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Edward Emmett Karn, Jr.
Aka: Edwyrd, Zenlogic, Freebooter, johnlogic, zxc.
Born: just when the U.S. started going to hell.
In the almost 50 years I have been on this earth I have done many things, been many places and met many people, good and bad……In life, so far, I have learned that nobody knows anything for sure, that there is no sense in sweat’in the small shit, I know that I will not panic in a life or death situation, that I will fight to live, I know this from experience. That if you have no problems, you are probably dead and If you let the herd manage your life you will never be happy.
In the immortal words of Popeye, "I 'yams whats I ams, and dats all that I 'yams"
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Waning Crescent Moon The moon is 25 days old
Distance: 63 earth radii
Ecliptic latitude: -2 degrees
Ecliptic longitude: 270 degrees
Happy New Year!
Posted By zenlogic on January 1, 2010
Another year, many ups and downs, but all in all it has been a good, peaceful year.
Lost track of some people, heard form others, that is life, I wish you all a happy new year and a good life.
As I look back, I give thanks to god for the peace and ease of the last year, and I give thanks for the unknown future, for surly he will watch over us and guide and protect us. I know that I don’t always get what I want, But I always get what I need, if I just have faith. Time and time again this has proved true. Lord help me to remember this and please look after all of mine and I and all the ones here and gone. Thank you.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne ?
- CHORUS:
- For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
and surely I’ll buy mine !
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
- CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
- CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine† ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
- CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
- CHORUS
Sheila now has a Degree, Yeehaw!
Posted By zenlogic on December 19, 2009
Today (Friday the 18th) at 7:30 p.m. Sheila walked down the aisle to her degree, she is now a proud owner of a AAS in Accounting, top ten of her class and honours. The ceremony went great. But wait, that isn’t the end, she signed up for her bachelors, so two more years of school, and work and taking care of us. She is going to have a hell of time for the next few years.
Here’s a pics or two to tide ya’over.
Sheila’s mom, Sheila and Brother Mike.
I have more Pics but I have to go through them and crop and resize, you know the drill. I also have a video and will figure some how to get it here.
Later, Zenlogic.
New Knife
Posted By zenlogic on November 30, 2009
Here a some pic’s of the knife I just finished. If you head on over to my YouTube channel, there is a short vid of it too.
This is a laminated blade. I arranged the blanks like this:
Hard layer
soft layer
hard layer
Then I forged welded it and folded it it. Now it was like this:
hard layer
soft layer
hard layer
hard layer
soft layer
hard layer.
This way it ended up with a double hard layer for the edge, with a total of six layers, Any how here are some pics.
I forged it to pretty close to the shape I wanted, then went and did the stock removal thing, tried to do a scandy edge on it, was somewhat successful, as you can see. Then I tempered it and put the final edge on. She is Sharp. The handle is a piece of old hickory hammer handle. I save all my old hammer handles for just this reason. It has a poured but cap, to hide the nut that holds it all together. Works out nice, light and quick to go where you point it. All the weight is in the back and with the blade set down like it is, it is a real nice slicer. Blade is four inches and the handle is four and half, it weighs only four point one ounces. most of which is in the tail. Now to make a sheath for it and then on to the next one.
There it is, Each one better then the last. Later zenlogic.
Graduation
Posted By zenlogic on November 29, 2009
She did it, (Never any doubt in mind) Sheila is graduating – with her degree in December, Dec 18 to be exact. Top of her class, top GPA and deans list. But that’s not all, starting next quarter she will continue in her education and take her Bachelors in Accounting. She will do the work and school thing for the next little while. I have no doubts she will do just fine. We are all proud of her.
Well to the point of this post, on Friday we went and picked up her gown and invitation’s and graduation stuff, We got home and every body wanted to see her in it. We had a fun half hour with it, all of us telling her how good she looks and such, you know how that goes. But as soon as I saw her in it, I about fell over, She has that smart and sexy thing going. Drives me crazy. Of course she forbid me to put this up, so what could I do.
Love you She. Later zenlogic.
Model Railroads and Memories
Posted By zenlogic on November 16, 2009
The other day Sheila had to go up to the cities for two days to do some continuing education classes for her state certification, she hates to drive in the cities alone, so i drove, dropped her off and then went over and spent the day with my dad.
Nice day……. here’s the thing, dad has finely broken in to the high tech world, he bought himself a HP 25 in touch screen computer about 3 months ago, really nice computer and he is catching on fast. He also bought a Kodak 3-in-1 printer/scanner and he has been scanning every picture he ever took. Man it’s great. i was seeing pictures that i have never seen before, well the upshot of this was I got to burn them for him and keep a copy. So i thought i would show off a couple of them.
Back in 92 i got Sean(my son, he was about 5 then), an HO scale train set, but i found that i loved to play with just as much as he did, then, as with everything, i let it get out of hand. At the time we lived in a 2 bedroom apartment, hardly enough room for for the five of us, let alone the six fish tanks and the 2000 books and now a 4 by 8 train layout, Man when I do things, I don’t do them by half.
Sean and the kids and I had lots of fun building it, at least I think they did, I know I did.
Here are some pics of the lay out. Notice it sits right in the middle of the living room and yes that was Sean’s bed underneath the train layout. He loved it down there.
Explanations under the pic.
1. This is the layout, that’s me back when I was young and handsome, the train layout Is HO, 4×8, the mountains are pink foam and paper mache, hand painted. The buildings, except for 2 or 3, are all stick built. All the landscaping was done by me and the kids.
The layout had two separate lines, the outside one, a big oval and the inside line was the mining line. Separate lines and separate controllers. All the lights worked and all the switches switched. It was great.
2.This is the long shot, showing all of it and under it. Yep that is where Sean slept, if you look closely you can see a venation blind rolled up above his bed, at night he would just pull the rope and let it down. You can also see the controllers for the separate lines and the switch buttons.
3. This is a close up of the yards.
Well that’s all the pics I have of the train layout, later when we moved we had to tear it down, but we still have the rolling stock to this day, and one of these days mason and I, women willing, can go hog wild like Sean and I did.
Just to add some fun, I thought I would throw some pics of me in. One from when I was a baby, one from when I was 5 or 6, and one of my bother and i, I was about 15 then.
well, yea I was a ugly little critter, then the big gene kicked in and I got big and ugly, and now at 50, I am just an ogre.
Well this has been fun, I will put the pics in the gallery too, so you can see full sized ones.
Thanks, later zenlogic.
ogre
Posted By zenlogic on November 9, 2009
Used to be if you typed “scary ogre” into Google Images (Moderate Search), my picture would come up on the 1st page, 3rd Pic.
Now it doesn’t, but if you type in “ogre” I am on the 14th page! I want to be 1st again. I want to be top Ogre again - Oh well, Such is Fame.
Ogre
Higonokami Knife
Posted By zenlogic on October 12, 2009
Alright guys, the higonokami post is now a permanent page. Look to the top and you will see a tab.Just click and there it is.
Server hacked
Posted By zenlogic on October 11, 2009
Well, the server at namecheap got hacked, they took the whole thing down. So namecheap was very nice and moved everything over to a new and better server, however – this broke all the links and pages and the whole word press installation. I tried to fix it; but I soon ran out of patients, Soooo, the upshot is a whole redo – don’t worry it will be much the same, and you knife guys – the higonokami page will be back.
sorry for the mess, later – Zenlogic.