Ffolkes,
“The measure of a man’s life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”
~~ Plutarch — Consolation to Apollonius ~~
Fun with blankets….
Hajime…. Were I in any way normal, I’d still be in bed. Since I’m neither of those, I’m up, again, staring at the blank screen, wondering what the hell I’m going to write about to bring some joy into the lives of my Gentle Readers. I’m pretty sure such joy isn’t why most of my readers come here; it is, after all, in generally short supply anywhere in the world, and, here is not the exception. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t make it at least a temporary goal, right? Right. Doesn’t mean we’ll be successful, either, but, since any failure is just another way to find out how to succeed, we’ll give it a shot, & see what happens….
Okay, so, this isn’t happening, is it? I’ve just spent five full minutes, trying to figure out how to do what I wrote above, and, for the life of me, drew a bigger blank than I started with today. Go figure, eh? More proof of Murphy’s presence in my life, I suspect, but, rather than give him the satisfaction of knowing he’s done it to me again, I’ll cheat a little, by completely ignoring him altogether. I can do it, if I make an extreme effort, which, given the current stat of this intro (to wit: completely lost…), is pretty much mandatory, if we wish to get through this, at all. Here goes….
Well, that didn’t work, either. Still no ideas bursting through the fog to supply us with the means to finish this. Rather than continue to batter myself about the head and shoulders, I think I’ll resort to this old literary trick a friend showed me the other day. It works like this…..
Shall we Pearl?….
“To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.”
~~ Confucius Analects ~~
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I know I’ve used this video previously, but, oh, well… It just happens to be one of my favorite sessions, period, which I turn to whenever I want to hear some great guitar work. Since that’s what I want, that’s what you get…. I think we can all live with it….
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Eric Clapton
Unplugged
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Random Exposure
If I only knew what I was doing here,
I could give others a clue.
Reality gets stranger every year,
and I’m not sure what I should do.
Singing happy old tunes, in an old, gravely voice,
gives me a lot of pleasure.
I’m only glad I can still make a choice,
to look at life, to take its measure.
Memorable moments keep passing by
gilded, framed in precious emotion.
I never have to ask anyone why,
no need for a stronger potion.
Everything in life is clear, to me
there is no doubt, no misunderstanding.
We’re all good, as you can see,
members of Life, in good standing.
Life can be hard, or it can be great fun;
the right path is there for each of us to take.
That choice is often a difficult one;
pay close attention to the choice you make.
~~ gigoid ~~
4/22/2013
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Naked Pearls
Walking the walk….
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“Everything that has a beginning has an ending.
Make your peace with that and all will be well.”
~~ Buddha ~~
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“But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.”
~~ Alan Watts ~~
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“And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium”
~~ T.S. Eliot ~~
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“As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him,
that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future,
he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found.
He will look for solutions and answers at every point
except where they can be found
–in himself.”
~~ Erich Frohm ~~
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“Some people never find it
Some only pretend, but me
I just want to live happily ever after
Every now and then”
~~ Jimmy Buffet ~~
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“Become what you are.”
~~ Buddha ~~
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“You’re at the end of the road again.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
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Sorry about the abrupt exit from the intro; if I hadn’t done it when I did, we probably would never have made it to this point. Since we have, I’ll again take advantage of circumstance, to take my leave, letting y’all get on with your day. Hopefully, our efforts here today have enhanced your ability to address reality for the day; if not, well, we’ll refund every penny you paid. Hah! On that note, I’ll bid thee adieu, with the standard caveat, to wit: I’ll be back… It’s probably best if you note that in your calendar….
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 
I remember the “Unplugged”…..on MTV or was it VH1? Does not matter…it was brilliant. This is a day where I will spend it doing nothing but relaxing….I have had enough of this political stuff….we have elected a moron…..and he has picked the perfect government by the wealthy….not much more to say…..except….screw it!
Hope you have a good day and Leelu gives you a break…LOL chuq
No argument here, bro. I’m almost to the point of going completely off grid…
I’ll be kicking back, too; spent four hours wandering SF yesterday. Finished of the xmas list, but, I’m beat. Gonna go on auto all day…
I’ll try to get by, but, may end up blowing it all off…
Enjoy your self-time…
gigoid
Thanx…I need the break today….(where have I heard that before? LOL) chuq
In today’s world, from everybody, all the damn time…. LOL! At least, unlike most of them, you earn it… Us old farts get tired the old-fashioned way…
Be well, & take it slow….
gigoid
“I just want to live happily ever after….” I like this quote😍
Wow, I haven’t visited your blog that much but I love the way you have arranged each of your posts, with photos and videos. Excellent touch!
I enjoyed my visit my dear and I am happy that you always have something to offer each day for your readers.
Have a merry holiday😘🎄🍁🌲☘🍂😘
Nice to see you here, my dear…. You’re welcome any time….
gigoid
“The measure of a man’s life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”
~~ Plutarch — Consolation to Apollonius ~~
Now is alWays
Forever
aLways
is Now..
make now epic or not..:)
“To see what is right and not to do it,
is want of courage.”
