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A series of crippling platitudes….

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Ffolkes,

“Truth is sacred;
and if you tell the truth too often
nobody will believe it.”

~~ G. K. Chesterton, ILN, 2/24/06 ~~

CEO

The CEO….

Hajime…. I’ve managed to cobble together a fairly decent Pearl, in only one day, so, I’ll post it, & hope for the best. My recent absences have, I think, caused some Gentle Readers to not come by very often…. SIGH. Oh, well; so be it. Since I do have this one ready, I guess I’ll post it right away. In order to do so in a timely fashion, I’ll even condescend to forgo all tricks, traps, sudden turns, or nonsensical forays into my head, opting instead to call this an intro, & be done with it. It’s actually one of my favorite openings, if only because I don’t have to come up with anything in particular, beyond what you already observe. Yep, I’m often lazy, but, then, I am human, aren’t I? Why, yes, yes I am. See y’all in the closing section….

Shall we Pearl?….

“To make up a great action there are no subordinate mean ones.”

~~ Thoreau ~~

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No introduction needed today; the music I’ve chosen is of a genre everyone knows, as it is, perhaps, the single most ancient form of sharing music, other than by singing. Humans have played guitars, or an instrument like it, since the days we hung out in caves to stay dry during inclement weather. In my opinion, anyone who does NOT like classical guitar simply hasn’t learned how to be fully human…. Enjoy!….

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Classical Music
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Blue chameleon

It’s hot today, with chances of pain & rain.
So it says on the news.
Guess there’s nothing to do again
unless it’s sing the blues.

The blues are gettin’ old, though.
So I say, & I should know.
I been singin’ the bloody songs, y’know?
For what seems a long row to hoe.

S’pose it could get better someday.
I’ve heard that tune before.
Always seemed out of tune anyway;
I ain’t waitin’ any more.

Bang those drums & kick the cans.
May as well raise some hell.
Clang together some old pots & pans;
It hides the little voices so well.

Never worry, don’t you fear at all.
We’ve got certificates of note.
Bureaucratic protections, officially small.
Non carborundum illegitimi, he wrote.

Time, and circumstance, wrote me today.
It came in the daily mail from home.
It said I shouldn’t write unless I say
you’ll be charged for the distance you roam.

~~ gigoid ~~

5/28/2016

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Naked Pearls

Notes on Life at Large….

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“An it harms none, do what thou will.”

~~ Wiccan Credo ~~

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“Man shall not live by bread alone.”

~~ New Testament, Matthew iv, 4; Deuteronomy viii, 3 ~~

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“Forget the cake, go for the icing.”

~~ from Observations on Life From Children ~~

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“All’s fair in love and war – What a contemptible lie.”

~~ Lazarus Long ~~

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“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves;
otherwise we harden.”

~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“It is a fundamental law of nature that nothing ever quite works out.”

~~ Murphy’s Seventh Law ~~

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“Sure, understanding today’s complex world of the future
is a little like having bees live in your head.
But there they are . . .”

~~ The Firesign Theater, “I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus!” ~~

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There you have it, ffolkes. To make the closing section rather more of a match for the intro, I shall bring it to a rapid close, without the usual caveats, contortions, or blather. Makes for a nice change, don’t you think? Whatever…. I’ll be back tomorrow, if reality doesn’t intrude in its inimitable fashion. Until then, be well, & happy as you may be. I’m heading out into the BBR today, for a bit of guitar practice meself. Don’t step on any myrmidons; it irritates their sense of entitlement…. See ya….

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.

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“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch

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Ffolkes,


“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time;

serenity, that nothing is.”


~~ Thomas Szasz ~~


Leelu w-attitude


Attitude….


Hajime…. It seems one truly can never expect the unexpected…. I was standing on my back porch, when my mind settled into a train of thought which led to an epiphany, of a deep, and abiding truth. Without detailing what led to this, (because now, it seems so obvious, the triggering perception is unimportant…. it’s in the past….), it can be said thus: The universe in which we live, which we have determined to exist in duality of nature, begins where it ends, with the very process, and concept, of creation. The simple most critical point of this duality thus demands that creation MUST simultaneously destroy. That’s it; everything else we perceive, as well as any and every thing we can imagine, by its birth, destroys the universe that existed prior to its inception…


The implications of this idea are staggering in scope; thus far, I cannot think of any part of reality that does not obey this injunction, nor any part that suggests anything that can alter it, without altering the very nature of reality. Go figure, eh?…. Exquisitely simple, as is life, when one can learn to accept things as they are, without any need, or desire, to change anything other than one’s self; they are the only changes that can alter our own reality, for they change, at once, our perception, and our ability to attain serenity and clarity of mind in the balance, the ambiguity, in the very imbalanced balance of the universe. Death. The concomitant fears that go along with the certain knowledge of our own ‘end’, lose their power to affect us, for we know, for certain, all is as it is meant to be… for WE are the ones who supply the meaning, with the expression of our spirit in the poem/song/dance that we create by living.


Is this sinking in? Every living creature, here, or anywhere in the universe we can perceive, is continuously engaging in the process of creation, destroying the present by the existence of a potential future; each moment of our lives is a note in a song, a word in rhyme, a step in the dance of living. Each second of living, each creature is making itself new, and destroying its old self in the process…. Every rock, every mountain, every atom, all change, made new each second by every life it surrounds and supports, as the other side of the coin of existence…. Pretty cool, eh?….


