Oh... and Pale Shelter pulls its title from the Henry Moore painting. On the album it's released, The Hurting, Roland and Curt were steeped deep in psychology. They vented heavily about their youth, and upbringing. Pale Shelter was written about their parents, not a girl. I always thought of Pale Shelter as someone you were meant to be in love with but you recognized they were not someone that was truly there for you. Pale Shelter is someone you fear drawing close to and know better than to count on. more »
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Monday, June 29
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
by
Lars Hindsley
on Mon 29 Jun 2009 12:52 AM EDT
Today I give you a song from my true list of favorite's. What makes a song a favorite for me? Lyrics are a must. Matching up or communicating my own philosophy is almost always the case. Pale Shelter is a classic case and a classic tune. Back in the day I recall having a fall out shelter sign in my own bedroom. I slashed out the word FALLOUT and wrote PALE on the sign. But that really is playing with words. The fact is Pale Shelter is someone that is false. Someone that will never be there for you when you need them most. They are, "Pale Shelter". I remember Mike Ziegler and I belting out "...And I can't operate on this failure! When all I want to be is... in -- complete command!" The funny part was when we sang it, we meant it. I could think of so many young loves... girls that had come and gone. Ah the innocence of youth. -- and the wisdom of it too. I knew what love was worth and I recognized pale shelter when I saw it. I labeled so many as pale shelter.
Oh... and Pale Shelter pulls its title from the Henry Moore painting. On the album it's released, The Hurting, Roland and Curt were steeped deep in psychology. They vented heavily about their youth, and upbringing. Pale Shelter was written about their parents, not a girl. I always thought of Pale Shelter as someone you were meant to be in love with but you recognized they were not someone that was truly there for you. Pale Shelter is someone you fear drawing close to and know better than to count on. more »
Monday, June 22
The Fatal Cause of Love Revisited
by
Lars Hindsley
on Mon 22 Jun 2009 03:04 AM EDT
You know when you write a story, you can always make it better. Please revisit the story below as I've edited it.
-Lars Hindsley more » Friday, June 19
The Fatal Cause of Love
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 19 Jun 2009 02:36 AM EDT
There was a day I fell into danger. I met a girl. Love. It was that good feeling we all search for. It was the feeling we all hope for. It was a feeling I once scorned and ignored. I was that fool that dared to think I was lucky enough. If there is a feeling of winning the lottery and actually holding the winning ticket, I had that feeling. The feeling that it must be a dream and I refused to wake up for the fear it would end.
Then it seemed as soon as it was upon me, it vanished -- because she told me she'd never hurt me. That man which was the most dangerous of men on earth was vulnerable. The fickle heart was captured. I felt a change in her. The electricity that binded us together was no illusion, so why did she open her eyes? Why did she wake up from such a good dream. After all, it was meant to be a dream come true. Did her heart stop beating for me? I'll never know, for she would never say. She just let me go and faded away. Left to my pain, it was time for me to wake up. Some dream, some do. It's a fatal cause to think you can wake up from a dream and still be in love. Dreams only come true while you are dreaming. When you wake up from that dream love is no longer a source of happiness; love becomes painful. What makes love so painful? I think it is the understanding we have that we only get one go around in life. The time we lost we never get back and when we lose someone we care about, we are faced with what we believe is futile future. I mean to say that the absence of that person we love changes how we live. There is the life you had before them where you were happy to be alone, and the life you have after them as they've taught you the value of being with someone you care about. You care about someone more than yourself. You have a sense of purpose with them. When they are gone, you feel you have no purpose. You feel loneliness instead of just being alone. Ironically when love is blind you see things most clear. The day she said she'd never hurt me was the day I should have realized she would. You see when she broke my heart I said to her, "You said you loved me." Her answer was simply, "Now I don't." Love is ...a dangerous language. I opened my eyes and every star in the sky stopped shining. I stepped back into the shadow and felt I deserved to be a fool. I was angry, I was sad. I was everything but crushed, because I had at least had my dignity. I danced a little dance, picked up the pieces and moved on. I was honest with my emotions and felt what some men never come to know. I had a gift that was not meant to be taken away; a gift, shimmering in my mind that for a brief time I held in my arms. Reluctantly I accepted my fate. My eyes began to bear down hard with a glare. I was once again the most dangerous of men on earth. After all I was no stranger to danger and love is more » Wednesday, June 17
Movie Review: Deadgirl
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 17 Jun 2009 12:44 PM EDT
