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Ejakula: Black Mamba Hallucinogen

Warning: This story is extremely horrific, filled with potent sexual situations, dazzling insanity, violence and terror. This tale is what I term Transgressive Erotic Noir falling somewhere in the transgressional fiction genre with elements of extreme horror. This is by far my most sexual story and probably the most ribald. I challenge you to read it to the end. It is my goal here to not only push the envelope but to burn it and snort the ashes. I cannot be bound by the rules of literature and grind its ugly face into blood-burger with my shotgun of insanity. I was inspired by a favorite quote:

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fragments of truth began trickling through my mind seven nights ago; still unclear about everything, memories emerged as heaving matter and voices. Sapphire magma bubbled from triangular furrows along wedged sections of sky, drooping low beneath my feet. I seemed to propel across any density—liquid, solid or gas. I felt composed of plasma, knotted muscle thumping betwixt my skull, echoes in asymmetrical rhythmic groupings composed by intelligence. And I stood on no ground, swimming through copper wind.

The leopard moon in black whipped ochre—fractional rays whirling tentacles across seven planes. Each beam shattered into smaller particles, bent at a thousand right angles, spectroscopic arrays and chiseled kaleidoscopia. A female voice shivered somewhere near, but I was disoriented, unable to distinguish anything. I became encased. Galvanized in sticky dank. The more I struggled the more entangled I became aerial quicksand or gelatinous webbing. I reached to clean the glaze from my eyes but had no face, and the voice just before me, somewhere below.

Seven Days Earlier

The clandestine chemistry lab was well hidden, eleven miles from campus (University of Southern Mississippi)—comprised mostly of old lab equipment: beakers, steam cones, Bunsen burners, analytical scales; an assortment of everything needed—some garbage delegated to a car trunk, some stolen outright from the classroom.

We synthesized LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) from rosewood seeds but was a nasty high. I never tried the original batch, but Mark Fitzpatrick claimed it made him deathly ill, with weak hallucinogenic properties, saying his vision was chopped into distorted lenses, making him dizzy and nauseous. It wasn’t until three weeks later we got our hands on rye ergot—a necessary precursor—grown by Courtney in botany lab right under Dr. Chadwick’s nose.

LSD Chemical Structure

LSD Chemical Structure

The next batch was the real thing. Pure LSD-25 as determined by spectrophotometric analysis. We had prepared one ounce or 28 grams. LSD is so powerful, over 300,000 doses can be derived from a mere 28 grams while one average dose can fit on the head of a pin.

But that wasn’t enough for Clive, my PhD guerrilla chemistry partner (it was Clive, Courtney and I: the three witch doctors). He was experimenting with new designer drugs. He was so jealous of  Walther Beck, Otto Wolfes and Anton Köllisch—who were primarily responsible for creating MDMA (street name Ecstasy). He wanted to create his own recreational drug, a powerful hallucinogenic stimulant that lasted for days like methamphetamine but with explosive hallucinogenic visuals. He began, because he was twisted in mind-fucked delusion, working with Black Mamba venom. Being the low man on the totem pole, I had to milk the snakes. They were over nine feet long. Had I been bitten, I would’ve been dead in thirty minutes as no black mamba anti-venom is available in the U.S.

Black Mamba

Black Mamba

Clive was a genius and amazingly separated the compounds in mamba venom with relative ease. He artificially synthesized several components after only three days, including calciseptine (the only natural polypeptide shown to be a specific inhibitor of L-type Ca2+ channels). I was only a junior chemist and didn’t understand all the science involved. Clive, somehow had a vision and created specific isomers, along with several chemical subsets using variations of the 60 amino acid peptides. He created three unique chemicals based on both calciseptine (and other venom components) with attributes of LSD, MDMA, THC, chocolate derivatives and amphetamine falling under the drug class of phenethylamines. It was to be a high of intense love. He named the final product Ejakula, a granular powder, shaded ebony-black with crimson luminescence. It was to be ground and snorted like cocaine.

Blistering Love Bad Decisions

We celebrated the discovery. The initial experimentation with lab mice went as planned, but we hadn’t tested Ejakula on humans. Clive had been awake for thirty-one days, twizzle-tweaked on meth. After drinking two bottles of Maker’s Mark Kentucky whiskey, he passed out. Courtney and I stayed up Axing (taking LSD and Ecstasy together) along with snorting copious amounts of cocaine and meth. We smoked several bong hits of hashish and began kissing and fondling each other’s sexual organs; I know, it sounds peculiar to say it that way. She was a skinny little thing, with small tits but I loved sucking them. She was a dexterous kisser, probing every dark corner of my mouth, circling my lips with her nimble tongue and licking the back of my teeth as we drank each other. She was almost ugly, wore geeky glasses and her hair scrunched in a tight bun, but this little lab vixen turned me on like an industrial light switch. We power-fucked for twenty-three minutes, exploding in orgasm, finally licking her shaven twat for an additional twelve. We laid naked on the filthy lab floor, so intoxicated we could barely speak.

We arose and walked nakedly to the fresh mound of Ejakula granules—Clive asleep snoring like dying babies—his body twitching in convulsion but we dared not awaken him. Courtney and I were mesmerized by the sparkling black powder, the way it shimmered red and indigo, speaking out to us to taste it.

“Let’s do some Bobby.”

Standing behind her, I cupped her breasts and nibbled her ear lobes. Still rigid, I slid into moistened vulva, slowly humping as she leaned on the counter. She had the most amazing black widow tattoo on her neck which I repeatedly kissed. I continued fucking her as she cut out two thick lines of Ejakula. She groaned, “Oh please God fuck me, fuck me, fuck me,” her lubricative secretions transuded my inner thighs—hot and moist.

She craftily cut a straw in half as I continued quelling animal itch, slowly in and out and in. She snorted her line and handed me the straw. I angled forth and snorted mine whilst her throbbing tongue wove insanities upon my neck. The drug didn’t burn. It tasted sweet like burnt papaya and trickled down my throat like creamed velvet.

