<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052</id><updated>2009-10-21T09:52:51.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>words.words.words.</title><subtitle type='html'>John Judy's Blog. Hooray!</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/atom.xml'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>587</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-8734800419645567079</id><published>2009-10-21T09:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T09:52:51.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>wordless Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_3737-755992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_3737-755968.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-8734800419645567079?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=8734800419645567079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8734800419645567079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8734800419645567079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/10/wordless-wednesday.html' title='wordless Wednesday'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-6938462329574155000</id><published>2009-09-24T21:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T21:39:33.157-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A shout out to the dark side.</title><content type='html'>I usually don't disagree with Mr. Munroe, but I don't quite agree with &lt;a href="http://xkcd.com/641/"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I think it was genius.&amp;nbsp; If you can create a strawman argument and sell it to millions of people, you deserve money and the people that bought it deserve to be seperated from thiers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-6938462329574155000?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=6938462329574155000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/6938462329574155000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/6938462329574155000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/09/shout-out-to-dark-side.html' title='A shout out to the dark side.'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-4874313813765269780</id><published>2009-09-16T22:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T22:07:59.559-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How fraking awesome...</title><content type='html'>is &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;?!&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-4874313813765269780?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=4874313813765269780' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4874313813765269780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4874313813765269780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/09/how-fraking-awesome.html' title='How fraking awesome...'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-8563773699297629417</id><published>2009-09-02T19:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T19:23:27.417-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally</title><content type='html'>A real American &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/02/georgia.tot.slapped/index.html"&gt;hero&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-8563773699297629417?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=8563773699297629417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8563773699297629417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8563773699297629417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/09/finally.html' title='Finally'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7816022831961338293</id><published>2009-08-31T12:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T21:52:36.931-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh!  Well I guess that makes it OK.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/31/chris.brown.interview/index.html"&gt;Doucebag&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Nice tie too, asshole.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7816022831961338293?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7816022831961338293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7816022831961338293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7816022831961338293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/oh-well-i-guys-that-makes-it-ok.html' title='Oh!  Well I guess that makes it OK.'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-6354328932457666623</id><published>2009-08-28T23:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T23:57:08.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Biker? Cyclist?</title><content type='html'>You might find &lt;a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/who-causes-cyclists-deaths/"&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;interesting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-6354328932457666623?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=6354328932457666623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/6354328932457666623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/6354328932457666623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/biker-cyclist.html' title='Biker? Cyclist?'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7877819160426383376</id><published>2009-08-27T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T21:47:20.949-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Too soon?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/alg_murder_jasmine-fiore-798388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/alg_murder_jasmine-fiore-798369.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why didn't he just shoot her between the eyes?&amp;nbsp; I mean, it's not like he could have missed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7877819160426383376?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7877819160426383376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7877819160426383376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7877819160426383376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/too-soon.html' title='Too soon?'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-669850845534076690</id><published>2009-08-27T12:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T12:39:29.457-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bees'/><title type='text'>You thought I'd forgotten, didn't you?</title><content type='html'>Oh no my friends.  You cannot turn your back on &lt;a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/08/angry_bees_sting_firefighters.html"&gt;these bastards&lt;/a&gt; for a second!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-669850845534076690?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=669850845534076690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/669850845534076690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/669850845534076690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/you-thought-id-forgotten-didnt-you.html' title='You thought I&apos;d forgotten, didn&apos;t you?'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-8885602262446709714</id><published>2009-08-26T21:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T21:11:38.284-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Bright Side</title><content type='html'>Well, I guess things could be worse.  &lt;a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/08/seaside_man_convicted_in_i205.html#preview"&gt;This guy &lt;/a&gt;was a close friend and room mate of mine in college.  My sadness for him is kind of tempered by my absolute hatred of drunk driving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I was feeling a little down because of where my life is at 40.  At least I'm not going to prison!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-8885602262446709714?