#Rusty T Wiener

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狗仔🐕‍🦺 [+〡條龍仔🐉] 日記

新嘅一年嘅第一套好餐！(⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

尋日係一位親密親戚嘅里程碑生日，梗係值得慶祝一下喇！當然，亦都唔會忘記加埋幾隻化骨龍同我哋一齊慶祝喇！(笑)

喂！Eike仔！唔好飲嗮我啲汽水呀！(笑)

幾隻化骨龍冇睇過蘇格蘭蛋呵？｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡ 雖然味道唔話得係乜特別味，但係喺本地仲算係一個少見嘅一碟餸。所以有機會試，就試一次吧！味道雖然普通，但係都唔算差！(⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠)

士多啤梨唔錯喎，大大粒，口感又鮮脆！😋

新詞：里程碑 [🇭🇰🇲🇴 lei⁵ cing⁴ bei¹，🀄ㄌㄧˇㄔㄥˊㄅㄟ]

[spiritualesoterichighlevel]

WHY DO ASTRONAUGHTS EXPERIENCE GOD

In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the        little understood phenomenon sometimes called the “Overview Effect”.

He describes        being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness.        Without warning, he says, a feeing of bliss, timelessness, and connectedness        began to overwhelm him.

He describes        becoming instantly and profoundly aware that each of his constituent atoms        were connected to the fragile planet he saw in the window and to every        other atom in the Universe. He described experiencing an intense awareness        that Earth, with its humans, other animal species, and systems were all        one synergistic whole.

He says the        feeling that rushed over him was a sense of interconnected euphoria. He        was not the first—nor the last—to experience this strange “cosmic        connection”.

Rusty Schweikart        experienced it on March 6th 1969 during a spacewalk outside his Apollo        9 vehicle:

“When you go around the Earth in an hour and a half, you          begin to recognize that your identity is with that whole thing. That makes          a change…it comes through to you so powerfully that you’re the          sensing element for Man.”

Schweikart, similar to what Mitchell experienced,        describes intuitively sensing that everything is profoundly connected.

Their experiences,        along with dozens of other similar experiences described by other astronauts,        intrigue scientists who study the brain. This “Overview Effect”,        or acute awareness of all matter as synergistically connected, sounds        somewhat similar to certain religious experiences described by Buddhist        monks, for example.

              Where does it come from and why?

Andy Newberg,        a neuroscientist/physician with a background in space medicine, is learning        how to identify the markers of someone who has had the experience. “You        can often tell when you’re with someone who has flown in space,”        he says, “It’s palpable.” Andy scans brains for a living:        praying nuns, transcendental mediators, and others in the act of focused        states.

Newberg can        pinpoint regions in subjects’ gray matter that correlate to these        circumstances. Newberg is seriously looking at how to fly equipment that        could study—in action—the brain functions of space travelers.        If this Overview Effect is a real, physiological phenomenon—he wants        to watch it happen.

Newberg’s        first test subject will not be a paid astronaut, but rather a paying space        tourist: Reda Andersen slated to fly with Rocketplane Kistler says, “It        would be criminal NOT to study the first of us (space adventure travelers).”

After decades        of study and contemplation about his experience, Ed Mitchell believes        that the feeling of “oneness” with the Universe that he and        others have experienced is a consequence of little understood quantum        physics.

In a recent  interview        with writer Diana deRegnier of American Chronicle, Mitchell explains        how the event changed his life and his entire perspective on the world        and how each of us fits into the grand scale of the cosmos.

“Four        hundred years ago. the philosopher Rene Descartes came to the conclusion        that physicality, spirituality, mind and body belonged to different realms        of reality that didn't interact. Now, that served the purpose to get the        Inquisition off the backs of the intellectuals so they could disagree        on material things with the church and without the fear of being burned        at the stake. So that ended that, but it did cause, for four hundred years,        science to consider consciousness and mind a subject for philosophy and        religion and not a subject for science.

Now, one        of the things that happened, in the 1940s, was the mathematician, physicist,        Norbert Wiener (MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for the first        time really defined information as the negative of entropy, and entropy        as the idea of the universe is running down and wastes energy. But, Wiener        defined information as the negative of entropy, and that's wonderful but        it didn't go far enough.”

Mitchell        says that in an attempt to fill in some of the missing gap, the 2008 revised        edition of his book The          Way of the Explorer explores the largely ignored science of human        consciousness. Using what he calls the “dyadic model” he outlines        the “two faces” of energy. “Instead of being two separate        things, it's the energy as the basis of our existence in matter. And,        it’s the basis of our knowing and information,” Mitchell explains.

