Beard without a mustache

I wanted to try a beard without a mustache. Here's how it turned out!

The Purge - Halloween 2015

Babadook

Death Personified

Death (Personified)

Death..personified. The ambiguous, lurking presence that separates man's previously beating heart from his fatefully harvestable soul. Death gradually appears from a rising fog, unbeknownst at first, to his soon-to-be-adopted soul's host.

His presence an unavoidable obstacle and seemingly softened threat. He'll wait patiently if required, but will strike quickly at reaping time.

He abides by no timeline, and thrives in an incomprehensible realm where the number of souls collected dictates all aspects of his existence. The Grim Reaper, as he is also called, is no angel, and has no wings. 

Death is not compliant, or defiant. He is not bold. Nor is he subtle. His presence can be felt , but has no need for promotion. Death's face is an anti-static mirage of constantly moving fog-like distortions of a dark and muted rotting skull. Death can not be looked in the face, nor be touched. But his working hands can cause a man's disconnecting body and soul paralysis, and his innermost being to feel the unavoidable agony of a soul-separation.

Death knows not where his reapings finally rest; in a pearly paradise, a suffering stagnance, or the scorching bowels of hell; for his blinding purpose is to reap a man's soul, which he will do, without fail. 

Death's arrival represents the final account of a man's earthly journey; the finality and amassment of each decision and repentance ever made.

Death brings the often unexpected irreversible end to a life and concludes man's worldly test, delivering him to trial.

Here's some great relaxing acoustic music by my friend Dave Belt. Enjoy!

Ok so, weird dream... I found myself inside of a building that was a huge tower, but really spacious inside also. I was on a thick blue pad, like the ones they use in gymnastics, laying down. However, for some reason I was at the top of the tower near the ceiling on the inside of the building, laying on this pad afraid to move, for fear I would fall to my death 20 stories below.

So, there were a few other people with me and a friend of mine said "Screw it. I'm jumping down." and I was like..."No way, what are you doing dude? You are crazy." Next thing I know he stands up and jumps off of his blue pad.

All of the sudden gravity ceases to exist, and he comes floating back up above the pads. He says "Look at the pennies coming out of the wall." So we all looked and there thousands of pennies floating out of sconce type objects connect to the wall. So, not really afraid to move around, since there was no gravity, everyone started grabbing pennies and throwing them and their blue pad would move a little in the opposite direction. There was a door near the ceiling on the other side of the tower. So we all started collecting pennies and throwing them at the wall, which moved us closer to the door.

We got out of the building and realized there had been an apocalypse event, but no zombies. So, the rest of the dream was us floating around some mall/airport hybrid building trying to figure out what had happened to the world, collecting pennies that we found so we could continue to propel ourselves through our environments. I went back to my house and collected all the pennies I could find. For some reason electronics were especially valuable, so I got all the cell phones and small electronic devices I could find. Wish I remembered more. I haven't had a cool dream like that for a long time...lol

Then, I woke up to a world with gravity...

Crafstman Lawn Mower Running Choppy / Idles Low Then Dies

So, as if I weren't already having enough problems, my Craftsman lawn mower decided not to work.

Craftsman Rotary Lawn Mower - 675 Briggs & Stratton

The Problem
When I pull start the mower, it idles low like it's trying to get gas and it idles up and down. It almost sounds like it's choking. If I put the handle to the ground and tilt the lawn mower up it seems to run better.

The Solution
I figured this problem out. The lever that controls the carburetor had just enough gunk around the mechanism so that it wasn't moving freely when the engine needed it to.

So I cleaned the outside area of the carburetor with carburetor cleaner. Then I took off the plastic covers and sprayed the carburetor lever and its related parts with a spray lubricant (like WD-40) and moved it back and forth to get the lubricant to settle in. I used the Midwest Engine 5106b "Briggs and Stratton" Tune up Kit to change the air filter, spark plug, oil, and add gas additive.

I put it all back together and it started right up and now it runs fine!

For reference, the exact lawn mower I own is a Craftsman Rotary Lawn Mower - 675 Briggs & Stratton Engine (Model Number 917.388132). If you have this same lawn mower, you can download the Craftsman owner's manual for it here for free.