<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931</id><updated>2011-11-13T22:49:57.367-08:00</updated><category term='hate crimes'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='pork'/><category term='May 1st march'/><category term='muzzies'/><category term='illegal immigration'/><title type='text'>kenderstest</title><subtitle type='html'>Don't like what I have to say?  GOOD...let me have it.  Just don't whine if you need therapy after I ream you a new one.  Note that I will not be held responsible for therapy bills.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>965</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-1789547802979401182</id><published>2009-09-25T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:49:29.648-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>In My Dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;The roar and screams of battle&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;A brave soldiers lone death rattle&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;The sound of scared men praying&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;Taps a-sadly playing&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;The Minute Men a-callin'&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;The millions who have fallen&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear&lt;br /&gt;The whispers in the night&lt;br /&gt;Your freedom is a precious thing&lt;br /&gt;So don't give up the fight&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams the soldiers speak&lt;br /&gt;Of lives they gave for me&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I thank them for&lt;br /&gt;The gift of being free&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I hear the words&lt;br /&gt;A lonely plaintive sound&lt;br /&gt;In my dreams I whisper back&lt;br /&gt;I will not let you down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-1789547802979401182?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/1789547802979401182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-my-dreams.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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target="_top"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7585867859769069996?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7585867859769069996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-testing-something.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7585867859769069996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7585867859769069996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-testing-something.html' title='just testing something'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5564857949768075259</id><published>2009-05-13T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:39:52.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Making Money</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://metaboompro.com/go.php?a=3&amp;amp;p=5"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://metaboompro.com/twittereffect/images/2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am actually making money using this to use twitter to sell things online....who knew it could work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5564857949768075259?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5564857949768075259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-money.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5564857949768075259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5564857949768075259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-money.html' title='Making Money'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4217034687914235858</id><published>2009-05-05T20:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.884-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Request For Those Who Support Obama</title><content type='html'>Dear Obama Supporter,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that your President is in office and you have gotten to see exactly what he stands for and what he is about I have a small request.  You see, Obama's Spread the Wealth policies are, due to the size of government, a bit slow and I am not going to get anything from Obama spread my way for awhile.  That's where you come in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flatly put I want you to prove your dedication to Obama's spread the wealth policy and give me money. Sure, I didn't and will do nothing to earn your money, but that is not the point is it?  The point is to spread the wealth around.  It doesn't matter how much you spread either, although 10% would be a good start but I would feel like a church if you did that so let's say 40% of what you make. Too much?  How about 50%?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seriously...if you believe in these policies put your money where your mouth is and use the donate button in the left hand column and show me the money. I promise all funds will be used to prop up the economy at the local bar and gun store and my brother has even pledged to use some of these funds to help support several single mothers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balls in your court.  Thanks for your support&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4217034687914235858?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4217034687914235858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/request-for-those-who-support-obama.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4217034687914235858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4217034687914235858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/05/request-for-those-who-support-obama.html' title='A Request For Those Who Support Obama'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5499641002856699875</id><published>2009-04-16T00:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:39:35.732-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Musings on an Angels Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We met in the ether of cyberspace,&lt;br /&gt;sarcastic flirts on a facebook page&lt;br /&gt;Sadness profound tinged your words tart&lt;br /&gt;In them I heard the death of a heart&lt;br /&gt;My heart laid on a soul shattered badly&lt;br /&gt;Which caused my words to be spoken sadly&lt;br /&gt;Within those curt words of loss and betrayal&lt;br /&gt;You sensed a heart striving, refusing to fail&lt;br /&gt;You lifted my up with love sweetly kind&lt;br /&gt;Causing my heart to emit a faint shine&lt;br /&gt;Here, you whispered, it's not truly broke&lt;br /&gt;AS it shone in the past should give us some hope&lt;br /&gt;Hearts such as these never really die&lt;br /&gt;The soul deep within them will always try&lt;br /&gt;So you raised me up as I did for you&lt;br /&gt;Our love like sunflowers quickly grew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always searching for the brightside&lt;br /&gt;Our love it pounds as storm tossed sea tide&lt;br /&gt;Strong and steady eternal grace&lt;br /&gt;As form one life to next we race&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eternal love my soul to yours&lt;br /&gt;From mountaintops to scottish moors&lt;br /&gt;From era to era year to year&lt;br /&gt;Losing us our only fear&lt;br /&gt;Life to life we play this game&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes obscure sometimes in fame&lt;br /&gt;But when the game is done at last&lt;br /&gt;And before heavens host we stand&lt;br /&gt;The angels chorus will raise on high&lt;br /&gt;A song of envy and lost pride&lt;br /&gt;For surely no heavenly host exists&lt;br /&gt;Who owns a love as deep as this&lt;br /&gt;and history will sing of Kenders heart&lt;br /&gt;How he and his angel could not be apart&lt;br /&gt;And the legends of love will bow before&lt;br /&gt;The Queen of the Heart and Kender her Lord&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5499641002856699875?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5499641002856699875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/musings-on-angels-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5499641002856699875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5499641002856699875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/musings-on-angels-love.html' title='Musings on an Angels Love'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3351896211152499148</id><published>2009-04-13T01:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.917-07:00</updated><title type='text'>random musings late at night</title><content type='html'>if you have 6 teeth, a googly eye and a 4th grade education you probably aren't gonna get far in life...and I always wondered how someone with 6 teeth didn't drool all the time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to long island...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cant believe how much I am on stage this year...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also cant believe I get to perform at the laugh factory in hollywood...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Florida was a great time and I am looking forward to the next trip there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I have finally decided on what bike I am getting next week...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They made the L.A. County fair longer this year which means more money for me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am also looking forward to the run of faire coming up...I think I have 3 shows a day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dallas show may be postponed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Chicago one wont be...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nor will Ohio or San Francisco...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Riverside fans are now sending me their poetry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to go ice skating with Shel again...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest article I sold is about facebook...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cowardice pisses me off...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the state should go after deadbeat dads girlfriends too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The concept of a mental midget in a family of intelligentsia would make a good sitcom...is "intelligentsia" too big a word for someone with an IQ of 80?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the part of the patriot act that connected states, so if you owe money to one state none of the states will issue you a license for anything is a good thing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think they should lock deadbeat dads in jail...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know a dead beat dad...and aside from the state he owes many people mucho dinero...they'll never see it though because, well, he's a deadbeat...funny thing about that is, the ways the laws are set up he will never be able to get out from under it...and will die broke after ruining countless more lives...I think it will make a good movie....we could call it the good, the stupid and the broke-ass-deadbeat dad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can get the kid that played Corky to play the dead beat dad...but he's gonna need to dumb it down a bit, because frankly a guy with downs syndrome is simply smarter than the deadbeat dad I know...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if he doesn't drool...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3351896211152499148?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3351896211152499148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/random-musings-late-at-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3351896211152499148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3351896211152499148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/random-musings-late-at-night.html' title='random musings late at night'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3635967540237852395</id><published>2009-04-11T19:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.932-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From a Friend in email</title><content type='html'>Early (way too early) this morning, my dog decided to kill a skunk. Oh, the humanity! My first instinct was to just throw it in the trash. It really, really, really stunk. So, I thought about it, and horribly thought, "Gee, I should call animal control to get rid of this thing."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. I have learned, and I promise I will never, ever do so again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I called animal control, and the moron who answered the phone blathered on until he talked to "an officer." Then he said that the officer would be out "to investigate." She came out (about 8 hours later) and took a report. Yes, the dog had a current rabies shot. No, I don't know anything about the skunk. Sure, go ahead and send the head off for rabies check. Everything was fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three hours later, the phone rang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "investigator" was calling. She suddenly explained that they were not going to send the head off to determine if it had rabies (I didn't care, because the dog had his shots). But, oh, by the way -- I had three days to get a booster shot for the dog. And by the way, on Monday (this all happened on Saturday), the department would be following up to check on the rabies information I had provided them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, the call, as I interpreted it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You have three days to pay money to get another state-mandated shot, despite already having the state-mandated shot. If you do not, you will be jailed. And we are going to investigate you on Monday to determine if you already have the state-mandated shot. If the number you provided us does not match our records, we will also jail you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holy friggin crap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I plan on doing not a damn thing on Monday. I already vaccinated my damn dog. If the damn vaccination isn't any good, why the hell did I vaccinate the dog? If the damn state wants to come take my dog, I will resist them. If they want to friggin arrest and jail me for not paying for a "booster" shot for the damn vaccination I already paid a state-mandated fee for, they can damn well arrest me. If the sorry-ass "animal investigator" calls me, I'm not answering the damn phone. If the sheriff shows up, he can stand outside and suck eggs until he breaks down my damn door over a damn "booster" shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Government really, really sucks. I've always known it, but this is more than enough for me. I've known government sucks, but this is I guess what it takes to make it personal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to classify myself as an anarchist, if this is what government looks like.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3635967540237852395?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3635967540237852395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-friend-in-email.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3635967540237852395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3635967540237852395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-friend-in-email.html' title='From a Friend in email'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2083129979433815053</id><published>2009-04-04T00:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.938-07:00</updated><title type='text'>for my renegade friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441455035/sr=1-1/qid=1238830624/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid=1238830624&amp;sr=1-1&amp;seller="&gt;the imaginary book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2083129979433815053?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2083129979433815053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-my-renegade-friends.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2083129979433815053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2083129979433815053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-my-renegade-friends.html' title='for my renegade friends'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-455596571741670146</id><published>2009-03-29T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.945-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Renegade Doggerel</title><content type='html'>Seems I have a couple of new british fans from a board that is not taking new members.  This means of course I cannot chat with them. I was going to toss up a short bit of verse for them, but really dont feel like putting the energy into clever word play about cigarettes and homosexuals....at the end of the day they happen to be wankers of the sort who live in grimy flats and probably smoke like a frenchmen (holding their smoke in a most "faggy" manner) and smell like an italian whore...or their mothers...but I repeat myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So chris and ashles, thank you for stopping by.  If you make it to L.A. feel free to stop by the laugh factory in hollywood when I am on stage and dont forget to pick up a copy of my book on your way out....I might even be nice enough to sign it for you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-455596571741670146?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/455596571741670146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/03/renegade-doggerel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/455596571741670146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/455596571741670146'/><link 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/&gt;Cascading&lt;br /&gt;Riotous in the tumult&lt;br /&gt;Of your absence&lt;br /&gt;Serene in the gentleness&lt;br /&gt;As you lay beside me&lt;br /&gt;Does your love carve&lt;br /&gt;Your name upon my heart&lt;br /&gt;Deeper as it runs&lt;br /&gt;Swift and true&lt;br /&gt;Marking forever&lt;br /&gt;The landscape of my soul&lt;br /&gt;With you&lt;br /&gt;And your love&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2235229007452568542?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2235229007452568542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/03/soaring-heart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2235229007452568542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2235229007452568542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/03/soaring-heart.html' title='Soaring Heart'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8348025314820568578</id><published>2009-03-20T22:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.900-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>For Freedoms Sake</title><content type='html'>We listen to folks&lt;br /&gt;Say everyday&lt;br /&gt;Don't worry about it&lt;br /&gt;It'll be ok&lt;br /&gt;As the bailouts fly&lt;br /&gt;More money is spent&lt;br /&gt;While regular folks&lt;br /&gt;Barely make the rent&lt;br /&gt;Fifty two million&lt;br /&gt;Cast a vote&lt;br /&gt;For a jug eared fool&lt;br /&gt;Who's a shady joke&lt;br /&gt;Now many of you&lt;br /&gt;Have rightly concluded&lt;br /&gt;The democrats&lt;br /&gt;Are just deluded&lt;br /&gt;You cannot fix&lt;br /&gt;This mess of ours&lt;br /&gt;Nationalizing banks&lt;br /&gt;And makers of cars&lt;br /&gt;We need some fiscal&lt;br /&gt;Common sense&lt;br /&gt;No more sitting&lt;br /&gt;On the fence&lt;br /&gt;It's time to tell&lt;br /&gt;Those lazy jerks&lt;br /&gt;Get off your ass&lt;br /&gt;Get back to work&lt;br /&gt;No one owes you&lt;br /&gt;Nothing bub&lt;br /&gt;But liberty&lt;br /&gt;And here's the rub&lt;br /&gt;The things you need&lt;br /&gt;To live your life&lt;br /&gt;A house, a car&lt;br /&gt;A lovely wife&lt;br /&gt;A job, some food&lt;br /&gt;Healthcare too&lt;br /&gt;To get these things&lt;br /&gt;It's up to you&lt;br /&gt;When these you get&lt;br /&gt;From Uncle Sam&lt;br /&gt;You steal our freedom&lt;br /&gt;It's just a sham&lt;br /&gt;The money I make&lt;br /&gt;Should belong to me&lt;br /&gt;To save or spend&lt;br /&gt;It's mine you see&lt;br /&gt;So take this warning&lt;br /&gt;Heed it well&lt;br /&gt;Your bailout plan&lt;br /&gt;Was made in hell&lt;br /&gt;Those who voted&lt;br /&gt;For this thief&lt;br /&gt;Will soon wake up&lt;br /&gt;And learn of grief&lt;br /&gt;When liberty's gone&lt;br /&gt;And we're all slaves&lt;br /&gt;We'll beg for death&lt;br /&gt;And an early grave&lt;br /&gt;So what will we give&lt;br /&gt;For freedoms life&lt;br /&gt;Are we willing&lt;br /&gt;To sacrifice&lt;br /&gt;Our fortunes, our honor&lt;br /&gt;Even our lives&lt;br /&gt;Knowing before&lt;br /&gt;Great men did strive&lt;br /&gt;And spill their blood&lt;br /&gt;For liberty&lt;br /&gt;How far will you go&lt;br /&gt;I know for me&lt;br /&gt;No cost too high&lt;br /&gt;No price too steep&lt;br /&gt;To live in freedom&lt;br /&gt;And not as sheep&lt;br /&gt;What price my friends&lt;br /&gt;What will it be&lt;br /&gt;To live as slaves&lt;br /&gt;Not I says me&lt;br /&gt;Rally up lads&lt;br /&gt;The pipes are callin&lt;br /&gt;And some of us&lt;br /&gt;Will sure be fallin&lt;br /&gt;But when we water&lt;br /&gt;Libertys tree&lt;br /&gt;With the blood of friend&lt;br /&gt;And foe you see&lt;br /&gt;She grows much larger&lt;br /&gt;Her roots go deep&lt;br /&gt;While 'neath her&lt;br /&gt;Many brave men do sleep&lt;br /&gt;We meet at dawn&lt;br /&gt;The field to take&lt;br /&gt;So find your heart&lt;br /&gt;For Freedoms sake&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8348025314820568578?