A Sunday Afternoon Chatting With Some Mormons.

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Me: Hello!?!

Agent [Alison] is ready to assist you.

Alison: hi

Alison: this is Alison and Stephanie

Alison: how are you today?

Agent [stephanie] has joined the chat.

Me: Ahoy ahoy. I'm not to shabby. How about yourselves?

stephanie: We are doing well thank you.

stephanie: What has prompted you to visit our site today?

Me: No worries. I had this long debating chat with one of your fellow members the other week on my front porch the other week and found him quite knowledge. Was just looking into further information.

Alison: what interested you in what was said?

Me: Ahh well, we started off with topics about the future of man and our souls.

Alison: were you able to learn about Joseph Smith?

Me: I'm currently a smart man and know my philosophy of worlded old dead bearded white guys, some other fellows as well. We did mention Old Joe, but I was interested the dichotomy between the Catholic Church's view of Jesus' (in which I was raised) and that of Joesph's.

Alison: I am not familiar with that word, sorry

Me: You could always just Google the word you didn't know. It

Me: is amazing what the vast net can do.

Me: What confused me the most about the Mormon viewpoint was the collectiveness of your communities. What word was that?

stephanie: congregations?

stephanie: wards?

Me: Wards.

Me: What are they?

stephanie: A ward designed geographically.

stephanie: Based on where you live you go at a certain time to a certain building.

Me: So wards are where the locale people meet up to praise the Lord? Does this happen on Sundays?

stephanie: Yes.

Me: Cool, cause Sundays work best for me.

Me: Do I have to sign any contracts for joining up?

Me: The guy (Mark) was a little shy about the involvement. Can I just show up and eat the waffer and be good and right with Jesus?

Alison: anyone is welcome to come to church on sunday

Alison: to become a member of the Church it is important to learn about the beliefs of the church and find out for ourselves if it is true

Me: Excellent! So what's the Pearl of Great Price all about?

stephanie: The Pearl of Great Price is ancient records translated by Jsoeph Smith.

Me: and it talks about what?

stephanie: It talks more about our purpose in life and the Plan that God created for us.

Alison: do you ever wonder what God's plan is for your life?

Me: Sorry for the delay.

Me: I do wonder that quite often.

Me: Where am I going?

Me: What am I here to do?

Me: How is it all connected?

Me: What's been up with Mel Gibson lately?

Me: Those types of things.

stephanie: We learn through the scriptures and a living prophet that God has a plan for us.

stephanie: A book that we read called the Book of Mormon helps us better understand really what our purpose is here.

Me: Tidy. Who's the living prophet?

Alison: that we have been given time on the earth to live and then prepare to meet God

Alison: our living prophet today is Thomas Monson

Alison: and he is God's mouthpiece on the earth today

Alison: have you read from the Book of Mormon before?

Me: Man that guy seems cool. The Boy Scouts gave him a Silver Buffalo! And he was friends with Ronald Regan. That dude was so awesome back in the day. Don't you think?

Me: I haven't read the Book of Mormon yet, it hasn't been on any of my course reading lists.

Me: Is it kinda like The Good Book 3.0?

Alison: it is another testament of Jesus Christ

Alison: recorded by prophets anciently for us to read today

Alison: we would love to be able to share more with you about the Book of Mormon at another time, over the phone

Alison: would you like to learn more?

Me: Steller! Must be like the Dead Sea Scrolls. I'd love to learn more too! I never liked Mark or Luke's take on the bearded one. They made him all sissy like. Don't you think? Like Jesus just lost his urges to be human.

stephanie: What time zone are you in?

Me: GMT -08:00

stephanie: What is a good number to reach you at?

Me: Well I am available to chat for lengths of time mostly between 17:30 to 03:00 at 604-681-9121 [The Church of Scientology Vancouver]. Should I read up on some Pearly Wisdom before you call so I am prepared to find out about your ideas and ways?

Alison: if we can get your email we can send you something to look at before we talk again?