Wow… Did that just happen? Hmm… As I still observe the lines above, it appears so. It seems the time I’ve spent recently, immersed in music, has provided me with some rather cogent ideas for cogitation…. I am thinking, at this point, the intro section was probably not the right place to let all that out; what’s more, it obviously isn’t done; there’s a lot more to be said… but, I think it’s going to be a poem. While considering what to include in today’s poetry section, I found a poem I wrote about a year ago, which seems to echo, from the past, some of the stimulation for these ideas; they’ve clearly been percolating a while. The final group of pearls has many of my favorite contributors, all in one fine common thread….


In any case, it’s probably a good time to go to the rest of today’s Pearl. I’ve put some work into it, including finding what I think is the absolutely perfect accompanying music for today… Before reading further, turn it on; it makes it all better…. Now, let’s see what there is to see….


Shall we Pearl?….


“Rock gives reality to the otherwise abstract notion of transhuman time.”


~~ Edward Abbey ~~


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Moondance - Van Morrison - (1970) - (freeallmusic.me)


To anyone over the age of 30 who knows anything about music, this artist needs no introduction. Those of us listening when he began playing his song to the world, and to literally millions upon millions of people around the world, this album’s songs will be not merely familiar, but, loved. It also works very well to go along with reading damn near anything; in fact, I can’t think of a time, or a task, it would not enhance…. If you haven’t ever heard it (unlikely, but, possible in today’s world….), you’re in for a treat…. Enjoy!….


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“I have thought many times since that if poets

when they get discouraged

would blow their brains out,

they could write very much better when they got well.”


~~ Mark Twain ~~


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Hmm… A bit prosaic, eh, Mark? Perhaps, one who wrote only prose felt a bit jealous? Perhaps…. but, it seems to work for me, so, maybe he’s right….


Absently Gestalt


After the echoes of silence are faded away

Comes the cacophony which accompanies dismay.

Apocalyptic thoughts and emotions run free

Spreading fear enough to fill the holy see.


Speak softly to the beloved ruling class

Deathly darts sunk deep are painful, and crass

Sloth and ignorance are commonly shared

By those who would rule, alone or au paired.


Images and opinions are sullenly forlorn

Yet hope shines bright wherever ’tis borne.

Feeble strengths hide many objective flaws

For reality bites, with hard, vicious jaws.


Can you stand up and state your own name?

Will you hide in a handle, behind a great flame?

No hole and no mind is so deep and so wide

As to furnish safe haven in which to hide.


Bring out the weapons of your reluctant choice

Bring them to bear on the sound of their voice.

Silence the ignorant, and muzzle the fear

Make reason the only message you hear….


~~ gigoid ~~


9/5/2016


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Naked Pearls


“Let the buyer beware…”


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“Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth.”


~~ Socrates ~~


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“Everyone who becomes conscious of

even a fraction of his unconscious

gets outside his own time and social stratum

into a kind of solitude.”


~~ Carl Jung ~~


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“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”


~~ George Bernard Shaw ~~


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“No man is free who is not master of himself.”


~~ Epictetus ~~


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“If there is a sin against life,

it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life

as in hoping for another life

and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”


~~ Albert Camus ~~


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“The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same.”


~~ Heraclitus ~~


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“There are as many nights as days,

and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness,

and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning

if it were not balanced by sadness.”


~~ Carl Jung ~~


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“Don’t hit me!!  I’m in the Twilight Zone!!!”


~~ Zippy the Pinhead ~~


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Well…. Not too shabby, even considering how long it took me to put it all together. As they say downtown, I’ll take it. And, so will you. I’ll try to return in a timely fashion; ‘timely’, of course, is relative, but, so be it. For now, I am content, & such moments should be savored. To best do so, I’m goin’ back to bed awhile. Afterward, I’ll go see what sort of trouble I can cause…. hopefully, for anyone but me…. Y’all might consider doin’ the same; never can be too much trouble of that sort…. I’ll be back, so, stay alert….


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


dozer3


À bientôt, mon cherí….





		
	
					

		
		
	


				
					
	

		

						
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Ffolkes,


“We dwell at the bottom of the sky.”


~~ Subtle Bee ~~


famine memorial


Memorial of the Exodus, Galway…


Hajime…. Well, here we are again. Rather late, if y’all hadn’t noticed; so late, in fact, there’s no time to explain any of the reasons, none of which could be considered either justifiable, or rational, other than existing as rationalization. So, we’ll skip all that, & get on with today’s mess, which was thrown together, helter-skelter, in just under an hour. This is, unfortunately, much less time than I typically spend on a Pearl, so, I’ll forgo any nonsense about the quality, & merely acknowledge ’tis done…


It is, to my credit, completely fresh & original; the old-school pearl, composed of seven fine gems, came together in, if not record time, a remarkably adequate fashion. There is our usual musical compromise, with some of the world’s greatest music collected for your listening pleasure by some random You Tube user. And, there is a new poem, finished this morning under extreme pressure, the extremity of which I found necessary to get it down on the screen before the blood loss reached a critical level. Go figure, eh? Sometimes, it’s easier than others, so, I hope you enjoy it…. Personally, I think it’s not bad, but, I often don’t really ‘get it’ myself until the metaphors have circled around my head for a while….


