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Weekend Music Thread – Vacation

Why Abby, I was probably on the beach on the south side of the lake while you were on the north shore. I spent my summers in Port Clinton and Sandusky, loving the lake and the lazy days. Thanks for the reminder.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On May 27, 2011 @ 7:09 pm

Aw, AdLib, I came to the thread when I saw the theme to post Kokomo, but I see our great minds think alike.
It holds a special place in my heart–my Dad was a roller dancing champion, and quite a good dancer with his skates off; all four of we daughters would monopolize his evening on dance floors whenever we were lucky enough to have the opportunity.
Kokomo was one of our favorite party songs. Made for a smooth, lyrical and lovely dance.
Ah, lovin’ it.
Thanks.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On May 27, 2011 @ 6:59 pm

Friday Music Thread – Friends and Lovers

Sure is. One of my two BFs bought we three tickets to see Rain for Christmas. We went the end of January.
What a magical evening it was. The instrumental mastery these guys exhibited was nothing short of amazing.
35 songs (including this one), and I knew all the words!
Wonderful thing to share with friends, music is.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 11, 2011 @ 4:58 pm

Here’s a sweet one. Happy weekend, all friends:

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 11, 2011 @ 4:44 pm

“Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all.”

Lovely. Thanks, K.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 11, 2011 @ 4:39 pm

Arianna’s Marie Antoinette Moment

Pimp of the worst order comes to mind.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 7, 2011 @ 11:40 pm

A Brief History of Poetry

The world of poetry is a wonderful place to live.
Thanks, Adonai, for opening the door for others.
A few of my favorites are:
Diane Wakoski
ee cummings
Charles Bukowski
Nikki Giovanni
John Donne
William Wordsworth
Robert Frost–
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 7, 2011 @ 11:47 pm

THE REPUBLICAN “DOGS OF WAR”

Very well said, Sir.
It is abundantly clear to me that the GOP has been fighting the war for a number of decades.
And, although they have won some battles, they haven’t won the war, by a long shot. November 2008 was a sure sign to them that the tide had turned and their chances of winning this war had eroded greatly. They lost ground so significant it threatened their survival. The fundamental character of the electorate had risen to smack them hard in no uncertain terms.
So what do they do? They circle the wagons (or man the bastions, if you prefer another metaphor) and start lobbing all they have left at the electorate. They “go nuclear” in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey and in the House of Representatives. They scorch and burn, knowing that if they do lose, they’ll leave nothing unscathed behind. The breathe hard, fighting off the onset of Cheyne-Stokes as defiantly as they can. The “last gasps” never were felt so acutely by a populace as they are feeling it now. The GOP sold what traces of soul it had left to the reactionary hooligan “Tea Party” and those mercenaries are now demanding their pound of flesh. They’d throw their dogs and mothers at the electorate if that was what it took to defend that lowly ground they’re defending now. They’re all in. Their most revered generals know it’s now last gasp time and are trying to save their sorry skins–even Karl Rove has gone Judas on the GOP.
And look what all this has wrought: Sure, quick and intense uproar from the electorate who kindly, naively desperate (and stupidly) gave the GOP one last chance to demonstrate they were worth saving. Never give the desperate a glimpse of an out, they’re likely to charge for it and try to take you out when they do.
So the scorch and burn tactics will continue until 2012, until we vote them out of the picture for the the last time and in no uncertain terms.
I have confidence that the 2012 blow will leave them down for the count. They’ll be gutted. We will be a long time recovering from the havoc they have wreaked over the last 30 years, but we will recover.
It does amaze me though what people will suffer to learn the most important lesson: no one will really stand up for them until they choose to stand up for themselves first.
Thanks for writing this piece.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 1, 2011 @ 10:37 pm

Hate Housework? You are not Alone!

