IF: paisley

IF: ripple

Don't whine when your life hits a ripple.
You just might enjoy when its through.

IF:trail

It was the end of the trail for her after one to many broken hearts.

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain NIN

Pain runs deep
Deeper, probing
So intense
I scream into my soul
I find no release
I feel PAIN

PAIN
Morning
Night
Teardrop slides
Muffled crys

Weekley
Dailey
Hourly
Pain
Does it stop

Focus
Unfocus
There is no relief
I still feel
Slice
edge of blade

IF:slither

A modern take on the temptation of Eve.

IF:early

soooo late, its early next week on this one.

IF: equipment

I've always been impressed with the way we perceive scale. Here this mining truck looks huge compared to the man fixing it, but when viewed from an open pit mine, it looks very tiny along with all the other equipment.

IF:fearless

To be fearless you have to channel your fear.

IF:ahead

A week late, but such is life.

IF:cocoon

Some say Coco loved the feeling of being cocooned in her raccoon fur coat.

IF:detective

A slightly modified version.

IF: linked

IF: dip

Dip, snuff, chaw or smokeless tabacco, no matter what you call it, its just another cancer waiting to get you.

IF:rescue

God's helping hand.

IF: expired

Jimi Hendricks maybe expired but 40 years on he's still inspiring us with his music.
This past week he became noted as the first person to have a top 5 album 40 years after their death. Eat your heart out Elvis.

IF: brave

Brave enough still to try an new style and share it with the world.... uhmmm uhmmm

IF perspective

Double Standard, again ?

We have all seen men on tv drink beer after winning the World Series and smoke cigars after winning the Super Bowl and share champagne from the bowl on top of lord Stanley's cup, which is the crowning glory for any male hockey player. Then why the sissy fit news(gossip)this past Olympics over the Canadian women hockey team celebration of their gold medal. It was the accumulation of a life time achievement for most, why not celebrate like the guys do, or don't they have the same rights as the guys. It's the closest thing they will ever have to winning a Stanley Cup. So what that they drank beer and smoked cigars for over 2 hours. They deserved it, they WON!
I never see any reporter raging on the men for celebrating their victories each year, but that's my perspective.

IF: propagate

The king of propagation or so they say.

IF: adrift

Adrift in a sea of words.

IF:muddy

Marketing is all about presentation. If you present a product just right there will always be someone willing to buy it. Point in case I phones, I pods, your connection to the internet to mention a few, Sure they're nice to have make us feel cool and in step with the rest of society, but seriously do you really need them. Do the make your life easier, better, more fulfilling or are you a slave to them. Do they control you and what you do. Just something to ponder next time your at a lost as to what to think about standing in the check outline.

IF: focused

Not sure how I got to thinking about snipers and the Beatles song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" from their White Album, let alone combine 'em in a drawing, but I did.

IF:clumsy

The Russian Ballet is consider by some to be the most prestigious in the world.
Since the time of the great Czars Peter and Catherine' Madame Klumsie's Dance
Studio has always epitomized the creame' de la creame' of Russian ballerinas.

IF:Wilderness

The Ness Family

The Ness family where as Scottish as they came. They could trace their ancestry back to before Scotland was known as Scotland.
Wilder was Loch's lil brother and they could be always found swimming in the family lake. People would come for miles to see them swim. They never could understand why though. It was rumored that they had a distant cousin across the pond named Eliot, who was known to tangle with bad guys in da Windy City. But thats another story.

IF: confined
Some people are confined by their own thoughts and beliefs. Its like being confined with in your head by your mind. Held hostage by your brain. You can see out, but you can't get out.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Its the year of the Tiger. It comes only once every 12 years and now has come twice since my daughter was born. She just spent her 1st new year's away from home with friends in New York. It also was her 1st time flying the friendly skys by herself too.

New years, like new days I feel, are God's way of letting us know we haven't got it right yet, and he's giving us another chance to do so. Maybe one of our resolutions should be is to TRY HARDER to get it RIGHT. To be more loving, compassionate and lil more tolerant of each other. I mean after all none of our sorry asses are perfect. In the coming days, weeks and months a head try to focus a lil more on doing these things and I bet you'll have a more meaningful and productive NEW YEAR!

IF: renewal

IF: pioneer

Some may say that the 1st step on the moon was a pioneering one.

IF:undone

Sometimes somethings are better left undone.

IF: hatch

How many remember Richard Hatch use to play Captain Theo Oberdn "Dash" on the TV show Battlestar Galatic.

IF: Crunchy

A Little Something for all those "CHOCOLATE" lovers out there.

IF: entangled

IF: music

Its good to warm my bones beside the fire. Wish you were here.

IF: unbalanced

Harder then I thought. I wanted to keep trying to balance the forms, not sure if I succeeded.

IF:blur

Sometimes things remain a blur no matter how long you contemplate them.

IF: skinny

Tribute to Ralph Lauren and friends and their warped sense of fashion.

IF:fast

Japan's Shenkansen was the first high speed rail line in the world. Today the reach speeds of over 300km/h.

IF: frozen

Have you ever wondered what fish must say to each other when people are up top ice skating across their ceiling. Let alone playing ice hockey on it.

IF: flying

As a kid, I remember these types of rides out side discount stores waiting for a lil one to climb on board and fly as high as their imagination would let 'em.

IF:germs

What better way to enjoy each others.

IF: pattern

IF:infinite

Somethings remain infinite even when you try to hide em.

IF:welcome

"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...."

IF: strong

Nothing like a fresh bowl of strong green tea in the morning.

IF: magnify

Some magnify Miyamoto Mushashi as the worlds greatest swords man. Its been said, out of the 80 some fights he had, he only lost once to a man with a jo (wooden staff). Makes you wonder then if the man with the jo was incredibly lucky, incredibly skillful or Musahshi wasn't as good as they say.

IF:caution

Some people throw caution to the wind at traffic lights.
Do you?

IF: wrapped

Have you ever been all wrapped up and nowhere to go.

IF: impatience

No impatience here this week.
Enjoy.

IF:modify
Some people love to modify their image

IF:idle

IF: shaky