Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Kindle no more

/The moniker Kindle McGuinness is dead.

If I'm to walk this grand trail ... it will notify me if I'm to be known differently than my birth name.


HYOH.

Monday, February 24, 2020

The end of another dream ... what's next?

The end.

That is where most beginning start.


Quick check to see how fast google notifier notifies y'all that I'm closing up this blog.

Seems, this day and age of free theft of data and schitt,
one has to be aware if they have been compromised.

I think I may have been from a while ago ... online trading training.

I believe I'll be moving to Apple or Mozilla and pay for my protection.  Free is not what it's cracked up to be especially now that I have the "Ins" on the markets.
Odd how it all crashed this past week.

With a house full of microphones, who's to know who's is turned on and when their phones are in the room when they are not.

So with that, it is time to bid good bye.

Kindle is no more.  Starting fires is for someone else to do.
I've even not liked the last few pints of Guinness I've drunk either ... I guess change is the only constant.

A few days of clean up and one email is gone forever.
Soon, I'll have one moniker and it will be mine to control, kindly.

See ya.
Here, there or in the air.


Pete

Done : the rest will have to wait.

Words.  Set # 22 & 21  
Acer A515-54-51DJ bit the dust and I close a chapter in my existence ... let go of other schitt.
22
(Power) Attractive

adjective

  1. (of a thing) pleasing or appealing to the senses.

(Force) Seductive
adjective
  1. tempting and attractive; enticing.

21
(Power) Truthful

adjective
  1. (of a person or statement) telling or expressing the truth; honest.

(Force) FALSE

adjective
  1. 1.
    not according with truth or fact; incorrect.


*******

Twice now in 140 days I've missed a day.
Making it up sucks.

Others will be getting their wishes, I'll have limited technology use on the trail.

With that, I've been instructed to not hike until it can be paid for with trading.

Delays because of cash ... just like hiking.

With the hassles of technology and my anger towards it all.

My blog ends here until I can get "To the Trail"

Here's the rest of the words.
power       force


Spontaneous Impulsive
Praising Flattering
Steadfast Faltering
Involved Obsessed
Serene Dull
Thoughtful Pedantic
Agreeable Condescending
Tractable Contrary
Peaceful Belligerent
Virtuous Celebrated
Warm Feverish
Believing Insulting
Approving Critical
Fair Scrupulous
Authoritative Dogmatic
Beautiful Glamorous
Gracious Decorous
Charitable Prodigal
Cheerful Manic
Civil Formal

The blog so far has done it's job.

If I return to this space ... which is highly unlikely now ... I might use them.

Aloha and enjoy your life.


Piotrus.

all 140 (Power) going forward.
Allowing
Experienced
Choosing-to
Egalitarian
Inspired
Timeless
Purposeful
Significant
Patriotic
Accepting
Balanced
Selective
Detached
Cherishing
Serving
Humorous
Principled
Brilliant
Healing
Aware
Conscious
Humble
Educating
Just
Doing
Tolerant
Giving
Natural
Orderly
Challenged
Grateful
Abundant
Conciliatory
Admitting
Defending
Essential
Responsible
Modest
Encouraging
Considerate
Global
Gentle
Impartial
Courageous
Ethical
Flexible
Diplomatic
Loyal
Forgiving
Releasing
Intuitive
Unifying
Excellent
Appreciative
Energetic
Joyful
Fertile
Enlivening
Eternal
Intentional
Constructive
Liberating
Receiving
Observant
Confident
Thrifty
Trusting
Being
Aesthetic
Prolific
Holistic
Envisioning
Democratic
Determined
Candid
Empathetic
Confronting
Respectful
Valuing
Devoted
Contending
Open
Free
Concerned
Surrendering
Gifted
Inventive
Carefree
Erotic
Honest
Unselfish
Novel
Sober
Helpful
Striving
Ingenious
Long-term
Honoring
Optimistic
Privileged
Merciful
Outgoing
Harmonious
Polite
Sharing
Nurturing
Equal
Kind
Inviting
Tender
Generous
Powerful
Spiritual
Leading
Reliant
Patient
Requesting
Satisfied
Attractive
Truthful
(last 20 below)
Spontaneous
Praising
Steadfast
Involved
Serene
Thoughtful
Agreeable
Tractable
Peaceful
Virtuous
Warm
Believing
Approving
Fair
Authoritative
Beautiful
Gracious
Charitable
Cheerful
Civil

Saturday, February 22, 2020

tattoos .... my body art

Words.  Set #23
To those following along … still 71 days or so till I hike … less blogging in 24 days.