Mind Fucked

Without disconnecting we crawled atop the lab counter copulating in blistering passion. Two gargantuan mirrors reflected our lust as we watched ourselves fuck, she on her knees and I behind unable to envision a time not inside her. Sweet vaginal cleft—sexual musculature kneading my corpulent pikestaff as I ejaculated for three endless minutes—my testicles cramped in pain but stop I could not.

“Stop . . . stop Bobby. I have to catch my breath.”

“I’m trying, hold on,” and de-inserted.

She turned over sitting on her ass, legs spread in my face. Her petite labia quivering and clitoris constricting in spasm. I leaned in fingering her and sucked her throbbing clitoris. She said, “This orgasm is still going, oh my fucking god . . . mmmmm.”

“I know, mine too,” as sexual snot spurted on her belly and thighs—penis choking like a sieve. It must be the Ejakula, this is major shit baby.”

“Lie on your back Bob. I want to suckle your flavor . . . taste your fluid.”

She wrapped her mouth around me slurping every drop, fingernails tickling my scrotum. Four extra breasts morphed from her back as I massaged each wishing I had four hands. Within each blood-red nipple tiny human mouths with chattering pearl teeth snipping my finger. Blood plopped forth in strewn rags, embroidered by demon and draped across her spine. She mounted and rode me like a dragon beast—still orgasming—still in the fires of lust.

Her flesh dyed plum with scattered trichromatic lesions, twisting cyclones agitated across her stomach winding in madness, grinding trenches from crotch to cranium. I crooked my head to see our reflection in the mirror and what I witnessed burned scars across the landscapes of my mind until the day I die. A rabid demon-whore humping my soul—three sectional arms with foot long fingers, each crowned with electrical razor nails. She picked ticks and lice from jungles of writhing hair, splattering waves of vegetative shafts growing in fields across my chest. Her body glistened, cloaked in slime.

A growling hiss vomited from swollen lips, howling psychopathic screams as I stared in the mirror. Eyes spread wide as canyons. And she looked back with dilated pupils stabbed in ivory bulbs—scarlet webs of bloodshot engraved by invisible hands.

We stood in padded white asylum; she a naked woman with my face on her skull and I naked man with hers on mine, becoming freakish versions of ourselves. An exchange. Facial transportation. We gazed in the solitary mirror, kissing our own lips on opposite bodies. Clive stood before us his mouth broadly gapped, a stare of disbelief scribing his face.

He pleaded “What did you do? Please don’t . . . oh God no—”

The Black Mamba slithered from vaginal trench, in her hands as chopping knives twirled from her feet like helicopter blades. Bloodcurdling shrills roared as she dealt venomous mamba fangs, slicing blood squirting bites, writing patterned tales of misery across his soul. Orchestrating death as art. She swam through emerald breeze like serpentine harlot, whirling machetes dicing his body into blood-pudding. Whipped and smooth.

We stood on infinite cliffs overlooking an endless chasm of raven soot, perpetual pool of black hole. Clive stood before her blindfolded with baseball bat in hand asking, “My turn to hit the piñata?”

She lay horizontal in mid air and untied his blindfold. He realized how close to the edge he was as fear crawled his nerves, and Courtney stomp-kicked him. He fell off the edge to his death. Devoured by fire.

The Mall Trip

Headless white doves lay limp on the platinum lake, each sprouting smoke plumes in tinctured prism. The lake folded into itself and swallowed as Courtney and I drove down Highway 49 due south to the mall. I felt completely sober and no idea how I ended up in my car. Both of us stark naked and cool air washing our flesh. She turned up Valley Girl by Frank Zappa and we rocked . . . barf out, gag me with a spoon.

“Are you still high Courtney?”

She lit a joint and the car flooded in exotic flavor, “I don’t know. Maybe it’s like rolling on Ecstasy, you know, waving in and out of stupor until the buzz subsides. Maybe we’re on the down wave and the buzz will be back in a minute.”

“I hope not! We’re naked driving down the interstate at night smoking pot, baked on some unknown chemical substrate named Ejakula. I hope to God this shit doesn’t hit me again.” I whipped into the mall parking lot and stopped. “What am I doing here? Why did we come to the mall?”

I turned to ask Courtney for another toke of weed and her seat was empty. She was gone. What the fuck is happening to me? I was fully clothed in blue jeans, Smoke Columbian t-shirt and wearing dirty sneakers. I got out and approached the mall entrance. It was closed. I saw an old high school buddy walking out to a white van. It was Warren McGee, a long haired stoner I knew since sixth grade.

“Warren! Thank God it’s you.”

“What’s up Bobby?”

“I am fucked up. I took some drugs, my brains are searing right now. I snorted a line of Ejakula, a drug designed by my friend Clive. Just telling someone is a relief.”

I talked to him for a few minutes and decided to drive the ten miles back to campus alone. Courtney was still gone. I blinked and three miles had passed, unable to remember how I drove it. The angled windshield bowed incoming light, twisting my field of vision in distorted segments. Horrendous black tree roaches rained from midnight sky, sheathing my window in cornflower gristle. I reached out the window with a scraper and scoured stagnant ooze as I drove, the streaming headlights of cars trailing like slow camera exposures. For the first time, I was terrified. I thought if I can make it home in one piece I will never get high again.

Re-ignition

Running through dense underbrush, I flashed like scalded wolf, panting and gasping for air, feet churning like grinding wheel—metallic sprig ejested. I stumbled upon a clearing in misted jungle. Chromatic sparks shredded from burning gust; globules of ice-pink shards slung like hairs from tarantula’s back, pricking lacerations in bellies of three albino children. An endless abyss of flatness lay dead before me as I sunk in mind-jelly.

Courtney was shat from bleeding fissure, choked from nothingness and flopped on boiling churn. Her skin simmered as newborn infant burst from cloven twill—umbilical cord glissading and baby crying in hunger, “I want milk mommy . . . wahhhhhhhh . . . feed me mommy.”

“Shut that fucking little mouth. Tell it to shut up bitch!”

