While driving home from work on 10/6/16, and enjoying one of our beautiful LA sunsets, I was amazed by the way the contrails (or chemtrails?) lingered and spread long fingers across the sky. It was that time of day, when the waning light rakes across the sky, and any refractive or reflective particles in […]

If you are using Traktor with the Denon DN-MC6000, you may have encountered some difficulties updating to the latest version of Traktor. This controller has been out for some time now, and out of the limelight because the newer MK2 has been out for some time. It took me a while to smooth out my […]

12/20/15   Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin, posted a good write-up on Coindesk that breaks down in plain English the scaling conundrum Bitcoin is currently in. If you find yourself wondering about cryptocurrency’s viability, read his great summary of where things stand and you’ll be enlightened. While it may come as no surprise that the founder […]

    6/2/13        Bitcoin recently has gotten a lot of press, and, being a geek who is interested in money, I have spent quite some time exploring the usage of this currency. In the time that it took for me to familiarize myself with it, set up a trading account and a wallet, and get […]

12/10/12 A spicy lunch coupled with a long day’s work had me tired and looking for a light and soothing dinner. I decided to stop by Sawtelle Boulevard on my way home and grab some noodles. I scoped out the menu outside of Tsutija and felt like giving it a try. The name “Artisan Noodle” […]

Healthy factor: medium-low Difficulty: medium Price: $$ Time: about 30mn prep, 4hr cook time so plan accordingly. Servings: 6   Ingredients   3lb 10oz or so short ribs. (~ 1.8Kg) Note: you can use other cuts, but short ribs are fun 2-4 large slices of whole grain country bread, the type with a thick crust […]

France is where you can have spectacular meals at little cost. The only catch is you have to be in the right place, at the right time. Namely when certain things are harvested from their habitat. Also, with a bit of know how, you can make something wonderful at home. The photos in this gallery […]

  Do you ever get annoying fly incursions into your home? I just discovered a cheap, non-toxic, non polluting, easily biodegradable and discrete way to get rid of flies indoor. I call it my Cheap and Natural Indoor Fly Control. Totally going to trademark it. Here’s what you have to do to benefit from my […]

So I’m totally outing myself as a complete nerd by writing an article about CPU heatsinks. Now you know… Building computers excites me. I’m a fucking nerd. Well, I’m really writing this post in gratitude for an awesome company that deserves praise. Noctua. I’ve written before about printer ink cartridges. I guess I can do it […]

Proper hydration is paramount to good health, and one would do well to establish some daily habits to drink enough water. Dehydration isn’t the only consequence of having too little water to drink. A lot of research has been done on this subject, and below are some bits you might find interesting. – A recent […]

  Senator Bernie Sanders recently fired a shot across the bow of the Federal Reserve, in a letter published on Huffington Post. His points brought a glimmer of hope in my heart, and they clearly identify the good Senator as a true public servant. Vermont can be proud to have him. I’ve been writing about […]

My friend Alexandra has a sweet site on cosmetics, beauty tutorials, and health tips that I wanted to plug for my readers. I like her writing style and she has a growing body of informative posts. I know I usually write about finance, ET conspiracies or spirituality, but this site is really about bringing quality […]

So you are fortunate enough to still have a paying job and a semblance of a nest egg. You do whatever you’ve been told is necessary to secure your financial future, for you and your loved ones. You save money in your bank account for recurring expenses, you have a rainy day stash, a retirement […]

Why should you love this woman? She is so brilliant, her intelligence alone should inspire you to be a better person. Also, she has had access to the highest echelons of power and yet seems uncorrupted. As if integrity wasn’t hard enough to find these days, Mrs Fitts can explain just about anything economic or […]

At this point, I wouldn’t call Ken Johnston a ‘whistle blower’. After all, he is merely confirming something which previous whistle blower Donna Hare  exposed, namely that NASA has been doctoring moon and Mars photography to hide from the public the presence of artificial structures and objects.  Her story has been in the wild for […]

I claim no credit for this, however I’m linking to it because it’s pure inspiring awesomeness… Dig it!

