Online Dating

I decided a couple of months ago that I have been alone too long.  I need to put myself out there and see what I can accomplish.  Well, one monitoring of how women looked at me over a month told me; at least locally my chances were nill.  Even after getting all the damage repaired to me, I still don't feel women in the USA are viable.  So if not here, where?  It was then I remembered my brother told me after my divorce that all I needed to do was go to the Philippines.  I let that percolate a bit.  Then I started thinking about retirement.  Other than Social Security, I will have little in 9 years when I go to retire.  So where can I retire to that I can afford?  Unless I want to live in almost abject poverty, the USA is out.  YouTube provided loads of alternatives.  However, few had large populations that spoke English.  One country kept coming up, the Philippines.  The Philippines peso is about 56 peso to the 1 USD.  Overall costs for housing are about half for something nice and a quarter for something I can deal with.  The speak English in large numbers.  Medical care is a bit dodgy.  It is getting better.  Thailand is a closer better option for a doctor.  That said, medical insurance doesn't cost much in either place.  Food is inexpensive if you cook or eat local cuisine.  I cook and like the local foods.  Banking can be a pain.  That said, if you keep a USA mailing address and a USA international cell service the US banks normally don't cause too many issues.  That brings me to socialization.  Bonus, there is a large ex-pat community through out the Philippines.  That leaves companionship.  So, I paid for FilipinaCupid.  This is supposed to be "verified" profiles and specifically Filipina's. Within 3 hours I had over 300 responses to my profile.  This is a bad sign.  In the end after 2 months I have cancelled the membership.  I chatted with a couple of women.  All fakes and scammers.  While on YouTube, I ran across a Filipina interviewing other Filipina's about what they looked for in a foreigner and what their experiences had been.  After watching a couple of her video's, it seemed like a genuine feed.  She even offered to help find Filipina's to chat with about LDR for free.  This I thought was a scam.  After 2 months of online I figured "why not"?  I sent an email detailing kind of what my expectations were and what type of woman I thought I would like.  After 4 tries I believe it may have worked.  I'll give it a couple of months.  I'll ask questions designed to find lies and missing info.  If it works out then I have won the lottery.  If not, it isn't any different that chatting in the online forums.  I'll update as time goes on

2001-10-16 Complete Personal Intelligence Profile

 Complete Personal Intelligence Profile

            Your General IQ Score Compared To Your Thirteen Individual Mental Abilities IQ Scores

            OVERALL IQ 137

            ARITHMETIC 133

            ALGEBRAIC 137

            ROTE UTILIZATION 133

            LOGICAL 152

            VISUAL APPREHENSION 137

            SPATIAL SKILL 144

            INTUITION 140

            GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 137

            VOCABULARY 137

            SHORT TERM MEMORY 133

            SPELLING 133

            GEOMETRIC 129

            COMPUTATIONAL SPEED 132

            GRAPH BASE 116 

      General IQ Score

      Your General IQ Score of 137 shows how able your mind is in general. 

      Anyone with a General IQ Score this high is considered to be a genius. 

      Less than 2 out of every 100 persons would be expected to have a score 

      this high. All known occupations can be comprehended with a General IQ 

      this high. You should be able to handle any academic challenge. You scored 

      higher than your General IQ Score in 3 individual ability categories. 1 of 

      these better scores could be called significant and may indicate special 

      abilities or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that 

      counted more heavily in the other ability categories. 

      Arithmetic

      Solving many of the IQ Test's problems required the ability to add 

      subtract multiply and divide numbers mentally. Many mental tasks require 

      arithmetical operations even though numbers may not be involved and so 

      number manipulation abilities can strongly indicate general intelligence. 

      Your Arithmetic IQ Score of 133 is not significantly different from your 

      General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.12% of all persons taking this test. 

      Algebraic

      This is the ability of the mind to abstractly handle quantities and 

      qualities. Persons who are strong in this ability can more quickly and 

      more deeply understand analogies stories derivations equalities and 

      hierarchical structures. 

      Your Algebraic IQ Score of 137 is the same as your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.28% of all persons taking this test. 

