. Dear Struggling Friend . Be a Fighter! . You can be a "fighter" without meaning that you are aggressive a bully or nasty! I am a fighter! Or at least, I try to be... But for me that just means never quitting and always getting up when you are knocked down, ignoring the pain. This does not mean just physically. Being a "fighter" means fighting in a thousand different ways. . Including the path of a pacifist! (if that is who you are) . It is simply refusing to "Stay Down!" When everyone, including you, screams and begs you to! . But it might not be a thug that is screaming at you to "stay down". It might instead be the critic that says your work is crap. Or It might be your inner voice when you failed your diet and gained 2Ibs! Or That self-doubt that tells you not to ask that secret crush out to dinner. - Because they are clearly "out of your league". Or Simple tiredness in any situation. Or It might be a toxic relative putting you do...

. I want to be a good person. I wish I were a good person. But I cannot be a good person. How can I still be a good person when I want to harm those who harm others? How can I ever be a good person when the idea of harming those who victimize others makes me smile and drool a little. How can I be a good person, no matter how hard I long to be... ...If I am, exactly, the same sort of rage-forged toxic dagger as those evil people... ...But just with the blade turned toward the other direction... . Any mere animal thug with a bat can bring vengeance... ... But only a good person can bring healing and redemption. . I wish I were a good person. But no one can be this angry all the time and honestly ever call themselves a good person. . And this fact upsets me. . . Letting yourself give in to violence It is just like a kind of immature emotional masturbation. It makes you feel good for a short while Sad for a much longer while. It is addictive. Makes a sticky mess everywhere. You find You al...

- I deeply admire the few REAL pacifists,   But I loathe all the FAKE pacifists! - You cannot be stranded on a desert island starving to death and claim to be on a diet. It is just an excuse for your lack of food. - only a person in front of an all-you-can-eat buffet can deny themself food and say they are on a diet. - This is the same reason the cowardly and weak cannot be real pacifists... It is just an excuse for their lack of action. - only a person who has the psychological and physical capability to be violent can be a REAL pacifist! Because they have a genuine real choice available, And yet, despite all reason and provocation - Still consciously Choose a path of peace, pacifism and 'turning the other cheek' at all times! - I deeply admire REAL pacifists and wish I had the true inner strength needed to be one of them! -

. Why are some men obsessed with Virgins? . Let's put it this way. If I was going to start a business and put all my resources, time, and effort into that business to build something up and expand that business over decades. Then I would not choose a long-term business partner with little or no business experience! I don't want to be having to correct and train someone from scratch! I want someone who fills the gaps in the needed skills set. . Let's put it this another way. If I was going to start a professional doubles tennis player team. And put all my resources, time, and effort into getting to the championships to have our team become the best in the world. Then I would not choose a player with little or no ability to play tennis! I would want a partner that knows one end of a tennis racket from another and could actually hit and serve and return the ball! . So, guess what?! If I want to build a family and home. I'd also want a wife who knew what the hell they were ...

. Science as Heresy? . The entire notion of "Scientific Heresy" is an ethically problematic one! Publishing papers that are easily accepted and that do not challenge the peers that review them, for the sake of "Professional Career Building Expediency" is NOT good Academia! A Scientist at a place of learning and discovery should NOT just behave as mere priests desperate to maintain the integrity of an established school of thought, or "faith" for a belief system! Unfortunately, THIS crap! - Has held the progression of humanities knowledge back by a few hundred years! Ask yourselves, "Why is it so important to crush all rogue academics"? "Why is it wrong to challenge and question"? And in places of so-called high learning, "Why, the hell, are these questions even so necessary"? You are supposed to be a university that looks and seeks NOT a blindly following church! Be a real scientist NOT a pseudo-monk with a bad habi...

! I am sure the comments will have plenty to "say" about the following statement  - Mainly because they believe the health marketing bull crap! - BUT "pretty" muscle is NOT efficient muscle! - No Viking, Medieval knight, Roman gladiator or Cave Man had bodies that would be on the cover of "Men's Health" magazine! - Forget those classical Greek or renaissance style male statues! - No proper Greek front-line warrior really looked like that either! - Function OVER form! NOT Form over function, people! The laws of physics and biochemical biology don't care how good you look! !

! If you want a world with no violent crime - Then build a world where people do not have to commit violent crimes to survive! - You cannot expect any human being to just "quietly go into the night" and "know their place" for your convenience! - A more brutal legal system just ups the stakes and makes everything far more extreme and worse for us all! It is not in the nature of any of us fellow humans to just "lay down and take it! - That is simply not what humans are! ! PS. Violent crime is NOT just about money... It is about the criminals' "self-image" It is about feeling valued by the world around you rather than just like a cog in someone else's machine. Money alone is not enough to create a violent crime-free society. You also need a society that does not disenfranchise or psychologically grind and crush anyone within it!  ! In short, Use common sense... If you create a society where power, strength and ruthlessness are its most prized att...

