4 26 7
by
Robin Hall
Today the LA Times had an article about Shrek and wondered if this cartoon should be allowed to be a spokes "person" for junk food. There was more foolishness but not the article nor the LA Times is at fault in this. "Political Correctness" is to blame.
Folks, we need to STOP this NOW. PC is a tool of the religious "right" in my view and we are being tricked into believing it has anything to do with right-ness, politics or anything other than religious-ness.
Anyway, fat cartoons are hardly new. Barney was fat. Wilma was not trim and it, fat-ness, didn't stop any parent from letting their tots view that cartoon. Check out the Cartoon Channel for more examples, check your memory if you are older than 32. Fat and cartoons go together. Teletubbies, Sponge Bob etc. come to mind.
Now I have never liked cartoons and am not voting for them here but really, do politics, religion and the junk food industry not have suspicious connections?
Is there a solution? Who cares? Change the channel to vote. Don't buy the products to vote your mind. Watch TV with your kids and point out the logical fallacies of cartoons and see how much that works.
A Florida state senator or representative and a preacher both want there to be state law to ban thongs [ excuse me but just who the fuck gets to be the inspector? ] and / or baggy pants. OOPS, jail time, is a suggested penalty. OK, the watered down bill suggests suspension but WTF?
My failing for today is buying some half & half and mixing it with Nestles Quik. Who cares? I am an adult and can eat what I want.
I will likely have more failings in days to come, maybe more today. Feel free to have your own blog or domain to express your views. I can visit them or not, as I choose, at least for now.
If the religious have their way, I may not be able to choose later on.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Cream or Worse, Firearms
Cream or Worse, Firearms
by
Robin Hall
There are often worse things than ATF, "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (US Department of Justice)." Hmm. Maybe not but maybe. I have problems with alcohol and tobacco but ATF isn't concerned that I use these, only that the tax is paid for using them.
I don't own firearms, so NP there either BUT I do see firearms on TV and I am positive no one NEEDS an automatic weapon to hunt Bambis, rabbits, squirrels or the like and I am also sure the NRA is running on fumes with their tired old bull shit about Americans need to have automatic weapons IF America is to be truly free.
Other oldisms like people kill and automatic weapons just sit in the closet, well, judge for yourself and HEY, Fuck all you NRA members with the stupid bumper sticker, but Charlton Heston was never MY president and I am suspicious of the patriotism of any of you morons with this bumper sticker on your truck, car or bicycle.
Anyway, back to cream and other problems and don't ignore the above rant due to your thinking I have no right to my say or that it is not accurate.
Er, what was the question? Other problems. Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? I DNK, do not know. I do know that I am addicted to alcohol and tobacco. I also know that other substances cause problems in my life. Sugar, fats like cream and naked carbohydrates like strawberry preserves, almost naked ones like ice cream and just eating Nestles Quik out of the box. Troubling indeed.
Well, enough of this. Feel free to start your own rant in a blog and maybe it will be fun like I find mine to be.
by
Robin Hall
There are often worse things than ATF, "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (US Department of Justice)." Hmm. Maybe not but maybe. I have problems with alcohol and tobacco but ATF isn't concerned that I use these, only that the tax is paid for using them.
I don't own firearms, so NP there either BUT I do see firearms on TV and I am positive no one NEEDS an automatic weapon to hunt Bambis, rabbits, squirrels or the like and I am also sure the NRA is running on fumes with their tired old bull shit about Americans need to have automatic weapons IF America is to be truly free.
Other oldisms like people kill and automatic weapons just sit in the closet, well, judge for yourself and HEY, Fuck all you NRA members with the stupid bumper sticker, but Charlton Heston was never MY president and I am suspicious of the patriotism of any of you morons with this bumper sticker on your truck, car or bicycle.
Anyway, back to cream and other problems and don't ignore the above rant due to your thinking I have no right to my say or that it is not accurate.
Er, what was the question? Other problems. Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? I DNK, do not know. I do know that I am addicted to alcohol and tobacco. I also know that other substances cause problems in my life. Sugar, fats like cream and naked carbohydrates like strawberry preserves, almost naked ones like ice cream and just eating Nestles Quik out of the box. Troubling indeed.
Well, enough of this. Feel free to start your own rant in a blog and maybe it will be fun like I find mine to be.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Give us this day our daily drug/s of choice
Give us this day our daily drug/s of choice
by
Robin Hall
I will call this the first day of the rest of my life or the beginning of the end. I drank the last three ounces of vodka at 2:20 AM, smoked a Kool and am sitting here wondering if a visit to Lucifer's or Suzanne's liquor stores will go down later in the day. Suzanne's was closer and won.
Can you feature that, HAVING to choose each day whether to drink or not, whether to smoke or not and the daily grind just to swim or sink? That is the trial I will talk about here and the trial visitors have observed from the start.
Just now I looked at the wall in front of my computer. There are two 3 X 5 cards that pertain, others that do not. One has the date of my first AA meeting I went to. It was last year, 12 9 06.
The other card lists my first day without alcohol, 11 21 6, the day I tried detox the second time. This day was crossed out. The new sober day was 3 29 7 and it is crossed out. Its now 4 23 7. I failed. I should cross myself out.
Maybe this time will be different? LOL. I first tried to delete the alcohol Dec. 2005 in a short VA detox. Well done me AND VA. I was drinking again 2 days later.
Next try was Dec. 2006 in a local detox, 17 days worth. The doc STATED something like this, "You are in the best place for you and that dual-diagnosis hospital in KY is not certified." I suspect fowl play.
I was without alcohol for 4 months after that BUT began smoking, again, after 35 years. Plus, I have some serious bills from that doctor plus LOTS of Valium, celexa galore and you don't want to know how many seroquel I will soon have from other sources. Talk about LD-50.
Now isn't this a merry go round? All those years without tobacco, then I slide back into smoking within 3 days while in detox for alcohol. Now the coughing has begun in earnest.
Coughing. What fun. My mother and the moron she married were smokers. I got to cough a lot while with them. Oh, bronchitis it was called, from second hand smoke and gas heating.
I am stuck with two addictions, maybe three, sugar.
WTF, sugar? Does 1/2 gallon of ice cream for breakfast count? Time will tell and so will I.
These are my notes: dumb de dumb dumb for all of you old enough for the reference to Dragnet's theme.
by
Robin Hall
I will call this the first day of the rest of my life or the beginning of the end. I drank the last three ounces of vodka at 2:20 AM, smoked a Kool and am sitting here wondering if a visit to Lucifer's or Suzanne's liquor stores will go down later in the day. Suzanne's was closer and won.
Can you feature that, HAVING to choose each day whether to drink or not, whether to smoke or not and the daily grind just to swim or sink? That is the trial I will talk about here and the trial visitors have observed from the start.
Just now I looked at the wall in front of my computer. There are two 3 X 5 cards that pertain, others that do not. One has the date of my first AA meeting I went to. It was last year, 12 9 06.
The other card lists my first day without alcohol, 11 21 6, the day I tried detox the second time. This day was crossed out. The new sober day was 3 29 7 and it is crossed out. Its now 4 23 7. I failed. I should cross myself out.
Maybe this time will be different? LOL. I first tried to delete the alcohol Dec. 2005 in a short VA detox. Well done me AND VA. I was drinking again 2 days later.
Next try was Dec. 2006 in a local detox, 17 days worth. The doc STATED something like this, "You are in the best place for you and that dual-diagnosis hospital in KY is not certified." I suspect fowl play.
I was without alcohol for 4 months after that BUT began smoking, again, after 35 years. Plus, I have some serious bills from that doctor plus LOTS of Valium, celexa galore and you don't want to know how many seroquel I will soon have from other sources. Talk about LD-50.
Now isn't this a merry go round? All those years without tobacco, then I slide back into smoking within 3 days while in detox for alcohol. Now the coughing has begun in earnest.
Coughing. What fun. My mother and the moron she married were smokers. I got to cough a lot while with them. Oh, bronchitis it was called, from second hand smoke and gas heating.
I am stuck with two addictions, maybe three, sugar.
WTF, sugar? Does 1/2 gallon of ice cream for breakfast count? Time will tell and so will I.
These are my notes: dumb de dumb dumb for all of you old enough for the reference to Dragnet's theme.
Newspeak, Duckspeak and PCspeak
Newspeak, Duckspeak and PCspeak
by
Robin Hall
In Orwell's novel 1984 the ongoing rule for language was that it grow smaller each year. The extraordinary languages of the world, English was the model, were to be diminished day by day. Fewer words were allowed till one simply expresses thoughts by quacking.
This seems to be what is happening today with the inanity called political correctness. Lets call it pcspeak for now and lets also call a spade a spade. Or is that prejudicial to spades? Perhaps spades would prefer the term hand operated earth moving equipment? Hmm. That seems almost the opposite of newspeak. More words, less precision.
I am getting confused and with good reason.
