This is the kind of stuff that fascinates and haunts me.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Taking a side trip in the information highway, one might run across the establishment that I was employed at, where the local or nearby franchise is saying goodbye to the corporate entity that has held it's title in 24-7 America. I have found a bit of niche for once in life that is irrelevant to the story at hand.
While local corner stores are inevitably squeezed out to larger markets, such as Circle K's and 7Elevens, the franchise I work at has changed the passing of the guards after a forty four year run. I only partook in five or so of those years but the history is important as the owner, Angelo Pighetti has sold one of his two franchises of 7Elevens. While he started his humble beginnings working for Vons in Goleta, the 7Eleven's he owns are at the very last northern pit stop out of the glorious town of Santa Barbara. The area has grown considerably since the first year in 1968 and with the influx of UCSB students, the growth and expansion of Santa Barbara, the place has held it's own for some time. In fact, these two 7Eleven's cater to the educational age youth with one nearby the local high school of Dos Pueblos, where Katy Perry is known to have attended and the other in the nearby neck of woods of UCSB.
I say neck of the woods because it doesn't take far to reach the wilderness of the area with it's ocean bluffs as the backyard or the serene mountains for it's background. The beauties of living in a well known town has its perks as the people have come out of the woodworks to stop in and get their Slurpees or Big Gulps on the their way. It has been a time tested honor to have employment with the employer and his staff. The sadness of hearing their own challenges and testaments have made the lowly job worth while. It can't be said that being a clerk at 7Eleven is a glamorous life but it's a job, nonetheless. Mr. Pighetti, who's son manages the 7Eleven near Dos Pueblos is also employed by the city's Fire Department.
Angelo Pighetti will always be known to many as the elderly man who ran the register on occasion as he worked most of those 44 years of ownership in the store. In his later years, he was not in often due to life's adverse affects of a life lived long. If he could, he'd probably still be working behind the counter. Rather, we miss his singing old italian songs in the store and his casual approach to everything. In regards to talking with him, he informed me that he had first started with the 7Eleven on the Santa Barbara Mesa. After I told him I thought he was the longest owning franchised 7Eleven. I told him of the article I found online about another man as the oldest person to have been with a franchised 7Eleven but Mr. Pighetti probably beat him out on owning a store for so long. He then told me he knew that guy I was talking about.
It is with regret I did not converse with our store owner enough, but rather with his manager for the last ten to eleven years, that I found deep friendship outside the workplace. My manager, Debbie Cordero understood the concept of local hospitality as she often made efforts above and beyond the call of duty to the customers and patrons of the store near UCSB. Indubitably, respect was served all around along with the coffee, hot dog, six pack of beer or whatever else you might expect at a wide corporate chain such as this. It is with the efforts of this business's legacy of forty four years gone by that I wish to notify those higher above us humble clerks that paychecks don't make the person but how others feel and notice after leaving your place of work.
Despite life's litmus test, I think that Mr. Pighetti, his son and my manager, Debbie has passed with flying colors and it is some food for thought next time you walk into a place that's open 365 days a year, 24-7 what makes it run so kindly. So yes, "Oh, thank heaven for 7Eleven."
While local corner stores are inevitably squeezed out to larger markets, such as Circle K's and 7Elevens, the franchise I work at has changed the passing of the guards after a forty four year run. I only partook in five or so of those years but the history is important as the owner, Angelo Pighetti has sold one of his two franchises of 7Elevens. While he started his humble beginnings working for Vons in Goleta, the 7Eleven's he owns are at the very last northern pit stop out of the glorious town of Santa Barbara. The area has grown considerably since the first year in 1968 and with the influx of UCSB students, the growth and expansion of Santa Barbara, the place has held it's own for some time. In fact, these two 7Eleven's cater to the educational age youth with one nearby the local high school of Dos Pueblos, where Katy Perry is known to have attended and the other in the nearby neck of woods of UCSB.
I say neck of the woods because it doesn't take far to reach the wilderness of the area with it's ocean bluffs as the backyard or the serene mountains for it's background. The beauties of living in a well known town has its perks as the people have come out of the woodworks to stop in and get their Slurpees or Big Gulps on the their way. It has been a time tested honor to have employment with the employer and his staff. The sadness of hearing their own challenges and testaments have made the lowly job worth while. It can't be said that being a clerk at 7Eleven is a glamorous life but it's a job, nonetheless. Mr. Pighetti, who's son manages the 7Eleven near Dos Pueblos is also employed by the city's Fire Department.
