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Thursday, May 14, 2009

If you dislike a blogger's style or message, don't read.

Simple as that. No clicks, no attention, no audience. No pennies. Why engage in conversation with someone who will not/can not listen, or hear you? Why listen to someone who only wants to own your ears and manipulate your feelings and your thoughts? Why play their game? Ignore trolls, don't feed them, tease or taunt them, challenge them... There is nothing in it of any value. It may seem like they are giving you attention, if that's what you want... but really, they are just clutching at your... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Yoo-hooooooo!

Where has everyone gone? Has the weather finally turned so nice that everyone is out soaking in the sunshine? Has the winter dragged on so long, people are in a funk, staring at the keyboard with nothing to say? Has the making-a-living part of the day overwhelmed the writing-on-Blogit impulse? halloooo! hallooooo! hallooooooo...! Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

ps Susan Boyle

I theorize that the great fuss about this plain woman with the spectacular voice especially in the US is due to our immense starvation for beauty that is not merely glamour. I use the word in its most traditional sense, as the false shine and illusory beauty with which the soulless Fae seduce mortals into Faerieland. In this society, even that which is beautiful is offered up under such trappings of pseudo-beauty, cheap thrills and 'candy' for the senses and the sensiblilities, we are stupified... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Susan Boyle

Some days ago someone told me, you have to watch this video... And tonight I finally got around to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk The comments of the judges following the song come down to this: "This is the biggest wake-up call ever!" The wake-up call is this: to reconsider how we pre-judge people on all the superficials, how we define beauty, how our hearts recognize joy in this jaded world, and are opened up by seeing someone like Susan Boyle. If you haven't seen her, or heard... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Something about our pets

I've heard many people say that we are attached to our pets because they give us unconditional love. But it occurs to me that there is something more important they do: they allow us to give unconditional love. That's something to think about. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 6, 2009

I want my Postum!

A little research has determined that Kraft has discontinued the production of Postum--a cereal/molasses based instant drink that was introduced as a substitute for coffee. In fact, it was never a good coffee replacer, but it was a tasty and unique hot beverage deserving of a place of its own among the Big Four: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa and Postum. Have you ever tried it? If you like the special piquancy of burnt sugar, you'd probably like Postum. It has more body than tea, is less cloyingly sweet... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Kooka offers his congratulations on the Palin role-model

In a recent post, he salutes Bristol Palin for stepping outside her mom's comfort zone by declining to get 'properly' married to the father of her child. As is not uncommon, I find it easy to agree with Kooka. He also got me thinking about the conservative notion of 'abstinence as birth control.' We are living in a culture in which sex is highlighted at every opportunity, and it being along with other values, treated as terribly significant on a terribly superficial level. One result is a lot of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Provoked by Nautikos

In a tribal society, conformity is the ideal: unity of thought, of purpose. Tribal society is close-knit: everyone is brought up to basically the same standards, the same rules of behavior, the same definitions of right and wrong. Which is not to say all members of the tribe follow these ideals equally or willingly, only that everyone in the tribe has the same basic understanding of what those things are. If someone ignores a social rule, it is probably deliberate. If someone old enough to know... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

"The only way to win is not to play"

That's the tic-tac-toe/ global thermonuclear war solution. But what if They insist on a game? To not play is not a winning strategy then, it leads to losing by default. Nautikos' current ongoing series regarding the lurking menace of the fascist Muslim intent to make Islam the world's only religion, only concept of God and correctness, raises consciousness and directs us to the question which I think all the courtesies and high-thinking of our culture's political/cultural correctness strive to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 9, 2009

What time is it really?

My computer is, sensibly, on Arizona time. I can't keep up with the changes to and from Daylight Savings Time. What is this, changing the clocks in March? It isn't even spring yet! How can we Winter Forward, Fall Back? It makes no sense. Half my clocks say one thing, half say the other... I wake up and start my day an hour later... this is not better! My internal clock is also in Arizona. Sign in to see full entry.

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