~~ Confucius Analects ~~
Problem
is what
folks
see
right..
as many
rights wrong rights more..
Moral absolutes up to torture..
forever
now
as promise
of torture.. now..
FucKinG culTure…
FucK culture
from
a
distance..
is what i do..
stick my tongue out and more..
to all the rights that wrong.. mY friEnd..;)
“Everything that has a beginning has an ending.
Make your peace with that and all will be well.”
~~ Buddha ~~
Ending is
beginning
beginning
is ending tHeRe is
no life but life.. thErE iS
no actual death as life..
all
is now
now is
aLL.. liVe..:)
SAdly.. tolerance
and acceptance doesn’t
always equal liFe as Happy..
thaT takes practice.. practice.. practice..
work
as
Practice SeeKinG
to FinD what works
more than just eXisting
in whatever
now
comes
now neXt..now..:)
“But my dear man, reality is only
a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.”
~~ Alan Watts ~~
Oh.. the synchronicity..
juSt wrote
that
aGain..
or waS iT
again..
or
was it
Again..
anyWay.. i wRote it..;)
“And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium”
~~ T.S. Eliot ~~
Reminds me of the dArkest
pARt of HeLL.. you kNow the pARts
that are impossible to put into words..
in the kitchen.. while
the wife
gardens
mustering
the courage
to escape
mustering
the empathy
FOR HER to stay..
mustering the courage then..
to escape mustering the courage to stay..
then after 40 days with no sleep the dentist
drill inserted directly into my eye and earallover..
desperation to kill my self as the greatest heaven
i can imagine then beyond a hell that has no words beyond
a body doused with gasoline.. a match of heaven then.. anyway
couldn’t muster the strength to get out of the car to walk up to
the bridge to jump off.. sister meets me at the bottom.. a miracle
i suppose
she found
me there
in her
way
of intuition..
i try to escape her
car again to jump off
a shallow boardwalk
to drown the pain anyway
i can’t.. of course the human
instinct will not allow that
when the water is
only chest
deep..
somehow after
40 days without
sleep except the first
35 with a powerful alpha
blocker to make one hour each night
of very shallow card board sleep.. logic
says that won’t work.. Sister then takes me
for a drive 80 plus miles an hour farther and says
you wanna kill yourself.. i’ll die too.. crying she can’t
live without a brother.. but after 40 days of that pain
that no one but me could see.. i felt if she really loved
me she would have given me a gun to end it before i bought
that shotgun that i was too weak to operate too.. i told her no..
of course i don’t want you to kill yourself but i still could feel no
emotions.. nothing but pain beyond imagination.. so we got back
home.. and all i could do was think about getting the keys of her car
to try again.. and the wife crying said you are gonna leave me aren’t you..
they respected my wishes not to go to the doctor as i was terrified as i had
already been in ‘that place’ at age 21 and almost institutionalized for the rest
of my life.. total potential loss of freedom and control over my future then.. i gave in finally
and was still looking for anyway to end a pain that no one could see but me.. dreaming
of jumping off of buildings.. jumping out of cars.. jumping in front of cars every which way
to die
away
from
life as
dying was
the pleasure
i sought away
from naked with
wild dogs eating me
off the sidewalk of life then..
for the rest of that 66 months of hell
i carried a metal chain in the basket of
my bicycle as i was never sure if i could
make it the next second in life.. my wife never
knew about that chain.. and she never knew my
pain and the truth is no one ever will as i had no
idea pain like that for a human being could happen
without someone else doing it to you with a dentist drill
like that movie i saw with Dustin Hoffman so many years
ago.. the worst thing i could imagine and the ‘gift’ i would receive for 66 months..
i wished someone would blow the entire Universe out of existence.. my friend.. to
end my pain.. the worst of all transgressions against all of existence then.. in wish..
anyWay
my friend
all of that
pain did magicAlly
disappear on the weekend
of July 22nd.. 2013.. the chain
went away and i could confess
that to my wife as there was NO
DOUBT IN MY MIND i would ever go
to that place again.. THERE CAN BE
NO DOUBT MY FRIEND.. as life is worth
it
when
L I F E..
i have
deep roots
my friend deeper
than the deepest deep..
Faith like i have comes from
a real FIRE OF HELL.. anyWay..
just in case ANYONE forgets that i can FEEL tHeir pain…;)
“As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him,
that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future,
he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found.
He will look for solutions and answers at every point
except where they can be found
–in himself.”
~~ Erich Frohm ~~
WiLL
FiRed
by hell my friEnd..
my greaTest friEnd HeLL..:)
“Some people never find it
Some only pretend, but me
I just want to live happily ever after
Every now and then”
~~ Jimmy Buffet ~~
Sure this makes
all of that other thing
wortH iT now.. liGht coMes
From dARk iT reALLy CAN WiTh WiLL..:)
“Become what you are.”
~~ Buddha ~~
i AM
“You’re at the end of the road again.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
NoW
i AM..:)