tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3638452901853047750..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: You're What's Being Decided On, and That Weakness Is Your Peculiar Strength, Provided It's Carried Through, to the End and Its Abominable Consequences, the Jackals Laughing at the Moon Till They CryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-74073084728028281192021-09-14T09:34:04.215-04:002021-09-14T09:34:04.215-04:001)chromebooks - i've had a couple, liked them,...1)chromebooks - i've had a couple, liked them, would make sure to get a touchscreen if i got another - my 2 years old windows laptop is working and until it stops i won't get something else<br /><br />2)watches - earlier this year i upgraded from plastic 'terrorist special' digital display casio<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W<br /><br />to a steel expansion wristband analog display timex - it gives me day of the week and date of the month, but if the month is shorter than 31 days i have to advance the date manually<br /><br />2a)speaking of the lengths of months, canadian political cartoonist michael de adder, in his book 'you may STILL be from nova scotia if...' has a drawing of a winter street scene captioned<br /><br />"february is the longest month"<br /><br /> you may have seen de adder's work after one particular picture went viral<br /><br />https://www.themarysue.com/trump-cartoonist-fired/<br /><br />3)tom junod article 'falling man' - i've seen people praise this piece at naked capitalism - i intend to read it but feel a bit too scattered right now to do it justice - junod's article on fred 'mister' rogers had an impact on me back in the 20th century - i concluded fred rogers was a saint<br /><br />i was looking at the rolling stones song 'saint' video - jagger sings 'you'll never make a saint of me'<br /><br />and that's true - saints do not become saints by compulsion, but by willing cooperation with higher forces [if any]<br /><br />3a)john yates/culadasa, credited first author on <i>the mind illuminated</i> died from cancer a couple days ago<br /><br />3b)i posted the following on a thread at reddit<br /><br /><br />In a book called "Wisdom of the Idiots", Idries Shah quotes a dervish song titled "Tavern Pledge".<br /><br /><br />It may be <b>said</b>, "They came in vain."<br /><br />Let it not <b>be</b> that they came in vain.<br /><br />We leave this, the bequest, to you;<br /><br />We finished what we could, we leave the rest to you.<br /><br />Remember, this is work entrusted ---<br /><br />Remember, beloved, we shall meet again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-53501237716108887062021-09-13T20:31:53.359-04:002021-09-13T20:31:53.359-04:00Nice verbiaging.Nice verbiaging.Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-91792515087889044142021-09-13T12:03:37.652-04:002021-09-13T12:03:37.652-04:00Speaking of complicity, I entered a neighborhood s...Speaking of complicity, I entered a neighborhood supermarket this morning in full knowledge that there was simultaneous to my visit a warning strike by a trade union that includes its employees. On top of that I used the self-checkout, which would have my father rolling had he not been turned to ashes. And to top it all off, after I'd moved to stow my wares in my bag, the gentleman overseeing the machines meant surely to replace people some day in toto came over and handed me the tenner I'd left in the return slot (I didn't forget the two cents).<br /><br />Thanks for the kind. The bumps you lend add a certain worthwhile-ness to it all. Something fine abounds, and I'll leave it at that.davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.com