Month: May 2017

That life could be as simple as shell commands.

Thought processes out of control and using up too much memory $sudo top -o mem see what might be out of control, then $sudo kill PID to stop the process. Oh wait still running $sudo kill -9 PID should do the trick. Maybe it is not a memory issue put a processor overrun, no problem change the sort $sudo top -o cpu and away you go.

Need to locate something use the find command. No idea where to start, search from root and grep it.

Maybe you just need to completely get away and separate yourself from a situation, no problem chroot and when you are done and ready to come back exit.

Best of all would it not be great to just sleep 2d 

Having to unfriend some people on Facebook this morning. Look, I do not mind political disagreement, but I have no time for hate filled people. I especially have no time for those who whine about people being offended because it offends them. Do they even have a clue how stupid that sounds?

I was catching up on some of the YouTube channels I subscribe to and came across Puddles Pity Party on the PostModern Jukebox. Now I am indifferent when it comes to clowns, they don’t bother me, I can take them or leave them, and I am not running out collecting clown tchotchkes. For some reason, I am fascinated by Puddles Pity Party. Maybe in him, I see a kindred spirit, a better adjusted one who can sing, but a kindred spirit nonetheless.

To all of the mothers in my life, Happy Mother’s Day.

I am very sad, heartbroken in fact when I read quotes from people who have taken oaths of office, that they will support the Constitution of the United States of America but seem not to have a basic grasp of what the document actually says. I was reflecting on it this morning as I reread an article from yesterday in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer about a young undocumented worker arrested for driving without a license after being pulled over for speeding. Without going into the immigration side of this situation, on face value, this is what you would expect when breaking motor vehicle laws regarding no license and in the course of trying to determine your identity get transferred to another agency or state when it comes to light that someone else has a more substantial case against you. This happens all of the time when someone with outstanding warrants in other localities gets arrested. All the Sheriff had to say was we did x,y,z in accordance with the procedures we follow and after establishing his identity as an undocumented immigrant we turned him over to Immigration Control. Simple, non-controversial. Unfortunately, the sheriff likes controversy so he makes the statement “And then he continued: “ We’re not a sanctuary county. What can I say?

Unfortunately, the sheriff likes controversy so he makes the statement “And then he continued: “ We’re not a sanctuary county. What can I say? Federal government wants him, they’re gonna get him. He has no constitutional rights. He’s not a U.S. citizen.”

DaFuq did I just read?

Ok, let’s take this one little step at a time. First the United States of America is a government established by the people and receives its power by majority consent of the governed, through the instruments of law that provide the framework of government. Supreme among these instruments is the Constitution of the United States and the subsequent amendments there in. Without the Constitution there is no Federal Government and therefore no immigration law or ICE, if you argue that one part of the Constitution does not apply to a group of you give the grounds to argue that the rest doesn’t either.

Second the parts of the Constitution that impact the interaction between law enforcement and those within the jurisdiction of a law enforcement agency are things like due process, habeous corpus, search and seizure, etc. are not supposed to be ambiguous. We are not supposed to be waving our passports and birth certificate out the car window so that law enforcement obeys the law. Unfortunately for Harris County, the sheriff has made a statement which calls into question at what point do his officers obey the Constitution. Do they only afford you your rights once they have established your citizenship? Or do they stop worrying about the law if they determine you are not a citizen? The family suing over the death of their son a few months ago based on denial of due process can now show this quote as proof that adherence to the Constitution is not a priority of the sheriffs department. 

Bitter the soul
Cold and lonely in the night
consumed by itself
no room for others.

Bitter the soul
Frightened by the shadows
clinging to God
but never trusting.

Bitter the soul
running from death daily
never stopping
to embrace life.

Well I write half a blog post that was going nowhere fast and then lost the entire thing, I decided it must not have been worth writing to begin with. Instead I took a little time and finished a drawing I was working on for awhile now. This is simple graphite drawing on Strathmore 300 series paper. I think going forward I will remember that sketch paper is for practice and anything I want to be permanent needs to be done on heavier paper.

Next I need to finish a reproduction of the first edition of One Piece that I am doing for my son Trevor. I have been nervous to start inking it for six months now, probably because any errors and it would be scrap. Here it is in its current state.

Just one of those Sundays, everyone in the house wakes up with a sore throat and is coughing and miserable. So, I may as well write about the state of the Mini since I finally got up the nerve yesterday to pull the oil filter and see how some of the bottom end of the engine is looking.

Here we have the pump removed.

After turning it over and letting the oil pour out I was greeted with the following, several pieces of plastic that fell out and a filter screen full of plastic. Not sure yet about rebuilding the pump but that is for another day.

The first gut check came when I took the plate off of the bottom of the block to look around and discovered plastic wrapped around the crankshaft. At a minimum, this is a full engine rebuild.

The next big gut check was the drop of antifreeze on the bottom of the engine and what looks to be a crack in the block.

I just cannot wrap my mind around what to do next. I need funds to work on the car but before I spend anything on the car I need to eliminate the debts that have already piled up over the years. That means the next step is to turn my book into a best seller.

Tonight is the 42nd presentation of the Ledger-Enquirer’s Page One Scholarship awards. My son Trevor England is the nominee in Mathematics for Jordan Vocational High School and I could not be more proud. At the end of the day, no matter what the results are, Trevor is a giant among men and I wish I could stand on his shoulders and see the world. He does not like for me to write about him or his struggles, he is a private person much like myself, however, his story needs to be shouted from the mountaintops. The pain that he has overcome from his migraines and which I still see raging behind his eyes at times kept him homebound for the better part of two years. He chose to withdraw from school last year and I will be honest I was afraid at the time that the pain would keep him from returning. Now just weeks away from graduation and a nominee for a prestigious scholarship in the Columbus area, I am just in awe of him. All that and a gentleman as well, who knows how to say yes ma’am, hold doors for people, and give every bit of himself in service to others.

Update. Trevor did not win but his Mother and I sure did, looking over after the mathematics nominees are walking off the stage and there is Trevor, ever the gentleman offering his hand to help the young ladies down the stairs from the stage. He is just awesomeness.