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Delicate pieces of broken china….

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Ffolkes,

A new Pearl is in the works, & coming along nicely. But, the BBR keeps interrupting the process with real-time issues, so, it’ll be a day or two more until it’s ready… As a sublimation, here is a pretty decent Pearl from a bit over five years ago (where DOES the time go?…. SIGH). I hope you enjoy it, & I’ll be back, soon…. Be well, be happy as you wish to be, and for God’s sake, be strange!…

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,
Whew! A close call, but disaster was averted, narrowly. Lest I drive everyone away in the first paragraph, before we even get started, I’ll not supply the details, but, believe me, it was very nearly a nasty mess. Let’s just say, hallelujah, and leave it at that….. Well!….

Howdy….. It isn’t every day that begins with such excitement, thank goodness. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t deal with that kind of issue every morning, as I have a distinct dislike for Kleenex, and anything to do with them, due to an accident when I was a child, involving those unreliable tissues, a clown, a policeman, and several large piles of manure. They told me it would probably never go away, so I live in a tissue-free world…. I don’t mind, there’s always TP…..

Hmm…. I suppose that kind of talk might just drive y’all out, too, if I’m not careful…

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In the interval….

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Symmetry in Oregon….

Ffolkes,

I’ve been gone awhile, obviously; my recent forays into the world outside have been at once time-consuming, and quite ‘interesting’…. That’s a bit obscure, but, what else is new? Well, I’ll tell ya…. not much. I’m working on a fresh Pearl, but, haven’t been able to spend much time at the computer, for a number of compelling reasons, so, it’s going to be a couple more days before that will get posted…

I wanted, however, to let anyone at all interested to know, I WILL be back, in a couple days, to post what I’ve written (which will, I hope include a new poem). To sublimate the urge today, here is one of my poems, which may just be the best I’ve done… If naught else, the final line is a real zinger, & i hope you enjoy it…

Platitudes for Attitudes

Platitudes shake us, attitudes break us.

Life can be a real pain, y’know?

Still, if we don’t fight where it takes us,

it’s a pretty straight row to hoe..

A lot of what we see and hear

isn’t always in the best of taste.

Life at large can be one long frisson of fear.

Making an effort often seems a huge waste.

Pundits, dogma dogs, myrmidons, oligarchs & pimps;

assholes and predators every one.

Twisted, sick, anti-humans; anomalous, ignorant wimps.

Logic says, every time, lobotomize ’em, & be done.

Illusions, delusions, confusions, a dedicated data dump,

bilious, divisive, spicy with hatred and fears.

Inflation, immigration, promises from the clownish Trump

Leaving even our basest survival heavy with tears.

Ancient sages left signs on the path to peace,

for those with wit to see.

No need for undue effort, no quest for golden fleece.

All we ever need to do, is be.

~~ gigoid ~~

8/29/2015

Well, that’s all for today… Y’all take care out there; be well, happy as you may, and for everyone’s sake, be strange….

gigoid, the dubious

This Pearl doesn’t smell fresh, Ollie….

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Ffolkes,

The BBR continues to draw my attention with more interest than what I can find at the computer, so, the next Pearl didn’t quite get done. Here’s another re-blog from about four & a half years ago… Let’s see what was going around in my head back then, shall we…. What’s going on there now will save itself for later…. Y’all have a great day; be well, happy, and strange, and things will turn out fine. See ya, ffolkes….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,
And then, I woke up, to find this…..

How It Works….

Retreat, retreat, he cries in vain
we cannot stand such pain!
Another battle, another day’s fight
Eternally at war, both day and night.

Storms within, crashing and thrashing about,
filling each moment with fear and doubt.
Cries of anguish, hopes for a swift end
Denied with wounds that will not mend.

The crisis approaches, time will not wait.
It marches on, driven madly by fate.
We have no recourse, no other road to walk,
No great power to whom we may talk.

Morning arrives, seemingly mild and free
Until one considers all that must be
An intro, some pearls, a photo or two
Today’s magnificent Pearl, created just for you…..

