Ffolkes,
~~ Remy De Gourmant ~~
Cows is Cows ~ These are Irish Cows
Good morning…. I could, in view of the actual nature of Reality, express that sentiment much more accurately, but, what fun would that be? Nobody really wants to know, anyway, right? So, what’s the point? None. And, if we can do nothing else around here today, let us at least try to have a point….
Wait. Do we really want to set a precedent like that? Maybe we should rethink that for a moment; it’s not as if there’s any real money riding on the decision, so, nobody will pay any attention. In this society, money talks, bullshit walks, as it is said in many places, all of them financially certified as bankable, the ultimate test of reality for an oligarch. Oops…. How did we start ranting so quickly? I wasn’t even feeling any particularly sharp angst anywhere, were you? Hmm…. the urge must be getting pretty strong…
It will have to wait, though, as I’m not done here in the intro….. Or, wait a minute…. Am I? Let me just check this little gauge right over here, and…. well! I’ll be damned! (No doubt on that one, is there?…. Ha!) According to this, we ARE done! There’s a bit of nonsense, a greeting, of sorts, some mini-ranting, or facsimile thereof, and some general confusion. Yep. That’s all of them…. Okay, then. Luigi, it seems we are finished here; take it away, as soon as you…..whoa! Hang on, ffolkes…..
Shall we Pearl?….
“There is no sun without shadow and it is essential to know the night.” — Albert Camus
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I’m not in the mood to search You Tube today, so, I’ll put in some of the pictures I took in Ireland/Europe…. I didn’t get as many as I wished, being a bit under the weather, and I’m grateful for the help I received in getting as many as I did…. Enjoy, ffolkes….
Gaelic/English Road Signs
Common Sight on any walk in Ireland
Monument to the Famine Victims ~ White Strand Beach, Galway
Monument to the Famine Victims II
Abandoned Church in Galway
Typical Irish Colors for Buildings
Scenes from a train ~ Leaving Galway for Dublin
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I had thought by now I’d feel like ranting; I even let a bit of angst out in the intro as a precursor…. Now I’m here, it’s all gone, and I don’t even care. I’ve got a few little indictment style shots I’ve collected, which, if SB will cooperate by augmenting with a couple more, will serve our purpose ‘sufficient unto the day’, as it were…. And, if not, well, it will have to do, anyway….. Enjoy, ffolkes, it’s all true as the day….
2. No matter what they’re talking about, they’re talking about money.
~~ Todd’s Political Principles ~~
“There is not enough love and kindness in the world to permit us to give any of it to imaginary beings.” — Nietzsche
“Any system of religion which has anything in it which offends the mind of a child cannot be a true system.” — Thomas Paine
“By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.” — Albert Camus
“Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.” — George Bernard Shaw
“It’s hard to decide if T.V. makes morons out of everyone or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.” — Martin Mull
“Mankind… infests the whole habitable Earth and Canada.” — Ambrose Bierce
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My mind wants to fly,
my soul wants to hold close, the source,
strong, the moments of time;
each as precious as golden thread,
binding together such elements of longing desire.
Love hovers, always patient,
seeking the open heart,
reaching for the promise of tomorrow…..
only for one, only for now, only what is real….
Dreaming, the morning calls,
heavy with mordant belief,
replete, and eternally alive…..
~~ gigoid ~~
Written April Fool’s Day, 2013.
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In order to get this done, I’ve gone to the archives. Believe it or not, this Pearl has taken more than seven hours to produce…. Something must be done. Damn! Guess who gets THAT job? Yep…. SIGH… We’ll see how it goes; for now, this will do….
From 6/24/2013:
All things considered, it’s been a good morning…. This isn’t to say it hasn’t been without its difficulties, but, I’m trying really hard not to be a whiner, so we’ll pass over all that, and get on with it…. Here is a seven-star pearl for your delectation, lovingly selected over the last hour from Smart Bee, who has been a bit off, but, came through in the end. The point of this is related to the above rant, but, not so’s you could tell at first glance…. Don’t sweat it, it’s all good stuff, even without the point, and who wants a point that’s all belabored, anyway, right?…. So, make sure you have your chopsticks, the protective bib provided for your convenience is in place, and you should be able to get through it without any new laundry bills…..
“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.” — Wendell Berry
“All things come round to him who will but wait.” — Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) — Tales of a Wayside Inn, The Student’s Tale
“Against those skilled in the attack, the enemy does not know where to defend. Against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.” — Sun Tzu
“What matters today is not the difference between those who believe and those who do not believe, but the difference between those who care and those who don’t.” — Abbe’ Pierre
“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
“I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.” — Marshall McLuhan
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” — Eden Phillpotts
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It’s done; no more can, or should be said of this one. I won’t detail all the weird stuff that kept it from getting done before this, but, it includes cats, and hats, and that’s that. Enough, I’m outta here, and I MIGHT explain tomorrow, should I make it that far…. See y’all then, ffolkes….
