Oh, I’m sorry, didn’t mean to offend, didn’t mean to put anyone off by my “intro demeanor.”
Yeah so I’ve been dead awhile… A little over a year now. June 22 of 2008, to be exact. And I didn’t realize dying on the Summer Solstice was such a big deal. But it is. You’re gonna have to trust me on that one, but that’s not why I am writing this f&%$#n’ BLOG.
Bllllog. What the hell is a blog anyway? You f&%king human beings.
So it’s been awhile since I’ve had a “chat” with any of you, me being passed on to the next thing and all. and I have some pent-up energy to lay out here… and I’ll get to how Pussified the Health Care Debacle has become as long as you keep reading.
But First off, let me tell ya, being dead… ya know—being dead is pretty f&$king cool!
That is, as long as you didn’t completely f&%k up while you were alive…!
So Being Dead. Let me tell ya about it. Being dead gives your soul, your essence, that which is unique in the universe, your own, unique self, the unexplainable paradox that which is “you”—a chance to reflect upon all that is. In other “words,” Death gives you… Perspective. … Per—spec—tive.
And, since time doesn’t really exist here where, fortunately for all of you, I still AM,M’KAY? ….it’s a little hard to “put” into “words,” …and you remember how much I love words and language.
S**t I based my whole career talking about F&%kin’ Words!
LOVE the Shatner! I hope this sends the message to those who have any doubt that this woman has no clue what she is talking about… hence “the SHATner treatment!”
Video Google “Lucy in the Sky with Shatner” for a real taste of Bill at his hilarious best.
Hey, no matter how you slice it, at least he is likable and has a sense of humor, which is a sign of higher intelligence. #43 only laughed a humor at someone else”s expense, and had all the signs of the classic schoolyard Bully who got away with, literally, Redrum. And with all the BS with the way the country is going, it was great to see Obama at LEAST be a leader in his demeanor and spirit, and show he doesn’t take himself too flippin’ seriously.
I especially liked how he addressed Parity… which is not only important in Baseball, but should be addressed when we talk about Health care, Foreign Policy, Any Economic System, in place or in theory.
Well, it’s the halfway point in the 2009 baseball season, and I thought this would be a good time to throw my hat into the ring in regards to this familiar and annoying topic. I’ve had this conversation with many people, as all baseball fans tend to do amongst themselves.
Why can’t they pay baseball players according to their statistics, instead of to what their potential seems to be? How many times have we seen a guy sign a big contract, for zillions of dollars, in ANY sport, not just baseball—only to see the athlete just tank and under-perform the next season.
Then there’s the owners, all the variables that go along with running a league, merchandising, licensing, agents bargaining… so many things that affect the bottom line in regards to any pay structure, and to expand, on any economic model. And as an artist and not being born with a left-side of my brain (I use that part of my skull for Christmas ornament storage), talking money is a true stretch for my poor little lonely right brain to handle.
So I don’t know why I am obsessed with how I think ‘we’ should pay baseball players—maybe it’s because it has led me to a way to combine different Structures of Thought™ on how to cope with this March to Ruin that is our economy right now—or whatever the corporatocracy wants us to believe at this moment in history. Since the entire system is basically shot, now is the time to just change the whole structure—not just the Thought Structure, but the entire economic process. And we can start by trying it out on how we pay baseball players.
This is the start of a framework for this pay structure. It melds lines of thought into different branches of how to handle the different ways to pay, through the separate schools of thought. The roots of where the revenue comes from is the green circle, and this Visual Display of Quantitative Information (thank you Edward R. Tufte) is just a first draft as to how it could work. And I believe this could be applied across the board to other revenue-driven models.
First of all, the NFL more closely follows this model, by somewhat pooling all their revenue and approaching the distribution of money within the league, the use of salary caps, and the loose philosophy that health of the league as a whole is in the best interest of all teams, and that parity within the league gives all a better chance at winning. Plus it keeps all fans interested, because every year their team has a chance. Read the rest of this entry »
I found this audio selection about six months ago, and I have listened to it maybe 10-15 times since. I think I had heard of Earl Nightingale before, and he reads this philosophy very convincingly. And I really like how it starts… Men simply don’t think. How true is this in our million mile an hour world today?
There is a lot of insight and truth in this message—and it’s obvious even today with all the hubbub that popped up about “The Secret” about what, 2 years ago now? Read the rest of this entry »
First let me say I am so thankful that I remain busy and have tons to do… hence the sporadic nature of my Posts. I wish I were more consistent—I strive for at least one a week. But I gotta make hay while the sun shines.
That being said, one of the reasons I started this blog is to critique and ferret out video documentaries on the net for my friends and other intellectually curious that maybe “normal” people wouldn’t necessarily see. So I comb Video Google ( instead of YouTube, because they have full length videos ) and watch / listen to them while I work. Read the rest of this entry »
I am a fan of Letterman, and not of Palin for the usual obvious reasons.
I also think Humor is something that more evolved people appreciate and ignorant people are oblivious to… and it’s obvious that “the right” is clueless because they are so dumbed down. (Case in point: Fox’s Half Hour Comedy hour. Look how long that lasted.) This is just the latest example in a long line of “the right” not understanding “the joke.”