Overcome with raging fury, I know not what I do. I snatch the baby up by it’s feet and begin spinning, my arms outstretched, faster and faster, centrifugal force flooding its head blue, struggling for oxygen. Like human whirlpool with baby in hand I lower my stance. One quick swoop and I grind its soft skull—leaving one bloody skid mark on hot street—holding it above, letting its nectar drizzle in my mouth.

Headless baby beautiful. With lovely shoulders.

“His name was Samuel. The most precious gift I’ve ever known. Thank you for killing him.”

I lay beside Courtney, tears gushing and say, “I’m so sorry. I never meant to hurt anyone.”

But she was dead. Blue. Cold. Fire ants in starving hordes fed on her remains.

Clive had blown his own head off. A jagged ravine split his face. Trap-door gullet. And here I am alone. Wishing my life had been different. Wishing this had never been.

I lay in an ocean of time.

Tons of sobs weep as I shiver.

  • Thank you for reading my confession.
  • Soon after, I quit studying chemistry. I tossed twenty-five liters of gasoline on their bodies and struck a match. The embers of death burned for three days. And the stench forever in my mouth. I never fully recovered from this. But I choose to never again live joyless.
  • My friend Warren remembers seeing me at the mall that night. He said I was riding a bicycle though I didn’t own one.
  • None of these incidents were ever mentioned in the media or local papers.
  • No person named Clive has ever worked as a professor at USM campus.
  • I saw Courtney eleven years later eating in McDonald’s with her mother. I asked if she knew who I was and she said no, but I looked like her father. She said her name was Tiffany and just lost her baby to leukemia. His name was Samuel. She said she was seventeen and visiting from Montreal. She had never previously been in Mississippi but had a black widow tattoo on her neck.
  • I’ve tried  fruitlessly to piece my memories together, but to no avail.

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Twitter-Facebook-Stumbleupon: The Blogging Trinity?

I’ve tried out and am a member of so many social networking sites it has become preposterous. I really don’t like any of them that much, but Twitter, Facebook and Stumbleupon seem to be the only ones having any relevance. I’ve always thought that blogging and commenting are the best way to social network, and the others are simply supplements.
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Bobby’s Batch #17 – Zen and Enlightenment

I was recently asked by friend J.C. from the blog Jasmin’s Heart to write a guest post for him. I happily accepted and wrote a post just like I would as if it were here on my blog. It is entitled That’s So Zen. Be sure to read it and leave a comment. I am excited about it! Be sure to read several of J.C.’s great articles while you are there.

For those of you who don’t know, I have studied Zen most of my life. If people consider me to be religious in any way, it is because of Zen (which I think of as not being religion necessarily, but a form of spiritual psychology). After my article, Interview With a Blind Homeless Man, many Christian readers told me that I was Christian even if I didn’t proclaim to be. I assure you, I am not a Christian. I am affiliated with no religions, though I do believe in God in my own way. I’ve studied almost every religion/philosophy and find them fascinating.

The argument I have with most religions, such as Christianity, Islam or Judaism is they seem to have an answer to life’s most important questions, like who are we and what happens after we die. It’s the same problem I have with atheism which also provides these answers to a certain extent. This is one reason why I followed the path of Zen. I am a student of Confucianism, neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and the Oomoto faith – though I do not follow any one specifically. I consider myself a very spiritual person with no religious precept.

The Asian religions have the idea that if there is a God, that God exists inside us as well as everywhere else. Many Christian scholars have accepted that idea also. If I had to say which religion my own personal beliefs coincided with, I would say a combination of Zen, Buddhism and Yogi philosophy. In other words, I have made up my own religious beliefs, much of which could be misconstrued as agnostic but are free of sexism and racism (which many religions still practice to this day).

We’ve all heard the Zen koan, “Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?” by Hakuin Ekaku; or commonly asked, “What is the sound of one hand clapping.” In this simple koan, the deepest concepts of enlightenment can be derived. Of course there is no answer to this koan, regardless of what many people believe. An answer may be given to demonstrate a pupil’s comprehension, but still, there is no concrete answer. The idea is to develop intuition and awareness of that which cannot be understood in logical terms.

In Zen, there are no answers. This can be explained by the following quote, “Seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions.” It is more about what I refer to as the interrogative state of mind, where one is open and questioning, allowing intuition to guide us. The truth is, there are no answers to questions like, “Is there a God?”, “What happens to our souls after death?” or “Do we have a soul?”

I read several books about religions that say people came here from another planet (think Scientology). A Christian would say, “That person is crazy.” What I say is, “You believe Jesus died, after 3 days was resurrected and ascended into heaven…so are they really crazy?”

The truth is, nobody knows anything for sure, but if it gives you comfort, then so be it – whatever gets you through the night. From a Zen standpoint, the answers are unimportant. It is in the pondering itself that provides an answer, if you want to call it that. Just so you know, I respect all beliefs and do not judge people for theirs. Besides, all religions have a streak of exaggeration and craziness.

The idea of Zen can readily be applied to any intellectual human thought. I am a guitarist, so I’ll explain a little. After practicing a musical scale (such as the ionian, dorian or melodic minor) thousands of times, it becomes ingrained and part of your neuromuscular memory. You know it. You know it’s sound. You know the way a certain scale feels under your fingers. After that is accomplished, you apply it in real music, using that particular musical scale to convey a mood or feeling. In Zen, this is only the beginning. It is after a spiritual transcendence of that scale, a true Zen state can be achieved. Thus, all great musicians have achieved enlightenment in music, or they wouldn’t be great (though greatness is relative if you believe in relativism). I’m referring to true giants like Stravinsky, Mozart, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin or other such masters. It’s the idea that you learn all the theory, master it and forget it so you can express it with a still mind.

