Ffolkes,
“I still find each day too short
for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take,
all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see.”
~~ John Burrough ~~
Celebrity Infinity’s Bar, Three Sheets to the Wind…
Hajime…. Some mornings, the irony of what I do here each day becomes too much to bear, unless I retreat into either curmudgeonly irritability, or complete and utter nonsense; while I prefer the latter, the former is more, shall we say, productive, in terms of returning me to relative stability. Naturally, I choose that one, to suit my own lifestyle preferences. Go figure, eh? That’s where the irony comes into the picture, coloring all with its sardonic, pitiless box of crayons, none of which are remotely pastel in nature. Such is life in the Big City, I guess.
Rather than spend a lot of time exploring this well of angst, (which can, conceivably, release demons I’d rather keep caged….), I’ll try to finish off this Pearl, and be done with it for today. Why? Well, why not? Besides, Smart Bee is being ridiculously recalcitrant, making me open and close the program repeatedly to find even one worthwhile pearl. Who needs that sort of aggravation before 8 AM? Not me, for sure. So, I’ll cut this intro short, again, in a valiant attempt to regain some sort of rationality. If you have any compassion at all, you’ll wish me luck…. As for me, well, I’m going to use my often disregarded skill at ruthless time management, in its most efficacious form, to wit: watch this….
Shall we Pearl?….
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”
~~ Abraham Lincoln (attributed) ~~
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“In the land of the dark, the Ship of the Sun is driven by the Grateful Dead.”
~~ Egyptian Book of the Dead ~~
50th Anniversary Fare Thee Well Tour
So, I was feeling nostalgic for the 60’s, and, guess what? Yep. Here’s a concert celebrating 50 years of alternative subculture, at its finest…. Enjoy!….
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Grateful Dead
Fare Thee Well
7/5/2015
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Qualifications of Passion
Sweetly and soft, her vision comes insistently stealing,
waking gently welcome strength of safely intimate feeling.
No mundane distractions even feebly compare,
to celestial musics that fill such welcoming air.
Joyous celebration is each minute’s lot
whenever I’m near her, and when I am not.
Just knowing she is real and relatively near
provides a glad and final solution to fear.
Trust can heal, and live up to the test,
and even the worst of us become best;
Love, when given, is a type of realistic example
of how life can be simple, yet more than just a sample.
Memory is forgiving, in the face of the Now,
our lessons of necessity will always show how;
Our future is but illusion, until fully grown,
the only option for survival is to call it our own.
Feathered with hopeful dreams of acquisition,
live the passions that have defined my position.
Universal justice demands satisfaction
love is ever my choice, and my only reaction.
~~ gigoid ~~
9/30/3012
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Naked Pearls
Another roadside attraction….
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“I searched into myself.”
~~ Heraclitus ~~
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“The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs
on which you can hang a metaphysical system.
If you must.”
~~ Edward Abbey ~~
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“We should consider every day lost
on which we have not danced at least once.
And we should call every truth false
which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
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“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner,
you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
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“Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
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“You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything.
So I thought, once. So did we all.
And the truth is that as a man’s real power grows and his knowledge widens,
ever the way he can follow grows narrower:
until at last he chooses nothing,
but does only and wholly what he _must_ do.”
~~ Ursula K. LeGuin, _A Wizard of Earthsea_ ~~
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“Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
~~ Dylan Thomas ~~
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There you have it. It’s late, and, it’s weird, so, all good to go. I’ll try again tomorrow, as long as everybody’s aim stays bad…. I mean, if they’re still shooting at me, that means I’m having some sort of effect, right? Right. ‘Course, I AM human, and subject to delusional behavior at the drop of a metaphor… but, what the hell….. See ya, ffolkes…. Just try to stop me….
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 
Magic
is when
a SonG
comes
to you
that is employed
by more than you
in colors of sound that
more
can
heRe..:)
“I still find each day too short
for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take,
all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see.”
~~ John Burrough ~~
A Child who still lives..