Angelo Pighetti will always be known to many as the elderly man who ran the register on occasion as he worked most of those 44 years of ownership in the store. In his later years, he was not in often due to life's adverse affects of a life lived long. If he could, he'd probably still be working behind the counter. Rather, we miss his singing old italian songs in the store and his casual approach to everything. In regards to talking with him, he informed me that he had first started with the 7Eleven on the Santa Barbara Mesa. After I told him I thought he was the longest owning franchised 7Eleven. I told him of the article I found online about another man as the oldest person to have been with a franchised 7Eleven but Mr. Pighetti probably beat him out on owning a store for so long. He then told me he knew that guy I was talking about.
It is with regret I did not converse with our store owner enough, but rather with his manager for the last ten to eleven years, that I found deep friendship outside the workplace. My manager, Debbie Cordero understood the concept of local hospitality as she often made efforts above and beyond the call of duty to the customers and patrons of the store near UCSB. Indubitably, respect was served all around along with the coffee, hot dog, six pack of beer or whatever else you might expect at a wide corporate chain such as this. It is with the efforts of this business's legacy of forty four years gone by that I wish to notify those higher above us humble clerks that paychecks don't make the person but how others feel and notice after leaving your place of work.
Despite life's litmus test, I think that Mr. Pighetti, his son and my manager, Debbie has passed with flying colors and it is some food for thought next time you walk into a place that's open 365 days a year, 24-7 what makes it run so kindly. So yes, "Oh, thank heaven for 7Eleven."
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
History Reveals Secrets
Review reliable relics of history. In the world of conspiracy theories and pandemic paranoia on the New World Order or World Trade Organization or whatever conspired acronym that arises to fearful, watchful and retractful information on the evils of the world is not to be reared in the context of helplessness. Skeptics and cynics are bordering on lunacy as they attempt to reveal what they believe as truth. If powers that be have over the years accumulated enough power to twist every facet of life, than it is no one else's fault than our own for sleeping on the job. In democracy, the principles of a government is powered by the people.
While perusing the internet on conspiracy theories, some of the most bizarre stories born from vivid imaginations, perhaps from dreams of secret wishes to find justice in today's world, as our economy has been privatized to the faction of some deviant sociopaths running politics, has yet to be seen. The secrecy is the dilemma within a nation touted in freedoms, starting with the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment protects our freedom of religion, speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government. In our search for truth, the world has been compounded to extremes that have alienated our God given rights to justice. If you tend to get carried away with speculation, often those very Godly rights are undermined and compromised as many theories are proposed and the flood of information takes on a life of its own.
However, in the United States, we can only hold our own beliefs of equality, justice and truth according to the actions of our historical perspective of government. As religion has spread, the need to accept everyone's precept of ideals and logic in faith has erased our foundations in spirituality. Religion is a personal experience with God and it reinforces the idea that we are spiritual beings having a human experience rather than human beings having a spiritual experience, however both can coexist. In exchange for the dissemination of principles, we have become nonbelievers of our own concepts and that is when conspiracies thrive and truth gets buried in cognitive dissonance. The ad hoc agenda that only one reason can be right is incorrect, both principles can apply if we allow it. Not everyone is on the same evolutionary journey due to where we all come from, which in our own creation. Anyone who burdens us with a we or them attitude has selected to be exclusionary and it contradicts my personal beliefs in perseverance and survival. If a man does good, believes in themselves to conquer fears and pursue justice, I'd consider them one and the same.
We must own every word we speak, every thought that flows and build on every inclination of what's real for our own unique individual experiences in the world. We unite by coming together to understand our situation, discuss our differences and embrace our solidarity. Somewhere in time and in history, we have been moved back and forth in a discontinum of sorts by evil forces or our blind dedications. Have no fear though as some of us live in the wrinkle in time and can fluctuate in between different realms of illusion. Reality is a constant in our universe as we pull the kinks out of ill information and flatten theories to planetary alliances.
"Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians."
— Che Guevara
While perusing the internet on conspiracy theories, some of the most bizarre stories born from vivid imaginations, perhaps from dreams of secret wishes to find justice in today's world, as our economy has been privatized to the faction of some deviant sociopaths running politics, has yet to be seen. The secrecy is the dilemma within a nation touted in freedoms, starting with the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment protects our freedom of religion, speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government. In our search for truth, the world has been compounded to extremes that have alienated our God given rights to justice. If you tend to get carried away with speculation, often those very Godly rights are undermined and compromised as many theories are proposed and the flood of information takes on a life of its own.