 ~~gigoid ~~


I was looking for a particular date of an event from last year at around this time, and in the process, came across this poem, that…

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Zero is a hard row to hoe……

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Ffolkes,

Having gone walkabout a lot yesterday, there’s no fresh Pearl ready for today; I’d say it’s par for our recent course, but, that would probably be too metaphoric for this early in the day. Allegory sits better on a full stomach, or, at the very least, after coffee. I did find this Pearl, a fine example of the ancient style used then, with some pretty decent examinations of reality to peruse. It got some good traffic, and generated some good comments, which makes it a good read (well, for me, anyway….) I plan to visit some blogs today, to let my favorite ffolkes know I’m not dead yet, so, a Pearl for the morning is, as of yet, not guaranteed. But, I WILL return, soon enough… In the meantime, enjoy today’s walk through the past, be well & happy, and, for goodness’ sake, stay strange….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,
Having decided to forgo the usual nonsense, there will be no introductory section this morning. Yesterday’s near-disastrous hijacking of my keyboard has put me on edge, security-wise, and I think it is best if I just leave this section out, and go right into today’s dive….. oh. Wait. Hmm…… this is already an intro, isn’t it? Well, so much for that idea….

Well, since I can’t say, “I love it when a plan comes together!”, I guess I’ll just have to say, “WTF?”  (See? I AM capable of tact….. I could have spelled it out, couldn’t I?…. all part of the service…..) The latter is more honest, at base, and expresses my normal state of mind in the morning much more accurately. I’m finding that displaying such personal foibles is preferable to humanity’s normal policy of insisting all is well, everything is fine, nothing to see here, move along……

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It’s fowl weather outside….

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Ffolkes,

It seems, at this point, I may have completely eradicated most of my followers. I posted a fresh Pearl two days ago, & it has seen very little traffic. Not to say many ffolkes still come by, anyway; I think, maybe, thirty to fifty people may still drop in, though I am listed as having over 700 followers on WP. I guess many people come by, hit follow, & expect others to follow them in return. Ah well, no matter; I never much cared, or worked at having a large following, since I was mostly writing for my own purposes, to stay sane during times of stress & worry during my adjustment to being retired. Now, there are about three to five people around the world who have stuck around through all my incarnations; not surprising (to me) most of them live in other countries… My most faithful followers, as evidence has shown, live in England, Cananda, Japan, India, with only a couple who show up regularly from this country… Go figure, eh? Ah well, as I said, I write for me, mostly, so, it doesn’t matter. But, I kind of miss the interaction of the comments, which can only come if I am here to read them, and, most of the time of late, I am not here online, or even in the house….and I can’t work up any guilt about it, as I am, as is everyone else, doing the best I can….

To let y’all know I AM alive, here’s a pretty good old Pearl, from 2015, which got some good comments, if not a lot of traffic. I am working on another fresh Pearl, which I hereby commit to posting tomorrow morning. Until then, y’all be well & happy as you may be…. I’m doing the same….

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Ffolkes,

“Get thee down. Be thou funky.”

~~ Cool Bee ~~

g-ville 002In the light of day….


Hajime…. Between sleeping badly, from a bit of overdo, and computer issues in the morning, I’m incredibly late getting this started, much less done. Therefore, we’re going with another abbreviated intro section; so abbreviated I hated to use the word “abbreviated”, as it has too many letters to type for efficiency. Oh, well…. Here’s how that works….

Shall we Pearl?….

“Perfect valor is to do unwitnessed what we should be capable of doing before all the world.” — Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

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The Band

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Today’s musical selection is from one of the most respected bands to ever play rock & roll. Together since the late 60’s, famous for their versions of ‘The Weight’ and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, as well as for their…

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Is this the unused receipt line?…

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Ffolkes,

As y’all have already noticed, I am sure, yesterday got blown off, blog-wise; I spent most of the day on walkabout, putting in nearly seven miles, which is about six and a half miles further than I could walk at all only a year ago. The decision to kick modern medical practices to the curb, to focus on being responsible for my own health, is finally showing some rather convincing evidence of being the correct decision,… In short, yippee, skippy!

