Ffolkes,
Heart pounding, he typed faster and faster, as words poured out onto the screen. No simple story this time, no bleeding hearts. No fantasy lovers, no warriors brave. Simple dialogue, with real people speaking real words, straight from Life, naked and proud. To hide now would be disaster, only the truth will help save what there is to save. Only sacrifice will bring back…. the dry cleaning….
Sorry, I couldn’t think of anything else that would fit, and I’m still having trouble sitting for long. I don’t suppose this one will get into the hall of fame, will it? I thought not…. I didn’t want to settle for that, but the deadline was approaching quickly, and nothing else came bubbling up. It could be worse, right? I could have said…. the Devil, or some other force of evil, which would have created some anticipatory twinges amongst the readers, but didn’t go with the mood I was shooting for…. I wanted something different today, not the usual sense of controlled panic that generally comes during the intro…. and I think I hit it just right with dry cleaning….
But then, I’m the one who wrote it, so it is de rigeur for me to praise it, even if only to damn it with faint praise. It’s all part of the morning routine now, which seems to have added a bit of diligent searching for adequate introductory paragraphs as part of the program. Of course, the intro has always been a part of the routine, but I have always had some idea of what to do with it, or where it came from. Now, those ideas are seemingly drying up, so I’m resorting more often to chat mode, like today, in order to produce enough material to pass as an introduction. It’s stopgap, but it works….
If it doesn’t work, I’m going to, first, panic….. I’ll run around like a headless chicken for a bit, then slowly bleed out until an idea forms. Then, if there still isn’t any usable material, I’ll go outside, find some unsuspecting pedestrian, and knock them out so I can check their pockets for ideas….. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful not to hit them too hard; just enough to go through their clothing, and I’ll make sure they are out of the road so they don’t get run over…. This process, however, can be slow; there aren’t a lot of folks out and about so early in this neighborhood….
Or, maybe I’ll just continue in the vein I’ve opened today, and fake it for five paragraphs….. I am encouraged, somewhat…. I must be improving my writing skills, if I can now put out such grandiose, self-indulgent, yet oddly compelling, compound sentences, produced on demand, in enough quantity to make a moderately long introduction. Since I cannot speak to its quality, the quantity will have to do….
“What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.” — Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia, 5th edition
It’s always nice to have the right quote on hand…. Shall we Pearl?…..
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“All societies are based on rules to protect pregnant women and young children. All else is surplusage, excrescence, adornment, luxury, or folly which can – and must – be dumped in emergency to preserve this prime function. As racial survival is the only universal morality, no other basic is possible. Attempts to formulate a “perfect society” on any other foundation other than “Women and children first!” is not only witless, it is automatically genocidal. Nevertheless, starry-eyed idealists (all of them male) have tried endlessly- and no doubt will keep on trying.” — Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love”
Lazarus, speaking for Robert again, relates this truism in a straightforward way, with no ups and no extras. Normally, I would use this to begin a rant, once again railing against the beloved ruling class and the priestly hierarchies. Today, I’m letting it stand alone, and will instead just ask you to think about it, in depth. To my way of thinking, the only way that our species can survive is if enough men and women become convinced that our current path does not conform to “Women and children first!”, and as such is counterproductive to our survival. Only then will people take the necessary steps to stop the madness….
We are all being dragged along this mad path to self-destruction by folks who have no interest in anything but their own aggrandizement, and will most certainly die off as a species if they are not prevented from carrying on as they have been….. I know I keep harping on this, but the problem is not going to go away by ignoring it; in fact it will kill us all the faster if we do. It has to change, ffolkes, we all know this…. let’s try to get the fuckheads in charge to get on board, so we can have the future we otherwise won’t see….
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“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” — Don Marquis
This is a lesson that I didn’t learn until I was almost out of high school, even though I had ample opportunity to do so. I guess I was less skeptical of human nature then, having had less direct experience at dealing with all its idiosyncrasies….. but, learn it I did, to both my everlasting regret, and my endless gratitude, for a gift that has lasted a lifetime. Being able to tell the difference between the two states, to wit: thinking, and thinking they are thinking, has been invaluable in preventing trouble, as well as remedying it when it occurs. Which is alladamtime, in the vernacular of the streets of Rome….
