Hall of Fame Award

Kind of liked the new poetry.com but it has vanished again and with it all my work and awards there... ugh.
Any way here is a hall of fame award i received there before it disappeared again. i got this award for claiming some of my old poems from the previous site.
you can read my poetry now at patreon for a small fee or buy a book at amazon.
more on that later.
The image is one i made with the poetry.com badge on it.

Genealogy Awards and Badges

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SpongeBob is real and Bikini Bottom exists!

You heard it right. Spongebob is actually filmed through a crystal ball and exists in an alternate universe where the laws of physics are a bit different. The makers of the show found an alternate universe at a seance and were so fascinated by it that they decided to film it as a documentary. After filming several episodes they decided that no one ever watches documentaries so they should just make it look like a cartoon show instead. While the actor who plays the pirate is actually one of us, the visits to Bikini Bottom are all documentary footage of the alternate universe and yes squirrels can actually live at the bottom of the ocean there despite the head crushing pressure that humans would face.

The inhabitants of this alternate reality actually do speak English so the show's creators were able to understand everything they say.

Why does Mister Krabs have a whale for a daughter? Turns out he adopted her to get a welfare check from the Bikini Bottom Department of Marine Affairs.

Why did Sandy Cheeks move to Bikini Bottom? In reality, she left Texas to escape a stalker who likes to rape squirrels and chickens. She went into the witness protection program and they figured he would never find her in Bikini Bottom.

Is Patrick really that dumb? Yes. Yes he is.

Why do the fish drown at the beach and how does it rain underwater? There are still things about this alternate universe we do not quite get.

Why are the fish so humanish?  In their reality nuclear radiation altered the fish in that area and changed them from regular aquatic life in other areas of the world. The residents were warned by King Neptune never to go into the forbidden zone where they would be eaten by sharks and die.

Where is Bikini Bottom located in the alternate universe?
Bikini Bottom is located in the Pacific Ocean at the bottom of the sea, below its signature island, Bikini Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the alternate reality they have labelled Bikini Bottom Land for scientific reference.

hostgator declined to work with me... but Bluehost is cool.

"HostGator.com has declined your request to work with the campaign HostGator.com for the following reason: Not enough traffic."
is it my fault there is not enough traffic here? besides i have only just begun... you lose hostgator.... in the meantime, i am now affiliated with Bluehost. look for their links to appear here soon.  oh btw, going to be doing a little seo soon... 
be sure to look over the ads and affiliate partners section and drop in if you like... i only do business with the best partners. Even Amazon thought i had enough traffic to take a shot. 

blue host is cool. click the link on the sidebar to work with them and get your site hosted for less than four bucks a month. thats cheaper than lunch.... 

peace.

Sister Sasha sells shiny sea shells by the sea shore

Sister Sasha sells shiny sea shells by the sea shore. she sends sixteen shiny sea shells to Sister Cynthia on Saturdays and sixteen shiny sea shells to Sister Sally on Sundays. If she finds sixty six shiny sea shells on Saturday morning, how many shiny sea shells should shiny sea shell seller Sister Sasha have to show on Sunday night?

Brand U

its all about the branding baby. your profiles need the same name if at all possible.
there are a few other ray nichols online so i cant always get @raynichols for a username, but if you can nail the same ids down for all your accounts they will blend well with your website and make it easier for people to find you. if you cant get the same id for each profile at least put all your social media on your home page so fans can check them against posers. while i will probably never have to discredit a poser for my accounts, its just more logical to use the same handle for each site when possible. also, the same profile pic, you cant even get verified most of the time if you change your pic so get a really good one and use it well and forever. updated pics can be put elsewhere, but a social media profile pic is just like a logo for a business. use it well.

does congress need a raise?

congress makes 174k a year. cost of living in the usa?

Living expenses in the USA
average cost
Single person, per year $13,200
University student, per month $794
Four person family, per month $4,045
Four person family, per year $48,540

congress needs a raise when everyone in america is making a minimum wage of 174000 a year. period.