Okay, chatty rationale aside, I’d best get posted, before the reality of the day’s agenda strikes home. To do so with dispatch, I’ll employ an old, old literary technique, which I call ‘the dump’…. You’ve seen it before; it works like this….


Shall we Pearl?….


“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds

on the heel that has crushed it.”


~~ Mark Twain ~~


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Those familiar with our habits here on ECR will know just why I chose classical music today; those not so in tune may merely enjoy it, without knowing I’m ‘going with the flow’… Either way, it’s good stuff to read by…. Abondanza!….


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Whispers in the Dark


Contrast burgeons, each moment we exist,

drawing perception, offering simply delicious ambiguity;

imagination gives reality an emotional twist,

we create the dance, step by step, in perpetuity.


Glorious, spinning with uninhibited glee,

joyous in well-fitted shoes, alive in every atom;

Death itself smiles, in gentle wonder, to see

such pure illumination, deeper than any fathom.


Myrmidons stand, helmeted heads shaking in sad confusion,

unable to comprehend the complex notion of simplicity;

multitudes gaze hypnotically into depths of crass illusion

totally ignorant of their own  vile duplicity.


Precluded from taking flight in silent wonder, we fight

to preserve all we believe, ever falling short of kindness.

Beauty remains; we walk through it to the light,

a glimpse of druidic insight leaves us wishing for blindness.


~~ gigoid ~~


8/21/2017


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Naked Pearls


Notes on Process and Program….


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“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”


~~ Confucius ~~


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“In memory everything seems to happen to music.”


~~ Tennessee Williams ~~


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“Have the courage to act instead of react.”


~~ Earlene Larson Jenks ~~


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“I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.”


~~ H. B. Constant ~~


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“Because right is right, to follow right

Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.”


~~ Alfred Tennyson, “Oenone” ~~


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“Each man reaps on his own farm.”


~~ Plautus — “Mostellaria”, Act iii, Sc. 2, 112, (799.) ~~


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“Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage

— it can be delightful.”


~~ George Bernard Shaw ~~


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I can honestly say I don’t know how I did it, so, I won’t. I will note, however, it’s done, and a damn good thing, as my OCD is building up angst, the later it gets. Over two hours past the artificial, yet compulsory, time I set for myself, & I’m still typing. How about I stop here, & go get this posted? Okay…. See y’all in a day or so, when I find some space in my head to make the effort to ‘pull it together’. Let’s not get into how long that might be; let’s just say, blessed be, & be on our merry, if less than perfectly sane way….


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


dozer3


À bientôt, mon cherí….



					

		
		
	


				
					
	

		

						
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Ffolkes,


“Water go down the hole…”


~~ Baby Plucky. ~~


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Meditation on the Bay….


Hajime…. My usual routine for posting a Pearl comes with an arbitrary deadline, of 0600, a time I chose back in the early days, when sleep was an uncommon event. Since achieving a degree of physical stability, meaning I could sleep more regularly, I’ve kept it at the same time, to give myself a target at which to shoot. Today, I missed the target by a wide margin, thanks to my sleep being thoroughly disrupted by my resident furry extortionist, who wanted to play all fucking night, without any consideration for what I may have wanted…. The upshot is, I am up late, and in a foul mood, neither of which bodes well for being able to write with any panache, or, for that matter, comprehensibility. Hell, it’s all I can do to keep from tearing my hair out, & I don’t have much of it left…


Fortunately, I had already finished most of today’s mess, so, I’ll merely curtail any impulse to attempt to overcome my handicaps, and put aside any unwarranted desire to furnish this with any foolish attempts at wit or erudition. Instead, I’ll make this the final introductory paragraph, and try to go with what little flow I can find. To do so is, also fortunately, relatively simple; all I need to do is this….


Shall we Pearl?….


“If at first you doubt, doubt again.”


~~ William Bennett ~~


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Lucy


Lucy Spraggan


Image from belfastvibe.com via Google Images


While on my recent binge of watching talent shows on You Tube, I heard this young woman audition for Britain’s Got Talent, wherein she played a song she wrote, called “Tea and Toast”. It was, to say the least, a great audition, for she played her guitar & sang with a unique style, as well as lyrics that displayed wit and insight. I then visited her website, where I found she had released an album, and a short four-song CD, both of which I bought. All her songs are fresh, lyrical in a unique way, and delightfully witty. I think one day, fairly soon, she’ll be commonly known as one of music’s brightest new stars…. I hope you enjoy listening to her as much as I do….


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Ah Ain’t Sho, but Mebbe So….


Fried eggs got nuthin’ on me

Ah’m not even sure of mah name,

or how Ah come to be;

no idea from where Ah came.


Ah does like a mystery tho’,

puzzlin’ things out so’s Ah knows,

good from bad fo sho,

Ah sho don’t want no rock pillows.


If’n Ah cain’t figure out what’s best,

Ah just falls back on mah Daddy’s words,

seems he knowed just whut’d stand the test,

‘n how to gentle the scaredest birds.


‘Course, he’d lived a good long time,

‘n had lots of stuff go on by;

Went to a war, n’ lost a piece or two,

never once used it fer an alibi.


He tol’ me once Ah’d best learn to learn,

school’s only cool if ya ain’t already a fool.

Yer own good measure you can earn,

by startin’ yer learnin’ with the Golden Rule.


Always seemed to me as Ah growed up,

he mostly only spoke if it wuz true,

‘n by doin’ that clued me to what’s up,

kept me from stuff that’d a made me blue.