      Rote Utilization

      This is the ability to take a set of memorized facts and mentally extract 

      and/or operate with or upon the facts within the set that are pertinent to 

      the problem at hand. Persons with more of this ability can be expected to 

      spell well remember telephone and other numbers easily be more adroit in 

      procedural operations and have a stronger foundation for tasks that 

      require the use of memorized material. 

      Your Rote Utilization IQ Score of 133 is not significantly different from 

      your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.12% of all persons taking this test. 

      Logical

      This is the ability to determine if a set of rules has been correctly 

      followed. This ability is most useful in combination with other mental 

      skills listed above. Those with strong logical ability are quicker to see 

      where a given set of conditions is going to lead have a strong sense of 

      justice and better understand--from an intellectual analysis--the benefits 

      of harmony. 

      Your Logical IQ Score of 152 is exceptionally higher than your General IQ 

      Score.

      This score is better than 98.88% of all persons taking this test. 

      Visual Apprehension

      This is the ability of the mind to mentally picture visual information and 

      to be able to extract portions of that information for separate use. A 

      person whose visual apprehension is strong enjoys a richer creative 

      appreciation of visually based events. 

      Your Visual Apprehension IQ Score of 137 is the same as your General IQ 

      Score.

      This score is better than 98.28% of all persons taking this test. 

      Spatial Skill

      Understanding what changes will occur when conditions vary is a deep and 

      powerful ability of the mind. All invention and creativity of every sort 

      is based upon this ability. Although test problems usually involve 

      manipulation of objects in space persons with a stronger ability to 

      spatially manipulate can also be expected to use this ability to be able 

      to better predict how social and psychological situations would change due 

      to variation. 

      Your Spatial Manipulation Skill IQ Score of 144 is not significantly 

      different from your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.56% of all persons taking this test. 

      Intuition

      Intuition is defined as that ability of the mind to develop answers to 

      questions without consciously dealing with the problem at hand. Often a 

      question will provoke a mind to answer without using conscious processing 

      time and the answer is said to come out of the blue or suddenly it just 

      struck me. Of all the many abilities of the mind this is one of the most 

      often used. Just knowing what to do is often an automatic process that 

      occurs without much figuring out consciously happening. Those with 

      stronger intuition make less mistakes and can seem luckier wiser or more 

      mature. 

      Your Intuition IQ Score of 140 is not significantly different from your 

      General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.40% of all persons taking this test. 

      General Knowledge

      Knowledge that is casually picked up and remembered can indicate 

      intelligence because persons with higher intelligence will exhibit greater 

      retention of those pieces of information that are encountered less often. 

      Because higher intelligence allows a person to have a deeper appreciation 

      of the connectivity of facts that may seem disparate to others of lesser 

      intelligence memory of such facts becomes easier. 

      Your General Knowledge IQ Score of 137 is the same as your General IQ 

      Score.

      This score is better than 98.28% of all persons taking this test. 

      Vocabulary

      Knowing the meaning of words is an ability that directly increases along 

      with the increase of general intelligence. The meaning of a word is more 

      easily remembered with higher intelligence because it takes more 

      intelligence to understand and correctly use words based upon the subtle 

      differences between words with similar meanings and to comprehend 

      difficult concepts which are sometimes symbolized by a single word. 

      Your Vocabulary IQ Score of 137 is the same as your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.28% of all persons taking this test. 

      Short Term Memory

      The ability to remember things for a short period of time allows the mind 

      to check back and retrieve facts needed to complete a problem solving 

      operation. This ability becomes more critical when problems have many 

      aspects that need consideration and/or need to be solved mentally. This 

      ability strongly determines how efficiently one handles the many aspects 

      of normal life. If your short term memory ability is strong you are much 

      less likely to seem inattentive or slow to get it to others. 

      Your Short Term Memory IQ Score of 133 is not significantly different from 

      your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.12% of all persons taking this test. 

      Spelling

      The ability to spell can indicate general intelligence. Remembering a set 

      sequence of letters indicates the mind's ability to retrieve remembered 

      facts. Learning how to spell and use the words of a language is almost a 

      complete IQ test in itself. Although poor spellers with high IQ scores can 

      be found it is rare and in general--everything else being equal--the 

      better spellers have higher IQ scores. 

