Cher and Raquel Welch - Woman

WOW!

Didn't know Raquel could sing!

Maybe it wouldn't have to be
just
Bernadette Peters.

phi·log·y·ny 
[fi-loj-uh-nee]

–noun

love of or liking for women.

Kings of Leon- Holy Roller Novocaine

Five Little Monkeys!

Michael Rosen - We're Going On A Bear Hunt

Evolution

evolution

Word Origin & History

1640s, "an opening of what was rolled up," from L. evolutionem "unrolling of a book," noun of action from evolvere (see evolve). Used in various senses in medicine, mathematics, and general use, including "growth to maturity and development of an individual living thing" (1660s). Modern use in biology, of species, first attested 1832 by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell. Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species" (1859), and preferred descent with modification , in part because evolution already had been used in the 18c. homunculus theory of embryological development (first proposed under this name by Bonnet, 1762), in part because it carried a sense of "progress" not found in Darwin's idea. But Victorian belief in progress prevailed (along with brevity), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists popularized evolution . Related: Evolutionary . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Our Living Language :

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection assumed that tiny adaptations occur in organisms constantly over millions of years. Gradually, a new species develops that is distinct from its ancestors. In the 1970s, however, biologists Niles Eldridge and Stephen Jay Gould proposed that evolution by natural selection may not have been such a smooth and consistent process. Based on fossils from around the world that showed the abrupt appearance of new species, Eldridge and Gould suggested that evolution is better described through punctuated equilibrium. That is, for long periods of time species remain virtually unchanged, not even gradually adapting. They are in equilibrium, in balance with the environment. But when confronted with environmental challenges—sudden climate change, for example—organisms adapt quite quickly, perhaps in only a few thousand years. These active periods are punctuations, after which a new equilibrium exists and species remain stable until the next punctuation.

TEA PARTY W/ TONGUE SANDWICHES

"The depression

pretty much passed over us unnoticed."

-mother's childhood memory-

Four Scores of Ten

Beginning with the now-iconic phrase "Four score and seven years ago," referring to the American Revolution of 1776, Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States in the context of the Civil War, and used the ceremony at Gettysburg as an opportunity not only to consecrate the grounds of a cemetery, but also to exhort the listeners to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy, that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

THE

 ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

Front row- Buddy Wolfe (second from rt); Middle row- Betty Jo Wolfe (third from rt),  Jeanette Wolfe (second from left), Back row- Robert Wolfe (second from rt)

A TONGUE THAT WAGGED!

Williams wrote the blog post in response to a resolution by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that called on Tea Party leaders to crack down on racist elements in the movement.

"Dear Mr. Lincoln,"

began the fictional letter posted by Williams. "We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!"

Williams went on to write that the Tea Party movement couldn't be racist because it opposed government bailouts for Wall Street banks and big corporations.

"Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn't that what we want all Coloreds to strive for?" the posting said. "What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds!"

Williams, a conservative talk radio host, said the post was intended as satire. He took it down as criticism mounted.

***

Beef Tongue Sandwich

Tomato Gravy with Biscuits,

Pork Brains Scrambled with Eggs,

8

WHITE TRASH COOKING

8
Pork Brains scrambled with Eggs,

 Tomato Gravy with Biscuits,

Beef Tongue Sandwiches.

Always felt connected with the past through my mother's cooking.

Stuff cooked,

all kids but three,

would raise noses at;

even their stay-at-home moms.

Will admit....kinda gross the way that tongue boiled all day.
What was mother thinking?
hummmm?

So The Tea Party Express been cut off........

How does that stop The Tea Party Movement from being racist?

Won't stop them from poking their finger come time

to vote!

SON OF A B***H!

Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow between them, and the beech says to the birch, 'Is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?'

The birch says he cannot tell, but just then a woodpecker lands on the sapling.

The birch says, 'Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?'

The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree and replies, 'It is neither a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. It is, however, the best piece of ash I have ever poked my pecker into.'

***

Wise Latina Woman

"Grandchildren

 from my daughters I know are mine."

  

Grandchildren

from my sons I can never be so sure."

