Robbys Life

It has come to my attention that google being the god that they are on the internet have a very similar role to play in the life of a website that closely rivals the higher power of someone in A.A.. It reminds me of the book 1984, where big brother seems to have all the control over what we do. Nothing to do but bow down and make sure your sites are relevant and fit the guidelines of what they find as a relevant search result. Serve the engine, give up your first born site.

Read below and let me know what you think, does it make sense to you?

1. We admitted we were powerless over Google–that our sites had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than Google could restore us to rankings.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Google as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our Google sitemaps.
5. Admitted to Google, to ourselves and to another SEO-er the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have Google remove all these defects of character from the SERPs.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all other sites we had outranked, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such sites wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take website inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer (links) and meditation (content) to improve our conscious contact with Google, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for our sites and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other sites, and to practice these principles in all our content and links.

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Here’s another example of how some police tend to be a little over the top. Seems to me that someone in the Arkansas Police Department should be going to anger management classes.

from transworld skateboarding…
A dispicable act of police brutality was committed on Go Skateboarding Day by the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department. Video of the incident is below. After you watch it, we ask ALL of you to flood their phonelines and email address (below) with complaints regarding the main policeman involved, Officer Joey Williams. You should also contact your local news organizations to help spread the word. The more attention this officer gets, the better for us.

Hot Springs Arkansas Police Department
Phone: (501) 321-6789
Fax: (501) 321-6708
Chief of Police, Bobby Southard
Email: bsouthard@cityhs.net
641 Malvern Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jun. 27, 2007
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(AP) A police officer who appears to choke a skateboarder and put two others in a headlock in a video posted online has been put on administrative leave while police investigate, officials said.

Hot Springs is a resort town about 50 miles west of Little Rock.

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Remember people don’t believe everything that you are told in life or on myspace. Here’s a post to all the people out there that seem to think that everything posted on myspace is in any way true. It’s like high school all over again let’s spread a rumor that Rob got Lazie pregnant OMG I can’t believe it.

Yeah and you shouldn’t, here’s what I found out about the New California Laws (2 out of 10 isn’t bad right?)

If you want to know what the typical fines are in your area, call your local traffic court.

1. Carpool lane - 1st time $1068.50 starting 7/1/07 (The $271 posted on the highway is old). Don’t do it again because 2nd time is going to be double. 3rd time triple, and 4th time license suspended-Fiction!
In 2007, the recommended fine for a first time car pool violation was $380. Repeat offenders can expect to pay more, but nothing near the amounts represented in this email.

2. Incorrect lane change - $380. Don’t cross the lane on solid lines or intersections-Fiction!
The Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule said $134 for a typical infraction.

3. Block intersection - $485-Fiction!
The Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule said $175.

4. Driving on the shoulder - $450-Fiction!
The Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule said $134.

5. Cell phone use in the construction zone. - Double fine as of 07/01/07. Cell phone use must be “hands free” while driving-Fiction!
There was no law in California during 2007 restricting the use of cell phones in the car. There was such a law going into effect in July, 2008. There was no “double fine” as of 7/1/07 because there was no law in effect regarding cell phones. The new California law does not mention construction zones although penalties for traffic violations are higher if they occurred in a highway construction or maintenance area.

6. Passengers over 18 not in their seatbelts - both passengers and drivers get tickets-Truth!
The California Mandatory Seat Belt Law requires all passengers to use some kind of restraint. Children under 6 and weighing less than 60 pounds are required to be in “specified child passenger restraint system,” typically a car seat. Everybody older than 6 must wear seat belts. At this writing the fines range from less than $100 for a first offence to more than $300 when it’s kids who are not buckled in. According to the California Highway Patrol any adults in a vehicle who are not wearing seatbelts are subject to citation, not just the driver. The driver will be held accountable for any children not restrained.

7. Speeders can only drive 3 miles above the limit-Fiction!
The speed limit is the speed limit. There is no legal definition allowing a driver to go 3 miles per hour above that.

8. DUI = JAIL (Stays on your driving record for 10 years!)-Truth!
At the time of this writing a first offense for driving under the influence in California results in anywhere between 96 hours and 4 months in jail. a fine, and a six-month suspension of the license. Those are the court penalties. There are separate penalties to the Department of Motor Vehicles. As of January 1, 2007 a driving under the influence conviction will be on a person’s record for 10 years.

9. As of 07/01/07 cell phone use must be “hands free” while driving. Ticket is $285. They will be looking for this like crazy - easy money for police department-Fiction!
By law all drivers in California must be using hands-free cell phones as of July 1, 2008. The fine was $20 for the first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense. The exceptions are for emergency use, drivers of emergency vehicles, and drivers of commercial vehicles can use the push-to-talk type wireless phones until July 1, 2011.

Think for yourself people, remember how many strangers BS you believe when you first meet them. If you believe it all I have a bridge for sale next week check in with me about the price, it’s going real cheap. I just hope that we as a generation can think for ourselves, it’s truly necessary if we are to find a new direction for our world as a whole.