“We        had not had, in science, a definition of consciousness. The only definition        of consciousness from the dictionary is that at its basic level it is        awareness. Consciousness means to be aware, and then we have different        levels of consciousness depending upon how complex the substance is. It        has been demonstrated many times over in laboratories that basic awareness        is demonstrable at the level of plants, at simple bacteria, at simple        life forms.

This is done        with Faraday cages. It's shown that this information at this deep level,        at the quantum level, can transcend electromagnetic theory. And, now we're        getting into quantum physics and we don´t want to go there at this        point. But it's a very fundamental notion that awareness is at the very        basis of things.”

Mitchell        believes that perhaps both the theologians and scientists have missed        the mark.

“All        I can suggest to the mystic and the theologian is that our gods have been        too small; they fill the universe. And to the scientist all I can say        is that the gods do exist; they are the eternal, connected, and aware        Self experienced by all intelligent beings.'

In response        to DeRegnier questioning whether or not Mitchell believes in the idea        of God, he responds that while he does not believe in the traditional        “grandfather figure” version of God, “we do have great        mystery about what is the origin of the universe, how it came to be. There's        a great deal of question as to whether the big bang is the correct answer        to the way the universe arose, and under what auspices and conditions.        I don't think we have the full answers to that yet. Hopefully in due course        we'll be able to find a much better way to describe all this.”

But while        Mitchell does not claim to know how to perfectly interpret his experience,        he is certain that it was a glimpse into a largely ignored reality: People,        places and things are all more closely connected than they sometimes appear.        He also mentions the need for better stewardship of our precious planet.

“The        great thinker Buckminster Fuller, philosopher, now deceased but for a        goodly portion of the twentieth century, pointed out at the beginning        of our space exploration that we are the crew of ‘space ship earth’.        But we 're a crew of mutiny and how can you run a space ship with a mutinous        crew?”

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#StlrNation- Cleveland Sunday Scaries

The first week of the NFL Season has come and gone, bringing yet another Steelers victory over the Cleveland Browns. 

This year, I spent time with some friends tailgating in Cleveland pre-game and then attending. Usually, the tailgate scene in Cleveland strikes more fear in the opposing fans than the product on the field. This year, however, was not the case. 

My day started early with a friend meeting outside of my place. He arrived blaring the “Space Browns” theme song while barking outside of my window at 7am. Mind you, my wife is pregnant so her sleep is valued, luckily, she did not wake to the song of a planet. For those of you who don’t know, the Space Browns are a big thing on Browns Reddit. Imagine if the Browns existed in an alternate universe, where they have an 11-5 record, a coach named Gleenok, and a QB named Zorgon VIII, the Blot Slinger, whose QB rating was over 5000 units. Yes, as ridiculous as it sounds, it is quite hilarious. The song is poorly written, featuring heavy synthesizer as well as terrible lyrics, off key notes, and off beat singing. It is pure fucking awesomeness. More fan songs! More hardcore fandom! Bring back the Pittsburgh Polka!... I digress.

About an hour into the trip, we made a pit stop a = gas station off the freeway. I arrived sporting my Jerome Bettis home jersey and a yellow towel hanging from my belt. I was greeted by a Browns fan who stated “take that shit off before I wipe my ass with that towel.”, I knew I was in for a hell of a day in Cleveland.

I began to fear my decision to wear any Steelers gear in Cleveland. I knew we weren’t going to the nuthouse known as the “Muni Lot”, however, we tailgated next to the Cleveland airport, which is parrallel to the Muni lot. Still quite the Zoo with Browns busses, cars with kegs coming out of the trunk, and general debauchery occurring. The Muni lot, which has had its own internet documentary showing the absolute chaos, only pales in comparison to a Buffalo Bills tailgate. One game Danny Northshore wore a Dallas Cowboys (who weren’t playing the Browns on this day) to the Muni lot. He was threated of his life, booed at, flipped off, etc. Back then, I could only imagine wearing Black and Gold into this place. I’d surely be dead!

We arrived at the tailgate lot to a few boos here-and-there, however, being that I was with a Browns fan it must have been some sort of sign of unity... that I wasn’t a complete asshole. The fans were actually quite nice! Hospitable even! I had a few drinks, ate some food with good people, and even participated in a trivia game.

The tailgate scene in Cleveland is really good. The food is great, alot of beers, and surprisingly not too many drunk assholes. I saw someone dressed up in an orange astronaut suit, complete with a Browns logo. The space Browns tribute made my day. On the way in I did get a few “fuck you Bettis!” here or there, which is understandable as the adrenaline/ booze effect of the first kickoff the season brings slight chaos.