(Power)  Satisfied
adjective
  1. contented; pleased.

(Force)  Salted
verb
past tense: salted; past participle: salted; adjective: salted
  1. 1.
    season or preserve with salt.

******
Hiking:
In the schitt clearing, I found all the little gadgets and information I have saved for my future A.T. adventure.
Now I get to see what still works and test them against others I have doubles of … lots of little flash lights I see for some reason.

Technology has made some of my past items obsolete so they can be sold, let go or given away to some hiking organization in the area.

Organizing, tossing, donating and stowing …. all for when I return to edit film, audio and process the adventure … write the book or manuscript or flow diagram …. my office is just about ready to receive me back in the future.

*******
I choose to adorn no tattoo in remembrance of those who were forced to be tattooed.

My body art has a story in each scar.
Even the next that are forming on my fingers to remember the day I tried (unsuccessfully) to catch a falling glass in a sink area … the surrounding moments are the memory, not the lost glass.

It took me back to a conversation I had with my grandparents when they both were alive … I was about 5, 6 or 7.  Some day I'll realize the day … I was instructed to become an American.

I had questions about being 100% Polish decent.
I wanted to learn the language they all talked while I was around.
It sounded neat … Aunts, Uncles, Bling, Bling, Bling … but no, that was not my instructions.

I think my Dad was removed from his own family in some way.

During these moments, I noticed that some of the women had number tattoos on their arms … my questions about them were answered … concentration camps …. Nazis … I was pleaded to never adorn a tattoo in remembrance of those that did not have a choice … 59 years later, my only tattoos are scars.

My Dad's only Tattoo, a rose with the word under it - MOM.
Her name was Mary … at least that is the one they gave her at Ellis Island …. a planned visit to find out the day is in my future.

I guess he was rebelling in his own way … I never guessed before, but now I fully understand the conversation with his parents.

American 1950's punk ass Dad with a Polish family background … 

For me personally?
It was a lot of paperwork and it was rough getting a USN clearance and I'll never know why.   
I honestly don't need to as everything and all did eventually go thru to help me understand how to be an American … all the way and as close to any edge I could get to.

******

Then my memory faded back to where I found in my Schitt a few quotes I jotted down back in my past ....

"Do no let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." 

~ John Wooden

… "As you move forward on the success journey, you need to remember that what happens IN you is more important than what happens TO you.  
Unfortunately .... pg 15 "  

Unfortunately for me, my old note ended there.
I can only assume that it came from the book or course:

The Success Principles by Jack Canfield.

The Future Depends upon what we do in the Present.


"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live that life which he and imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Here is the KEY reason:
Other people may be responsible for making you who you are.

They did the best they could with what they had to work with.
YOU are responsible for changing it.  ~
Mahatma Gandhi

*****
Crunches, modified push ups, guitar time (a song right now), trading code learning, sewing, clearing, planning ... Grammar App … all in love.

Self, Others, Future ... all in love.    A little each day.... hugs.

When I changed the way I looked at things, the things I looked at changed.  Thanks Wayne Dyer.

Flip presumed bad Karma into lessons … "looking for the cookie thief" as Wayne Dyer describes … or the dog that takes packages from porches … or the glass that breaks and cuts a few digits to test ones Moxie.
I'm still peeling the layers of the onion … when chopped: tears 
Then to sweetness when cooked I can only hope.