This is an early review for Deadgirl, opening in theaters July 24th 2009.  Deadgirl hardly promotes itself as a horror film and it shouldn't; still Ferris Beuller never took a day off like this! Viewing it in its entirety, there is no other genre you can fit it into. It is indeed a horror film. Yet for the style or description you'd tag it with, Deadgirl is original. I can't label it brilliant, but it took some brilliance to make such a smart horror story. SYNOPSIS: Daringly original and genre-busting, Deadgirl is an odyssey into the soul of our alienated youth. But by injecting universal teen moral moorings into something fantastical and terrifying, the film takes the conventions of the horror and coming-of-age movies and turns them on their heads. When high school misfits Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) decide to cut school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a woman whose body has been stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic. When both react to the situation in extremely different ways, the boys soon find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey that forces them to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong. What concerns me is that without a promotional campaign, trailer or any visual aid of what you as a moviegoer are in for, it becomes hard not to spoil the story in a review in a small degree. You see, despite the films teen angst and coming of age sub-plot it's not a film for teens due it's graphic depiction of warped sexual behavior. Deadgirl is certainly not suitable for anyone under 18 in my opinion. The content is intensely adult. Deadgirl exploits teens in a whole new way where horror films have feared to tread. In today's society where parents don't even care were their kids are at night, it would be wise to shield them from the adult sexual theme in Deadgirl. While I warn you of the content, if you enjoy horror films this one is as the film makers claim; original. Deadgirl crosses-over early on into a suspenseful drama. more » Sunday, June 14
Philly Skate Route
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sun 14 Jun 2009 05:22 PM EDT
Here is a typical example of what skating in Philly is like. This map is from a GPS cardio training program you can download free on the G1 phone running Google Android. It is in fact set for skating, NOT running, NOT biking. The trip lasted almost 2 hours. Stops were often enough as the lead skater would allow back skaters to catch up with the main group no less than 8 or 9 times. A pause in the action is not uncommon. Stop lights stop the group too, but if the group is broken up, we stop traffic so that our group can re-collect as a unit.
 Each week we start at the steps at the Philly Art Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway. Many times we'll shoot down the parkway and then meander around the city from there. This time we broke north east of the Ben Franklin Parkway. These events always have a midway point at South Street. Skating through China Town, Old City, Penn's Landing, Society Hill, Center City, Rittenhouse Square, across the Schuylkill River into University City is typical. When we finish back at the Art Museum steps the group disbands uncerimonially, there is no fanfare. It's an easy skate for anyone with intermediate skating skills. A helmet and wrist guards are all that's required but knee pads are really a must. Should you go down for even a moment due to a false step, knee pads will mean you don't have a miserable night sleeping with road-rash or having to stay out of the pool for the next week. People make a big deal out of not being able to brake. While braking is an essential skill in city skating, it's not that hard. Most people think they should stear clear of a city ... more » Sunday, June 7
Lies Lies Lies
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sun 07 Jun 2009 04:53 PM EDT
What do you do when you catch people in a lie? I usually let them bury themselves. My history is to in general never tell them about ever knowing the truth either. For most of us this usually involves a spouse. But there are many times it happens with colleagues, business relationships of many sorts and friends.
The white lies I'll confront people with. I'll do it with a laugh letting them off the hook. I do that as my own way of telling them, I'm no spring chicken. But in the end, I have to admit most people don't pick up on the fact I keep my mouth shut and know more than I let on. Why do I do this? I think it goes back to my spy days. I've learned that you never know when someone will come in handy so I don't burn bridges. Not with anyone if I can help it. I've even gone as far as to stoke the flames of old friendships going sour just to make sure I've not put myself in a position of compromise with these people later. So no, I'm not a coward that can't confront people. If you know me I don't back down from a fight. But I do know the art of diplomacy. When it comes to lies, I suggest you all keep a large database of them in your head, but don't challenge people when they lie to unless their lie is directly affecting you or you can't sustain it. When you challenge them, they now consider you an adversary and are willing to hurt you or know they must be more guarded in the future. Just some advice from a wry spy. Do with it what you will. ;) more » Wednesday, June 3
We lived without each other...