Today's news suggested a professor was fired for using a term like rich white kids. Duh. Sure there was more to the firing but when we go down the road to censorship and cloak this religiously motivated travesty in the guise of political correctness and ban words, phrases and dare I say it, thoughts, well what is next?
I am sure my clothes will be banned soon. Maybe my car isn't up to someones standards. Maybe my hair will be the target of some assholes flamethrower because its too long or short or brown or curly... Is curly pc? Yikes, maybe it should be un-straight.
Now while they are at it, why not ban atheists, gays, smokers, drinkers, old people, thinking people, dog lovers, cat lovers, lovers of any sort and lets not forget unruly children, the rude, the humorous the artistic and all religions not in vogue. Say, radical muslims are already trying much of this, or isn't it pc to even mention terrorism?
The greatest historical experiment in free speech, the USA and our Constitution are being STOMPED on folks. All politically correct, original American language, thoughts and views are going to come from a very small book if this trend continues, just like Newspeak.
Broadcasters are being fired for doing what they were once paid to do and the right wingers and the religious are having a field day in their climb to world domination.
I say FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKERS. Take back our right to listen to Stern, Imus, Bill O'Reilly or anyone if we like, while smoking a Kool, drinking a bud or lighting up a doobie. Ok, I don't watch these fellows, so sue me.
We can take back our right to think for ourselves while we are at it and not have to waste so much time monitoring every little word or phrase either. And whoever got hurt by changing channels? That is how I keep things I don't like off my TV screen.
We must begin to crawl out of our holes and reclaim life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness before its too late. Oops, can't I say happiness, or was it the fucks that piss off censors?
I hope the birds don't take offense and ban Robin on birdvision.
Perhaps I should shut up.
Quack.
by
Robin Hall
In Orwell's novel 1984 the ongoing rule for language was that it grow smaller each year. The extraordinary languages of the world, English was the model, were to be diminished day by day. Fewer words were allowed till one simply expresses thoughts by quacking.
This seems to be what is happening today with the inanity called political correctness. Lets call it pcspeak for now and lets also call a spade a spade. Or is that prejudicial to spades? Perhaps spades would prefer the term hand operated earth moving equipment? Hmm. That seems almost the opposite of newspeak. More words, less precision.
I am getting confused and with good reason.
Today's news suggested a professor was fired for using a term like rich white kids. Duh. Sure there was more to the firing but when we go down the road to censorship and cloak this religiously motivated travesty in the guise of political correctness and ban words, phrases and dare I say it, thoughts, well what is next?
I am sure my clothes will be banned soon. Maybe my car isn't up to someones standards. Maybe my hair will be the target of some assholes flamethrower because its too long or short or brown or curly... Is curly pc? Yikes, maybe it should be un-straight.
Now while they are at it, why not ban atheists, gays, smokers, drinkers, old people, thinking people, dog lovers, cat lovers, lovers of any sort and lets not forget unruly children, the rude, the humorous the artistic and all religions not in vogue. Say, radical muslims are already trying much of this, or isn't it pc to even mention terrorism?
The greatest historical experiment in free speech, the USA and our Constitution are being STOMPED on folks. All politically correct, original American language, thoughts and views are going to come from a very small book if this trend continues, just like Newspeak.
Broadcasters are being fired for doing what they were once paid to do and the right wingers and the religious are having a field day in their climb to world domination.
I say FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKERS. Take back our right to listen to Stern, Imus, Bill O'Reilly or anyone if we like, while smoking a Kool, drinking a bud or lighting up a doobie. Ok, I don't watch these fellows, so sue me.
We can take back our right to think for ourselves while we are at it and not have to waste so much time monitoring every little word or phrase either. And whoever got hurt by changing channels? That is how I keep things I don't like off my TV screen.
We must begin to crawl out of our holes and reclaim life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness before its too late. Oops, can't I say happiness, or was it the fucks that piss off censors?
I hope the birds don't take offense and ban Robin on birdvision.
Perhaps I should shut up.
Quack.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Movies, Books and Music About IT
Movies, Books and Music About IT
by
Robin Hall
There are many good movies to help those without IT to understand our illness/es better. The films often offer accurate portrayals of people's lives with brain disorders.
Yesterday I watched a fine example with Richard Gere and Lena Olen, Mr. Jones. Gere did a masterful job with the up, down and in-between times caused by manic depression. One thing was especially vivid, the fact that Mr. Jones would rather take his chances with the often psychotic depression and risk suicide than to not have his "addiction" to the manic phase.
I have experienced this with each new medication that comes out for my IT, major depression. I lose myself in the meds, sometimes for months and would rather take my chances than take the meds, which don't work for me anyway.
There are other good TV shows and movies to help make clear what is happening for those afflicted. Perhaps they can assist your friends and family see deeper into the problems these films portray and at the same time offer emotional distance by watching actors rather than us.
The TV show Monk does a great job showing OCD and anxiety. It also lets us laugh and cry with Adrien. The excellent cast adds so much they are all to be commended. What a wonderful and rare person Trudy must have been.
Cracker, an older UK TV series shows various personality defects in one of the best series ever.
The movie Lost Weekend with Ray Milland is relentless in its no holds barred portrayal of an alcoholic. Milland's Night Into Morning serves well too as a cautionary tale of alcoholism.
Modern films about alcoholism are part of the story in Changing Lanes and 28 Days.
Joanne Woodward stars in The Three Faces of Eve, a grim and gritty portrayal of MPD, multiple personality disorder. Sybil with Sally Field was a well done TV movie about the same disorder.
Mark Vonnegut's book Eden Express is an interesting self-portrayal of schizophrenia. Now he is a physician and Dr. Vonnegut's view of that time in his life may suggest he had manic-depression.
An excellent movie about schizophrenia is A Beautiful Mind. I quote Netflix here, "John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) was a brilliant economist -- when his mind was clear. But life changed forever with the revelation that he was a schizophrenic. Nash's brilliance persisted amidst the anguish his mental illness caused for him and his wife (Jennifer Connolly), and 40 years after his diagnosis, he won the Nobel Prize for economics. Connolly's acting and Ron Howard's direction won Oscars, and the film was named Best Picture. " This entry was suggested by Anonymous.
There are many examples of missed diagnosis. Early in my life I was diagnosed as having boarder line schizophrenia with recessive tendencies. Later this was changed to various sorts of depression and even later major depression.
I can still remember many of the doctors STATING, "I have just the medication for you." Each was wrong.
Music too can offer observations into our world. Velvet Underground's Heroin song is a step by step visualization of shooting up and its effects.
We live in very stressful times. Knowing that something is wrong with us is useful but it rarely helps us improve. Some of us do improve over time, some do not. Thousands of suicides a year point to the failure of the pharmaceutical companies and the medical professions to really do their job. I hope things improve.
If you would like to add movies, books or music to this list, please email me and I will check the offerings out, then credit you or not as you wish.
by
Robin Hall
There are many good movies to help those without IT to understand our illness/es better. The films often offer accurate portrayals of people's lives with brain disorders.
Yesterday I watched a fine example with Richard Gere and Lena Olen, Mr. Jones. Gere did a masterful job with the up, down and in-between times caused by manic depression. One thing was especially vivid, the fact that Mr. Jones would rather take his chances with the often psychotic depression and risk suicide than to not have his "addiction" to the manic phase.
I have experienced this with each new medication that comes out for my IT, major depression. I lose myself in the meds, sometimes for months and would rather take my chances than take the meds, which don't work for me anyway.
There are other good TV shows and movies to help make clear what is happening for those afflicted. Perhaps they can assist your friends and family see deeper into the problems these films portray and at the same time offer emotional distance by watching actors rather than us.
The TV show Monk does a great job showing OCD and anxiety. It also lets us laugh and cry with Adrien. The excellent cast adds so much they are all to be commended. What a wonderful and rare person Trudy must have been.
Cracker, an older UK TV series shows various personality defects in one of the best series ever.
The movie Lost Weekend with Ray Milland is relentless in its no holds barred portrayal of an alcoholic. Milland's Night Into Morning serves well too as a cautionary tale of alcoholism.
Modern films about alcoholism are part of the story in Changing Lanes and 28 Days.
Joanne Woodward stars in The Three Faces of Eve, a grim and gritty portrayal of MPD, multiple personality disorder. Sybil with Sally Field was a well done TV movie about the same disorder.
Mark Vonnegut's book Eden Express is an interesting self-portrayal of schizophrenia. Now he is a physician and Dr. Vonnegut's view of that time in his life may suggest he had manic-depression.
An excellent movie about schizophrenia is A Beautiful Mind. I quote Netflix here, "John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) was a brilliant economist -- when his mind was clear. But life changed forever with the revelation that he was a schizophrenic. Nash's brilliance persisted amidst the anguish his mental illness caused for him and his wife (Jennifer Connolly), and 40 years after his diagnosis, he won the Nobel Prize for economics. Connolly's acting and Ron Howard's direction won Oscars, and the film was named Best Picture. " This entry was suggested by Anonymous.
