Ffolkes,
Thirty-some minutes later, I woke up, and tried again…. It’s pointless for me to get upset now; the damage is done, and mostly cleaned up, so no further time needs to be spent on this morning’s major flare-up of Murphyism, or in this instance, my own bozoid tendencies interacting with Murphy’s due diligence…. Hmm… that’s even more obscure than I intended, and is perfect proof that this entire process may not be a good idea today…. At the rate things are progressing, by the time I can finish a Pearl, or even a pearl, I’ll have lost a limb, and the house will be on fire….
I can’t chance it, ffolkes…. I’ve just completed the final clean-up task to be accomplished, and reality is up in active arms against me. Every action is being challenged, somehow, by another little piece of the environment, or maybe it’s by the coming to fruition of a long period of ripening potentiality, having been planted and nurtured by Murphy’s myrmidons while I slept. Thirteen years ago, when I first began to send out Pearls, I called what I was doing Gigoid’s Folly; (This was before I decided ‘gigoid’ was NOT to be capitalized… It’s easier to avoid ego-involvement without that kind of reminder each time one types it….)….. I’m thinking, now, perhaps, I should go back to that….
Nope, not necessary, nor is any of the above of any cosmic, or even mundane, significance to speak of…. Not that such matters matter, but, I do try to keep in at least what SEEMS to be minimum contact with at least a small portion or reality…. I also realize that isn’t always possible for me, so, just try to keep an open mind, and we may just get somewhere today….. Or not, the choice is not yet made, thank goodness….
Your guess as to where we might get to is as good as mine…. Take a second or two, and clear your mind…. Please… Now, re-read that last paragraph, without any context to the one above or below…. Now, tell me what it means…. That’s right, ffolkes, you’re correct…. I’ve slipped my moor completely…. My boat is drifting in the current, heading out to the open sea with no one at the tiller…. I’m going to have to resort to some pretty heavy-duty techniques now to get us back on the right path….
I know, we’ll use those time-tested politician’s tools, emotional manipulation and denial…..
I have no idea what you’re talking about, and I don’t know that woman; your lack of faith in me is very hurtful!…. I’m only here to get this Pearl fixed, so quit bothering me, will ya?….. Sheesh, what a man will do for less than minimum wages….
As you can now tell, it’s all gone to hell, and there is no further hope of achieving any sort of coherence now, or even rationality. I may have to send out for some completely outsourced material…. Ah well, at least I’ve screwed around long enough to call this an intro…. It doesn’t mean anything, it’s too long, and it’s almost believable, if one completely ignores the fact of its existence altogether…. Kind of Zen existentialist fundamentalism, you know? Let’s see if Smart Bee is going to be of any help, and get on with this….
Shall we Pearl?
“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.” — Alexander Pope (1688-1744) — The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 372
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“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy of a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. all you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.” — Hermann Goerring, Reich Marshall at the Nuremberg trials after WWII.
Sound familiar? It should; it’s been a matter of public record for over 65 years, and gets reiterated rather regularly when our government once again jumps into another “police action”, or “aggressive negotiations”, or some other form of what would otherwise be called war. I first saw it during the protests over the war in Vietnam, again for Cambodia, then Nicaragua, then Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the other military action our troops have seen since the end of the Korean Action in 1950.
Funny how that little clause in the Constitution has been pretty thoroughly thrown out the window in that time, isn’t it? We haven’t seen a Congressional declaration of war for many, many years, in spite of the Constitutional decree that our troops were not to go to battle without such a decree…. The presidents from Eisenhower to Obama have ignored any such requirement, and have been supported, both tacitly and overtly, by the Congress, and the Courts, who have completely ignored any and all challenges to those actions….
The above statement, by Goerring, comes up on my computer screen at times, as part of the slide show I use as a background for the desktop…. Almost every time I see it, I am reminded of not only the World Wars, and the Korean War, but of all the “non-wars” that this country has been forced to become involved in since 1953 or 54, after Korea had stabilized into its modern format. In the intervening 60 years, all but two American Presidents have engaged in some kind of clandestine warfare, complete with deployment of troops, weapons, and ideology, forcing that ideology on some other part of the world, and justifying it by saying that we, the American people, were under attack by someone, or something….
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft, ‘Supernatural Horror in Literature’
“Creeping Communism” was what they were afraid of back then, when I was a kid, but, the people who need to have a war going to maintain their bottom line (I’ve previously called them the shadowy corporate masters…. Goerring just called them the leaders of the nation…) have sought, and found, any number of other targets for their accusations, pointing their panicked fingers at whomever they had on tap for their vitriol….