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=8885602262446709714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8885602262446709714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8885602262446709714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/mr-bright-side.html' title='Mr. Bright Side'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7617620060671590369</id><published>2009-08-25T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T22:44:15.125-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My new motivation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://consumerist.com/5342699/kfc-has-a-bacon-sandwich-that-uses-fried-chicken-as-bread"&gt;This&lt;/a&gt;.  I will find and eat this when I get back down to 215.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/kfc-doubledown3-705787.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/uploaded_images/kfc-doubledown3-705751.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:500%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;FUCK YES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7617620060671590369?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7617620060671590369' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7617620060671590369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7617620060671590369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/my-new-motivation.html' title='My new motivation'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-8313041029222290662</id><published>2009-08-23T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T17:08:53.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You should</title><content type='html'>try &lt;a href="http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-8313041029222290662?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=8313041029222290662' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8313041029222290662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/8313041029222290662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/you-should.html' title='You should'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-495138637453508155</id><published>2009-08-13T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T19:48:10.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This made me laugh</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.explosm.net/comics/257/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic" src="http://www.flashasylum.com/db/files/Comics/Rob/fortuneteller.jpg" border=0&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cyanide &amp; Happiness @ &lt;a href="http://www.explosm.net"&gt;Explosm.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-495138637453508155?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=495138637453508155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/495138637453508155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/495138637453508155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/this-made-me-laugh.html' title='This made me laugh'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-4783391192517261904</id><published>2009-08-11T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T19:59:15.267-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This about sums it up</title><content type='html'>I hate feeling powerless, but &lt;a href="http://www.explodingdog.com/title/ijustneedtowaithtisout.html"&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;seems to be my only option.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-4783391192517261904?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=4783391192517261904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4783391192517261904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4783391192517261904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/this-about-sums-it-up.html' title='This about sums it up'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-3421695330053671627</id><published>2009-08-10T15:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T15:23:59.078-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On turning 40</title><content type='html'>It appears I have, through no effort of my own, stumbled through yet another milepost.  My thirties are now in the rear view mirror.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've tried to attach some meaning to the event, in hopes of securing its place in my memory, and thus far have failed.  The failure is what I find interesting though.  Much like my run in with cancer, it simply feels like another thing I've lived through and put behind me.  Where's my life changing epiphany?  Where is my renewed sense of purpose?  Where is my clarified vision of my future?  I read countless stories of people in similar positions gaining benefit of one sort or another when encountering these types of challenges... But it doesn't seem to work that way for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it's my tendency to not focus on the future.  I guess your life can't change much when you don't spend a lot of time thinking about it.  I've had enough gut punches delivered by fate that I tend to look behind for another one, rather than forward to see what's next.  I've got to stop that (yeah, right).  You go where you're looking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe there's something better on the way that will make all this seem inconsequential, and I'm subconsciously getting ready for it?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe things that this don't really matter as much as people think they do, and I'm silly for attempting to find meaning?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know.  The one thing I do know is that for the first time in my life, I actually feel old.  Worn down.  Burdened.  Tired.  Feeble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like I didn't wind up where I wanted to be, and I don't think there's enough time left to get there...  So I have to find a new "there"... But I don't know how.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, my advice on aging is don't.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-3421695330053671627?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=3421695330053671627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/3421695330053671627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/3421695330053671627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/on-turning-40.html' title='On turning 40'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-610604640594013363</id><published>2009-08-05T21:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T21:32:56.086-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="300" &gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1135280516078" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1135280516078" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-610604640594013363?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=610604640594013363' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/610604640594013363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/610604640594013363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/08/wordless-wednesday.html' title='Wordless Wednesday'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-2547633865244824144</id><published>2009-07-22T22:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T22:13:46.761-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/downsized_0722091241a-726762-726787.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/downsized_0722091241a-726762-726785.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Da Da Da Duh Dummmmm.  Seriously, Wyoming is kinda lame, but this little route is worth it.  Thanks to the Harley Owners Group and thier yearly ride gide.  Also, Big Timber Montana is great.&lt;p&gt;This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!&lt;p&gt;To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit &lt;a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture"&gt;www.verizonwireless.com/picture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-2547633865244824144?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=2547633865244824144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2547633865244824144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2547633865244824144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/07/da-da-da-duh-dummmmm.html' title=''/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-4958771088576399908</id><published>2009-06-20T18:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T18:21:01.