There are many examples of missed diagnosis. Early in my life I was diagnosed as having boarder line schizophrenia with recessive tendencies. Later this was changed to various sorts of depression and even later major depression.
I can still remember many of the doctors STATING, "I have just the medication for you." Each was wrong.
Music too can offer observations into our world. Velvet Underground's Heroin song is a step by step visualization of shooting up and its effects.
We live in very stressful times. Knowing that something is wrong with us is useful but it rarely helps us improve. Some of us do improve over time, some do not. Thousands of suicides a year point to the failure of the pharmaceutical companies and the medical professions to really do their job. I hope things improve.
If you would like to add movies, books or music to this list, please email me and I will check the offerings out, then credit you or not as you wish.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Studying IT
Studying IT
by
Robin Hall
One would think studying IT, your own IT, the illness at your throat, that you could learn and benefit. Sadly, this has not been true for me. Maybe you benefitted and good on you as the Australians say.
For ages I hoped my family would do the necessary studying. They might then treat me better, sympathize or at least tolerate me. They did not.
Two of my friends did some of this studying and do sympathize, do tolerate me. One other tolerates me.
The psychiatrists I have had access to, due to my poverty and their not being interested in pro bono, well, I was quickly out their door. I hoped beyond hope I would find a good doctor. I did not. Worse, I often knew more of the depression syndrome than these low-rent docs did.
More, with the poverty I exist in, my dual diagnosis of ongoing alcoholism AND the destructive depression syndrome at my throat there are simply no places to even try a dual diagnosis treatment.
I called 15 clinics I found purporting to treat dual diagnosis. LOL and no surprise. NOT ONE OF THEM would treat me without at least the entire cost of their program in advance.
The members of the local AA didn't want to entertain the fact that depression began first and needs to be treated first. They had not done the homework. Oy.
... Well, input your own story, rearrange the details and you will know the difficulties in just living on any particular day. Maybe studying your IT will work for you. Maybe not.
by
Robin Hall
One would think studying IT, your own IT, the illness at your throat, that you could learn and benefit. Sadly, this has not been true for me. Maybe you benefitted and good on you as the Australians say.
For ages I hoped my family would do the necessary studying. They might then treat me better, sympathize or at least tolerate me. They did not.
Two of my friends did some of this studying and do sympathize, do tolerate me. One other tolerates me.
The psychiatrists I have had access to, due to my poverty and their not being interested in pro bono, well, I was quickly out their door. I hoped beyond hope I would find a good doctor. I did not. Worse, I often knew more of the depression syndrome than these low-rent docs did.
More, with the poverty I exist in, my dual diagnosis of ongoing alcoholism AND the destructive depression syndrome at my throat there are simply no places to even try a dual diagnosis treatment.
I called 15 clinics I found purporting to treat dual diagnosis. LOL and no surprise. NOT ONE OF THEM would treat me without at least the entire cost of their program in advance.
The members of the local AA didn't want to entertain the fact that depression began first and needs to be treated first. They had not done the homework. Oy.
... Well, input your own story, rearrange the details and you will know the difficulties in just living on any particular day. Maybe studying your IT will work for you. Maybe not.
Twilight Zoned
Twilight Zoned
by
Robin Hall
The days between light and dark confuse me. I often have no clue who I am or where I am other than I woke up and the room looks familiar.
I am is all that my brain processes. These days are repetitive. Those of us with IT know. Others who can actually see more than their own selves can see THAT we are confused. They may have seen this before. They do not KNOW anything about this however.
Another day of survival. Sleep usually comes after a day like this. We may awake to another in-between day. We may be TFU or, if we are lucky, it may be one of those rare days of grace.
by
Robin Hall
The days between light and dark confuse me. I often have no clue who I am or where I am other than I woke up and the room looks familiar.
I am is all that my brain processes. These days are repetitive. Those of us with IT know. Others who can actually see more than their own selves can see THAT we are confused. They may have seen this before. They do not KNOW anything about this however.
Another day of survival. Sleep usually comes after a day like this. We may awake to another in-between day. We may be TFU or, if we are lucky, it may be one of those rare days of grace.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Quotes, Sayings, Rhymes and Other Foolishnesses
Quotes, Sayings, Rhymes and Other Foolishnesses
by
Robin Hall, and Others
I hope at least some of these amuse you. They are what I make up or paraphrase, from time to time, or what I collect.
The depth of your shallowness amazes me.
He wasn't playing with a full deck of cards and even those were marked.
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." Betty J. Ross Used in Alfred: Three is Company Too.
Money may not buy love but it can certainly rent happiness.
A pig in your day keeps the doctors away. Used in Alfred: 3 is Company
Pigs are people too and vice versa.
He had a lot more dollars than sense. Used in Alfred: 3 is Company
"YOU MY FRIEND ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD BUT THAT IS ALLRIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU THERE."
RAYMOND MACE
It doesn't pay to work for free.
The only thing money can't buy is poverty.
If heartbreakers/jawbreakers break hearts, what do wind breakers do?
Insanity has its drawbacks.
Its too bad that getting one's beauty rest rarely works.
Beauty is not just seen with the eyes, it is felt by the heart.
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
Life is full of obstacle illusions -Grant Frazier
He was so stupid he played Russian roulette with an automatic.
"When you are a child, no one tells you the price tag on your dreams." Mike Hammer.
" Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." Einstein
A day without chocolate is like a, a...Hmm, how would I know I don't have any of them?
You are never too old for dreams but don't wait too long to do something about them.
If there was just a single perfect item in the whole world, who would know?
If you are watching a pot with water, and waiting for trouble, would they combine and neither one happen? How would we know?
How would you know if you were losing your memory or hallucinating?
I have fillings and caps older than you.
If I was a drinkin man, I would be.
If you are presented with the problem: is the glass half full, or half empty, be creative. Tell the person to supply the missing information and answer their own question.
Study the past, live in the present, prepare for the future.
Life is a nightmare and its very early morning.
Whats a young whippersnapper? Why don't we hear of old ones? Where do the young ones go? And what is a whippersnapper anyway?
Whoever said, "Life begins at 50," was probably 47 and wasn't poor.
Whoever said, "Life begins at 50," lied.
Sometimes we never know where we are headed. The only stumbling block is doing nothing.
Snorfle says, "It doesn't hurt to be alert."
"If at first you don't succeed isn't acceptable for skydivers." Unknown
"She wasn't clever enough to be a simpleton." Unknown.
"It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
"If you can remain calm, you just don't have all the facts."
I finally got my head together, and my body fell apart." Unknown
Sanity is a state of mind some folks spend more time in than other folks do.
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." Victor Hugo
"Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business." Virginia Cary Hudson
Arising in the morning is exhausting and has its drawbacks.
Sing with me your songs, I'll share with you my dreams. Used in Kitten Dreams.
"Anything is good if you like it." Willie Mae Smith
Love is a two way street. Don't be a road hog.
Having multiple personalities is good. After all, everyone is entitled to change their mind.
"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat." Unknown
Beer. Its the next best thing to having a life. or to having dsl. or ISDN.
"I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS WORLD IN WONDERMENT AND WITH THE ZEAL OF
A 6 YEAR OLD.I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER WORLD." Raymond Mace
Keep the best leave the rest.
Attention doesn't cost, it pays so pay attention.
Ronald Reagan was an attractive president and a decent actor.
Many are called. Few are there when the phone rings.
"Always listen to your heart it never lies --------only we lie to ourselves ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD LOVE DO? That's always the answer." Reverend Wayne ?__?
Skookum: HUGE Big etc.
"Go with the people who believe in you." Brenda Beadenkopf
If ignorance is bliss, you must be in paradise.
Remember your dreams, forget your nightmares.
Remember your dreams. Its fun.
Dreams are your hopes. Remember them.
Do what you can with what you have. Accept the results.
Damp, dark and dirty. Roaches delight, people's fright.
"Stress is when you wake up screaming & you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet" Unknown
If you can't be clever, be brief.
"MY MOTTO FOR THE WEEK IS TO NOT WHINE SO MUCH. BUT ITS' SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HARRRRRRRDDDDDDDD" Mary Pulliam
My second coffee of the day is beer.
The ties that bind must come from the heartstrings.
Don't be pig headed. Hey, why not? Pigs are fun. OK, be pig headed but don't be obstreperous.
If you are down in the dumps, make dumplings.
If you have the blues, sing them loudly for all to hear and take comfort from them.
If you can't do what you want, do what you must or what you can.
" It's like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!" Merrill Markoe
NOTHING is foolproof, believe me, I know.
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood." Tom Robbins
A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
You can't fast forward in real time.
Memory is good.
"I've come to accept my own silliness and feel more peaceful doing so." H. Jones
S/he was clock stopping ugly.