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 03 Jun 2009 06:23 PM EDT
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: The Way I Feel - Tag
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 03 Jun 2009 03:36 AM EDT
Love Love Love can come and go You can change your mind Many times Say you just don't know Giving my heart and my soul Pleasure comes with pain I'll be here forever Don't break my heart again Can't tell you the way that I feel tonight (I need your lovin' and I) Want you to hold me tight Can't tell you why I feel the way I do (I know I'm crazy but I'm) Falling in love with you Love can come and go You can change your mind Be unkind And say you love me so Finding a love today All I get is pain I'll be here forever Don't make me cry again Can't tell you the way that I feel tonight (I need your lovin' and I) Want you to hold me tight Can't tell you why I feel the way I do (I know I'm crazy but I'm) Falling in love with you You can take me for granted (Treat me like a fool) Make me lose control (Lose control of you) Don't make me lose that feeling So tell me Why do I feel this way? Can't tell you the way that I feel tonight (I need your lovin' and I) Want you to hold me tight Can't tell you why I feel the way I do (I know I'm crazy but I'm) Falling in love with you Can't tell you the way that I feel tonight (I need your lovin' and I) Want you to hold me tight Can't tell you why I feel the way I do (I know I'm crazy but I'm) Falling in love with you Can't tell you the way that I feel tonight (I need your lovin' and I) Want you to hold me tight Can't tell you ... more » Tuesday, June 2
American Father wins International Custody Case
by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 02:26 AM EDT
Reads like a great headline right? Wait until you know the circumstances. When CNN jumps for joy for a 'father' winning a custody case, you'd think it was something amazing. A dad should have custody of his children? Really?
The insult is that the father had to fight an international fight over something that is really a no brainier. Hell, the mother ISN'T even alive! You read it right. So why should this man have to even fight for custody of his son? The real story is that men are STILL considered second class citizens in the reality of parenting by the courts. Here is the details... Jersey father is divorced by Brazilian wife. She absconds to Brazil with child. Dies. Five years later he wins custody case to have child returned to states. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/01/new.jersey.brazil.custody/index.html As a single full time father of two young boys, I am certain that my children living with me is a good life for them. Yes, dare I say more so than with their mother. Why? The reasons are countless, but consider the simple things such as how often do mothers decide to just pick up a baseball mitt and have a twenty minute catch with their son talking baseball from favorite teams to little league? Yes, I can cook. I'm a damn good one. Yes I sew, do laundry as do my son's. We work together and we as a family are tight. The women in my life are nothing less than stunned at how well and good our life is let alone the compliments I receive as a father. Despite the angst, selfishness and cruelty I've been witness and victim of, I show the utmost respect towards my boys mother. I've learned that men are able to focus on the big picture where ... more » Tuesday, May 26
SOS in Philly!
by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 26 May 2009 12:26 PM EDT
 Finally! Get to see them and while NY would be a nice life experience, the World Cafe in Philly is actually perfect. No uno solomento either; table for two. ;)more » Thursday, May 21
Lars Video Picke of the Day: Beam Me Up Hotties
by
Lars Hindsley
on Thu 21 May 2009 01:20 PM EDT
Thursday, May 14
Funny Funny Nancy Pelosi
by
Lars Hindsley
on Thu 14 May 2009 06:20 PM EDT
You may not realize this but I think Nancy Pelosi is an ass. This is how I see her with her double speak ... "I was not briefed, I was just informed I was briefed. Or was breifed that I was informed. So really, I'm not responsible for knowing anything important that I can be accountable for."
It's like a line from the film Head Office ... "I didn't make that decision, I approved some body else's decision, Don't you know the difference between decision and an approval? The difference is you go back and find the person that made the decision -- I just approved it!" My ex wife was famous for this crap. I remember asking her once, "When you coming home from work?" Her answer? "You'll know when I tell you." Classic! LOL more » Sunday, May 10
Men's Advice - The Advice Your Mother Gives
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sun 10 May 2009 12:25 PM EDT
In honor of Mother's Day I'm offering up SOME advice my mother gave to me in the world of dating.
DO'S AND DON'TS Never brag about yourself, always and only let your friends brag on you. Always give a girl something new to learn about you, don't give it to her all in one day. YOU'LL ALWAYS KNOW THE GIRLS THAT LIKE YOU A girl that likes you can't do enough for you. A girl that likes you will make time to spend time with you. Simple advice but rarely ever heeded. Oh... I would never tell all my secrets of what my mother taught me. That was also some of her advice. Have you talked to your mother today? You could learn a lot and you never know how long you'll have your mother around to appreciate. more » Saturday, May 9
Lars Video Pick of the Day: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sat 09 May 2009 11:18 AM EDT
Like Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother? Wonder what it would be like to see Simon Helberg from Big Bang Theory in something else?