Mao Ze Dong, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Kruschev, Che Guevara, Al Qaeda, Hussein, Khomeini, Qaddafi, bin Laden, all these, and/or whatever ideological fantasy they wished to cook up, all have been rotated through the public’s consciousness as the various villains of the moment, as the one’s I’ve labeled the Asininnies continue to use them, to direct the fears of the populace, so they can continue to sell arms, spy on everything and everybody without constraint, and, in truth, play their silly-ass game of Risk with the entire world….
Guess who loses at that game? Yep…. you, and me, and all of them, too….
Given the morning I’ve had thus far, I’m astounded I was able to rant at all, much less coherently…. but, there it is…. I hope it helps you enjoy your bagel this morning…. I know it isn’t cream cheese, but, it’s corny, it’s got some juice, and it’s fresh, so….
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.” — Old Testament — Isaiah v, 20
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A three-fer, from a twentieth century societal poet, a brilliant man, with too much heart for the world….
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God.
We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” — Charles Bukowski
not much chance,
~~ Charles Bukowski ~~
Pull A String, A Puppet Moves
each man must realize
that it can all disappear very
quickly:
the cat, the woman, the job,
the front tire,
the bed, the walls, the
room; all our necessities
including love,
rest on foundations of sand –
and any given cause,
no matter how unrelated:
the death of a boy in Hong Kong
or a blizzard in Omaha …
can serve as your undoing.
all your chinaware crashing to the
kitchen floor, your girl will enter
and you’ll be standing, drunk,
in the center of it and she’ll ask:
my god, what’s the matter?
and you’ll answer: I don’t know,
I don’t know …
~~ Charles Bukowski ~~
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I’ve reached this section with a finite amount of time to finish this Pearl before the outside world intrudes…. so, this will be (should be) a quick, random harlequin pearl, old school variety, and I hope it works….
“You did then what you knew how to do. When you knew better, you did better. You are spirit who did what you had to do, but you are not that thing.” — Maya Angelou
“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth. When perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth, any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.” — Tacitus
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.” — Hannah Arendt
“If there is happiness on earth, it must be sought in the abode where we live.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French Philosopher
“At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.” — Sir Boyle Roche
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum. — Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”
“.. Now I think I just reached the state of HYPERTENSION that comes JUST BEFORE you see the TOTAL at the SAFEWAY CHECKOUT COUNTER!” — Zippy the Pinhead
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In posting this Pearl, I acknowledge my own culpability, except to say, the standards usually applied herein were completely absent today, so, use caution in using any of this as either true wisdom, or actual entertainment beyond the 3rd grade level…. Other than that, I think we’re good to go, typos and all…. See ya….
Y’all take care out there,
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark, and Theresa…
and everyone else, too…
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
gigoid 
Another fine example of the mind of gigoid….well done….
Reblogged this on gigoid and commented:
‘Twas yet another busy day in the BBR; combine that with Smart Bee’s unfortunate habit of taking a vacation just when needed, & today’s fresh Pearl again bit the dust. To my credit, I did spend a little time commenting, but, these days, my chair time is severely limited…. By now, y’all realize what’s coming, so, I’ll just get on with it…. This one is pretty good, as an example of a complete, classic style Pearl, with a bit of everything…. Of course, it’s all from my head, so, take it as you will. Me, I’m gonna stay out of the rain, and see if I can’t finish the Pearl for tomorrow….
Not bad for someone in the midst of demonic wars, eh?….
See ya….
gigoid
WeLL.. Hello gigoid.. hope you are doing
well and adjusting iN BaLanCinG way
to an alWays changing environment at
hand.. and may your adaptations to struggle
always come with a benefit of at least some
positive change in life.. i know for me.. being able
to tolerate a computer screen for even a second
with light turned all the way down with type two trigeminal
neuralgia dentist drill-like pain with no drug offered by any doctor
that would touch that so-called worst pain known to humankind was
yes.. somewhat of a different mountain to climb after spending 33 months
locked in my head staring off into the distance not being able to focus
on a God dam thing on my patio but stuff like live spelled backwards
spells evil and lived spelled backwards spells devil and of course
after making it out of that trap that started with one word to
at least take my logical mind off the pain for a
little bit to pretend that my ink blot
test of life was not all
evil devil live and lived
then as far as metaphor for
darkest dark imaginable to me
as life lived then.. if i could just
master the imagination to see light
of life once again.. thing is.. words are
only empty shells if the neurochemistry and
Vagal Nerve of Kundalini Serpent is not spreading
happy peptide connections in trillions of ways now
around the body from head to toe.. the first 6 million
or so words were mostly empty shells that had no spiRit
of heARt with a bLack wHole souL then i was as phantom
of the world i used to see as opera and hunch back of NotrE DamE
sAMe then.. and what i know and feel and sense for sure is the worst
pain in life is no feeling.. no sensing.. and even no pain at all as piece of
paper existence where one second is a thousand years in hell where dousing
oneself with gasoline and lighting it all up with a match seems like heaven then..