Without ever sayin’ the word itself,

Ah learned ’bout honor, ‘n helpin’ others

not some fake stuff from some shelf,

but, knowin’ whut’s right, ‘n that we’re all brothers.


Ah’ve been around long enough now, Ah think

to get around the block at least two times.

I s’pose long as my head don’t shrink

Ah’ll keep on doin’ right, ‘n makin’ these rhymes…..


~~ gigoid ~~


4/6/2013


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Naked Pearls


There and back again….


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“It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.”


~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~


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“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years,

and I’m happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.”


~~ Jimmy Stewart in Harvey, 1950. ~~


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“Madness need not be all breakdown.

It may also be breakthrough.

It is potential liberation and renewal…”


~~ R.D. Laing ~~


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“One kernel is felt in a hogshead;

one drop of water helps to swell the ocean;

a spark of fire helps to give light to the world.

None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service.

Think of this and act.”


~~ Hannah More ~~


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“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;

it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”


~~ Alice M. Swaim ~~


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“Count your age by friends not years, and count your life by smiles, not tears.”


~~ John Lennon ~~


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“It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.”


~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~


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Okay, that’s all I’ve got. It’s better than I’d hoped, for I managed to keep from pounding my keyboard into dust. The effort did cost me a lot, as I found myself having to restrain my homicidal, or, in this case, felinicidal impulses, so as to remember where all the keys were. But, it’s done, so, rather than dwell upon the past, I’ll go post it, & hope for the best. I hope your day starts better than did mine; perhaps the music, and the poetry, or maybe the pearls will help in that. If so, I am content, & I think that’s the best I can hope for today. Since that’s so, I’m outta here, before it all falls down… See ya, ffolkes… be well & stay alert….


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


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À bientôt, mon cherí….



					

		
		
	


				
					
	

		

						
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Ffolkes,


“Never fight with a bear in his own cave.”


~~ Subtle Bee ~~


fog eating GGB


Fog eating the Golden Gate Bridge….


Hajime…. The picture I chose to adorn the top of today’s post is rather more relevant than usual. That is to say, generally, I don’t make any attempt to make it so, but, as I begin to type, it occurs to me that I am the bridge, and my fatigue is the fog; I’ve swept away the mists from the surface of the bay, and cleared my towers, but, the fog continues to hover close by, swirling about & trying to reclaim the waters of the Bay.  I guess this means I’ll be taking yet another nap after getting this posted. Ah, well, ’tis just as well, for, I don’t think I have any desire to accomplish anything much beyond getting posted; doing so may shoot my wad, but, so be it.


Looking back over that opening paragraph has clued me into the risks of trying to compose anything strong in my current mental state; it’s a bit too fragile, I think, to support much powerful thought, or writing. Since I’ve, supposedly, reached an age where forethought is common, I guess I’ll use a bit of it to convince myself, and y’all, to move right along into the rest of today’s mess, so as to avoid fulfilling the risks, & ruining the rest of the day. In truth, to do otherwise would be tempting Fate, and Murphy, so, I’ll use some of that aged wisdom to keep anything untoward from moving past potentiality into reality.


Fortunately for me, doing so is fairly simple; in fact, it lends itself to our most efficacious method for closing an intro, to wit: old #4, which always seems to work best when applied without delay. Much like this, as you shall see, if you watch closely….


Shall we Pearl?….


“If what Proust says is true,

that happiness is the absence of fever,

then I will never know happiness.

For I am possessed by a fever

for knowledge, experience, and creation.


~~ Anais Nin ~~


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Here for your listening pleasure is a fairly new collection, described as a collection of soothing, relaxing works by Ottorino  Respighi. I listened to the opening bars to make sure it’s okay, & it sounded pretty good to me. I hope you enjoy it, as you peruse today’s mess. Abondanza!….


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Beyond Agapé


Passion burns and shines like iridescent paint

yet solitude stands mocking such mundane complaint.

Schemes and dreams promise to tempt attraction

never ending effort spends wit in perverse reaction.


Hale and hearty reports of honor and love

draft recruits to collect manna from above,

while searching each soul for that which will serve

to bring pure sensation to each expectant nerve.


How simple to fall into complete helpless hope

of two hearts bound in tradition, with cultural rope,

living a simple life, shared, in joy and in grief

promises consummated, in consensual belief.


Reality dictates our degree of control over its state

insisting on changing whether or not we can wait.

Love will be present when we are completely at peace,

allowing ourselves, to give of ourselves, without cease.


~~ gigoid ~~


10/4/2012


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Naked Pearls


Iconic pearls of virtual wisdom….


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“Within the oyster’s shell uncouth

The purest pearl may hide,

Trust me you’ll find a heart of truth

Within that rough inside.”


~~ Mrs. Osgood ~~


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“Grain grows best in shit.”


~~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~~


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“Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs:

He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”


~~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ~~


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“How can I lose faith in the justice of life,

when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers

are not more beautiful than the dreams

of those who sleep upon the earth?”


~~ Kahlil Gibran ~~


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If we lose affection and kindness from our life,

we’ve lost all that gives it charm.”


~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero ~~


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“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”


~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~


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A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe,

a part limited in time and space.

He experiences himself,

his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest

–a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.

This delusion is a kind of prison,

restricting us to our personal desires

and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

Our task must be to free from this prison

by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures

and the whole nature in its beauty.”