      Your Spelling IQ Score of 133 is not significantly different from your 

      General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.12% of all persons taking this test. 

      Geometric

      How well one can comprehend geometric relationships of lines sides planes 

      angles and topological properties strongly determines one's ability to 

      make sense of visual information. The strength of one's geometric ability 

      can strongly determine how quickly knowledge can be absorbed if it is 

      presented visually. 

      Your Geometric IQ Score of 129 is not significantly different from your 

      General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 96.80% of all persons taking this test. 

      Computational Speed

      If you can correctly solve a variety of problems faster than another 

      person you may be demonstrating a generally more orderly internal 

      arrangement of your mind's problem solving methods. While speed cannot be 

      the sole factor in determining overall superiority in mental tasks in 

      general faster computational speed will often indicate that a problem's 

      comprehension was more complete. With everything else being equal a person 

      with faster computational speed will be better at tasks that require the 

      synthesis of many bits of information. 

      Your Computational Speed IQ Score of 132 is not significantly different 

      from your General IQ Score.

      This score is better than 98.08% of all persons taking this test. 

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2004-05-19 Where Do We Start?

 

Where Do We Start?

 

 

The understandings are few,

To comprehend the feelings of others unobtainable,

Truth

 

To hear another,

To feel another’s feelings,

To see with another’s eyes,

Pale

 

Things taken for granted,

Not appreciated or understood

Small deemed important

Large shuffled away, out of sight

Fact

 

Value

Honor

Integrity

Love?

All for sale,

Pain

 

Let us think for a moment

The Truth is not what the comfortable wish to see

People can only have a Pale experience compared to the real event

Fact is, facts are convenient to the powerful went it suits them

Pain is the result of greed, indifference, passivity, lust, envy and plain old hate

Only Love can open eyes, clear vision and bring the understanding of life’s lessons

 

Lets start at the beginning,

Love

2007-09-25 Where am I now?

 

Where am I now?

 

I am in favor of gun ownership being unrestricted. 

I am in favor of low taxes on middle to low income Americans.

I am in favor of high taxes on the top 30% of incomes in America.

I am in favor of high taxes on luxury items.

I am in favor of a fast food tax.

I am in favor of low taxes on healthy foods and needed family items.

I am in favor of a woman’s Right to choose.

I am in favor of anyone serving in the military being allowed to drink and vote.

I am against giving felons back the tools they used to commit their crimes.

I am in favor of making the prison system pay for its self.

I am against force bussing of children just to integrate a school.

I am against affirmative action.

I am against unions.

I am for stronger States.

I am for more restricted Federal Government.

I am for removing religion from all Government processes, forms, statements and actions other than allowing you to believe as you wish.

I believe that the land/property/things you purchase are yours.  No other persons have a Right to them.

I believe in yours Rights ending where another persons Rights begin except in very limited well defined situations.  These situations are the defending of your life or another’s life against an illegal attacker.  This is to include the ruination of your life; property and prospects by directly removing access to needed natural, medical or financial resources illegally.

I am for removing the ability to add a rider to a Bill.

I am favor of one Bill one topic.

I am for promoting those who are qualified and have earned the Right regardless of creed, race, religion or background.

I am for closing our borders.

I am for taking all illegal immigrants and giving them a choice, work and earn your citizenship by doing public services for 5 years while being monitored, housed and policed by the U.S. Government.  If not, send them back to where they came from.

I am for pledging allegiance to the U.S.A.

I am for a strong dollar.

I am for holding persons responsible for the stewardship of their Rights. This includes the responsibility for keeping their children safe, fed and secure; doing every thing they can to work and not draw unemployment or other services.  Being responsible for the storage and care of their firearms.

I am in favor of Government funded education through college.

I am favor of Government funded public transportation across the U.S.A.

I believe that the President of the U.S.A.’s job is to promote our country to other countries.

I believe that our armed forces should be protecting our boarders. 

I believe that Congress should be working to create internal unity and strength; increase industry; and protect our country for future generations.

