Ffolkes,
~~ Smart Bee ~~
Artist’s rendition of Mars, millions of years in the past
Image from Space.com
Today’s Pearl will be quite short, consisting of an intro, and a closing. I don’t feel well; without going in to details, I feel unwell enough to keep me from writing any more than this. What’s more, I find myself without any compelling reason to fight back enough to get posted with a normal-looking Pearl. In fact, I am going to take an actual break, of at least two days, to give myself a chance to overcome what ails me, and to find my muse, who seems to have taken a powder, as the saying goes.
Since I really don’t have much to say other than that, I’ll leave you to get started on my days off. Below, you’ll find one pearl, which is actually a reprint of the Pearl for a date in 2011, a couple months after I first started posting on WordPress. In a couple of days, I’m sure I’ll feel better, and be back with new energy, and commitment to excellence…. or, something resembling excellence, at least….
That’s all, ffolkes. Y’all have a nice couple days, & I’ll see y’all on the flip side….. I’m going to take Smart Bee’s advice, above, and go change my mind….
Shall we Pearl?
“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.” — Dalai Lama
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From 9/17/2011:
Picking out today’s Pearls turned out to be a marathon. Just couldn’t find the right stuff to lead off a lazy Sunday. So, we’ll have to wing it…. Hmmm…..nothing is rising to the surface. Even stirring the contents briskly has nothing sticking to the spoon. I suppose we could take a few moments here for an advertisement disclaimer, but, it being Sunday, I don’t much feel like diving back in to the oyster beds to find where I left it. I could go nonsensical; that’s always fun. But Lewis Carroll did that already, and I don’t much feel like trying to out-Jabberwock a dead author. I suppose I should find a newsworthy event to share, or comment on the current political scene, but I also don’t feel like putting on the necessary high-top boots for wading around in that filthy pool. It stinks, also, and I’m out of nasal plugs. Well, this means we will be going to last resort tactics, and saying just this; today’s Pearls are being brought to you by your generous donations, and by a grant from the Idiosyncratic Corporation, makers of fine eccentric philosophies, which come complete with a full line of optional accessories……
I stared into the abyss. The abyss stared into me. Neither of us liked what we saw.
“Adulthood, one could say, is when it begins to occur to you that you may not be leading a charmed life.” — Adam Phillips
At his own wonders, wondering for his bread.
‘T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat,
To peep at such a world,–to see the stir
Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
~~ William Cowper — The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 86 ~~
“Beware the man of one book.” — St. Thomas Aquinas
“Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin; the victim can’t help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.” — Robert A. Heinlein — Lazarus Long
WARNING: The Meaning Of Life Is Subject To Change Without Notice.
Whoa, there big fella! Whew! Almost couldn’t get it to stop…..’tis a fine day for nonsense, don’t you think? Have fun with it, and y’all take care out there….
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Okay, ffolkes, I’m done, and damn lucky, too, to have finished prior to an internal explosion…. and, ’nuff said on that! I’m outta here. I’ll see y’all in a couple of days…. I’m shooting for Wednesday, or Thursday; look for a new Pearl then….
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark,Theresa, & Richy
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, the dubious
PLEASE STOP READING THIS MESSAGE NOW.
“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch
À bientôt, mon cherí….
gigoid 
Get well my friend.
Thanks, mon ami….
Yes, softly does it.
Doin’ my best to keep it that way….thanks….
🙂
Oops! Well I hope you’re feeling better soon 🙂 I’m not feeling too good myself having just been faced with a massive computer update that will take me over my mobile broadband limit. Not good when it’s £10 per 500mb excess! – Now got to spend around £20 for a temp pay as you go card to get it down loaded – damned expensive update!! Here’s to a happier new week for both of us 😉
Wolfie, my dear,
Roger all that. The new Internet regulations just passed here by the FCC should help y’all with those outrageous charges soon; the UK usually follows suit with what the US does on things, and now they are considered a utility, the big providers will have to keep the prices down, and face more competition…
Indeed, a better week will be welcome….
gigoid
😎
Yeah…lol…We can’t help following in the trusted steps of our big Bro the US 😀 In this case it would be all too welcome. And it’s just cost considerably more than I anticipated since they didn’t sell data in the required amount – it was either too much or not enough 😈 Ah well takes the mind off the bad back and the dodgy leg affliction of the moment I guess! Always look on the bright side of life eh Dubious one?!! See…you feel much better too now don’t you…not 😊lol Chin up my friend. Whatever ails you right now will pick up again at just the right time for you personally even when it doesn’t always feel like. Well – wishing Wolfie hug…and a nice heart warming cup of tea! That always helps! ☺