Ffolkes,
“Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.”
~~ Robert Green Ingersoll ~~
How magicats can see in the dark….
Hajime…. Fortunately, I don’t think it will explode. That’s a good thing, right? If it had, neither of us would be here, reading this, just as if we had some purpose for doing so. Now, since the universe doesn’t care, one way, or the other, (neither do I, but, that’s another story…), I’ve made the only logical decision, which is, most simply, to keep on keepin’ on, no matter what anyone says. So, there…
Some of our Gentle Readers may already recognize what is happening here. You see, they’ve seen me in this state before; pale, sweaty, anxious, yet, firmly committed to creating a Pearl worthy of your consideration. They already know what to expect, and, most likely, came prepared for just such an eventuality. The rest of y’all, having no clue as to what might happen, have, no doubt, already found ample reason to bolt; let me caution you against any such reckless reactionism. When you arrived, the defensive shields allowed you to enter; they’re not so sanguine about letting people leave, so don’t. You wouldn’t enjoy the experience, of that you may be sure.
But, don’t worry; as long as you keep reading, & make no sudden moves, you’ll be fine. Besides, they only shoot rubber bullets, which leave a mark, but, theoretically, won’t kill you. That’s handy, isn’t it? It’s also by design; if you’re dead, you can’t read. And, we hate hauling bodies out so early in the day; the trash won’t get picked up until tomorrow, & the smell…. well, let’s not go there, okay?
By this point, you have probably realized, you’ll get no sense out of me today. I’ve come to the same realization, & though it pricks my conscience a bit to give up before actually saying anything, it would be best to get on with the rest of today’s mess, before reality steps in to sink us all. As the blog administrator, I am allowed to do, or say, whatever it takes to get it done, even if it causes environmental, or ergonomic damage. Since I can’t afford any more outlay for damages, without annoying the lawyers no end, I’ll just do this….
Shall we Pearl?
“Learning maketh young men temperate,
is the comfort of old age,
standing for wealth with poverty,
and serving as an ornament to riches.”
~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) ~~
*grin* Well, one may hope it does; hope is free….
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I figured to use classical music today, but, couldn’t decide what type we should choose, to soothe what are. by now, a number of savage breasts. To settle the issue with a bit of elegance, we’ll go with the complete symphonies of Wolfie Mozart, just because we can…. Abondanza!….
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Complete Symphonies
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In a place somewhere inside my head, there are new poems being constructed; the process generally takes place without conscious involvement from me; when they’re done, they leak out in their own way. But, none are near ready, & I’m tired of recycling, so, today, I will retreat, without shame, to one of my favorite poets… Enjoy!….
The Blue Jay
No brigadier throughout the year
So civic as the jay.
A neighbor and a warrior too,
With shrill felicity
Pursuing winds that censure us
A February day,
The brother of the universe
Was never blown away.
The snow and he are intimate;
I ‘ve often seen them play
When heaven looked upon us all
With such severity,
I felt apology were due
To an insulted sky,
Whose pompous frown was nutriment
To their temerity.
The pillow of this daring head
Is pungent evergreens;
His larder — terse and militant —
Unknown, refreshing things;
His character a tonic,
His future a dispute;
Unfair an immortality
That leaves this neighbor out.
~~ Emily Dickinson ~~
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Naked Pearls
“In uffish thought, he stood….”
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“Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous
when it comes to our knowledge for the first time?”
~~ Pliny the Elder — Natural History, Book vii, Sect. 6 ~~
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“Before you can build a house,
you must first believe
that the bricks are in fact bricks.”
~~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~~
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“In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat:
but in the evolution of real knowledge,
it marks the first step in progress toward victory.”
“” Alfred North Whitehead “”
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“It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above all, try something.”
~~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~~
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“Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.”
~~ Diamond Sutra ~~
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“I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.”
~~ Laurence Olivier ~~
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“I don’t have a weird sense of humor.
Your reality is just weird.”
~~ gigoid ~~
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Today’s Pearl has been brought to you through the auspices of the human imagination; any failure to acknowledge the rights of Reality are strictly forbidden. You may, however, choose to forget you chose to stop in today, without penalty. Normally, you would suffer the agony of extreme ambiguity, but, we made a special deal with the prosecuting demon, so, all’s well that ends well. Now, all we have to do it end it, if I can ever find the right… Oh, there it is. Okay. See y’all tomorrow, ffolkes, when I’ll try to find a bit of rationality to share. Doesn’t seem to be any to be had, today. Stay strange, ffolkes; it’s getting pretty real out there….
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 
“Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.”
~~ Robert Green Ingersoll ~~
SMiLes
A Body
Zen and Will
FeeL/SenSe better
than thiNk alone as Trance
Allone Can and WiLL noW
Happier than words alone..
WiNks.. oTheR than thaT
DancE
and SinG
WiTh no
LesSons oTher
than Magic Now
as miracles oF liFE
are simply isreal now..
IT’s.. common sense my
FriEnd as when i couldn’t
remember the feeling of a smile
or laugh or even if i had ever laughed
before as without emotions that ARE
memories at core as science shows now
all is Numb all is Dark all is non-feeling nothingness real..
and in that place one learns that miracles are truly as simple
as A
SmiLe
mY Friend..
