The Disheveled video series on my Youtube

 From my face for radio project. I decided I'm ugly no matter how I frame it, so I leaned in. The work will get better with time. 

Let me explain...

 Let's say two competing ideologies have an argument. ( A game.) 

One is sure it won, and did, but later realized the other side won. 

How is that possible?  They each have a different scoring rubric. 

They are playing a different game. 

I'll say it again. 

The two opposing forces are playing completely different games. 

It's never as simple as one vs. another. 

It's never that obvious. 

Unless it is. 

See. Simple explanation.

 I would like to add to a previous post. 

When I said GOD told me he was an atheist

He looked at how he was worshipped

and he stopped believing in himself. 

He's just a dude without a lot of confidence. 

Send him a coupon for a coffee, or something. 

It's all just sad. 

The Unfunny Funny, not to be confused with the funny unfunny.

 Still trying to figure out a way to be successful financially while being uninteresting & uninterested delivering a deception of a well planned but poorly executed milquetoast presentation with boring subject matter. This hill I will die on. My Holy Grail, the art I cannot master

So...

I had a talk with God last night. 

We all do, sooner or later.

I asked him , like I think we all would, "What the fuck"? 

He said, "You got me". 

Turns out he's just some guy

from another time 

another place

that figured out how to do this whole world building thing. 

Anyway, he's an atheist, 

and he's pretty disappointed in most of you. 

I'll tell you more about it some other time. 

 "Thank you for listening to my silent radio serial with your eyes." -Says the quiet man who wants to collect refrigerator doors.

Trivial

 I've spent the last 30ish years mostly bald and clean shaven. 

I decided to actually let my hair grow where it may. Never had a beard or mustache. 

Didn't even know what color the hair would be. ( lotta red and grey with the brown). 

Thought I'd give it six months, but told anyone who asked that I'd never cut my hair again. 

Seriously, I just wanted to at least look like I was as old and cranky as I felt every once in a while.

The other morning before my shower, my wife said I have achieved the look. 

Mission accomplished. 

When someone knocks on the door unannounced and before you have showered, is it too much to ask that the person should be able to look at you and realize they have made an error in judgement?   I don't think so. 

I've got until the end of January to make my decision. I'm keeping tabs on maintenance costs and grooming time. Buzzing my head with shears was 10 minutes every 3 weeks.   Seems I'm using more shampoo.  I haven't owned a comb in decades. Somebody told me there are beard trimming kits and "product".     Seems to defeat the purpose. I'm really not that precious. 

We shall see. I like feeling my hair in the wind, and the reception is much better than it used to be. Stations are coming in loud and clear.

It might be something else, entirely.  

Shopping.

 If department stores were smart, they would have a sports bar where the wife could check in their mate like it was a kid at the nursery in the bowling alley. You would have to put a limit on the tab, held with a credit card (of course). We don't want anyone skipping out on the collateral. 

What does a concept look like?

 Anyone have a good picture of what winning looks like? You know what I mean? When you get what you want for you, & the world, based on all the obstacles. Ask your leaders this question to determine if they are your leader? Now ask yourself again. Ask your children & neighbors.

Ask your Government. Ask your teachers. Ask your church elders of any faith. Ask your scientists.

After asking many, over a period of time, does your picture of winning...change?

Does "winning" become a poor choice of words? I used it, because there are a lot of people fighting for something.

Ah. The unrelatable life...

 I will add to this as I see fit. 

I have never wanted to be more than that old man that was ignored, but said important things hidden within stories and puzzles and actions that made no sense at the time...

From where I see it, EVERYTHING in this place works exactly as it was meant to. That is both a compliment and a condemnation of the creator. (It's OK. Creators can handle criticism. It's part of the job, and those critics are also part of the project. 

I used to think we all live in our own little world. I now realize most have their little pieces of group think/culture and these people WANT to be like everyone in their group. People in these cultures cannot even imagine another way of CORRECTLY existing.  A very minor example: An adult who can't understand that some people don't keep the same hours that they do, or respect the difference in any way. They want your life to comply with theirs completely.  I'm sure you can see how this escalates into everything else. Oh, wait. To those that think everyone else is doing it wrong, you can't see how any of this works. They don't have to, because they know they are right. You are wrong. 

Control freaks gotta control. 

Sometimes control freaks get confused with people who are just unaware...