Alison: what time is it right now for you?

Me: 17:28

Me: My email is gravitons_rule_my_world@hotmail.com

Me: I know it's a silly email but I've had it since high school.

stephanie: It is 6:32pm here. Does tomorrow at 7pm your time work?

Me: It might let me check my planner. One second please.

Alison: does that time work?

Me: Ok, 19:00 works for me. Just ask the Receptionist to forward you to ext. 187. Are you sure that by looking more into the Mormon Ideologies that I was be able to help friends, family and strangers in many situations and circumstances: questions or problems in relationships, anxiety, tutoring a child in his or her learning skills, teenage stress, self-esteem, helping a family member overcome drug or alcohol dependency, guiding a criminally inclined adolescent back on the road of self-respect and honesty, resolving a dispute at work or at home, helping a friend or associate better organize his life or handle signs of stress?

Alison: we believe that the gospel can help us in any circumstances that we go through

Alison: can we also ask how old you are?

Me: Wiked Cool Ally! That's just what I need to hear. My biological form is 26 but I feel that my celestial soul is 2.5 billion years old, my mammalian soul is quite young 1.2 million years old and as for my reptilian soul, I feel that it is so intertwined with the multiverse that it cannot be calculated. But mainly I'm 26 according to my driver's license.

Alison: okay Farlowe, we will send an email with something to look at and we look forward to speaking with you tomorr

Alison: tomorrow

Me: Tidy. Thanks again Alison and Stephanie. Stay gold until Sol implodes is a fiery flash of nuclear power and wipes the solar system clean.

stephanie: Thank you for your time Farlowe.

Me: No No. Really. Thank You Both.

Me: Thank you kindly, sweetly, and deeply.

Alison: of course

Me: Before I go could you help me out with one quick question?

Me: What's been up with Mel Gibson lately?

stephanie: Farlowe we are not sure.

stephanie: As missionaries we devote our time to sharing this unique message for 18 months.

Me: Understood. Was a tough question. Don't you still surf the net and shit? And I thought a year had only 12 months.

stephanie: We serve for a year and a half.

Me: Heavy. Okie dokie. I got to go, my buddies just arrived and we got some stoned Monopoly to play. I really like earning fancy colored bills in big piles. Must be a Canadian thing I Think.

stephanie: Thank you for allowing us to share this with you.

stephanie: Bye.

Agent [stephanie] has left the chat.

The chat session has ended.

Me: Farlowe Out!

Me's got a job, yet alas no career leaps to bound.

Where I'm a working. That's right. I have a job. Deal with it.

Tap Fish App Review and Tips

Recently fooled around with the Tap Fish app on my iPhone. Found it kind of fun and great for wasting time on the bus. Basically you have a tank and some coins to start. You buy some eggs with the coins, put them in the tank, and watch them hatch and swim their sweet freedom.

The ingame market revolves around coins and fishbucks. Coins are earned by doing things or selling fish. Fishbucks are purchased through the app and iTunes, or earned free through promotions or offers. I ignored these fishbuck things, money goes towards the real fish.

Now, you can feed them, love them, raise them, sell them for more coins, or ignore them, and watch them eventually float around the tank solemnly. This can be avoided by feeding them once every 25 hours.

The concept is basic farming of fish from here to gain exp and coins to purchase decorations, backgrounds, different species of fish and marine life, more tanks, and then there is also breeding.

Breeding involves two species of fish that are marked as breedable, your ingame breeding tank (more can be purchased for coins or fishbucks). By selecting two different species, you can breed them together to create a hybrid. Fans have made various guides on Facebook, here is another example. Even something about a Tap Fish App world record.

Tips to Start:

- Begin with Green Snapper

- Fill the tank one egg at a time and feed it. Doubles your exp.

- Wait 4 hours or so, then sell the Green Snappers. You can sell them all at once from the menu (at 15% loss), or individually.

- Save up to 1200 coins or so for a second tank. Use this second tank to keep your breeders separate from the farming tanks.

