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MEANWHILE, DAYS OFF THWARTED AND SUMMER'S HERE

Details Written by: Rod Boyle Category: Blog Published: 18 July 2024 Hits: 7

Yesterday, day off but early in the day the manager puts out a text, she's
unable to work, hurt her foot.

I know how this ends, but wait. 

I fucking hate this "group chat" approach to restaurant work. The other staff,
their posts - always, unable to work, sick, other job, etc. It means you're
never really away from work.

Anyways, I wait it out - 3 other servers, see who steps up.

Nobody.

So I get the message and sure, I'll work, but I'm annoyed. Always me. It's
turning into the restaurant I left. "Donkey can do it, all hail the donkey..."

I show up. "Bonehead" for lack of better expression has bought a clearly
marginal guy some premium rolls and a couple of beer.

I've seen him around. Taken videos of his dancing in front of John Ward, sent it
to a friend for a laugh. Now he's here for dinner, 3 hours, can't payl 3 cards,
all fail. He's early for "Shambala" and out of cash. We take details but that's
that/

Work, until 6:00 PM, is dead. No tables. Or one table, a single guy for "Happy
Hour", and that's it.

And at 6:00 I'm running, tables on the patio, inside, outside, 8 all told, and
the phone ringing for to-go's, delivery. 

All bullshit. $1200 in 2 hours, but I survive it.

Today, busy from the moment I set foot in the place. 1 table, then 2, then...

Until 6:30 it's manageable, but they start to run out of glasses, bowls for
soup, etc.

All the employees, students of the "Selkirk School of Hospitality". Wash the
fucking dishes!!! There are 4 kitchen staff. There's one me. 

BS. 

I can't served soup, water, drinks in my cupped palms you fuckers!!!!

It's a busy shift, but busy for no good reason, there's a power outage, setback,
we can still cook, order, take payment, but everything takes sooooo fucking
long.

I'm done at 9:30, some dishes washed, some work done, a good, busy, night,
generous customers and tolerant of how fucking busy it was, for no power, but -
man oh man. 

Anyways, snapshot of a life in heaven (or hell), depending....


REVELATION & EPIPHANIES VS THE FAST PATH TO REASON

Details Written by: Rod Boyle Category: Ideas & Questions Published: 15 July
2024 Hits: 35

Now, this is a curious thought I'm having while reading "The Master Key". So
many of these books, they all tell you the same thing, self-help, mind is key,
as above, so below, etc, etc. And yet few people really believe it.

This, despite the abundant and unending substantiations and proofs.

Yet most people subscribe to some religious philosophy or another. Religion is
still a far more popular means of teaching spiritual truths than any number of
self-help books.

Why is this? 

I think I have it. We are hard wired for narrative. We need a story. And all the
spiritual teaching books the world religions are based upon are based upon
stories. The commandments and strictures - whether they be to abstain from pork,
alcohol, etc, these are community guidelines. But the "histories" and
narratives, stories, tales and parables they tell, these are the encoding of the
beliefs.

And the Truth.

Now - using the Bible for example, is encoded on a variety of levels. 

For the unthinking idiot it's a marvelous trove of historical facts, people and
truths that should be taken entirely at face value.

This, while contributing greatly to it's popularity is also it's downfall, as we
live in more pragmatic times and people of thought and discernment are
prejudiced against the book by it's devotees and audience.

But - like any good fairy tale or fable, it has within it germs of truth, has in
fact codified the truth so that anyone at a certain level of thought or
schooling can have an epiphany or revelation - or several - and suddenly
understand what it's telling you. 

It is filled with such examples, few of which are ever realized by it's
readers. 

Some more obvious ones: Jesus is the son of God. We are all Jesus's brothers.
Therefore we are all the sons of God.

From this you could go even further: Dogs beget dogs. Donkeys beget Donkeys.
Gods beget Gods. Therefore we are all Gods.

In this you see then that all the vile actions, rapes, murders and wars
sanctioned by "God" were in fact sanctioned by ourselves, and deemed good. We
judged ourselves and were comfortable with the assessment.

In this vein one could go on and on. But - what matters is, the fact that a
series of inane or implausible stories, some of which contain germs of
historical truth, have been codified or written in such a way to allow
interpretations on a variety of levels. Most people won't go to the work of
thinking, thinking is tough, hard, or they simply have no qualifications, and
hence the Bible - and Religion - become a means for social control.

And - power corrupts, and if you have not slain the Buddha on the Road then he
will surely slay you.

Back to my Master Key...


SATURDAY, JULY 13TH 2024

Details Written by: Rod Boyle Category: Blog Published: 14 July 2024 Hits: 33

Today, yesterday, busier than average at the restaurant. Nice customers. Bills
will be paid.

Today as well, in the news, just before I headed to work, the attempt on Trump's
life. Polite, politic for Biden to offer sympathies, especially after his own
speech, it's what you do. The bad thing about this is we run the risk of Trump
becoming a martyr to degeneracy. Trump becoming a martyr to any cause is
unacceptable. 

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Customers are talking but as they're largely American I can't comment, I don't
know where they are on the political spectrum. And it doesn't matter. Just
shut-the-fuck up and keep my opinions to myself. That's the job.

***

I'm unsure how I feel. The sides - both of them - have become so radicalized
that it seems this election is at best a precursor to Civil War. I would have
guessed Biden would have had the attempted assassination. That Trump did
surprised me. It's the MAGA folk who keep going on about guns and power and
shit. I understand very well the threat to democracy Trump represents, and feel
that as he has willfully incited violence (on the Capitol, for example - that
resulted in deaths) that he should face some of the repercussions - which might
include violence visited upon himself. 

It might be time to turn off the news for a few days.

***

I find it curious, everyone has done the thought experiment that if you could go
back and time and kill Hitler, would you?

And maybe somebody has done it, only realizing the time is now. But that's not a
media take.

***

In other news, both Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth died today. You would have
hoped in each others arms, or - if not - at one of his private Aerobics classes.
Sadly the news didn't offer up such fun. The take-away from it all is given a
choice - Sex VS Fitness, choose Sex. You'll live longer. I'm getting neither. 

***

Tomorrow, innumerable creative projects to be begun. I've been stalling.
Stalled. Time to get them all underway. And to start the car and run it and
maybe go off and find some treasures, crystals, aquamarines, an emerald mine,
anything, just enjoy the day...


THE WORLD'S OLDEST STORY?

Details Written by: Rod Boyle Category: Ideas & Questions Published: 11 July
2024 Hits: 52

The Pleiades, quite possibly the oldest story in the world.

Link:
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-oldest-story-astronomers-say-global-myths-about-seven-sisters-stars-may-reach-back-100-000-years-151568

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