-Panamanian friend quoting his grandmother-

*******

A pious soul who dies, goes to heaven, and gains an audience with the Virgin Mary. The visitor asks Mary why, for all her blessings, she always appears in paintings as a bit sad, a bit wistful: Is everything O.K.?

Mary reassures her visitor: “Oh, everything’s great. No problems. It’s just ... it’s just that we had always wanted a daughter.”

 ****

HIP HOP MARY

Always joking that one day I will write a Christmas Song;

a rap song titled....."HELL MARY!"

The chorus goes like this......

(chorus)
"hell Mary!,
wa'cho gettin knocked up fo?"

So far, that's as far as I've gotten.


But seriously,
 have a question needing to ask;
a hypothetical one.

If they were to find Jesus's bones in a crypt
(proven beyond a reasonable doubt)
and
manage to extract enough DNA to do a paternity test.....

The results showing that
 Jesus did indeed have a father; not necessarily Joseph.
 That Mary was not a virgin; at least not any more.

Would you stop being a Christian?
We still have his words of wisdom to live by.

That's the most important part....right?

Or have you been too busy silencing people considered offensive?

****

It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction… Fiction has to make sense.

~ Mark Twain
Most people would rather die than think. In fact, they do.

~Bertrand Russell

A "Countdown to Zero" Exclusive

Oppenheimer:

The Man Behind the Bomb

Severed Afghan Trees Tell a Nation’s Story - NYTimes.com

Severed Afghan Trees Tell a Nation’s Story

"“People don’t understand how difficult it is to plant a tree, to make it grow and produce fruit. All they know is how to cut it down in five minutes and burn it for warmth.”"

"NO REALLY! I'M A PERVERT! I READ LIPS!"

CONSERVATIVE

MEDIA

"soft corn."

LIBERAL MEDIA

"POPcORN!"

INTERNET

"CORN!"
"CORN! CORN!"

1/3 what I hear, 1/3 what I lip read, 1/3 what I fill in by context

When someone first showed me this video at work, the only words I could make out was, "CORN, CORN, CORN."

It wasn't until I saw one with the lyrics included, did I even know it was about sex.  Nothing in the video clued me to sex, nor corn either either now that I think about it.  

That's not the point!

The point is "CORN" edged out "PORN". 

If I asked everyone to repeat everything I didn't hear, we wouldn't get anywhere at all.....

or even bother trying.

Orrin Hatch's 'no' on Elena Kagan a template for GOP opposition - CSMonitor.com

"“Liberty requires limits on government,” Hatch said Monday. “That includes limits on judges.”"

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah on Monday offered a detailed explanation for his announced “no” vote for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, saying she harbored an “activist judicial philosophy.”

Orrin Hatch's 'no' on Elena Kagan a template for GOP opposition - CSMonitor.com:


MAJORITY RULES / MINORITY RIGHTS?

The purpose of the supreme court is to correct where popular vote fails. 

Without "activist judges", why even bother having a Supreme Court?
Why even bother having judges at all?
Or even voting?

Although not perfect, it's still a vote.


At least an educated one.

***

Be Fun to See

Conservatives 

Appoint a

to the

Supreme Court.

The Log Cabin stresses its loyalty to the Republican Party: "We are loyal Republicans," its website says. "We believe in low taxes, limited government, strong defense, free markets, personal responsibility, and individual liberty. Log Cabin represents an important part of the American family—taxpaying, hard working people who proudly believe in this nation's greatness." They take no position on abortion. 

But Log Cabin dissents from socially conservative Republican views on matters relating to gay and lesbian rights. "We also believe all Americans have the right to liberty, freedom, and equality," it says. "Log Cabin stands up against those who preach hatred and intolerance. We stand up for the idea that all Americans deserve to be treated equally—regardless of their sexual orientation."

Never questioned Thomas right to be one of the Supreme Court judges.  Can't help but notice how bitter he is about affirmative action undermining his qualification to be on The Supreme Court. 

It's all about him!

See Log Cabin Republicans the same way.

Their platform sounds good......

but you won't find one living in a bad neighborhood. 

Mark Twain’s Unexpurgated Autobiography - NYTimes.com

“I can see the farm yet, with perfect clearness,” he writes. “I can see all its belongings, all its details.” Of slavery, he notes that “color and condition interposed a subtle line” between him and his black playmates, but confesses: “In my schoolboy days, I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it.”"