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-260721415102571777</id><published>2009-03-18T18:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.979-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Keep Your Powder Dry</title><content type='html'>The shot heard round the world&lt;br /&gt;Led to freedom ringing clear&lt;br /&gt;We've kept the fire burning bright&lt;br /&gt;For two hundred plus years&lt;br /&gt;Now the tide has turned agin us&lt;br /&gt;Our freedom is being sold&lt;br /&gt;Where is the courage we once had&lt;br /&gt;The patriots so bold?&lt;br /&gt;A once great country gasps her last&lt;br /&gt;She withers in the field&lt;br /&gt;While government as cancer grows&lt;br /&gt;Lady Liberty does yield&lt;br /&gt;So is this it? oh shall we quit?&lt;br /&gt;Should freedom fade away?&lt;br /&gt;Is this the final curtain call&lt;br /&gt;Has freedom seen its day?&lt;br /&gt;HELL NO I say as I rise up&lt;br /&gt;My rifle in my hand&lt;br /&gt;I'll not lose my liberty&lt;br /&gt;I'll not lose my land&lt;br /&gt;So stand with me brave patriots&lt;br /&gt;Against the rushing tide&lt;br /&gt;No longer shall we silent stand&lt;br /&gt;No longer will we hide&lt;br /&gt;No longer will their words hold sway&lt;br /&gt;No longer will they steal&lt;br /&gt;The freedom God has given us&lt;br /&gt;No longer will we yield&lt;br /&gt;We stand atop the parapets&lt;br /&gt;Our trumpets blowing loud&lt;br /&gt;To spread the truth of Freedoms Call&lt;br /&gt;Throughout the gathering crowd&lt;br /&gt;Grab your coat, pick up your gun&lt;br /&gt;Take up the battle cry&lt;br /&gt;Be ready for the coming war&lt;br /&gt;And keep your powder dry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kender MacGowan&lt;br /&gt;3-18-2009&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3407123278551299695</id><published>2009-03-17T00:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.998-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Happy St. Pats Day</title><content type='html'>It's St. Pats day so have an ale&lt;br /&gt;Or some Irish whiskey straight&lt;br /&gt;And before the devil knows you're dead&lt;br /&gt;May ye be at heavens gate&lt;br /&gt;Drink up and sing of Danny Boy&lt;br /&gt;And curse the English way&lt;br /&gt;You'll never get no better folks&lt;br /&gt;You're all Irish today&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3407123278551299695?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-866264340976560311</id><published>2009-03-15T00:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.989-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Tis a long way</title><content type='html'>Tis a long way to tipperary&lt;br /&gt;Or so the mintrel sings&lt;br /&gt;Tis long way to ulster town&lt;br /&gt;Lest you are blessed with wings&lt;br /&gt;Tis a long way from birth to death&lt;br /&gt;If a lucky clean life ya lead&lt;br /&gt;Tis a long way from few to plenty&lt;br /&gt;If ye dont plant the seed&lt;br /&gt;Long travels I have roved thru lass&lt;br /&gt;Long years upon the road&lt;br /&gt;The longest trip a man can take&lt;br /&gt;Is to a heart I'm told&lt;br /&gt;But precious life has blessed to me&lt;br /&gt;The knowledge of the heart&lt;br /&gt;No matter the length of the road to your love&lt;br /&gt;Its a short road to be apart&lt;br /&gt;So tread softly and treat 'em right&lt;br /&gt;Say nuthin to upset 'em&lt;br /&gt;For if you anger a sweet colleen&lt;br /&gt;You'll never get to wed 'em&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-866264340976560311?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/866264340976560311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/03/tis-long-way.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/866264340976560311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/866264340976560311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/03/tis-long-way.html' title='Tis a long way'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8630097876786982945</id><published>2009-02-07T15:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:42:13.432-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I am Moving</title><content type='html'>I can now be found at the new dig for Kenders...click post title to be redirected&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kender.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://kender.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make a note of it&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8630097876786982945?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8630097876786982945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-am-moving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8630097876786982945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8630097876786982945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-am-moving.html' title='I am Moving'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6094580483904646151</id><published>2009-01-21T02:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.014-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Pledge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/breitbart/2009/01/19/where-were-you-celebrities-after-911/"&gt;Breitbarts article on Big Hollywood&lt;/a&gt; ridiculing celebrities for making a pledge to better the world and work with our new messi-I mean president after spending 8 long years denigrating the former President and making anyone who supported him want to strangle them for their arrogant stupidity is a work of genius, of course, because well, it's Breitbart.  But he inspired me to put together my own pledge list, and the video version will hopefully be out soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;I pledge to give as much of a chance to Obama as his sycophantic cultic moonbat contingent gave Bush for eight years&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to contribute to global warming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to increase foreclosures on the unwashed masses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to exploit the poor and the weak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to grind my heel into the working mans back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to tell more racist jokes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to hire more illegals, and screw American workers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to pay my illegal workers lower wages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to destroy the environment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to club more baby seals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to wear more fur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to eat more meat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge blindly hate people not like me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to be greedier&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to be meaner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge preach at you more, and tolerate you less&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to work for war, because there is no money is peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to laugh at stupid celebrities who think pledges will change the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to be more close minded, spout more platitudes and believe in utterly empty kumbuy-friggin-yah measures while the wolves howl at the door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What’s your pledge?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to treat their president as they treated mine, to treat them as they treated us, because together we can, together we are and together we will be following sheep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's your pledge?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6094580483904646151?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6094580483904646151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-pledge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6094580483904646151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6094580483904646151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-pledge.html' title='I Pledge'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8278540562686701083</id><published>2009-01-11T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.021-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PETA, Sea Kittens and Lunch</title><content type='html'>PETA’s call to remake the image of fish by changing their name to “sea kitten” — a cuddly and adorable moniker to be sure — got me to thinking. Men have many euphemisms for female private parts. Renaming fish to sea kittens, while a warm and fuzzy thought, causes many problems and has the potential to sow massive confusion in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First off, I am wondering, if we change the name of fish to sea kittens will we have a nickname for fish as we do for land cats? Land cats (for those who may live under a rock or are completely obtuse) are also called pussycats. I am certain I don’t have to lay out the obvious thought following the preceding one other than to say a whole new world opened up before me with PETA’s latest campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problems start with men and where our brains are located. Many women believe we tend to think with our stomachs. Other females believe our thought processes emanate from a little lower on the male anatomy. For us males, the prospect of confusing the pleasurable pastime of fishing and eating fish with the sometimes equally gratifying diversion of lovemaking will no doubt cause our brains to cramp up and our heads to explode, thus denuding planet Earth of males capable of reproducing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But simply calling fish something cutesy sounding won’t change the fact that they are still slimy, pointy-headed, bug-eyed but tasty creatures. It’s the confusion sown by this radical change that will no doubt make speaking about carnal delights and lunch even more interchangeable and take the connection between them to a rhetorical level never before imagined except in the minds of perhaps Larry Flynt or Camille Paglia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thinking a sea kitten sandwich sounds much more exotic than a “Filet-O-Fish,” but a seapussy sandwich is in the realm of the unknown. What about catfish? Would it now be catkitten? Or catpussy maybe? It’s probably a good thing former major league pitcher James “Catfish” Hunter has left this world otherwise he would have to be known as “Catkitten” Hunter — not the kind of nickname that would ordinarily land one in the Hall of Fame. And what about SpongeBob’s loyal sidekick Patrick the Starfish? Would he now be known as Patrick the Starkitten?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New troubles also arise in the world of sport fishing. When a man tells his wife he is going trolling, she’ll look askance at him while making certain he takes the boat with him when he leaves the house. After all, if you say you are heading out to go “kittening” and tell the wife you will be bringing some seapussy home for dinner, well, I can see the trouble brewing now with PETA’s misguided attempt to save the animals, even the tasty ones. Try it on your wife tonight and see what happens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other possible changes are whitefish being known as white kitten (whitepussy being trademarked by the aforementioned Mr. Flynt) and swordfish becoming sword kittens, which sounds a lot like some dagger-weilding, anime superhero. The problem of walking into a pet store and asking for kitten food is going to cause confusion not seen since Clinton muttered something about what the definition of “is” is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, I envision a whole new industry of sea kitten recipe books. The Brits would also have a grand time with this change of nomenclature. A nation that eagerly scarfs down pussy and chips at lunch every day may actually help bring about world peace. Millions of kids eating pussy sticks for school lunch, however, are certain to get Dobson and his bunch in an uproar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another great angle to this whole insane plan is the phrase “fishing expedition” to denote someone who is simply “casting about” in hopes of finding incriminating evidence. The phrase “sea kitten expedition” is simply too unwieldy, but the phrase “sea pussy expedition” makes it sound as it you are searching for lustful mermaids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By far the most egregious changes which will take place must be the ones to be foisted on us when churches everywhere start giving sermons about the loaves and the sea kittens. No matter how awkward the phrase, get used to it because no preacher in his right mind is going to do a sermon on the loaves and the seapussies. (If you hear of one, let me know. Now that’s a sermon I don’t want to miss.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is obviously not a well thought out plan by the radical anti-people screwballs, and to tell you the truth, the concept of renaming fish as sea kittens has me laughing so hard I can barely type. It also makes me wonder if anyone at PETA gave an ounce of serious thought before saying, “Hey, yeah, let’s try to get people to associate fish with kittens.” However, that is not really the worst of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The worst comes when we get stuck on stupid and let a bunch of misguided goofballs start making us feel guilty for eating ugly animals that taste good in some sad attempt to save the planet. God gave us ugly animals so we wouldn’t feel bad about eating them. That’s a fact. It’s in the Bible somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of the day I only have two questions running through my head. First, if sea kitten tastes so good might not land kitten be tasty also? And second, where can I go to get a tuna pussy taco?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8278540562686701083?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8278540562686701083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/peta-sea-kittens-and-lunch.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8278540562686701083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8278540562686701083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/peta-sea-kittens-and-lunch.html' title='PETA, Sea Kittens and Lunch'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-9143380144106069542</id><published>2009-01-10T18:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.028-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Introducing Bobblehead Mohammed</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bRvrqGkNpyc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bRvrqGkNpyc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-9143380144106069542?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/9143380144106069542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/introducing-bobblehead-mohammed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9143380144106069542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9143380144106069542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/introducing-bobblehead-mohammed.html' title='Introducing Bobblehead Mohammed'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6488480994828714574</id><published>2009-01-03T09:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.035-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vengeance Inc.</title><content type='html'>Romans 12:19 (King James Version) says;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In these troubled times, friend, the Lord, like most large corporations is outsourcing some of the more tedious work and we here at Holy Vengeance Inc are proud to be the exclusive contractor for the King of Kings when it comes to Vengeance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to smiting for vengeance only the Big Guy himself can do it better. Our many years of experience in the Vengeance industry is proven by our track record and the many many people whose lives we have completely ruined who never had a clue it was us. You really thought O.J. did it didn't you? Nope...that was us. Flo-Jo? Us again. jilted lovers and angry neighbors have been coming to us for years, and now you should too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Vengeance of this caliber was reserved for the rarefied level of society of major celebrities and sports stars, but because of a special offer we made with the Big Guy Himself we are now able to offer vengeance packages starting so low you will wonder why you haven't smote that smart ass jerk in accounting yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our array of products range from the economical to the extravagant, so whether you just want to get back at that coworker who just grates on your nerves the wrong way or completely destroy the life of an ex and their new fling we got you covered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting with our "A Pox On You" package at $69.95 you can have little annoyances tossed at the object of your ire in as little as ten minutes. If it's really serious go with our 7 Plagues Package, guaranteed to get the object of your anger time in a state pen and a lifetime commitment of registering as a sex offender (offer not valid against targets who are elected officials in the Democrat party).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So whether its just that stupid bitch a the office or that jerkass dill weed sunuvabitch that ran off with your best friend give us a call at 900-FUCK-YOU and start smiting today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6488480994828714574?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6488480994828714574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/vengeance-inc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6488480994828714574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6488480994828714574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2009/01/vengeance-inc.html' title='Vengeance Inc.'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3679791102130821509</id><published>2008-12-30T01:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.041-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Friends Found</title><content type='html'>So I have been looking for some old friends.  Finally found them (the internet is amazing) and am back in touch with them.  She is doing well and her daughter is so grown up and amazingly talented.  She's a cutie too.  Gonna be trouble now that the guys are poking around too. So I am heading to hang out for a day or two with them, maybe try ice skating again and will be off line for a couple of days it looks like.  Hope you guys have a great new years.  See ya' next year. 