jkkFL: You are a truly good and caring soul for both your thoughtful comments about my post and your observations about the show in general terms.
I did not make my post to take issue with your observations, only to caution us all about the inferences we might make because of what we see, hear, and feel due to who and why these shows are produced the way they are at this point in time.
I saw the “rabbits” show to which you refer. It was clear to me from the beginning of this episode that the subject in question was not a good person, and in fact in most states could and should be prosecuted as emotionally and physically abusive. It was also abundantly clear that the man had issues of stability and socialization waaaay far and beyond anything that we would consider normal or even rational. It just ain’t right for anyone to let rabbits eat their way through your home’s drywall into its guts and ravage the very structural integrity of the abode.
And THAT exactly is the point I was trying to make. No one of stable intellect and emotion would allow his or her living situation to degenerate to such a wholly awful point. The more horrible point, and maybe the the gist to which you object, is that some one who produces programs like this saw fit to televise it in all of its repugnant and physically disgusting glory.
If that’s the case, then fine. Call it like it is, as you see it. But I do believe that just because something is televised is not an automatic authorization to denigrate, deride, laugh at or dismiss its import.
It is the tendency in our culture to denigrate, trivialize and marginalize those things that manage to get attention from any segment of the mass media. Attention equals a money making opportunity. But the rub is that the economic opportunity is only available for those who can identify with it and are willing to see and use it–no matter where they fall down in the field of those affected.
This may not make any difference to how you understand my position on all this, but I hope you may be able to connect to the notion that popularizing something is not necessarily doing any service to it, or the cause(s) that might be part of the overall message or issue.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 2, 2011 @ 10:04 pm

JkkFL, thanks for this witty reflection! “Hoarders” is a must see show in our household, but not for the psychological reverse lessons in housekeeping behavior.
As much as this show serves as comedy for some, a chance to ridicule and demean for others, or a weird voyeur opportunity for many, it serves a few other purposes for my family.
The he show is always a important lesson in developing a constitution to withstand and get past the very attitudes and biases that keep us from empathizing with others. I make myself not turn away from what I see and hear, so I will not be blind to or unmoved by the humanity of others. Even if one can learn to feel for, sympathize with the stresses that would so alter someone’s ability to take care of themselves and those they love, that is important in my mind. One of the reasons we are so fascinated with reality type programming of this sort is exactly because these people are just people–not monsters, aliens, or offensively obnoxious misanthropes who reaped all the evil they sowed in life. They’re people like us, damaged or hurt in some way so profound to them that they can no longer resist via logical/rational means.
I’m one of those whacked empaths who cry at television advertisements. The show is always emotionally draining for me to watch. But I do, because I think it’s important to acknowledge that these people are here–they live in our communities, they suffer and need like the rest of us. It’s just that their suffering happens to manifest itself in behavior that makes life worse for them, not better.
Now mind you, I won’t be watching any show that makes hay of people who eat comet, toilet paper, or other such oddly exploitable and freakish behavior. Besides, comet and toilet paper are important fundamental tools in the housecleaning battle.
But Hoarders remind us that no man or woman is an island, or a rock. And, unlike rocks, people feel pain, and people cry. Sometimes the cry is hoarding.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On March 1, 2011 @ 11:14 pm

Pessimism in the Age of Mass Manipulation and Plutocracy…

That-a-way, Q!

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 26, 2011 @ 5:09 pm

Not bad for a late evening rant, Abby.
But I’m going to spend some time thinking about this before I respond in any detail.
I do find the concept of locus of control coming to mind, though.
It took me until I was 30 to really understand the concept, and embrace the idea that I would live happiest if I chose to think, choose, and live with an internal locus of control.
For a quick overview of the concept, try this link: http://wilderdom.com/psychology/loc/LocusOfControlWhatIs.html

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 26, 2011 @ 4:38 pm

I’m with you on this one, David.
Hate is one emotion that takes too much energy.
It also wreaks havoc on both the mind and body.

That’s not to say I don’t exercise my ability to strongly dislike at times… 😉

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 26, 2011 @ 4:06 pm

Friday Music Thread – Favorite Films and Film Music

excuse me, that would be “fabulousity”

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 25, 2011 @ 10:03 pm

What Is Love?