I use unaware instead of ignorant, because ignorant gets misused as an insult way too often.

Remember- Not everything written was meant to be read. It was meant to be writ.

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I'm thinking about doing a few posts a week, where I just add things all day.  I've already written so much online, it would take longer than a lifetime to read it all. The way I wrote it would take longer than a lifetime to figure out.  No one will attempt to do it, which I count on. 

I'm not in it for the dopamine.

 I've written more posts than people have pictures these days. 

I've never seen the Truman Show, but I understand. 

I wrote this crap for years before I knew who Fernando Pessoa is, but I understand. 

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Peanut Butter cookies are irresistible. 

My foot hurts.

Cooking all weekend. Now to pay the piper and do dishes.

Somehow, froze everything and forgot to leave anything out for dinner tonight. 

Wife and I somehow scheduled dr appointments on the same day, in different cities. Something has to break. 

I get heartburn from eating peanut butter cookies? What fresh hell is this? 

My mom taught me if I eat more than 6 cookies in a day, I'll die of cookie poisoning. To this day, on the rare day I have a few cookies, I'll wake up in a frenzied state and recount my binge. It's hard to sleep if I'm not sure of the count. I'm sure some of the nonbelievers will think that's funny. 

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I once tried working at a doughnut shop. After a few weeks of third shift making doughnuts in the heat, I was asked to work register also until noon because the cashier quit. My bedroom was in the basement, and I (while sleepwalking during the day)  apparently lined up album covers full of stuff all the way up the stairs and the counter to the kitchen sink and I turned on the hot water to start frying the "Doughnuts". 

My family left them out so I would see them when I woke up.   It would've been a viral video in this day and age.   One of the few jobs I've quit that was approved by family. 

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Have a good day.  I mean that. 

Searching for my best hour...but an hour of what? This will change often

 I will add to this as I see fit.

  I have never wanted to be more than that old man that was ignored, but said important things hidden within stories and puzzles and actions that made no sense at the time...

From where I see it, EVERYTHING in this place works exactly as it was meant to. That is both a compliment and a condemnation of the creator. (It's OK. Creators can handle criticism. It's part of the job, and those critics are also part of the project).

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Perhaps, tomorrow I will save the world by telling someone young it's their job.

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I will never forget that day I found out Peanut Butter was not actually good for you. Betrayal. Middle age has been rough.

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I was sent to Dillons to broker a transaction for 'Turkey Necks' this morning. My instructions were to go to the back, and ask THE GUY if the Turkey Necks are in. If he says yes, push this button on this trac phone ( a burner? I presume)

tell me the price, and I will tell you the quantity. I freaked and blew the deal, when I am almost to the back, and a lady asks if she can help. I say Turkey Necks, and she says, Turkey what? and goes to the back and yells Turkey Necks?

and I hear a yell from A guy (not THE GUY) who yells Turkey WHAT? The kibosh was put on this deal early. I should have only spoken to THE GUY. Supposedly, this is about broth.

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5

Dream a little dream with me

 I had a dream about an odd conversation I actually had at a gas station on an odd adventure to New York that really happened and the dream and the actual trip were very much like a story I would write if I were to describe my entire life. Potholes, dead stops on the highway of life, maintenance, bad expensive pizza, a meaningless but meaningful award, good company, secret agent man, failing but winning because we made it back alive, embarrassment and vomit.

Anyway, I see it as a conversation that I am supposed to remember. It was unlike any other I've ever had. The dream was a reminder.

 I did the best I can.

 I wish I was wrong. 

Too many good people

that I want to be right. 

I'm willing to be the idiot that was wrong

for the sake of all those who think they are right. 

It takes all kinds...BUT

 I truly believe it takes all kinds. 

I've tried to write this four or five times.

Unfortunately, some kinds are "subtracted from the equation". 

And this happens, often enough, 

to make one not sure what "IT" is. 

I give you no context, as a gift. 

Each of you who read this 

will have a different  all kinds

a different subtraction

and a different "IT". 

The Abysmal

 When one stares into the screen for a little too long,

It stares back into you.

Nietzsche , and Jung, warned of this.  

 One day, I was thinking. 

They say that was when the trouble started.

Creativity...

Them:  What about sketch comedy? 

Me:       I've been doing it in real life for 56 years. 

Them:   I mean, on stage. 

Me:       Like my blog? 

Them:   No. In real life. 