- Continue with Green Snappers or Yellow Snappers.

- Save up for a new background (or get a 4 fishbucks one with the free starter fishbucks), 10 Starfish, and 10 plants. With these you earn about 100% Happiness for your fish, thus giving a selling bonus.

- To make coins quicker, use your decked out tank to sell your fish for the bonus. Using the inventory to swap in your fish from any other farming tanks. This allows you to not have to spend coins on every single tank.

Starter Fish:

- Green Snapper (4hrs): 50 adults = cost of 500 = profit of 250

- Yellow Snapper (6hrs): 50 adults = cost of 600 = profit of 350

- Red Longtail (12hrs): 50 adults = cost of 750 = profit of 500

- Asia Arowana (24hrs): 50 adults = cost of 1800 = profit of 1200

Exotic Fish:

- Goldfish (9hrs): 50 adults = cost of 700 = profit of 600

- Long Banner Fish (24hrs): 50 adults = cost of 5250 = profit of 1250

- Chromis (24hrs): 50 adults = cost of 8750 = profit of 5750

- Golden Dwarf (24hrs): 50 adults = cost of 14000 = profit of 11900

Tips for Earners (if you really spend that much time on it):

- Electric eels sell for the highest profit of 6,750,000 coins. Then Sharks and Killer Whales.

- Takes 40 tanks of Golden Dwarfs to earn 1 million coins

And I’m spent.

Potwory na kawę!

Care of: Roslyn Ricketts.

The Log Lady's Sage Words Of Wisdom.

"How does creamed corn fit into the universe? What is creamed corn? Is creamed corn a symbol for something else? I think so."

Clever and paying for it.

Care of: Roslyn Ricketts.

Telecommunications and FBI in bed together. WTF?

This morning I read two articles on the bus that simply shocked me to the core about the intertwined nature of the security organizations and the telecommunications companies. Here is a link to the first article.

FBI, Telecoms Teamed to Breach Wiretap Laws

This is simply scary as fuck and I can't believe the line that states that regardless of how the evidence was claimed, illegally, it still can be used against the defendant. As well that they are utilizing a social network mode of acquiring who their targets are calling.

What freaked me out the most was the case of reporters numbers being traced and their connection calls with their contacts. It seems that the tactic that is being used to find out who the reporters informants are and thereby DIRECTLY breaking the laws of freedom of speech and a reporter/informant protection.

But, the actual practice being used does not in the least surprise me. By bedding with the telecom companies directly with the FBI it gives obvious benefits. I wonder what the Ruskies are up to in the EU and only God and Buddha have a true insight into the Chinese practices that oh so carelessly deny their citizens any rights of digital privacy.

May the tech's see the light and save us all.

FBI Broke Law Spying on Americans’ Phone Records, Post Reports

This second article can be tied into the previous one on the vast practice of telecom and security organizations deeply tied and merging together. Hell, even the telecom employees had short cuts on their desktop for ILLEGAL forms to allow quick printing an signing away any of our privacy rights. I found it odd how this information was published by a reporter working for the Post, while the Post was one of the focuses of the FBI and their investigation into reporters phone records.

Hitler and Stalin must be laughing in hell about how the nations of freedom that fought and gave so much to stop them now have surpassed all their wildest dreams of control.

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Another one for the Unknown.

Doing up the road trip pics on mugbook, and came across something interesting. The more convincing videos of ufos showed some weird cloud-like object whippin' through larger cloud formations.
On the picture, note that there are hardly any neighboring clouds. This doesn't make much sense from what I gathered from geography classes, it just seems odd for there to be such small (even rogue) condensed air parcels with no evidence of air pressure consistency.
What does this mean..quite possibly nothing at all, I may be just talking out of my ass, and these air parcels were tossed up by the hillside, but it's still suspicious. Becoming less puzzled as to why I had the sudden impulse to look for a telescope, but then again camping with a telescope would be sick.

- Dominic Grabowski