Friday, June 20, 2008

Commenting on Digg Artical / National News: Tampa condo plans clothing-optional pool

Hillsborough County, FL housing complex is planning to have a clothing-optional pool in an effort to sell units in a slumping market. A spokeswoman for the project's developer said one pool is being set aside for nude swimmers, sunbathers and hot-tub users at the Arbors at Branch Creek.

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My Comment Posted on Digg:

Would you live in a place where the pool was "Clothing Optional"? This lifestyle is a choice and we are a country with the right to "Freedom of Choice". Some people's belief that a naked body should not be shown, have made us a society of body shy people.

The rest of the thought:

I understand that some religions have rules / commandment related to body display. This is not a poke at religion. Just as they have the right to choose a religion. People should have a right to choose how much or little of their body they show in public. If you don't like what you see, you have the choice to look away or not look at all.

The human body is a work of art, it should be displayed to all, both the male and female body.In current society the only shown body's are the "pretty people, generally women". Now who defines the pretty people.

This lies somewhere between the clothing industry and media. They choose who to show and what the right size is. If you go shopping today you will find that most ladies clothing is aimed at the "size 6" and tall with cleavage showing bodices. As you go up in sizes your selections get smaller or you are limited to specialty stores where the prices can be fixed higher. Similar things happen in gentleman's clothing, but are less obvious since men's fashion takes a back seat, due to "normal" shopping patterns. to see this look at your major superstore. Shopping is a topic for another article.

Back to the topic at hand, If you want to where or not where something should be your choice. You should be able to make the same choice for your family. Yes, I said family. Current laws in most of the world state that images of or video of, a naked child (2-18) is sexual exploitation and a felony grade offense. Most people have been taught that nudity is shameful. What does this create? Parents that are afraid to let their kids run around with out clothing. Children that grow up with serious mental health related issues.

Anorexia and Bulimia are mental heath conditions, that lead to physical health problems. There are others that I can't think of now. Theses conditions exist because of the perfect body ideal currently being pushed.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Long Version!

For those of you who are not following my twitter posts (look me up via my g-mail address sdjernes@gmail.com Also for those of you who want a longer version of whats been going on.

Structure and display of this will not be right.

Weekend of the 1st.

Got all the stuff over here and in some assembled of order. Gave Jeff the keys back on Saturday as in Plan D (A, B, C, were just screwed). Was low on money after everything so skipped getting medications. That week went down hill, and is not appropriate for this blog.

Things Accomplished week of June 1st
  • Cable hooked up to basement, modem online and router found and added. (DD-WRT v24 on WRT54Gv4) QOS sucks and it seems not to properly limit the torrent clients speed.
  • Started setting up desk. Laptop still on WiFi because of no cable to room from basement router.
  • Started to evaluate wiring situation. Not Good
  • Kitchen is starting to get in order.
  • Got pist at vertical duct that is suppose to go straight down to basement, It don't go straight. Some kind of odd bend or something. Have to find plan C on all the wire.
  • Had Cox come back out and put a cable into the 2nd floor sun room, where the only real TV is. Have to get the PVR up so I can watch via PC.
Week of June 8th
  • Got into see doctor, medication is straighten up. We think!
  • Used some geek ingenuity to get CATV and Ethernet into my bedroom. Removed a non functioning heating duct cover and the associated pipe. Got some smooth edges on the space and down the hole the cables went. Through some holes in walls, over the ceiling and at the router we ended up.
  • Setup second AP / switch (DD-WRT v24 on WRT54Gv2). Now Andy and Karri have a good signal upstairs and mine does not fluctuate as much. Want to actually mount this in the attic.
  • Got a bunch of the old wire tore down from the basement on the circuit that ran my Bedroom/Office North wall. Still wondering how the fridge and toaster oven are on the same circuit as the bedroom. Have not found that wire yet.
Week of June 15th
  • Office is no longer on the circuit called "North Basement" it has it's own 20amp feed. Now I can install the APC SmartUPS 1400 up here as my battery backup. This little BackUPS 650 from 8 years ago just doesn't cut it for in here. Works great for the stereo as a line filter.
  • Basement door lock changed. Old one mostly rust and corrosion.

More to come just have to go do some work before we leave to go run arrons.

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