When you put your foot down, make sure you don't step on anyone's toes, including your own.
Snorfle says: "Wow, you can do something no one else in the whole wide world can do, be yourself."
Shampoo is wasted on a hairless head.
A good whiz / poo is worth a field of broccoli.
"One tequila, two tequilas, three tequilas, floor." Unknown but probably from Conch Republic
Sanity is tricky. Keeping it is a life time job.
"There are good giggles and great giggles but no bad giggles." Snorfle
Sausage is a full time food.
"Heaven is the place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved come running to greet you." Robert B. Parker
She was the sort of woman who would make you limp, and like it, and come back for more.
The ties that bind must come from the heart strings.
"Ah, red and fine summer! I would love it, if not [for the ] a heat and a dust, and mosquitoes, and the flies…". The Russian writer Pushkin
When someone says, "Let sleeping dogs lie," what sort of lies do sleeping dogs tell?
"I see your IQ test results were negative." Unknown
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Life goes on.
Chaos and panic, my work here is done.
Is it time for your medication or mine?" Unknown
"If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me Bar Nothing." Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946)
"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese Proverb
If jawbreakers break jaws, what do windbreakers do?
I respect your right to be a fool.
"Although the moon is only 1/6 the size of the Earth, it is further away." Unknown
Drink the fifth, then plead the fifth. You can't go wrong.
"One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why." Unknown
"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." Joe Weinstein
As snug as a pig in a rug.
A pig is worth a thousand words or more.
A fart by any other name smells the same.
A pig in the hand is worth 3 in a tree. Hmmm. Maybe not. Three pigs in a tree is a very rare thing but so is a nice pig in the hand.
Don't buy a pig in a poke. The pig is probably scared, and what is a poke anyway?
Pigs make the heart grow fonder.
"I haven't done enough lately to justify my existence." Betty J. Ross
"Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient." Sydney Smith
"Very few people can afford to be poor." George Bernard Shaw
"For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred." John Gardner
"In terms of genes, we are 99 percent the same as mice." MARIO CAPECCHI, University of Utah
"NO ONE is so crazy that he cannot find and even crazier person who will understand him." Friedrich Nietzsche
The only general principles are corporal ones.
"Beware: too much ice cream may shrink your pants." Unknown
"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat." Alex Levine
As long as you are regular, there is hope.
"Fiber will make you free." Unknown
"Life is short, eat dessert." Unknown
What happens when time runs out? Where do we go for more time? Are there time banks or ATMs?
"Never miss a good chance to shut up." Unknown
"Knowledge is the most creative part of the craftsman's skill." A craftsman of Samarkand
"Dare to do less." Roger Ebert in At the Movies
He stood out like a race horse in a corral of gnus.
"The day I do quit, I'll be trying." Liza Minnelli
"Born to be mild." Unknown
Being stupid requires very little thought.
Don't be a pig, be yourself.
He had champagne tastes and a beer belly.
Sincerity is the realist form of flattery.
Heed the calls of nature lest you forget the sound.
We perceive the world but darkly in the shadow of our minds.
The price of sanity is reality.
The price of sanity is sobriety.
How does one distinguish between a conscious decision not to do something and simply forgetting?
For some people a mess is simply a logical disarray.
Think first, ask questions later.
If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is its father.
The brain is the substance of the mind.
How can someone else know you if you don't know yourself?
Confusion is simply the inappropriate recognition of a problem.
God states the obvious. Humans draw conclusions. Shame on us.
Nature states the obvious. Humans draw conclusions. Shame on us.
"She had a black belt in shopping." Robert B. Parker
She was in a shopping coma.
He was so drunk he tried to eat pussy with chopsticks.
What do you call marijuana you have hidden? Peek a boo.
If silence is golden that woman is a pauper.
My grip on reality is speculative.
Toys are the tools of play / childhood.
Tears are the rivers to the soul.
I came, I saw, I shopped. These two would be funnier in Latin.
I came, I ate, I farted.
Memory is good.
Crystal is the interface between conscious reality and the atomic level.
Poverty is expensive for the poor.
Hermits need love too.
"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today." Evan Esar
“Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be?” Anon
Meals eaten in silence, nourish twice.
"Money is the root of all evil, and a man needs roots." Unknown
We tried. You lied. I cried. Love died.
"A man is basically as faithful as his options." Chris Rock
A less messy and time consuming hobby like just drinking beer and spirits would be MUCH easier, but NO, I wanted deserts like pie, cake, cookies and ice cream too...
Confusion reigns and I am drenched.
Beauty helps us all transcend barriers.
Let bureaucrats, politicians and statesmen [follow in the footsteps of beauty.]
or
Let bureaucrats, politicians and statesmen follow where beauty leads, and observe the changes.
Where there is beauty in nature, there is hope. Preserve beauty, preserve hope, but let beauty die
"If a man says something in a forest and his wife doesn't hear him is he still wrong?" Unknown
How can you tell the difference between a conscious decision not to do something and simply forgetting?
Style is the substance of form.
"Only elephants should wear ivory." George Page, Nature
"Art, it seemed to me, had sought in all ages to provide a language for the mute longing of the divine within us." Herman Hesse
Money may not be the key to happiness, but poverty IS a padlock.
"If I see something sagging, dragging or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked or plucked." Dolly Parton on her love of cosmetic surgery
For every action there is an equal, and usually annoying reaction.
Ancient Chinese pedagogical technique, tea ching.
Loss of nutrients, lea ching.
My family was so poor its coat of arms was a jacket.
In the end, the measure of a human is in dollars and sense, deeds and responsibilities.
Its a jungle out there, and a tangle in here.
Dying is the least of my worries.
Its good to have someone to talk to, even if its yourself.
A life magician is someone who lives life to the fullest without hurting others.
Wind by any other name, smells the same.
A pig in the hand is worth 3 in a bush / tree. Maybe not though. Three bush / tree pigs are very rare.
We live only by a thread of connection to the solidity / reality we think we have.
If you fall over and no one is around, is there a tree in the forest and does anyone care if it makes noise?
Tomorrow is another day. But so was today and yesterday. Did I miss something?
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
The pipe done blowd us away.
"What flavor of crazy Kool-Aid do they make you drink when you join the physics department." Numbers TV show
For a few, "Ignorance is bliss." For the rest, bliss could simply be ignorance. Wouldn't that be sad?
"Don't get me horny, I'm too sleepy." Unknown, OK, Debbie somethingorother
"I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes." Unknown
Stupidity reigns and I am soaked. or Insanity reigns and I am drenched.
So much nonsense, so little time.
Don't use the psych ward, detox or rehab as a dating service.
Being a fool has few advantages.
"Money talks. Chocolate sings." Unknown
I stopped talking to myself. No one was listening.
"A deaf husband and blind wife make a good marriage." Unknown
You know you are lost when cold vodka and simple syrup tastes GOOD.
I was watching SG-1. They entered a deserted town on some planet and quipped, "This place is deader than a salad bar in Texas."
Life should come with a better instruction manual than I ever got.
"A fool and his money are easily parted" but how many fools HAVE money and what sort of low life motherfucker would steal from a fool? I bet your family is very proud of you con "artists".
If only is a lifetime.
Its hard to go wrong with a second layer of cheese.
" In West TX, 20 pickups outside a joint spells quality." Tony Bourdain
The Food Network is like socializing without the need for people.
As you get older, its best to pee before its too late.
"If you are slower than me, stupider than me and taste, good pass the salt." Anthony Bourdain passing along a quote while eating goose.
Is intellectual moron a disability? LOTS of regional news readers and commentators qualify.
Man cannot live by vodka alone. No, you must also have a good multi-vitamin, extra C, chocolate and cinnamon toast.
Vinegar and garlic in foods seem to produce sweat.
Potato chips taste better than most anything, even chocolate most of the time, for me. I am embarrassed when I purchase them, yet, there is no one here to be embarrassed for so its a waste of energy.
"Was I that forgettable?" Unknown
I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
"Snow is not a wolf in sheep's clothing its a tiger in lambs clothing." Desmond Begley in The Snow Tiger
If you can't disagree with your friends, who WILL listen?
You have nothing to fear but fear itself, and public speaking.
"The world is full of sluts on skates." From the movie All the King's Men.
On being sober. "Multi-tasking is once again possible. There is no such thing as multi-tasking while drunk."
AA sayings: "Get naked inside." In the meetings and "Recovery is an inside job."
"If at first you don't succeed, isn't acceptable for skydivers." Unknown
4 14 7 ??
4 24 07
"Cheap" often comes at a price.
"Knowledge is the most creative part of a craftsman's skill." Abduguffar Khakkulov, a craftsman from Samarkind.
He was like a race horse in a corral of gnus
5 11 7
"Sorry I can't write now [ more or less ], I am up to my eyeballs in FEMA trailers." H. M. Simpson
"The key to success to sincerity. When you can fake that, you have it made." Unknown
Depression is living on the edge of the hurricane of emotions that never get sorted and you are about to hit land.
