X factors blog and journal...

Every now and then I like to go back and see what souls were up to years ago on here, I mean after all this forum has been around around 7 years or more, there have been some slow periods for sure, but it just keeps going and going...

So according to above post, 5 years ago learning how to 'sew' was the thing to do.

Sadly, many images posted back then, have been erased, back then could copy and post just about any image or gif, back when the internet was truly 'wide open', before the likes of google and FB and other traffic directors ruined it all...

I miss those days where common people could interact with one another without going through a gate keeper....not anymore...

The concept behind this blog forum, and why it has such longevity is that

Life, your life goes on, whether other people want it to or not

Before this forum blog created, like in 2012 or so, other forums were so 'moderator' heavy, they all started getting a 'god complex' and totally control what posters wanted to share.

And like if conversation went on to long, stuck up moderator would close the thread down.


I mean think about that for a minute...how do you shut a conversation down that should maybe extend for a decade or longer?

How can you say all there is to say about any topic in like one or two posts?

Do colleges and Universities end class after one session?

That totally never made sense to me, and then if wanted to discuss topic more, would be labeled a 'troll'...again why?, cause curious about something?

You learn, grow, by asking and challenging...but back in the days of forums, if you asked to many questions, you were considered a pest or a troll.

That never ever made sense to me at all, and still doesn't.

I can understand if being rude, but if not being rude, asking questions, keeping conversation alive is 'real life'...


I mean you don't shut down your brain after 5 minutes of being awake, and say to yourself.

"OK, I"m done thinking for the day, time to shut brain activity down'.

But that's in essence what older moderators use to do to people engaged in conversation, they'd just come in and shut conversation down....

Think if they didn't, but allowed conversation to go on forever, think of the relationships would of formed, all the new people that could of added new thoughts, ideas, and more...

To me you don't ever shut down life...let life live, express, let life think, and if it takes 19 years to conclude a discussion, than so be it...that's life.

You don't put a 'timer' on life.

And that's why the Zone continues on, cause here, there is no 'timer' on how long a topic can go on or an issue can be discussed, life simply continues to roll on here, recorded life, until whenever.

Not a gun nut type, but I notice

I'm not a gun nut type, and rarely do I ever talk about guns on here, but I do notice when times get uncertain in America two types of people or demigraphics do the following.

1. Those in metropolitan areas buy up all the food.

2. Those in rural areas buy up all the ammo and guns

Hmm, I wonder which strategy is the best?

Me, I do neither, I just sit still, watch and observe, and try to stay out of other people's way.

A gun would do me no good at all, maybe a small pistol if roaming country side in some Mad Max scenerio, but as in 'now', not sure what going out and buying a gun and ammo would do for me.

I really don't have anything to protect I guess, and have learned 'steal', remaining invisible is far more effective than confrontation.

To me, if have to use a fire arm, you've pretty much already lost.
A fire arm is useless against the Government unless, repeat, unless have like an Army of 500 + men, who are also armed and of one defensive mindset.

But just having one or two guns as a individual, and thinking that will hold back the Government, nah, I mean the Government has endless supplies of weapons, the Gov takes on enemies far more armed than a few militia farm families.

And if the Gov doesn't want to fight, they could just drop a bomb from the sky.

To me, simply remaining invisible is the best defense, cause people can't fight you, steal from you, become hostile towards you if they're not even aware of you.

Another best of past post from April 2015, nearly 5 years ago.

Times have really changed since then, and this forum blog measures those changes by accident.

I remember when use to fill almost every post up with 'gifs' or sparkly pics, animations, those days pretty much gone as most everything is copyrighted now, all those free flowing images on the net, from years ago, have been rounded up and a stamp of generic ownership has been put on them.

Hyperlinks were fun back in the day cause it's how your 'art' got out there.
I personally love it when people share my art, the more of my art out there the better, is how I see it, that means my presence broadens.

