First, I would like to explain that this is not multiple pictures glued together via Photoshop. This is a single shot of a rainstorm coming across the Red River valley, as seen from my backyard. Obviously photomanipulated, but nothing was altered or changed insofar as the layout of the photograph. I don't like how the trees seem to stick out, away from the cloud, but I couldn't fix it without compromising the look of the picture. I hope someone likes it. If one person does, it will make my day.

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Read these books: Alas, Babylon; Brave New World; 1984; Fault Lines

Watch these movies: Mad Max Trilogy; The Postman; Waterworld; Escape from New York; Aftermath

Play these games: Fallout I & II; Gamaworld

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The lyrics below may only apply to natural disaster, but I still think they are apt in this description. They contain some graphic language, I guess. Included for your viewing p-l-e-a-s-u-r-e . . . .

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Ænema (TOOL)

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna watch it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
suck it down.
flush it down.


((DISCLAIMER: I am not a terrorist and I do not have any inclinations in that direction. I am just an artist. Nothing more or less.))