5 31 7
"Pussy is half priced the next 15 minutes." From Deadwood HBO series. Ian McShaine
6 3 7
"My grandpa quit his job as a pharmacist and started a toothpaste company in London. In England. Talk about optimism." Natalie, on Monk
6 4 7
"Do you really think your psychiatrist is the best judge of who you should sleep with?" 2.5 Men, Charlie Sheen talking to his du jour.
6 15 7
At my age, any day you make it to the loo in time is a good day. Some are not as good as I want.
06/16/2007
The, Oh My Factor. On The Unit, top sargeant has to work with an attractive woman in a foreign country. He says, Oh my, when they meet and he KNOWS he will have sex with her.
06/23/2007
It annoying when someone's ego exceeds their intellect.
If its funny you should like it.
Steven Wright's When the Leaves Blow Away routine: This is an entire comedy ballet in another dimension that I REALLY wanted to be in and I got very close.
07/05/2007
The world is not as sane as I need it to be. I wish I was sane enough for it but am not.
07/07/2007
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Unknown
07/12/2007
These days, its tricky to fool everyone but yourself.
07/14/2007
"Our lives shorten by about 1 day every 24 hours. It was ever so." Penny Clarke
07/17/2007
So many toys, so little money.
07/22/2007
I wonder how much safer cars could be if the design engineers of lift bras for A and B cups went into car suspension?
07/23/2007
Drinking jello shots is not a game but you will lose.
07/26/2007
I'm making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Heh, heh, heh, motherfuckers. Guess who's houses Santa is visiting this year?
07/27/2007
Just as I suspected, horseshit directly from a horse.
07/28/2007
"My earrings are killing me and I'm in a really bad mood." From the movie Desparate Hours.
07/30/2007
A night in New Orleans was worth a week at any other city.
by
Robin Hall, and Others
I hope at least some of these amuse you. They are what I make up or paraphrase, from time to time, or what I collect.
The depth of your shallowness amazes me.
He wasn't playing with a full deck of cards and even those were marked.
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." Betty J. Ross Used in Alfred: Three is Company Too.
Money may not buy love but it can certainly rent happiness.
A pig in your day keeps the doctors away. Used in Alfred: 3 is Company
Pigs are people too and vice versa.
He had a lot more dollars than sense. Used in Alfred: 3 is Company
"YOU MY FRIEND ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD BUT THAT IS ALLRIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU THERE."
RAYMOND MACE
It doesn't pay to work for free.
The only thing money can't buy is poverty.
If heartbreakers/jawbreakers break hearts, what do wind breakers do?
Insanity has its drawbacks.
Its too bad that getting one's beauty rest rarely works.
Beauty is not just seen with the eyes, it is felt by the heart.
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
Life is full of obstacle illusions -Grant Frazier
He was so stupid he played Russian roulette with an automatic.
"When you are a child, no one tells you the price tag on your dreams." Mike Hammer.
" Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." Einstein
A day without chocolate is like a, a...Hmm, how would I know I don't have any of them?
You are never too old for dreams but don't wait too long to do something about them.
If there was just a single perfect item in the whole world, who would know?
If you are watching a pot with water, and waiting for trouble, would they combine and neither one happen? How would we know?
How would you know if you were losing your memory or hallucinating?
I have fillings and caps older than you.
If I was a drinkin man, I would be.
If you are presented with the problem: is the glass half full, or half empty, be creative. Tell the person to supply the missing information and answer their own question.
Study the past, live in the present, prepare for the future.
Life is a nightmare and its very early morning.
Whats a young whippersnapper? Why don't we hear of old ones? Where do the young ones go? And what is a whippersnapper anyway?
Whoever said, "Life begins at 50," was probably 47 and wasn't poor.
Whoever said, "Life begins at 50," lied.
Sometimes we never know where we are headed. The only stumbling block is doing nothing.
Snorfle says, "It doesn't hurt to be alert."
"If at first you don't succeed isn't acceptable for skydivers." Unknown
"She wasn't clever enough to be a simpleton." Unknown.
"It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
"If you can remain calm, you just don't have all the facts."
I finally got my head together, and my body fell apart." Unknown
Sanity is a state of mind some folks spend more time in than other folks do.
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." Victor Hugo
"Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business." Virginia Cary Hudson
Arising in the morning is exhausting and has its drawbacks.
Sing with me your songs, I'll share with you my dreams. Used in Kitten Dreams.
"Anything is good if you like it." Willie Mae Smith
Love is a two way street. Don't be a road hog.
Having multiple personalities is good. After all, everyone is entitled to change their mind.
"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat." Unknown
Beer. Its the next best thing to having a life. or to having dsl. or ISDN.
"I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS WORLD IN WONDERMENT AND WITH THE ZEAL OF
A 6 YEAR OLD.I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER WORLD." Raymond Mace
Keep the best leave the rest.
Attention doesn't cost, it pays so pay attention.
Ronald Reagan was an attractive president and a decent actor.
Many are called. Few are there when the phone rings.
"Always listen to your heart it never lies --------only we lie to ourselves ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD LOVE DO? That's always the answer." Reverend Wayne ?__?
Skookum: HUGE Big etc.
"Go with the people who believe in you." Brenda Beadenkopf
If ignorance is bliss, you must be in paradise.
Remember your dreams, forget your nightmares.
Remember your dreams. Its fun.
Dreams are your hopes. Remember them.
Do what you can with what you have. Accept the results.
Damp, dark and dirty. Roaches delight, people's fright.
"Stress is when you wake up screaming & you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet" Unknown
If you can't be clever, be brief.
"MY MOTTO FOR THE WEEK IS TO NOT WHINE SO MUCH. BUT ITS' SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HARRRRRRRDDDDDDDD" Mary Pulliam
My second coffee of the day is beer.
The ties that bind must come from the heartstrings.
Don't be pig headed. Hey, why not? Pigs are fun. OK, be pig headed but don't be obstreperous.
If you are down in the dumps, make dumplings.
If you have the blues, sing them loudly for all to hear and take comfort from them.
If you can't do what you want, do what you must or what you can.
" It's like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!" Merrill Markoe
NOTHING is foolproof, believe me, I know.
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood." Tom Robbins
A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
You can't fast forward in real time.
Memory is good.
"I've come to accept my own silliness and feel more peaceful doing so." H. Jones
S/he was clock stopping ugly.
When you put your foot down, make sure you don't step on anyone's toes, including your own.
Snorfle says: "Wow, you can do something no one else in the whole wide world can do, be yourself."
Shampoo is wasted on a hairless head.
A good whiz / poo is worth a field of broccoli.
"One tequila, two tequilas, three tequilas, floor." Unknown but probably from Conch Republic
Sanity is tricky. Keeping it is a life time job.
"There are good giggles and great giggles but no bad giggles." Snorfle
Sausage is a full time food.
"Heaven is the place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved come running to greet you." Robert B. Parker
She was the sort of woman who would make you limp, and like it, and come back for more.
The ties that bind must come from the heart strings.
"Ah, red and fine summer! I would love it, if not [for the ] a heat and a dust, and mosquitoes, and the flies…". The Russian writer Pushkin
When someone says, "Let sleeping dogs lie," what sort of lies do sleeping dogs tell?
"I see your IQ test results were negative." Unknown
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Life goes on.
Chaos and panic, my work here is done.
Is it time for your medication or mine?" Unknown
"If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me Bar Nothing." Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946)
"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese Proverb
If jawbreakers break jaws, what do windbreakers do?
I respect your right to be a fool.
"Although the moon is only 1/6 the size of the Earth, it is further away." Unknown
Drink the fifth, then plead the fifth. You can't go wrong.
"One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why." Unknown
"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." Joe Weinstein
As snug as a pig in a rug.
A pig is worth a thousand words or more.
A fart by any other name smells the same.
A pig in the hand is worth 3 in a tree. Hmmm. Maybe not. Three pigs in a tree is a very rare thing but so is a nice pig in the hand.
Don't buy a pig in a poke. The pig is probably scared, and what is a poke anyway?
Pigs make the heart grow fonder.
"I haven't done enough lately to justify my existence." Betty J. Ross
"Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient." Sydney Smith
"Very few people can afford to be poor." George Bernard Shaw
"For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred." John Gardner
"In terms of genes, we are 99 percent the same as mice." MARIO CAPECCHI, University of Utah
"NO ONE is so crazy that he cannot find and even crazier person who will understand him." Friedrich Nietzsche
The only general principles are corporal ones.
"Beware: too much ice cream may shrink your pants." Unknown
"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat." Alex Levine
As long as you are regular, there is hope.
"Fiber will make you free." Unknown
"Life is short, eat dessert." Unknown
What happens when time runs out? Where do we go for more time? Are there time banks or ATMs?