~~ Albert Einstein ~~


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As the Colonel was fond of saying, I love it when a plan comes together. It’s done, & seems to be a pretty strong offering, considering the operational handicaps we had to overcome. I’ll take it, & make my run for the border with no further delay. I may even be back tomorrow, though such confidence may be premature. I suppose, like most every day, we’ll just need to see how it goes. Until I do, y’all be well, be happy, & remain in the vicinity of strange…. Trust me, it’s for the best…. See y’all on the flip side….


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.


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The *only* duly authorized Computer Curmudgeon.


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“Keep the juices going by jangling around gently as you move.”


~~ Satchel Paige ~~


shadow man


A man and his shadow….


Hajime…. We begin today with a statement from one of my all-time favorite Georges….


“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community,

and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die,

for the harder I work the more I live.

Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me.

It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment,

and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible

before handing it on to future generations.”


~~ George Bernard Shaw ~~


I was going to write a short, pithy piece with this as the starting point, but, babysitting duties have assumed precedence for today. I managed to get it done, but, unless I completely eradicate all surplus verbiage, I’ll never get it posted. Since I promised to do so, here ’tis, such as it is… I hope you enjoy this abbreviated version of an actual Pearl. I’ll flesh out the next one better, I swear. For now, this will have to do, for an intro, and for a Pearl…. Let’s  get right to that….


Shall we Pearl?….


“One idea spoken truly, even in a cave, can change the world.”


~~ Buddha ~~


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stevie guitarplayerdotcom


I feel like rock ‘n rolling today; as a baby sitter, I’ll need the energy…. If you like music, and especially when played by a master musician, then, you’ll like this…. Enjoy


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Stevie Ray Vaughan

 Live at Montreux, 1985






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Comedy_Tragedy


Because I could not stop for Death —

He kindly stopped for me —

The Carriage held but just Ourselves —

And Immortality.


We slowly drove — He knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility —


We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess — in the Ring —

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —

We passed the Setting Sun —


Or rather — He passed Us —

The Dews drew quivering and Chill —

For only Gossamer, my Gown —

My Tippet — only Tulle —


We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground —

The Roof was scarcely visible —

The Cornice — in the Ground —


Since then — ’tis Centuries — and yet

Feels shorter than the Day

I first surmised the Horses’ Heads

Were toward Eternity —


~~ Emily Dickinson ~~


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Naked Pearls


Short but sweet….


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“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap,

whence everyone must take an equal portion,

most people would be contented to take their own and depart.”


~~ Socrates ~~


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“Primum vivere, deinde philosophari.”

[First comes life, only after that philosophy.]


~~ Ancient Latin adage ~~


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“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.


~~ Henry Ward Beecher ~~


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“According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult.”


~~ Plutarch — Of the Training of Children ~~


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“Nothing endures but change.”


~~ Heraclitus (540?-480? B.C.) ~~


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Okay, it’s done, Zoe will be here soon, & this needs to be posted before that, so, let’s see if I can get that done. I shall see y’all in a day or two, when I’ve recovered, and can cobble together some more words. Until then, be well, and happy as you may. And, damn it, stay cool….


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


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Ffolkes,


“I saw Eternity the other night,

Like a great ring of pure and endless light,

All calm, as it was bright;

And round beneath it,

Time in hours, days, years,

Driv’n by the spheres

Like a vast shadow mov’d; in which the world

And all her train were hurl’d.”


~~ Henry Vaughan, “The World” ~~


zoe in wonder


At 2, the world is full of wonder….


Hajime…. We begin today with an observation on Life:


“In any given set of circumstances,

the proper course of action

is determined by subsequent events.”


~~ McDonald’s Corollary to Murphy’s Law ~~


Don’t worry, I’m not going to hare off into yet another complaint against Murphy’s trepidations; I only bring it up in order to give me an excuse for not having been writing much of late. The excuse part is realized when one considers the corollary lesson implied by this, to wit: “the hard way is always the easiest way”…. Essentially, taking the hard way is just what I’ve been up to, though, to watch, that might not be readily apparent. But, trust me, at my age, making changes of ANY kind is the hard way….


I’ve found, in achieving this age, remembering to assert one’s will to taking the most difficult choice is important to the process of finding happiness, which in the final analysis, is what being human is about. It may seem counter-intuitive, but, trust me, it’s as true as anything you will ever hear or know, at least for us humans. As a modern philosopher once noted….


“Happiness is the only sanction of life;

where happiness fails,

existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.”


~~ George Santayana ~~


Finding our bliss, as Joseph Campbell has noted in his work, is, possibly, the most important thing any of us can do in our lives, for the quest to find it, and to follow it, is what makes us what we are. Our lives are a form of poetry, the most singularly human activity in which we engage, for poetry is our reaction to life, our expression of our inner being as it makes its way through the cloud of perception into the depths of Reality, seeking that which makes us what we are, a child of nature, part of the whole, and complete thereby…..


Part of my search has led me away from posting very often; it has not eliminated the need to do so. So, to fulfill that need for now, I think we’ll cease and desist any further discussion of how, or why, & just get on with what I’ve put together for today’s mess. I’ve even called in our old pilot, Luigi, who will now take us directly to the oyster beds of imagination, where we may gather up the pearls earmarked for this Pearl…. Hang on, ffolkes; it’s been a while, & Luigi is probably a bit out of practice….