as that pain of burning is preferable to real hell now.. perspective.. my friend.. that’s
what life can be all about.. perhaps it takes hell to really see what a gift and heaven now
of life this life can/WiLL most definitely be.. there is no medical instrument that could measure
the pain of hell then.. as with or without the technically worst pain known to humankind then..
and it’s true.. there is no medical or science instrument that measures the other place of heaven
i live in now.. as i worked my way out.. like an Olympic Athlete as a so-called new age biblical
JOB.. sympathy is the other part as surely i am no better than either Trump or Adolph Hitler as
there was/IS A time of a thousand years in one second that i wished all of existence away so
i could die as i was too weak a man to end my life alone.. the only difference my friend
is.. they lived and live somewhere in a ring of Dante’s Hell then and now like
i did then.. so that makes us one both in heaven and hell.. like it or not
they are me as much as i am heaven sent as living now after
getting out of hell… sympathy for the devil..
there are few of us who
undertand
what that really
means as one must
visit both hell and heaven
to fully realize what that means..
of course my gift now from going to both
places is i understand the full value of dArkest
Dark of making evil live and devil lived once again..
when all becomes holy and sacred full of meaning and
purpose too.. liGht comes from dARk.. even science proves
this as so-called correct from the beginning of what that scribe
as God and Nature same understands as the picture it can theorize
for now.. And human potential is rarely exercised these days beyond
a verse
of twitter
for those
who have not been
to some kind of hell
first.. struggle.. adaptation
change.. it’s everywhere around
us now.. couch potato or supermen
and superwomen.. the glorious
dark of struggle with A measure of
epigenetics and neuroplasticity
as consequence of adaptation
and change where either
positive consequence
or negative
consequence
of change comes..
in either positive or negative
epigenetics/neuroplasticity ways as the
the ink blot of life continues to go both
ways now or somewhere in the middle
as couch potato stagnant too and one of
my favorite examples is the case study of a nun
who technically had the disease of Alzheimer’s tangles
in science brain measure way.. thing is.. she is still publicly
lecturing as her brain and she together found a different way
as positive epigenetics and neuroplasticity makes miracles real..
as in all stuff human life.. use it or lose it applies and do too much
in one direction and not enough in another for balance and lose comes
next too.. as specialization in one thing means lose in another too as sure
often sacrifice of human altruism too.. to keep the entire species reproducing
and alive as basic existence subsistence goes.. oh.. but Maslow’s pyramid of human
potential to self actualization and Fowler’s pyramid of faith to agape Love raise higher with greater dance and song of liGht and
Wisdom
as truth
or not..
riSinG
higher
or lower
as Life.. now..
three behind here and
holding a conversation
with a nice woman on a bus..
almost to Trump’s Scarlet Pearl
Casino.. and perhaps time to finish
a response to the Pearls here my friend
with continuing thanks of course as this
continues to expand my human potential of course..
hmm.. hehe.. still talking.. be back later tonight with sMiLes..;)
Back again.. and while it’s true.. the Scarlet Pearl Casino has
marble floors.. stairways.. giant columns and towering ceilings
with gorgeous Crystal Chandeliers.. it pales in comparison to
some of the other Casinos in Biloxi.. as i’ve hit ’em all..
hehe.. with dance.. not with bucks as no one armed
bandits for me. and with not a portrait anywhere
of the unusual Trump hairstyle.. too hard
to believe what the church tour bus
hosts said was a place owned
by the Trump and with
no web evidence to support
this soon to be tOld.. Faux
news as Faux news rounds all
around these red state pArts i live
now.. no.. it’s not true.. no Trump
in the “Scarlet Pearl”.. as the
Employees do assert that it is
“Mr. Bob”.. who owns this
rather meek
overall
Casino Hotel..
(food is great!)