I believe elected public officials should not make any money.  They should live in government provided housing and be cared for by the government while in office.  For their service they receive a sum for when they retire in Social Security based on service.

I believe that when there is an issue that crosses a lower level of Governments lines it is decided by the next highest level of Government.

I believe there should be no lobbyists.

I believe in Government provided health care.

I believe insurance should be illegal.

I believe only the person or their estate should be able to sue for the person.

I believe that election coverage is provided free and equally at no cost to the candidates at any governmental level.

I believe enforcement and defense of individuals Rights falls on the Federal Government.

I believe the Federal Government only gets involved in areas of interstate commerce, felony crimes and any land use issue that will affect another state or the long-term health and well being of our nation.

I believe a Federal Judge independent of the lower governments control should try any felony in a Federal Court.

I believe that a person becomes a person when it is born and functions independent of the host.  Until that time it is part of the host and subject to the hosts will.

I believe the day to day running of local government is the local governments responsibility.

I believe there should be no taxes on anything left to anyone when a person dies.

I believe welfare should be paid for by working while it is being received. 

I believe schools should have a basic level of educational accountability.

I believe if a school can add to its content by local assistance and gifts that it should.

I believe it should be mandatory that every land use planning commission be required to provide housing use plans that match the income of the people in their districts.

I believe that the U.S. budget should be balanced and paying down the debt every year.

I am against income taxes.

I am for high sales taxes.

I believe that an item taxed at the time of sale is exempt from further taxation until resold.

I believe that any taxes or fees should include the full life cycle cost of the item or service.

I believe that any construction once completed should have a zero drain on the environment.

I believe that the U.S.A. should not buy any fuel from foreign nations. 

I believe if the cost of energy rises by the demand created by not buying foreign fuels then the U.S. citizens will change the way the use energy.

I am favor of mandatory public service or military service by all persons living in the U.S.A. for a period of 2 to 5 years depending on service chosen.

I believe that our G.N.P. should be mandated 2 units sold to other countries to any 1 unit bought.

I believe power, roads, the cost of basic items needed for family survival, pollution, natural resource use and health care should be regulated and monitored by the Federal Government.

2002-06-06 To Those I Love And Those Who Love Me

 

To Those I Love
And
Those Who Love Me

When I am gone

Release me

Let me go

I have so many things to see and do

Don’t tie yourself to me in tears

Be happy that we had so many years

 

I gave you my love

You can only guess how much you gave me in happiness

I thank you for the love you each have shown

But

Now it is time I traveled on alone

 

So, grieve a while for me

If grieve you must

Then let your grief be comforted by trust

It’s only for a little while that we must part

So, bless the memories within your heart

 

I won’t be far away

For life goes on

So, if you need me

Call

And I will come

Though you can’t see or touch me

I’ll be near

And

If you listen with your heart

You’ll hear my love all around you

Soft and clear

 

And then

When you must come this way alone

I’ll great you with a smile

And say

Welcome Home

2004-04-12 The sounds of children playing DRAFT

 

The sounds of children playing near

Leaps and bounds in the carefree air

The sun is shining to the trees

It is a wonderful day to be free

 

No thoughts out of the spirit of now

No questions

No reasons

Just feelings abound

 

The joy of life is found anew

The spirit of children shining through

In open minded curious jest

Noble simplicity at its best

 

Perhaps there is something here

A fountain of youth standing in the clear

Relief of stress and strife

It is time to remember why your here

 

Life is short or long it seems

Depending on you dreams

 

Not hiding or peaking around

Unless the game is tag

 

Your it!

2010-05-25 Please Remember Me (Written just after Katrina hit New Orleans)

 

Please Remember Me

 

The storm was heavy

The river rose

Down came the levies taking us to Davey Jones

 

It isn't the heartache of those left alone

It is our memories engraved in stone

It's what we left behind that haunts us so

 

Family, children and loves unknown

There are things we've done or not yet known

 

It is the Life we had

It is all we know

 

Remember me

Remember us

Don't forget in times steady rush

Pause a moment

Take a breath

Remember me

Remember us in your Life that is left.