Shall we Pearl?….


“None can love freedom heartily but good men;

the rest love not freedom but license.”


~~ John Milton ~~


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Carly Rose


Image from Soundcloud via Google Images


In today’s musical selection, you will be treated to one of the finest performances you’ve ever seen by a 13 year old girl; this is followed by watching her turn into a star quality performer time after time, as she goes on to shine in the competition on the X Factor TV show in 2012, ending as the runner-up to the winner. She has continued to grow as an artist, and a quick Google search will bring you to her home page. For now, please enjoy a number of most excellent performances, by one of the big stars of tomorrow….


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Carly Rose Sonenclar

 X Factor, All Performances






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Comedy_Tragedy


Pensive early and late…


Endings aren’t always a new beginning

I’m sad to say.

Sometimes it’s just an ending

there’s always a price to pay.


Still, it’s only money, he said

watching it piss away

Did everything ‘cept meet Fred

‘n had a good time the whole way.


Even the bad stuff turned out well,

life lessons are just that way.

Knowing what’s right, you can’t always tell,

we don’t always know the right things to say.


I’ll take all the hard times, without complaint,

learning isn’t always easy to take.

Kindness, patience, and compassion without restraint,

are still the best decisions we can make.


~~ gigoid ~~


4/26/2013


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Naked Pearls


Passage to eternity….


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“To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.”


~~ Albert Camus ~~


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“A heart is not judged by how much you love

but by how much you are loved by others.”


~~ The Wizard of Oz ~~


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“The more you love, the more you can love—and the more intensely you love.

Nor is there any limit on how many you can love.”


~~ Robert Heinlein ~~


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“There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.”


~~ Albert Einstein ~~


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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”


~~ Zen proverb ~~


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“Tomorrow never comes! It’s all the same fuckin’ day, man!”


~~ Janis Joplin ~~


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Do not stand by my grave and weep.

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am a diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle Autumn rain.

When you awake in the morning hush.

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft star-shine at night.

Do not stand by my grave and cry.

I am not there… I did not die.”


~~ Prayer of the Makah Indians ~~


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Though I cannot say it is the best effort I’ve ever made, it’s not bad for a Pearl that took four days to complete. As such, it fits our regulatory paradigm, & will serve nicely as the latest in a long series of similar posts. Though this may seem as if I am denying, or avoiding the concept outlined in the introductory discussion, it’s not; finding an ending is NOT as easy as it might seem, nor is it an easy thing to ‘settle’ for less than perfection, especially for those of us who strive for it on a regular basis. But, I digress (go figure, eh?)….. Since I am here at the end, let’s end it. See y’all in a day or two, when I’ve again spilled my guts onto another screen. I would advise y’all to stay strange, and alert; both are of value in today’s uncertain world…. Ta, then….


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.


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Ffolkes,


“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”


~~ Joseph Campbell ~~


bridge to Marin County


Richmond/San Rafael Bridge from the Bay….


Hajime…. Rather than spending two or three paragraphs detailing the extent of the effort necessary to post today’s Pearl, I’ll merely describe the entire episode as ‘epic’, & let it go at that. After all, the introduction of any type of literature implies some sort of ‘introduction’, not a compendium of gratuitous pandering in solicitation of sympathy. As some BBC show once noted God to have said, “I AM the Supreme Deity, y’know. I’m not entirely dim.” In this case, I’m God, with more insight…. I know, sounds not merely blasphemous, but, arrogant. But, give me a break; it’s early yet.


Oh, right. Introduction. What we have here is a Pearl of Virtual Wisdom, comprised of all the standard parts in the current format. As such, there really isn’t much more to say, so, I’ll let today’s collection of assembled thoughts on Life at Large, as expressed in various venues, speak the rest of our message, such as it may be, for itself…. If you don’t quite follow the dots to a clear picture, no worries; the journey is the thing, not the destination, or, as we are so fond of reminding ourself, especially when we get stuck in the royal we, “the map is NOT the terrain.”


I could add quite a bit more, I suppose, but, the simple truth is, it wouldn’t help, so, from this point, you’re on your own… No surprise there, eh?….


Shall we Pearl?….


“There is nothing like death. To it, everything is a metaphor.”


~~ Subtle Bee ~~


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Tula


‘Tula’ ~~ Image from Playing For Change


Today’s music features a talented singer who works with Playing For Change, as a member of their official touring band. I’ve enjoyed hearing her voice for a couple years now, since first stumbling across my first P4C video…. I consider the organization one of the few worthwhile charitable foundations in existence, & contribute to them regularly. I hope you enjoy what you hear, & visit their site, where you can participate in working for peace through music…. Abondanza!….


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Playing For Change

 Tal Ben Ari (Tula) & Roberto Luti

 Teach Your Children






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Comedy_Tragedy


Vague Glimpses of a Rainbow


All the sad notions of propriety had fled,

Screaming their anger for pausing in song,

Until late came the rabid fog, colored in red,

As serenity cried, unafraid to live so strong.


Fallow fields in faithful patience set free,

Dragged from birth, by their own nature cast

Saving each moment against fear yet to be,

Carved into silence, by ignorance held fast.


Historical forces plod slowly ’tis often said

Anxieties streaming stiffly, one epoch to the next.

Cultural mania stands nonchalant in its stead

No sadder epitaph has such bittersweet context.


