0937.20 Temple of the Rising Dragon

Somewhere in Asia...

Hiroshi

was upset at the death of his grand-father, a kind, gentle, and

honorable man; he may not have kept up with the times, but he

understood the sanctity of family and tradition. His dwelling

sparsely decorated, located on the steep side of the mountain,

aligned with the earth and stars according to generations of

ancestors before him.

Every
morning the sun rose, breaking through the bamboo louvers, with warm fingers it reached for the toes, and ever so slowly proceeded up the mans body, first the lower calf, gently over the thighs and groin, slowly caressing the belly, the cool morning breeze rustled as the warm fingers of sun proceeded up the man chest, until it reached the man's eyes; and gently the mans lashes would flutter and he awoke; refreshed and ready for the world.




His
grand-father explained it as his affair with “Mother Nature”,
no one really understood what he meant, but they knew he was happy, staying in the guest house, the main house; all the modern
conveniences one could every dream of, but the guest house; a little
warn and faded, lacking for better words a little “Tender
Loving Care” and one special item, a family relic, a sword with
a dragon crest on its handle, a steel blade folded over two thousand
times, finely crafted and honed, and still razor sharp after hundreds
of years. A blade that has never been completely unsheathe, since it
last battle where it took a mans life.



Those
days of feudal war are over, and as all things, humanity learns that
taking life as a form of population control does not work. Rules for
population control don't work, nations slowly falling apart at the
seams with a dwindling male population doesn't work, sure solutions
are ten fold, but are we losing our humanity in the process?



Hiroshi
eyes glazed over as the sword was handed over to him. According to
tradition it should have gone to the eldest male figure, but now
resided in his possession. A sword that had rode with the “Knights
of the Round-table”, but it was never confirmed, questioned,
maybe just thought of plain ludicrous at best. But for the sake of
family, an object both ridiculed and coveted, the old man did take
Hiroshi to one side shortly before his death and told him “Hiroshi,
you come from a long line of honorable men, like your ancestors
before you, you are the last and only Samurai of the 13^th Column.”




Hiroshi
humored his grand-father and said, “I will guard it with
honor....” his grand-father replied, “Don't humor me, I
won't make it to Memorial Day, 2012, and you must carry a burden,
that your not prepared for, or trained to handle, the family secret
being the Mayan calender is off, Christ wasn't born on December 25^th, it took the wise man six months journey by night, December 21^st for the end of the world is a rouse, but one thing is true Memorial Day, 2012, marks the beginning of the alignment with the center of the universe; something will happen, either good or bad. You must be the Master of your destiny and what follows, now kneel while I knight you Samurai of the 13^th Column”, Hiroshi, was
about to speak, but thought to himself, “I think he's gone
insane, the Samurai died a long time ago..., maybe I'll have to wait
and see what happens, anyway I'm not going to an event that is
supposed to happen, at a undisclosed location. I'll just look at
“Facebook“ and find some one in the area.”


Meanwhile there were signs of political unrest in Asia.

0937.01 Thor's Hammer

Georg was packing for his ecursion with "Rolling Thunder" this Memorilal day weekend, he didn't know about the 13th Column, or what it was, but his main focus was food during his travels, he thought about the sauce pan, but thought again about the lobster pot.  The groceries he knew he could pickup along the way, so he would be light; a few credity cards, and his mobil phone to check his contacts, email and social media. His porta heat, just in case, sleeping bag, man things just seem to mount as he packed and so he started again, and started with the basics, packing for the right set of circumstances can be a hassle, but he persisted and got down to a big bowl, a blanket, knife, fork, spoon and a can opener, the weight reduced to about a pound or 13oz, but it really didn't matter; he just knew it was much lighter.

He did this excursion because of all the bad news; he needed some inspiration; and so "Rolling Thunder" offered that inspiration, just something to take his mind away from the envoronmental disaster of the Gulf, and a just cause, to move him into a long summer stretch with his upcoming projects, he just knew he needed this before he started his endeavors, because he found by experience that it was something he had to do to be successfull.

It was late that evening when he realized he needed a recipe, his mobile phone great, just getting to recipe sites was for better words a "b....!!!", ugh and even though he could use chat on his social media, navigation was frustrating, so he tried agin after taking a deep breathe; found this posting for "Thor's Hammer", and something he didn't suspect, the places he could find along the way for supplies.

Thor's Hammer
1 Can Tomato and Ocra. Walmart, Kroger, Ozborne
1 Can Mixed beans. Walmart, Kroger, Ozborne
1 Ham steak. Walmart special. 1lb
1 Hamberger helper Mexican Fiesta. Walmart, Kroger, Ozborne
1 Corn tortilla pack. Walmart, Kroger, Ozborne
1 Parmasean pack. Walmart, Kroger, Ozborne

Mix canned products first, cut the ham steak in half for the next day, in the bowl a fist of pasta with ham, nuke for 15-30 minutes, add parmasean and Hamber helper spices to taste, Nuke corn tortillas for 10-13 seconds to warm. 3-5 servings

That night the guys all complimented Georg on his culinery talent, he mentioned that he followed a recipe, but that someone else should take credit, but then again recipe's are not trade marked except for Famous products i.e. Coca-Cola, Pepsi ...

