In five minutes, to get Fleabus to the vet, with gloved hands and thick sweatshirt sleeves pulled low to protect our wrists we will try to grab Fleabus and stuff her fleeing claws into a cardboard box (*you* get her into a cat-carrier) (packing tape reinforcing the bottom of box, yo, that's
how she got out last time, two weeks ago, in my car, I was u-turning
through the elementary school parking lot when she jumped into the windshield) then bobsled packing
tape across the top before Fleabus, fiercest feather-weight ever, our
favorite cat ever, rips our flesh, rzzz, Best Cat Ever, photo below by Planet from 2005 when Planet was twelve and Fleabus was two, I still believe it better to juggle more fine metaphors abounding than fewer
UPDATE >
Everyone survived the crating, visit, and uncrating when home
She is healthier than a cat her age has a right to be, I'm told, but >
kidneys now smaller than peas, so full blood-work done
<<< Indeed, our Reverse Christmas is only possible because it’s just a modest extension of our standard modus operandi: To a greater or lesser degree, every day is Opposite Day in America.
^^^ What did it leave behind? Not much, other than huge platforms for a few top influencers and political operatives who leveraged the Bern into lucrative Patreon and Substack careers.
i wish fleabus and his human companions a comfortable, easy, ok trip to the veterinarian - well, maybe that didn't happen - but i hope in the long run it promotes his quality of life
with regard to moco pizza - i don't see ledo's on the list of tournament entries - i do see "maryland style pizza" on the list, twice - every day i encounter my ignorance, and despite living in maryland for nearly three decades i did not know what it was - there is a youtube video about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkLjtpyLW0U
ledo's appeared in a dream synchronicity story i heard from the dreamer himself - in a corridor in a college in montgomery county - and posted here years ago
Continental in Kensington is Maryland Style too along with Gentleman Jim's and Stained Glass Pub, the best of the three (though I could live the rest of my life without Maryland Style Pizza. I just assumed Ledos would be on the list since it's won like competitions.
It's interesting it doesn't list Coal Fire, which is decent if not great.
The best pizza I ever ate was Zios, on Gaither, next to the vet I was just at, long gone, was best tomato sauce I ever.
1)my apologies for misgendering fleabus - it was due to inattention, entirely inadvertent and without derogatory intent - one of my best cats ever was dinah, named after alice's cat
2)the first pizza i ever had was in 1959, in naples, where my father was assigned to the nato base there - it was at the restaurant of the hotel paradiso, where we stayed when we first got off the boat - i'm not sure if it was in the same place as the contemporary hotel of that name
3)in naples mozzarella di bufala was usual - it is creamier than that from ordinary cows - as our friends at wikipedia note The digestive system of water buffaloes permits them to turn low grade vegetation into rich milk which, due to its higher percentage of solids, provides higher levels of protein, fat and minerals than cow milk.
4)the pizza i have eaten most often in maryland is costco's - i think it's tasty although they offer only three varieties - cheese, pepperoni, and combo
We've always had luck pinching the back of our cats' necks when they rebelled. They tend to relax because that's the way their mothers' picked them up. I included a character who worked with Claude Shannon in Novel #3! Thanks for linking to one of my philosophical posts! Best wishes for the New Year! May it be a better one for us all.
Hey! back, I pinged you a day or two back to make sure you were still hibernating and my link wasn't broken. Hope you are well and the art is making you happy!
1)as i have never met fleabus in person and am unlikely to do so i have not had an experiential encounter with her feline femininity - i regret again my misgendering of her
2)i have just read j. drew lanham's 9 Rules for the Woke Birdwatcher - i will use my clout as an influencer to increase this article's readership by perhaps as many as one or two people
3)and speaking of bringing thoughtful perspectives to a wider audience, there's this:
Trump and the Social Trance
Journal of Psychohistory Spring 2019, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p238-258. 21p.
