tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5766373874242184984..comments2024-03-15T07:38:08.505-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: have you ever seen a regatta of flies sail around a pile of shit and then come back and picnic on the shit Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-55115009041858443822017-12-03T18:36:57.193-05:002017-12-03T18:36:57.193-05:00>> My mother's family: all Yankees exce...>> My mother's family: all Yankees except those who weren't and went to North Carolina; my <i>Urgroßvater</i> who experienced Antietam, Fredericksburg, wounded at Gettysburg, after Appomattox (he watched Lee and the horse he rode in on) becoming a Baptist minister and Chaplin to a Territorial Legislature. Before dying out West, he remarked, "We haven't even begun to pay for the sin of slavery."<br /><br />>> Not sure what to say about circumstance prompting the Rilke. Doesn't mean I won't think about it, though.<br /><br />>> For Herr v. D. <i>Danke</i> for the listing, <i>u. mit Bezug auf aktuellen u. früheren Aufsatz: Sehr Richtig!</i>Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-47895666095903510122017-12-03T12:37:03.507-05:002017-12-03T12:37:03.507-05:001)speaking of southern gentlemen and northern tour...1)speaking of southern gentlemen and northern tourists i have told this story here before - it is a true story<br /><br />when i first moved from new york state to the part of virginia that is west of west virginia i was told a joke about the difference between a yankee and a damn yankee - this was the first time i'd heard it but it is a well known joke<br /><br />a yankee comes down, looks around, and goes home<br />a damn yankee don't go home soon enough<br /><br />i left four and a half years after i arrived<br /><br />at least i warn't a <b>god damn yankee</b>, who "comes for a visit, never leaves, and then goes on and on about how much nicer it was back home"<br /><br />2)i told this story in the comments here on april 23, 2015 - by following links from the main post of that date i got to something showing a video of sinead o'connor defying an audience by shouting a bob marley song (i.e. "war") - after which she is hugged by kris kristofferson <br /><br />http://www.markrichardson.org/post/18332201412/i-havent-seen-this-in-years-pretty-hard-to-get<br /><br />3)mark richardson hasn't posted on his blog since jan. 20, 2017 - his tweeting continues in real time, however - recently he retweeted something very favorable about "a comic about Jawbreaker and music and life and aging and everything else"<br /><br />https://t.co/UD9WUeb4un<br /><br />4)back in 2015 i mentioned karen armstrong's book <b>twelve steps to a compassionate life</b><br /><br />although 'twelve steps' are specified, they are not the same twelve steps as alcoholics anonymous and kindred groups use<br /><br />judy lee trautman's dense 8 page summary of armstrong's book is still available at<br /><br />www.multifaithcouncil.org/pages/12stepssummary.pdf<br /><br />it took me 20 minutes to read this document through (just reading silently) this morning - ymmv <br /><br />5)i am grateful that our host here tolerates my comments and allows them to persist over time - may the creative forces of the universe smile in his general direction<br /><br />6)it may be that the shift to the left which would be, in my opinion, the most appropriate response to the current political problematique in the next year or so is thwarted - however, <i>you never know when something surprising might happen<br /><br /><br /></i>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com