Well, this is a hip show that was completely web based. It is NOT what you think. This is actually VERY good. Trust me. Here it starts episode one. The music will make you laugh suddenly and happily. more » Wednesday, May 6
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 06 May 2009 02:08 AM EDT
This is another one of my true favorites. You could say it's a song that tips its hat to romance. And for me... I'm in the middle of it. I'm talking about The Year of the Cat. While the transition of various instrumental solos is an ethereal journey of musical emotion, the story is still the mysterious iconic force which draws me to it. The year of the cat is pulled from Asian astrology the year of the rabbit, as the year of the cat actually doesn't exist. The year of the cat comes every twelve years and the beauty of that year is it is a time of solace, a year free of stress. The next year of the cat is 2011. I'm personally looking forward to it with eagerness. I have my lovely woman in mind... "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain..." Imagine that. Love is like that. It comes out of the sun -- that blinding force that you can't look straight at. But imagine love on the horizon with the sun shining brightly behind it. Man or woman and in this case a woman ...that perfect person walks into your life. There are too many verses of substance to quote. But the story is one of true love, and romance that is rarely found in modern women today. The love interest he paints in the story is of a woman that is utterly happy with her feminine side balanced by strength of character ... "She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up your arm in hers." The Year of the Cat is a story of life, with a beginning middle and end. Inspired partly by the love theme in my favorite film Casablanca, The Year of the Cat follows that romantic logic Rick employed in Paris when he was left standing alone in Paris broken hearted but a man through and through. On a factual level, the year of the cat stems from what is said to be Al Stewart's life. He spent a year in Africa finding himself from an unihibited free spirited woman with her own small market stall. He did lose his (tour-bus) ticket and he did stay. "Well morning comes and your still with her, the bus and the tourist are gone, you've thrown away your choice-- you've lost your ticket so you have to stay on, But the drum beat strains of the night remain in the rhythm of the new born day. You know sometime your bound to leave her, but for now your going to stay ...In the year of the cat."
On a morning from a Bogart movie She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Sunday, May 3
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: If I don't write this song, someone I love will die - Hello Saferide
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sun 03 May 2009 12:20 AM EDT
My swedish hottie Annika offers up this fun pop tune.
I check my bed for bugs and spiders (though I don’t really believe they’re there) Goodnight, goodbye I pray to God twice in the evenings One day, I’ll be stepping Saturday, May 2
Every now and again you have to stand up for love
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sat 02 May 2009 11:31 AM EDT
Here is to all the real people out there looking for love. Some people don't get it once in a lifetime. Decadence makes it harder than ever. See what I mean... Decadence You don't care about nothing Friday, May 1
Quote of the Day - Another Lousy Day in Paradise
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 01 May 2009 01:11 PM EDT
You are not alone. We are all the same, all in this fragile skin, suffering the
ugliness of simply being human, all prey to the same mortal dreads.
-Harlan Ellison more »
Movie Review - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 01 May 2009 01:52 AM EDT
 There is no doubt that Hugh Jackman is the perfect actor to portray Wolverine; and Marvell's decision to do an origin story on Wolverine is a good idea. The character is steeped in mystery for the average movie goer whom enjoyed the first three X-Men films. The idea is to take us back some 15 years before the X-Men films take place. For the most part we get introduced to many new X-Men when they were young? Cyclops is but a young teen, Emma Frost, Gambit all become small blips in the film. The story itself is worthy and the assortment of other Marvel characters in it, but when you use other characters, you open Pandora's box to their origins too. Certain enough that the bastardization of those characters hurts this film. There is much confusion as to what nationality Wolverine is. He's born in what appears America but as he ages infinitely slower than regular humans, he settles in Canada. The same goes for the key protagonist, Stryker. Is his program an American run operation or Canadian? After all the secret government facilities are housed in both Canada and America. It makes no sense. How can a man travel in both countries and run what appears a secret American commando operation out of Canada? On who's authority does he operate? While I'm condemning all this garbage, the film actually holds together the first 40 minutes. Then the story falls apart. At the seams. From Gambit interfering in a fight between Wolverine and Sabertooth without good reason, to Logan's continued interest in revenge after he learns he has no reason for it. Aside from the failed story line there are still two major problems with Wolverine, one is story tellers bring in other characters without any true interplay. The second is the ending.  Starting with interplay: While the story between Wolverine and his brother Sabertooth (played by Liev Schreiber) offers some tension, it's not palpable. It doesn't work. With an entire film to build that tension up from, it fails to do so. Then there is the dreaded Weapon X program. This is a detailed storyline which is dismantled and reconstructed without appreciation for how it affects other characters such as Deadpool. I'll get to that. When Wolverine joins the X-Team we get to see him participate in part of one mission. We don't get to experience any true teamwork by the team. Instead ... more »
Tuesday, April 28
How men see modern love with modern women
by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 28 Apr 2009 12:28 AM EDT
A woman of today strives for independence yet wants to be treated like a princess. A man is expected to respect a woman's desire to be treated as an equal, yet we are likewise expected to treat a woman like a princess. You can't be a princess if we are not your prince. To be a woman's prince a man needs to be treated like one. It is a conundrum because in modern love women no longer have any desire or need to please a man. It is now entirely about pleasing a woman and men are deftly aware of this change. Most importantly, we've accepted it thus leaving the field empty with few princess to go around. Women see this as too many princesses and not enough princess, when in reality there is a prince for every woman -- they are merely being minimized and adulterated by the politics of modern love.