We walked through the sea of Brown and Orange, past the “Fuck Pittsburgh” t-shirts and dawg bones for sale. We hired a sherpa to take us on the hike to our nosebleed seats. We were seated for the national anthem, fly-over, kickoff, and most of the game. Mainly, because the dude in front of us got yelled at by a lady behind us to sit down as her son couldn’t see. He explained to her that he paid “80 fucking dollars for an NFL opening day to watch the Browns fuck the Steelers in the ass” and then calmly sat down. He also rubbed my belly and tried high-fiving me with each Browns score. The sad part was, the Browns were scoring..almost at the rate the Steelers were.

The game itself started out fast, Steelers punt block for a TD on the first possession. The Browns scored to even it up and the Steelers broke the tie toward the end of the half with a Jesse James TD after an amazing AB catch and run. 14-7 at half, comfortable lead. 

Halftime in Cleveland- Dog races! Yes, I know, fucking awesome. Wiener dogs running every which way. Some sitting down, 2 humping, and 1 eventually crossing the finish line in the end zone.

Second half of this game was very interesting. Browns hit a FG, 14-10. Steelers then score a TD, 21-10. Still very comfortable. Browns fans quiet at this point. Then, the near turning point of the game. One of my favorite wrestlers comes on the video board. The Miz screaming “lets go Browns!” while ripping his shirt off must have intimadated the opponents, as Deshone Kizer marches down the field, the Browns call an incredibly ballsy go-for-it on 4th-and-goal and score the TD. It’s 21-16-and what do the Browns do? They go for 2?! AND SCORE?!?!! 21-18. The crowd is going berserk. Stadium literally shaking like a small earthquake. I sat down for a minute among the chaos of high fives and belly rubs.  

The Steelers have a horrible posession, punt. The defense holds steady, and AB makes a clutch grab with 3 guys near him, 1 hanging on for dear life which clinches the game to run out the clock. Ballgame. Jubilation between the few Steelers fans in my section, myself leading a “Here we go, Steelers!” chant. 

Final Thoughts: TJ Watt had a hell of a game. 6 tackles, 1 int, 2 sacks. Le’veon Bell didn’t get enough touches, however, looked rusty. Antonio Brown was God-like, catching every pass thrown his way. The Browns don’t look bad themselves! Deshone Kizer very well looks like a future franchise QB, their D was solid against the run and their only weakness was guarding AB. Looking forward to a renewed rivalry with the guys from up North, although I kind of miss the days when the Browns tailgate scared me more than the team. 

We made it out alive. But my God, the Browns gave us the Sunday Scaries.

Next week, Minnesota in the home opener! #Herewego!

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A small compilation of some of my adventures with some of my favourite boys recently. Love my doggies! 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

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失魂魚，失雲吞（麵之相）

因為覺得佢哋食品真係唔錯，近排又返去嗰間港式茶餐廳一趟。呢次就試咗佢哋招牌菜之一：叉燒滑蛋飯。果然名不虛傳，有啲水準！叉燒切到好薄又好腍，配住滑蛋實在天衣無縫呀！👨‍🍳😽 好似講到有啲誇呵？（笑）總之，係好食就係嘞！😸 表姐又再次嗌咗一碗咖哩魚蛋一齊分享，另外嗌咗一碗雲吞麵畀自己但係唔記得影張相，所以而���冇相可做記錄。冇相…用想（象力）囉！（笑）

而呢次嘅飲品我就嗌咗一杯聽起嚟（對我嚟講係）好古怪嘅飲品搭配：「西洋菜蜜」，略稱 「菜蜜」。���一次嚟嘅時候雖然睇到餐牌上都有所推薦，我始終冇揀到。呢次就決定大膽啲，即管試下！

記得第一次喺一部港劇中聽到有人嗌呢個飲品時，覺得好好奇（因為從未聽過嘛），而好奇心夠強即刻就上網查個明白。跟住就跌嗮眼鏡心諗，「唔係啩？西洋菜，即係我熟悉用嚟煲西洋菜湯，嗰啲西洋菜？竟然加埋蜂蜜？！味道唔會超怪咩？」。

好彩，港劇嘅人物冇 「介紹」 錯！（笑）「菜蜜」 嘅搭配雖然聽起嚟可能好奇怪，但係飲起嚟其實畀人一種幾清涼嘅感覺。我而家反而最緊急嘅問題係：起初係邊位騎呢怪諗起呢道奇異口味配搭㗎？！真係該向佢致敬呀！🖖（笑）