Mark Twain’s Unexpurgated Autobiography:

"In popular culture today, Twain is “Colonel Sanders without the chicken, the avuncular man who told stories,” Ron Powers, the author of “Mark Twain: A Life,” said in a phone interview. “He’s been scrubbed and sanitized, and his passion has been kind of forgotten in all these long decades. But here he is talking to us, without any filtering at all, and what comes through that we have lost is precisely this fierce, unceasing passion.”"

“Paine was a Victorian editor,” said Robert Hirst, curator and general editor of the Mark Twain Papers and Project at the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, where Twain’s papers are housed. “He has an exaggerated sense of how dangerous some of Twain’s statements are going to be, which can extend to anything: politics, sexuality, the Bible, anything that’s just a little too radical. This goes on for a good long time, a protective attitude that is very harmful.”

YELLOW BASKET?: JESUS EGG with BLUE EYES & THE RABBIT DYED BLUE

"THE JESUS EGG!"

HOW TO DRAW A JESUS FACE

WITH PRETTY BLUE EYES

(also comes in brown/not shown)

E.T. PHONES HOME

"Don't it make my brown eyes blue."

-line from a song mother would sing-

Both needing a break, having dropped the bomb,  remembered this wedding picture of mother as we ended our phone conversation.

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!"
Our conversation having strayed off course,  just before the nose dive. 

"Now... YOU ....  are making ME angry,"  mother shot back!

"It's not even what I called to talk about!" 
 Was excited;  wanting to talk about the  man who rang my doorbell asking if I owned a gray cat.  The commotion that followed.  Was supposed to have been a fun call. WAS in a good mood.

"Jim Ed! Do you realize, coming up soon, I will be eighty."

"At least YOU got there!"

Followed not long by, "I'm tired. I need to get off the phone," with me agreeing.

Then,
"ALL'S QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT,"
as I sat there analysing what just transpired.


Riddle:
Once you say my name, you hear me no more?

 "Or should I have said,'getting there'?"

 Jolted awake!

 The curse of a riddle undone by an intruder.

"What do you think, Mr. Ed?" 

Having already jumped in my lap as I turned my attention to him

"Do you ever talk to yourself," mother once asked?

"I talk to my cats...?"



 




S-H-I-T
SHIT!
Guess it would depends on which topic WE' were on!

How can I not be a GOD DAMN atheist without a visible disclaimer!  It's... WHAT WE DO!

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!"

It's not up to me to get her there, yet she makes it sound as if I've already have.  Well mother should have thought about that before she dropped the

"JIM ED!"

EGG!

Just don't get it!

AS A FACT!

hint #1

One of us here does have blue eyes.

hint #2

And there is nothing I can say or do about it.

 
DON'T EVEN LIKE THIS SONG!

"RALPHY BOY!"

Self-Reliance

An essay written by American Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's repeating themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.

It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotes.

However, "Self-Reliance" is not anti-society or anti-community. Instead, Emerson advocates self-reliance as a starting point, not as a goal.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson- 

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

*****

Hypocorism :

hy·poc·o·rism   [hahy-pok-uh-riz-uhm, hi-]

–noun
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3. the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, esp. by an adult.

If adults imitate baby talk and childrens look up to adults........

 when does anybody grow up?

Op-Ed Columnist - The Medium Is the Medium - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - The Medium Is the Medium - NYTimes.com

A person enters this world as a novice, and slowly studies the works of great writers and scholars. Readers immerse themselves in deep, alternative worlds and hope to gain some lasting wisdom. Respect is paid to the writers who transmit that wisdom.




A citizen of the Internet has a very different experience. The Internet smashes hierarchy and is not marked by deference. Maybe it would be different if it had been invented in Victorian England, but Internet culture is set in contemporary America. Internet culture is egalitarian. The young are more accomplished than the old. The new media is supposedly savvier than the old media. The dominant activity is free-wheeling, disrespectful, antiauthority disputation.