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fight the power</title><content type='html'>If anyone is on Twitter (I HATE it too, but I'm a user), set your location to Tehran and your time zone to GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more users at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut Iranians' access to the internet down. Cut &amp; paste and please pass it on.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-4958771088576399908?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=4958771088576399908' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4958771088576399908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/4958771088576399908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/06/fight-power.html' title='Fight the power'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7409242708692294419</id><published>2009-06-17T13:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T13:19:39.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday... Mostly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/science0-772303.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/science0-772300.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7409242708692294419?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7409242708692294419' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7409242708692294419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7409242708692294419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/06/wordless-wednesday-mostly.html' title='Wordless Wednesday... Mostly'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-835873634736265420</id><published>2009-06-09T23:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T23:14:08.617-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How I feel about Twitter</title><content type='html'>I've given it a try.  It's like &lt;a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/attention-media-twitter.php"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twitter is dumb.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-835873634736265420?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=835873634736265420' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/835873634736265420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/835873634736265420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/06/how-i-feel-about-twitter.html' title='How I feel about Twitter'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-2451262977931184001</id><published>2009-06-03T22:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T22:40:40.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday</title><content type='html'>It doesn't count if the words are in the image&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/b3-727796.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/b3-727794.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-2451262977931184001?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=2451262977931184001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2451262977931184001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2451262977931184001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/06/wordless-wednesday.html' title='Wordless Wednesday'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-2791942775197079774</id><published>2009-05-19T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T21:08:53.842-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is John doing</title><content type='html'>1) Looking for work&lt;br /&gt;2) Eating &lt; 2000 calories a day&lt;br /&gt;3) Cycling every chance I get&lt;br /&gt;4) Hitting the gym 5-6 days a week&lt;br /&gt;5) Watching T.V.&lt;br /&gt;6) Trying to stay positive&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-2791942775197079774?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=2791942775197079774' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2791942775197079774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/2791942775197079774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/05/what-is-john-doing.html' title='What is John doing'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-722489596901521360</id><published>2009-05-13T20:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T20:02:33.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/6e-746930.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/uploaded_images/6e-746928.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-722489596901521360?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=722489596901521360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/722489596901521360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/722489596901521360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/05/wordless-wednesday_13.html' title='Wordless Wednesday'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-5572204240236959872</id><published>2009-05-06T09:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T09:46:38.001-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/carina07_hst_big.jpg"&gt;clicky clicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-5572204240236959872?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=5572204240236959872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/5572204240236959872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/5572204240236959872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/05/wordless-wednesday.html' title='Wordless Wednesday'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7198500636515698819</id><published>2009-04-24T21:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T21:25:56.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stanley Kubrick</title><content type='html'>As I write this, I'm watching "Eyes Wide Shut".  I'm a fan of mister Kubrick's work, especially the first 30 or so minutes of "2001".  However after watching this movie and comparing it to his other works, it does appear to me that perhaps the best adjective to describe a lot of the scenes in Kubrick films is "ponderous".  Seriously, the man has a gift for turning a 3 minutes scene into 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, there are a lot of great boobs in "Eyes Wide Shut".  Oh and Tom Cruise has a big nose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7198500636515698819?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7198500636515698819' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7198500636515698819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7198500636515698819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/04/stanley-kubrick.html' title='Stanley Kubrick'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9760052.post-7145934514006290390</id><published>2009-04-23T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T22:51:54.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So the season is upon us again...</title><content type='html'>And I will be out there.  I plan to put on several thousand miles this year because I have nothing &lt;a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejohn_judy/blog/resume.pdf"&gt;better to do&lt;/a&gt; and I do love it so .   Hopefully, there wont be many of &lt;a href="http://www.obairlann.net/reaper/motorcycle/corona.html"&gt;these folks&lt;/a&gt;.  Because it makes me sad when I see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_%28motorcycle%29"&gt;these&lt;/a&gt;  giving the rest of us a bad name.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9760052-7145934514006290390?l=home.comcast.net%2F%7Ejohn_judy%2Fblog%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9760052&amp;postID=7145934514006290390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7145934514006290390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9760052/posts/default/7145934514006290390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://home.comcast.net/~john_judy/blog/2009/04/so-season-is-upon-us-again.html' title='So the season is upon us again...'/><author><name>John Judy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06759046074405458193'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>