Ffolkes,
“Malice drinks one-half its own poison.”
~~ Seneca ~~
It’s MY prey; don’t touch it….
Hajime…. What passes for a muse in my world seems to have taken a hiatus this morning; probably got tired of me tossing & turning most of the night, & went off to find something more entertaining to do. This, of course, has some rather significant effects upon the Pearl I had planned for today, since, now, I’ve got nothing in the way of creative urges to fulfill, or even find. So be it. We’ve been here before, and it’s all about trusting the process. Of course, that makes the assumption we can find & recognize the process, which is not a given, by any means.
But, it’s a good process, so, we’ll find the trust inside, somewhere, sometime today, I’m sure. It’s been there every time before, so, odds are good. However, we’ll give it a better chance, by cutting this intro short, and getting on with the rest of today’s mess. It always seems to work out better that way, and, who am I to fuss with tradition? Let’s try this new device I found in the Tardis yesterday while doing the monthly cleaning…. Let’s see what happens when I push this button, right here…..
Shall we Pearl?….
“The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: “Of course it is none of my business, but –” is to place a period after the word “but.” Don’t use excessive force in supplying such a moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.” — Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love”
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Image from lispat.info via Google Images
I feel like some easy listening today, so, here is a two and a half hour of some pretty soothing music…. Enjoy!….
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Celtic Music
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I’m running late again; in addition, I’m late. This does strange things to my persona, but, you knew that. Today, it means you get a somewhat new, if not completely inane form of a rant. It’s a “Do it yourself” rant. Below, you’ll find some pearls, each with a connection to each other, and to our Beloved Ruling Class, in some degree. Just put them together, to formulate a rant of your own making, simply by allowing them to show your thoughts which direction to follow. Pretty slick, eh? Well, okay, so it’s merely slippery; so be it….. Enjoy, ffolkes. If nothing else, it’s all in good fun, and does have some rather cogent points…. Go figure, eh?….
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“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”
~~ Aristotle ~~
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“Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.”
~~ Lazarus Long ~~
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“They made us many promises, more than I can remember,
but they never kept but one;
they promised to take our land, and they took it.”
~~ Red Cloud ~~
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“I don’t vote. It just encourages them.”
~~ A Maine woman ~~
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“He that will not reason is a bigot.
He that cannot reason is a fool.
He that dares not reason is a slave.”
~~ William Drummond, “Academical Questions” ~~
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“If anything can go wrong, it will.”
~~ Murphy’s Law ~~
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“And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.”
~~ William Rose Benet ~~
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After the odyssey….
Portraits of iconic symbols, crashing, singing, forgotten;
evolving into mature innovation, as yet pale, and rotten.
Still water justly breeds, impenetrable primal verses resound;
unholy moments tarry, emotion swirls in passion unbound
Spiritual ovulation precedes each pregnant pause;
gravid, time moves on, following destiny’s cause.
Cast adrift on waves of confusion, to a final, damp landing;
salvation beckons sweetly, fed well on understanding.
Dreams directly fall, in night’s grey bower, unbidden;
lingering flavors in simple taste, lovingly, cleverly hidden.
Childish laughter sounds, joyful, bright, and clear;
no need ever to hide, no more monsters to fear.
Temper most foul arrives under unregistered mail;
forgotten taunts live on, lashed by an ancient flail.
Plain dealing delivers such lasting specks of honest hate;
savage in retrospect, never hasty, always running late.
Forever, cries an ambient lover of the pending night;
his pale, weak issue forms its own failing light.
Still, fortune favors such as those who apprehend;
Sweet love of Gaia, let it never end.
~~ gigoid ~~
3/10/2013
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Naked Pearls
Life at Large
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“By letting go, it all gets done.”
~~ Tao Te Ching ~~
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“Living Dead the path is chosen,
to live forever is to die forever.
To not know when you’ll die
is to find life wherever you are.”
