Ffolkes,
“There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.”
~~ James Thurber ~~
A Rose for Carole….
Hajime…. Well, it’s done. I’m not sure how I did it, but, since it is patently a gift horse, I won’t quibble. There’s some music, a decent poem, and a crusty old-school pearl, which together complete the required elements of a standard Pearl of Virtual Wisdom. Beyond their mere existence, and presence here in their correct slots, I make no claims; doing so could seriously affect not only any honor I might possess, but could easily destroy all the fragile equilibrium I have so recently attained. So, I won’t.
What I will do is demonstrate some compassion, by NOT bombarding y’all here in the intro with any of the usual supply of dross, or drivel, or even doggerel. Instead, I’ll note my feelings of relief and gratitude for the passing of the recent unpleasantness. The process of enduring the crap so ubiquitous during the election frenzy is exhausting, so, it’s a pleasant contrast to only have to listen to the moaning and groaning from all those who didn’t get what they wanted. Especially since having to listen is easily controlled, by switching off any TV’s, radios, or other venues that might regale me with such idiocy.
Yes, the election has made me grumpy, but, that’s nothing new, right? For now, let’s just get on with getting this mess done, and posted. To do that, we’ll have to get started, so, let’s just do that, right here, right now….
Shall we Pearl?….
“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away.
He must have time to modify his shape.”
~~ Mark Twain ~~
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Today’s musical selection once again falls into our default category because, yes, I’m lazy, and didn’t feel like even thinking about another genre….It’s okay, we’ll all be fine; today, and the future, will demand much of us, so we must learn to “go with the flow”, so to speak…. Enjoying it is the simplest solution, ffolkes…. Reportedly, this collection comes with a slide show of great works of art… Bonus!….
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Classical Music
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I know I’m in the now, if only…..
Oh, there it is again, fiddle faddle;
Begone, I said, vamoose, skedaddle!
It looked at me as if I were insane:
Scoffed, it did, filled me with pain.
Where does it come from?
Where does it live?
I’d stick out my thumb,
if I had more to give.
If only, should, would, could it be?
It went away again, this time free.
It will be back again, this I know;
or I’m wrong, and it won’t show.
Who cares?
Who hears?
Such goings on wobble the sphere,
I wish it wouldn’t do that here.
I’ve been wrong before…..
~~ gigoid ~~
4/19/2013
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I’m running late, thanks to a small fur-bearing extortionist, and my own demons. No complaints, just a comment, made only because SB decided to be uncooperative. Here’s an old, old-school pearl from a while back that will fit the necessary bill neatly…. It’s a bit random, and silly to boot, but, what the hell….
From 1/11/2015:
I’m feeling a bit silly today, along with the normal (!!!…) degree of angst over the news; Smart Bee was sympathetic enough to find the perfect group of pearls with which to address both emotional states at once…. Go figure, eh? This one is both fun, and quite pointed, with some sharp thorns adorning the roses…. There were a lot of them, so, brace yourselves, and for goodness sake, put down your adult beverages so you don’t spew on the keyboard….
“I drank what?” — Socrates
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” — John Maynard Keynes
“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” — G. K. Chesterton, The Quotable Chesterton
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” — Hanlon’s Razor
“Good God,” said Arthur, “it looks just like the sea front at Southend.”
“I’m relieved to hear you say that,” said Ford.
“Why”
“Because I thought I must be going mad.”
“Perhaps you are. Perhaps you only thought I said it.”
Ford thought about this.
“Well, did you say it, or didn’t you?” he asked.
“I think so,” said Arthur.
“Well, perhaps we’re both going mad.”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “we’d be mad, all things considered, to think this was Southend.”
“Well, do you think this is Southend?”
“Oh, yes”
“So do I.”
“Therefore we must be mad.”
“Nice day for it.”
“Yes,” said a passing maniac.
“Who was that?” asked Arthur.
“Who–the man with the five heads and the elderberry bush full of kippers?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know. Just someone.”
“Ah.”