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wing&lt;br /&gt;Rejoice hallelujah&lt;br /&gt;The choirs voice of Seraphim &lt;br /&gt;Rejoice hallelujah&lt;br /&gt;Sing to His Glory the King of Kings&lt;br /&gt;Rejoice hallelujah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and this one:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Untitled&lt;br /&gt;Raise a glass my dear old friends&lt;br /&gt;Raise a toast on high&lt;br /&gt;For Our holy day is here at last&lt;br /&gt;Christmas Day is nigh&lt;br /&gt;The day of our own saviors birth&lt;br /&gt;Redemptions promise born&lt;br /&gt;Our lives are now made whole again&lt;br /&gt;Our souls no longer torn&lt;br /&gt;Everlasting life is ours&lt;br /&gt;Birthed upon a cross&lt;br /&gt;While in this life we may know death&lt;br /&gt;It’s not the final loss&lt;br /&gt;His life He gave so you may live&lt;br /&gt;No greater love can be&lt;br /&gt;Accept that love with open arms&lt;br /&gt;And heaven you will see&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Heaven'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5813645862833326215</id><published>2008-12-23T14:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ok NOW it's CHRISTMAS</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDZLI9qeYjU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDZLI9qeYjU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" 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CHRISTMAS'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2457774981400285178</id><published>2008-12-23T13:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NOW it feels like Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qbiYFA0-8mU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qbiYFA0-8mU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" 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title='NOW it feels like Christmas'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7920986000530639311</id><published>2008-12-23T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.972-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Love that Burns the Brightest</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;“Does love exist?” asked the wizened old man &lt;br /&gt;who sat at the bar next to me&lt;br /&gt;“I love this beer” I quickly shot back &lt;br /&gt;“What other love could there be?”&lt;br /&gt;“The love” he says “that grabs your heart.  &lt;br /&gt;The kind that won’t let go&lt;br /&gt;A love that passes on thru death &lt;br /&gt;And lives forever you know”&lt;br /&gt;Says I “that love lives not in this world friend,&lt;br /&gt; I’m certain it is gone”&lt;br /&gt;“Then come with me” the old man bade &lt;br /&gt;“We won’t be gone too long”&lt;br /&gt;He walked me thru the baby ward &lt;br /&gt;where a mother held her new child&lt;br /&gt;And in her eyes I saw a pure love &lt;br /&gt;which I knew would last more than awhile&lt;br /&gt;He took me to the mission inn &lt;br /&gt;where homeless go to eat&lt;br /&gt;The serving man behind the counter &lt;br /&gt;had rags wrapped round his feet&lt;br /&gt;“Old man” I said “should you not be&lt;br /&gt; the one receiving this fare?”&lt;br /&gt;He smiled a mostly toothless grin &lt;br /&gt;and said “look over there”&lt;br /&gt;I looked to where his ladle showed &lt;br /&gt;a family huddled close&lt;br /&gt;With their meals laid out in front of them &lt;br /&gt;offering up a toast&lt;br /&gt;“To God” they said,&lt;br /&gt;“as He provides for those who need the aid”&lt;br /&gt;To men who help with rag wrapped feet &lt;br /&gt;his thanks he simply bade&lt;br /&gt;Next we went to the grave yard where &lt;br /&gt;an old widow knelt in the dirt&lt;br /&gt;Cleaning the stone laid atop her dear mate &lt;br /&gt;even though her aged knees surely hurt…&lt;br /&gt;He took me aside to a mountaintop &lt;br /&gt;where three crosses stood side by side&lt;br /&gt;And showed me the spot on Jerusalems soil &lt;br /&gt;where for all our sins He did die…&lt;br /&gt;“You see the love that burns beyond our petty  lives, &lt;br /&gt;you cannot deny its flame”&lt;br /&gt;And in the shadow of that cross &lt;br /&gt;I hung my head in shame…&lt;br /&gt;The love that burns brightest is the hardest to grab, its for this love He did die…&lt;br /&gt;And I saw the love burn &lt;br /&gt;and I felt my redemption &lt;br /&gt;And in the bright darkness I cried….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas. May God hold you in the palm of his hand.  And to all our soldiers not able to make it home this season (snaks this one is for you) Thank you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7920986000530639311?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7920986000530639311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-that-burns-brightest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7920986000530639311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7920986000530639311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-that-burns-brightest.html' title='The Love that Burns the Brightest'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5506789468853315237</id><published>2008-12-21T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hallelujah</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uMrZ7lChK-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uMrZ7lChK-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5506789468853315237?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5506789468853315237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/hallelujah.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5506789468853315237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5506789468853315237'/><link 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src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qqZNOZpE9tE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-926023293533680792?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/926023293533680792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-i-got-christmas-spirit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/926023293533680792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/926023293533680792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-i-got-christmas-spirit.html' title='NOW I got the Christmas Spirit'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5353399982033946173</id><published>2008-12-17T13:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And a great big thank you...</title><content type='html'>goes out...cuz it aint me shoveling snow....everything happens for a reason....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5353399982033946173?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5353399982033946173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/and-great-big-thank-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5353399982033946173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5353399982033946173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/and-great-big-thank-you.html' title='And a great big thank you...'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3127552823827855638</id><published>2008-12-17T13:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Al...</title><content type='html'>It's snowing here....in the desert...been snowing since about dawn and gonna keep on for many many more hours....take your global warming and shove it ya lying sack...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3127552823827855638?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3127552823827855638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/dear-al.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3127552823827855638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3127552823827855638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/dear-al.html' title='Dear Al...'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5793455067742252189</id><published>2008-12-17T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.231-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Hate Winter</title><content type='html'>The last time I lived in this damnable desert here's what I got in November;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUlFb4RT2fI/AAAAAAAAADw/rsjdgEOj7_U/s1600-h/snow+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUlFb4RT2fI/AAAAAAAAADw/rsjdgEOj7_U/s320/snow+04.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828383332391410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I wake up to this;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUlFoMComJI/AAAAAAAAAD4/imSw302-Na8/s1600-h/12-17-08+snow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUlFoMComJI/AAAAAAAAAD4/imSw302-Na8/s320/12-17-08+snow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828594797975698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only four days to Solstice....can't wait for summer....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5793455067742252189?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5793455067742252189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-hate-winter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5793455067742252189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5793455067742252189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-hate-winter.html' title='I Hate Winter'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUlFb4RT2fI/AAAAAAAAADw/rsjdgEOj7_U/s72-c/snow+04.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7661468307818410248</id><published>2008-12-16T18:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Finally Got Aroud To Posting This</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;I watched you walk away today&lt;br /&gt;To go back to his arms&lt;br /&gt;Our time here is so fleeting now&lt;br /&gt;We must not raise alarms&lt;br /&gt;But one day soon the time will come&lt;br /&gt;When you can run away&lt;br /&gt;And I’ll be waiting for your love&lt;br /&gt;Just as I was today&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7661468307818410248?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4379188379020870922</id><published>2008-12-14T16:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.239-07:00</updated><title type='text'>XMAS 08</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUWotx-R41I/AAAAAAAAADo/cvQtufcXjBQ/s1600-h/xmas+08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUWotx-R41I/AAAAAAAAADo/cvQtufcXjBQ/s320/xmas+08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279811642623910738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4379188379020870922?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' 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xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUWotx-R41I/AAAAAAAAADo/cvQtufcXjBQ/s72-c/xmas+08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5399004493385523666</id><published>2008-12-14T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.135-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Blame the Muse</title><content type='html'>This one is completely her fault....I think&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hearts Revival&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;He sat alone within the crowd&lt;br /&gt;Which wandered past his chair&lt;br /&gt;He felt invisible to all&lt;br /&gt;Seeming not to care&lt;br /&gt;He sat alone within the crowd&lt;br /&gt;Which bustled gaily by&lt;br /&gt;To watch the world over his cup&lt;br /&gt;While letting his soul die&lt;br /&gt;Most e’ery day ‘twas just like this&lt;br /&gt;He sat alone to see&lt;br /&gt;The never-ending mumbling mass&lt;br /&gt;Of rank humanity&lt;br /&gt;His soul was black within his chest&lt;br /&gt;His heart was full of dread&lt;br /&gt;With every dawn his anger grew&lt;br /&gt;At not waking up dead&lt;br /&gt;He barely noticed those who passed&lt;br /&gt;Until one fateful day&lt;br /&gt;She wandered lithely into view&lt;br /&gt;Bathed in the suns soft ray&lt;br /&gt;She did what others had not dared&lt;br /&gt;She stopped and saw him there&lt;br /&gt;While staring deep into his eyes&lt;br /&gt;His senses screamed beware&lt;br /&gt;Those smoky eyes, her intense gaze&lt;br /&gt;Could be a deadly thing&lt;br /&gt;But not for him he understood&lt;br /&gt;His heart did not love sing&lt;br /&gt;She wandered o’er gracefully&lt;br /&gt;To sit across his bench&lt;br /&gt;Gently asking him his name&lt;br /&gt;His answer made her flinch&lt;br /&gt;I am the death of love, he claimed&lt;br /&gt;I steal away the soul&lt;br /&gt;Of women who consort with me&lt;br /&gt;My heart is made of coal&lt;br /&gt;Then come with me she bade of him&lt;br /&gt;I see the lie within&lt;br /&gt;Your heart lives still and craves the love&lt;br /&gt;Denial is a sin&lt;br /&gt;Against his will, he took her hand&lt;br /&gt;Standing straight and tall&lt;br /&gt;Following those swaying hips&lt;br /&gt;His facade began to fall&lt;br /&gt;She led him to her quiet room&lt;br /&gt;While bolting up the door&lt;br /&gt;She slowly let her clothing drop&lt;br /&gt;Upon the bare wood floor&lt;br /&gt;She smiled shyly as she asked&lt;br /&gt;If he would do the same&lt;br /&gt;His hands they shook as once again&lt;br /&gt;He played the timeless game&lt;br /&gt;The love they shared within her bed&lt;br /&gt;Was gentle, deep and true&lt;br /&gt;Time now passed as only time&lt;br /&gt;Wrapped up in love can do&lt;br /&gt;Many years have passed along&lt;br /&gt;Since that lass noticed me&lt;br /&gt;A truer love I know for sure&lt;br /&gt;Was never, nor could be&lt;br /&gt;So watch the world walk by I say&lt;br /&gt;Watch closely as they pass&lt;br /&gt;You never know when one will come&lt;br /&gt;To prove the perfect lass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5399004493385523666?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5399004493385523666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/blame-muse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5399004493385523666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5399004493385523666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/blame-muse.html' title='Blame the Muse'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-285140149637566009</id><published>2008-12-12T16:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.143-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Today's Inspiration</title><content type='html'>She walks along&lt;br /&gt;Alone upon&lt;br /&gt;The quiet midnight streets&lt;br /&gt;She smiles at&lt;br /&gt;The strangers who&lt;br /&gt;By chance she sweetly meets&lt;br /&gt;She walks alone &lt;br /&gt;The whole dark night&lt;br /&gt;Lost in her reverie&lt;br /&gt;She speaks to ghosts&lt;br /&gt;Locked in her heart&lt;br /&gt;Of things which cannot be&lt;br /&gt;She hears the whispers&lt;br /&gt;Of the past&lt;br /&gt;Echo within her mind&lt;br /&gt;With hope she can&lt;br /&gt;Go back again&lt;br /&gt;Her happiness to find&lt;br /&gt;Those lost to her&lt;br /&gt;Speak gentle words&lt;br /&gt;Of love and brighter days&lt;br /&gt;She walks alone&lt;br /&gt;On darkened streets&lt;br /&gt;Locked in her minds dark ways&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-285140149637566009?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/285140149637566009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4999177983074918877</id><published>2008-12-11T23:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.127-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Inspired at Midnight</title><content type='html'>Your eyes say watch me&lt;br /&gt;Your lips say kiss me&lt;br /&gt;Your hands say hold me&lt;br /&gt;Your words say miss me&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4999177983074918877?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4999177983074918877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/inspired-at-midnight.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4999177983074918877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4999177983074918877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/inspired-at-midnight.html' title='Inspired at Midnight'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6736662032603952898</id><published>2008-12-11T13:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.247-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tidal Wave-by Brian Travis</title><content type='html'>I felt like reposting this.  My friend &lt;a href="http://www.briantravis.com/"&gt;Brian Travis&lt;/a&gt; has a new CD coming out in a couple of months and I have the honor of being of being on of the few select people receiving previews of the newly remastered songs.  Tidal Wave is the first one of that bunch, and is simply a very fitting song, given recent history and I felt it needed reposting.  I plan on interviewing BT soon.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think in the spirit of today I will dedicate this song.  The person who it is dedicated to will know it is for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Sitting in the sun&lt;br /&gt;Ya' been wasting all the water in the well&lt;br /&gt;Ya let the meter run&lt;br /&gt;Ya been running outta time&lt;br /&gt;That ya can't afford to sell&lt;br /&gt;Once you fell from grace&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost see your face&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost taste the bittersweet salt water&lt;br /&gt;Of that tidal wave?&lt;br /&gt;All the sand beneath your feet&lt;br /&gt;It took a billion years to complete&lt;br /&gt;That hour that you spent&lt;br /&gt;Blowing all you had&lt;br /&gt;In a relative instance&lt;br /&gt;Yeah once you fell from grace&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost see your face&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost taste the bittersweet salt water&lt;br /&gt;Of that tidal wave?&lt;br /&gt;Carefully they'll wash your dreams away&lt;br /&gt;destroy all that you made&lt;br /&gt;turn your castles into sand&lt;br /&gt;disrupt all of your plans&lt;br /&gt;you're not careful its not long before&lt;br /&gt;you're treading water far from shore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Now you're sinking low&lt;br /&gt;You've been thinking about&lt;br /&gt;all the things you're letting go&lt;br /&gt;Made a big mistake this time&lt;br /&gt;all that matters now&lt;br /&gt;Is whatcha gonna do with the rest of your life?&lt;br /&gt;Now you can't replace, recapture or erase&lt;br /&gt;mistakes were made and now there's only music left to face&lt;br /&gt;Once you fell from grace and there's still dreams for you to chase&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost taste the bittersweet saltwater&lt;br /&gt;Can you almost taste the bittersweet saltwater&lt;br /&gt;Of that tidal wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6736662032603952898?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6736662032603952898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/tidal-wave-by-brian-travis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6736662032603952898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6736662032603952898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/tidal-wave-by-brian-travis.html' title='Tidal Wave-by Brian Travis'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5059354730067828097</id><published>2008-12-10T23:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.119-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Kender Has Acquired  New Muse</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;I adore your gentle hands&lt;br /&gt;The way your cheeks do flush&lt;br /&gt;When words are whispered in your ear&lt;br /&gt;That make you fiercely blush&lt;br /&gt;Shudders course through my dark soul&lt;br /&gt;Whenever you draw near&lt;br /&gt;As soft caresses from sweet lips&lt;br /&gt;Allay my raging fear&lt;br /&gt;Your arms encircle chasing off&lt;br /&gt;The ghosts which haunt my heart&lt;br /&gt;While quiet words of tenderness&lt;br /&gt;Heal what once was torn apart&lt;br /&gt;Your tender eyes which hide such pain&lt;br /&gt;Confront my hesitation&lt;br /&gt;Within those eyes I see such hope&lt;br /&gt;They melt my reservation&lt;br /&gt;My redemption have you brought&lt;br /&gt;With words and gestures bold&lt;br /&gt;My muse you have saved my life from&lt;br /&gt;A death in bitter cold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUDEm_zvL6I/AAAAAAAAADg/V_7puJmBO0c/s1600-h/naughty+one.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 127px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUDEm_zvL6I/AAAAAAAAADg/V_7puJmBO0c/s320/naughty+one.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278434937520730018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5059354730067828097?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5059354730067828097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/kender-has-acquired-new-muse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5059354730067828097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5059354730067828097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/kender-has-acquired-new-muse.html' title='Kender Has Acquired  New Muse'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SUDEm_zvL6I/AAAAAAAAADg/V_7puJmBO0c/s72-c/naughty+one.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2495547449918652030</id><published>2008-12-10T01:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day Without A Gay or The Day West Hollywood Shut Down</title><content type='html'>So all the gays are gonna take the day off and go volunteer to show how vital they are to society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words we get a day without pretentious snots bitching about window treatments and making snide comments about "breeders."  