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Six years ago I bought a Canon Pixma Ip8500, an inkjet printer with fantastic color capabilities, according to all the reviews and feedback online. Indeed, the color printing is gorgeous. Canon has this 8 color printer ink system, where red and green ink are added to the traditional CMYK set of inks that most printer […]

After surfing for information on the current nuclear crisis and radiation scare, I decided to archive some useful  information below. The first link is a posting straight from the NRC, dating pre-Fukushima. While it won’t provide guidelines on what to do (don’t expect the NRC to tell you nuclear power is dangerous and you must […]

My heart goes out to the Japanese who are bravely enduring a crisis of end times magnitude. I pray that this tragedy unravels with as few consequences and as little suffering and hardship as possible. I know that this has already reached Chernobyl proportions, even though there is a big media effort to obfuscate this. […]

Take action now, there is no future. What is done is what must be done. Be still, be silent… now Ring the bell! Goodnight, Kikta

Well well, It has been a while since my last posting. My time was consumed by the obligations of daily existence. I return to this blog to bring you more interesting information on silver trading. Yes, ladies and gentlemen… Silver. Since my last post on the subject, I have found a couple individuals who run […]

I have finally gotten back to the early morning Practice schedule and was able to do my yoga and meditation this morning before breakfast. Its amazing how the further I go down this path of clarity, the more stunning the contrasts appear… On the one side, it seems to have become so pragmatic and straight […]

My daughter’s sleep schedule has shifted slightly, over the past few weeks. She is now going to bed a bit later and waking up earlier. Because of this, my wife and I have been having trouble getting up in the mornings in time to do our Practice, so I have been having to catch up […]

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Although I have not been as faithful to my journal entries over the past few weeks as I would like to be, I have been maintaining a good consistent Practice. I am in the process of re-reading Katsuki Sekida’s “Zen Training” for the second time. I have been refreshing myself on the techniques of meditation […]

I heard this song today and it felt like it was my spirit singing through another mans voice… Lord, I’ve never lived where churches grow. I loved creation better as it stood, That day you finished it so long ago, And looked upon your work and called it good. I know that others find you […]

I have not been able to meditate for 2 days because my wife and I have been in the process of rearranging our apartment in order to allow for our daughter to have her own room. In one weekend we had to paint a room, buy, sell, pick-up, rearrange, and construct furniture, and at the […]

I did my yoga and completed a short meditation this morning and was then able to fit in another longer meditation in the early afternoon. Last night, I had a realization about the role of mindfulness and presence in effecting change in my life. It seems that one of the most fundamental characteristic that all […]

More and more I am becoming aware that the spiritual path is one that I can not demand anything from. There is no result, no change, no enrichment, that I can expect. I know that these things come, but having an intention will always taint the purity of my Practice. Right Practice is without ambition […]

The Practice continues. My wife and I have for some time now been moving toward a vegetarian life style. She has actually not eaten meat for several months now. I eat meat or chicken on rare occasion and both of us eat fish at least once a week. I don’t know whether it is the […]

I stayed up way too late talking with my wife last night, woke up early with our daughter, and worked all day to prepare our apartment for the creation of our daughters new bedroom. I have not yet meditated today and judging from how tired I already feel, will probably not meditate until tomorrow morning. […]

Meditation was pure this morning. I don’t always allow myself to actually realize what a paradise my life in this world is. When I think of how much love I have in my life- that is true wealth. I don’t often write about my daughter. I think that’s because when I realize what is at […]

This morning’s meditation was extraordinary. I sat down and for quite some time expended a great deal of effort struggling to quiet my mind. I was diligently applying the techniques for meditation that I have so often practiced, and I was having some measure of success, but my mind was not yet quiet. After what […]

I took my sleeping bag and spent last night on top of one of the local mountains. I enjoy the stillness and quiet of a cold night in nature. As always when sleeping out, I woke up early and got home in time for a deep meditation before starting my day. I think if there […]

Yesterday I finally began exercising again after taking quite a long break to allow my body to heal from my recent illnesses. The exercise is good for both my body and my mind, but after the long break, I definitely feel quite fatigued and a bit sore. Im really looking forward to getting back into […]

I woke up this morning early enough to have time for a deep meditation. The clarity and emotional stability that I lost over the holidays has returned. This is a much better way to live. I began reading a book again yesterday that was pivotal for me in my spiritual development when I first read […]

I somehow managed to inadvertently turn the sound on my alarm clock off so I overslept and did not complete my Practice this morning. Luckily I was able to make it up in the afternoon before dinner. I think true freedom lies more than anything in the ability to choose what I focus my attention […]

I was finally healthy enough to wake up early and complete a full yoga session followed by meditation. I enjoyed the day all the more for it. It has become clear to me recently that the people that I spend time with have an incredible influence on the state of my mind and emotions. Being […]

My wife and I were able to meditate together in the afternoon during our daughter’s nap. I have been having difficulty finding the motivation to make my entries recently. Its not that I don’t want to write, it actually is not a matter of preference. When I feel that I have have something interesting of […]