Moving forward with a rebuilt laptop that is a bit wonky this morning as it finds it's way thru the 5th set of updates … tethered to my iPhone … might bounce box my laptop and this is my testing of equipment for weight and choices too.
Most all my digital archives are now on a 4TB drive about the size of a deck of cards … I have a few hard drives to convert over before I destroy those …. I had sense enough to label them with painters tape for my future self to realize the video and book data stowed in the most advanced manner in my time line of technology.

Now it's streaming everything … unless you have limited bandwidth on the side of a mountain … flash cards you can swallow and drives that hold a schitt ton of stuff … securely … what a world we live in.

I'll test a wireless keyboard and my phone some day soon to really keep the weight down … just in case I want to be less tethered … hiking my hike, for me, the way I desire … not someone else.

As for talking to the phone … I'm being reminded over and over and over again that my battered brain likes to share …. I've been labeled "Chatty Cathy", "Gabby", "Mr. Talks Too Much" and other monikers over my life … sorry if I bore you with my writing then.
So talking to a phone that has to have it's microphone on to observe if you are actually talking to it …. sorry … I've been listened into too many times … that is why I talk story …. A lot to choose to use that might cause confusion … to my advantage just like the ass in chief does but on a smaller scale … I've used it my whole life too.

So, talking to record my novel (short story, cartoon play, manuscript) is not going to happen.  
I'll type until my fingers stop working, then and only then will I go to saying: Computer, what is today's Margin balance?  Good!  Trading did allow me to purchase a World Cruise in one week.

Actually, 5 star manicured hands might forget how to type for a Season … that is the dream.  :)

~ Kindle

Friday, February 21, 2020

Everytown .... making money

Words. Set #24

(Power)  
Requesting
verb
gerund or present participle: requesting
  1. politely or formally ask for.

(Force)  Demanding
adjective
  1. (of a task) requiring much skill or effort.

*****
With all the talk of apologies ... I understand that some people will never apologize ... it's not in them to do it .... one could wait years and it never does happen ... no matter how many times the door is reopened to do so ... it is also something that cannot be demanded.

*****
EveryTown.org
Gun Violence.

We can be the healing ...
We can be the Flower 

and the gun.  
Requesting ... and wait.

*****
Internet is an issue still.  Iphone works ok.

Beginning a 4TB backup (of my electronic life) - I should not fill it but I could not pass up the deal for 4TB at $94.00

Trading could end up supplementing some of my trip as I would like ... just I would need a machine online and a person to attend it each week on Friday Shutdown, update and then Sunday Startup.
Or just have windows do that as it is built in.
Time will tell as the flow works.


Getting all my stuff into storage ... I trust I'll be the one unloading the schitt after the trail.  Much will change as it should.

Moving forward....
~ Kindle


Thursday, February 20, 2020

What do you want it to say? ... a joke

Words.  Set # 25
(Power)  Patient

adjective
  1. able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

(Force) Avid
adjective
  1. having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

*****

At this juncture, of when I thought to convert anger into art, Guitar playing came to mind.

22+ years ago, I lost my hands, fingers, arms while playing guitar.
Was it for God or me, that is for the jury to decide ... but I can tell, my heart never wavered.  

With the arm snake move recently that Michael F. did in a song while wearing pig tails and a scout suit ... my fingers came back alive.

Now, years past a songs release, my hands and fingers bleeding ... I test on a Yamaha F-335 BL ... a new direction.  It sounds nice. :)

The strings will need to be replaced, so the blood stains are no biggie right now ... key is that there was a time and a place where my daughter and I were ... and I asked if I could have it since it was going to be left behind in her move if we could not fit in in the car ... well, it's here and I'm playing it ..... finally, many years later ....


"there's a crack in the gutter where a flower grows ... reminding me that everything is possible .. yeah, reminded me that nothing was impossible ... ya gotta live for the one that you love ya know, you gotta love for the life that you live you know singing: Hey, hey hey .... "

Almost like I never missed a lot of weeks of practice .... with a muscle memory that not always clicks with my brain .... a flow ... barre chords to start, I play thru Hey, Hey, Hey now every morning ... to wake up with a better frame of mind as I now have a desire to finger pick the song Life is Better with You ... this will take weeks of practice AFTER my shard, cut finger tips heal OR scar over.    love.

