"Sticks and Stones..."

                                              I once scored a "Hat Trick" ------------it was against my own goalie .

                          It's true, I did and it "sure as shit" WAS NOT FUNNY at the time .   But now ?   It IS funny .   It's a real >Gag< .   

                           Look at trump ---here's an asshole that HATES to be ridiculed or criticized.   OBVIOUSLY he take himself too Seriously, indeed, he is INCAPABLE of ANY self-denigration that is itself humorous at its core .   He expressly LOATHES being the brunt of someone else's humor-laden scrutiny .   He is of My Generation, a generation that was 'brought up' on, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me ".   Most of us learned this BEFORE 3RD GRADE .  My guess is that "Privilege" somehow obstructed this ELEMENTARY Teaching .   

                          At Umpire class we were advised :  "Don't have 'Rabbit ears" and "don't be 'thin skinned' " .   Meaning, the fans are-gonna yell that you SUCK and that you are NO GOOD .  "You jus'-gotta let it go and consider it Part Of The Game" .   Sage Counsel especially when "Life is but a game" .   I mean, Life aint no fucking GAME but my Gentle Readers will appreciate the Sentiment .  Shit, we ALL should .

The Bi-Polar Bear

                                                      I characterize my self as being either a Clown or an Assassin, which then begs for the tag, "Bi-Polar", indeed, I consider myself a Bi-Polar Bear .  Cute rite ?   Oh my ... .

                              I could use "comedian" instead of clown, but the visual of clown is so much more intense and that intensity is matched by "assassin" .   Much of my "Adult Life" has been spent managing my "Clown-ness" and my sometimes OUT-OF-CONTROL "Assassin-ness".   I  actually STRIVE to insert >lethality< into my work ,   we speak of "Crystal Clarity" but there is also "Rapier Wit", and "Razor Sharp" Writing .  That's me rite there .   My Efforts to be 'Clear' are founded, partly, by Cicero and Sallust, who managed to contain the Imagination of their fellow Citizens and EXPRESS that imagination in their Court Cases .   I suppose that guys of my Nature and Temperament actually put Life "On Trial" on a daily basis .   In the Film "Zero Dark Thirty" , Jessica Chastain is depicted thusly, "It's her against the World" .   That's me again .  I routinely Prosecute Life for "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY" --- Ridiculous I know, but sometimes I must divorce Life from "The Maker of All Things" so that my Love for Both and Neither isn't jeopardized .   Fucked-up rite ?   Indeed it is and indeed I am .

"Serious Humor"

                                                       I awoke at 3 o'clock with this morning's on my Mind, weighing me down, pressuring me .   I mean, how the fuck did THAT happen ?    During the week, between 8 and 10:30 p.m., I try to locate a suitable topic for the upcoming day's blogs, this isn't very difficult---there's so much shit about which to write ... .   Last night I just let everything go, trusting my Mind to "be there" in the a.m.  No such luck this morning, if "luck" is a factor at all .   

                            I sat in "Chairy-Chair" in a joyful misery , nothing to write about that would satisfy [alleviate] my Guilt .   In the olden days I used Sundays to project Humor - EZ shit because things happen that seem "beyond human ken", and most often are the results of a Cosmic Intelligence that fucking REVELS in creating Spaces that are experienced as "What The Fuck" and that these experienced cause one to 'shake one's head' in stark mis-understanding .  What else can we do but LAUGH ???????

                            Dr. Ken Ring wrote, "... Speak to those, surely, wo can hear you;   love those who cannot, but don't waste your words on them .  And most important, don't take yourself too seriously;  laugh at yourself because we are just poor fools " .   

                            Author Leroy Jones quotes Music Maestro Wayne Shorter :  

                                               "What it comes down to is seriousness !   Nothing comes to anything unless you are serious about it .   Man, that's the only things I dig ...serious people doing serious things... otherwise there's not much to it .   Of course, there's such a thing as serious humor too.  You know ?"

                            This is me... .

Iraninam

                                                     I extend an apology even before my Gentlemen and Gentlewomen read what follows .   It may be inappropriate to "vent" my personal Issues, however I maintain that this particular vent is germane to the Topic of War, and I tender, 'authorial prerogative' as a defense .

                                  We are hearing retired Admirals and Generals remind us that :

                          "THE ELITES START WARS BUT IT IS THE AVERAGE CITIZENS WHO         CONDUCT THE COMBAT ".    Here now the World View of the "Elites" in all its HEINOUS ATROCITY .   