If you are a computer programmer, the same thing applies. You must master a particular programming language before you can fly with it. Again, that flying is just the beginning in Zen. It is after you spiritually transcend that knowledge that you become alive with freedom of expression. You see, Zen is all about hard work and that special place you come to upon mastery. And mastery means no ego. Mastery means you are reborn as a beginner, which means you know nothing. Now, you may wonder why I chose to discuss computer programming and Zen together. I know many programmers who have reached this type of enlightenment. It’s just like anything a person learns such as art, music, writing and so forth. The realization that one is and will always be a beginner, or at least has that open mindedness, is where that dynamic answer exists; because there are no answers, only more questions, which is exactly the point. Now for this weeks links:

StumbleUpon Graveyard – By Tim Nash: This post explains how a stumbled post can end up in the no traffic graveyard. It stresses how important it is to do a review with each stumble, especially if it is an article you discover (you’re 1st to stumble it). Tim has some fantastic websites, and many of his articles are beyond my scope of current knowledge; however, he is a nice guy who really engages his readers and is willing to help people out. Be sure to read this post, it is my pick of the week.

Dead Body Outside My Window – By Mariuca: I was shocked when I saw this post. Marzie saw a real dead body on the concrete right outside her window – very disturbing indeed! She actually included some pictures which gave me the willies! Be sure to check this one out.

Build It Or Break It – by Ruby of Servizot Dot Com: This post really hit home with me because I relate to it so strongly. She explains one of those tough situations at work we can all learn from. A great article!

How to Succeed at Article Marketing – From Pajama Professional: This is a look at article marketing, a powerful method most people don’t know anything about. The author, Sara Christensen offers a case study and and much insight into this often overlooked area of marketing.

Add Borders to Images – by Sue Blimely: An easy to understand tutorial for adding borders to images including padding and so forth. A very useful post. Sue’s blog is filled with useful articles so be sure to check them out.

I also want to congratulate Jamilla in getting her first accounting job Walking Into Another Section of My Life..that’s Career! Go Jamy!

Last but not least, I want to congratulate Shinade on her 700th post Life Never Ceases To Amaze Me-700 Posts – That is a gargantuan amount! Go Jackie!

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Bobby’s Batch #16 – Pagerank, Entrecard and Blogging

One thing I really like to do on each of my Bobby’s Batch posts, is that each have a unique title and an article included before the links are listed. I have a few blogging observations this week I’d like to share with you.

About Pagerank

I have many pet peeves about blogging and I believe them to be rooted in my personal sense of ethics. One area most bloggers do not understand is concerning Google pagerank. I’m often perplexed when I see a personal blogger (or any blogger) displaying their pagerank in their sidebar – it’s obvious they have no idea what pagerank is or why it exists. Pagerank determines your ability to be found through a google search while they are looking for answers of some type. If you write a personal blog, especially about your life, etc, then pagerank is absolutely meaningless to you.

No matter how high it is, you will not be found through a search unless they enter your blog title in the search bar – how many people will ever do that?. This is especially true if you have a non-niche blogspot blog. To me, any stat in your sidebar, is much like wearing a clothing item with price tags hanging off of it – it’s just a little tacky. It’s like wearing a t-shirt with your college diploma imprinted on it.

Much of my outlook stems from martial arts, Zen and musical instrument playing/building. One of my favorite comparisons is a martial arts teacher wearing a black belt with ten stripes on it and the word ‘Master’ written in big letters across his back. Any real martial artist knows this probably means he cannot fight nor has any conception of martial art combat. I think what I’m saying is it is what’s inside that matters, just like my perception of people. Maybe I’m a little too uptight or hardcore about this, but I’m trying to get over it.

I am a musician and have been playing stringed instruments for decades. When I hear modern pop musicians, the music itself has become irrelevant – much of it written on a PC program using patches and samples. The music is usually written around a star vocalist by someone else, not by the singer. There are very few musical artists that actually write the music for their own songs. Nowadays, a great guitarist or drummer has become irrelevant. I cannot name hardly any gifted musicians in today’s popular music scene. They are simply a rare breed. The ones who do make it are extremely lucky. Just look at rap music. I am not saying that all rappers don’t have talent, what I’m saying is that the music backing their rap is ridiculous and requires absolutely no talent to compose. An artist who doesn’t write their own music (actually compose it and write in down in musical notation) should not be allowed to win a Grammy award. If they had this rule, 95% of all Grammy winners wouldn’t even qualify for an award. It’s like McDonald’s hamburgers: just because they’ve served billions doesn’t mean they taste good. They are like fast food TV dinners. I cook my hamburgers at home…you know, the ones that really are good.

Views on Entrecard

Lately, I’ve found my blogging, or how I visit other bloggers being taken over with things like Entrecard. Blogging is not about how many points you get on Entrecard. The idea of writing meaningful content has been replaced with this click happy attitude of point collecting, showing off stats and so forth. It wasn’t like that a few years ago – this is an all new type of fever, and it’s getting worse. The truth about Entrecard, is while it may increase your traffic, the traffic you get is 90% one second visits, which is really bad for for any blog. This is why I only use it sparingly. Also, if you use Adsense or many other PPC programs and you have the ads on the front of your homepage, you will become smartpriced and render your profits worthless. It’s so much better to only have ads on individual posts, and not on your homepage. Entrecard will increase your bounce rate (the quickness by which people instantly leave to click onto the next Entrecard site..haha), which is what you don’t want. Before I installed Entrecard, the average visitor looked through 7 articles on my site and spent 10 minutes looking through them. Now, it’s down to one pageview and a two minute visit average. I am seriously thinking of removing it from my site, but with so many friends depending on it, I have fallen in to a pit of dependence and am afraid I may lose many readers if I remove it. It’s like nasal spray – once you start using it, you can’t stop because your nose will stay stuffy for a few agony filled weeks upon quitting. It’s a definite catch-22. I probably use Entrecard for 5 minutes per day and click one if I see it. I only pay a max of 128 credits for an ad and I have never turned down an ad. I see some people rejecting 35% of all attempts to purchase – what is that all about? If I see someone rejecting a larger percentage of ads, I will not even attempt to get one as I don’t want to ruin my 0.00% rejection stat…hahaha!

Ok, that’s enough negative critiquing of Entrecard. It really depends on how you as an individual use it. It really does offer more positive benefits than it does negative and I have made several new friends through it. I think like anything, it can be detrimental if you overuse it and depend on it too much. People forget you could just as easily go through the main directory of Blog Catalog visiting everyone there, leave comments, make friends and gain new readers the old fashioned way.

