Monthly Archives: April 2013

A-Z Challenge: T is for Time

© 2013 by Raymond Alexander Kukkee [caption id="attachment_1346" align="aligncenter" width="584"]                     Old Time 1   Simple, Old Time[/caption] T is for Time. Time spent wisely, time wasted foolishly, time wished for passionately. Each of us have an allotted time--the question we perpetually ask is, where does time go when it passes us by?  Where does time reside?   In old clocks? Heritage buildings,  old, dusty classrooms where the hands of the old clock moved at a  slow, painful pace?

Time is fluid

 Time may feel hard, difficult, gentle and healing,  painfully slow, or incredibly fast.  Above all, it is persistent. The clock is ticking.  The seconds march on, curiously, whether we use it productively or not.  It seems logical,  diligent and clever to use every minute wisely, doesn't it? What do you do with your hours, minutes and seconds?  What did everyone do for years on end  in ancient days?  Study the stars? This old clock works may give us an idea how dedicated some people were. Can you imagine how long it took to build this? [caption id="attachment_1351" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]Vintage_Franz_Zajizek_Astronomical_Clock_machinery 2           Vintage Franz Zajizek Astronomical  Clock machinery[/caption] Are we astute enough to realize that every second, every minute, every hour counts?  How about you?  Is your internal clock broken or just pausing? Starting a boring job may seem daunting, it may "take forever".  Try it.  Sit and think about it for 8 hours instead.  Imagine that.  Eight hours from now, your dreary job can be done, completed, something to be proud of--or you may have completely wasted the same 8 hours thinking about it. Time passes regardless what you personally do with it. Better check your time out. I thought you might even want to take a precious minute and think about it. That's why T is for Time. Is that Incoming I hear? Photo credits: 1   author 2   Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0  +
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A-Z Challenge: ‘S’ is for Saboteurs and Sabotage

© 2013  by Raymond Alexander Kukkee [caption id="attachment_1336" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Spy and Saboteur? Spy or Saboteur?     Deadly Black Widow[/caption]  On any ordinary day, any ordinary week,  have you ever wondered why things have gone inexplicably wrong? What happened?   Did you open both eyes and look around?   Apply logic first.   Maybe Murphy did it. Lady Luck ran out screaming, leaving you with the luck of the draw. Circumstance. The challenge may be to  recognize the fact that  S can be for saboteurs and sabotage. Maybe.  Perhaps you are the victim of a spy, or genuine sabotage,  destructive action taken against others  by saboteurs of any description;  crabby neighbours, political enemies,  or misguided, arrogant control freaks individuals with a lack of people-handling skills.   Perhaps they are highly-trained mercenaries or everyday ordinary  sex-starved people with low self-esteem, jealousy,  anger issues. Wiley planners.  How about an unresolved guilt complex? Let's throw that in.  Include less than stellar ethics, too, and you may be dealing with saboteurs. 

Who are Saboteurs?

Those who deviously pretend innocence, but are enabled  by circumstance and character to arbitrarily choose sabotage;  evil instead of good. What are the people who conduct sabotage?  In the extreme contemporary view, they might be considered mindless terrorists or plain, ordinary, common people of any description.   Often and erroneously stereotyped as foreigners  and /or religious lunatics,  an individual saboteur may indeed  be slightly crazy, mentally unbalanced,  unhappy, terribly insecure.  He or she may feel alienated, ineffective and helpless with the status quo. Madmen do come self-made, or  in pairs, factions, and sleeper cells too, brainwashed every one.   They may imagine themselves to be victims of society or purveyors of their own utopian beliefs, however extreme. No matter, their own inadequacies turn and fester to ultimate destruction. Human beings are capable of doing anything possible to hurt, destroy or impede the lives, dreams of  others--even those close to them..  Saboteurs purposefully destroy as much as possible, minimize the successes, happiness and well-being of others and society itself,  believing it enhances their own ego, cause,  power, and image.  Viciously and habitually abusing  their authority from  whatever position they may hold in life, they may strike out unexpectedly with bombs,  betrayal, malice and forethought.  Do you know people like this? They may be 'changed' somehow, a fact that is often recognized after-the-fact. Individuals so inclined will do anything to wreak vengeance upon the innocent at all cost, even murder or mayhem, to effect their program at will.   Any place, person,  project, establishment, company,  program, social construct or country may be arbitrary targets.  Most interestingly, individuals or groups of people working toward the end goal of sabotage,  a hidden agenda-- tend to ensure anything they do is beneficial to themselves, seeking power,  fame, fortune, or self-entitlement. Where are these people?  Everywhere.  The world of personal, business, political and international sabotage is shrouded in darkness. Devious minds crawl out of secular shadows, old industrial buildings, the latest spy movies from Hollywood. Some boldly take the elevator to the 37th floor of a high-end condo if they they do not already  live in the cottage behind the white picket fence across the street from you.   Really?  No kidding. Who are these people, you ask?  Sometimes it's better not to ask.

It can be anyone. Anywhere. That's why S is for Saboteurs and Sabotage.

History can be changed in a minute by people you may or may not know.  People with issues considered unresolvable--in their own minds. Humanity weeps a true state of paranoia, boots  filled with vitriolic fear, self-doubt and propaganda.  In our society, saboteurs and sabotage can grievously affect anyone. Here at IncomingBytes we prefer to heed good advice.   Let us equally look for the good in people.  Do something constructive for the better.      Should I just go back to "R & R."?    Hmm....I could become a rookie recluse.  Eat beans from a can. Not  too likely. I'm bold and fearless.  I'm out there in the sunlight.  Highly recommended.  Try it. It works.   Is that Incoming I hear? Photo credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. +
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