INDUSTRIOUS TORTOISES AND THE CAPITALIST HARES

"The story comes to mind of an engineer who was to be executed by guillotine. The guillotine was stuck, and custom required that if the blade didn't drop, the condemned man was set free. Before this could happen, the engineer pointed with excitement to a rusty pulley, and told the executioner to apply some oil there. Off went his head."

Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs - BusinessWeek:

This article makes sense to me.

Can see how we are losing the race

by

the hair of our nose.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!

THE SMELL OF MONEY!

Tortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise has both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimeters to two meters. Tortoises tend to be diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals.

******

Moral Majority

What you get when you

Worshipers of

$$$ PROFITS $$$

with 

 THE PARTY

of

  !!!!Gold (god) Plated !!! 

Always debating politics with family members and people at work; trapped actually, whomsoever perspective's  you choose to take.  Over time begin to notice, not the difference, but the similarity of many, if not most Democrats...... to Republicans.

 

Always thought of the Republicans as THE PARTY OF "I" before "YOU", or "US" against "THEM"; as opposed to the Democrats being....the THE PARTY OF "WE".

 

But as jobs become scarce and unemployment rises, as the party that got thrown in gets caught up in the.......

  

"THROW THE BUMS OUT!"

(Like that Chick.... Betty White)

beginning to truly understand what it means to be a

 

"DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE A LIBERAL!"

 

as opposed to all the rest.

"A truly virtuous man would come to the aid of complete stranger equally as he would a close friend.  Then again, a truly virtuous man would have no friends."

 

It's not which party you vote with,

 

 it's who you are rooting for!

 

everyone

 

or

 

just

YOURSELF

????

 "'We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.'

-George Bernard Shaw"

GAME: EXTREME GARDENING

Extreme Gardening












Pretty simple game.


          Kinda fun?


Total waste of time.


           Even fun?

"(Y) / (?) = 1!" vs. HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Algebra

"Who cares what "Y" equals,"  

mother quoted my sister as having said a long time ago.  That was a new one for me; the quote at least anyway.

Donna does bring up a time dad got so angry with her.  "That 'D' in math,"  she  would laugh as she remembers that day!  And along with her, everytime, we all also laughed.

I'm not sure what happened that day.  Not even sure both quotes refer to the same incident.  Doesn't matter.  Pretty obvious dad thought differently; you can't cancel out a question with a question.   Made sure it was a lesson she never forgot. 

Can't help but believe she must have said this to him. That the topic of this conversation was brought up by dad himself.

"CHARLES....!" 

Growing up with one brother and one sister,  me being the youngest by five and seven years respectively;  mother would call dad by his first name when one of us misbehaved.  Don't recall dad ever needing to complete those sentences.

Dad could be counted on being at one of two places, either working hard or hardly working.  Hearing his name only meant one of two things; home in his Lazy Boy, either watching T.V. or listening to it as he snores.

I believed him!  Would always wake up and say, "I was listening,"  when someone tries changing the only television in the house.
    

"Charles....! CHARLES....!CHARLES.....!  

When mother decides she has to do it, would always said your name three times first.  Although no spanking involved, don't recall dad finishing those sentences, either.

If a=b and b=c, then a=c!

Positively Transitive Property (yes)!  As we had a pretty good warning system in place, Donna had to have talked back to dad.  Don't blame dad one bit.

Although I do remember hearing David, the middle of three, as dad tore into him, still can't picture dad as the spanking kind; not when compared to the fathers of some of the kids I grew up with.

Althought he would never admit doubt about his actions after the fact, even if learning he did nothing wrong, believe dad would agree, that was a day even he wished never happened.

As David could not be faulted for what happened, I can see dad's predicament. Powerless that he failed to prevent David from harm.  The certainty that he was doing something even if it was chosing to do nothing at all.  The helplessness as head of household, the burden of everyones expectations falling on him.  No one agreeing as to where the compassion should end, and/or whether it's comes before or after the punishment begins.

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." -Mark Twain

Impossible for one to believe, know for sure, a punishment dealt was appropriate, when the best hoped for is causing the least amount of pain for all; the future never being anything more than a dream.



As a day never looked back on with laughter; doesn't matter who's right, who's wrong. It's possible no one was wrong. Believe the details of that day belongs on a page of it's own.