There’s really no way to judge whether content is good or not, at least from an algorithmic standpoint. That is really up to the masses. I also realize that I don’t control anyone but myself and the content I write, so I will not take the outside world personally. On another aspect, I have many blogging friends, all writing different content. Some write only about their family, some are just having fun, some write with stunning brilliance and some are trying to get rich – most fall somewhere in the middle. No matter what they write, I still read because they are friends!

What it boils down to, is that we are all in this thing together and amazingly, we are all getting along quite well. I am just trying to come to terms with my perception of the blogosphere. I don’t like show offs, but I may still like the person doing the showing off. I think it’s a crazy thing to call yourself a liberal or conservative, because none of us are truly one or the other. I am an independent in my political, religious and every other belief I have – chances are, so are each and everyone of you on a deeper level. Now for this weeks links:

How To Upgrade To The Latest Version of WordPress – from Garry Conn. There are lots of sites that can show you how to upgrade your self-hosted WordPress blog, but this one is actually easy to understand. It shows you how to do it step by step via FTP, which is really the correct way to do it.

Euromillions Rollover Contest – comment here – from FiddyP. My buddy Andy Bailey’s new contest. All you have to do is leave a comment to win a great prize. As you may know, I won his last contest and quickly received my brand spanking new set of headphones. While you’re there, check out his many fantastic articles.

Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less – from Rolando. Go to this post for information on how you can help convince congress to drill for oil here in America. Like Rolando and many of you, I can barely afford to drive with these skyrocketing gas prices. The way you change things is by simply getting involved.

Perfectly Imperfect – By Catatonic Kid. She is truly a brilliant writer and is definitely worth reading. This post is but one of many great ones. Be sure to visit her, you see some truly introspective passion.

Incomplete Figure – By Francis Scudellari of Caught In The Stream. This is a strange and undulating poem. It’s actually one of my favorites of all the poems I’ve read on line. I love the unusual perspective. I am new to his blog, but really enjoy his writing style and his unique drawings.

The Blood River Flesh Hunter – A bizarre short story I wrote a few months back (one of my personal faves of my own work). Please read the above poem and then read my story, you will feel very unusual when you’re done…I promise!

You Know You’re a Flirt When – Written by The Sandman, one of my favorite writers on line, offers this fantastic and hilarious post. Highly recommended! This is a late addition to this batch – I’m so glad I saw it.

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Bobby’s Batch #15 – Nomadic Digital Outcast

It’s been a while since I wrote a batch, where I give links to some deserving writers. I usually write this on Sundays but since I’m still a free citizen, I’ll do it whenever I wish. I wanted to have at least 10 links, but I’m far too tired. I will be back on schedule for doing this next Sunday and will have even more selected posts. I won Andy Bailey‘s weekly contest and received my new iPod headphones…thanks Andy! Be sure to pay Andy a visit, and join in on his next contest. While you’re there, read some of his cool posts.

I am an Outcast

One thing I know about myself, since birth (yes, I remember being born – a horrifying experience), is that I never really fit in. I’m an outcast on so many levels. Put me and 99 other people in a room and I’ll be the one standing alone while everyone gathers in little groups of 4 or 5. I’m really terrible with meaningless small talk, and am perfectly content not being part of the crowd. I naturally gravitate towards blogging because I can say all those things I normally wouldn’t say in real life if you didn’t know me very well – trust me, I am a very difficult person to get to know.

While growing up, I always had a few friends, but never more than 2 or 3. Some people have hundreds of “friends” in their real lives, much like bloggers with 20,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace. I always hung out with other people who didn’t fit in because we had that in common. We were social rejects who refused to be part of all things normal. If everybody did something, I would make sure I didn’t. I approach blogging much the same way. When I first began blogging, I quickly learned how most just followed others, copied others and so forth. I used to have a vendetta against make money blogs, mostly because 99% of them are redundant, regurgitated, unoriginal, passionless, uninspired drivel – plagiarized from the “successful” ones. I personally don’t read any of the most popular blogs with 25,000+ subscribers. If you’ve read them once, there’s no reason to go back except for an occasional tidbit if needed. After a while, I gave up criticizing them – I have better thing to do. I just don’t read them – much like an offensively lame TV show – I just don’t watch it.

I’m such an outcast – even among my outcast friends – an outcast forming his own rebellion within a group of outcasts; a loner among loners. Reflecting on my teen years, I wonder: What’s a 15 year old kid, who practices guitar 10 hours per day and studies Zen, yoga and martial arts going to discuss with other kids who worry about their haircuts and what brand of shoes they wear? I remember as a seven year old boy, noticing how people grouped together and began their life long category of personhood. Are you a jock, geek, loser, dopehead or what? What category do you fall in? What group do you belong to? In college, I was faced with joining a fraternity, which I opposed with absolute disdain. Why would I join an exclusive group? What is exactly is an exclusive group? It’s doesn’t mean it’s a good or special group – it’s about exclusion. If you’re not in the group, you’re excluded from it. That’s why I despised those people who belonged. Well, I really didn’t dislike the people, just the idea of exclusivity. If I have to join a club to be your friend, then I will not be your friend. I don’t want to “fit in”. I prefer to think of people as individuals, not associated with a group of individuals. The blogosphere seems much like a high school where people are divided up into cliques – some snobbish, some friendly.

I know…I’m a cynical skeptic as well as an outcast. If you know me really well, I’m a goof who jokes sarcastically. If you don’t know me really well, I’m a quiet person. In my daily life, I listen much more than I speak. It’s amazing when you know people really well, who know nothing about you. I’m that guy at work everybody confides in and says nasty things about others to…oh my, the secrets I know. I guess that’s because I keep it all to myself, don’t tell anyone what they say and never add fuel to the fire – so they trust me.