Patterned bags of forgotten virtue lie in wait

Blessed by reminders whose souls value affinity

Frozen webs surround the fields in gravid state

Grasping passionately within obvious opportunity.


Passage to future realities isn’t guaranteed

Small favors for deities was left off the menu

No roses, nor manna, nor gallant aerial steed

Left traces of fatal, yet originally gracious venue.


~~ gigoid ~~


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Naked Pearls


A few notes on Life at Large….


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“Life is too short to waste

In critic peep or cynic bark,

Quarrel or reprimand:

‘Twill soon be dark;

Up! mind thine own aim, and

God speed the mark!”


~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~


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“Only the madman is absolutely sure.”


~~ Robert Anton Wilson ~~


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“One cannot live without inconsistency.”


~~ C. G. Jung ~~


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“When the fox gnaws — smile.”


~~ Lazarus Long ~~


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“I say love, it is a flower; and you, it’s only seed.”


~~ Bette Midler, “The Rose” ~~


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“My skin,

my bones,

my heretic heart

are my authority.”


~~ Catherine Madsen ~~


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“Today is what happened to yesterday.”


~~ Subtle Bee ~~


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Okay, ffolkes; I’m done. As well, it would probably be for the best not to ask. Let’s just keep it simple, & say, see y’all tomorrow. I’d like to think the odds are good, but, then, I’ve been wrong before. Be well, & happy as you may, anyway….


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.


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Ffolkes,


“If the doors of perception were cleansed

every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.

For man has closed himself up,

till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”


~~ William Blake, English poet, artist, and mystic ~~


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Possibilities abound….


Hajime…. Though I never achieved much in the way of balance yesterday, I did manage to stay out of gaol, which wasn’t as simple as it may seem, given the one social encounter of my day was with a cabbie firmly in the ranks of the ignorati. Suffice it to say, I left him (mostly) alive, but, ’twas a close thing…. I stayed in after that, to reduce my chances of failing in my chosen duty,  thus keeping myself from the attention of the local myrmidons…. Good thing, there, too; I wasn’t in the mood for dealing with the general run of entitlement seen in many too many officers of the ‘law’ in today’s world; it’s getting rather ubiquitous, & I’m often tempted to abrogate duty in favor of justice.


All in all, though, I digress. I don’t have much time, as I’ve been co-opted again to babysit today; Zoe’s coming, & the adventure begins anew. I did manage to get mostly done with the Pearl for today, though the poem still hasn’t quite come completely clear yet. But, that’s easily remedied with an older poem, so, we’re good to go, and, since we are, we’re going. Moreover, we’re going now, before I lose my chutzpah, or my window of opportunity. See ya down the page, ffolkes. Hang on, we’re going down hot….


Shall we Pearl?….


“Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes,

and feel with their own hearts.”


~~ Albert Einstein ~~


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Dont keep calm


In an attempt to keep relatively current with the world at large, (for the purposes of overall security; it’s wise to know WHEN to jump, as well as in what direction, if & when the time comes….), despite my deliberate hiatus from watching any TV, or other kinds of news cruising, I watched this video, which seemed a good way to hear/see a summarization of all I’d missed. I was so engaged by both the speaker and the content, I am including it here today; I think every American citizen would do well to pay attention to what he says….. not for their own good, directly, but, for the good of the country itself….


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Hasan Minhaj

 2017 White House

 Correspondents Dinner






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Illusory Time


Viewed from askance, the river is long;

deep, uncompromisingly intent, swift and strong.

In duality, perception creates our only reality;

such faux metaphoric paradox enforces mutability.


By two we perceive, both zero, and one;

digital, binary, on or off, such fun.

Separate, melded, we exist, knowing not what we know

ego, striving to be solitary, looking above, seeing below.


Furiously asleep, cultural anomaly claims a victim of choice;

validly unconscious, nobody speaks, nary a voice.

Potential escapees stir in dreams, fighting to wake,

until taking the wheel, for their own bloody sake.


Pots boil in due time, when the fire’s hot,

time exists to our advantage; or, not.

The solitary warrior, head bent in pain,

fights on, with, or without gain.


Night fell, day after day it persisted;

of those who knew, none showed any care, or resisted

Angels, ministers, none had any defense, nor grace;

all that remains is a face.


~~ gigoid ~~


10/22/2016


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Naked Pearls


If you think about it….


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“All of the animals excepting man know

that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”


~~ Samuel Butler ~~


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“Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.”


~~ John Wesley ~~


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“We don’t receive wisdom;

we must discover it for ourselves

after a journey

that no one can take for us

or spare us.”


~~ Marcel Proust ~~


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“Always we hope

Someone else has the answer

Some other place will be better

Some other time it will all work out.

This is it.

No one else has the answer

No other place will be better

And it has already turned out.

At the center of your being

You have the answer;

You know who you are and what you want.

There is no need to turn outside

For better seeing.

Rather abide at the center of your being

For the more you leave it

The less you learn.

Search your own heart and see

the way to do is to be.”


~~ Lao Tzu ~~


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“Once you can accept the universe as being

something expanding  into an infinite nothing which is something,

wearing stripes  with plaid is easy.”


~~ Albert Einstein ~~


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“The only thing I know for sure

is that I know nothing at all, for sure.”


~~ Socrates ~~


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“All this happened, more or less..”


~~ Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, 1968 ~~


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“In the midst of the word he was trying to say,

In the midst of his laughter and glee,

He had softly and suddenly vanished away

— for the Snark *was* a Boojum, you see.”