The next morning the guys headed for breakfast, ordered cofee and eggs, ask the waitress to warm the ham and tortillas, and had the local strawberry jam which went surprisingly well with the tortillas, and for a moment the guys forgot about the cheese, but pulled out the parmasean and were equally surprised, ham, and eggs, parmasean, totillas, a little of the hamburger helper spices, almost all gone.  They left town later that morning only packing a dozen or so tortillias and a jar of strawberry jam.

0936.00 Amino Acid Explosion

I recently experienced an MS attack and so I have planned the perfect method for recovery, prednisone a steroid has the benifit of bringing down the swelling, but has some side affects, basically the pharmaceuticals use a caffeine filler.  The caffeine works well, but then it gives you the shakes, but then again I found 5 hour energy taken before prednisone made things more bearable.  So as I started to have my attack here in Nashville, I did everything I did before and it failed, why?, heat frustration and stress.  The temp and humidity caused a set of circumstances that I did not take into consideration.  So I had to innovate and cook myself back to health.  "Amino Acid Explosion" is not my creation, but I have modified it to suite palate and texture, you don't have to have MS to enjoy it.

2002
"Bobbie, This salid has every amino acid and protein requirement according to my medical professors."
"David, Thats impressive, a first year med student following a inspiration, I wanted to burst into tears, in a small way I had inspired him to do the impossible, he found a solution years before I would ever need it.  I see we have beets, chick peas, corn, red kidney beans, olive oil and italian seasoning..."

Amino Acid Explosion:
1/2 Cup Red Onions soaked in Lime Juice, 15 Mins.  Concentrate is fine, Lime helps fight the heat.
1 Can of beets.
1 Can of Red Kidney Beans.
1 Can of Pinto Beans.
1 Can of Crushed Tomatoes, or fresh or spicy, spicy makes you feel cooler, I sprinkle crushed red pepper.
1 Can of Chick Peas.
2 - 3 Bag of corn muffins with a western jalepeno recipe.
1 Bar of Jalepeno cheddar.
Italian Seasoning, basil, olive oil.

Start your miffin mix and chunk your cheese, place cheese in center of muffin batter, and bake in your toaster oven at 350 for 20 to 30 minutes.  Humidity, elevation, barimetric pressure affect cooking time.  350 degrees works best, the package will state a cooking temp of 425, but 350 makes it stay humid.  To add more moistness add butter or margerine.

Strain beats, but save some of the juice, cut the beets into a manageable size, I pour from can to bowl, cut with butter knife and strain juice, then add the rest Red Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Crushed Tomotoe,  Chick Peas, Chunked Jalapeneo Cheddar , Onions with Lime Juice and some beet juice, 2-3 Dashes of Italian seasoning and basil, and olive oil.  5-10 lunch servings, 10 - 15salid servings.  If doing muffins; I buy 2 bags, if doing salid buy 3 and use baking tray and oven, but same temp.  Baking muffins the night before also helps, bake, nightly routine, return to toaster/oven and let stand with kitchen towel.  Walmart this is less than $1.00 a serving depending on local prices and taxes and the most expensive item is the cheese, but then again the cheese was 2 for $3.  The Muffin mix cost me about 89c.

0600.00 Lower Marine Riser Package

S.I.S.A - Oct 10, 1985 9:36pm

Who are you?

OzModius, can't you accept that?

S.I.S.A.
Arg... Lets start with the LMRP and work from there.

OzModius.
OK, The LMRP doesn't work, might as well have them start with the relief wells since that will work; and even though I don't have contact with the 13th Column they will provide the right solutions. You don't need to know how, just that they exist, for some reason they are magical because they make the clutch decisions, even though everyone believes they are wrong, consider it a gift.

S.I.S.A.
How will we know?

OzModius.
You won't, your kind messed up before, and I need to protect the asset, for some reason on the LMRP you messed the cut, you corrected the cut, but then again messed up with the circulated hot water, the soft seal doesn't work due to a design flaw, and it doesn't inflate properly. The first trial of the relief well doesn't work in late July, but in August after everyone has a 72 hour brainstorm session, the flaw is found and it is tried and it works.  Expect mid-August to be 100%, but figures are reported early and breaking news happens the first week in August.  The coastline will be devastated, but then again the 13th Column has another great idea, It happens again and people start to have hope again, and everything tied to 936.

S.I.S.A.
Why 936?

OzModius.
Having your kind wage war against me, and then wondering why I let it go, and then retailiating by correcting your mistakes, your kind must lose and humanity left to evolve.  For the sake of humanity I suffer, my gift, your lose; the end of slavery of mankind, but I won't see the dawn, I will have passed years before, but known to have done something beyond imagination.  Someone with forsight, but mis-understood, people will call me by the name my parents used to call me for diner, "Bobbie", and I will be residing in Nashville...