the price of gas until it eclipsed 5.00 a gallon, he almost fainted when I offered back: “if they stop there.” something is seriously wrong here, the average working class family can’t even afford to buy a new car without mortgaging their children’s future, they can’t afford decent housing without being willing to work their asses off until their eighty years old to pay for it, it just seems as though the obscenely wealthy of this country are not happy unless they are doing anything and everything in their power to keep the rest of us in debt until old age. And as for Gasoline? personally I don’t think they will stop raising the price until driving an auto mobile becomes a privilege that working class Americans like you and me can no longer afford to do.. I suppose that’s what happens when an oil man becomes President of The United States of America.

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Its friday! welcome to The "X" Page.



BLOGGING TROUBLED WATERS..



I hated school, everything about it I hated, the social cliques, the generic sophomoric ridicule that went on between the student’s was often unbearable to watch or listen to. And if you didn’t jump in the middle of it you were deemed a coward even though you weren’t, it was hard enough just trying to find a place to fit in, let alone getting good grades to keep your parents off of your ass. So I ended up quitting and spent the most important part of my life with a shovel in my hands digging holes in the earth trying to earn a decent living.. I may not have made it through high School but that doesn’t make me stupid, not even close. I taught myself pretty much every thing that I know. I’m not in high School anymore.. I haven’t been for a very long time, but looking around the Stream lately I see a lot of Bad Juju (as Six puts it) name calling, finger pointing and self reported adults acting like children.. I didn’t have the luxury of a childhood, so I’m guessing that this must be what it must have looked like. I am starting to feel that sophomoric anger that I felt before so long ago, I don’t know the whole story so I’m not going to judge anyone, but I’m sensing a lot of anger here lately. I’m not sure exactly where its coming from or who is driving it in the disturbing direction that it seems to be taking, so all I can say about it is this, if you are angry, be angry, but leave people alone.. If you are so fucking miserable that you need to come online to pick fights with people that you don’t even know I suggest that you seek professional help.. You obviously need it..

MORE DROPS IN THE STREAM.



My friend Daisy (Along The Spiral Path ) wrote a blog on Monday about clear communication, in fact that was the name of the post. I think that many times when two people are communicating especially true in written communication, that it becomes very easy for wires to get crossed and meanings to become conflicted, write carefully what you mean and mean what you write, remember even if the intention isn’t bad any unclear exchanges can be taken that way.. READ DAISY”S POST!! Its important.Thank you Daisy.

Miss Lou! Man she is always fun to read (Lou’s World ) she has a piece on globalization that you simply must read, everything Miss Lou writes is great stuff but this is the real deal, its entertaining in a truthful sort way as is everything our beloved Miss Lou writes. Love ya Lou!

Well if anyone should write a book here on the Stream it should be my bud Wayf. (Stream of consciousness.) the man can write his ass off!! (sorry Wayf.) if you haven’t read his latest go to his blog and read it, every word its worth it! Every time I read his stuff I can honestly say that I take something positive and different away from his wonderful writings each and every time.. The post is called: “The Best intentions: Son of “A Taoist Perspective” (3 for 3 edition ) you won’t be sorry if you read this one.



Okay, my new blog Pick of the week.., its funny.. (Laughed my ass off.)Its clever.. (always a good thing) the title is what grabbed me. And you may have already read her but if you haven’t Check out “HOT FLASHES” by Quixote, man, this really a great blog that everyone needs to read, great writing and visuals and a rather sly sense of humor that made me bookmark her the first time that I visited. My blog Pick of the week “Hot Flashes.” Hope everyone enjoys their friday..Scratch.

DO YOU SEE ME?



Do you see me? No. No. No.. not the words, that shit is so easy, I can paint you a pretty picture with the words, I can sell it like you can’t believe, some people think that I should do this for a living. I could very well do it too, just like a thousand other people out there who prey on innocent people on the internet.. The question still stands “Do you see me?”.. no. you can’t .. no more than I can see you, you can feed me the same pictures as I can feed you, the difference is can you sell it? Probably not. No more than I could, or would, I’m a good person and I wouldn’t do that to someone, But you really don’t know that now do you? You know the Scratch persona that I have created but you really don’t know me, anymore than I know you, we can talk and converse and become cyber friends as I have become with so many here, we talk and play around as if we really know each other, but as soon as the line is crossed and it becomes too comfortable or personal, the red flags go up, or at least they should. The fact of the matter is there are people out there that are completely void of social conscience who not only prey on children, they prey on anyone that will allow themselves to become a mark. Many predators are not only out there in the physical world walking amongst us, there are many more haunting the internet, they are here for only one purpose, to take advantage of people who have let their guards down and who aren’t paying attention, the hide on blogsites, they lurk in chat rooms and talk to your children and they are as real as any danger that you may face right outside of your front door.. They will harvest anything from your phone numbers to credit card numbers to the golden egg itself , YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, they will steal everything, your dreams, your Identity and inevitably your life. So, how do you tell? Well like I said most of them do it for a living.. And they are good at it, the best offense is a good defense, if someone is trying to collect personal information.. Ask questions.. Lots Of Questions.. Let them know that you are very suspicious.. Pay attention to the way they use their words, many times its what they aren’t saying that can tip you off, and above all else be careful who you give your trust to.. and remember the internet is a wonderful thing for all of us here, but it isn’t a separate place than the physical world that is void of the same dangers, but merely a well crafted extension of it..

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