~~ Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark ~~


Neither Snark, nor Boojum here; however, I AM in a hurry now, lest I get stopped in the midst of getting this done. Wish me luck today; she’s a pistol…. See y’all, maybe even soon…. Be well, & alert; it’s the least you can do….


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.


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Ffolkes,


“When something irritates you, think of this:

How else would we get pearls?”


~~ Ancient Human Wisdom ~~


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Iconic view of SF from the Ferry….


Hajime…. Of the muses imagined by the Greeks, Calliope is considered by most to be the foremost of the nine sisters. She is the muse of epic poetry, which, given human nature, represents, essentially, the written word, as a manifestation of human thought. Her sister Euterpe, mentioned below, has always, for me, been the muse to whom we connect most often, as the music of life, and dance, and lyric poetry flows through us like water through a channel. The times in my life when I have felt closest to Universal Truth have come most often while playing music, or singing, or dancing; at those moments, the music IS me… and the sense of completeness is ecstatic, a feeling of being more alive than any other time, lasting well after the music stops….


Channeling Calliope, while more cerebral, can nonetheless produce the same effect, if far less often. There can be moments, when a truth comes clear, or we write a phrase that rings with truth, flowing from mind to paper/screen, which can produce a quite similar effect, less dramatic, but, just as satisfying…. When a poem leaks out, the sense of release, and the sense of joy, vie for ascendancy with absolute good humor; we can only wish it would last longer…..


All that being said, we now move to today’s Pearl. It’s a good one, I think, though the poem which I’ve been leaking for two weeks now doesn’t seem to want to end itself; to balance the disappointment, the music for today is one of my personal favorites. Additionally, the final section’s old-school pearl is a classic set of gems, which you will see exceeds all standards of excellence…. metaphorically, of course. I’ve included one of my older poems, another favorite, so as to keep anyone else from garnering any of the potential blame. All in all, it’s rather iconic, as Pearls go, & I’m more than content to post it forthwith. In fact, why don’t we end this relatively useless diatribe, & get on with it? Since I have no coherent answer for that, we shall do so, here, and now….


Shall we Pearl?….


“Good for the body is the work of the body,

and good for the soul is the work of the soul,

and good for either

is the work of the other.”


~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~


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In ancient Greece, Euterpe was the muse of music, songs, and lyric poetry. In our own age, if ever a woman lived who personified Her, Bonnie Raitt must surely be considered as a primary candidate. Ageless beauty, a voice capable of evoking every emotion, including jaw-dropping amazement, a virtuoso guitar player, famous for her smooth blues and slide riffs, all contribute to the image, and reality, of a woman who lives for, and is a part of, the musical essence of Life… It’s hard NOT to gush enthusiastically, so, to refrain from any further fawning adoration, I give you Ms. Bonnie Raitt, live, at her best….


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Bonnie Raitt

 Live in Germany 1992






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Comedy_Tragedy


Dead Hands,Typing…


Puzzled anew by anomalous blocks of pain

caught, bemused, chained to routine, insane.

Stilled within breathless beauty

Engaging epiphany, insistent, called to duty.


Knees bent in lieu of a faithful rendition

suffuses, confuses, locked into stale perdition.

Clearing corrosion with hands encased in stone

Singular frozen follicles, masked by bone.


Partial focus brings unfiltered flavors to light

coloring each particle in simple delight.

Forlorn, novel conceptual artists singing in tune

nine notes in harmony, soft as the moon.


Honed blades of carbon steel flash in rhyme,

filling sensual receptors well past closing time.

Borrowed from neighbors in a week-old game

still bloody, without a proper name.


No flooded memories can justify such cost

no simple stationery, bilious, afraid, lost.

Ten times ten will never be enough

To fill so empty a stolen trough.


Bartering simplicity takes well into the night

solidly temporary pillars turned bright.

Unknown to all the pretty children who came

none were called, none had any remaining flame.


~~ gigoid ~~


2/25/2016


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Naked Pearls


Life is a Metaphor for Death….


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“Dear friend, all theory is gray,

And green the golden tree of life.”


~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Faust”


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A wise man once said …”I don’t know.”


~~ Subtle Bee ~~


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“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone,

and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”


~~ Pearl S. Buck ~~


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“I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live

with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable,

and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape this aloneness.”


~~ Jim Harrison, “Dalua” ~~


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“After you have exhausted what there is

in business, politics, conviviality, and so on

– have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear

– what remains?

Nature remains.”


~~ Walt Whitman ~~


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“Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck,

incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile.

Plain sailing is pleasant,

buy you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.”


~~ David Whyte ~~


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“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,

“Always do what you are afraid to do.””


~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~


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“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else,

you will have succeeded.”


~~ Maya Angelou ~~


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“Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.”


~~ Amelia Burr ~~


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Having, in a sense, filled in all the spaces, I shall pronounce this Pearl complete, so as to bring it to a fitting close. Of course, classifying it as ‘fitting’ may be premature, or, at minimum, optimistic, but, hey, it’s all good, cuz nobody’s paying me for this. In fact, having thus proclaimed this process to be, in essence, futility on parade, I shall, with rather more aplomb than is called for, cease and desist for another day. Y’all stay strange; me, I have no choice in the matter…. See y’all, maybe even tomorrow….


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.


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“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch


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À bientôt, mon cherí….