We get a day without, what? waiters....interior decorators....male hair stylists (not that a man would know about that since we get our hair cut at a real barber shop, the kind that have nudie mags on the back tables)....maitre d's....I guess West Hollywood will come to a screeching stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best part about the day without a gay is we wont have to listen to Ryan Seacrest babble on about shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now at least these guys are doing something good.  They are going to take the day and go do charity work. Not like when we had a Day Without an Illegal when they all marched in the streets and shut down traffic.  At least the gay folks are gonna go do some charity work but it makes me wonder...just how many poverty stricken people need their house decorated anyway?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2495547449918652030?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2495547449918652030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-without-gay-or-day-west-hollywood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2495547449918652030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2495547449918652030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-without-gay-or-day-west-hollywood.html' title='Day Without A Gay or The Day West Hollywood Shut Down'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5586513001380438126</id><published>2008-12-09T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.262-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You Have Made Your Bed...</title><content type='html'>"You have made your bed" is a phrase recurring in my life a lot lately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It applies to the country voting in Obama.  It applies to someone I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the country I will do what I can to help fix it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As to that person, I have done what I can, choices were made and I will always regret what has happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday I hope to look back on this time and be able to say "I helped fix that" and "I am glad things are right again."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5586513001380438126?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5586513001380438126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/you-have-made-your-bed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5586513001380438126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5586513001380438126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/you-have-made-your-bed.html' title='You Have Made Your Bed...'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8637634765902984674</id><published>2008-12-08T17:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taking a break</title><content type='html'>I am gonna take a break.  No blogging for a few days....no FB, no twitter, no myspace...no checking stats, email or anything else....I am gonna turn off this computer for awhile and find my head....and the other parts of my I seem to have misplaced.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8637634765902984674?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8637634765902984674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/taking-break.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8637634765902984674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8637634765902984674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/taking-break.html' title='Taking a break'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3381346430154690750</id><published>2008-12-08T00:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maudlin Monday Blues</title><content type='html'>I can't say it any better than this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ovku1oRuidE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ovku1oRuidE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time in a Bottle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I could save time in a bottle&lt;br /&gt;The first thing that Id like to do&lt;br /&gt;Is to save every day&lt;br /&gt;Till eternity passes away&lt;br /&gt;Just to spend them with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I could make days last forever&lt;br /&gt;If words could make wishes come true&lt;br /&gt;Id save every day like a treasure and then,&lt;br /&gt;Again, I would spend them with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there never seems to be enough time&lt;br /&gt;To do the things you want to do&lt;br /&gt;Once you find them&lt;br /&gt;Ive looked around enough to know&lt;br /&gt;That youre the one I want to go&lt;br /&gt;Through time with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I had a box just for wishes&lt;br /&gt;And dreams that had never come true&lt;br /&gt;The box would be empty&lt;br /&gt;Except for the memory&lt;br /&gt;Of how they were answered by you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there never seems to be enough time&lt;br /&gt;To do the things you want to do&lt;br /&gt;Once you find them&lt;br /&gt;Ive looked around enough to know&lt;br /&gt;That youre the one I want to go&lt;br /&gt;Through time with&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3381346430154690750?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3381346430154690750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/maudlin-monday-blues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3381346430154690750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3381346430154690750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/maudlin-monday-blues.html' title='Maudlin Monday Blues'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2953339825549368644</id><published>2008-12-07T13:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So Life is Complicated</title><content type='html'>So life is intensely complicated right now. I find myself in a relationship beset by problems. Hiding ones activities from someone is not something that lends itself to having an easy and enjoyable relationship. Only being able to be someones friend openly for short bursts at certain times in certain places makes for a kind of stress that is both intense and exciting, while being draining and aggravating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully this can all change by summer at latest.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2953339825549368644?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2953339825549368644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-life-is-complicated.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2953339825549368644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2953339825549368644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-life-is-complicated.html' title='So Life is Complicated'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-9165685590212145494</id><published>2008-12-06T00:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.112-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>My Birthday Post</title><content type='html'>First off I want to say thank you so kindly to all who have posted on my wall on facebook (and other places, you know who you are and I am tired of cleaning those comments off of my own bathroom wall) the barrage of well wishes. Today I turn 40. Not a great accomplishment for most. Given that at two and a half years old I was given less than a week to live, I would say 40 is, indeed, one hell of an accomplishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though I am beset what some call major health issues, they never stop me. I hate whiny crybabies who let minor things set them back or keep them from living life as fully as they possibly can and I refuse to be one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my old friends, from faire, sfvrc, SPR, WAR, TWA and staclu; thank you for standing by me as you have. You never let me down, never let me quit and have always been there when I needed you most. I hope I have returned the favor when needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the new ones who have been appearing in droves (facebook and twitter are from HELL I tell you) may this be the start of many years of great friendship, hearty laughs and shared adventures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you all, and thank you. Now as my gift to you, a bit of doggerel;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For four decades I've trod these boards&lt;br /&gt;Forty years behind this mask&lt;br /&gt;Polite applause, no booing please, a rose is all I ask&lt;br /&gt;For forty years I've been surprised at what life had in store&lt;br /&gt;So here's to watching life unfold&lt;br /&gt;At least for forty more&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-9165685590212145494?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/9165685590212145494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-birthday-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9165685590212145494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9165685590212145494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-birthday-post.html' title='My Birthday Post'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6114337209111399124</id><published>2008-12-05T20:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.104-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>cali</title><content type='html'>I live in the land of sunshine and chicks&lt;br /&gt;Of finely made cleavage and movie star dicks&lt;br /&gt;The city it stretches for many a mile&lt;br /&gt;Drive all day long see a thousand fake smiles&lt;br /&gt;From the coast to the mountains it lies like a scar&lt;br /&gt;Where you must ride the bus if you aint got a car&lt;br /&gt;It is peopled with folks from all o'er the place&lt;br /&gt;Of every creed, every country and every race&lt;br /&gt;We got bums who were stars and stars who were bums&lt;br /&gt;Out here enough money turns rivals to chums&lt;br /&gt;We claim the Car Culture and we give you the shows&lt;br /&gt;With weekly cliffhangers to keep you on your toes&lt;br /&gt;We have stars on our sidewalks and pie in the sky&lt;br /&gt;Where a deal is a deal is a deal is a lie&lt;br /&gt;We've got earthquakes and mudslides and large forest fires&lt;br /&gt;You can't hear birds singing for the squeal of the tires&lt;br /&gt;But I wouldn't trade any of this home of mine&lt;br /&gt;From the mountains to seaside she looks mighty fine&lt;br /&gt;From the shores of Redondo on up to the Valley&lt;br /&gt;I love living in this strange place We call Cali&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6114337209111399124?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6114337209111399124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/cali.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6114337209111399124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6114337209111399124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/cali.html' title='cali'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8837610787302204974</id><published>2008-12-04T10:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Delusion in the Empire</title><content type='html'>The media empire that is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The election of Barack Obama was supposed to save the country, cause all of those other countries who spend an inordinate amount of time hating the U.S to love us (even when it was the U.S. which allowed them the ability to be free enough to do so) and usher in an age of "kumbuyah, let's all hold hands and dance around the altar of no more war" bullshit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sixty three million people in the U.S. stuck their heads right up their ass and voted for obama's "hope" and "change" and now we have proof of the vapidity of the folks who honestly, really thought if we just elected obama their kumbuy-fucking-yah dreams would coalesce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2008/cyb20081202.asp#1"&gt;PMSNBC daytime anchor Alex witt actually said this&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   "you certainly can't expect things to change on a dime overnight....There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought -- at least hoped -- would be dampered down. But in this case it looks like Barack Obama is getting a preview of things to come."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what kind of a retarded, deluded dumbass must one be to actually BELIEVE something as profoundly stupid as the election of barack obama is going to end terror attacks? Second, how in the hell does someone who is so blatantly an utter fucking moron secure a job on a news sho...oh wait...PMSNBC...got it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all of you who actually hobbled down to the polls on the 4th of november to cast your ballot for the obamessiah, here's fair warning that the "I Told You So, DUMBASS Cluebat of Truth and Mockery" is going to be used liberally (pun completely intentional) for at least the next four years. If you wish to avoid the beatings email me and I will send you a Silica Umbilcus which will once again allow you to see the world and maybe, just maybe, not have such delusions of epic proportions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8837610787302204974?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8837610787302204974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/delusion-in-empire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8837610787302204974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8837610787302204974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/delusion-in-empire.html' title='Delusion in the Empire'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5939188261760780795</id><published>2008-12-03T13:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gonna give me a bat?</title><content type='html'>Well that's great cuz I love t-ball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fucking LUH-oooozeER!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5939188261760780795?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5939188261760780795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/gonna-give-me-bat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5939188261760780795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5939188261760780795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/12/gonna-give-me-bat.html' title='Gonna give me a bat?'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-789259125354548924</id><published>2008-11-30T00:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.096-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Maudlin Mondays*</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;*OK so it's a day early....I have officially lost track of days...not having a set schedule for work and doing the same thing everyday (get up at dawn, have coffee, ride bike, work out, run on machine while checking emails, hang out with Ultra Cool Sarcastic Son, sometimes go to work at lucrative job, flirt and have sushi before sliding home at some ungodly hour to do it all again) makes one lose track of the fact that days have names for a reason.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a new feature here in KM we bring you maudlin mondays. Each monday morning a post will go up not suited for those of you addicted to the snark about politics which is the usual stock in trade here. I am simply not in a snarky mood regarding politics lately. I have much bigger (to me) things on my mind.  Besides, you guys are doing a bang up job. So here's todays Maudlin Post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Raindrops on a rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                             &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I saw raindrops perched so soft&lt;br /&gt;Upon a rose this morn&lt;br /&gt;As I awoke to watch the dawn&lt;br /&gt;To see the new day born&lt;br /&gt;The skies were clouded o’er in&lt;br /&gt;A slate hued shade of grey&lt;br /&gt;I thought it fitting that the sky&lt;br /&gt;Would match my heart this way&lt;br /&gt;I saw raindrops perched with care&lt;br /&gt;Upon a rose this day&lt;br /&gt;Reminding me of times since past&lt;br /&gt;When at love we would play&lt;br /&gt;Her petals lay in sweet repose&lt;br /&gt;They shimmered in the air&lt;br /&gt;They drew forth thoughts of petals flushed&lt;br /&gt;As gently you lay there&lt;br /&gt;For seeing drops upon the rose&lt;br /&gt;Reminded me of you&lt;br /&gt;It’s sad how memories can come&lt;br /&gt;From seeing morning dew&lt;br /&gt;I saw raindrops perched so softly&lt;br /&gt;On a rose it’s true&lt;br /&gt;Which caused my soul to weep again&lt;br /&gt;With memories of you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-789259125354548924?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/789259125354548924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/maudlin-mondays.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/789259125354548924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/789259125354548924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/maudlin-mondays.html' title='Maudlin Mondays*'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2877153316757366722</id><published>2008-11-28T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.090-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Terrorist Scum</title><content type='html'>Terrorist scum attack in the night&lt;br /&gt;Taking glee in the lives that they took&lt;br /&gt;Believing it's holy to slaughter those folks&lt;br /&gt;Who reject their damnable book&lt;br /&gt;They declare holy war on freedom and say&lt;br /&gt;We must convert or be damned&lt;br /&gt;To a life subjugated by pisslam's harsh rule&lt;br /&gt;No freedom, no Christ and no ham&lt;br /&gt;The media slugs who back evils ploy&lt;br /&gt;Should be lined up and shot dead&lt;br /&gt;After of course we beat them with chains&lt;br /&gt;For lacking a brain in their head&lt;br /&gt;So muzzies have claimed it is their way or naught&lt;br /&gt;We must convert or submit&lt;br /&gt;To them I just say bring it on, let us dance,&lt;br /&gt;You'll soon be a dead piece of shit&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2877153316757366722?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2877153316757366722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/terrorist-scum.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2877153316757366722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2877153316757366722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/terrorist-scum.html' title='Terrorist Scum'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3037587869045764652</id><published>2008-11-28T11:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kind words from an astute friend.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;...you move with the rustle of the leaves and if we don't catch you sometimes you're gone.....you are a real kender...brilliant people tend to have a problem sticking with one thing for very long...you are brilliant - blindingly brilliant, that's why I love how you kender your way around...&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grab Kender quickly or not at all......wise words...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3037587869045764652?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3037587869045764652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/kind-words-from-astute-friend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3037587869045764652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3037587869045764652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/kind-words-from-astute-friend.html' title='Kind words from an astute friend.....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-230557686533688104</id><published>2008-11-27T17:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Memory</title><content type='html'>Girl on phone: I love the weather today, it's the perfect temperature&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: Really? What ya wearing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her: A toe ring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:.......I'm on my way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-230557686533688104?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/230557686533688104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-memory.