Ffolkes,
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), “Wealth” ~~
Yep. It’s Luna.
Good morning…. Yet another day spent slipping into the mire…. As I sit here, I find myself having to defend the keyboard against the imprecations of a psycho kitty, who thinks she should have some input into what I’m typing today. Her main problem, I think, is not knowing the entire alphabet; otherwise, I’d probably be watching her type this, rather than the other way around…. Fascinating!….
Ah well, it’s just another adaptation, I guess, one I have to deal with if I’m to ever get this Pearl posted. I’ll not tempt Fate, nor will I push my luck; instead, we’ll just go on, as if I knew what I was doing…. Luigi is going to ‘gently’ convey us to the oyster beds, where we shall hope to find what we need for the day…. Let’s do it now, okay?….
Shall we Pearl?….
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
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It looks as if I’ve given up on maintaining my reputation as a crusty, irritable old curmudgeon with these cute animal videos, doesn’t it? Oh, well, what the hell; I like them, so, fuck it…. Guess it won’t be too long before the new psycho kitty has company…. Enjoy, ffolkes…. and, for any Asininnies who MAY be reading, pay attention to how well our companions on the Trail of Life get along together when we don’t interfere with our own idiocy….
Dogs & Cats Playing Together
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I came across this statement from Edward Abbey last evening, while searching for pearls. It is the clearest statement of reality in this country today I know of, though. it was first uttered in the last century; I know not exactly when… I am compelled to say I would agree with each and every word….
This, ffolkes, is the statement of an American patriot. The only real kind I know of, a man the men who formed this country would understand. It’s also the statement of a man with whom I’d be honored to stand…. any time, anywhere.
“The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an ‘equalizer’ Eqalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed — but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government — and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws.” — Edward Abbey (1927-1989)
Nothing I could add would say it any better, so, I’ll just leave it there…. After all, what else is there to be said?
So be it.
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I am not sure why, but, this poem seems appropriate for today, as a representation of my recent ordeal overseas…. Too much of the trip was spent in a state similar to this, so, let all memory of that time be gone with this posting….
Puzzled anew by anomalous blocks of pain
caught, bemused, chained to routine, insane.
Stilled within breathless beauty
Engaging epiphany, insistent, called to duty.
Knees bent in lieu of a faithful rendition
suffuses, confuses, locked into stale perdition.
Clearing corrosion with hands encased in stone
Singular frozen follicles, masked by bone.
Partial focus brings unfiltered flavors to light
coloring each particle in simple delight.
Forlorn, novel conceptual artists singing in tune
nine notes in harmony, soft as the moon.
Honed blades of carbon steel flash in rhyme,
filling sensual receptors well past closing time.
Borrowed from neighbors in a week-old game
still bloody, without a proper name.
No flooded memories can justify such cost
no simple stationery, bilious, afraid, lost.
Ten times ten will never be enough
To fill so empty a stolen trough.
Bartering simplicity takes well into the night
solidly temporary pillars turned bright.
Unknown to all the pretty children who came
none were called, none had any remaining flame.
~~ gigoid ~~
Written 2/25/2015.
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A simple little pearl about Life at Large to finish the day’s effort…. Pay heed, and enjoy Life better!….
Self in all beings, loses all fear.
~~ Isa Upanishad ~~
“The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes.” — Mark Twain
“Don’t be ashamed to say what you are not afraid to think.” — Montaigne
“All is flux, nothing stays still.” — Heraclitus
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” — Saint Augustine
“Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world!” — H.G. Wells paraphrase of Roger Bacon’s works
“The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.” — Socrates
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Well, there you go. Late again, thanks to the regularization of my life, and the literary advice of a small fur-bearing critic. Now, if I can persuade here to move long enough to post, we’re good to go…. See y’all tomorrow, ffolkes, like it or not…..