. SHE IS A VAMPIRE! By Ross E F Lombardi . She is a vampire. “IT” is something we must all fear! Run and hide for your life! - She is a vampire. Do not go near, never speak to her, or nod. Hated by us all and god. . She is a vampire. She may LOOK innocent. But she is NOT! - She is a vampire. Do not feed her when she says she is hungry. Avoid THAT wicked presence at Any And All costs! . She is a vampire. This IS a FACT! – We ALL KNOW that THIS is so! - She is definitely a vampire don’t you know! The most respected Royal court of the Red Draku warned us! CAST HER OUT! CAST HER OUT! - CAST THAT BITCH OUT! Those respectable people in the castle, who rule our world, told us so! . She is a vampire. To defend yourself you must attack her. Your death or your life, your choice! - She is a vampire. Even though she does not meat or dairy Even though she loves to dance in the sun. Even though she SEEMS like is only eight. . She IS a vampire. We must agree when told this! You Do Not have a choice! ...

  . RE: A none-white person playing a Viking in a live-action "How To Train A Dragon" film: - Ok, Who is going to break it to the Right-Wing Wuss lot that the Dragons are not a real thing either? And that Vikings did not ride dragons, Or fight dragons, Or have horns on their helmets, Or invent advanced articulated prosthetics - It feels almost spiteful to tell them! - It feels like telling a child that there's no such thing as Father Christmas Or that there is no Tooth Fairy Or that skin colour should not be that big of a deal. . Who is going to break all those poor Right-Wing Wuss's little innocent hearts? . A none-white person playing a Viking in a live-action "How To Train A Dragon" film? What's Next? - Having a White Blue blue-eyed blond Guy Play Jesus of Nazareth? . Oops! - ...Oh wait...! ? . .

. To all 8 women, I have asked out over the last 12 months. Of all the horrible things that happen to an average person during their lifetime. If The WORST thing to happen to You this year is ONLY an ugly broke man asking you out... ...Then You have had a pretty dam good year! . Me asking you out is NOT That BAD! It is NOT as bad as getting dental surgery It is NOT as bad as your car forever breaking down It is NOT as bad as stubbing your toe It is NOT even as bad as losing your keys on a busy morning! It was never a big deal! GET OVER IT! . Dated August 15th 2023. .

  You might have heard of… … ” Two Girls, One Cup”? But I give you, “Two Locations, One Artist!” For 14 days I will have 5 works. Spread over 2 different local locations. 1 Ross E F Lombardi (AKA Rat Lombot.) (Among many other artists. )

. I AM TOO DAM GOOD! By Ross E F Lombardi . My darkness howled in pain, At your light, My own stupidity - I could not fight. . Despite myself, Each sight of you would skip my heart, Every skip of heart would also sting, But “Us” would have been a terrible thing. I could not be near you, only far. - For my darkness can only diminish who you are. . Things kinda all happened how I suspect they would, For the right reasons, - Things happened the way they should. . But of all my regrets, For things, I have never done. I am proud I never wrote you this, - It would have been simply wrong. . I never used THIS skill, Even though I could, For at romantic poetry, - I am Too Dam Good! . To use these words, Would have been unfair. -To let you know how much I care . Each sunset, Despite all my own selfish poisonous shite End of day, I will attempt what’s right. . I forever stand my ground! This is Not an apology! For my feelings end, I needed to double down, I needed a golden-clad guarantee! . Wrong...

. I just worked something out... ...People are thinking that I get self-destructive thoughts because of personal pain, loneliness, and defeat. THIS IS WRONG! I can take the hits, all day, every day and thrive on the fight! ! No! What makes me suicidal is the pain the rest of the world goes through and my feeling overwhelmed and unable to make any difference or help all those countless others that need it. THAT IS WHAT GETS ME! ! . ! How did I finally realize this…? Got banned from a group… The details don’t matter, it’s a long-convoluted story that makes less and less sense to me each day. And because it was a main social group, I spent a lot of time with, Friends and Family etc. were always asking. “Are you ok! Blah blah blah.” “You should give in! Blah blah blah.” “How are you managing?! Blah blah blah.” And there is me thinking… “Do these well-meaning people even know me?” “I rebelled against something – that just makes it a below-average Tuesday!” Just now, 11 pm, On my 51st birth...

. If you realized You would Never love again Be loved again Be held again Hold again Kiss again Be kissed again Or look into eyes as shiny with warmth as your own . How would you keep going? . If you know Tell me how Because somehow I still must find a way to... . .

! Joey B vs. the World #27: It's a Mad World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kwzwn6mFqs&authuser=0 My Review: The last story WAS ok -ish BUT This guy is just a professional general all-purpose Douche Bag for a living Like a "Shock Jock" but with No good jokes and Without Any of the sense of whimsy and fun, that a normal "Shock Jock" has. Being all 'laid back' with his expensive jacket acting all 'cool' as an affectation as if he is any better than those that he has the snidey afront to dare criticize. I almost instantly took a dislike to him (or hopefully a dislike to just the character he plays) "Yeh buddy?" "Without those 'freaks' that you so readily slap around with no fear of any personal consequence!" "You'd have no bullshit content for your little show! - would you?!" I won't be watching him ever again if I can possibly help it! (I doubt he'd give a single half-crap - I am obviously no...