另外，呢次奇蹟胃口竟然幾好（我平時食唔落好多嘅，由細到大肚有問題嘅問題），覺得仲食得落糖水！😋 既然冬至就快到達（而今日發出呢個博客帖子啱啱係冬至正式開始之日 ）就不禁不由諗起湯圓！最鍾意湯圓好有彈性嘅口感嘞！😋 所以一睇到有芝麻糊可加埋湯圓嘅選擇時就忍唔住嗌埋一碗同表姐（同埋幾隻 「化骨龍」…笑）分享。芝麻糊嘅味道都唔錯喎，夠杰，又滑又香，又唔會好甜，正呀！

冬至一正式開始，好快就又到一年嘅聖誕節嘞。雖然我本身冇慶祝聖誕嘅，但趁呢個機會祝賀所有有慶祝聖誕嘅網上朋友聖誕節快樂！嚟兩張我幾隻 「化骨龍」 同一樖聖誕樹影嘅相吧！（笑）

四隻 「化骨龍」：三點三，「四喜」 同你共同一餐！

［你哋就休想呀！下午茶冇你哋嘅份呀！］（笑）

新詞：

略稱 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 loek⁶ cing¹，🀄 ㄌㄩㄝˋ•ㄔㄥ)

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幻想喺香港嘅一個下晝

冇得出國，可以喺本地感受到香港茶餐廳嘅氣場都唔錯！咁啱表姐同我近排都閒日抽得時間可以一齊出街。尋日下晝就預好一齊去試探先排先發現咗嘅一間港式餐館。亦都可以話係一間 「港式茶餐廳」 喇！雖然本地本來冇 「港式茶餐廳」 嘅文化嘅，但係因為呢幾年都受到香港幾大嘅影響，所以 「港式茶餐廳」 生意嘅發展喺本地越發越大！

而尋日試探嘅茶餐廳呢，就幾唔錯。聽講係由一對香港嚟嘅夫婦開嘅，所以如果要講 「正宗」，呢間就算係夠有 「正宗」 分嘞。裝設氣分方面亦都充滿！

我覺得室內設計同一間（我喺電視上睇過幾次嘅）正宗舊款香港茶餐廳都有幾分似！而一開門入去就畀80/90年代嘅流行粵曲 「攻擊」 到…唔鍾意80/90年代嘅流行粵曲就話畀 「攻擊」， 鍾意嘅就話係時光倒流畀 「迎接」 返到 「黃金時代」 嘅香港喇！(笑)

我哋去嘅時候咁啱播緊王菲翻唱The Cranberries嘅 《Dreams》，《夢中人》，而非常鍾意呢首歌嘅我就難免忍俊不禁！😺 我哋喺嗰度成個時辰一共聽到…有差唔多七、八首歌咁多吧！我記得有聽到林子祥嘅 《數字人生》，譚詠麟嘅 《Lorelai》，兩首我哋認唔出嘅張學友，同許冠傑嘅歌，仲有一首草蜢歌，都唔知係咩名！(囧) 只認得把聲！(笑) 啊！仲有一首，《暗湧》，我曾經聽過王菲唱過，但係呢次係由一個���嘅唱嘅。邊個就又唔知喇！(笑)

食品又點呢？好難講喎…呢度冇幾多好啲茶餐廳款嘅餐館嚟比較，好難畀個公平啲嘅評論。如果同我以前試過嗰啲所謂 「茶餐廳」 嚟比，呢間就肯定贏過佢哋喇！(笑) 但係係咪香港之外似樣啲嘅其中一間呢…就要有一位喺香港長大嘅人嚟試下做比較先知嘞！(笑)

簡單啲評論嘅話，我就可以話我哋嗌咗啲小食冚唪唥都覺得唔錯，而因為菜單博大，有好多食品仲未試，我同表姐就覺得第時可以再嚟試下其他啲嘢。

試過啲食品有：「天使西多士」，「菠蘿油」，「蛋撻」，「咖哩魚蛋」，同兩杯 「鹹檸蜜」。「矩形狗仔隊」 同 「化骨龍仔隊」 都飲食到好開心喔！(笑)

後尾過咗晚飯之後又嚟一個 「咖啡時光」！為咗補翻下晝忘記畀魯史迪仔，瑪芬囡囡與龍仔影多啲相，就畀佢哋同咖啡與酥皮泡芙甜品影埋幾張。

新詞：

忍俊不禁 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 jan² zeon³ bat¹ gam³，🀄 ㄖㄣˇ•ㄐㄩㄣˋ•ㄅㄨˋ•ㄐㄧㄣ)

酥皮泡芙 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 sou¹ pei⁴ paau¹ fu¹，🀄 ㄙㄨ•ㄆㄧˊ•ㄆㄠˋ•ㄈㄨˊ)