I became interested in politics over the past few years and feel like such an outsider it’s ridiculous. I’ve come to the conclusion that the U.S. government is nothing more than a corrupted special interest group – I’m so disgusted I cannot take it anymore. We are supposed to choose where we fit in: conservative or liberal; I don’t fit in either group and never will. That’s how I feel about the Internet – I really don’t fit in anywhere; thus, I fit in everywhere. It’s quite lonely to be an individual these days. Now for this week’s links:

Wandering through BlogExplosion, MyBlogLog, and EntreCard – from Aldon Hynes of the Orient Lounge is a very interesting post (among many). I wrote the main part of this batch #15 last week and was surprised when I read Aldon’s post – the premise is quite similar, though mine is probably more negative. I know exactly how he feels. Make sure you read this very insightful article.

Retribution – from Why Paisley. This post pissed me off because her hosting service changed her domain name (the removal of the dash between why and paisley) and gave her no options. I suppose it could happen to anyone. She lost all her page rank and as far as I know, the change prevents her from doing a 301 redirect because she can no longer access the old domain. If she had psychic powers, she could have preemptively redirected before all this happened – but that’s a little much for any host to ask for. Because she is such a brilliant writer, it really bothered me to see this happen. Please read her great article and fix any links you have to her.

Facing Faults and Fears – My long time friend Becca aka Wonder Woman wrote a this great article about how caring and helping others can often keep you from taking care of yourself. It’s a quite wonderful and somber sentiment I strongly relate to.

Congress Wants to Make It Easier for People to Steal Your Content – From Dan at DCR Blogs. Here we go again with congress protecting criminals. I am all about political activism and this is very important for every American to do. Check out this article.

Hide and Seek – My friend J.C. from the blog Jasmin’s Heart has a guest writer, Jim Murdoch, who authored this post. It is a brilliant look into creativity and poetry – I found it very inspiring.

The Adventures of Marie Cambridge – Story Game 4 – I was fortunate enough to be invited by Teeni to participate in her cool writing project where several writers get to add a paragraph (my contribution is the 3rd from the top). Where else but the blogosphere would I get to hang out with an army of vegan women?

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Bobby’s Batch #14 – The Power of Blogging

What I love most about blogging is how it brings people together from all over Earth. We are all much more alike than we are different. This past week has been painful and spiritually draining, mostly because I see and understand the world’s problems – I sometimes wish I didn’t. I believe that many things like race, religion, politics, patriotism, class, nationalism and many other forms of separatist identification destroy relationships between people in many ways. All these things are as irrelevant as the brand of clothes we wear when compared to our need for each other. We are powerfully interconnected and blogging makes the world so much smaller.

I’ve often thought that the only way people will come together would be if Earth came under attack by aliens from outer space. If the people of Earth faced such a situation, we would come together as one, overlooking foolish differences. We could find that love, which seems to be missing in this world. I see blogging as the most powerful form of communication for us all. I choose to blog because I believe it does bring us all together. While our governments fight, terrorism grows and wars are waged, people in every country are becoming friends; that is powerful, beautiful and majestic.

I say rise above your beliefs and love all people. Try hard to not label others. Love is and will always be the answer to all the worlds problems – not bombs, guns and totalitarian government control (which is exactly where America is headed). The masses of normal people have absolutely no idea how powerful they are and how much impact they can personally have. Take action and do something great for someone in need or for this world:)

Peace and love,

Bobby Revell

Remember that giving is the best part of blogging! Here are this weeks links:

Zeitgeist The Movie – One of the most important films ever made. Take two hours and watch it – it’s free. I mentioned it before, but will keep reminding people to see it. It exposes the myth of 9-11 and the financial institutions of the world. It is extraordinary, powerfully riveting and extremely important to see. It may help wake you up to something you have never seen before. Please watch it, I beg you!

Vaguetarian Tea Room – My very good friend Teeni has moved from her old wordpress.com address to her brand spanking new domain! I am very excited for her because I know how great it is to own your own site and be your own webmaster. To be a real friend, I will go through my older posts where I linked to her and correct each url. Congratulations Teeni, you new blog looks fantastic!

Rubeina, my very first friend from Mauritius! She has a fairly new blog with some great articles – be sure to pay her a visit. She is very intelligent, friendly and an aspiring young guitarist…yay! I found two fine articles from her I wanted to mention here:

  1. 5 Firefox Add-ons to make Directory Submissions faster – A very cool breakdown of useful Firefox addons, check em out!
  2. Defensive Mode – A wonderful post explaining how she feels about working in the corporate world as opposed to really going for your dreams. I really feel connected to her sentiment because I think similarly. I got a lot of bad advice while in high school and made many mistakes. I list a related post below:

Jobs and Careers: My Journey to Happiness – This is one of my favorite posts written by me. It explains what happened to me when I went to work for a huge corporation as a guitar designer/builder. No matter how hard I worked, I was nobody and would have remained nobody as long as I worked there. It’s a heartbreaking post about how my life was almost destroyed because of corporate politics.

I made another new friend, Catatonic Kid from Australia. She is a brilliant and philosophical writer with much insight into life’s dilemmas. I found two posts I wanted to link to here that are important to read:

  1. The Walls We Build: Fighting terrorism or fighting fear? – A well stated and eloquent piece about our perception of terrorism. She mentions something many of us have forgotten: other wars have been started against unseen or unidentifiable enemies even before 9-11. This is a great article.
  2. Roadkill Kippers and Karmic Reward: How to say ‘takecare’ and mean it. – I have suffered from severe depression for years but finally have a handle on it. This post is powerful, meaningful and has a great message about reaching out to others.

Create Your Own Graffiti – I thought someone had kidnapped my good friend the Brown Baron, but he has been putting up a few posts, and this one is very cool. This is one blogger I have missed like crazy. I hope all is well Baron:)

My Purrfect Phoebe! – My friend Marzie has put up the cutest pictures of her Persian kitty yet! If you are looking for a smile and some uplifting cheer, take a look at Phoebe – she is unbelievably precious. The popularity of Marzie’s blog has exploded and is almost intimidating, but she is so friendly and caring it is truly astonishing – something very special and magical indeed!

Blogspot Template – Looking for a cool new template for your blogspot blog? These are some of the best I’ve seen. They have everything including 2 and 3 column and fresh wordpress like themes. They look great!