Women are consumed with what other women think when in fact all they really need to care about is what the one man the intend to love thinks. After all, you'll spend the rest of your life with him, not with people you hardly know. A woman fights hard to be recognized for her brains, not her beauty but nature programed us to be attracted physically, you know it (women), we know it (men). It is why it's called 'animal attraction'. A woman now fights her instincts to be 'protected' and 'loved'. She has traded the value of love for those virtues. Men don't see a woman who can self-sustain as a virtue. We know the reality is we must then out-earn you to be worthy of your respect. We must accomplish more than you in order to be worthy. Women may reject this statement as an insult, but ... more » Saturday, April 25
Perez Hilton Ms USA Newsvine Article
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sat 25 Apr 2009 12:55 AM EDT
Holy crap my Newsvine article this week cracked 100 comments!
http://larshindsley.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/23/2724209-did-perez-hilton-discriminate more » Friday, April 24
The Other Me
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 24 Apr 2009 01:20 PM EDT
The other me is the guy no one sees. The other me is the guy I refuse to let anyone know. The other me would not be caught dead thinking like this. The other me knows more than can ever be let on. The other me is the one every woman would want to know but is afraid to know. The other me is just as secure as this one. The other me knows that at one point both me's will converge. more »
Quote of the Day - Another Lousy Day In Paradise
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 24 Apr 2009 01:17 PM EDT
Wednesday, April 22
Temporary Beauty
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 22 Apr 2009 02:03 AM EDT
I'd like to send this song dedication out to someone I've been seeing. She knows who she is. This is a song near and dear to my heart as I've seen so many women in my life turning pennies into gold. I hate to say I'm right when I'm right. I generally just keep what I know to myself. It's not like me to take a shot at anyone but frankly sometimes you have to let people know their days are numbered. Some people have a smug look and are too self-consumed to take heed of what they are told. So be warned the lyrics to Temporary Beauty are gentle devastation. "Even though it may be love.." is a statement sang as a question. The manner in which it is sung is also quite compelling. Of course you need to understand love to appreciate a song of such as this, even when it's one as unlikely as this one.
Temporary Beauty speaks on many levels. To the woman that doesn't understand that outer beauty is fleeting and that what you do have won't last, and go even faster if you don't take care of it. I for one look for beauty on the inside, which if I ever fall in love again will be with a woman that has long lasting beauty on the inside. Enjoy the tune and lyrics. I'm off to my next date... (my afterthoughts are below). You have to do your best to come up to par, from straight off the production line like a car. Till everything you put on is a put-on, and you don't know who's face you're gazing upon. Could be anyone you're sending out there tonight, and is it any wonder all of the lights are too bright? And you need ... more » Tuesday, April 21
A memory
by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 21 Apr 2009 07:52 PM EDT
There is nothing like having been a part of anyone's life and looking back knowing you are printed in their history. People make such a big deal of memories haunting them, how often do we realize that memories are a good thing. When my brother died, I had one thought in mind. To remember him. No one is ever gone, no one is ever dead until you forget them. Here's to memories.
more » Friday, April 17
Quote of the Day - Another Lousy Day In Paradise
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 17 Apr 2009 03:07 AM EDT
Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice
of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of
it...
-Aristotle more »
What Accomplishment?
by
Lars Hindsley
on Fri 17 Apr 2009 01:23 AM EDT
Men and women are different. Our maker saw to that on many levels. Is it a great accomplishment for a woman to make a man compromise his values for sex?
more » Wednesday, April 15
Words of Instinct
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 15 Apr 2009 07:33 PM EDT
One difference between you and I, your heart is inside your head
more »
What Are You?