                                   Trump has managed to manifest EVERYTHING AMERICANS DID NOT WANT  and done so with CRIMMINAL MENDACITY .    

                                   Trump has done ALL except declaring himself a CAESAR .

                                    >>> TRUMPGUSTUS CAESAR<<<  The MAGA-LOW-MANIAC  who single handedly ANNIHILATED all that "Once Was" .

Hubris

                                                   I find it necessary to introduce, to at least a few of my Gentle Readers, the concept of Hubris (also spelled hybris and pronounced YOU BRISS), which is, "Excessive Pride and/or Self-Confidence" .   Some of us know of >hubris< because of the story of "Icarus" who fashioned wings  whose feathers were glued by wax.   Icarus neared the Sun and the wax melted sending him plummeting earthward toward a certain demise .  

                          My "Western Civilization" Professor, Dr. Langer, spent some time on this .   Icarus, he said, sought to be as the Gods, meaning, he desired to FLY, as the Gods Fly and when the Gods became aware of his Effort, they got PISSED and PUNISHED HIM WITH DEATH .    Dr. Langer continued with the Concept of Hubris,=  Icarus had committed Hubris, thinking that HE, an earthly Mortal, could achieve what the Gods were capable of---clearly the gods would have none of it .  

                        Dr. Langer did not stop at that point but supplemented the story by adding >Nemesis< .   Nemesis is the actions taken to punish Hubris and is often stated this way ;  "When one commits hubris, Nemesis results" .   Some of us know that Nemesis is the Greek goddess of Vengeance, and YOU CANNOT FUCK WITH NEMESIS .  She aint "All Powerful" but She is close, oh so fucking close .

                       Trump's thinks he's GOD, his actions are PROOF .    Will the Gods allow him such GROTESQUE Delusions and their ACTUAL Manifestations .   Doubtful ~~~~~ .

Qeshm

                                                         Last evening {even-ning}, while listening to Music, stretching and re-viewing the day's actions, a 'something' "arrived" that caught and trapped my Attention, it was this :  trump [and his] are about to be HUMBLED by what was once the Persian Empire .   It is now "self-evident" (to ALL), that in order for the War to come to a close, the Strait of Hormuz must-be opened and protected from re-closure* .   Present Day retired Admirals and Generals agree that Ground Forces must be deployed in the areas and territories that are the shores of BOTH the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman .   Indeed,   American Warships have been dispatched to the Strait and are set to arrive within the next two weeks, OBVIOUSLY prolonging the War for  AT LEAST that sailing duration and the land assault surely to follow .

                            The stated Target of these Ground Forces is a little island named Qishm (or Qeshm) which  has, within its bowels, an Underground Missile Fortress .   Also, and definitely 'for what it's worth', the island is base for desalinization facilities .    The island has already sustained both bomb and missile attacks that MAY OR MAY NOT produced acceptable results, in that, the Strait remains controlled by the Persian Empire .

                           The retired Admirals and Generals have submitted that the Strait CANNOT be "Opened" by Air Forces alone, since both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are ridden by mines, some of them dating to WWII .  Hence trump's DESPERATE Call for NATO 'Mine Sweepers', to which the NATO Allies have answered with, "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on".  

                          But I digress ... .

Esoterica

                                                       Part of my own World View is that the World is NOT "a Safe Place" .    I tend toward a Cynicism that reeks of Kurt Vonnegut, and an Absurdism that smells of Joseph Heller .   I do NOT Trust ANYONE including my Self .   The FACT that I am almost devoid of Trust does NOT mean that I lack Faith, indeed, I have GREAT Faith in Humankind, although my Cynicism and Absurdist Tendencies provide access to a brand of Reality itself tainted by a Dark Humor that is despondingly* remarkable .   I have been bludgeoned nearly to Death by >  "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SO FUCKING NEGATIVE ?"   I torture my Inquisitionists with, `It AIN'T me, it's the World`--- which recalls what's-his-name's  "The Devil made me do it " .   {Comedian Flip Wilson} 

                                 Zen Master Steve Miller, songs, "Is this the kind of World we want to live in?"   OBVIOUSLY Existential Questions are within the Realm of the "Heavy Headed" - a term of the Early 70's that described Deep Thinkers, those that asked "Heavy-weight" Questions .   

                              Most Folks are NOT "Tuned to the Infinite" and MANY  contend that Philosophy is best left to Philosophers .  I WHOLE-HERTEDLY DISAGREE .