~~ Alagad ~~
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It is ridiculous to lay the blame of our wrong actions
upon external causes, rather than on the facility
with which we ourselves are caught by such causes.
~~ Aristotle ~~
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“The animal knows, of course.
But certainly it does not know that it knows.”
~~ Teilhard de Chardin ~~
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“Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.”
~~ Phaedrus — Book i, Fable 26, 12 ~~
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“Put forth your effort
With no thought of gain.”
~~ Deng Ming-Dao ~~
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“Be patient and tough;
someday this pain will be useful to you.”
~~ Ovid ~~
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“Work is not an end in itself;
there must always be time enough for love.”
~~ Robert Heinlein ~~
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“…. For my purpose holds;
To sail beyond the sunset, and the light
Of all the western stars, until I die.”
~~Tennyson ~~
~~ The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ~~
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I did it. This, as much as anything else that will happen today, is something of a surprise, if not a complete conundrum. Since it fulfills all the standard requirements, I declare it done, and, thank goodness. I’ll try again tomorrow, ffolkes; it can’t be any worse, right? Right. See ya….
Y’all take care out there,
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 cherÅ.
Funny,I just tweeted this man…
“We are not human beings learning how to be spiritual, we are spiritual beings learning how to be human.”
Teilhard de Chardin
I’m only half way human…grin..I am a savage inside that spits and snarls…
I generally forgive my lowly aspects…
grin
I think we all spit & snarl, as a matter of course. It’s only in our more coherent moments we approach either humanity, OR spirituality. Mostly, we’re just beasts, faking it….
*grin*
But, knowing it’s so make it easier to forgive….
*wink*
Always a pleasure to see your icon here….
gigoid
Oh, and, nice one; I’m going to steal it for FB….
*grin*
gigoid
That’s alright…I steal from you…
😉
Ha!.. i’ll drop down straight from finishing your words and wisdom
to the Pearls and pearls in the comments section too..
and say.. when i snarl and spit like the
primate beast i am at core to
survive at the military
gym in what the
big alpha-like
headed male
WiLL do in aLL
hIs Natural Glory..
juSt to let ’em kNow..
he ain’t got no nows for
messing around.. he HE iS
here for survival.. LiVinG noW..
NO.. iFs and or Butts.. but maKinG
sure din din now comes sAMe.. tHere
iS tHe great pleasure of FeeLinG Fearless
mY friend.. and L I K E the alpha ape who is
trULy Gentle at core after he gets his Gorilla Growl
ouT to let other aPes kNow tHeir ain’t no fear here..
there IS AlWays more RooM for Love iF the fear can
be put aside.. and the same wITH Yellow Boy applies..
he is never afraid to come uP to strangers and offer a
fRiEndLY cLaWed Paw.. as he has been to the Jungle
uP close and personal.. and KNoWs when it’s F iN now
to get out of the way or stay.. from personal cat experience
THEN.. so yeah.. i went to the Jungle and survived intAct
fINally Fearless.. and the constructs of culture abstracts
in LanGuage way.. including obsolete pArts of
FearFULL RELIGIONS.. no longer touch
the WinGS oF miNe hiGher WitH
eYes that do fLy as
pArt oF aLLthatiS Free
noW FriEnd.. the kiNship
with the cAll of the WiLd iS
real iN fearless luSt and Love..
butT harming no other.. iT iS the
alTruism in Balance oF we LoVinG
Apes at core oF BeinG
when E-escaped
from the
LYinG of Hate
DeN iN absTract
coNstructs and symbolLocKs
like the four letter words
hate and fear.. Loveall
is the Seven word letter
as symbol and word that IS A BalancE
iN mY SaVinG Mantra for HEaveNoW..:)
Smile…
Well Said…..
SMiLes
BackX2
inTermiNatortalk..;)
Leelu sure is keeping her prey close!
When she’s done chasing it & bringing it back, she takes it with her to flop & rest…. So, since she’s so photogenic, I got a picture…. Makes it easy these days coming up with new ones for the first section…
*wink*
gigoid