Yes, Letterman probably crossed “the Line,” but by a millimeter, not a mile. I am more worried about the blatant hostility (and desperation) bubbling underneath everything coming from “the right’s” point of view right now. Educated, benevolent, tolerant people understand the difference. Hence, Letterman’s slow motion trainwreck of a response. You just can’t look away… equals high ratings.
Short Post this week… and late. Been extremely busy, thank the omniverse—but also been very melancholy. Don’t know what the deal is… but it’s affecting my concentration and work flow. I can’t remember when I’ve been this… Blah. The weather might be a culprit… it’s been 60 and overcast here for like the past month. Great sleeping weather, though.
I’m not big into video yet, much to my dismay. But I had my camera with me this weekend and was fortunate to capture this little bit of nature being nature in a humerous way… I especially like how the “busy bumble bees” seems to follow my improvised porno music with their thrusting… I don’t think I could have choreographed it any better.
Another interesting tidbit… after he was “finished”, ( hence the post title ) he hung around waiting for the female to “recover.” As she did and finally started moving around, he hovered in the air, as if waiting for a response. Maybe he wanted to take her out to dinner.
The female then crawled back behind the edge of the ledge they had been “doing the deed” on, out of eyesight of her male counterpart. Maybe she said, “Hey honey, (pardon the pun) gotta go powder my antenas, be right back.”
After a brief 10 second delay, she hightailed it out of there like she was late for dinner across town, completely out of the “eyes-sight” of her suitor. No hold me, no snuggling, Notta.
Meanwhile, poor mister male bee – he thinks his “date” is still behind the ledge, taking a powder. He has no idea that he got completely ditched. What a tool. Again, hence the post title.
I’ll put my tin foil hat back on hopefully next week. But spread this around. I think I smell 1,000,000 hits easy… at least it’s short enough for that.
First, visualize the Thought Structure™ behind this: I am tying together 3 separate tangents that touch as bubbles in like some sort of 120° degree arrangement.
With that being said, as someone who 1) can watch anything about history and conspiracies for hours on end and who 2) wants to bring about the most positive change possible through my writings and work, I have to say I am at a loss to tell you about a video I ran across last week.
It’s called Earthlings, and I could only watch the first fifth of the movie, it disturbed me so much. Basically, the Movie points out the fact that all creatures on this planet, from the lowliest worms, bacteria and viruses to the great all powerful human beings, and all things in between, are Earthings, Earthings first. The film then goes into a shameful demonstration of “Man’s Inhumanity to Earthlings” and shows example after example of humans just being horrible in every way possible to our fellow travelers in this particular existence.
I still ate meat and even had Steak and Eggs for breakfast Sunday, but… I am seriously rethinking my diet after watching this movie. I recommend it highly—but I can’t watch it. Very disturbing. Needless to say I was pretty depressed and downtrodden after I saw this.
By Coincidence ( of Course! ) Oprah had a show on last Friday titled “Amazing Animals”, which I happened to catch because I was taking the day off. Some of the video examples on the show were so remarkable, so uplifting. I was going to post a sample video from the show, but I went to Oprah’s site to see if I could get something to show you, and… too complicated. So here is a lame-ass promo from the show, sorry about that…
Different animals taking care of each other, unbelievable friendships between man and beast—it again renewed my faith in us humans pulling our heads out of our butts, righting our ship as a species and joining the rest of the Real Civilized universe, that is watching, waiting for us to figure it out.
I have to think that overcoming this hurdle of understanding is a part of all of our development as members of our earthling community, and where we place ourselves in the Omniverse™ in general. Hindsight is 20/20, but I have to think that the consensus is who had the more “advanced civilization” back when Europe was “Re”—discovering the New World is debatable.
And I have to remember to keep top of mind this fact, how long have we been truly self-aware, and what real knowledge has been suppressed from our larger history, that has shaped this reality we now inhabit. It’s only been the blink of an eye, in the grand scheme of things.
I often think that if there is some sort of “un-earthling” type presence observing us from hidden bases either on other the other planets in our solar system, on our own satellite the moon, or even among us here on earth, I’d like to think that a group of these benevolent beings are observing and noting, with all our faults, that we are all for the most part good “creations”. I’d like to think that we are moving towards Positive Thought Structure™.
AND – not to be too long, but in Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame, he touches upon this tangent in the last third of his speech, which I will reference here…
As much as I am suspicious of how political an animal Obama is, It is my hope that his convictions match this speech. It reinforces what I was discussing in the previous paragraphs. If this is the direction we are now going, I am glad for this change of direction of temperment. Because it is a direction, towards the ultimate good as opposed towards ultimate evil. Hopefully it will spread into not only how we treat each other as Human Beings, but also how we treat our fellow Earthings as well.
Yet Another Blago Banksy Update
September 11, 2009 in Art, culture, opinion, personal, political commentary, politics, thought structure™ | Tags: Art, art critique, Banksy, Blagojevich, culture, metaphysics, Positive Thought Structure™, Truth | 5 comments
Freezin' in September w Blago—Skylark
Oh yea, Oh yea, Blago, your fire doth giveth little warmth