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/230557686533688104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/230557686533688104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-memory.html' title='Random Memory'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8361906574658273336</id><published>2008-11-26T23:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Love This Song-7 Bridges Road</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMdIyu2B_GI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMdIyu2B_GI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" 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title='Love This Song-7 Bridges Road'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8781106712794163835</id><published>2008-11-26T01:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.341-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Whipped Cream and Peanut Butter</title><content type='html'>The words she spoke&lt;br /&gt;Inspired hope&lt;br /&gt;My heart it was aflutter&lt;br /&gt;She talked of ropes and ball gags too&lt;br /&gt;Whipped cream and peanut butter&lt;br /&gt;She talked of pleasure and of pain&lt;br /&gt;Of whips she whispered sweetly&lt;br /&gt;She tantalized my inner beast&lt;br /&gt;With hands strapped down so neatly&lt;br /&gt;I'll know torture she has said&lt;br /&gt;From which I'll not recover&lt;br /&gt;It all awaits within her hands&lt;br /&gt;As I will soon discover&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8781106712794163835?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8781106712794163835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/whipped-cream-and-peanut-butter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8781106712794163835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8781106712794163835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/whipped-cream-and-peanut-butter.html' title='Whipped Cream and Peanut Butter'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8268933606011840563</id><published>2008-11-25T14:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.347-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in the saddle....</title><content type='html'>With the upcoming relaunch of our internet radio station (formerly "Wide Awakes Radio") I have taken to ranting on &lt;a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"&gt;Blog Talk Radio&lt;/a&gt; to get back to ranting and raving and maybe tossing in some great music you have never heard before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those who listened in to todays premiere (on such short notice) thank you.  Podcast is available &lt;a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kender/2008/11/25/Intro-Show"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and don't forget to subscribe as a friend.  If you have a show topic feel free to send suggestions along via email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And to she who checked out the post meant for her, keep checking back....smiles sent your way with hopes for finding yourself again with what you had before still there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8268933606011840563?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8268933606011840563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-in-saddle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8268933606011840563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8268933606011840563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-in-saddle.html' title='Back in the saddle....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2666140391789691375</id><published>2008-11-24T20:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.084-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>I Sit and Watch My Inbox</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sit and watch my inbox &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Longing for yet fearing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A message sent from you;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sit and listen to my phone &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I know not what to do;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shall I call you, shall I write &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shall I stay alone;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sit and watch my inbox and&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I listen for the phone;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’ve said my piece;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’ve offered up&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;My love complete and true;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sit and watch my inbox&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;With fear I’ll hear from you;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I fear your heart will lose the love;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I fear your heart will fail;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I fear your fears will cause me to&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Exist in my own hell;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;My fears have caused your love to fail;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It caused you pain and grief;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I know that once we were as one&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;That time now seems so brief;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Your heart must know&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The truth I speak and&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;That I love you still;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sit and wait to hear from you&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And fear I never will&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2666140391789691375?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2666140391789691375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-sit-and-watch-my-inbox.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2666140391789691375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2666140391789691375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-sit-and-watch-my-inbox.html' title='I Sit and Watch My Inbox'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6851439737018660748</id><published>2008-11-24T15:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time Stands Still</title><content type='html'>So many things are causing time to stand still. The coronation for one.  The worry about the obamessiahs first moves in office have me tied up in knots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will he head to the center and tick off his base? Will he head left and make them happy and drive the country into an even worse economic depression? Will he somehow find a way to actually govern that doesn't drive us even deeper into a morass of socialist crap? Will he find a way to do what he should? Or will he leave us hanging in the void over the abyss, never to extract ourselves from where we are heading right now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for the things to happen causes a fearful lump in my chest. I know only the passage of time will show the future, but waiting on the future to get here is a achingly painful process.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6851439737018660748?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6851439737018660748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/time-stands-still.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6851439737018660748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6851439737018660748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/time-stands-still.html' title='Time Stands Still'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4820395622158165834</id><published>2008-11-23T03:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.156-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Time</title><content type='html'>time drags&lt;br /&gt;time heals&lt;br /&gt;time flies&lt;br /&gt;time kills&lt;br /&gt;time lost&lt;br /&gt;time found&lt;br /&gt;time sucks&lt;br /&gt;when you're not around&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4820395622158165834?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4820395622158165834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4820395622158165834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4820395622158165834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/time.html' title='Time'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3658969431847811856</id><published>2008-11-23T03:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Again....</title><content type='html'>Been away....look for new stuff later today....it occurred to me today that it is going to take awhile to sort some stuff out....and if it takes too long...well sometimes cheese goes bad....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3658969431847811856?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3658969431847811856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/home-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3658969431847811856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3658969431847811856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/home-again.html' title='Home Again....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6404187665585460328</id><published>2008-11-21T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.076-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>random doggerel</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COLORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sun rises on a gray day&lt;br /&gt;blue mind black heart&lt;br /&gt;yellow dresses running&lt;br /&gt;in the oh so green park....&lt;br /&gt;red vision  wanes&lt;br /&gt;replaced by weathered stains&lt;br /&gt;white streaks running&lt;br /&gt;down the sides&lt;br /&gt;where nails have entered&lt;br /&gt;turns the tide&lt;br /&gt;the wind which sweeps&lt;br /&gt;the lonely passes&lt;br /&gt;lets me see&lt;br /&gt;through rose tinted glasses&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6404187665585460328?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6404187665585460328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-doggerel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6404187665585460328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6404187665585460328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-doggerel.html' title='random doggerel'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2263776588489648985</id><published>2008-11-21T10:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.377-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Schedule One Narcotic?</title><content type='html'>I have been told I am addictive, in a possibly good way.  Luckily I have few readers so the chance of the DEA getting this information is slim, so I have no fear of being listed as a Schedule One narcotic and suddenly finding myself by prescription only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I can get the FDA to make an RDA of Kender.  It 's worth exploring.  But how does one does that out?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2263776588489648985?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2263776588489648985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/schedule-one-narcotic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2263776588489648985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2263776588489648985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/schedule-one-narcotic.html' title='Schedule One Narcotic?'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-371381903178479819</id><published>2008-11-20T20:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.384-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For The Girls</title><content type='html'>TO WOMEN EVERYWHERE ..... FROM MEN WHO'VE HAD&lt;br /&gt;ENOUGH . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't&lt;br /&gt;ask us. We refuse to answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn to work the toilet seat. We're not talking&lt;br /&gt;Quantum Mechanics here,&lt;br /&gt;it's a very simple device. If it's up, put it&lt;br /&gt;down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret&lt;br /&gt;girls, don't expect us to act&lt;br /&gt;like soap opera guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not&lt;br /&gt;quests to see if we can&lt;br /&gt;find the perfect present, again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you ask a question you don't want an answer&lt;br /&gt;to, expect an answer you&lt;br /&gt;don't want to hear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, we're not thinking about you. Live&lt;br /&gt;with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you&lt;br /&gt;are prepared to discuss&lt;br /&gt;such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation,&lt;br /&gt;or monster trucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weekends equal sports. It's like the full moon or&lt;br /&gt;the changing of the&lt;br /&gt;tides. Let it be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shopping is not a sport, and no, we're never&lt;br /&gt;going to think of it that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything&lt;br /&gt;you wear is fine.Really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have enough clothes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have too many shoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crying is blackmail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask for what you want. Let's be clear on this&lt;br /&gt;one: Subtle hints don't work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Strong hints don't work. Really obvious hints&lt;br /&gt;don't work. Just tell us what&lt;br /&gt;you want!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, we don't know what day it is. We never will.&lt;br /&gt;Mark anniversaries on the&lt;br /&gt;calendar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peeing standing up is more difficult than peeing&lt;br /&gt;from point blank range.&lt;br /&gt;We're bound to miss sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most guys own three pairs of shoes. What makes&lt;br /&gt;you think we'd be any good&lt;br /&gt;at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look&lt;br /&gt;good with your dress?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1227240143_0"&gt;Yes and No&lt;/span&gt; are perfectly acceptable answers to&lt;br /&gt;almost every question.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come to us with a problem only if you want help&lt;br /&gt;solving it. That's what we do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem.&lt;br /&gt;See a doctor. Get over it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foreign films are best left to foreigners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check your oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is neither in your best interest nor ours to&lt;br /&gt;take the quiz together. No,&lt;br /&gt;it doesn't matter which quiz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in&lt;br /&gt;an argument. All comments&lt;br /&gt;become null and void after 7 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If something we said can be interpreted two ways,&lt;br /&gt;and one of the ways makes&lt;br /&gt;you sad or angry, we meant the other one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men perve at beautiful women, it's a fact of&lt;br /&gt;life. It's in the genes. It's&lt;br /&gt;also in the jeans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can either tell us to do something, OR, tell&lt;br /&gt;us how to do something,&lt;br /&gt;but not both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever possible, please say whatever you have&lt;br /&gt;to say during commercials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL men see in only 16 colours. Peach is a fruit,&lt;br /&gt;not a colour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it itches, it will be scratched.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beer is as exciting for us as handbags are for&lt;br /&gt;you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we ask what's wrong and you say "nothing," we&lt;br /&gt;will act like nothing's&lt;br /&gt;wrong. We know you're lying, but it's just not&lt;br /&gt;worth the hassle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women with large breasts who wear push up bras&lt;br /&gt;and low cut, revealing tops&lt;br /&gt;lose their right to complain when men look at&lt;br /&gt;them.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-371381903178479819?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/371381903178479819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/for-girls.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/371381903178479819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/371381903178479819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/for-girls.html' title='For The Girls'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7640467169754621603</id><published>2008-11-20T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.069-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Death of a Heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I can feel it...&lt;br /&gt;dying...&lt;br /&gt;withering slowly in her absence...&lt;br /&gt;the edges crumbling in the winds of change....&lt;br /&gt;each piece tearing away with pain and regret...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;blackened chunks fall into the abyss of my soul...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;while I listen for the impact that never comes.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;signaling a depth of despair too deep for human sense to measure....&lt;br /&gt;Who knew hearts died so painfully yet so quietly?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7640467169754621603?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7640467169754621603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/death-of-heart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7640467169754621603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7640467169754621603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/death-of-heart.html' title='The Death of a Heart'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7708949927877300567</id><published>2008-11-20T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.391-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Truth About Me</title><content type='html'>Regardless of the confidence I may show, I am very very much terribly humble about actually having some talent that's mine....I really think I just channel beauty and grace and pain and joy and sorrow.....I find the words which fit, which cause hearts to dance and souls to sing, tears to fall and fears to wing.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7708949927877300567?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7708949927877300567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/truth-about-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7708949927877300567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7708949927877300567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/truth-about-me.html' title='A Truth About Me'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8409943975323944755</id><published>2008-11-19T23:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.061-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>For the Naughty One</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What Secrets Lie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What secrets lie&lt;br /&gt;Behind those eyes&lt;br /&gt;Staring so intense…&lt;br /&gt;The pain of love&lt;br /&gt;Of loss and hope&lt;br /&gt;Of things which make no sense…&lt;br /&gt;What quiet thoughts&lt;br /&gt;Reside within&lt;br /&gt;The world&lt;br /&gt;Behind your eyes&lt;br /&gt;Regrets of loves&lt;br /&gt;Lost or found&lt;br /&gt;The sting of others lies?&lt;br /&gt;Those thoughts which live&lt;br /&gt;Their secret lives&lt;br /&gt;Behind those eyes so deep&lt;br /&gt;Cannot stay hid away for long&lt;br /&gt;Your secrets will soon seep&lt;br /&gt;They come in tears and sobs&lt;br /&gt;Which wrack&lt;br /&gt;Your very soul with pain&lt;br /&gt;They cleanse your heart&lt;br /&gt;And clear your mind&lt;br /&gt;Like summers gentle rain&lt;br /&gt;So hide those thoughts&lt;br /&gt;Behind your eyes&lt;br /&gt;Which haunt my hopes and dreams&lt;br /&gt;The thoughts you hide so deftly lass&lt;br /&gt;Are crystal clear to me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SSUYphYHhrI/AAAAAAAAADY/SICkXZIc2yY/s1600-h/naughty+one.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SSUYphYHhrI/AAAAAAAAADY/SICkXZIc2yY/s320/naughty+one.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270646040520263346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8409943975323944755?