You know it’s funny
i had a Sociology teacher
by name of Oldenburg.. oh
my God he was my age now then
and seemed.. oh.. so old and when
he spoke of living forever he said
live forever.. ha!
most
of
my friends
are bored..
it’s safe to say
my friend.. he no longer danced..
if he ever did at all ‘tween the
ears oF
old
and
boArd..:)
Oh yeah.. and i had another
Sociology teacher who taught a class
iN Sociology of aging and she showed
photos of ‘seniors’ my age now in therapeutical
pools.. and there was
a girl in the class
about 25 years of
age.. disheartened
that her Frankie
Avalon
days
with
beach parties
never came..
well.. you see.. i wasn’t
only a Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
major.. i was also a Health Science and
Anthropology major.. obviously no high paying
job would come of this.. but i had already traveled
to both highest mania and deep deep depression so i was
more interested in surviving in balance than making money..
in other words.. the core of Maslow’s Hierarchy of development
iN basic
animal
homeostasis
at lowest levels
iN existence as Pyramid of
steps higher and higher..
to self
actualization now..
apex of being human
born again as such as ‘they’ say..too..;)
Anyway.. i said boldly in class that if one
takes care of their balance and continues
a healthy exercise and diet well up into their
50’s there is no reason why they will not still feel
like a healthy youth at that point.. the teacher and some
of the students scoffed at me.. called me an idealist and even
a zealot.. hehe..
and some said
i should spend more
time in business classes to make
some bucks if i was ever gonna
get a job and a mate and stuff like that..
but the Frankie Avalon girl literally asked me
if i was Superman ’cause she was more interested in
what i was actually doing in a triple major while maintaining
three part time jobs to get through with about three hours of sleep
each night.. she was a dreamer who still had dreams.. i was a realist
who read
about
Jack
LaLanne..
and Charles
Atlas and friends..
including Bruce
Lee.. back then..
hehe.. and now
i am a dreamer too..
oh.. what a mix of paradise that is now..
as i have my Frankie Avalon days still
now at age 56 at a Dance Hall not far from the Beach
every FucKinG Thursday NIGht Week coming into
the 136th week
this Thanks
GiVinG WeeK…
‘you’ see.. being a realist
and dreamer is not enough
you have to get out there as Nike says
and just do it no matter what the FucK folks
say before not only do they name you Fool and Superman but Legend too..
SeriouSly.. my life is like
a movie that has too many
scenes for anyone
to tell the literal
true story but
me.. but isn’t
that how everyone’s
life is who has time to
reflect and live it more than ever before..
in Paradise and scribe the story as they go..
i refuse
to believe
i am special
and anointed
as i FucKinG worked
for Paradise as this is no
FucKinG gift or grace alone
and God IS A God of merit more..
than
sitting
still
and
waiting
for dreams
of Paradise
to come true in
Trump Castles with
labels and no essence of joy within..
like Bibles and other books that outlaw Song and Dance..
or perhaps
those who
didn’t see
‘King
David’
Dance naked..
in more vile ways..;)
“I searched into myself.”
~~ Heraclitus ~~
Yes.. that goes
without saying now..;)
“The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs
on which you can hang a metaphysical system.
If you must.”
~~ Edward Abbey ~~
A Realist and Dreamer
mix
with
a dash and dance and song of doing..;)
“We should consider every day lost
on which we have not danced at least once.
And we should call every truth false
which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
One
day
i’LL
elaborate..
alWays
noW
as Dance..
and SonG of Free..
i seriouSly hope Nietzsche actuAlly danced
at least
a third
of what
he wrote..
and
laughed
more than writ..:)
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner,
you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
Value do..:)
“Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
i test myself
iN temptation
and find it makes
me much much stronger
than
avoiding it..
some folks
name
it
saint
like..
my wife..;)
SeriouSly
keeping stuff
undercover is
just
a
lie..
and A
highway to imbalance..:)
But usuAlly that only
makes sense
to the
person
fully exposed with the balance..;)
“You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything.
So I thought, once. So did we all.
And the truth is that as a man’s real power grows and his knowledge widens,
ever the way he can follow grows narrower:
until at last he chooses nothing,
but does only and wholly what he _must_ do.”
~~ Ursula K. LeGuin, _A Wizard of Earthsea_ ~~
Follow your
heArt
and Fuck
the rules
without passion..;)
“Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
~~ Dylan Thomas ~~
FucK Passion
with Passion
from first
breath
to last grasp oF liGht..
and one never
ever
falls
too far
from liFe..
And don’t hold on too tiGht..;)
Ending note..
Happy Thanks Giving gigoid..:)
Good song today, brother… You have a good Thanksgiving feast, as well…
*grin*
gigoid
Stomach
Ready
For it
Now..:)!
“I think therefore I write”……the c man Have a good thanxgiving and I will be back Friday…..chuq
I like the quote, but, for my case, it might be “I think I write”…LOL. Or, maybe, “I’m writing, I’m writing!”….
Have a good feast, bro. I’ll be by your site today, in & out, to try to catch up…
Be well, & happy as you may….
gigoid
You also my friend…chuq