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咁啱線？恰好中嘅好彩！(笑)

好耐冇帶我原本嘅 「保怡黨」 ～ 保怡、賓果、瑪芬囡囡同魯史迪仔，四隻百厭星！～ 出去玩一下喇！先排就決定拎埋佢哋出去行下街，喫一餐傳統嘅早餐！有一排冇喫傳統嘅椰子醬烘麵包喇！

四隻百厭星都冇試過！合你哋口味冇？(笑)

估唔到嗰日同佢哋行下街時，竟然畀我發現到百貨公司終於有瑪芬嘅妹妹，小襪可買！ლ⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠ლ⁠) 唔單止係小襪，嗰次都有新款嘅保怡同賓果所售賣！等咗咁耐，小襪梗係歸我擁有喇！但係一時之刻好難忍得住，結果有咩紀律性都全部被拋開嗮喇，新款嘅保怡同賓果亦都被我買返！(笑)

瑪芬同小襪終於可以姊妹團聚喇！(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠) 而保怡同賓果亦都可以接收到少少嘅升級！(笑)

肉碎湯好唔好飲呀？大家好似幾滿足噉，除咗小襪！(笑)

眞係有啲不可思議喎……嗰日決定帶 「保怡黨」 出門，就偏偏畀我有增加 「保怡黨」 成員嘅機會！眞係太過嘺喇！總言之，嗰日係一個非一般嘅日子！｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡

後記：

既然而家有咗呢位新 「保怡船長」，自然就諗起保怡同賓果玩起 「賞鯨」 嗰個片段。我都嚟玩下 「賞鯨」 嘅遊戲吧！(笑) 當然，係自己自編自導嘅版本喇！(笑)

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冇自律嘅後果就係…「洗腳唔抹腳」！

多得受到家姐嘅影響，亂作咗一個關於魯史迪仔鍾意拿坡里意粉嘅故仔，加上又開始對迪仔有多啲認識，多啲欣賞，所以就變咗近排又 「收養」 咗多一隻朋友！(囧) 本來曾經對自己發過誓，「有咗三隻就夠」 但係…怪自己冇自律喇！(囧) 又一次 「洗腳唔抹腳」！(囧) 好彩嘅係，就算我第時又有 「嘥錢」 嘅現象出現，本地進口嘅 『布麗』 公仔只有咁多咋。想買多幾隻唔同款嘅公仔都冇何喇！(笑)

除非我喺網上購買。但係我對網購一向都唔係幾熟悉，亦都唔係幾喜歡 (我雖然未算好老，但係對於電腦啲嘢，都算係幾老餅嘅！囧) 所以網購嘅機會非常，非常渺茫！算係一件好事喎！(笑)

但係我真係好開心仲嚟得切買得到魯史迪仔！如果始終都會買嘅，而家買，好過拖拖拉拉三心兩意，等到要賣嗮先嚟慌失失尋找一隻！點都好喇，都買咗嘞。要後悔都太遲嘞，更何況我都冇 (咩) 後悔！買到魯史迪仔後仲去食拿坡里意粉嚟慶祝添！(笑)

↑ 正宗日式拿坡里意粉。仲配埋似八爪魚嘅腸仔添！喺日本，通常有得腸仔出現啲餸，一般嘅日本家庭主婦或者餐館都會將腸仔切成似八爪魚噉。呢個係日本人嘅特異性啩？亦都唔難明點解佢哋會諗到噉做。總之，魯史迪仔執到口福嘞！(笑)

講到 「洗腳唔抹腳」 呢個俗語，呢個係我近排最新學到嘅新詞語。為咗更加好記住呢個詞語，就盡量盡快喺呢度搵個機會用到佢。希望我冇錯誤理解到呢個俗語喇！(囧) 應該冇用錯啩？我覺得意思幾直接嘅，雖然聽起嚟好怪！(笑) 點解 「亂嘥錢」 會稱為 「洗腳唔抹腳」 呢？

根據網上搜查到嘅答案，據說以前廣東佛山有村人有個壊 (定 「怪」 先啱？笑 ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯) 習慣，就係洗咗腳，唔會諗到抹乾腳先再行，結果水滴就周圍揈，而廣東人又一向將 「水」 嚟形容 「錢」，所以 「水揈嗮」 就等於 「錢都揈嗮��� 噉解。係真定假，就由各人所信嘞！呢種俗語啲事，好難查得到真相嘅，甚至乎好多時候根本冇 「真相」 嚟查出！真假都好，唔會害到任何人嘅傳聞，真相根本無關緊要。