“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means.” — George Bernard Shaw
I was a very good student in high school, and though I didn’t carry that tradition into college, during those teen years of the early 1960’s, I was considered a reference source by most of my classmates, and ended up tutoring them fairly often in the course of joint studying, assuming a teaching role. (Being such a reference source can also be a potential problem, but that’s another story….) This was my first real exposure in how human nature affects learning, and in how what works with some people to get them to comprehend what they are trying to learn won’t work for others, who are not as invested in the process of using their mind for anything other than counting change for a dollar…..
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least – at least I mean what I say – that’s the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!” “You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the same thing as ‘I get what I like’!” “You might just as well say,” added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, “that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe’!” “It IS the same thing with you, ” said the Hatter. — Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
This conversation from the other side of the looking glass creates in me a very strong sense of deja vu…. Many of the conversations I’ve had while acting as a tutor to my peers sounded just like this, only we were discussing mathematics, which makes it that much scarier…. But, it also highlights the problem for those of us who act as tutors to our peers, relating back to the original quote…. When teaching others, you must find the right mode of speech, the right way to approach the student in a way that they can comprehend the lesson…. A good friend sent me a poem yesterday which states the difficulty perfectly (Thanks to Shawna Alexander, who also forgot to send the author’s name…)…..
Which is better?
A genius knows when to dumb it down
A smart man knows when to know nothing
And an idiot can be all three
Well what does that mean?
You’re only as smart as others allow
So if you’re too smart to be understood,
To others your intelligence level goes down
So to truly be a genius you must know when dumbing it down is good
To know nothing isn’t unintelligence
It’s best for different situations
Though very different from a genius,
A smart man recognizes when on his knowledge to put limitations
An idiot is in the best position,
Because it’s second nature for them to put it in layman’s terms
An idiot has the best potential for genius if it’s his intention
And being an idiot is how others feel their intelligence is confirmed
Thus we can see that in order to successfully teach, one must be flexible enough in their own persona to be able to assume the characteristics that will ensure a successful lesson, by speaking to the student at their level of understanding, and by fooling them into using their mind to think with, rather than just using it to find their way home every night….
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After a hundred years
Nobody knows the place,–
Agony, that enacted there,
Motionless as peace.
Weeds triumphant ranged,
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone orthography
Of the elder dead.
Winds of summer fields
Recollect the way,–
Instinct picking up the key
Dropped by memory.
Emily Dickinson
After a hard morning of diving for pearls, I need a break, and Emily is always just right for that….. Enjoy!… Except for you, Shawna… you can ignore it, if you like…. 🙂
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It’s been a Mounds morning, all in all, and my teeth hurt…. guess I’ll go brush them…. What that has to do with all this is unknown… but, it must be important, because, hey, I typed it, right? Y’all take care out there, and May the Metaphorse be with you…..
Oddly enough, this is becoming part of the routine…. I hope today’s Pearl brings you a smile, and/or a thought…. 🙂
As much as I love Emily Dickinson I think my departed Mum put it more succinctly don’t keep dusting and sweeping the dust will be here in a thousand yers!!
Reblogged this on gigoid and commented:
Today’s re-blog has some thoughts on the previous election in these parts, which bore some striking similarities to the most recent example. In what you read, just replace “Mitt the Twitt” with, the Trumpette, & it will all make sense. If not, well, it’s a small moment or two out of your life… Enjoy! I’ll be back soon, maybe….
gigoid
“What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.”
— Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia, 5th edition
chaos of form prevailing the merely is order is imagine we What.
In Human
views
reaLity
is how/
what/where/who we create it..
NoW and for some folks
that sentence in reverse
makes ‘perfect’ sense
and for
others
it is
logic
aehrraid..;)
(;..diarrhea
logic
is it
others
for and
sense ‘perfect’ makes
reverse in sentence that
folks some for and NoW
it create we who/where/what
/how is
reaLiTy
view
Human In..
“what we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos”
paraphrased
and
quoted
by
-me
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you;
but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.”
— Don Marquis
Leaving the think
totally out as science
shows nonverbal language
constitutes an innate
60 to 93 percent
of human
reciprocal
social communication
led me to the realization..
the best way to become a
legend beyond legends as
noted by at least person
who saw
me
public
dance
writing that
on Facebook..
but of course that is
after the fACT as the
act of dance unto itself
is Heavenly Bliss without
thinking aT all.. so.. while i’m loving
it there is no action or consequence
beyond the words of others as far as
how much i am loving what i am doing
in the present
of now
as
Dance..
so in other words..
the Legend thingy
IS A pleasant sweet
surprise but the bliss of
dance is a bliss unto itself
no matter what the FucK anyone
else views it as from cake icing to shit pie..
or sure.. legend.. P-cola icon.. awesome.. boss of dance..
awesome.. inspiration or holy Jesus dude i wanna be just like you..
i say/do
that’s
nice
and
Dance on..