I wanted to give a special shout out to a few friends I don’t mention enough but deserve some very special limelight:

Bobo – Thanks for talking to me so much when I have been down, it means so much to me:)

Jamilla – I am so proud to win your contest, you are a true friend and lift my spirits so much:)

Zubli – Thanks so much for being a great friend. You’ve been through some extremely difficult hurdles, but you know your real friends are behind you always:)

I have so many people to thank, it will require an extensive post I am already working on – I hope to have it up soon:)

The awesome picture is from LI Biz Blog – Fix it: Energy

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Bobby’s Batch #13 – Niche Free

Being niche free means absolute freedom to write about whatever I want. I am truly thankful that I chose to not take this blog in that direction; however, I may one day start something like that. Being niche free means:

  • I don’t worry about stats or how much traffic I have
  • I link to an extremely wide variety of blogs
  • I receive links from many different types of blogs
  • I am here for friendship above all other ideals

I have built a strong blog with many readers, and a fair amount of traffic. That’s why I have made one of my most important goals to share with others, especially those who are just starting out or struggling for a link. Sure, any blogger can take a viral approach like link trains and such, but these links really don’t mean anything. I personally don’t want 5000 links from people who don’t actually read my blog – that’s why I no longer participate in anything viral. I am extremely proud of my diminishing Technorati authority – down from 900 to a little over 300. If I wanted, I could easily pump it back up but see no reason.

I see people linking to these prominent blogs and I cannot understand it. They don’t link to you, so why waste your time helping people who already have all they need? It’s like giving Donald Trump a Christmas present.

If you adjust content to improve stats you destroy your own validity. I remember when I first got into SEO, it really changed my content in a not-so-good way. Later on, after I gave SEO less attention, all my blogging stress went away. Then again, I am more of a writer than a tech freak. I have friends from nearly every niche and every country, which is a fantastic goal.

Being niche free means I don’t discriminate against any blogger because they write completely unrelated content. People who write highly focused niche sites rarely visit me because of that very reason. I really notice that since I started using Entrecard. Sure it’s brought me a lot of traffic, but most of it is a one second visit, just to drop a card. Overall, it’s not bringing in people who really read. Most folks are only out to gain for themselves, which is at the root of many world problems. I will reject no Entrecard ads unless the site promotes pornography, racism or something similar.

I give out 80% more links than I receive, and will not stop any time soon.

My goals in blogging have changed somewhat and I’ve gone through many phases. I’ve tried everything in blogging in someway or another but I am really happy with where I’m at – just being a writer who loves to learn. Here’s this weeks batch:

Bloodstone Chapter 1 – A fifteen chapter tale by Floog, one of the best writers I’ve ever seen in blogging. The story is long for a blog but is worth reading (though I haven’t yet finished yet…haha!). He definitely has the skill to become a famous author and I hope he does. Floog, Please put this in an e-book!

Flipping Blog Scams MMO Niche is Full of Jerks – Garry Conn comes unglued at the seams in an explosive fulguration of brutal honesty with this much needed post. I completely understand his angst and agree with him 100%. I hold Garry’s integrity in high regard, and am very glad he wrote this. I became somewhat disgusted by the way many MMO (make money online) sites operate. Many of them have pathetic content, write on a third grade level, are filled with disgusting greed, will use you, rip you off and then say nasty things about you. All the sites Garry mentioned deserve being told and put in their place.

You People Make Me Sick – Ed Philly wrote a scathing article where he explodes like a nuclear inferno. Because his site is written from scratch, I couldn’t figure out how to link to a post, but is no problem – the article is on the front page. Ed, if you give me the correct url, I will fix this. WARNING: This article does contain volatile profanity, but I completely understand why he wrote it. I like to see people let it all out and he does it like no other!

Avoiding Copyright Infringement in Your Underwear (or Swimsuit) – DCR Blogs wrote this informative and entertaining piece. He has an uncanny ability to add humor into many of his posts, even when getting serious, something we should all learn to do! I love that weird picture Dan!

Greencard Soldiers – Menopauseprincess wrote this disturbing post about how the Bush administration is trading citizenship for fighting in the war. I had no idea they were doing this and think it’s wrong. Be sure to check it out.

The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know – an invaluable resource for fiction writers.

The Best Gross, Unpleasant, and Otherwise Strange Dating Sites from Vat19 is one freaky post. I was shocked to see how bizarre these dating sites are. It is hilarious!

Invisible Executive Order Deserves a Closer Look: This is a great post from Rational Outrage about the new Bush executive order. They can legally freeze assets of anyone who “threatens the stabilization effort in Iraq”. However, the order could easily be abused. Definitely take the time to read this. I believe Bush has destroyed our civil liberties and the middle class – I cannot wait to see him gone. Just look at how horrible the American economy and value of the dollar is now. I strongly suggest you do not vote for McCain.

24eyes – The Premium RSS Dashboard on the Internet – This cool and powerful web 2.0 application allows you to read all the news from every source on one page. If you’re a news junkie like me, this is very useful.

I usually have more links than this but I am tired – so I’m exercising my right to be lazy :mrgreen:

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Bobby’s Batch #12 – My Date With a Deceptive Lying Witch

There are only two things I know for sure:

1. I have dated many bizarre women with ulterior motives; some so strange, it seems like an impossibility of purely abstract fiction. I hope to meet one normal woman who doesn’t lie, cheat, steal, do drugs, have unprotected sex with numerous partners, hide extra children in the back room or have other boyfriends. Is that too much to ask for?

2. I will eventually die.

After my previous post of heartbreaking sadness, I felt I should explain a little. I am not sad or depressed in any way. I am however frustrated. Hey, you would cry too if you dated these people. I have dated the most mentally unstable women on Earth – just by chance. It’s like I won the deceptive lying witch lottery…read on:

Deceptive Lying Witch

Deceptive Lying Witch

One need look no further than the last woman I dated. Last month, I met a very nice woman who works as a bank teller. It started with a little flirtatious conversation and one of her coworkers telling me how single she was. I thought there was no way for her to be as bad as the last date I had – that really would be impossible.