A New Bond

M introduced herself and invited him to sit down. 
"Here's your new id, Nick." she handed him a wallet with id inside. 
He opened it up and looked at it. "Bond? James Bond," he read the name on the id, then he eyed the credit cards inside. 
"All double 0 sevens use that name. We change the picture of course. From now on you will operate as James Bond, 007." The new director sat in her chair and smiled, lifting her glass to her lips. 
"Wouldn't it be better to use a different name for each new agent?" he asked. 
"No, of course not, Mister Bond. The legends of your exploits are greatly intimidating to your opponents. They cant figure out why they cant kill you, you see." M smiled and took a sip from her wine glass. 
"I would just as soon they didn't." he said. 
"Relax, James. The last one who tried is dead." M put her glass down and turned on her laptop, brushing her long red hair out of her eyes. "And you graduated top of your class. Your instructors will see to it no one lays a hand on you. The double 0's are legend in their field. Oh, you have a meeting with Q in an hour. Don't be late." 
"Q? Who's that?" James looks at his new watch and checks the time... 
"New girl, very inventive, like her father before her... She has some gifts for you." M turns to her laptop and begins to read documents on it. "Don't be late." 
"Right, I'll just see myself out." James rises from his chair and exits to the outer office where a lovely secretary with long legs is typing a letter. "Oh hello. Bond. James Bond here." He introduces himself mostly to get in the practice. He nods and holds out his hand. 
The young girl at the computer keeps typing without looking up. "So you're the new 007. Shame. I rather liked the last one. Name's Moneypenny. Just started about a month ago. Nice to meet you. Don't be late for your meeting with Q." 
"They never told me what happened to the last 007. I don't suppose he retired..." James smiled slightly, hoping for a favourable answer. 
Miss Moneypenny looked sadly at her screen for a moment then sighed and went back to typing again. 
"Right, well. Mustn't be late for miss Q." James headed out the door. Preferring to not think about the future, or James Bond's past. He hoped that miss Q would be more of a talker some how, but he doubted it....

home remedies for gout

home remedies for gout....

gout is a form of arthritis that hurts a lot worse. i had to google home remedies when i had my last attack and here is a list of some home remedies that i found that are supposed to help.....

• Magnesium
• Ginger
• Warm water with apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and turmeric
• Celery or celery seeds
• Nettle tea
• Dandelion
• Milk thistle seeds  
• cherries or tart cherry juice  
• hibiscus  
• apples 
• bananas 
• epsom salt baths 
• Topical cold or hot application 
• eliminate diet triggers 
• hydrate often 
• get plenty of rest 

*avoid coffee and orange juice, red meat and turkey, beer and alcohol, asparagus, cauliflower and spinach, and seafood.


links 

Gout Remedies

new books at gumroad

just got in some new books on internet marketing at gumroad.

affordable and informative books at a reasonable price.
will be adding many more to the inventory and as they are downloadable, you can get them right away.

this partnership with gumroad allows me to market books and videos through my own store and collect sales revenue on the side.

check out my book store here. 

now at ello

just launched a page at ello.com.
publishing some of my fan art and links to my site there.

Ello is a global community of artists dedicated to creative excellence. Built by artists, for artists.

now at patreon

just launched a new page at patreon. 
patreon is a subscription service that many artists and models and youtubers use to support themselves. 
my plan is to publish exclusive content there that you wont see elsewhere. 
hope you will join me on this journey down patreon blvd. 
see you there.
peace

suspended for what? et tu, twitter?

much like nazi germany, social media is silencing anyone who doesnt like the bad things they do. facebook and twitter will suspend your account without notice or reason or delete a post you shared or retweeted without even telling you what it was or why they think they have the right.
make no mistake if censorship rises and freedom of speech is lost we all lose. these nazis have no right to say no you cant tell on us for being against the constitution or freedom of speech or freedom of expression. everyone has the right to their opinion and no social media tyrants should be free to silence them.
my twitter was suspended recently for no reason or explanation and i cannot even write to the nazi in charge to ask why. #bs.
i suspect it is because they did not like something that was retweeted by my newsletter which i did not personally tweet out but that should not ban me from existing on twitter.
these nazis are too powerful for our own good and i shall have to look for a better alternative to twitter now.
my account at raytopian is dead. fu twitter.