"Never miss a good chance to shut up." Unknown
"Knowledge is the most creative part of the craftsman's skill." A craftsman of Samarkand
"Dare to do less." Roger Ebert in At the Movies
He stood out like a race horse in a corral of gnus.
"The day I do quit, I'll be trying." Liza Minnelli
"Born to be mild." Unknown
Being stupid requires very little thought.
Don't be a pig, be yourself.
He had champagne tastes and a beer belly.
Sincerity is the realist form of flattery.
Heed the calls of nature lest you forget the sound.
We perceive the world but darkly in the shadow of our minds.
The price of sanity is reality.
The price of sanity is sobriety.
How does one distinguish between a conscious decision not to do something and simply forgetting?
For some people a mess is simply a logical disarray.
Think first, ask questions later.
If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is its father.
The brain is the substance of the mind.
How can someone else know you if you don't know yourself?
Confusion is simply the inappropriate recognition of a problem.
God states the obvious. Humans draw conclusions. Shame on us.
Nature states the obvious. Humans draw conclusions. Shame on us.
"She had a black belt in shopping." Robert B. Parker
She was in a shopping coma.
He was so drunk he tried to eat pussy with chopsticks.
What do you call marijuana you have hidden? Peek a boo.
If silence is golden that woman is a pauper.
My grip on reality is speculative.
Toys are the tools of play / childhood.
Tears are the rivers to the soul.
I came, I saw, I shopped. These two would be funnier in Latin.
I came, I ate, I farted.
Memory is good.
Crystal is the interface between conscious reality and the atomic level.
Poverty is expensive for the poor.
Hermits need love too.
"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today." Evan Esar
“Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be?” Anon
Meals eaten in silence, nourish twice.
"Money is the root of all evil, and a man needs roots." Unknown
We tried. You lied. I cried. Love died.
"A man is basically as faithful as his options." Chris Rock
A less messy and time consuming hobby like just drinking beer and spirits would be MUCH easier, but NO, I wanted deserts like pie, cake, cookies and ice cream too...
Confusion reigns and I am drenched.
Beauty helps us all transcend barriers.
Let bureaucrats, politicians and statesmen [follow in the footsteps of beauty.]
or
Let bureaucrats, politicians and statesmen follow where beauty leads, and observe the changes.
Where there is beauty in nature, there is hope. Preserve beauty, preserve hope, but let beauty die
"If a man says something in a forest and his wife doesn't hear him is he still wrong?" Unknown
How can you tell the difference between a conscious decision not to do something and simply forgetting?
Style is the substance of form.
"Only elephants should wear ivory." George Page, Nature
"Art, it seemed to me, had sought in all ages to provide a language for the mute longing of the divine within us." Herman Hesse
Money may not be the key to happiness, but poverty IS a padlock.
"If I see something sagging, dragging or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked or plucked." Dolly Parton on her love of cosmetic surgery
For every action there is an equal, and usually annoying reaction.
Ancient Chinese pedagogical technique, tea ching.
Loss of nutrients, lea ching.
My family was so poor its coat of arms was a jacket.
In the end, the measure of a human is in dollars and sense, deeds and responsibilities.
Its a jungle out there, and a tangle in here.
Dying is the least of my worries.
Its good to have someone to talk to, even if its yourself.
A life magician is someone who lives life to the fullest without hurting others.
Wind by any other name, smells the same.
A pig in the hand is worth 3 in a bush / tree. Maybe not though. Three bush / tree pigs are very rare.
We live only by a thread of connection to the solidity / reality we think we have.
If you fall over and no one is around, is there a tree in the forest and does anyone care if it makes noise?
Tomorrow is another day. But so was today and yesterday. Did I miss something?
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
Jenny crack whore and I don't care.
The pipe done blowd us away.
"What flavor of crazy Kool-Aid do they make you drink when you join the physics department." Numbers TV show
For a few, "Ignorance is bliss." For the rest, bliss could simply be ignorance. Wouldn't that be sad?
"Don't get me horny, I'm too sleepy." Unknown, OK, Debbie somethingorother
"I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes." Unknown
Stupidity reigns and I am soaked. or Insanity reigns and I am drenched.
So much nonsense, so little time.
Don't use the psych ward, detox or rehab as a dating service.
Being a fool has few advantages.
"Money talks. Chocolate sings." Unknown
I stopped talking to myself. No one was listening.
"A deaf husband and blind wife make a good marriage." Unknown
You know you are lost when cold vodka and simple syrup tastes GOOD.
I was watching SG-1. They entered a deserted town on some planet and quipped, "This place is deader than a salad bar in Texas."
Life should come with a better instruction manual than I ever got.
"A fool and his money are easily parted" but how many fools HAVE money and what sort of low life motherfucker would steal from a fool? I bet your family is very proud of you con "artists".
If only is a lifetime.
Its hard to go wrong with a second layer of cheese.
" In West TX, 20 pickups outside a joint spells quality." Tony Bourdain
The Food Network is like socializing without the need for people.
As you get older, its best to pee before its too late.
"If you are slower than me, stupider than me and taste, good pass the salt." Anthony Bourdain passing along a quote while eating goose.
Is intellectual moron a disability? LOTS of regional news readers and commentators qualify.
Man cannot live by vodka alone. No, you must also have a good multi-vitamin, extra C, chocolate and cinnamon toast.
Vinegar and garlic in foods seem to produce sweat.
Potato chips taste better than most anything, even chocolate most of the time, for me. I am embarrassed when I purchase them, yet, there is no one here to be embarrassed for so its a waste of energy.
"Was I that forgettable?" Unknown
I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
"Snow is not a wolf in sheep's clothing its a tiger in lambs clothing." Desmond Begley in The Snow Tiger
If you can't disagree with your friends, who WILL listen?
You have nothing to fear but fear itself, and public speaking.
"The world is full of sluts on skates." From the movie All the King's Men.
On being sober. "Multi-tasking is once again possible. There is no such thing as multi-tasking while drunk."
AA sayings: "Get naked inside." In the meetings and "Recovery is an inside job."
"If at first you don't succeed, isn't acceptable for skydivers." Unknown
4 14 7 ??
4 24 07
"Cheap" often comes at a price.
"Knowledge is the most creative part of a craftsman's skill." Abduguffar Khakkulov, a craftsman from Samarkind.
He was like a race horse in a corral of gnus
5 11 7
"Sorry I can't write now [ more or less ], I am up to my eyeballs in FEMA trailers." H. M. Simpson
"The key to success to sincerity. When you can fake that, you have it made." Unknown
Depression is living on the edge of the hurricane of emotions that never get sorted and you are about to hit land.
5 31 7
"Pussy is half priced the next 15 minutes." From Deadwood HBO series. Ian McShaine
6 3 7
"My grandpa quit his job as a pharmacist and started a toothpaste company in London. In England. Talk about optimism." Natalie, on Monk
6 4 7
"Do you really think your psychiatrist is the best judge of who you should sleep with?" 2.5 Men, Charlie Sheen talking to his du jour.
6 15 7
At my age, any day you make it to the loo in time is a good day. Some are not as good as I want.
06/16/2007
The, Oh My Factor. On The Unit, top sargeant has to work with an attractive woman in a foreign country. He says, Oh my, when they meet and he KNOWS he will have sex with her.
06/23/2007
It annoying when someone's ego exceeds their intellect.
If its funny you should like it.
Steven Wright's When the Leaves Blow Away routine: This is an entire comedy ballet in another dimension that I REALLY wanted to be in and I got very close.
07/05/2007
The world is not as sane as I need it to be. I wish I was sane enough for it but am not.
07/07/2007
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Unknown
07/12/2007
These days, its tricky to fool everyone but yourself.
07/14/2007
"Our lives shorten by about 1 day every 24 hours. It was ever so." Penny Clarke
07/17/2007
So many toys, so little money.
07/22/2007
I wonder how much safer cars could be if the design engineers of lift bras for A and B cups went into car suspension?
07/23/2007
Drinking jello shots is not a game but you will lose.
07/26/2007
I'm making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Heh, heh, heh, motherfuckers. Guess who's houses Santa is visiting this year?
07/27/2007
Just as I suspected, horseshit directly from a horse.
07/28/2007
"My earrings are killing me and I'm in a really bad mood." From the movie Desparate Hours.
07/30/2007
A night in New Orleans was worth a week at any other city.
Rules
Rules
by
Others
I wish I knew who made all these rules. They were sent to me along with thousands of things I get each year. If they are all yours, message me and I will exchange Someone Else with your name. I added rules of my own as well.
This is stuff I collect on bad days that are tolerable. The Rules are in "" which always, for me, denotes quotations from others.
"Rules for Women
by
Men
We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are their rules! Please note ... these are all numbered "1."
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
1. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. [ I am adding my own version. Everyday is what I say it is. Live with it. ]
1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes , tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. Check your oil! Please.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We refuse to answer.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it.
1. Most men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing is wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, stereo gear, computers or monster trucks.
1. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. No, it doesn't matter which quiz.
1. BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don't mind that, it's like camping.
More.
The Rules For Women
by
Other Men
SportsCenter starts at 11:00 PM and runs an hour. This is a great time to pay bills, put laundry in the dryer or talk to your sister.
Two hot dogs and a beer at a baseball game do, in fact, constitute going out to dinner.
Unlike you, we essentially want to dress just exactly like all our friends. Thus, you need not go much further than the Gap, J. Crew or the local Patagonia store.
If we see you in the morning and at night, why call us at work?
Butthead is the smart one.
You probably don't want to know what we're thinking about.
Silence does not need to be filled with discussions about "us" and "the relationship."
Things you can help with: the Sunday crossword, yard work, cooking, cleaning, the dishes and grocery shopping.
Things you should let us do alone: figuring out where we are, watching anything on TBS, playing cards, smoking cigars and picking out the beer.
Socks never constitute a gift.
Department stores and malls were designed so that when you want to look at bed linen, shower curtains or handbags, there are always some speakers, tires or sporting equipment nearby.
We don't know anything about handbags or hats. Don't even ask.
We did water the plants. They died anyway. Nobody knows why this happens.
Even if you think he's cute, Keanu Reeves can't act.
Of course, neither can Elle McPherson, but she had the good sense to do "Sirens" rather than "Matrix: Reloaded."
Curley is the bald one.
Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favor of yours.
Sports Illustrated and Stereophile are better magazines than Cosmopolitan. Just accept that.
Its in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
Unless you are willing to follow the careers of Mo Vaughn, Cal Ripken, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Farley, don't expect us to know what Helen Gurley Brown, Hilary Clinton, Naomi Wolf or your mother are up to.
Intimate relations on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of conversation afterward are not.
Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a ball game are even better.
No, you can't have the remote control.
If you must take us with you into Victoria's Secret, never, ever leave us alone. All the old fat ladies make mean faces at us.
Rules for Men
by
Women
1. The female makes the rules.
2. The rules are subject to change by the female at any time without prior notification.
3. No male can possibly know all the rules. Attempts to document the rules are not permitted.
4. If the female suspects that the male may know some or all of the rules she must immediately change some or all of the rules.
5. The female is never wrong.
6. If the female is wrong, it is because of an egregious misunderstanding which was the direct result of something the male did, said, did not do or did not say.
7. If rule 6 is invoked, the male must apologize immediately for having been the cause of the misunderstanding without any clues from the female as to what he did to have caused the misunderstanding. See rule 13.
8. The female may change her mind at any time for any reason or no reason at all.
9. The male is never permitted to change his mind or under circumstances without the express written consent of the female which is given only in cases where the female wanted him to change his mind but gave no indication of that wish. see rules 6, 7, 12, 13.
10. The female has the right to be angry or upset for any reason, real or imagined, at any time and under any circumstance which in he sole judgment she deems appropriate. The male is not to be given any sign of the root cause of the female's being angry or upset. The female may, however, give false or misleading reasons to see if the male is paying attention. See rule 13.
11. The male must remain calm at all times, unless the female wants him to be angry or upset.
12. Under no circumstances may the female give the male any clue or indication whether or why she wants him to be angry or upset.
13. The male is expected to read the mind of the female at all times. Failure to do so will result in punishments and penalties imposed at the sole discretion of the female.
14. The female may at any time and for any reason, resurrect any past incident without regard to temporal or spatial distance, and modify, enlarge, embellish, or wholly reconstruct it in order to demonstrate to the male that he is now or has in the past been wrong, insensitive, pig-headed, dense, deceitful, and /or selfish.
15. The female may use her interpretation of any past occurrence to illustrate the ways in which the male has failed to accord her the consideration, respect, devotion, or material possessions he has bestowed on other females, male friends, domestic pets, barnyard animals OR his silly interests in sports, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, aircraft, scuba gear or A/V equipment. Such illustrations are non-refutable.
16. If the female is experiencing PMS, or Post PMS, the female is permitted to exhibit any manner of behaviors she wishes without regard to logical consistency or accepted norms of human behavior.
17. Any act, deed, word, expression, statement, utterance, thought, opinion, or belief by the male is subject to the sole, subjective interpretation of the female, other external factors not-withstanding. Alibis, excuses, explanations, defenses, reasons, extenuation's, or rationalizations will not be entertained. Abject pleas for mercy and forgiveness are acceptable under some circumstances, especially when accompanied by tangible evidence of contrition.
18. Whenever the female volunteers her time for a given activity or event, the male is automatically volunteered as well. He must comply by providing 100% of any requested time and energy as well as a cheery disposition showing that he not only support it but is whole heartily enthusiastic about the task, activity or event AND his devotion to his beloved."
Whew. No wonder us guys are in trouble a lot.
Rules Followed by Successful Sweepstakers
by
Robin Hall
1. You can't win if you don't enter.
2. The more times you enter an unlimited entry sweep, the more likely it is you will win.
3. The more single entry sweeps you enter, the more you will win.
4. The BIG ONE could be yours with the very next entry.
5. Stick with it. One day the BIG ONE will be yours.
Rules Followed by Un-successful Sweepstakers
by
Robin Hall
1. You can't win if you don't enter.
2. The more times you enter an unlimited entry sweep, the more likely it is you will win.
3. The more single entry sweeps you enter, the more you will win.
4. The BIG ONE could be yours with the very next entry.
5. Stick with it. One day the BIG ONE will be yours.
Feel free to add your own ruless. Send them in and I will credit you if you like.
by
Others
I wish I knew who made all these rules. They were sent to me along with thousands of things I get each year. If they are all yours, message me and I will exchange Someone Else with your name. I added rules of my own as well.
This is stuff I collect on bad days that are tolerable. The Rules are in "" which always, for me, denotes quotations from others.
"Rules for Women
by
Men
We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are their rules! Please note ... these are all numbered "1."
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
1. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. [ I am adding my own version. Everyday is what I say it is. Live with it. ]
1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes , tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. Check your oil! Please.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We refuse to answer.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it.
1. Most men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing is wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, stereo gear, computers or monster trucks.
1. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. No, it doesn't matter which quiz.
1. BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don't mind that, it's like camping.
More.
The Rules For Women
by
Other Men
SportsCenter starts at 11:00 PM and runs an hour. This is a great time to pay bills, put laundry in the dryer or talk to your sister.
Two hot dogs and a beer at a baseball game do, in fact, constitute going out to dinner.
Unlike you, we essentially want to dress just exactly like all our friends. Thus, you need not go much further than the Gap, J. Crew or the local Patagonia store.
If we see you in the morning and at night, why call us at work?
Butthead is the smart one.
You probably don't want to know what we're thinking about.
Silence does not need to be filled with discussions about "us" and "the relationship."
Things you can help with: the Sunday crossword, yard work, cooking, cleaning, the dishes and grocery shopping.
Things you should let us do alone: figuring out where we are, watching anything on TBS, playing cards, smoking cigars and picking out the beer.
Socks never constitute a gift.
Department stores and malls were designed so that when you want to look at bed linen, shower curtains or handbags, there are always some speakers, tires or sporting equipment nearby.
We don't know anything about handbags or hats. Don't even ask.
We did water the plants. They died anyway. Nobody knows why this happens.
Even if you think he's cute, Keanu Reeves can't act.
Of course, neither can Elle McPherson, but she had the good sense to do "Sirens" rather than "Matrix: Reloaded."
Curley is the bald one.
Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favor of yours.
Sports Illustrated and Stereophile are better magazines than Cosmopolitan. Just accept that.
Its in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
Unless you are willing to follow the careers of Mo Vaughn, Cal Ripken, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Farley, don't expect us to know what Helen Gurley Brown, Hilary Clinton, Naomi Wolf or your mother are up to.
Intimate relations on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of conversation afterward are not.
Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a ball game are even better.
No, you can't have the remote control.
If you must take us with you into Victoria's Secret, never, ever leave us alone. All the old fat ladies make mean faces at us.
Rules for Men
by
Women
1. The female makes the rules.
2. The rules are subject to change by the female at any time without prior notification.
3. No male can possibly know all the rules. Attempts to document the rules are not permitted.
4. If the female suspects that the male may know some or all of the rules she must immediately change some or all of the rules.
5. The female is never wrong.
6. If the female is wrong, it is because of an egregious misunderstanding which was the direct result of something the male did, said, did not do or did not say.
7. If rule 6 is invoked, the male must apologize immediately for having been the cause of the misunderstanding without any clues from the female as to what he did to have caused the misunderstanding. See rule 13.
8. The female may change her mind at any time for any reason or no reason at all.
9. The male is never permitted to change his mind or under circumstances without the express written consent of the female which is given only in cases where the female wanted him to change his mind but gave no indication of that wish. see rules 6, 7, 12, 13.