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 15 Apr 2009 02:12 PM EDT
There are four types of types of personalities. The Driver, The Feeler, The Elitist and Thinker. Which are you?
The answer? It is not what you think. It is what others think. While you may believe you are a feeler, you may be more forceful than you know and others see you as the Driver. In the end, we are not what we think we are, we are what what others think we are. Look in the mirror. Do you recognize someone? more »
Race Against Time
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 15 Apr 2009 01:58 PM EDT
I believe we are all in a race against time, and we don't realize it until the consequences of time become obvious. Our 'not now' attitude always costs us. On an individual level, I think of how the years of a life quietly flick away. There is no real 'ticking' of time to remind you that the time of your life is eroding, instead it creeps up on you soporifically. It seems only after we make the wrong choices in life either as a society or in our personal lives that we realize that second chances come at a horrible cost. To marry the wrong person in your twenties and divorce at 30?, well, you come to realize that you can't give the age of 22 or 25 to anyone else ever again. The time you regret spending with the wrong person has cost you. Then there is our society. We should already be using electric cars or some other form of alternative energy to propel our automobiles. Instead, the cost of gas has come down and once again the ebb and flow of need verses desire takes it's toll. The cost of our 'not now' attitude on a whole has resulted in our own economy being rocked. Yes, the banking industry is also culpable in not looking to the future. Many bankers unknowingly played the race against time game correctly. They bled the sacred cow for all they could get and walked away with a bundle of cash when time ran out.
Every one of us has only so many years we can live a certain way during the course of our lives. You can't play football at the age of 80, let alone 60. Sex may be enjoyable at 70, but you better have a partner established as ... more »
Why I'm the Strongest Man I Know
by
Lars Hindsley
on Wed 15 Apr 2009 01:26 AM EDT
If you know me, you know that at this time in my life, I've lost a lot, but for all I've lost, I've gained mental toughness. As a single man that was once married for 8 years and never thought he'd be single again -- I have found that on occasion I tell this story to girls, ladies, women I meet and date. It occurred to me that if I share it with you readers today, perhaps I can offer you some personal strength. What I'm about to tell you is dead honest. It really did happen. Somewhere in my second year of marriage I realized I was a great husband. Why? Because I was so damn proud to be with the woman I loved. Superman had nothing on me and I reminded myself that if I didn't take care of my wife, some other guy would be more than willing. Why? Well for starters the woman was drop dead gorgeous. Secondly she was smart as a whip. I somehow forgot she was worldly wise to the point she was cold hearted. But the way I saw it, she was on my team. We were married. A team. She was the type of person you loved on your team, but would be disgusted to know if she was your adversary. You know why, when someone is on the other team you don't need to overlook flaws or make excuses. You can be truly objective. So here I am in love and happy. I'm cooking her breakfast in bed twice a month. When she wanted to sleep in on Saturday's because she worked all week (never mind I did too), I got up with the kids and made breakfast (hence she got breakfast in bed often). When she was sick with a cold, she didn't have to ask for me to bring in a butler tray with goodies. I knew to do it. I loved her. This of course was my wife. I was a lucky man to have someone I could count on for the rest of my life. Yes, make fun of me, I was naive. Sue me. But then one day she wiped that smile off my face. As I mentioned at the start, somewhere around our second year of marriage I realized I was the husband I always knew I wanted to be. Flowers for her were common. Once I sent her an $180.00 arrangement of flowers which required a van to deliver at her work. Including the vase it stood four feet. Someone did a remarkable job on it. I should have taken a picture of it. But the day I ventured into the flower shop and saw it -- I thought, "My woman deserves this." I did it as a life experience for her. I thought she should at least once receive an ostentatious arrangement that just blew her away. About a month later the weather fully broke and I took ill with a cold. Not just a cold but more » Tuesday, April 14
I won't be here when you get home...
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Lars Hindsley
on Tue 14 Apr 2009 05:28 AM EDT
They say that every time a mission bell rings somewhere up above us all an angel gets his wings
Now they're falling from the skies Watch, a mother raise her son and see him grow, then catch a passing star and leave her standing on her own But her love can never die! If this is true then I wanna know why? If all is fair in love and war but no-one wins. Or every second someone dies and someones life begins... Then I wonder which is truer? They say that if you're young at heart you can't grow old And youth cannot be bought with what you jingle or you fold Are we rich or are we poor? I still don't know and I want to be sure. Of all the things we know and don't, and can't decide. The truth cannot be bought with what we gamble or divide Neither can it be denied And if this is true then I want to know why? I wont be here when you get home; to waltz into my arms When all our willing sins have been gone, the worst of all is ignorance -- and missing your chance. more » Monday, April 13
Batman vrs Joker and then...