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Google plus is gone.

googles attempt at overthrowing facebook is dead. not popular enough to merit the time and cost i suppose and like all such fails, it was closed.
the sad thing is plus was a good site with a lot of potential. but money talks.
and now all the blogger blogs will have to settle for a blogger profile instead of the more interesting and colorful google plus profile it had before.
peace.

the fall of the mcu

spoilers ahead..... 

killing off steve rogers after only a couple movies is no smarter than the countless times they tried to replace him in the books. it didnt work then and it wont work now. the fans dont love him because he wears red white and blue and stands for justice even when the government dont. they love him because they watched him grow up and evolve into the true hero he has come to represent. you dont just throw a character out and replace him with someone new. its the story that fans love.

 silly marvel cinema, comics are for fans. 

nuff said.

Three Cross Hill

romeo and juliet; a space oddity. act one scene one. castle montague

act one
scene one. castle montague.

yo romeo i heard theres a dope party on fair planet verona over at capulet castle. lets crash.

surely you jest, paris. the jedi bade us to never return to capulet castle again, cousin.

i jest not cousin and dont call me shirley.

i just realized that paris is a girls name cousin.

yeah so, pop always wanted a daughter, dog. lets go to the party. i hear verona has some fine bitches yo. 

verily well, cousin paris. let us make haste less the sun set afore our arrival. 

what you talkin bout romeo. you talk funny dog....

myspace yourspace ourspace theirspace

remember the early years when you could write a note on fb. you had the option to write a note, k? so you go on the home page and make a note. you know, like milk cheese butter eggs and what else? oh yeah chicken.... 
yeah the newbies just didnt get it with fb, k? right?
they would forget they werent on google and start posting search terms by accident, right? 
posts would be like "supplements for circulation" k?
friends would be like "what you talking about grampa? this aint google"
next post. "what is google?"
right?
youre smacking your face. i dont know who that is? somebody hacked gramps account....  
no one pay attention to the old mans posts he has dementia. 
k?
remember myspace??? no you bunch of millenials... anyway we had this site called myspace. it was kind of like fb but better. you know? cause you had a music system. yeah imagine that. a music player on every page. and you could just add all your favorite songs to it. k? 
yeah you go to somebodys page... i mean space. cause we all had our own space... right and the first friend we made was that guy who owned it.... whats his name? yeah he had like millions of friends on his space... or his myspace. yeah his myspace was different from my myspace but we were friends so it was our myspace. k? right?  
then he sold it to some asshole and myspace was gone. i was in a vacuum in the universe. i had no myspace anymore... damn it guys. my music player and my blogs were gone and my fake profiles... you know you really cant roleplay any where like myspace.... or your myspace... or whatever.... 
tried to get back in later, cause i missed myspace, but it just wasnt the same anymore... 
you know... its like first everybody was on web tv and then that went away and they all went to myspace and then that was gone and they all went to fb... right? 
and we could write books and blogs on myspace... i mean i could at least... you could too if you wanted to... but then it was gone.... and then we started writing stories on fb... k????
we could make notes and keep them in a folder... cant hardly find that folder now... but that was the old days... back when facebook was cool... you know? it put peanuts in its coke... no not that kind of coke you weirdo... 
but fb used to be cool... you could hang out and chat and write on peoples walls... we liked to write on peoples walls or draw or hang pictures on walls... it was the happening place... 
back when i was a boy facebook was cool... 
thanks for coming out tonight.... 
peace.