It also means no fresh Pearl for today, though there is one in the hopper, which will hopefully be ready for tomorrow. In the meantime, I hope this older Pearl, from 2015, will suffice to entertain you; it got good traffic, and possibly the most comments of any Pearl, ever… It seems one Gentle Reader’s own beliefs were somehow stimulated by the photo I posted that day, leading to a plethora, and more, of cross-commenting by several ffolkes… great fun. Anywho, the Pearl itself is pretty iconic gigoidal stuff, & I hope you enjoy it. I’ll see y’all soon with some fresh nonsense & blather…. or, maybe some rational discussion. Ya never know ’round here, since we find our inspiration under the nearest rock…

Be well, & happy as you may….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,

“Better bend than break.”

~~ Scottish Proverb ~~

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Full Moon Rising, 8/29/2015 ~~ Northern California


Good morning…. I promised a blogging friend a photo of the Supermoon from last night; lo and behold, here ’tis! It’s not bad, but, convinces me I need to upgrade my camera a bit…. I guess an 8-10 year old, five mega-pixel version is getting a little out of date. My phone is rated with more pixels, but, since I only use it as a phone, it doesn’t help me at all. Ah well, I guess that’s what photo editing software is for….

Wasn’t that just riveting? What an opening! Drama, the hook, strong language, all ther….. well, okay, so, none of that is there. So what? YOU try coming up with something cool and interesting EVERY EFFING DAY! I’ll tell ya, it ain’t easy. But, I digress, as usual….

Hmm…. Y’know, this seems…

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Inevitable moments of pure confusion….

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Ffolkes,

Nope, not done yet. Moreover, I don’t have any excuse other than to plead self-interest, which isn’t particularly nice, but, is accurate. I AM working on it, if less than efficiently, and, am hoping to get it done for tomorrow. Here is another sublimated entry, from 2015, a couple months after Leelu arrived to save me from myself, while deep in the throes of opioid withdrawal, otherwise known as coming off junk, cold turkey…. As I look back on some of these, it is hard to even imagine what I was going through then; it’s getting a bit blurry, thankfully. In any case, it came out pretty well, got some decent traffic, and some great comments, so, I hope it serves well today as a replacement for fresh ‘stuff’…. I’ll see y’all tomorrow, with news on how my latest experiment in finding Joe is going…. Be well, and, happy as you may be….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,

“The attacker must vanquish; the defender need only survive.”

~~ Master Po ~~

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Mount Hood from the Coast Starlight….

Hajime…. I’d hoped to have a complete Pearl for y’all today; I’ve been working on one for about a week now, in between sessions of learning completely new physical paradigms developed to keep the various kinds of pain with which I am familiar from becoming so ubiquitous, naught else in my life is relevant. To be honest, it’s something of a PITA, in more ways, and senses, than merely one. In fact, calling it a major PITA wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility; hell, it might just be a colonel PITA…. Sorry, a little military humor there…

I’ll give fair warning; you may find this a bit odd. Not to say we are anything but odd most of the time; today it might be more obvious. I’ve been…

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Look, Mama! Billy’s nictating again!….

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Ffolkes,

My mind has gone walkabout, in defense, I suppose, against all the physical walking I’ve been doing, during which I keep my thoughts on a leash, in the attempt to stay ‘in the moment’. Or, it may just be one of those days/weeks; it’s always hard to pin down exact causes, when the end result is so amorphously indistinct. In any case, all the wandering around in my own head kept me from getting anything done for the next fresh Pearl. I’ll make an effort to do so today, if I can find even a smidgen of direct will power, & hopefully we’ll see something new by tomorrow, or, the next day. For now, here is a rather fine Pearl from my time in physical Hell, another time when I spent a lot of time in my head, to distract myself from the physical misery… Whatever the case, it’s pretty good, if a bit long-winded, & I hope y’all enjoy the walk through my past thoughts….

See y’all sooner than later, I think…. Be well, & happy as you may….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,

“Not all politicians should be shot.  One should be saved for the archives.”