And WiNKs thAT reMinds
me two weeks ago.. Tuesday..
somewhat gruff looking couch
potato aS Such looking paRt time
hunter with camouflage and wife
and child in tow catches a glimpse
of me dancing trancing in the Wal-mART
Hallmark happy wish aisle.. from
a distance as the Katrina passes
by and catches him saying to
his wife.. dam i see that
dude dancing every
where how
the hell
does
he have
time to do that
(Jesus F iN Christ thaT Dude
IS A laziest dude in L.A. now
Lower Alabama Big Lewboski
dramatic theatrical effect added iN)..
shit with kind of A smIrk.. Katrina
said.. and i say this is the pARt..
the trUly MaGiC pARt i like as some
of these folks have no idea Katrina is
related to me aT all.. so i see him in the distance
make my forward dedicated approach after floating
aimlessly every which way and alWays loose with
a few martial arts strikes In floW iN ZonE aLong
armed way of long.. and say directly to
his face.. IT’S BECAUSE I’M RICH,,
THIS DANCE I DO.. MY FRIEND..
he grows a sudden long face
like he’s seen the ghost
of ChristMas near..
and then i confess
ha! the wife caught you
with your ‘compliment’.. haha..
and then i go on to tale him the entire
Fred sTory.. in hyper-speed like lightning
and thunder Fred SPeaK Way.. yeP.. almost
entirELy iMpossible to get a word in edge when
lightening moves.. and to make a much longer story
shorter i say in conclusion after taling him about the
drought of 66 months with zero point memory of what
a smile or laugh feels like or dos in real life then.. my friEnd..
a SMiLe IS A miracle of duSt from Crucible of Star Death BurST
DuST you and me and your wife and child right here in this Walmart
Aisle are a SMiLe and God sAMe now.. a trUe miracle oF liGht dUst iN
thiS flesh and blood now.. and he says.. one thing’s for sure you make
lots of folks
smile
every
wHeRe
you go..
and i say..
see my friEnd
i told you i AM rich
and this is how i do rich..:)
Other than that since the miracle
of getting well after i E-sCaped the
death of reaSon.. i’Ve coMe to
eXperience every now oF
liFE As A blissFul
reaLITy thAT
iS aS
isreal my friEnd
as a sMile now/then
thAT never ends iNSide..
when oTher folks at lEAst
sMiLE thaT juST adds to aN eXisting Joy..
Miracle oF mY liFE for surE anD one i trULy
wish all could experience as World Peace would
naturAlly come with a bunch of F iN Happy GiVing
ShAring
WiLd
and
FReEd
eARTh cAMpers..
as they miGht esCape
too like the otHeRs
from a far
far distance
intimate
i do
too..
sure.. there are
places for folks like
me far far away from
tHeir placeS iN miracles
iSReaL noW my FriEnd..
HeaVen iS juST Waiting
for those who comE noW..
i built it and i’M here and that’s
allone can’t count on in Fields of Dreams isREaLs..;)
“Learning maketh young men temperate,
is the comfort of old age,
standing for wealth with poverty,
and serving as an ornament to riches.”
~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) ~~
LEarning without
words iS oNly
riches to
me and
that my Friend
rarely exists as towers trump..;)
“The Blue Jay
No brigadier throughout the year
So civic as the jay.
A neighbor and a warrior too,
With shrill felicity
Pursuing winds that censure us
A February day,
The brother of the universe
Was never blown away.
The snow and he are intimate;
I ‘ve often seen them play
When heaven looked upon us all
With such severity,
I felt apology were due
To an insulted sky,
Whose pompous frown was nutriment
To their temerity.
The pillow of this daring head
Is pungent evergreens;
His larder — terse and militant —
Unknown, refreshing things;
His character a tonic,
His future a dispute;
Unfair an immortality
That leaves this neighbor out.”
~~ Emily Dickinson ~~
DeliGht oF mosT aLL
wiLd liFe weaRing
no millstOnes
aS SiNk
oF
Words..
whERE Now
iS aLL tHeir iS
forever noW counts
all most when pleasure
rules over pain all Natural
And Content after Hunt of day
and night and ‘tween of thaT..:)
“Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous
when it comes to our knowledge for the first time?”
~~ Pliny the Elder — Natural History, Book vii, Sect. 6 ~~
Please don’t forget
A dance beYond
‘tween oF
ears
forget..
A SinG aS noW..;)
“Before you can build a house,
you must first believe
that the bricks are in fact bricks.”
~~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~~
i made
mY house
out oF clay
wHo continuAlly
molds diffeRenTly noW..:)
“In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat:
but in the evolution of real knowledge,
it marks the first step in progress toward victory.”
“” Alfred North Whitehead “”
Yes by all
means make
misTakes holy
and sacred for
paths more
aS liGht
gRoWs
oTher than thAT
make rest oF aLL
thAT iS HoLY and SacRed
WiTh PurpoSe and MeaNinG sAMe..
aS
diFFeREnt too..:)
“It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above all, try something.”
~~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~~
YeS aGaiN..
iF necessary..
riGhT iT backWards..
NaiGa..;)
“Arouse the mind without
resting it on anything.”
~~ Diamond Sutra ~~
Sure..
Keep MoVing..
ConNecTinG..
And CreaTinG
iN aLL
oNe
diffeREnt
DancE LiFE Now..:)
“I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.”
~~ Laurence Olivier ~~
Yes..
JuST
Do iT..
even without
Nike Shoes..:)
“I don’t have a weird sense of humor.
Your reality is just weird.”
~~ gigoid ~~
As2 a wise
hUman2 juSt
sAid2
people2
are2
Strange2..;)