Ffolkes,
I’m here…. purportedly, I’m awake, but, given my state of confusion, and pain, bless its black little heart, I may be incorrect in that assessment. For some reason, which shall evermore remain unknown, and, possibly, unknowable, I have no idea what the date should be. When I began to write this morning, the date that I put above the first line, here in the program where I compose Pearls, said that today is the eighteenth of the month…. but, the little perpetual calendar I use says it is only the seventeenth. Since my phone and computer both agree with the latter, I’m going with that, but, what happened to the sixteenth, or fifteenth, or wherever I lost count? Somewhere in my brain, there is an entire day wandering around, empty and alone, poor thing, destined to never find its way back into the calendar…. Sad story, eh?….
Well, perhaps not…. Mostly, I imagine, y’all are rolling your eyes in disgust, or at least mild chagrin, at this latest silliness from my desk. Go ahead, it doesn’t bother me; I can’t see you doing it, so I only know from experience that you are. Besides, I probably deserve it, or any other chastisement y’all care to throw at me, for subjecting you to my brand of idiocy first thing in the morning. Hell, I often kick my own ass for just that reason…. It passes the time better than sitting around complaining I have nothing to do….. I had assumed that even nonsensical discussions of the date would serve to fill up the time better than that, but, again, perhaps I was mistaken…. Shall I start over? That might just be a bit too much, even for this blog… After all, I’m already two solid paragraphs into this one, so….
I could always resort to one of the emergency intros, but, it is always such a bust-up when I do that, so I’m reluctant to put y’all through it without a bit more justification. We often have injuries as a natural result of using the emergency programs, and I don’t know how my insurance agent is going to feel about more claims; she already keeps me on speed-dial, along with the ambulance company’s number. Plus, the budget got stretched a bit thin over this last cruise, so I don’t really want to spend the extra money it takes to use one or more of them; the guys who manufacture them are getting to know me, and are trying to raise prices on me. You wouldn’t happen to know of any literary assassins, would you? Perhaps a discount firm?…. Oh, well, it was worth a shot….
Okay, I’ll stop now. I’ve meandered and blathered through damn near four paragraphs, all without saying much of anything, or getting anywhere in particular. It’s a gift…. Nonetheless, it only works for so long, then I, too, get bored with it; I can’t imagine how poorly it must affect my Gentle Readers, though I’ve got a clue, in the lack of people who end up reading it….. One would think it might kill my ego, and stop me from writing more stuff knowing it will just sit up there on the web, lonely and unread, waiting in vain to inspire and uplift…. but, my ego is pretty bullet-proof, mostly impervious to any negative input, so y’all will just have to deal with it, as always…. Hopefully, one or two of y’all will enjoy it, and that will be enough for me…..
Shall we Pearl?….
“I cannot achieve complete humility — although complete humiliation is always within reach.” — Dan Goodman
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My pain level today is running a bit high, and I’m not going to be able to sit in this chair for much longer today…. so, y’all get a break from my pontificating, as we will let Smart Bee pick out a couple of pearls for sections one and three, and find a quick, good poem for the second section….. Sometimes easier said than done, but, always quicker than trying to cudgel my consciousness into coherence long enough to spew…. and, for y’all, indubitably a less annoying read, if often more obscure in presentation…. All of which is a long winded way to say, you’re on your own from this point, ffolkes, so, good luck!….. Here is a good one, all about life, and self-reliance in a scary world…..
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” — Aldous Huxley
“And of course, No soap, radio.” — traditional non sequitor
“What I am is what I am. Are you what you are, or what?” — Edie Brickell
Men are born crying
And when they’ve cried enough
They die
— Ran
“Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine.” — Goethe
“It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” — Buddha
“I don’t want realism, I want magic!” — A Streetcar Named Desire, 1940’s
Ooh, that was cool…. what a great finish!….. Hope you enjoyed this little trip through my head….. Remember, there’s no need to feel bad, I’m always like this, so, you can go on feeling lucky you aren’t….
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Since I’m feeling so out of it, I guess I’d better stick one of my own poems in here, just so nobody else gets dragged through the mud today, if only by association…. Here’s one that even fits the occasion…. as well as I ever can do….
A pig in a poke’s got nothing on me,
cuz Ah’m as confused as a man can be.
This ol’ world’s got me spinnin’ around
cussin’ and spittin’, a penny for a pound.
Forty ‘leven times since Ah was a kid, well,
Ah’ve fallen in love, ‘least too close to tell.
Every damn time, it all went to crap,
Forty ‘leven times Ah’ve felt like a sap.
‘Course, each time it happens, Ah forget the last;
why not? Ah’m havin’ such a blast….
Livin’ in each moment, filled with joie de vivre,
’til it’s all gone away again, nothin’ left up mah sleeve.
Don’t want y’all to think Ah’m sad or blue,
life’s full of sorrow, lots for me, and/or you..
T’other side of that coin, we can be glad,
is joyful love, and it ain’t at all bad.