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Lars Hindsley
on Mon 13 Apr 2009 03:45 AM EDT
This is a fan made Batman video; Dead End. From it the director landed a low budget full feature sci-fi to be released this year named, Hunter Prey. Check out this short. Nicely done on no budget. Hunter Prey has no release date despite being finished. It may go straight to video.
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Lars Recommends: Tweet My Jobs
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Lars Hindsley
on Mon 13 Apr 2009 12:24 AM EDT
Looking for a job? Here is an insider track on finding what is available first.
TweetMyJobs Need instructions? http://www.tweetmyjobs.com/ more » Sunday, April 12
I don't want to be alone but I don't want to be with you
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Lars Hindsley
on Sun 12 Apr 2009 08:17 PM EDT
It's a problem we all live with. We end up with the wrong people. I think in America and perhaps the some other parts of the world, people have this problem of 'settling'. To put it bluntly, settling for second best.
Women look for prince charming, men look for a damsel in distress. The fairy tale finish we all journey towards. Then along the way we realize that it's tougher than we imagined, to find the right person. And even if you do find the right person, chances are the person that found you may decide they settled for second best. How do we all fit the right people together? I can't answer that question. I am but one man with my own journey to travel. I can say that I see more and more people with broken lives that find themselves with less time in their life to find the right person because along the way they didn't take the journey serious enough. While I believe in flaunting the imperfection and that perfection is your enemy, there is one thing you can't deny. Love requires perfection in a mate. If you are not with the right person, your life comes undone. From your family and friends to your self-respect. You can find yourself in a crowd but all alone. You find yourself with someone you are supposed to care about but instead you silently think to yourself, "I don't want to be alone, but I don't want to be with you." I want to tell those people, you have what you deserve. You should never have settled. But I can't say that. There are too many of them. It seems everyone has committed this sin. From high-school sweethearts to Hollywood power couples. People don't stay together anymore. They find ... more »
In the Face of Cynics
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Lars Hindsley
on Sun 12 Apr 2009 03:53 PM EDT
There is something we all love about surprises that warm our hearts. We all love an underdog, but better yet we love to see the common man's dreams come true. In this case, a woman.
I implore you to follow this YouTube Link and experience the story of Susan Boyle as it unfolds. "No one is laughing now." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY more » Saturday, April 11
Welcome New Readers
by
Lars Hindsley
on Sat 11 Apr 2009 08:49 PM EDT
 Welcome to my niche. Another Lousy Day In Paradise is my own little writing block aside from the publications, the stories and my everyday life. It's a place where I could attack the world but choose not to. Locally, here in Delaware I live a humble life with my two sons Declan and Dalton. I find myself constantly interrupted by them and reminding myself that when I was a boy, I never wanted my parents to look over their shoulder and say, "That's nice." Instead I wanted to know I was important to my parents. So despite my interest in being my own person, I'm ultimately subservient to my deep desire to never let my children down. I write many stories and articles that are brought about because of the life I live for my boys. And yes, when my boys interrupt me, I turn to them and give them my attention. I of course write of the things I experience which do not include the boys. After all, I am a person with his own hopes and dreams. I've watched kids of my youth fail in their adult lives. I've seen high-school sweethearts change into women I hardly know. I've seen the road to my old high school turn from a journey of a single stop sign to one interrupted by 6 stop-lights. I've watched my family ebb and flow. I've buried my older brother, never thinking it possible that such a Herculean spirit would pass before me. Standing over his grave I saw every instance of our lives pass before me. I've known the joy of life long best friends. I've watched my own parents grow into old age as they have been married well over ... more »
Watch Food, Inc. For you for your children.
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Lars Hindsley
on Sat 11 Apr 2009 03:03 AM EDT
 I'm a conservative. I'm amazed how the world thinks of anyone that gives a damn about what they put in their body is a liberal. Granted, it cost money to be safe, it cost money to make our food safe. What blows me away is the same people controlling our food supply are eating it too! How do we penetrate this insanity and get on track. It is when we have all this talk of the ever so sexy media story Global Warming that makes it impossible to have independent discussions such as how we as a country and world community can slow down our fast growth mentality enough to consider the implications of our behavior. By the way, does anyone remember global cooling? This was big in the 1970's, even TIME Magazine was behind this theory. I'm not oversimplifying. I'm illustrating a point. Use your brain. No one is really looking out for you, but you. We never care until it affects us. OK, if that is true, then see Food, Inc this summer when it comes out. And so you keep it in mind... visit the website http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/ Which is rich in information on how you can make a difference. Let's hope you give a shit. If not about yourself, about your children. While I'm not of the school that 'everything is dangerous', I do believe that ... more »
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: I Owe You A Love Song - Shiny Toy Guns
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Lars Hindsley
on Sat 11 Apr 2009 01:51 AM EDT
In an effort to get you to buy this CD/Album... and because I really dig this song, here again a double shot of Shiny Toy Guns.