KENNETH ALAN ADAMS
This project contends that Donald Trump's tenure as president is dependent on his followers' immersion in a social trance that inhibits recognition and rational appraisal of his likely collusion with Russia in the 2016 election and his unparalleled malfeasance. It is argued that Christian fundamentalists' immersion in the social trance is crucial to maintaining Trump's political support, and traumatic childrearing is the key to understanding the basis for the right's acquiescence in Trump's abhorrent behavior and policies.
Part I looked at Trump as an exemplar of muscular Christianity and a bully and suggested that fundamentalists' characterization of him as God's agent illustrates the Big Lie, a lie so outrageous it must be true. It was argued that Trump's ascension to power was the culmination of masculine protest against what was experienced as feminine encroachment.
Part II focused on fundamentalist childrearing and the terrorization of children through religious dogma and corporal punishment. It was argued that fundamentalist parents traumatize their children, generating in them the susceptibility to trance induction, obedience to authority, and defense against anxiety by switching into social alters. It was suggested that in adulthood alter formation is elaborated into political group-fantasies which are linked to trance induction.
Part III focuses on Trump as an emotional delegate for the split-off rage of his followers and his use of projection to attack his opponents. It is asserted that Trump's childhood experiences were crucial in the development of the persecutory alter with which he merges in these attacks. Trump and his followers share a sense of victimhood, which forms the basis of their collusive association. Trump's success at trance induction, it is argued, involves encouraging his followers to utilize their projections to fill in the alluring omissions in his arguments. The article suggests that rightwing GOPers and Christian fundamentalists were already functioning in a trance state prior to Trump's arrival on the political scene.
Finally, Trump's techniques of trance induction are described, including the importance of lying, repetition, invidious comparison, and growth panic.
Copyright of Journal of Psychohistory is the property of Association for Psychohistory Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.
https://tinyurl.com/socialtranceandtrump
social alter is a term introduced by lloyd demause, founder of the journal of psychohistory - briefly, the concept is that ordinary people collectively experience the splitting of the personality which is the most distinctive characteristic of dissociative disorder - and so are to some extent amnesiac about the less-than-humane ways that targeted subgroups are treated
Do not worry re: Fleabus, I made the comment because most people hear the name *Fleabus* and think male name (when in fact I named her Fleabus because when we adopted her she *was* a bus of fleas.
i wish fleabus and his human companions a comfortable, easy, ok trip to the veterinarian - well, maybe that didn't happen - but i hope in the long run it promotes his quality of life
ReplyDeletewith regard to moco pizza - i don't see ledo's on the list of tournament entries - i do see "maryland style pizza" on the list, twice - every day i encounter my ignorance, and despite living in maryland for nearly three decades i did not know what it was - there is a youtube video about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkLjtpyLW0U
ledo's appeared in a dream synchronicity story i heard from the dreamer himself - in a corridor in a college in montgomery county - and posted here years ago
https://tinyurl.com/dream-and-pizza
Fleabus is a she!
DeleteContinental in Kensington is Maryland Style too along with Gentleman Jim's and Stained Glass Pub, the best of the three (though I could live the rest of my life without Maryland Style Pizza. I just assumed Ledos would be on the list since it's won like competitions.
It's interesting it doesn't list Coal Fire, which is decent if not great.
The best pizza I ever ate was Zios, on Gaither, next to the vet I was just at, long gone, was best tomato sauce I ever.
1)my apologies for misgendering fleabus - it was due to inattention, entirely inadvertent and without derogatory intent - one of my best cats ever was dinah, named after alice's cat
Delete2)the first pizza i ever had was in 1959, in naples, where my father was assigned to the nato base there - it was at the restaurant of the hotel paradiso, where we stayed when we first got off the boat - i'm not sure if it was in the same place as the contemporary hotel of that name
3)in naples mozzarella di bufala was usual - it is creamier than that from ordinary cows - as our friends at wikipedia note The digestive system of water buffaloes permits them to turn low grade vegetation into rich milk which, due to its higher percentage of solids, provides higher levels of protein, fat and minerals than cow milk.