Mah road’s been littered with parts o’my heart,
each one colored with trust, which isn’t always smart.
Yet, long as Ah don’t lose mah connection to joy,
Ah’ll find mah own true love, ‘n be a happy boy.
It’s been some kinda fun, even when Ah’d take a fall,
and doin’ it over makes no sense at all, at all
Day after day, Ah keep on keepin’ on, as it’s said;
Guess Ah’ll keep on doin’ that ’til Ah’m dead.
‘Nuff said….
~~ gigoid, tongue firmly in cheek…. ~~
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One of the quotes included below was the first I found today, and I had intended it to form the initial thought for a rant…. however, Smart Bee, and my lower back and hips, had other ideas, so, instead, it has formed a part of this quite pointed little stick in the mind’s eye, speaking of the very subject on which I intended to discourse….. politics as a type of poopadoodle, what else? Here, then, you will find yet another in a long series of indictments of the pundits who make up our BRC, those lovely gobshites, who spend their days lining their pockets, and devising new ways to lie to us…..
“He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Silence can be the biggest lie of all. We have a responsibility to speak up; and whenever the occasion calls for it, we have a responsibility to raise bloody hell.” — Herbert Block
“Modern biology has been built upon two great ideas. The first, a product of the nineteenth century, is that all life descended from elementary, single-celled organisms by means of natural selection. The second, perfected in the twentieth century, is that organisms are entirely obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry. No extraneous “vital force” runs the living cell.” — Edward O. Wilson, “Biophilia”
“…it is the privilege of fools to speak the truth without giving offense.” — Erasmus
“As for courage and will – we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.” — Andre Norton
That would be quite enough, were this a normal pearl, but, it’s got a responsibility to fulfill, and needs two more to make it right….
“One man’s wickedness may easily become all men’s curse.” — Publius Syrus (42 BC) — Maxim 463
“The wise learn many things from their foes.” — Aristophanes (c. 450-385 B.C.) — The Birds (414 B.C.), line 375
There you have it, wisdom in a box…. I keep telling you, it’s all in the wrist…. Oh, yeah, as a final thought on the matter of the ultimate necessity for politics…
“Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.” — Charles-Louis Secondat Baron de Montesquieu
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Since I was again up late, and have little patience with sitting in my current state of pain, this will be a relatively quick ending, proofing only…. Okay, maybe a bit more than proofing…. all done now, though, and ready to rock and roll…. My calendar is clear for the entire day, nothing at all to accomplish, if’n I don’t want to…. True freedom…. You may now feel jealous, momentarily…. Okay, that’s enough…. see ya…. Y’all take care out there, and May the Metaphorse be with you…..
When I works, I works hard.
When I sits, I sits loose.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.
Which is Why….
Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes
I just sits.
gigoid
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Ffolkes,
‘Twas a busy day yesterday out in the BBR, dealing with modern life in a chaotic world. Since I didn’t have time, or inclination, to sit & pearl, we’re going with this one from the archives; it’s pretty decent, all in all, and will serve us nicely to fill in for today’s scheduled mess. I hope you enjoy it; I did….Hopefully, I’ll have a fresh one tomorrow. Until then, enjoy, & stay half crazy, ffolkes; it’s a grand defense against the craziness that surround us today….
gigoid
“I cannot achieve complete humility
— although complete humiliation is always within reach.”
— Dan Goodman
WeLL.. gigoid.. humbly i say
i missed this one
in my
E-mail
feed at
first but
seconds help
and as far as humiLiTy
goes if one cannot find someone
to adequately haze one like a school
class verbal bully in public affront tHeRe
is alWays self-haze for those who intend
to rise
above
all
social
anxiety
and retain
humility as well..
on demand of course
too.. in an online world free…
The so-called secret mystery schools..
i.e. the masons and fraternities and sororities
and hell.. even coaches of football teams and the
military sTill take ya down a notch if ya don’t find a way
to take
yaSeLF
down
or with
numb pain
to a Grain
of Sand and be
miGhty proud
iN humiLiTy to stAnd
with thaT GrAin of SAnd Strong
unwavering aS Such never fearful in iLLusory
ways with little to no unresolved anger and hate..
so.. go haze go..
safe
haze
though..
no jumping
off bridges and
water boarding and stuff like that..
IN Trump ways of foolishness having no
clue about what drives human nature within
for those
with
a heARt..
a SpiRit and
SoUL beYond
cOal blAck SuN sTar whOle..:)
“And of course, No soap, radio.”
— traditional non sequitor
radio, soap No,
course of And
now what currently
meMes and tHeMes
to be a NoW hELd
sequitor non traditional..
A trip aWay from electronic
devices to DancE and
SinG iN liGht
oFSuN
barEfoot
FReED iN SanD aLiGht..;)
“I wanted to change the world.