We went out to dinner a few times, having much fun and some great conversation. When going on a date, I am like a boxer with a powerful defense. I test her intentions, looking for common signs of one who lies and so forth. I’ve been through hell, thus I do not allow myself to fall for someone very easily. I am completely honest and will lie under no circumstance. I used to lie a little (ok, maybe a lot), but learned from my mistakes. Nothing is worse than to be called out on a big fat lie.

She asked me over to her house for dinner. I was extremely apprehensive; however, I accepted. I had faith that she might really be nice and honest. She made it clear that she was truly interested in me. She tended to agree with everything I said. Every opinion I had about life, politics, relationships – she seemed to be in complete agreement with. That bothered me a little. I like people who will disagree with me and stand up for their own beliefs. It remained on my mind but I chose to let it slide, thinking I was over-analyzing her.

I arrived at her home around 7:00 pm. She answered the door in spandex, aerobic exercise apparel, covered in sweat stains. She smelled quite aromatic. She told me that because dinner was almost ready, she would not take a shower beforehand. I told myself, “It’s no big deal.” Then, I met her seven year old daughter, who she failed to tell me about. That was also fine with me – I didn’t mind at all. I don’t care if she has kids, I just prefer her to tell me about them. She had told me that she didn’t.

Things were a bit uncomfortable. I could sense something strange about to happen…lol. I kept telling myself, “It’s all in your head…stop freaking out.” The back door opened and in walked a strange man covered in automotive grease. He scowled at me and gave me a very sarcastic half-smile.

My date said, “Bobby, this is my boyfriend, Jake (not his real name). Jake, meet my new friend Bobby.”

Yay! She has a boyfriend – just as I had hoped…NOT. Jake rolled his eyes and then washed up for dinner. She whispered in my ear, “Don’t worry. Jake goes to work at midnight. Then we’ll be alone.”

How great was this situation? I get to spend five grueling hours with her and Jake – my idea of a fantastic date. I was really looking forward to getting to know Jake. I wanted to ask him, “So…does it bother you that your girlfriend brings dates home to meet you? How often do you have sex with her? Can I watch? Are you insane? Do you have herpes? Have you two been on the Jerry Springer show?”

I said, “Wow…my contact lens is really hurting my eye. Let me run out to my car and get my lens case so I can take this thing out.”

I ran to my car, hopped in and drove off…BYE-BYE. I immediately turned my cell phone off so she (or Jake) couldn’t call me. Whew…I felt like I just survived a war. Though this date was bizarre and extremely unusual, it’s the second time the exact same thing happened. That’s right! It has happened before. The last time, it was also with a woman who worked in a bank. The only difference is that she had a husband and a boyfriend – both of whom were at her house (I live in the twilight zone)! This is why I am so careful about who I date.

Next time, I will have my friend Vladamir (the KGB operative pictured above) administer my date a polygraph examination along with an entire array of tests, such as one for sexually transmitted diseases. I will also do a criminal background test. All of this must be completed before we go out…hahahahaha.

Enough is enough…get to the f*cking links already!

  • Whiteboy Style – My friend Ed Philly has his handmade site rolling again after a short hiatus. If you’re in the mood for some “Offensive Humor at it’s best”, be sure to pay him a visit. Ed wrote his site from scratch using HTML – WOW…what a rare thing these days!
  • At Goes To Salem: Emila‘s beautiful artwork of a cat named At. She actually gave it to someone for free. Emila is a wonderful person and spectacular artist.
  • Expelled: Setu‘s very weird tale. It defies categorization – falling between nightmare, hallucination and bizarre reality. If you enjoy cool short stories, this one is a must read.
  • Story Game – The Adventures of Marie Cambridge – Marie and Her Ex: Teeni‘s multi-authored short story with a sarcastic and wicked ending. I really enjoyed it.
  • I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Creme: also from Teeni. She shows you how to make ice-creme without using milk. She says it came out quite delicious. It must be good because all women know good ice-creme when they get it (especially chocolate)…hehe.
  • Our Love Story: Marzie‘s heartwarming story of true love. She and her husband prove that it is possible to find the right person and live happily ever after. It is this kind of story that gives hope to those of us who haven’t…yet (like me)!
  • “Save” yourself first!: Yasmine‘s must read article about religious hypocrisy and how all of us can rise above it. Very thought provoking.
  • The Most Compelling Blockbuster: Sean Rasmussen‘s inspiring article that all of us should read…it’s fantastic. While you’re there, be sure to download his free e-book, Mindset Mastery. He put a lot of work into it and it is well worth reading.
  • Lies At the Top: American, Iraqi & Afghan Casualties Not Counted: Euroyank reveals some extremely disturbing truths in how casualties are actually counted in the current war. You must read this.
  • 5 Tips to optimize your site for Search Engines: Madhur Kapoor presents 5 basic tips to help you optimize your site.
  • How to repair MySQL Tables: Also from Madhur. I found this gem looking through his archives. A solid, step by step guide for repairing your wordpress MySQL tables.
  • How to extract names and email addresses from your WP database: Andy Bailey‘s very useful article about how to derive names and email addresses from your WordPress database. It’s complete in detail and easy to understand.
  • Why don’t they understand?: Also from Andy. This features some hilarious problems he ran into repairing computers. While you’re there, enter his new contest.
  • Striking the Right Balance Between Family and Business: Todd Morris wrote this positive article about striking that right balance.
  • What’s Wrong With “The Secret”: Todd Morris pointed me to this article that I found interesting. It’s about the movie “The Secret”. Check it out.
  • The Secret – Exposing The Truth and How it was Conceived: This is an article I wrote (that’s right, I’m promoting myself) about “The Secret”. Don’t get me wrong, there is some useful information in the movie. It was however, designed to make millions for the author – never forget that.
  • Computer Humor: My new friend Dunn compiled some very funny computer humor in this post. Go get yourself some comic relief.

*The witch is Pamela Kempthorne.

*The polygraph picture is from Polygraph Training.

* I love both of these pictures.

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