Anyways, haven't been out in days, suppose to go to farmers market today but, I don't know, seems bad things only happen when you leave your place.

My appetite has dropped and so has my weight, a bit, just not eating as much since home all the time now.

If anything grand should come up, I'll share, but right now..blah, just another day so far.

Also, I now think I know why every time you fill out a 'comment form', anywhere now, they always demand you leave your email address, or can't send.

Long ago, that wasn't required.

But duh, that's how sites collect your information, and get like 100 + email addresses, and walla, you have information that companies want.

I'm so slow at this, cause I'm not greedy, I don't think that way.

But if did, oh how I could earn.

Companies need email addresses in order to do marketing campaigns.

But now they can do their campaigns, follow you every where on line using computer IP, and this identifier and that.

But still, email collection still valuable, obviously, or they wouldn't still ask for it any time you want to leave a comment on any site.

So many have sold out to the all mighty dollar, who swore up and down they wouldn't when younger and in college.

I suspect that celebrities drop in and read this forum, from time to time, and or even a lot, it's becoming a novelty

I really do suspect that celebrities, and media personalities, Authors, even musicians and more, drop in and read this forum from time to time, or even a lot.

In that a lot of the sentiment on here, written either recently or long ago, funny how often it finds it's way to other peoples shows on TV or in Movies, or Posters, postcards, any thing creative.

I do suspect many come here to get ideas, cause that's what artist do, that's what creator do, the seek 'themes' in which to base their next projects on.

I'm fine with that, I suppose, I mean I could make all of this private, but what fun would that be?

Speaking of celebs, what ever happened to Dr Dre, the rapper, dude has to be pretty old now, he looked rough years ago, probably more ugly now, talented, but homely.

Usually when performers turn ugly to themselves, they vanish away from public eyes.

Dre was like the first rapper to become a billionaire after teaming up with 'Apple' with those headphones and speakers..'Dre Beats'?

Billionaire rappers certainly can't rap about the hood anymore or having it rough, that's for sure.

Continuing to expand and grow

Continuing to expand and grow, here, on here and elsewhere, I mean you have to, while alive, cause when dead you certainly cannot.

But this place here, this spot, will always be the most special to me cause of all the memories, real life memories that cannot be replicate.

The memories, the expressions and more.

Forum type lay outs are just a cool place, if you know how to use them to your advantage.

Some of my capabilities to express and share stuff here have been dampened, but that won't stop me in the future and going forward, expression can never stop until you're dead and gone.

And maybe some wish that, but until it occurs, expression goes on.

I found newer place where have a ton more 'Admin' power, tools, and can do basically whatever I want, within my own guidelines that is, not anyone else's.

I'm to old, to experienced, to live up under other peoples guidelines anymore if don't have to.

My own guidelines are good enough, or I wouldn't be here right now.

And someone else's 'taste' or 'bias', or 'prejudice' is not a guideline, not a moral one anyways.

I found place where can upload links, photos, sell stuff, and more, and or allow members to do the same (not that I ever want or need members)

I just have a lot more options going forward that will allow me to 'breathe' again.

Don't get me wrong, there's always going to be 'rules' no matter where you go or what service you use, but the rules simply get catered more to your favor the more money you plop down.


It's usually why the rich get their way more times than not , cause money talks more than opinion.

Is why politicians laugh at those who elect them once in office.

Voters do more for politicians by electing them to office than politicians ever do for voters once there.

Voters do more for politicians by electing them to office than politicians ever do for the voters who elected them

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Right now, if regular visitor to this blog forum, you can see I've been exploring different themes lately, still not set, I'm just trying to 'expand' the feel to forum.
And space scenes tend to remind us how small we are in the over all scope of things, and reminds us how much room there still is for personal growth in life, if we so chose.

And in closing, again, this place here, oh what a place, it's medicine, it's quiet, it's peaceful and will always be special to me, this spot right here.

And many many more posts to follow, God or fate willing and or allowing.