And sure.. i’ve experienced
enough of the opposite too..
in 40 months and 6666 miles
of public dance and more now
too in Trump County USA and the
metro area assessed by modern
sociologists as the most difficult metro
area to be different in than any other metro
area in the United States now.. factors cited..
five military bases in the area.. and the world
record awarded to the most churches per square
mile of any locality like this too.. who kNows.. perHaps
in the world too..
butt verily..
A case
study now
in evidence2
of this place as a
new ‘Jerusalem’ of
sorts about the same
latitude of ‘that place’
across the
Atlantic
Pond per sey
and do of say2..
iN whaT can/WiLL be
a country too of sorts
oF A New israel/zion for
those who unplug in terms oF USA..;)
“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says;
he is always convinced that it says what he means.”
— George Bernard Shaw
Back to Human Mind 101..
the ink blot conundrums..;)
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least – at least I mean what I say – that’s the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!” “You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the same thing as ‘I get what I like’!” “You might just as well say,” added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, “that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe’!” “It IS the same thing with you, ” said the Hatter.
— Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
The genius oF aLL poetry/Art.. iNcLuding
so-called non-sense sTuFF..
Alice’s
AdventureS iN
Wonderland
poetry/prose..
2.. i.e.. as
the ink
blot
SinGs more
differENtly aMoNg eYes..
when vague and abstract..
And even rarified aS Such like Bibles..;)
“Which is better?
A genius knows when to dumb it down
A smart man knows when to know nothing
And an idiot can be all three
Well what does that mean?
You’re only as smart as others allow
So if you’re too smart to be understood,
To others your intelligence level goes down
So to truly be a genius you must know when dumbing it down is good
To know nothing isn’t unintelligence
It’s best for different situations
Though very different from a genius,
A smart man recognizes when on his knowledge to put limitations
An idiot is in the best position,
Because it’s second nature for them to put it in layman’s terms
An idiot has the best potential for genius if it’s his intention
And being an idiot is how others feel their intelligence is confirmed”
-unknown.. (so far)
Oh.. yeah..
the Trump
Credo for
all practical
intents and
purposes
of winning
against all odds
as A Billionaire underdog..
the billionaire part was/is a clue..
as genius can be hidden and evil too..
or even good
underneath
all of that
as genius
does what no
one expects is possible neXT..
give credit to Trump for doing what
everyone else said was/is impossible.. except
mostly for
A clown
and his
make-uP on
thE fLiGht
uPper uP
wEar pArTy..
OMG! what an
interesting now to LiVe..!
i for one am continuing to enJoy thE rIDes..!
more and more and more as any maD hatteR who
don’t
hate
and
ain’t
scaRed..
WiLL do..;)
“After a hundred years
Nobody knows the place,–
Agony, that enacted there,
Motionless as peace.
Weeds triumphant ranged,
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone orthography
Of the elder dead.
Winds of summer fields
Recollect the way,–
Instinct picking up the key
Dropped by memory.”
Emily Dickinson
PoNds never
worry
over
stones
and waves..
no matter dARk
or liGht or sHades
of Grey or even beyOnd
rainbow colors oF Stones
that coMe NoW neXT.. sooner
or later
STiLL
waters come
aGaIn and the
wHeel of ForTune
sinGs on iN heavenLY
purgatory of heLL and
Heaven aGAIn..
A key is to
Be noW
alWays
An eYe
oF
A
Storm
iN iiGht
to dARk ‘tween
sHades of grey
beYond RAinBow colors more..
suRE.. doing iT IS A fun pART noW..
When yA gET tHeRE..as two BecoMes oNe..
Beach
over
B88CH
juST for FuN..
aLL aScended aS
Such wiTh RiSE my FriEnd..
disCarDing any paraChutes
beLow as aBoVE air and
water allone..
iN sKeYes oF
moRE noW..
aS FiRe oF spiRit
seNtieNt stAR duST
plUs now from cruciBle
oF sTAR seed paRentS…
iF thaT ain’t A Miracle WTFTW iS..
anyWay
i
coNtinUe
to rise
as
thE empiRical
eVidence proVides..;)