..situated in a
poorer place of D’Iberville..
just North.. across the Bay of
Biloxi Beaches..thank God i found
a space to butterfly Tai Chi dance
upon the end of a dock observance pier
with flag mast at hand too.. a couple of
Lamp Poles as three targets for Martial arts
kicks and i was/am good to go for hours of free
verse flow dance with soothing music too.. always
recreating as every now of life as a born again experience
as blissful euphoric happy neurochemicals and neurohormones
spread from head to toe.. inside.. outside.. and all around those
trillions of peptide connections in every cell of my flesh and blood
being then and continuing now.. fuel for the fire.. my friend.. within that
kills entropy for the present oF Now at Least as isReAL SpiRit on Free Fly NoW..:)
“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”
— Alexander Pope (1688-1744) — The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 372
WiLL of Regulating Emotions
and Integrating senses as resolve
and patience
comes
effortless
nexT as FloW iN ZoNe..
iN coMe whaT May joY..:)
“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy of a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. all you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.” — Hermann Goerring, Reich Marshall at the Nuremberg trials after WWII.
Four letter word
in this
case
study
NoW2
AMEN..
no one is immune
to human nature but
those who escape the rain of culture..
OH Lord.. thAT rain keeps coming down.
down
down
and away..
from Hope and Love isReaL NaTuRe2..:)
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear,
and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, ‘Supernatural Horror in Literature’
Sure.. makes sense.. not to provoke
trouble in a conceal and carry state of mind
away
from
Hope
and
Love..
and all that
jazz of happier toons..;)
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.”
— Old Testament — Isaiah v, 20
AmenX2 as hiS
Tory
RepEats
iTsELF aGaiN..:)
Nirvana
not much chance,
~~ Charles Bukowski ~~
Sure.. not grace alone
as random free gift.. Nirvana takes
work as continuous
practice
of
what
works for
Bliss as Nirvana.. too..:)
Pull A String, A Puppet Moves
each man must realize
that it can all disappear very
quickly:
the cat, the woman, the job,
the front tire,
the bed, the walls, the
room; all our necessities
including love,
rest on foundations of sand –
and any given cause,
no matter how unrelated:
the death of a boy in Hong Kong
or a blizzard in Omaha …
can serve as your undoing.
all your chinaware crashing to the
kitchen floor, your girl will enter
and you’ll be standing, drunk,
in the center of it and she’ll ask:
my god, what’s the matter?
and you’ll answer: I don’t know,
I don’t know …
~~ Charles Bukowski ~~
wiNks.. at least ‘they’
can’t blame it on Obama..
any
more..;)
“You did then what you knew how to do. When you knew
better, you did better. You are spirit who did what you had
to do, but you are not that thing.”
Yep.. actor I as ego..
Directed and Produced
by
iNoW..
WiTh Lots
of eXClAMaTioN SpiRit!..:)
— Maya Angelou
“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
When perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed;
nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears
the truth, any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.”
— Tacitus
But of course.. now ..
at least.. per modern
science.. the environment
one lives in can make all
the difference
in
the rules
stated above
to take care of hUman
Nature iN subjugGaTiNG and doMiNatinG
way aS Pariachal Tribal instinct will naturally do2…:)
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.”
— Hannah Arendt
Yes.. raTheR
be swum by water
and aired by air..:)
“If there is happiness on earth,
it must be sought in the abode where we live.”
A ComMon road to dominating
and subjugating others.. taKing hUman
nature and the rest of Organic Nature aka GOD.. away..
as NDD of course.. off course.. on course as
Nature Deficit DiSorder..
NoW a loweRinG way
of vibraTioNal LIFE
iN Sub-Atomic FloW
As Quantum meTaphoRed
miNd and BoDy BaLanCinG
soUl.. no longer unleasHed and relEased
for bliss and nirvana in the Nature of Heaven now..
Garden of Eden and tanned naked women with
perky flowers
and all
of that
in ‘those’
versions of ‘that book’ too..;)
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French Philosopher
“At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.”
— Sir Boyle Roche
i miss gridlock
but this fresh
hell that does not
directly now affect and effect
me much is notstaGnant or boring.. at lEAst..;)
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher.
That which would remain in the cupel if one should
assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
— Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”
DARK HOlds
up the stars
as gRains
oF
sand
brushed
as quartz
for diamond eyes..
as rattle snake survives..
calm
and
never rattLeD..;)
“.. Now I think I just reached the state of
HYPERTENSION that comes JUST BEFORE
you see the TOTAL at the SAFEWAY CHECKOUT COUNTER!”
— Zippy the Pinhead
Hmm.. reminds
me of the 911
scene
at
the checkout counter
of the Big Lebowski Movie
with George H. Bush in the
background saying this
aggression
by
Iraq
cannot stand.. from ’91..
hmm.. it’s still standing..
as both sides wanna live.. withstanding..:)