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8409943975323944755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/for-naughty-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8409943975323944755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8409943975323944755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/for-naughty-one.html' title='For the Naughty One'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M45tgrFEDXk/SSUYphYHhrI/AAAAAAAAADY/SICkXZIc2yY/s72-c/naughty+one.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7414801684337110474</id><published>2008-11-19T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.403-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Staind-All I Want</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7l6LSImDdS0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7l6LSImDdS0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I leave,&lt;br /&gt;When you go,&lt;br /&gt;What I see,&lt;br /&gt;And what you show,&lt;br /&gt;And what I guess,&lt;br /&gt;And when I don't,&lt;br /&gt;Is something you all ready, all ready know,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I think about,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;br /&gt;You're all I dream about,&lt;br /&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The things I do,&lt;br /&gt;I go through,&lt;br /&gt;And all I see,&lt;br /&gt;When I'm awake,&lt;br /&gt;And what I make,&lt;br /&gt;The shit that I take,&lt;br /&gt;Is something you all ready, all ready know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus:&lt;br /&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I think about,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;br /&gt;You're all I dream about,&lt;br /&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ohhh,...&lt;br /&gt;Is you,&lt;br /&gt;Is you,&lt;br /&gt;Is you,&lt;br /&gt;Is you,&lt;br /&gt;You're all I dream about,&lt;br /&gt;That I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus:&lt;br /&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I think about,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;br /&gt;You're all I dream about,&lt;br /&gt;I can't live without,&lt;br /&gt;All I want is you,&lt;br /&gt;I just can't live without you,&lt;br /&gt;When all I think about is you,&lt;br /&gt;And all I want is you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7414801684337110474?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7414801684337110474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/staind-all-i-want.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7414801684337110474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7414801684337110474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/staind-all-i-want.html' title='Staind-All I Want'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4788375910196201056</id><published>2008-11-19T04:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Enough Said....</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PIfuaUTH9Y4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PIfuaUTH9Y4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love it when a plan comes together......especially after working all night on planning counter measures to a protest....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4788375910196201056?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4788375910196201056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/enough-said.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4788375910196201056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4788375910196201056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/enough-said.html' title='Enough Said....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6809262074334657640</id><published>2008-11-18T19:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.424-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RUSH-Closer to the Heart (cuz I like it too)</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C52wsxuZT0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C52wsxuZT0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the men who hold high places&lt;br /&gt;Must be the ones who start&lt;br /&gt;To mold a new reality&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;The blacksmith and the artist&lt;br /&gt;Reflect it in their art&lt;br /&gt;They forge their creativity&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philosophers and ploughmen&lt;br /&gt;Each must know his part&lt;br /&gt;To sow a new mentality&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;br /&gt;You can be the captain&lt;br /&gt;I will draw the chart&lt;br /&gt;Sailing into destiny&lt;br /&gt;Closer to the heart&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6809262074334657640?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6809262074334657640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/rush-closer-to-heart-cuz-i-like-it-too.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6809262074334657640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6809262074334657640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/rush-closer-to-heart-cuz-i-like-it-too.html' title='RUSH-Closer to the Heart (cuz I like it too)'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7707673290345507284</id><published>2008-11-18T19:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Trees-RUSH, by request</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UWHEcIbhDiw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UWHEcIbhDiw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is unrest in the forest&lt;br /&gt;There is trouble with the trees&lt;br /&gt;For the maples want more sunlight&lt;br /&gt;And the oaks ignore their pleas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trouble with the maples&lt;br /&gt;(And they're quite convinced they're right)&lt;br /&gt;They say the oaks are just too lofty&lt;br /&gt;And they grab up all the light&lt;br /&gt;But the oaks can't help their feelings&lt;br /&gt;If they like the way they're made&lt;br /&gt;And they wonder why the maples&lt;br /&gt;Can't be happy in their shade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is trouble in the forest&lt;br /&gt;And the creatures all have fled&lt;br /&gt;As the maples scream 'Oppression!'&lt;br /&gt;And the oaks just shake their heads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the maples formed a union&lt;br /&gt;And demanded equal rights&lt;br /&gt;'The oaks are just too greedy&lt;br /&gt;We will make them give us light'&lt;br /&gt;Now there's no more oak oppression&lt;br /&gt;For they passed a noble law&lt;br /&gt;And the trees are all kept equal&lt;br /&gt;By hatchet, axe and saw&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7707673290345507284?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7707673290345507284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/trees-rush-by-request.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7707673290345507284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7707673290345507284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/trees-rush-by-request.html' title='The Trees-RUSH, by request'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8659448422566113385</id><published>2008-11-18T18:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Complaints....</title><content type='html'>I have received some complaints about my posting lately...."Where's the political snark? Where's the anger at the ways things have gone? Where's the Kender I know?" specifically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah...not much in that vein here lately.  It may be back...maybe as it was, maybe less so maybe more so.  I am still the same Snark Master Third Degree I have always been, I have just been focused on things much more important (to me, which really is what matters) behind the scenes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So until further notice this is a much more personal blog than it has been traditionally. Deal with it, and know I do what I must when I must, and right now this needs doing more than one more voice in the world yelling about grassroots action and socialist doom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You want that?  Go watch Fox.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8659448422566113385?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8659448422566113385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-complaints.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8659448422566113385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8659448422566113385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-complaints.html' title='Some Complaints....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-7346389531985327317</id><published>2008-11-18T10:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tangled Up In You (more Staind)</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-sLSNKK89Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-sLSNKK89Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're My World&lt;br /&gt;The Shelter From The Rain&lt;br /&gt;You're The Pills&lt;br /&gt;That Take Away My Pain&lt;br /&gt;You're The Light&lt;br /&gt;That Helps Me Find My Way&lt;br /&gt;You're The Words&lt;br /&gt;When I Have Nothing To Say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And In This World&lt;br /&gt;Where Nothing Else Is True&lt;br /&gt;Here I am&lt;br /&gt;Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I'm Still Tangled Up In You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're The Fire&lt;br /&gt;That Warms Me When I'm Cold&lt;br /&gt;You're The Hand&lt;br /&gt;I Have To Hold As I Grow Old&lt;br /&gt;You're The Shore&lt;br /&gt;When I am Lost At Sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;You're The Only Thing&lt;br /&gt;That I Like About Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And In This World&lt;br /&gt;Where Nothing Else Is True&lt;br /&gt;Here I am&lt;br /&gt;Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;I'm Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How Long Has It Been&lt;br /&gt;Since This Storyline Began&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I Hope It Never Ends&lt;br /&gt;And Goes Like This Forever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In This World&lt;br /&gt;Where Nothing Else Is True&lt;br /&gt;Here I am&lt;br /&gt;Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;I'm Still Tangled Up In You&lt;br /&gt;Still Tangled Up In You&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-7346389531985327317?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/7346389531985327317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/tangled-up-in-you-more-staind.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7346389531985327317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/7346389531985327317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/tangled-up-in-you-more-staind.html' title='Tangled Up In You (more Staind)'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4762009907500713337</id><published>2008-11-18T06:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.487-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crossfade-Colors (running a marathon here)</title><content type='html'>Dedicated...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0o9u2W_iGNY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0o9u2W_iGNY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you feel it crush you? does it seem to bring the worst in you out?&lt;br /&gt;There's no running away from these things that hold you down.&lt;br /&gt;Do they complicate you because they make you feel like this?&lt;br /&gt;Of all the colors that you've shined, this is surely not your best.&lt;br /&gt;But you should know these colors that you're shining are,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you feel alone yeah, and no one else can figure you out.&lt;br /&gt;But don't you ever turn away from the ones that help you down.&lt;br /&gt;Well they'd love to save you, don't you know they love to see you smile?&lt;br /&gt;But these colors that you've shined, are surely not your style.&lt;br /&gt;But you should know these colors that you're shining are,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you're feeling like you're lost,&lt;br /&gt;But you should know these colors that you're shining are..&lt;br /&gt;I know you're feeling like you're lost,&lt;br /&gt;You feel you've drifted way too far,&lt;br /&gt;Did you know these colors that youre shining are,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;Surely not the best colors that you shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Surely not the best)&lt;br /&gt;I know you're feeling like you're lost,&lt;br /&gt;(Colors that you shine)&lt;br /&gt;But you should know these colors that you're shining are&lt;br /&gt;(Surely not the best)&lt;br /&gt;I know you're feeling like you're lost,&lt;br /&gt;You feel you've drifted way too far.&lt;br /&gt;Did you know these colors that you're shining are...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4762009907500713337?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4762009907500713337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/crossfade-colors-running-marathon-here.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4762009907500713337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4762009907500713337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/crossfade-colors-running-marathon-here.html' title='Crossfade-Colors (running a marathon here)'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8686065991093054984</id><published>2008-11-17T21:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.501-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crossfade-The Deep End (again-fitting)</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c2GCEXmYDBY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c2GCEXmYDBY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I built my life like my bike on a rigid frame&lt;br /&gt;nothing bends, it only breaks into pieces and pieces,&lt;br /&gt;I wait for a hope to arrive but it never came&lt;br /&gt;Leaving me with only pain inside&lt;br /&gt;I'm going off the deep end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I built my life on a rigid frame&lt;br /&gt;So nothing bends it only breaks into pieces and pieces,&lt;br /&gt;I waited for a hope to arrive but it never came&lt;br /&gt;Leaving me with only pain inside&lt;br /&gt;I'm going off the deep end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus]&lt;br /&gt;Holding on is harder than it seems&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;br /&gt;seems so much easier to just give in&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another wasted Saturday so here I stay&lt;br /&gt;where nothing seems to ever change, anyway, hey,&lt;br /&gt;all this hype about life being great&lt;br /&gt;where's the love for me these days&lt;br /&gt;I'm goin off the deep end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus]&lt;br /&gt;Holding on is harder than it seems&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;br /&gt;seems so much easier to just give in&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus]&lt;br /&gt;Holding on is harder than it seems&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;br /&gt;seems so much easier to just give in&lt;br /&gt;when you're reaching for so much more&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8686065991093054984?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8686065991093054984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/crossfade-deep-end-again-fitting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8686065991093054984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8686065991093054984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/crossfade-deep-end-again-fitting.html' title='Crossfade-The Deep End (again-fitting)'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6722072210900321468</id><published>2008-11-17T14:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.507-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One Thing (fitting today)</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnOvGGGf6qA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnOvGGGf6qA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restless tonight&lt;br /&gt;Cause I wasted the light&lt;br /&gt;Between both these times&lt;br /&gt;I drew a really thin line&lt;br /&gt;It's nothing I planned&lt;br /&gt;And not that I can&lt;br /&gt;But you should be mine&lt;br /&gt;Across that line&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus:]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;If I traded it all&lt;br /&gt;If I gave it all away for one thing&lt;br /&gt;Just for one thing&lt;br /&gt;If I sorted it out&lt;br /&gt;If I knew all about this one thing&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn't that be something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I promise I might&lt;br /&gt;Not walk on by&lt;br /&gt;Maybe next time&lt;br /&gt;But not this time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I know&lt;br /&gt;I don't want to know&lt;br /&gt;Yeah I guess I know&lt;br /&gt;I just hate how it sounds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus x2]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I know&lt;br /&gt;I don't want to know&lt;br /&gt;Yeah I guess I know&lt;br /&gt;I just hate how it sounds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I know&lt;br /&gt;I don't want to know&lt;br /&gt;Yeah I guess I know&lt;br /&gt;I just hate how it sounds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chorus x3]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6722072210900321468?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6722072210900321468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-thing-fitting-today.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6722072210900321468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6722072210900321468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-thing-fitting-today.html' title='One Thing (fitting today)'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6238425029449766906</id><published>2008-11-16T13:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.514-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Dream</title><content type='html'>Dream of warm bright summer days&lt;br /&gt;Dream of winter e'en's&lt;br /&gt;Dream of springtime's fresh old ways&lt;br /&gt;The gift of each new season&lt;br /&gt;Dream of moonlit surfside walks&lt;br /&gt;Dream of pounding tides&lt;br /&gt;Dream of salt tinged air so brisk&lt;br /&gt;Of lovers quiet sighs&lt;br /&gt;Dream of hands so full of love&lt;br /&gt;Dream of eyes that smile&lt;br /&gt;Dream of words spoke softly now&lt;br /&gt;They only last awhile&lt;br /&gt;Dream of lives lived full and true&lt;br /&gt;Dream not of tomorrow&lt;br /&gt;These dreams will have to pull you through&lt;br /&gt;For life is full of sorrow&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6238425029449766906?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6238425029449766906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6238425029449766906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6238425029449766906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/dream.html' title='Dream'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8032714402053385882</id><published>2008-11-16T11:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.521-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep</title><content type='html'>Now I lay me down to sleep&lt;br /&gt;With a president elect who is a creep&lt;br /&gt;Our socialist nightmare has begun&lt;br /&gt;So cling tightly to God and your trusty gun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8032714402053385882?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8032714402053385882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8032714402053385882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8032714402053385882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep.html' title='Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5438076731450707569</id><published>2008-11-15T17:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Intuition live</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eK5TzkQRuUI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eK5TzkQRuUI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5438076731450707569?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5438076731450707569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/intuition-live.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5438076731450707569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5438076731450707569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/intuition-live.html' title='Intuition live'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-1373307944419456713</id><published>2008-11-15T04:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.540-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You Know When....