Physics

But it's still math, and equation that has to balance out.  Whether we like it or not, an equation that's outside our control as we are the unkown variables.

Physics teaches us, for every action there is an equal and opposite action. Doesn't matter who pushed first or didn't.  All that matters is that someone or something did, and can never be certain when, where, or what form it takes  pushing back (and forth?).

You simply have to have been place in it's way.  Then, you are forever part of it till the day you die.

The equation E = mc2 indicates that energy always exhibits mass in whatever form the energy takes. Mass–energy equivalence also means that mass conservation becomes a restatement, or requirement, of the law of energy conservation, which is the first law of thermodynamics. Mass–energy equivalence does not imply that mass may be “converted” to energy, and indeed implies the opposite. Modern theory holds that neither mass nor energy may be destroyed, but only moved from one location to another.

Everything about us and surrounding us involves math in some way. Nothing can truly be understood or explain without it. No doubt about it......

math

is important!

Bernadette Peters: Socialist , Capitalist, or 'Just a Pretty Little Thing'?

Remember once, as I stood surrounded, straining to listen, mostly left with  observing, all things men; how I wanted to know Bernadette Peters.

Today, looking back,  feel as if I've used her by knowing her in a way another man didn't; so ashamed for selfishly dragging the name of such a beautiful woman into that horrible ugly scene.

Sampson and Delilah's

"If there ever was a time when I might have considered having sex with a woman, that woman would have to have been Bernadette Peters."  I interjected during a chat between sets at the gym one day.

Couldn't believe what happened next!  The piece of good luck that landed in my lap.

"Who's that," asked my roommate, fuck buddy, perfectionist, boy genius, naturally handsome, chemically enhanced, shadow casting, cock blocking, best friend, the Mr. Omnipotent Troy himself?

"Oh please!  Turn in your gay card," said the guy we were both wanting to know.

Stereotypical was the last thing I ever wanted to be thought as.  But the fact's, Troy got dealt all the good cards; the popular ones.  The one's that gets you invited to parties, etc., etc., etc,!  Gay card or not, I was holding one in my hand of Bernadette Peters and  I wasn't about to "GO FISH" without pairing  those two precious "gay" cards! 

If you've never been in a gay gym, chat, or any word for activities that involves (s)talking, is code for: catching up with friends (being nosy), gossiping (vindictive), kissing and telling (lucky dogs beefing up or twinkling down their resumes), just being polite (cautious which bridges to burn), cornered (nice guys who smiled back), networking (usually broke), jonesing (needy something), motivationally charming (hottie being offered a spotting), complementary complimenting (mirror wasn't enough), constructive criticism (sour grapes). 

Never an uncalculated word spoken at a business that caters to egoistic competitions.

Sex by Proximity

Oh my!

Darkened room with the lights just on her!


How that song would tap into the fantasies of men!




Who wouldn't want to hear her sing?

Or,

mind paying just to get closer to her?

prox·im·i·ty

(prŏk-sĭm'ĭ-tē)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

n.

The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness:

*****

Girrrrrrrl!
Don't she know how to work it!

cap·i·tal·ist

[kap-i-tl-ist]

 Random House Dictionary

–noun

1. a person who has capital, esp. extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.

2. an advocate of capitalism.

3. a very wealthy person.

Can't fault her.






Was for a good cause!

AND
THAT'S
AFTER

TAXES!

Very Sweet Person!

The other side of Marilyn Monroe

Eclipse of a Shining Star

At first, I wanted to compare Marilyn Monroe to the moon; from her perspective.  As a cold rock drifting closer and closer to the sun, seeking the warmth it offered; but never enough.  Blinded
always a full moon.  Being lost when she came to trust only the warmth of the light as it landed on her face to guide her.  Only by casting a shadow onto earth as she disappears into the warmth of the light, did we realize too late,  even stars have a dark side.

But earth too is just another cold rock that depends on the sun for the light that gives us life and keeps us warm; with a dark side no different than the moon.  Marilyn was more like a star with a dark side expected always to light up the lives of those who dreamed along with her as the earth turned on and off to the sun.

Like any star without a dark side, our sun too will burn out and go dark one day.   And along with the light that gave the moon it's dark side, disappears on earth the pain without the light needed to live.