Loving Life

You know when I read the news stories that I find on my mobile phone that come through Mail online I despair of the human race. I realize that I live in a narrow, secluded world where little of life's miseries can reach me. I often had thought about all the terrible things that happen to people, but knowing that there is absolutely nothing that I can do about it one way or the other, I have since tuned it out of my mind. But I am becoming aware more and more that mankind is so full of evil that one would wonder at a creator that would have brought into being all this misery and turmoil that truly does exist elsewhere but not in my own personal world. And I surely do not want to invite trouble into my world by admitting this. I can only be grateful for the fact that I have managed thus far to enjoy life, to find beauty in living, to enjoy all the positive elements of the goodness of people and to constantly try to give out only good will instead of hostility and anger. However, I have cause for the latter also and will see to it that justice is done. I am also back into writing my book on Alexander. I am reading up to go to the next level but I had to update some of the first as I omitted some things that I might decide to include. It is actually all right with the way I first handled it but I began to address a situation that will come up later which does have roots in the childhood so I will contemplate that more fully. Writing about military battles does not sound as though it would be very interesting. To some few who are interested in such things it might have appeal, but I finally read something that did make it very exciting when I read it so that I have to find a way to bring this to life so that it is a really good read...that is quite a challenge right now...tata.

Barsine and Alexander

I am still adding sections to my first draft of my book on Alexander and I began writing about Barsine and Memnon and Alexander last night. Had to go to google to check out info on Barsine and I did find a lot of information there that really was quite interesting. I have read Scott Oden's book on Memnon but some of the information that I learned from the search engine was even more interesting. When one begins writing, it seems that a writer lets go into a whole new dimension of himself so that writing automatically reveals and exposes information within that otherwise one would not imagine. I was surprised when I began writing about Barsine at what came out of me...It is finally becoming a love story. And a very interesting one at that. Just jotting this down here so as not to forget it. Alexander was only 6 and 7 when she lived at Pella when her father was in exile. So that his observations of her then would have been that of a very young child whose interest in her may have been curiosity more than attraction. However, it is interesting to learn of her marriages to both Mentor and Memnon which Scott Oden developed in a fantasy way in his novel. She later becomes Alexander's mistress and bears him a child, who they called Heracles. When I first asked myself for proof of Alexander in my soul's knowledge, I did see Barsine and her son Heracles. I fell in love with that child. He was the spitting image of his father. Strange how all that worked here...all my searches from way back when produced all kinds of interesting results in today's ongoing life. Happened to see a child at the mall who resembled the child as I recalled him . It seems as though there are all kinds of strange repercussions when one undergoes lifetimes of the past because it does seep into the present. I actually had some fun writing about Memnon's sudden attraction to a young girl blossoming into womanhood as she is quite lovely. Alexander at that age would not have yet had any more than a mild attachment to her had they had any interaction with one another, but he does acquire her later when he is adult enough to appreciate her once again. So it is an interesting romance that he has had, and I allude to it in my first draft but did not develop it yet. That's all. gotta hang up now.

Cell Phones or Smart Phones

It is time for me to upgrade my phone, and as a result, I visited Sprint today to see what is available for me at this time. A new HTC EVO is coming out and I can preorder so I wanted to learn what I could about it. I have learned all I need to know but I am still undecided. What a pain. I think I should get something that is just a phone and not a computer. I love the computer part of it, but why not just get a tablet and a phone that is used only as a phone. It would be so much smarter in many ways. I find that I have to charge my phone all the time because I do use it when I am not using my laptop. So Sprint has an Iphone, 4S, a Nexxus Google, and HTCEVO, which I have now. I have been very annoyed with it recently swearing not to buy it again but looking at all its features, knowing its programming, I am tempted to get it. It is probably the most promising at the moment. So I must decide...what to do, what to do?

