Walking the Curb without a Net
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gruntlabor
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Yes, the days are wonderful now. Thank you, Jules!
gruntlabor
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Did you truly, Pepper? I certainly missed you.
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gruntlabor
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BEWARE! BEWARE!
This Friday is FRIDAY THE TWELFTH PLUS ONE (that number, you know, the one with the ONE and the THREE)
Friday the Twelfth Plus One
The most Godawful day as it were
Is upon us again, that's for sure
I'll quake in my bed
Covers over my head
'Til the black cloud has passed I won't stir
No, sir!
This Friday is FRIDAY THE TWELFTH PLUS ONE (that number, you know, the one with the ONE and the THREE)
Friday the Twelfth Plus One
The most Godawful day as it were
Is upon us again, that's for sure
I'll quake in my bed
Covers over my head
'Til the black cloud has passed I won't stir
No, sir!
gruntlabor
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Boo Amazon
Through no fault of mine, but through faulty packing for transit, I recently had to return damaged goods to Amazon who was charged with their safe delivery.
From my refund they deducted $0.81, calling it a 'Promotional Discount Deduction'.
Lest you think that is of no consequence, I'd like to remind you that many years ago the banks were convinced to stop the predatory practice of rounding off the fractions of pennies in their favor.
That caper had been making them big bucks.
** It wasn't school that I hated so much, it was the principal of the thing.**
Through no fault of mine, but through faulty packing for transit, I recently had to return damaged goods to Amazon who was charged with their safe delivery.
From my refund they deducted $0.81, calling it a 'Promotional Discount Deduction'.
Lest you think that is of no consequence, I'd like to remind you that many years ago the banks were convinced to stop the predatory practice of rounding off the fractions of pennies in their favor.
That caper had been making them big bucks.
** It wasn't school that I hated so much, it was the principal of the thing.**
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gruntlabor
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Movies
THE NIGHT CLERK, R, 2020, Crime/Thriller, John Leguizamo
This poorly plotted movie held my attention as a character study of a young man with autism/Asperger syndrome. I thought he did a great job. Available on ROKU. Three Stars
** DIE HARD is not a Christmas movie, it's a Bruce Willis movie. --Bruce WIllis **
THE NIGHT CLERK, R, 2020, Crime/Thriller, John Leguizamo
This poorly plotted movie held my attention as a character study of a young man with autism/Asperger syndrome. I thought he did a great job. Available on ROKU. Three Stars
** DIE HARD is not a Christmas movie, it's a Bruce Willis movie. --Bruce WIllis **
gruntlabor
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I am awake
... and remembering the Albert Schweitzer story of Darkest Africa, of him chasing the dog who was chasing the chicken around the yard. "No, no, my friend! Remember you are a vegetarian!"
... and remembering the Albert Schweitzer story of Darkest Africa, of him chasing the dog who was chasing the chicken around the yard. "No, no, my friend! Remember you are a vegetarian!"
CallMeKate
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gruntlabor
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The 25th Wellness
Psychological Wellness, stylized symbol: Vivid Inkblot. I am aware.
I am one, an individual. There are many but only I belong to me. I seek to understand and to be good.
I know who I am: my identity is woman, my class is Labor, and my past and that of my family define me. My responsibility is to be what my elders expected of me. My love is my family, my joy is the arts, my passion is my work which is the pursuit of the good life for myself and others, my nature is reclusive.
I know my place on the Totem Pole of life, and I am proud and satisfied with it. I will have no other.
And I am comfortable with my role among the masses, which is that of a productive member, not in a slavish way, but in a way in which I am talented and, above all, competent and which is fulfilling for me.
I do no harm --all else is detail. Let it be so.
The person I admire is Carl Jung
** The reason Freud was preoccupied with sex was he didn't get any. --Somebody paraphrased **
Psychological Wellness, stylized symbol: Vivid Inkblot. I am aware.
I am one, an individual. There are many but only I belong to me. I seek to understand and to be good.
I know who I am: my identity is woman, my class is Labor, and my past and that of my family define me. My responsibility is to be what my elders expected of me. My love is my family, my joy is the arts, my passion is my work which is the pursuit of the good life for myself and others, my nature is reclusive.
I know my place on the Totem Pole of life, and I am proud and satisfied with it. I will have no other.
And I am comfortable with my role among the masses, which is that of a productive member, not in a slavish way, but in a way in which I am talented and, above all, competent and which is fulfilling for me.
I do no harm --all else is detail. Let it be so.
The person I admire is Carl Jung
** The reason Freud was preoccupied with sex was he didn't get any. --Somebody paraphrased **
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gruntlabor
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!Warning! Debbie Downer on her soapbox
Because I'm a loner, I've not known many people well. I always assumed that most people are smarter than I because of the mind-blowing accomplishments of man.
The internet has been a revelation to me. Many of us are neurotic if not downright mentally ill, self-deceiving if not blind to the truth. And mean --I'm talking scary mean, ready to fight for our corner on the truth. Even to take blood, it feels like.
Because we need to like and respect ourselves, we deny wrongdoing and wrong thinking. "She came on to me!" cries the molester of a five-year-old.
We choose a virtue that we can enjoy or at least comfortably handle (never squeal on a buddy?) and make it the only virtue that matters. We shake our heads in contempt of "the other side", without looking inward at our own hearts.
We're blissfully ignorant of our own shortcomings.
** Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them. --Henry David Thoreau paraphrased**
Because I'm a loner, I've not known many people well. I always assumed that most people are smarter than I because of the mind-blowing accomplishments of man.
The internet has been a revelation to me. Many of us are neurotic if not downright mentally ill, self-deceiving if not blind to the truth. And mean --I'm talking scary mean, ready to fight for our corner on the truth. Even to take blood, it feels like.
Because we need to like and respect ourselves, we deny wrongdoing and wrong thinking. "She came on to me!" cries the molester of a five-year-old.
We choose a virtue that we can enjoy or at least comfortably handle (never squeal on a buddy?) and make it the only virtue that matters. We shake our heads in contempt of "the other side", without looking inward at our own hearts.
We're blissfully ignorant of our own shortcomings.
** Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them. --Henry David Thoreau paraphrased**
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debodun
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When I was in my early 50s, I was having heavy "times of the month" to the point I get very anemic. My PCP chalked it up, as usual, to my getting older and nearing menopause. Fed up, I consulted another doctor who was surprised to learn I hadn't gone through menopause. She palpated a mass in my abdomen. After further tests it was determined I had a 6" (15 cm) fibroid. In opted to have it embolized (a surgeon injects a substance in the veins that feed it, blocking it's blood supply). It was instant menopause, too. It's still there, and hasn't shrunk like the doctors had hoped, but not giving me any more problems.
Sometimes you have to get proactive.
Sometimes you have to get proactive.
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CallMeKate
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I'm just starting to get breaking news about the earthquake... you far enough away from it to not be in harm's way (with that tsunami warning?)
gruntlabor
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Earthquake
Magnitude 7.3 - 55 miles S of Sand Point
I didn't notice it. Sand Point is in the Aleutian Islands. I understand that there is no danger for Anchorage or the Matanuska Valley, where large populations are. But there is danger for many populated areas, like the entire Kenai Peninsula for example, lots of people. Also, I wonder if Japan may be in danger.