I Owe You Love Song and Season of Love more » Thursday, April 9
Jumbo Slices of Pizza - Adams Morgan section of Washington DC
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Lars Hindsley
on Thu 09 Apr 2009 03:59 PM EDT
 Life Experiences: The Jumbo Slice of Pizza - Adams Morgan section of Washington DCSome life experiences you learn about then decide to go do it. Others your stumble upon. This one I stumbled upon as a date took me to the Adams Morgan section of Washington DC. I wouldn't say I was outside my comfort zone as I've been to DC many times, much of it to the surrounding areas of Georgetown, but I had not been to the Adams Morgan section before. The Adams Morgan strip is a blip on the map, and just north of Georgetown. We hung out on 18th street just off a square. There was your Starbucks, your basement level biker heaven bar, eclectic cultural shops and a multitude of eating establishments. There was even a wood fired brick oven pizza shop; but we opted for what the locals seem to worship, The Jumbo Pizza slice. There were two shops. We stopped at Jumbo Slice for our slices. There is also a place two doors down called, Pizza Mart that has copied the jumbo slice. My date told me the slices where 'big'. It didn't register in my mind at all what she was speaking of. We walked into this hole in the wall pizza shop that had no pictures or actual pizza on display. A small counter an not much more. Innocently enough I ponied up to the counter and after she asked for slice of just cheese, I thought I'd do as the Roman's do and opted for a slice of cheese, no pepperoni. We decided to split a bottle of water and pulled cash from my sack. "That will be $10.50." I was puzzled, but not surprised. After all this is Washington D.C., "Why not overcharge?" more » Tuesday, April 7
Movie Review: The Song of Sparrows
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Lars Hindsley
on Tue 07 Apr 2009 05:46 PM EDT
 When I first caught wind of The Song of Sparrows I was intrigued but what I thought would be stunning cinematography but quickly noticed the still photos were saturated and vivid by comparison to the washed out grade of film. No matter, the easy going story and pacing had a throwback feel where as a film goer, you realize a picture really does say a thousand words. Despite the film grade, the story still draws you in as it relies heavily on communication through the unspoken word. The Song of Sparrows was originally released in 2008 in its homeland by Iranian director Majid Majidi; Spoken in Persian with English subtitles. I find it amazing when we tell stories that draw us in and they don't include bombs, murder, or epic plots. The beauty of The Song of Sparrows is in its serenity. A story becomes most real when all you have are the human elements. Centering around one man Karim and his family it is a journey through values. My only question is that in Iran, the current regime has extreme rules in film making and censorship is a filmmakers enemy when attempting to write any story of substance. While the ultra conservative values of the Iranian government can be beneficial to benevolent stories, it also means that families with loving husbands and wives for example are forced. We as western viewers may admire the love and patience the character Karim shows for his wife, but is it really an honest portrayal of how most Iranian couples interact? more »
Lars' Video Pick of the Day: Ghost Town - Shiny Toy Guns
by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 07 Apr 2009 12:56 AM EDT
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WHY MOSTLY PHOTOS OF LARS? The answer is simple. It's to protect the privacy of friends. I'm not a narcissist. LOL  ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lars Hindsley is a self-employed single full time father, a writer, a non conservative Republican, a reformed idealist (a compromisationalist), ex-musician, God fearing cynic that could more easily be described in two words as a "Rugged Intellectual". Lars writings range from "how to" articles to commentaries and advice. You'll find movie reviews and video picks of the day side by side with serious writings. Lars offers perspective from an Anglo-Christian moral position while never lording over anyone unlike himself. Lars is of the opinion that if you are going to complain, you should offer a solution. His perspective on the world is that many of us fight societal evolution to frustrating ends without a genuine understanding of what it is we are all up against. Reading his articles should provide you with positive energy towards living out your day. You may not be able to change the world but you can navigate it to live a rich and rewarding life. Enjoy Lars’ works, there are years of writings to choose from.     Recent Photos
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