</title><content type='html'>someone walks in and gives you THAT look, and you just KNOW what happens next is gonna be indescribably indescribable?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know that look you get from some girls, that narrowed eyed glare that says "I will have your testicles in a jar if you step outta line here"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know that look you give a girl that says "Uhhuh...I am so sca-wed of you" and their eyes squint even further, as if they look at you hard enough through small enough apertures their unspoken threat will take hold?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you know how you laugh at that look?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah....it was just like that, only more so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a brat....and not gonna get much sleep today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-1373307944419456713?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/1373307944419456713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-know-when.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/1373307944419456713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-19791489680967923?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/19791489680967923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-thoughts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/19791489680967923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/19791489680967923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/random-thoughts.html' title='Random Thoughts....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5516026525427132583</id><published>2008-11-13T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:42.908-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>No Hard Feelings...By Tyler Jones</title><content type='html'>The election day is over,&lt;br /&gt;The talking is done.&lt;br /&gt;My party lost, your party won.&lt;br /&gt;So let us be friends,&lt;br /&gt;Let arguments pass.&lt;br /&gt;I'll hug my elephant,&lt;br /&gt;You kiss your ass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5516026525427132583?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-212485962613211563</id><published>2008-11-12T18:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.052-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Barack is My Shepherd</title><content type='html'>Barack is my shepherd&lt;br /&gt;I shall live in want&lt;br /&gt;He causes me to bend over for the IRS&lt;br /&gt;He leadeth me to the welfare line&lt;br /&gt;He shrivels my soul&lt;br /&gt;He leads me down a path of socialist ruin&lt;br /&gt;For his names sake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah tho I walk through the valley &lt;br /&gt;Of the shadow of death&lt;br /&gt;I fear all evil&lt;br /&gt;For thou has taken&lt;br /&gt;My gun and my rights of self protection&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surely, poverty and want shall follow me &lt;br /&gt;All the days of democrat rule&lt;br /&gt;And I shall dwell in a FEMA trailer, forever&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-212485962613211563?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/212485962613211563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-is-my-shepherd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/212485962613211563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/212485962613211563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-is-my-shepherd.html' title='Barack is My Shepherd'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-1677176008155107347</id><published>2008-11-12T15:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.611-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>We Walked Along the Beach</title><content type='html'>We walked along the beach&lt;br /&gt;At dawn &lt;br /&gt;Our scent of love&lt;br /&gt;Clinging to us &lt;br /&gt;Like another lover&lt;br /&gt;We took to the waves&lt;br /&gt;Wearing only smiles&lt;br /&gt;Taking joy in &lt;br /&gt;Each others company&lt;br /&gt;While the sky lightened &lt;br /&gt;With a new days promise&lt;br /&gt;The pounding of the waves&lt;br /&gt;As the beating of &lt;br /&gt;Our hearts&lt;br /&gt;Strong and soothing&lt;br /&gt;Your arms delicate as &lt;br /&gt;Saplings branches&lt;br /&gt;Encircled me &lt;br /&gt;With warmth&lt;br /&gt;Your eyes &lt;br /&gt;Sparkling with&lt;br /&gt;Moonlight glancing from &lt;br /&gt;The swells&lt;br /&gt;Your smile content&lt;br /&gt;Peace radiating&lt;br /&gt;From souls awash in&lt;br /&gt;A moment stolen &lt;br /&gt;From reality&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-1677176008155107347?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/1677176008155107347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-walked-along-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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href="http://www.myspace.com/rickkurek"&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt; too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wK7uUEfDwMA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wK7uUEfDwMA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5916049138925681539?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5916049138925681539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/intuition-by-friend-of-mine-rick-kurek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5916049138925681539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5916049138925681539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/intuition-by-friend-of-mine-rick-kurek.html' title='Intuition by a friend of mine Rick Kurek'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6629264052741881181</id><published>2008-11-11T11:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I told you I would Dancer</title><content type='html'>So I am....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words were spoken last night, honest and from the heart. I meant them. Completely.  I have gone as far as I can, as far as I will ever be willing to go.  If you can deal with that, if you can accept it for what it is, and not what you may think it should be or could be we can have what we have and be content.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If not then go....I shall miss those ebon locks cascading over my shoulder. I shall miss eyes of deepest cobalt blue, oh lithe one, but you know full well why what you want cannot happen.  It no longer exists in me, stolen by another and destroyed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You said "Say it out loud, say it where everyone will know how you feel."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I am...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am enamored of you.  Time in your arms is always well spent. I enjoy your presence and charms, I adore your laugh, I get lost in your eyes and shudder when you so much as brush against me. More than that I am unable to give.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it costs me your attention so be it. The ugly truth is better than a pretty lie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your Brat....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6629264052741881181?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6629264052741881181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-told-you-i-would-dancer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6629264052741881181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/6629264052741881181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-told-you-i-would-dancer.html' title='I told you I would Dancer'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3169970329693584554</id><published>2008-11-10T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Words from the inbox</title><content type='html'>This arrived in my inbox today.  I was touched and honored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;...your words... are daring... unflinching... persistent... even when your heart is breaking... some other force in you keeps trying... and that means there is a chance that right will prevail...&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3169970329693584554?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3169970329693584554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/words-from-inbox.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3169970329693584554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3169970329693584554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/words-from-inbox.html' title='Words from the inbox'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4099317018830032826</id><published>2008-11-10T14:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.662-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tribute to America's Veterans</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;"Those  Honored Dead"&lt;br /&gt;  "Why do you fly the flag today?"&lt;br /&gt;  My Grandson wants to know.&lt;br /&gt;  I fly it for the graveyards&lt;br /&gt;  Where the countless crosses grow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly the  flag for children&lt;br /&gt;  Whose fathers are a name.&lt;br /&gt;  A half-remembered memory&lt;br /&gt;  of a face within a frame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly it  for the families&lt;br /&gt;  of sons and daughters lost.&lt;br /&gt;  They know the price of liberty&lt;br /&gt;  How terrible the cost!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly the  flag for veterans&lt;br /&gt;  who lost their youth in blood.&lt;br /&gt;  And saw their comrades slaughtered&lt;br /&gt;  in the carnage and the mud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly it  for the ones who marched&lt;br /&gt;  In cadence off to war&lt;br /&gt;  To close their eyes forever&lt;br /&gt;  Upon some foreign shore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly the  flag for grief poured out&lt;br /&gt;  Upon a granite wall.&lt;br /&gt;  The laying-on of hands that heals&lt;br /&gt;  The scars within us all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;I fly it  for the sound of Taps---&lt;br /&gt;  That melancholy tune&lt;br /&gt;  That lays to rest those honored dead&lt;br /&gt;  Who always die too soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Copyright  1994 Marion G. Mahoney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4099317018830032826?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4099317018830032826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/tribute-to-america-veterans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4099317018830032826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4099317018830032826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/tribute-to-america-veterans.html' title='Tribute to America&amp;#39;s Veterans'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-1736890040163820280</id><published>2008-11-09T17:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>To The Dancer</title><content type='html'>My mind swirls with you&lt;br /&gt;Moonglow upon palest skin&lt;br /&gt;Anticipation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ebon locks cascade&lt;br /&gt;Showering in scents of lust&lt;br /&gt;I must resist you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eternity in&lt;br /&gt;Eyes of deepest cobalt blue&lt;br /&gt;Weakens my resolve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lips so full yet small&lt;br /&gt;Give oaths of pleasures unknown&lt;br /&gt;I succumb to you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh such breathless fun&lt;br /&gt;Discovery of litheness&lt;br /&gt;Make me scream in brogue&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-1736890040163820280?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/1736890040163820280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/to-dancer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/1736890040163820280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/1736890040163820280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/to-dancer.html' title='To The Dancer'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2991359927566883027</id><published>2008-11-06T23:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.681-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kender Returns</title><content type='html'>Exactly five weeks to the day, almost to the hour even, from when my personal life imploded it all came full circle and righted itself. No details for youse mugs but new playmates have been secured (yes that's plural, and THAT happened this evening also) I secured an awesome job,again this evening) amazingly enough in this part of the world through connections. This job not only financially secures me but will cover start up costs on the new radio project in the works.  Early spring is the roll out, name to be released closer to the date (but trust me it's an awesome one....fitting for the times, descriptive and just plain awesome.  And it appears things fell into place just in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because today I was pointed by my bud &lt;a href="http://louisianaconservative.com/?p=643"&gt;Jeff Blanco&lt;/a&gt; to this;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;But from Barack Obama’s “Change.gov” website&lt;br /&gt;America Serves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; “When you choose to serve — whether it’s your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood — you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That’s why it’s called the American dream.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America,by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. &lt;/span&gt;Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now excuse me here for just one moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last I checked we had the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery.  At best this is indentured servitude, since it does possess a set system for not being forced to work.  But what makes it so pernicious is it is aimed at our children.  They aren't studying enough now, judging by our still dismal test scores compared to the rest of the world. Obama is going to REQUIRE them to "serve" now, placing then in even greater danger of bad grades and failure in school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or to be fair let's take another angle.  Who, I wonder, would one think of when one thinks of those folks in society which have been forced by the state into community service against their will? Think real hard on this one folks, and ponder this for a moment.  Every saturday (weather permitting) ojn the sides of roads in many states one can view as they roll along the beautiful highways and by ways of our scenic country folks in safety yellow vests (I know they look orange) picking up litter at the sides of those aforementioned roads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are there because they have been sentenced to community service for some petty crime of which they have been convicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now one must ask themselves this simple question;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is Obama going to indenture our children or simply treat them like petty criminals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other side of this coin is obamas side, that community service strengthens the community and teaches them valuable skills.  OF course it does, when you are teaching them thier most sought after skill is as a labor force so the literati and our Dear Leader can whisk by them in their limos and see a clean landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What this does in reality is take away one more thing a parent is supposed to be teaching their children about personal responsibility and helping their fellow man.  It enforces government as boss and overseer and takes away personal drive to do community service because eventually the populace says "well, the government didn't tell me to do it so it's not my YOB man."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This smacks of Borgish automatons being directed through the collective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This smacks of one more removal of our freedoms, the further erosion of our liberties and an attempt to show whitey who is in charge now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I played that race card cuzz it's worth double in the kitty, Speaking of double in the kitty how fast will BHO loosen regulations on the porn industry under the guise of these guys are too regulated. If we deregulate them they could put out more product, product that the average American public engages in regularly. (wait, I may like this rule)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what pray tell (oooops, shouldn't have used the word "pray") will the penalty be for noncompliance? Do you get kicked out of school? Do your parents get billed for your refusal to be treated like a criminal or a slave? Do you lose obamas most coveted award, the NEIGHBORHOOD WARDEN OFFICER position whose job it is to oversee the crews and report back to mien Buhrer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this is how he is starting out, two days after the election, imagine what he will roll out next month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sig Heil Obama Fuhrer, all our childrenz are belong to you.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So in the new spirit of the new America let's all sing this old classic song;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ol' man river,&lt;br /&gt;Dat ol' man river&lt;br /&gt;He mus'know sumpin'&lt;br /&gt;But don't say nuthin',&lt;br /&gt;He jes'keeps rollin'&lt;br /&gt;He keeps on rollin' along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He don' plant taters/tators,&lt;br /&gt;He don't plant cotton,&lt;br /&gt;An' dem dat plants'em&lt;br /&gt;is soon forgotten,&lt;br /&gt;But ol'man river,&lt;br /&gt;He jes keeps rollin'along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You an'me, we sweat an' strain,&lt;br /&gt;Body all achin' an' racket wid pain,&lt;br /&gt;Tote dat barge!&lt;br /&gt;Lif' dat bale!&lt;br /&gt;Git a little drunk&lt;br /&gt;An' you land in jail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah gits weary&lt;br /&gt;An' sick of tryin'&lt;br /&gt;Ah'm tired of livin'&lt;br /&gt;An' skeered of dyin',&lt;br /&gt;But ol' man river,&lt;br /&gt;He jes'keeps rolling' along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Colored folks work on de Mississippi,&lt;br /&gt;Colored folks work while de white folks play,&lt;br /&gt;Pullin' dose boats from de dawn to sunset,&lt;br /&gt;Gittin' no rest till de judgement day.&lt;br /&gt;or musical part]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't look up&lt;br /&gt;An' don't look down,&lt;br /&gt;You don' dast make&lt;br /&gt;De white boss frown.&lt;br /&gt;Bend your knees&lt;br /&gt;An'bow your head,&lt;br /&gt;An' pull date rope&lt;br /&gt;Until you' dead.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me go 'way from the Mississippi,&lt;br /&gt;Let me go 'way from de white man boss;&lt;br /&gt;Show me dat stream called de river Jordan,&lt;br /&gt;Dat's de ol' stream dat I long to cross.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O' man river,&lt;br /&gt;Dat ol' man river,&lt;br /&gt;He mus'know sumpin'&lt;br /&gt;But don't say nuthin'&lt;br /&gt;He jes' keeps rollin'&lt;br /&gt;He keeps on rollin' along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long ol' river forever keeps rollin' on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He don' plant tater,&lt;br /&gt;He don' plant cotton,&lt;br /&gt;An' dem dat plants 'em&lt;br /&gt;Is soon forgotten,&lt;br /&gt;but ol' man river,&lt;br /&gt;He jes' keeps rollin' along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long ol' river keeps hearing dat song.&lt;br /&gt;You an' me, we sweat an' strain,&lt;br /&gt;Body all achin an' racked wid pain.&lt;br /&gt;Tote dat barge!&lt;br /&gt;Lif' dat bale!&lt;br /&gt;Git a little drunk&lt;br /&gt;An' you land in jail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, gits weary&lt;br /&gt;An' sick of tryin'&lt;br /&gt;Ah'm tired of livin'&lt;br /&gt;An' skeered of dyin',&lt;br /&gt;But ol' man river,&lt;br /&gt;He jes'keeps rollin' along! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2991359927566883027?