10. The female has the right to be angry or upset for any reason, real or imagined, at any time and under any circumstance which in he sole judgment she deems appropriate. The male is not to be given any sign of the root cause of the female's being angry or upset. The female may, however, give false or misleading reasons to see if the male is paying attention. See rule 13.
11. The male must remain calm at all times, unless the female wants him to be angry or upset.
12. Under no circumstances may the female give the male any clue or indication whether or why she wants him to be angry or upset.
13. The male is expected to read the mind of the female at all times. Failure to do so will result in punishments and penalties imposed at the sole discretion of the female.
14. The female may at any time and for any reason, resurrect any past incident without regard to temporal or spatial distance, and modify, enlarge, embellish, or wholly reconstruct it in order to demonstrate to the male that he is now or has in the past been wrong, insensitive, pig-headed, dense, deceitful, and /or selfish.
15. The female may use her interpretation of any past occurrence to illustrate the ways in which the male has failed to accord her the consideration, respect, devotion, or material possessions he has bestowed on other females, male friends, domestic pets, barnyard animals OR his silly interests in sports, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, aircraft, scuba gear or A/V equipment. Such illustrations are non-refutable.
16. If the female is experiencing PMS, or Post PMS, the female is permitted to exhibit any manner of behaviors she wishes without regard to logical consistency or accepted norms of human behavior.
17. Any act, deed, word, expression, statement, utterance, thought, opinion, or belief by the male is subject to the sole, subjective interpretation of the female, other external factors not-withstanding. Alibis, excuses, explanations, defenses, reasons, extenuation's, or rationalizations will not be entertained. Abject pleas for mercy and forgiveness are acceptable under some circumstances, especially when accompanied by tangible evidence of contrition.
18. Whenever the female volunteers her time for a given activity or event, the male is automatically volunteered as well. He must comply by providing 100% of any requested time and energy as well as a cheery disposition showing that he not only support it but is whole heartily enthusiastic about the task, activity or event AND his devotion to his beloved."
Whew. No wonder us guys are in trouble a lot.
Rules Followed by Successful Sweepstakers
by
Robin Hall
1. You can't win if you don't enter.
2. The more times you enter an unlimited entry sweep, the more likely it is you will win.
3. The more single entry sweeps you enter, the more you will win.
4. The BIG ONE could be yours with the very next entry.
5. Stick with it. One day the BIG ONE will be yours.
Rules Followed by Un-successful Sweepstakers
by
Robin Hall
1. You can't win if you don't enter.
2. The more times you enter an unlimited entry sweep, the more likely it is you will win.
3. The more single entry sweeps you enter, the more you will win.
4. The BIG ONE could be yours with the very next entry.
5. Stick with it. One day the BIG ONE will be yours.
Feel free to add your own ruless. Send them in and I will credit you if you like.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Today: 4 12 2007
Today: 4 12 2007
by
Robin Hall
Its hardly a Day of Grace but today is better than yesterday when the depression had me in its worst of strangleholds. Those of you with IT know what I am talking about. The rest do not. They can only observe, sometimes sympathize or better still, leave us alone. Remember, IT, your IT, could be any life threatening illness on ITs worst days. Cancer, depression, OCD, anxiety, or you fill in the blank ________ , all of them HURT and no one without their own IT has a clue.
Don't let others with their own IT tell you to just cheer up. You know better. Never let others without IT tell you anything about IT, like how to live better if you only do ?____?. Sure, take your meds but folk "wisdom" is useless here.
We don't have to grin and bear it either. Survive the day or don't is all there is. Distract yourself, amuse yourself or just hide out, but do anything you must to survive if you are going to, if others depend on you. Tomorrow MIGHT be a better day or you might be able to tolerate IT better.
Most others won't hear. I wager its best to suffer alone. Maybe your experience is different, its yours.
Well, that is all for today. I survived yesterday by the skin of my teeth. Its not the first time, it won't be the last time. Survive to try another day was all that happened.
by
Robin Hall
Its hardly a Day of Grace but today is better than yesterday when the depression had me in its worst of strangleholds. Those of you with IT know what I am talking about. The rest do not. They can only observe, sometimes sympathize or better still, leave us alone. Remember, IT, your IT, could be any life threatening illness on ITs worst days. Cancer, depression, OCD, anxiety, or you fill in the blank ________ , all of them HURT and no one without their own IT has a clue.
Don't let others with their own IT tell you to just cheer up. You know better. Never let others without IT tell you anything about IT, like how to live better if you only do ?____?. Sure, take your meds but folk "wisdom" is useless here.
We don't have to grin and bear it either. Survive the day or don't is all there is. Distract yourself, amuse yourself or just hide out, but do anything you must to survive if you are going to, if others depend on you. Tomorrow MIGHT be a better day or you might be able to tolerate IT better.
Most others won't hear. I wager its best to suffer alone. Maybe your experience is different, its yours.
Well, that is all for today. I survived yesterday by the skin of my teeth. Its not the first time, it won't be the last time. Survive to try another day was all that happened.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Blood
Blood
by
Robin Hall
Did your family desert you when some illness or other hit? Mine did. My guess is that blood is not thicker than water. The very people who CHOSE to bring life into the world found other interests than you. Sound familiar?
This is sad of course and I never did figure out how love can die. Here is a poem I have kept in my wallet for over 33 years.
Herman Hesse wrote How Heavy the Days so many years ago:
" How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
Everything cold and merciless,
And even the beloved, clear
Stars look desolately down,
Since I learned in my heart that
Love can die. "
We go on when we learn this tragic lesson but the damage is irreparable. One wonders about the process that destroyed love or if there ever was love, not just sex without care for the newborn.
We go on. We love, hate, live or die in the shadow of original betrayal. Sad, so sad, and what is to learn? Why didn't the birth parents care enough to do their homework, understand the you that is, not the you they think you are? Love can die.
by
Robin Hall
Did your family desert you when some illness or other hit? Mine did. My guess is that blood is not thicker than water. The very people who CHOSE to bring life into the world found other interests than you. Sound familiar?
This is sad of course and I never did figure out how love can die. Here is a poem I have kept in my wallet for over 33 years.
Herman Hesse wrote How Heavy the Days so many years ago:
" How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
Everything cold and merciless,
And even the beloved, clear
Stars look desolately down,
Since I learned in my heart that
Love can die. "
We go on when we learn this tragic lesson but the damage is irreparable. One wonders about the process that destroyed love or if there ever was love, not just sex without care for the newborn.
We go on. We love, hate, live or die in the shadow of original betrayal. Sad, so sad, and what is to learn? Why didn't the birth parents care enough to do their homework, understand the you that is, not the you they think you are? Love can die.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Drunk as Usual / DAU
DAU / drunk as usual, AGAIN
by
Hi, my name is Robin. I am an alcoholic. Hi Robin. Say is that a banana in your pocket?
What do you do when the last bottle is empty, just like your wallet; the liquor stores are closed because its Sunday at 4 AM and you have no friends silly enough to assist you?
This is a dire situation and requires more thought than you can apply. The shakes are right out your front door and its only 6 AM. You stumble to the convenience store for a poor substitute to cheap vodka, cheap beer. Three six packs MIGHT last till Monday when the stores are open. They might not and its 6:30 AM and the shakes are knocking very loudly.
At 7 AM you are vibrating the floor. At 8 you are wondering why you? At 9 you wonder about a mythical being and why s/he has abandoned you. Lets not think about 10 AM.
There are no cabs to help out in a tiny town. No neighbors who can drive even for $$. Its 24 hours till Lucifer's booze store is open. Its 8 miles away and you are shaking too hard to drive and the doctor will not give you a deliverable prescription for cheap vodka and you are TFU, again.
Wouldn't it be nice if those meetings were more helpful? The drugs the medicos have was helpful too? Or the stuff in health food stores? TFU, whatcha gonna do, again?
by
Hi, my name is Robin. I am an alcoholic. Hi Robin. Say is that a banana in your pocket?
What do you do when the last bottle is empty, just like your wallet; the liquor stores are closed because its Sunday at 4 AM and you have no friends silly enough to assist you?
This is a dire situation and requires more thought than you can apply. The shakes are right out your front door and its only 6 AM. You stumble to the convenience store for a poor substitute to cheap vodka, cheap beer. Three six packs MIGHT last till Monday when the stores are open. They might not and its 6:30 AM and the shakes are knocking very loudly.
At 7 AM you are vibrating the floor. At 8 you are wondering why you? At 9 you wonder about a mythical being and why s/he has abandoned you. Lets not think about 10 AM.
There are no cabs to help out in a tiny town. No neighbors who can drive even for $$. Its 24 hours till Lucifer's booze store is open. Its 8 miles away and you are shaking too hard to drive and the doctor will not give you a deliverable prescription for cheap vodka and you are TFU, again.
Wouldn't it be nice if those meetings were more helpful? The drugs the medicos have was helpful too? Or the stuff in health food stores? TFU, whatcha gonna do, again?
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