However, in the United States, we can only hold our own beliefs of equality, justice and truth according to the actions of our historical perspective of government. As religion has spread, the need to accept everyone's precept of ideals and logic in faith has erased our foundations in spirituality. Religion is a personal experience with God and it reinforces the idea that we are spiritual beings having a human experience rather than human beings having a spiritual experience, however both can coexist. In exchange for the dissemination of principles, we have become nonbelievers of our own concepts and that is when conspiracies thrive and truth gets buried in cognitive dissonance. The ad hoc agenda that only one reason can be right is incorrect, both principles can apply if we allow it. Not everyone is on the same evolutionary journey due to where we all come from, which in our own creation. Anyone who burdens us with a we or them attitude has selected to be exclusionary and it contradicts my personal beliefs in perseverance and survival. If a man does good, believes in themselves to conquer fears and pursue justice, I'd consider them one and the same.
We must own every word we speak, every thought that flows and build on every inclination of what's real for our own unique individual experiences in the world. We unite by coming together to understand our situation, discuss our differences and embrace our solidarity. Somewhere in time and in history, we have been moved back and forth in a discontinum of sorts by evil forces or our blind dedications. Have no fear though as some of us live in the wrinkle in time and can fluctuate in between different realms of illusion. Reality is a constant in our universe as we pull the kinks out of ill information and flatten theories to planetary alliances.
Here is a clip of President Clinton, 42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001 apologizing for the misdeeds of government covert actions, known as the CIA operations, MKULTRA.
Why?????
Monday, December 20, 2010
Counter Intelligence of Corporations
The importance of information is critical for the present and future world. Complaints don't cut danger out of our times but critical analysis and counterintelligence is necessary and the only probable solution that individuals can take.
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| http://www.knowmore.org/ |
The above site focuses on the United States companies, hoping to address Fortune 500 businesses.
International watch site: http://www.corpwatch.org/
International watch site: http://www.corpwatch.org/
LINKTV.org's The Corporation Trailer
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Facebook Is Down Twitter Is Up
Hilarious to read the live stream of Twitterer's. Apparently, Facebook is down a day after Time magazine knighted Mark Zuckerberg as Time's Person of the Year. Oh, snap - but the white screen for the downage has been attributed to the rollout of new brand pages according to social media site, Mashable.
Ironically I had to snap up two posts from the Twitter stream from Forbes and Smosh. Thought it said Forbes is down but darn eyes just playing tricks on me.
Life in these times is good. This is from the last downage in September on Mashedreport.com.
In addition, according to website Good, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would join the like of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to pledging to give at least 50% of their wealth away by the age of 65. This announcement preceded his title of Time's Man of the Year. The Giving Pledge is an honorable attempt of profit sharing from the wealthiest Americans by those signing up to give a majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
Ironically I had to snap up two posts from the Twitter stream from Forbes and Smosh. Thought it said Forbes is down but darn eyes just playing tricks on me.
 | Forbes: Facebook is down. We'll ask them why. Twitter - Dec 16, 2010 1:32:25 PM
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Life in these times is good. This is from the last downage in September on Mashedreport.com.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Irony and Allegory of Imagination
New ideas popping from the woodwork or caves in this case. The Cave: An Adaption of Plato's Allegory created by claymation. Mr. Bill meets Plato in a stop motion diorama by John Paul Grigsby from Bullhead Entertainment. The independent film was released in 2008, also winning numerous awards.
- 1st Place Animation
USA Film Festival Short Film and Video Competition 2008 - 1st Place Short Film
August Sun Film and TV Festival - 1st Place Animation
Swansea Life Film Festival 2008 - Best Animated or Experimental Film
Indie Memphis Film Festival - Best Short Film
Cinema City Film Festival 2008 - Oro Y Plata Award for Innovation in Filmmaking
The Montana Independent Film Festival - Winner Animated Film
2008 Geneva Film Festival - Jury Award for Best Animation
Edmonton International Film Festival - Best Animation
2009 Tupelo Film Festival
Each and All By Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote can be found as a magnet with braille inscribed over the text from the National Braille Press.
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| http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MAG-EMERSON.html |
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