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 
Puppies and kittens have that effect on us old farts…now don’t they? LOL
Apparently so; also on kittens. While watching it this morning, I got a video of the kitten watching with me, sitting in front of the computer…. She likes to watch with me….
Pretty cool cat…
😉
Sounds like a great companion…..I have two dogs that are my editorial staff….LOL
And I have only …
Frank Zappa-Cosmik Debris
https://youtu.be/LjPlhb4f9P8?list=PL8WvZFiJpAr1jrn05h6O1c97-wCT984D6 via @YouTube
grin
Love Zappa…..”don’t eat the yellow snow”…..LOL
“Don’t be ashamed to say what you are not afraid to think.” — Montaigne
I tried. It doesn’t work in this age of idiocracy. You get shunned, demoted, or worse.
Yes, but, you can look yourself in the eye in the mirror each morning. Many can’t….
What If you can’t afford a mirror to look at yourself because you cannot work?
Well, mon ami, having been in that exact position a time or two, in my twenties, and, in my fifties, I can tell you, Mama Nature makes mirrors, and, in a pinch, a relatively clean window will do…. It’s the clear conscience that clears the eye, not the mirror…. Don’t be such a depressive, bro… Positive and negative are ALWAYS in balance, whether we realize it in our particular corner of the world, or not….
gigoid, dubious, but, happy all in all
Oh, no depression here, just cold realization. Glad to see you in good spirits.
Where is my crystal ball happy all in all ?
That cat, that cat, wot’s its name?
Is doing you a world of good…
“Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
― A.A. Milne
😉
Loved the video! Thanks!
Hi Gigoid Top of the Summer
Steamy Florida Heat to ya..
Climate
Controlled
Yes Climate Change
iNdoors for Good at least..
still going out though to
endure
a House
of Pain
for
Pleasure more
indoors hehe Out Doors
Soul Hacks come and go in doors..;)
“We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), “Wealth” ~~
Sure Gerrymandering Discrimination targeting folks with tan to darker skin
But True A Dam of OPeNinG Minds already set loose online Where no Rules Rule..
And no
Rules
will vote too..:)
“And those who were seen dancing were thought
to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
If i Am A DiMe for all these
thoughts.. yet i CoMe
rich
first
without
A Word
to Dance
NoW For
Flow Yes for
Eternal Now Bliss Nirvana
MuSiC Inherent With Dance
of Real God aN Oldest Coke
Version of NaturE TruE WithiN..:)
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an ‘equalizer’ Eqalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed — but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government — and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws.”
— Edward Abbey (1927-1989)
That’s fine for ‘them”
as far as me if i Am
scared really
scared
i’ll move
somewhere else
meanwhile the Armed
Guards of my Neighborhood
protect my
Freedom
from
ever
owning
A Weapon to Kill..
some may have to
do it but not the free of me now…
Yes i’ll eat a steak let someone
else get paid to kill A Cow first….
free
i drink
the milk
and honey
in so so many
ways just for free i will
as i take advantage of what there is..
it’s what most any Snake of Nature does
Consuming a Tale Shedding excess sKin free..:)
Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own
Self in all beings, loses all fear.
~~ Isa Upanishad ~~
i am not afraid of people like me who carry guns..:)
“The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder
at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes.”
— Mark Twain
i shed that problem..;)
“Don’t be ashamed to say what you are not afraid to think.”
— Montaigne
i Rather Sing than think i rather Dance than talk..:)
“All is flux, nothing stays still.”
— Heraclitus
True What Will Flux rhYme MoVinG Best aS hehe..;)
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” — Saint Augustine
FLoW IS A Messenger
“Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world!”
— H.G. Wells paraphrase of Roger Bacon’s works
At Best Do Our Own World..:)
“The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.”
— Socrates
Nah.. i don’t
Trust ‘the’
Authority
of ‘Those’ ‘Expectations’
nearly nearly enough Now.. hehe..
i’ll
Stick
WitH
Nature
And Let
‘the world’
do its thing too..:)