Pain is temporary ... a Phoenix comes from ashes.

In some ways I was not patient to become old.


********
Punchlines and reality
..... what do you want the gauge or the fruit to say? 
I can make that happen but the impossible just takes a little time.

There was a time in my career when precision was not an option.
It was a full time requirement.
Transitioning to the civilian unemployment force after 16 years of precision instruments and exact federal requirements and data ...

falling into society sucked.
People are inherently not as motivated as many would desire or like.  Levels of motivation.

Navy seal motivation - pain helps.
High School motivation ... should end in high school.

Joke:
Do you know why the desks in 2nd grade are so small?
So that we don't desire to go back there.

Now, years later, I'm an angry pissed off old dude who was an angry pissed off  abused toddler, teen, to a top notch sailor after being a complete fuck up and then adult phase hits and my two adorable children ... watching a man melt down as they build up.

Not a great teeter tauter to witness ... our home - the FUN in dysfunctional ... just like everyone else.


Cutting it short due to throbbing hands.
Back to clearing my past before I create my new future.

~ Kindle.


Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Two Laws .... Always?

Words. Set #26 counting down.

(Power)  Reliant

adjective
  1. dependent on someone or something.

(Force)  Dependent
adjective
  1. 1.
    contingent on or determined by.

*******

Things don't "JUST HAPPEN" ... things Happen Just.
Love Requires Sacrifice ... Always.

I've uncovered my past few schitt years of paperwork I buried.
Including the closure of the first corp. 
In that time capsule was my notes as I've been going forward in pain ... today was so ironic ... I've had no feelings in my hands and arms for 22 years .... then it came back a few years back and has been on and off with the joint still finding it's way in my sleep ...


Well, a few days back, I was just trying some arm/shoulder moves and my neck POPPED! .... feelings back lately ... and today ... for sure as it would happen to be the day I lacerated 4 of my fingers trying to catch a glass in the sink the moment it shattered ... hand went thru the cut glass.  

Not my first rodeo ... but it was on the first task of the day.

I don't plan accidents ... they happen  ... I'm on a task time line ...

Next ... bandaids, electrical tape and kept at it .. task number infinity ... 


Then the internet goes down ... well, gives me a chance to think.

So I'll keep this one short.

*******




 








I think I might have some shard of glass still in a few digits and will soak and then tooth brush scrub to make sure they heal clean. .... a long day and the tips of a few others got nicked ... just happens sometimes.

*****
Life, like hiking will have it's ups and downs.
Today, it had a few boo boo's thrown in ... kinda like hiking.

So, I fall back again on my friends advice ... take the pain and make art ... I've drawn things in blood before but that was an Indian thing.





So, now that I've been battle tested by life, I have to think about my future ... all the way past the diaper stage I understand to be coming ... and I began reading a few books I had from that era of my existence on this spinning orb we all call Earth ... 

opps. 4 keys need cleaning ... I've now seen it all as a technician ... typing till the fingers bleed .... I like my new career.
It calms me to write and trade ... and soon wonder while wandering .... also, the 3d print farm calls ... time to set up another round ...
Mountain side like.


Goal:

Build a financial robot for hiking is what has been crossing my mind lately.  Now that the built in Moving average Expert tried to work today .... drat that internet!!! 
That's like cursing gravity or muscle reaction in a sink area ...

can't do it.  Internet is internet.

The book?
Being right or making money, 
revised edition 2000  Ned Davis Research

I was told as I was purchasing it that it was a personal gift from a friend of his to personal friends of his and the dude was dead ...

So I shared that some of his friends must have died too cuz their familys are selling the book on ebay and amazon with only a few copies out there still .... class got halted for a moment.


I'll share a learning story soon.

Moving forward,

at my pace on my schedule, with what I have ... an iPhone ... lol

~ Kindle