Agreed. The only one who can change someone is her/his self.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 9:34 pm

I’m in year 33 now. I remember us clearly agreeing that the day we said those vows, it was game on as long as we were both alive. We didn’t think about it any other way. It’s been a hell of a lot of hard work, with our fair share of bumps and important choices, but we managed to get through it all with our self-esteem and humor intact.
We laugh hard and long, every day.
It might be what saved us.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 9:31 pm

Golden Slumbers, Chase.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 9:18 pm

Well, I appreciate that.
I wish sometimes that more people could see love as a dynamic thing.
So many view it as an end, something that’s not supposed to be buffeted by forces or evolving.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 9:06 pm

This love I know, Kalima.
And for that I am grateful every day.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 8:57 pm

Nice, Wolf. You make such a fuzzy concept and feeling very real.
Many people tend to think of love as it is (or isn’t) manifest in behaviors observed or self-authorized. And, most Interpersonal Communication texts deal with relational issues of love by referring to Lee’s “colors of love:”
* Eros – a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love.
* Ludus – a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once.
* Storge – an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity.
* Pragma – love that is driven by the head, not the heart; undemonstrative.
* Mania – obsessive love; experience great emotional highs and lows; very possessive and often jealous lovers.
* Agape – selfless altruistic love; spiritual; motherly love.
I tend to bring it down to simple terms:
Love is like oxygen
You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you’re gonna die
Love gets you high
~ Sweet (Scott and Griffin)

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 8:54 pm

Wisconsin, what does it really mean?

Thanks, Patsy.
OH-IO ought to be interesting tomorrow.
I shall venture down to the capital to see what I can see.
I’ll let you know what I find.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 9:46 pm

Now this is really sad. I’m sorry.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 20, 2011 @ 8:02 pm

God’s Blog – 2-19-2011

I gotta admit, I miss purgatory. I was so hoping to wait off some minor sinning there.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 19, 2011 @ 10:05 pm

My Dear Governor.

This is a fine letter, Caru.
Hope you sent it well on its way.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 18, 2011 @ 8:49 pm

Ah, that’s the rub, Wisconsin wasn’t having money problems until the Governor gave out over 100 million dollars of tax abatements to large corporations who are now paying NO taxes. The deficit he cites is because of the lost revenue from taxes.
The state budget was running a surplus until he took over.
FUBAR is accurate.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 18, 2011 @ 8:47 pm

My Old Kentucky Home

Hi Adonai:
You do your great state quite proud with that loving tribute.
The OH-IO river doesn’t divide us, it unites us, indeed.
But I should point out… uh, I only counted three buildings that would really qualify as “tall.” 😉

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 21, 2011 @ 8:14 pm

An Avatar by Any Other Name

Well, thank you, I think… Ha!
It occurred to me while actively posting at HP that I could discern gender with confidence just based on the writing style of the poster. I guess I also thought that people could discern the same in my comments.
Weird, and kind of arrogant of me, huh?

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 18, 2011 @ 7:58 pm

The Disposable Daughter

You do your sister a great honor today, Sir.
Thank you.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 19, 2011 @ 9:54 pm

The Dark Times are Here

Indeed you will. Thanks.

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 17, 2011 @ 8:48 pm

Hey, Sue.
Thanks for your comments. And, believe me, I can appreciate what and how you feel. I’m much the same as you.
I do think we citizens in general (note I say this not to stereotype but to brew a line of thought)have a real love/fear thing about unions.
The thinking part of our brain KNOWS what the union movement in the first part of the 20th century did for the average American worker.
We can see it around us everyday, we have mythologized much of it in popular lore and in popular culture. People died and were maimed and oppressed and horribly underpaid until workers decided to fight for decent working conditions, livable wage, and the good of all who worked side by side.
At the same time, there has also been a resistant current in popular culture, produced by communication industries which are by nature and function conservative, pounding the message that Unions are evil, corrupt, and somehow corrosive to democracy. The rhetoric of the managerial/ownership class has always been full of disparaging fantasy themes about “the unionized workers.”
So, we find the public mind in a warped sort of doublethink about unions. It is disturbing, because it has been exactly because unionized workers have given up hard earned gains that many industries survived some of our most difficult economic times over the last 40 years.
At the same time,

» Posted By ChrisR266 On February 17, 2011 @ 8:47 pm

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