~~ Smart Bee, nailing it in one, PERFECTLY ~~

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Good morning…. Today’s opening quote, for me, is perfect. In fact, I believe I described it that way in the attribution…. Why, yes, yes I did. How about that?

There, having set a tone of silly, we’ll proceed to a more sober beginning, which I found hiding in a Pearl from November of 2013… It’s rather a nice opening, if a bit long, so I think it will do nicely as a counterpoint to rest of today’s effort…. Let’s see what it says, eh?….

Written 11/23/2013:

We people are a funny lot, aren’t we? Funny, strange, that is, not funny, ha ha…. Okay, perhaps “odd” is a more accurate assessment, for the purposes of labeling, a…

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Epiphany for sale: affordable rates….

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Ffolkes,

The BBR keeps intruding upon my computer time, with little resistance from me, so, a fresh Pearl is still in the works. Here for your “pleasure” (an assumption, but, one with good intent…) is a Pearl from a bit over two years ago…. It’s pretty decent, and will fulfill today’s need to post, with a decent degree of aplomb, if not elegance. I’ll be back in a day or two, unless a certain plan comes to fruition, in which case it might be later… or, sooner, who knows? Not me…

See ya, ffolkes… Be well, and happy as you may be….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,

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~~ The Enterprise firing photon torpedoes, at a cloaked Klingon Warbird ~~

=-O ~~~~~    =۞≫

~~ The Enterprise firing phasers at an uncloaked Klingon Warbird ~~

This rich view of a tapestry of colourful stars was captured by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows a open cluster of stars known as IC 4651, a stellar grouping that lies at in the constellation of Ara (The Altar). This rich view of a tapestry of colourful stars was captured by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows a open cluster of stars known as IC 4651, a stellar grouping that lies at in the constellation of Ara (The Altar).

Star Cluster IC-4651

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Good morning…. Boy, what a ride! Life can be pretty unpredictable, especially when you’re awake. Sleep, having been hard to come by of late, has apparently returned to stay for a while; I’m up late (for me; it’s damn near 6 AM….), having again slept more than 6 hours. Yay for me. Now, once…

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Shadow dancing under Northern Lights….

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Ffolkes,

It appears my absences of late have put a serious dent in the number of readers who stop by…. SIGH, Oh, well, such is life, they say, & I tend to agree. I’ve never actively promoted readership, other than by my own participation on other blogs, a pastime I now have abrogated in favor of walking about the world with eyes open…. so, I suppose the decrease in readers is not so very surprising. Perhaps by reblogging, I can let ffolkes know I am still around, and still spewing out the singularly erudite nonsense so typical to my persona…. but, in the end, it’s all about the journey, not the destination, or the end result.

Here, then, for your reading pleasure, is a blog from the very early days here on ECR, with a pretty good collection of some of my finer nonsense and blather, all pretty well conceived, if not elegantly composed. It works for me, & fulfills my purpose for the time. I’ll be back, & I’ll try to be more regular, but, cannot yet promise to go ‘commenting’ quite yet. The BBR is much too compelling in its complete realism, so, bear with me, or, without me, but, please, know I love you all, and hope you enjoy what I share here….

For now, be well, & happy as you may, and, please, enjoy today’s mess…. See ya soon enough….

gigoid, the dubious

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Ffolkes,
Here is how it works…. I talk, you listen. When I’m done, you comment, or not. If you like it, you hit the button. Afterward, we both go our separate ways…… Put like that, this blogging scene doesn’t come off as particularly attractive, does it? Not a whole lot of human interaction going on there, or any kind of connection between minds. The entire process, looked at from this viewpoint, doesn’t seem to be of much value, leaving out, as it does, all of the passionate emotions that permeate human activity of any kind. Without a connection to what we feel about anything, it loses a lot of the value that we put on those things…..

It’s funny…. WordPress tells me I have 161 WP followers of my blog, with another 30 registered for commenting. Yet, my most viewed and liked piece over the last couple of months runs…

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