Live and Learn

I am rereading the first book that I ever read about Alexander the Great, and as I have since read so many others, this one now takes on a whole new look and flavor to me. I am using it to develop my novel as I had promised that I would do since it had had such an impact on me. I can realize now why it is that many either like it or hate it. I personally have always liked it because it has many anecdotal stories that most authors omit.* (I hate this word processor for deleting statements that I make. Damn thing!) * Again, I have to remember that this particular google blog does not indent paragraphs as it should which pisses me off no end too.* So I have to use the * method again.* Fundamentally, I can be a nice person, but I can also be an old grouch, irritable, and difficlt to get along with when things like this happen. If I could, I would give google a piece of my mind to blow them away!* I will probably end up at word press doing everything perfectly!* I am impressed that the legend of Alexander has been blown skyhigh so that the reality of him bears little resemblance to the many faces that he seems to wear depending upon who authors the tale or biography.* I have an advantage that way as I have had the privilege of being up close and personal in going back into this time period, and seeing him, being inside his person so to speak, even though that would be a spiritual person, not a piece of flesh, but sure as heck looks and appears to be a piece of flesh...The spiritual person resembles the actual flesh person that much in cases such as this.* So my personal impressions have always been whatever it was that I experienced when in that memory, and I do recall even now many of the imagery and emotional impressions that I had had when undergoing the experience. Since at that time, I had no real knowledge of his life at all, not having immersed myself in his history, I have only retained the uniqueness of what happened to me when I was in that state of being.* My novel is actually letting me get to the truth of better than I had thought or believed it would, but it seems to release things from within to me that I find fascinating now to learn. So I am ready to go into the next stage despite the need to finish up some loose ends in the first part when I rewrite it. That's all for now. Gotta close this computer down now.

Knowing how to bet horses

This Kentucky Derby actually has taught me more about horses than I had ever known til now. I have suddenly acquired knowledge which is giving me more and more confidence about this Saturday's great contest for the right to wear the rose garland at the end of the race. The winner's circle is a special place for some lucky winner this Friday and Saturday.********* I just wrote the list of bets possible on Kentucky Derby race day. They are as follows: $2.00 straight bets. $1. exacta, .50cent trifecta, $1.superfecta, Rolling $1. double, .50 pick 4 on select races, .50 pick 5 on races 7 through 11. $2TwinSpires Pick 6 on both Oaks and Derby, $1 daily double on Oaks and Derby races, .50 trifecta on Oaks, Woodford Reserve Turf, and Derby.********************** Somewhere there is a winning combination to bet and win for everyone! Good luck.This information came from HorseRacingNation.

When women write about men

I do not know how to use the word processor at this blog spot because all my paragraphs end up one single paragraph causing me to believe that blogger simply wants my blogs to be brief. Women can write about men if they have undergone an experience such as I have done, and that is to recall lifetimes in the person of a male then. One who relives an experience as a man has the ability to think as a man. I have had many battlefield experiences, and I was no Joan of Arc, but instead I was in the person of Alexander the Great. I stepped over many dead horses and men, I dodged many horses astride my own warhorse, and I saw life in 4 BC as Alexander experienced it. So I believe I can write only those details as I saw them, including that of the city of Persepolis should I ever get this novel that far. I have found that writing about his childhood has unearthed information that I did not know existed but has been revealed to me as I write it. I won't change those writings at all. The historical narratives that I used to paraphrase I will alter a lot to make the story interesting instead of dull and dreary. So yes, I can write about men when I am drawing upon these strange kind of interior experiences. So there!

How to Survive a Hotel Fire

When one enters a hotel anywhere, the first thing one should do is check the fire exits, find the fire extinguisher, and proceed to learn how to exit your room to find the stairwells that will lead you to safety. I warn you. Do this as soon as you check into your room, and settle into your stay there, even if for only one night. If a fire should occur, be aware of how to get to safety. If however, you are trapped, and the hallway is on fire, then you must know how to proceed to protect yourself. Use hotel towels, soak them in water, and seal the bottom of the doors so that the gases cannot get into your room. People are killed from gases more than from flames. The bathroom is the safest place in which to stay should a fire break out. Stay low to the ground, do not stand up. Crawl if need be to the door or to the window if you are able to use the door or window as an exit. Cover your mouth and nose with a dampened towel. Proceed with caution. In this time period, it is probable that you have a cell phone and can get help quickly. No matter what, stay as close to the floor as possible, wait, stay calm, and hopefully, you will be rescued.