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Wow doesn’t it just seem like an easy decision to not have a cigarette in the morning. Yet when the first thing you do each time you wake up is reach for one and go outside I feel like this today. Let’s take this thing one moment at a time, yesterday I enjoyed pushing my limits of comfort, now I keep resorting back to rationalizing just one. I love reading info about how kicking heroin is easier than quitting smoking. The unfortunate thing is you can’t use heroin to quit smoking otherwise I would gladly consider the option right now LOL.

I’m in desperate need of non smokers to hang out with, I can’t even spend 5 minutes with a smoker without thinking it’s cool just to have one. Of course I’m not fooled that one leads to smoking a pack a day for 17 years like it has for me so far. I’m sure if I keep this up I’ll have enough Camel Cash for the iron lung that I will need.

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Ok so I figured that I would mark another shot at quitting smoking today, at this point it’s been since last night at about 8:30pm I made a decision to not pick up another cigarette. At this point being roughly 20 minutes to 3 o’ clock I feel like I have a lump in my throat and my mind is racing pretty damn quickly. Not much for a lesson of being in the moment or is it? I am consumed with wanting to push away my obsession for a smoke. It’s not the best way to go about it, as i write this down I’m able to be in the moment.

As I am in my body right now I will acknowledge that I want a cigarette, and try to investigate how my body is reacting to these feelings. I have a tightness in my throat, and a hard stomach.

The reason I chose to take on this attempt was because of something that I heard at my meditation class on monday night. I heard Noah talk about stepping up our practice and choosing to take on the uncomfortable. This is a pressing issue that has plagued my existence since since I took my year to live practice to heart.

I’m hoping that the more I put it out there that I am a non smoker the more I can accept this as who I am at this very moment in time. I will not create more suffering myself if I choose to smoke once again but for right now I will not.

This post may not make much sense but it is how my mind is running right now, maybe if I put it down right now I can at least take a look at it later on and get a good laugh.

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I couldn’t resist putting this video up. I’ve watched it about 80 times in two days and it seems to get funnier every time I watch it.

Due to his wide range of acting skills and emotional turmoil created by just his mere presence the chipmunk has taken Hollywood by storm. This should be the next reality TV star, or at least award winner on America’s got Talent

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There could be no bigger mistake than to think that ignorance is somehow dumb and stupid, or passive and lacking in intelligence. On the contrary, it is shrewd and cunning, versatile and ingenious in the games of deception, and in our wrong views and their burning convictions we find one of its deepest and, as Buddha said, most dangerous manifestations:

What do you have to fear from the wild elephant
Who can only damage your body here and now,
When falling under the influence of misguided people and wrong views
Not only destroys the merit you have accumulated in the past,
But also blocks your path to freedom in the future?

Something like that makes you think about many ignorant things from the past. Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Bush and many more. Falling under the influence of misguided people and wrong views has plagued this great earth many times just in the lst 200 years.

Set the intention that we keep on the path for the benefit of not only ourselves but all beings. No matter what path we are on in your heart you know if you are walking towards the light or away from it. If you are helping or hurting this world as a whole investigate the path you are on now and see if there isn’t even the smallest thing you can change today that might help the greater good.

• Are my actions doing me and everyone around me any good or am I on a destructive path?
• If I am neither than can I make a decision to change?

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.”

– Max Ehrmann

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Had me cracking up, I thought I’d share this.

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“The teachings of all the great mystical paths of the world make it clear that there is within us an enormous reservoir of power, the power of wisdom and compassion, the power of what Christ called the Kingdom of Heaven. If we learn how to use it—and this is the goal of the search for enlightenment—it can transform not only ourselves but the world around us. Has there ever been a time when the clear use of this sacred power was more essential or more urgent? Has there ever been a time when it was more vital to understand the nature of this pure power and how to channel it and how to use it for the sake of the world?”

The Dharma is so powerful how it tends to encompass all religions and ideals. The ultimate goal of any religion is to generate more compassion and better understanding in this world. Hopefully this understanding can translate into a better relationship with all of our problems as we see them. Shed some light into the truth of the added suffering we place on our problems that turn them into something worse than they are already. If you get a chance read a book called “Living Buddha Living Christ” by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book helped me break down the barriers that we seem to have between religions. In this book he describes the similarities between Christianity and Buddhism closely. The teachings of Christ and the similarities with teachings of the Dharma.

My favorite Dharma sites:

• Dharma Punx
• Buddha Net
• Meditation Websites
• Vipassana Meditation Website
• Spirit Rock Retreat Center

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Man I’m just wondering where the good programing went too? Shows like In Living Color, and Kid in the Hall. These were some extremely innovative shows that rocked the comedy circuit. Some of the stuff from Jim Carey pulled off back in the day launched his career into the movies. Probably the worst move made for his comedy. Anyways i just wanted to bring back some of the good stuff since the kids of today have no idea what they missed.

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