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2991359927566883027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/kender-returns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2991359927566883027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2991359927566883027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/kender-returns.html' title='Kender Returns'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3468284029773861366</id><published>2008-11-06T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Irish Drinking Song</title><content type='html'>The following song is available at the &lt;a href="http://www.whiskeybards.com/index.html"&gt;Whiskey Bards&lt;/a&gt; website and is well worth the money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gather ’round, ye lads and lasses, set ye for a while&lt;br /&gt;And hearken to me mournful tale about the Emerald Isle&lt;br /&gt;Let’s all raise our glasses high to friends and family gone&lt;br /&gt;And lift our voices in another Irish drinking song&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consumption took me mother and me father got the pox&lt;br /&gt;Me brother drank the whiskey ’til he wound up in a box&lt;br /&gt;My other brother in the Troubles met with his demise&lt;br /&gt;My sister has forever closed her smiling Irish eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS:&lt;br /&gt;Now everybody’s died&lt;br /&gt;So until our tears are dried&lt;br /&gt;We’ll drink and drink and drink and drink,&lt;br /&gt;and then we’ll drink some more&lt;br /&gt;We’ll dance and sing and fight&lt;br /&gt;until the early morning light&lt;br /&gt;Then we’ll throw up, pass out, wake up, and then go drinking once again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenny was killed in Kilkenny and Claire, she died in Clare&lt;br /&gt;Tip from Tipperary died out in the Derry air&lt;br /&gt;Shannon jumped into the River Shannon back in June&lt;br /&gt;Ernie fell into the Erne, and Tom is in the Toome&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Cleanliness is godliness” me Uncle Pat would sing&lt;br /&gt;He broke his neck a’slippin’ on a bar of Irish Spring&lt;br /&gt;O’Grady, he was 80 though his bride was just a pup&lt;br /&gt;He died upon the honeymoon when she got his Irish up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Murphy fought with Reilly near the banks of old Doneen&lt;br /&gt;He took out his shillelagh and he stabbed him in the spleen&lt;br /&gt;Crazy Uncle Mike believed he was a leprechaun -&lt;br /&gt;In fact he’s just a leper, and his arms and legs are gone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Timmy Johnson broke his neck it was a cryin’ shame&lt;br /&gt;He wasn’t really Irish, but he went to Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;McNamara crossed the street and by a bus was hit&lt;br /&gt;But he was just a Scotsman, so nobody gave a (ARRGHH)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me drunken Uncle Brendan tried to drive home from the bar&lt;br /&gt;The road rose up to meet him when he fell out of his car&lt;br /&gt;Irony was what befell my great-grand Uncle Sam&lt;br /&gt;He choked upon the very last potato in the land&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conor lived in Ulster town, he used to smuggle arms&lt;br /&gt;Until the British killed him and cut off his lucky charms&lt;br /&gt;And dear old Father Flanagan, who left the lord’s employ&lt;br /&gt;Drunk on sacramental wine, beneath the altar boy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(slower)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday soon I’ll leave this world of pain and toil and sin&lt;br /&gt;The Lord will take me by the hand to join all of me kin&lt;br /&gt;Me only wish is when the Savior comes for me and you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a tempo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He kills the cast of Riverdance, and Michael Flatley too&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS (2x)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3468284029773861366?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3219414815783886623</id><published>2008-11-04T19:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is Too Funny</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4c8515f1cd7e549b" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" 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Funny'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3687209805315674720</id><published>2008-11-04T07:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.709-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>I dreamt of you last night...</title><content type='html'>...it was a calm, peaceful dream. We were walking on a lake shore at sunset. You looked so serene, with a scarf wrapped about your face, flung over your shoulders with abandon...your nut brown tresses spilling from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the darkness closed in we found ourselves alone. Hand in hand we strolled, walking while the moon rose and the crickets sang their mating tune. You hair shone in the moonlight, your eyes sparkled with merriment and peace...your skin luminous in the soft shine of Luna. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We sang of love and summer breezes;&lt;br /&gt;Spoke of hopes and fears;&lt;br /&gt;We talked all through the long soft night;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes through our tears. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As morning dawned the mist arose from the water. You faded away like the moonlight, a vapor I couldn't grasp and I found myself alone upon that cold mist enshrouded shore, holding nothing but your scarf.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3687209805315674720?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3687209805315674720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-dreamt-of-you-last-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3687209805315674720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3687209805315674720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5997567962059667854</id><published>2008-11-03T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sometimes.....</title><content type='html'>sometimes things just don't go the way you think they will...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you make bad choices...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all choose our action...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We never get to choose the consequences from those actions...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And sometimes one just has to step back and let people suffer the consequences of their choices...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes choices are hard...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes those choices lead you to a place from which you can never return...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But everytime it balances out in the end and everyone gets exactly what they have earned...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beware of everytime...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5997567962059667854?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5997567962059667854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/sometimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5997567962059667854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5997567962059667854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/sometimes.html' title='Sometimes.....'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-9110717968588959917</id><published>2008-11-01T15:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great cup of coffee...</title><content type='html'>wonderful talk....it was so good to see you again.....your presence is a healing tonic.....your words wise and true....I am glad to know you share my pain....so this one is for you....you've made mistakes and so have I....we both know this is true....I found the courage of my heart....I pray you'll do so too....the winters snows will rage on high....while we share hope convictions....and know no great loves paths have crossed....without a little friction....may peace be yours while snowflakes fall....within your shattered heart....as friends I know we'll never be....too long once more apart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-9110717968588959917?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/9110717968588959917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/great-cup-of-coffee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9110717968588959917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/9110717968588959917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/11/great-cup-of-coffee.html' title='Great cup of coffee...'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4034967710354643193</id><published>2008-10-31T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Plateaus</title><content type='html'>80% anger&lt;br /&gt;20% regret&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6KMYms8is0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6KMYms8is0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can tell everyone I'm a down disgrace,&lt;br /&gt;Drag my name all over the place,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;You can tell everybody 'bout the state I'm in,&lt;br /&gt;But you won't catch me crying cos I can't win&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care what you say,&lt;br /&gt;I don't play the same games you play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cos I've been talking to the people that you call your friends,&lt;br /&gt;And it seems to me there's a means to an end,&lt;br /&gt;They don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;And as for me I can sit here and bide my time,&lt;br /&gt;I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore, no I don't care anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care what you say,&lt;br /&gt;We never played by the same rules anyway,&lt;br /&gt;I won't be there anymore,&lt;br /&gt;Get out of my way&lt;br /&gt;, let me by,&lt;br /&gt;I got better things to do with my time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I don't care now what you say,&lt;br /&gt;Cos everyday,&lt;br /&gt;I'm feeling fine with myself,&lt;br /&gt;And I don't care now what you say, hey,&lt;br /&gt;Hey I'll do alright by myself, cos I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cos I remember all the times I tried so hard,&lt;br /&gt;But you laughed in my face holding all the cards,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;Well I really ain't bothered what you think of me,&lt;br /&gt;Cos all I want of you is just let me be, I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;Do you hear I don't care no more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care what you say,&lt;br /&gt;I never did believe you much anyway,&lt;br /&gt;I won't be there anymore,&lt;br /&gt;So get out of my way, let me by,&lt;br /&gt;I got better things to do with my time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;Do you hear I don't care anymore,&lt;br /&gt;I don't care no more,&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4034967710354643193?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4034967710354643193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-plateaus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4034967710354643193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4034967710354643193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-plateaus.html' title='New Plateaus'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-8626477586368096146</id><published>2008-10-31T00:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.754-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Somebodys Crying</title><content type='html'>I know somebody and they cry for you.&lt;br /&gt;They lie awake at night and dream of you.&lt;br /&gt;I bet you never even know they do, but somebody's crying.&lt;br /&gt;I know somebody and they called your name.&lt;br /&gt;A million times and still you never came.&lt;br /&gt;They go on loving you just the same, I know that somebody's trying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So please, return the love you took from me.&lt;br /&gt;Or please, let me know if it can't be me, I know when,&lt;br /&gt;Somebody's lying, I know when somebody's lying.&lt;br /&gt;I know that somebody's lying, I know that somebody's lying.&lt;br /&gt;Give me a sign and let me know we're through.&lt;br /&gt;If you don't love me like I love you.&lt;br /&gt;But if you cry at night the way I do I'll know that somebody's lying.&lt;br /&gt;So please, return the love you took from me.&lt;br /&gt;Or please, let me know if it can't be me.&lt;br /&gt;I know when somebody's lying, I know when somebody's lying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qbzOIyAWbHk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qbzOIyAWbHk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-8626477586368096146?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/8626477586368096146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/somebodys-crying.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8626477586368096146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/8626477586368096146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/somebodys-crying.html' title='Somebodys Crying'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-5099532916393273309</id><published>2008-10-31T00:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maudlin</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OZQKqju2Trg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OZQKqju2Trg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-5099532916393273309?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/5099532916393273309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/maudlin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5099532916393273309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/5099532916393273309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/maudlin.html' title='Maudlin'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-3150290013162591389</id><published>2008-10-29T04:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reflecting to Music</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK91zT4GQIc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK91zT4GQIc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We might kiss when we are alone&lt;br /&gt;When nobody's watching&lt;br /&gt;We might take it home&lt;br /&gt;We might make out when nobody's there&lt;br /&gt;It's not that we're scared&lt;br /&gt;It's just that it's delicate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why'd you fill my sorrows&lt;br /&gt;With the words you've borrowed&lt;br /&gt;From the only place you've known&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;And why'd ya sing aleluia&lt;br /&gt;If it means nothing to you&lt;br /&gt;Why'd you sing with me at all?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We might live like never before&lt;br /&gt;When there's nothing to give&lt;br /&gt;Well how can we ask for more&lt;br /&gt;We might make love in some sacred place&lt;br /&gt;The look on your face is delicate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why'd you fill my sorrow&lt;br /&gt;With the words you've borrowed&lt;br /&gt;From the only place that you've known&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;And why'd you sing aleluia&lt;br /&gt;If it means nothing to you&lt;br /&gt;Why'd you sing with me at all?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And why'd you fill my sorrows&lt;br /&gt;With the words you've borrowed&lt;br /&gt;From the only place that you've known&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Why'd you sing Hallelujah&lt;br /&gt;If it means nothing to you&lt;br /&gt;Why'd you sing with me at all?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-3150290013162591389?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/3150290013162591389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/reflecting-to-music.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3150290013162591389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/3150290013162591389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/reflecting-to-music.html' title='Reflecting to Music'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-4735575994988633338</id><published>2008-10-29T04:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.775-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Because</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uMrZ7lChK-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uMrZ7lChK-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-4735575994988633338?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/4735575994988633338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-because.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4735575994988633338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/4735575994988633338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-because.html' title='Just Because'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-2425652688277838963</id><published>2008-10-29T00:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For All And Sundry Who Want To Know</title><content type='html'>Kender is back, 100%, no BS...all is well.....thanks for everything.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-2425652688277838963?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/2425652688277838963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/for-all-and-sundry-who-want-to-know.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2425652688277838963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6245179450490580931/posts/default/2425652688277838963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/2008/10/for-all-and-sundry-who-want-to-know.html' title='For All And Sundry Who Want To Know'/><author><name>kender</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245179450490580931.post-6730498310430652418</id><published>2008-10-28T23:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T16:06:43.791-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>I felt this needed saying again</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;You have your freedom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have your freedom says Uncle Sam&lt;br /&gt;to do as you are told&lt;br /&gt;From where to drive to where to park&lt;br /&gt;and how you can grow old&lt;br /&gt;We regulate the food you eat&lt;br /&gt;how you can live and die&lt;br /&gt;And go to school and congregate,&lt;br /&gt;the waters and the sky&lt;br /&gt;We have the best in mind for you&lt;br /&gt;we know what's good in life&lt;br /&gt;The huddled masses have no clue&lt;br /&gt;so let us end your strife&lt;br /&gt;We'll hand out things like free health care,&lt;br /&gt;education and job training&lt;br /&gt;We'll even give out umber-ella's&lt;br /&gt;for days that it is raining&lt;br /&gt;We know the things we legislate&lt;br /&gt;aren't in the constitution&lt;br /&gt;But all our plans to keep you well&lt;br /&gt;will soon come to fruition&lt;br /&gt;When BHO is sitting in&lt;br /&gt;the Not so White House Chair&lt;br /&gt;He'll mandate things that take away&lt;br /&gt;those pesky little layers&lt;br /&gt;Of freedom that you still possess&lt;br /&gt;to do things as you please&lt;br /&gt;And we will own your unwashed ass&lt;br /&gt;from birth to death you see&lt;br /&gt;We hate to do it that's for sure&lt;br /&gt;it's lot of work for us&lt;br /&gt;To ride in limo's telling you&lt;br /&gt;to just go ride the bus&lt;br /&gt;But you must listen to our rules&lt;br /&gt;our laws and edicts too&lt;br /&gt;Our regulations and the drivel&lt;br /&gt;which we always spew&lt;br /&gt;We know what's best so just shut up&lt;br /&gt;and go with our big plan&lt;br /&gt;To give you everything you need&lt;br /&gt;from our abundant land&lt;br /&gt;The taxes that you pay today&lt;br /&gt;will feed you on the morrow&lt;br /&gt;You'll feel a great relief you see&lt;br /&gt;and not one bit of sorrow&lt;br /&gt;Freedom's over rated now&lt;br /&gt;so do us all a favor&lt;br /&gt;Quit complaining that we steal&lt;br /&gt;the fruits of all your labor&lt;br /&gt;If we don't take away the cash&lt;br /&gt;you work so hard to get&lt;br /&gt;How can we take care of all&lt;br /&gt;the hordes of lazy shits&lt;br /&gt;Who vote for us and sit around&lt;br /&gt;Collecting welfare money&lt;br /&gt;We think your stingy attitude&lt;br /&gt;is not one damned bit funny&lt;br /&gt;So vote for us at election time&lt;br /&gt;we know just where it's at&lt;br /&gt;We are freedoms worst nightmare&lt;br /&gt;we are the democrats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6245179450490580931-6730498310430652418?l=kenderstest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kenderstest.blogspot.com/feeds/6730498310430652418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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