— From The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.” — Henry David Thoreau
“If you ever reach total enlightenment while you’re drinking a beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.” — Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey
“If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning, and you could only save one of them, would you go to lunch or read the paper?” — Smart Bee
“When something irritates you, think of this: How else would we get pearls?” — Smart Bee
“For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.” — Plutarch (46-120 AD) — Against Colotes
Finally, to finish off this nonsense, we move on to what good ol’ Socrates said, immediately after voicing his surprise, as related in the opening line of this pearl….
“Sure, everyone always said ‘Socrates what is the meaning of life?’ or’Socrates how can I find happiness?’…. Did anyone ever say ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison.’???????” — Socrates, minutes before death
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I really haven’t a clue how this got done, but, since it is, I’ll go post it. I’ll even issue our standard warning/disclaimer, by letting you know, I’ll be back tomorrow, hopefully in a more rational state…. See ya, ffolkes….
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 cherí….
gigoid 
Great album art…..I too am glad it is over now I have something to focus on once again….foreign policy…I have been in DTs without it…LOL
“Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” chuq
LOL…. It’s always something, eh? I’m just happy it went unpredictably. ‘Course, now we have to endure the next few years, but, hey, what else is new?..
Take care, & stay alert; I don’t expect Trump to survive for long; then we get Mr. Boredom himself to rag on….
See ya
gigoid
Have a good day my friend….chuq
“There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.”
~~ James Thurber ~~
There is safety in
nothing
else
but
within me..
i practice that
with more arts
in Yoga Unity
with nature all
Bliss is safe for now..
dam.. wish i could take
more folks with me.. but
they too.. must seek/find it and
practice it within as safeway comes
in eYes
isREaL..
transform..move..
connect.. create.. rise
Beauty of fully aLIVe..:)
Pain is an interesting thing my
friend.. it comes in so many ways
of liFe.. dARk.. liGht.. and ‘tween
sHades of grey.. beYond rainbow colors
too.. perHaps even more iN iN Bi-polar colors too..
but anyway.. i’ve ‘seen’ the worst pain in the world
as medically assessed for human..
evaporate
in a split second
observed the feeling
sensing of hell again
and somehow master
painless now with control
of will.. with these abilities as healing
ones that obviously i innately
instinctually intuit most
animals in the
wild have too..
also..
problem
is.. we live life out
there instead of in ‘here’..
lEarninG mastery of Emotionally
regulating life including integrating
senses that includes pain.. i stepped on
Arthur.. our 20 years older cat then with
my 220 lbs then.. thank God.. before
approaching 240 now.. bottom
line he walked away
unscathed..
with no sign of pain..
not even having to recover
like i would if someone stepped on
me in the olden days too.. there is a wild healing
that exceeds all of medicine my friEnd and that healing
is developed innately.. instinctually.. intuitively within and
the only words religion or science has for it when it goes down for iSREaL
is a miracle or unexplained phenomenon.. we could even call it a UFO too.. for
all practical intents and purposes as they not identified what it is yet..
it’s safe to say it is a higher
power and it exists
as at least
in my
case
it is in the
history of my medical records iSREAL..
seriously.. i have pains.. sometimes severe ones
still that come.. but i melt them a way with a whim
of God that lives in higher potential as nature within me..
and i couldn’t do that for 66 months until the power came and
was mastered within.. and i increase that power as nows go on..
with
will
and mastery
in positive light
that is simply positive
emotions and senses same..
as
isreaL..
i can show folks in
Moving arts what it looks
like on the outside.. as i can
gain bliss of runners high that i used
to experience noW in less than 5 seconds with
just one float around whirl of moVinG aRT iN nirvana now..
it is the inside pArt beyond words that makes that happen..
and that my
friend
is the
seeking and
finding and practicing
point.. that those who do not
believe in ‘woo’ of miracles beyond
current science will never find if they
never start believing there is more to this
life than meets the current textbooks of walls
in empirical fact for now.. and yes.. all the structural
infirmities can still be observed with X-Rays.. CAT scans
and all the rest.. but what thAt can’t see is the God my friend alive and well
in higher potential working full-time now within.. i try to paint a picture
but no word
or symbol
can full cover heaven now
for that my friEnd is a liVinG
‘thing’ always changing for more positive liGht within..
yeah..
the
‘thing’..:)
“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away.
