A long time ago ...

I removed a number of posts from this very blog to appease a girl that I had at that time recently ended a relationship with.   I  don't  like to say that I regret things in my life but, in hindsight,  I do regret the loss of those entries.  They were emotionally charged and well thought out.  They were raw and angry, some expressed the hurt and disillusionment I felt at the time. but they are gone  ...  binary ashes on the charged winds of cyber-space.    If I am not mistaken, today would be her birthday .... Only a few months prior to that incident the beginning of another incident also took place that  coincidentally also  has a notable occurrence today.    The Messenger probe, launched on August 3, 2004,  will be maneuvered into a polar orbit of the planet Mercury (if there are no hitches)  which is intended it will try to maintain for about a year.    There are many many ways that this could go awry ... and even if they succeed in braking and positioning the craft in orbit ... they need to keep it in the right place and protect it from the intense heat .... and keep the transmitting antennae pointed back at earth ....   All that just to find out about a planet that we would never want to live on ....  hmmm,  And in other news, a Montreal mother want the laws changed so that trains do not run with their headlights dimmed .... to prevent the kind of accidents that happen when people trespass on the railway properties & haven't got enough of a survival instinct to stay out of the way of a moving train.    Now if you ask me this seems like a no-brainer.  Yes I am saying that if you are stupid enough to mess with a train you deserve to be a mess on & under & behind a train.  Period - no exceptions.    Maybe the mother should focus on teaching her offspring to take responsibility for their own actions and continued survival.  Maybe these mothers need to remember that darwinian adaptation has only the fittest surviving to procreate ...  

Stop expecting the state to make it all safe for you ffs!   The world is a dangerous place  ... filled with wondrous things but remember  ....  there are also "lions, & tigers & bears, oh my"  ... and trains, and cars, & busses and a myriad of other things that can be hazardous to your health.   Keep Calm & Carry On  ...  but proceed with caution.