4)the pizza i have eaten most often in maryland is costco's - i think it's tasty although they offer only three varieties - cheese, pepperoni, and combo
We've always had luck pinching the back of our cats' necks when they rebelled. They tend to relax because that's the way their mothers' picked them up.
ReplyDeleteI included a character who worked with Claude Shannon in Novel #3!
Thanks for linking to one of my philosophical posts!
Best wishes for the New Year! May it be a better one for us all.
hey! just dropping bye to say Hey!
ReplyDeleteHey! back, I pinged you a day or two back to make sure you were still hibernating and my link wasn't broken. Hope you are well and the art is making you happy!
Delete1)as i have never met fleabus in person and am unlikely to do so i have not had an experiential encounter with her feline femininity - i regret again my misgendering of her
ReplyDelete2)i have just read j. drew lanham's 9 Rules for the Woke Birdwatcher - i will use my clout as an influencer to increase this article's readership by perhaps as many as one or two people
3)and speaking of bringing thoughtful perspectives to a wider audience, there's this:
Trump and the Social Trance
Journal of Psychohistory
Spring 2019, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p238-258. 21p.
KENNETH ALAN ADAMS
This project contends that Donald Trump's tenure as president is dependent on his followers' immersion in a social trance that inhibits recognition and rational appraisal of his likely collusion with Russia in the 2016 election and his unparalleled malfeasance. It is argued that Christian fundamentalists' immersion in the social trance is crucial to maintaining Trump's political support, and traumatic childrearing is the key to understanding the basis for the right's acquiescence in Trump's abhorrent behavior and policies.
Part I looked at Trump as an exemplar of muscular Christianity and a bully and suggested that fundamentalists' characterization of him as God's agent illustrates the Big Lie, a lie so outrageous it must be true. It was argued that Trump's ascension to power was the culmination of masculine protest against what was experienced as feminine encroachment.
Part II focused on fundamentalist childrearing and the terrorization of children through religious dogma and corporal punishment. It was argued that fundamentalist parents traumatize their children, generating in them the susceptibility to trance induction, obedience to authority, and defense against anxiety by switching into social alters. It was suggested that in adulthood alter formation is elaborated into political group-fantasies which are linked to trance induction.
Part III focuses on Trump as an emotional delegate for the split-off rage of his followers and his use of projection to attack his opponents. It is asserted that Trump's childhood experiences were crucial in the development of the persecutory alter with which he merges in these attacks. Trump and his followers share a sense of victimhood, which forms the basis of their collusive association. Trump's success at trance induction, it is argued, involves encouraging his followers to utilize their projections to fill in the alluring omissions in his arguments. The article suggests that rightwing GOPers and Christian fundamentalists were already functioning in a trance state prior to Trump's arrival on the political scene.
Finally, Trump's techniques of trance induction are described, including the importance of lying, repetition, invidious comparison, and growth panic.
Copyright of Journal of Psychohistory is the property of Association for Psychohistory Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.
https://tinyurl.com/socialtranceandtrump
social alter is a term introduced by lloyd demause, founder of the journal of psychohistory - briefly, the concept is that ordinary people collectively experience the splitting of the personality which is the most distinctive characteristic of dissociative disorder - and so are to some extent amnesiac about the less-than-humane ways that targeted subgroups are treated
for discussion see
http://primal-page.com/psyalter.htm
https://psychohistory.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mania.pdf
Do not worry re: Fleabus, I made the comment because most people hear the name *Fleabus* and think male name (when in fact I named her Fleabus because when we adopted her she *was* a bus of fleas.
DeleteThanks, as always, for every comment and email
speaking of j drew lanham
ReplyDeleteyou can hear him read [and/or read with your own eyes] a few of his poems at
https://blog.lauraerickson.com/2016/04/a-few-lovely-poems-from-j-drew-lanhams.html