He must have time to modify his shape.”
~~ Mark Twain ~~
WiNks..
no thanks..
i’LL stay ’round..;)
“I drank what?”
— Socrates
it’s kind of the opposite
saying of when folks
ask.. can
i have
some
of what you(me)
are drinKing friend..;)
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” — John Maynard Keynes
Haven’t paid any federal
income taxes in decades..
and have
George
W Bush
to thank for that..
in simply following a code for
more
free
stuff..
it’s hilarious that folks call that dude conservative..
and worth noting that ‘most P grabbers’ are not all that conservative either..;)
Kinda like the big bad
wolf and
old coke..
blow
blow
blow
your house party away..;)
And speaking of that it’s worth
noting on the ever changing
multi-colored lizard in
our back yard
that Trump
supported Universal
Trump Care before bowing
to other target audience pressures
and even supported LBQT rights at
the Republican convention with delight
in watching the minions roar with thunderous
applause.. no different really than Charlie Chaplin
in his role reversal as Jew to the Hitler minions
for human rights of equal freedom too.. perhaps
he was just testing the waters.. and worth noting
that
‘no one’
in terms of
selling AFAIK
can become
a billionaire
‘no matter
what’ unless
they understand marketing
101 and appealing to the target
audience at hand.. yes.. there are minions..
but don’t underestimate legs of lambs in wolf clothing..
poor/rich/poor yes/no metaphor.. but hey.. if you really wanna leave a
legacy you go
for
broke..
and do
what it takes
for change.. perhaps
the orange is a little fox colored too..
mY
friend..
hey.. i leave
open big hotel
room for change
as sure.. i am an
isREaL Hyde and Jekyll
too.. good cop Hyde i hope to stay..
what does the Fox say anyWay wHo reAlly juST does iT..
and gets
the JOB
dONE.. as pLay..;)
“We have had no good comic operas of late,
because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.”
— G. K. Chesterton, The Quotable Chesterton
Back to Charlie
Chaplin it’s
all
funny
from big
picture masterpiece
theater and painting view..
and hell no/yes.. believe it or not
‘horatio’.. i’m
not
kidding..
heheR..eTc..aL..;)
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
— Hanlon’s Razor
Sacred clowns/holy/mad/fools/eTc.. aL..
through out history
have
proven
stupidity
is an
art of Brilliance
too.. again.. it’s understanding
marketing 101 and the target audience @hand..;)
“Good God,” said Arthur, “it looks just like the sea front at Southend.”
“I’m relieved to hear you say that,” said Ford.
“Why”
“Because I thought I must be going mad.”
“Perhaps you are. Perhaps you only thought I said it.”
Ford thought about this.
“Well, did you say it, or didn’t you?” he asked.
“I think so,” said Arthur.
“Well, perhaps we’re both going mad.”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “we’d be mad, all things considered, to think this was Southend.”
“Well, do you think this is Southend?”
“Oh, yes”
“So do I.”
“Therefore we must be mad.”
“Nice day for it.”
“Yes,” said a passing maniac.
“Who was that?” asked Arthur.
“Who–the man with the five heads and the elderberry bush full of kippers?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know. Just someone.”
“Ah.”
— From The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Perhaps
it was/is
Trump
wHO kNows..;)
“It is an interesting question how far men would
retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.”
— Henry David Thoreau
It’s worth noting that the pleasurable
human feeling of feeling rank and status
is simply neuro-chemicals in great balance
along with neuro-hormones including associated
rise of androgens as far as this passage goes where
men are concerned.. and it’s also worth noting that
the greatest
warriors
noted
in myths
legends and
perhaps real history
too.. fought naked..
anyway.. like all stuff life..
it’s not the form of rank that counts
iN status or power.. it’s the feeling oF it
iN EmoTioNs and SeNSEs.. and to master
that Essence within
now
is to
be
slave
to no one
in Kingdom come
now.. where a King has
no subjects but free.. the ultimate
place of heaven now.. as do not doubt it
we are just human animals like any other ape in this sense/feeling now..
thing that
sets us
apARt
is we can
make a story
book real in new
imaginative and creative
ways that does not reflect
our so called form or place in overall society
at large.. sure.. it’s a needle and society is
the camel.. is it possible.. FucK yes.. i
prove
that
isReaL
every FucKinG noW..;)
“If you ever reach total enlightenment
while you’re drinking a beer, I bet it
makes beer shoot out your nose.”
— Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey
It’s not that i have anything really
against folks drinking and doing
drugs for recreation..
iN heaven
all that
stuff
WiLL
only bring
me down.. now.. honestly..
i would/will spit it out
forcefully
from
where
ever
it goeS in..
tHeRe ain’t no
driNk or drugs
for this place called heaven for me..
seriouSly.. the thOught of drinking a beer
of even a cup of coffee is like poison in heaven now.. to me..
and sure.. i enjoyed a moderate amount before i arrived in heaven now..:)
“If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning,
and you could only save one of them, would you
go to lunch or read the paper?”
— Smart Bee
If i was a good enough
swimmer i would save
them both..
and
FucKinG
break all
the rules..
limits and
expectations
of before..
BUT..
i am
not
and not
willing to
die for no reason..
Order is here for a reason..
as are the conservative folks
who make the rules.. and that my
frienD is the square root of problem
number one that humans are not evolved
to live peacefully in groups of more than 150
to 200 sets of eyes.. order is required for the well
being of all.. and human language is symbol and
only approximate tool for truth and light.. and it takes
order to rule money collected for a big city of humans not
evolved like this to live peacefully too.. it’s a pipe dream to
suggest we
are all going
to get along
fine.. without
someone with
the skills to interpret
abstract concepts attempting
to make literal concrete laws..
or the same to collect enough
money for roads to get to the
all one can eat fats and sugars palace
either.. this new version of Libertarian
is for folks who have never studied Anthropology 101
either
in class
or in direct contact and
with enough numbers
in iSreal class too.. now..
as participant observer as such
after Hurricane Katrina too in a very
heterogenous society that is nothing
like a Scandinavian country where it used
to be where a person could leave their baby
left unintended but only in a homogenous country
where a welfare state ruled for all in abundance of enough..
will
never
work
in a place
like this as
Nature rules
human always now..
AFAIK from experience of
literally dealing one to one
with hundreds of thousands of folks over decades too..
both offline
and online too..:)
“When something irritates you,
think of this: How else would we get pearls?”
— Smart Bee
LiGht and DARk
inSpiRes
And the
‘tween grey
of sHaDES2
And potentiAlly
And eventuAlly even apathy too..
never discount
A power/
Force
oF dArk..
my greaTest
muses have surely been dARk too..
praise
the liGht
and dARk
iN multi-colored meASure
oF sHades ‘tween and
Beyond rainBow color
pleaSurE too
iS what i for one
say.. with much
FeeL/seNSinG
tiMe
iN nows
spent
In Heaven
and Hell..
and yes.. the place that all days
seem the same2.. another ground day.. aS in AGHOGDAY2..;)
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part
of wise men, is at least human.”
— Plutarch (46-120 AD) — Against Colotes
To err is life..
to not is stAGnation
iN
Heaven 2..
to err
is
breath
to be
is err
to
air is err
a bee
buzzes
by..
and
not
yeT
bYe..;)
“Sure, everyone always said ‘Socrates what is the meaning of life?’ or’Socrates how can I find happiness?’…. Did anyone ever say ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison.’???????”
— Socrates, minutes before death
Don’t drINk
the Kool Aid..
the
meaning
of life
is
LiVe..
no one but
a human would
FeeL/SenSe it was/will be anything elsE noW..
hUman
stupidEst
animal oF aLL..
when it comes
to sHiT
like
thAt..
future/past
leads to ISREAL
siN…
NOW
iSREaL..:)
BotTom liNe..
i kNow
noThing.
i FeeL/SeNsE/AMnoWbE
– smART Bee2..;)