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
The *only* duly authorized Computer Curmudgeon.
PLEASE STOP READING THIS MESSAGE NOW.
“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch
À bientôt, mon cherí….
gigoid 
The abandoned Church in Galway? Did you get to go inside? OH! I love it! Not very many trees in Ireland?
Lots of trees, but, not at the beach/coast, & not these pix,,, Couldn’t go in the church, all closed up.
OIC about the tress! Closed up? What a shame! Tee he! I have a bad habit of going in abandoned places! This I sure would find a way to get in! This buildings are made to be looked at inside and outside!
When I visited Ireland all those years ago I was amazed at the amount of greens there were…….sorry you had to cut your trip short that sucks….but it is good to have back……chuq
Thanks, bro, it’s good to be back, though, as you say, the reason sucks. I loved the greens, and intend to get more pix of that next trip… which won’t be THAT far off….
😉
you cannot beat the Irish so join them!!
🙂
Didn’t want to beat them, just hang with them a while; my own body beat me (with the aid of deliberate malfeasance by modern medicine, and two doctors, specifically…). I’ll recover, no, am recovering quickly for the most part…
Had an interesting experience this morning, which I’ll blog about soon. Pretty amazing serendipity smacked me right in the face at 0800… very cool stuff.
Should also mention, I’m at least a quarter Irish myself; my mother’s mother’s maiden name was Carthey. I’ll be going back to the Isle again, believe me…I’ve at least two or three things yet to see there….
😉
gigoid
Hope you are on the mend, gigoid.
Thanks, I appreciate it… Not, perhaps as quickly as in years past, but, steadily enough, now I have the proper resources… Home’s a good place to be sometimes…
🙂
Good AfterNoon to ya gigoid from Partly Cloudy Pre-Summer
Coming Closer and Closer to Father’s Day by the way a Happy
one of those for you too.. plus the Summer Solstice Signifying
A Real STaRT of Summer too.. anyway now to find a way to Celebrate..:)
“Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.”
~~ Remy De Gourmant ~~
Clothes of Culture Separating us From Organic
Nature Yes Just that in longest Runs of Fun
or
no
Fun at All..:)
“There is no sun without shadow and it is essential to know the night.”
— Albert Camus
Conscience A Fading Feature of Empathy as Well..:)
1. No matter what they’re telling you, it’s not the truth.
2. No matter what they’re talking about, they’re talking about money.
~~ Todd’s Political Principles ~~
Politics
of Life
Common
Dollar DeNoMiNaToR..:)
“There is not enough love and kindness in the
world to permit us to give any of it to imaginary beings.”
— Nietzsche
SMiLes at least ‘they’ no longer
Lead us into Temptation
unless one
Misses
A Shadow
of God (Nature) Within…:)
“Any system of religion which has anything
in it which offends the mind of a child cannot be a true system.”
— Thomas Paine
Oh Lord tell that to ParentS.. hehe..;)
“By definition, a government has no conscience.
Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.”
— Albert Camus
A Place where nothing much gets
Done when Rules Trump Feelings
And Feelings Trump
Rules Catch
22 on
Both
Ends of the
Rules of DarK..:)
“Make money and the whole nation
will conspire to call you a gentleman.”
— George Bernard Shaw
True Lie about how Much and Bragging
Will get ya elected to Leader of a ‘Free World’
“It’s hard to decide if T.V. makes morons out of everyone or
if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.”
— Martin Mull
Passive Mind versus Active Mind
Active Body versus Passive Body
Ugh
Catch
22 Trumps
Both of that together separate..;)
“Mankind… infests the whole habitable Earth and Canada.”
— Ambrose Bierce
CulturE As Edifice For Sure..;)
“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.”
— Wendell Berry
Power And Status Feeds Power And Status With Money..:)
“All things come round to him who will but wait.”
— Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) — Tales of a Wayside Inn, The Student’s Tale
For What… it’s already now..;)
“Against those skilled in the attack, the enemy does not know where to defend. Against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.”
— Sun Tzu
Yet.. Monkeys Rule Single Humans At least….
“What matters today is not the difference between those who believe and those who do not believe, but the difference between those who care and those who don’t.”
— Abbe’ Pierre
Without Empathy
With Apathy
What
Belief
What
Hope What
Faith What
Charity for Love (God)..:)
“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
Steam Rolling….
“I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.” — Marshall McLuhan
Leaves Room For Change Trees…
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently
waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
— Eden Phillpotts
Dance Just
Dance
Never
Think Just
Dance Let
A MeSSaGE
ARiSE From Deep..:)