But I have found that the only thing
one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
— Aldous Huxley
Yes.. i find this to be
somEhaT sELf evident
NoW as i create my liGht
and
bask
in the
SuN
of Me…
i get out..
butt shaRinG
sUnliGht now can
be a Job of JoB nOw
paraDoxicAllY aS Such..;)
“What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are, or what?”
— Edie Brickell
i am
tEnds
to spEll
iT aLL ouT..
BeGiNNiNG aLL NoW2..:)
Men are born crying
And when they’ve cried enough
They die
— Ran
AfTer LiVinG
the first tiMe
with one tear..
dry for five years..
i tEnd to disagree with
the literal translation of this
and that
is what
Modern
Country Music
is for2.. when ‘Big Daddy’
scOlds the little sons for
crying and they shut iT aLL
iN unTiLL the Grand oLd opRy..
or for the Jesus.. wHeRE tears are oKay
to share tears with any man aT aLL.. so.. sAd..
iN
A
Dry humor way
too.. my FriEnd2..
oh.. yeaH.. anD tearS iN
beers and sTuFF like thaT
as cOld heArTed repression
or yes.. oppression against
emotions now often leads to
soul NumBinG disEases
oF aDDiction
as
WeLL in
pain of numb…
sMiLes.. Love heals
when ALLoWeD iN diVine
yin and yang of femiNine grace
and love and masculine StrenGth and WiLL..
aLL DiVinE as such2 as WiLL oVer LoVe aLL fresh out noW2..:)
“Everything is simpler than you think
and at the same time more complex than you imagine.”
— Goethe
sounds complicated
simply and i complexly
agree..
siMply..;)
“I don’t want realism, I want magic!”
— A Streetcar Named Desire, 1940’s
Leave out a
street
car
named desire
on the road of life
and lose the journey
of not
only
MaGiC
butt
bliss
thaT FeeLs
SenSes more than
oLd emPty sHeLL words..
meh.. lots of liberals become
conservative when they lose luSt for liFe..
it’s neurochemistry and evidenced in
science and surELy in the box liFE..
fLiGht
lost
more FoR JoY!..;)
Happy Deaths
are full of life..
and
ready
for Death..:)
“He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything.
That points clearly to a political career.”
— George Bernard Shaw
EG ALL THE WAY..
tRump
“Silence can be the biggest lie of all.
We have a responsibility to speak up;
and whenever the occasion calls for it,
we have a responsibility to raise bloody hell.”
— Herbert Block
EG ALL THE WAY..
tRumpx2
“Modern biology has been built upon two great ideas. The first, a product of the nineteenth century, is that all life descended from elementary, single-celled organisms by means of natural selection. The second, perfected in the twentieth century, is that organisms are entirely obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry. No extraneous “vital force” runs the living cell.”
— Edward O. Wilson, “Biophilia”
And sure.. we
influence
photons
too..
just by
observing theM..
or perHaps science is WronG aS
theories come and go as reaLiTy
TRumps pastomorroW aS now..:)
“…it is the privilege of fools
to speak the truth without giving offense.”
— Erasmus
sELf
eViDenTly..;)
“As for courage and will – we cannot measure how much of each lies within us,
we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.”
— Andre Norton
Sure we can through
empirical measures of LBS
but of course that would not make
sense for those who sTiLL feel the
mind
and
body is separate..
on the otHer Hands
and Feet., trUst when
100% positive forCE
with zero illusory
fears and
total
Laser focus Love
a S F A i T H noW..
can leg press a half
a ton 33 times and more
at age 56 after total disability
and with permanent disability
sTiLL.. iNcluding an autonomic nervous
system that supposedly doesn’t work correctly..
oh.. Horatios.. it’s true.. Miracles are easy to press as iSReal..
and hard
to meaSure
without tools that work..
i.e.. Faith aS WiLL as pure Love as Force..:)
“One man’s wickedness may easily become all men’s curse.”
— Publius Syrus (42 BC) — Maxim 463
EG ALL THE WAY..
TRumpx3..
should be out
buTT count the
miNions as
keeping hiM iN..
Maxim 463 hOlds sTiLL and the game ain’T over yeT aL..;)
“The wise learn many things from their foes.”
— Aristophanes (c. 450-385 B.C.) — The Birds (414 B.C.), line 375
i lEArn
thE most
from my toes..
NoW when
BaLanCinG
NoW oN
couRSe..
oF courSE..
as HorSe SenSE
and FeeL onE WiTh GraViTy..
and
free
as no
foe..
allone..:)
“Never create by law what can
be accomplished by morality.”
— Charles-Louis Secondat Baron de Montesquieu
Moral relativism sings a
cruel song of social
status in stuff
liKe
FeMale
Genital
Mutilation
and a savior
oF TRump
now that he’s
out i DancE and
SinG aS dEviL sOld..
EG.. Example GiVeN
reigninG
a rein
of
dArk
RaIN soUL NoW..:)
Hmm.. glad
‘thiS’ cAMe
first
after last..;)