dangerous outlaw

I visited the Santa Monica Pier today. I just love it when they have the old video games and pinball machines in the arcades. The graphics are always suburb. These came from a video game called Dangerous Outlaws.

Be Tough

BE

1.	to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question.

TOUGH

1.	strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.

2.	not brittle or tender.

3.	difficult to masticate, as food: a tough steak.

4.	of viscous consistency, as liquid or semiliquid matter: tough molasses.

5.	capable of great endurance; sturdy; hardy: tough troops.

6.	not easily influenced, as a person; unyielding; stubborn: a tough man to work for.

7.	hardened; incorrigible: a tough criminal.

8.	difficult to perform, accomplish, or deal with; hard, trying, or troublesome: a tough problem.

9.	hard to bear or endure (often used ironically): tough luck.

10.	vigorous; severe; violent: a tough struggle.

11.	vicious; rough; rowdyish: a tough character; a tough neighborhood.

12.	practical, realistic, and lacking in sentimentality; tough-minded.

13.	Slang. remarkably excellent; first-rate; great.

1985

January 20 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in, January 21).
January 28 - In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa.
February 10 - Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African government.
February 20 - Minolta releases world's first autofocus single-lens reflex camera.
March 6 - Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first round knockout.
March 11 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de facto leader of the Soviet Union.
April 15 - South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages.
April 23 - Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
May 5 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II.
May 25 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
June 27 - U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned.
June 30 - Michael Phelps, American Swimmer, born
July 13 - Live Aid pop concerts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London raise over £50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia.
July 13 - U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush serves as Acting President for 8 hours, while President Ronald W. Reagan undergoes colon cancer surgery.
August 4 - Major League Baseball player Rod Carew of the Anaheim Angels becomes the 16th player to achieve 3,000 hits in a career.
August 6 - In Hiroshima, tens of thousands mark the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
September 1 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
September 19 - An 8.1 Richter scale earthquake strikes Mexico City. More than 9,000 people are killed, 30,000 injured, and 95,000 left homeless.
October 2 - Rock Hudson, American Actor, dies
October 18 - The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores.
November 18 - The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers.
November 20 - Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
December 16 - In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family. During the shootout Andrew Bearse is born in the middle of the street, when his mother is hit by a stray bullet which forces her into early labor. He survives and currently resides in Detroit, Michigan.
December 22 - D. Boon, American Singer and Guitarist, dies

Topanga State Park Sunset

I went hiking in Topanga State Park today. It is so fantastic to have beautiful hikes only 20 minutes away. I walked about a mile in and stayed in the park much to late to get these shots. Once I heard the coyote howling, I knew it was time to go. Unfortunately, at this time I realized that the light was almost gone. I had to hightail it out of there. I'm really glad I had the flashlight app on the Iphone. Click on the above to get a better view.

Austin City Hall Opening

I have a piece in the Austin City Hall show that opens this evening. The show will be up for a year, but this is the only time you will be able to roam freely throughout the entire building.
Go and check it out, it is always an interesting exhibit.

Los Angeles Rain

the sound of thunder
limbs bow back and forth softly
rain on the window

The Beginning of a Great Adventure

freedom implies acceptance, letting come what comes and letting go what go's. in this state of freedom we step into the great unknown. what people call fear of the unknown really is a mirage. what they should really be afraid of is the known. because, what is the known? the known is the rigid patterns of past conditioning. when you are in the known, you have imprisoned yourself in the prison walls of your own conditioning. so freedom implies letting go of the known and to have the knowledge and the confidence to step into the great unknown in every second of our existence. because the unknown is the field of all possibilities in every successive moment of the present. the known is just rigid patterns of past conditioning. the prison we have inadvertently erected around ourselves. we need to free ourselves from this known and leap into the unknown where fresh choices are available in every second of our existance. 

-  d. chopra