Me:       But it's all I've ever done. 

Them:   Show me an example on stage. 

Me:        I just did. 

Them:   Your silent radio show is NOT a stage act.

Me:        That's a narrow view of creativity. 

Them:    Walking away now. 

Me:         Can you walk away with your feet pointing outward a little more. Maybe swing your cane like it were an umbrella. I need attitude. Click your heels a bit, you bitch. Walk away like no amount of money will buy me, but know you will want me.       AAAAAND   scene. 

There problem.

 It's not a typo. 

It means don't be THERE when you say THAT. 

Long Game?

 Never heard of it. 

Insert bad blue joke here. 

But seriously...

The long game

is the only game that matters.

Time.

Original title was longer than the post

 Good morning. Welcome to another episode of The Willfully Ignorant. Today, each tool on our panel will tell us their viewpoint based on their only function.

Hammer- Nail it. Screwdriver- Screw it. Glue- We need bonding. Rope- Let's just say I'm versatile & the future is bright.

Talk to ten experts, and they will tell you the problem and how to fix it based on their point of view. Problem is, they are all right but think their one solution is the cure all.

It's like this for everything. As a general rule, experts validate their existence with their opinion, which they expect you to take as gospel. When they can't sell it, they force it.

They like easy sales. 

Have a bright and shiny day. 

Stating the obvious.

 Rube Goldberg machine. 

The hardest way to do the easiest thing.   

Life and Death. 

I'm right, but this is why you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties. 

 Irrelevance is a great place to be if you wear it well.

I don't remember what it was.

I forgot something once. 

I didn't think that could happen

but there I was, at  

The beginning of the end. 

Bot or avid reader?

 It's not that interesting.

Tastes.

 I'm funny to someone that has fallen from on high, bounced on several tree limbs, and been dragged by their balls on a gravel road and lived through it. 

There is a reason for that. 

He doesn't even know my name.

 I know

very well

a pocket of people

that don't laugh at the same things

I do

and I don't laugh at what they think is funny

It's a blunt kind of honesty

It's like a pocket of time

That I remember 

but left

I don't want to burst that bubble

and I could

but I would protect it

If I could

even though it will never be home

Better to be me, alone. 

More to this will come, it's probably not what you think. It's worse. 

Careful what you wish for.

 Years ago, I dreamed and made a short sighted goal. I wanted something and it concerned a dollar amount. In my second attempt, I got it. 

Just like that. 

But, I finished second. 

Twist this however you want, but get the gist...

 Hey!  Asshole!  I'm talking to you. 

If this world is just one dimension out of many, 

and the world is being ran by demons and such, 

and it's such a shit hole...

then WHY is real estate in the pretty places so DAMN expensive? 

Whoever or whatever reads this blog...

 Hello.  I'm Mark.    Good to meet you. 

News is simple.

 The real news is always something that didn't get talked about.

That goes for social media, as well. 

Birds Eye View

Get above the situation and look down to see the big picture. 

Then climb higher, and repeat. 

Don't expect anyone else to see it. 

You are in rarified air. 

Don't abuse the instrument.

An unpolitical take on Labor Day

 I'm trying to stay up 'til midnight on this Labor Day Eve, when the ball falls on this holiest of holidays, Labor Day, when we celebrate the money changers.

I always loved watching Dick Clark do the countdown.

(Rooster crows in the background)

I'm a little tired from being up so late, but up and at 'em to head to the cemetery to watch them put all the beautiful fresh flowers on the tombstones. You know, damn near everybody in here worked themselves to death, and were proud of it.

I hear some of them were so good and worked so much their boss owned a jet AND a few public officials.

It's not political.

Jets are expensive.

I also miss the comedy of Martin Mull.

 He really should do a short set for prosperity, if he is able.   One more time with the living room set up and the band.  Or tour with Steve Martin and Martin Short.   It's a lot of Martin's.  There is something good in there.

For the occasional person who has a large social media presence, money &/or influence, who reads my account....

 Keep this your little secret.  The blog, I mean. 

If you like it, keep the audience small. 

I know it sounds odd.  

I've actually had to say the words aloud, so I know what it sounds like.

It's just not meant to be successful. 

Just occasionally funny, weird, boring, adventurous, weird again, sentimental, scary, loving, unintelligible, and sometimes informative.   Life like. 

I'm not a certified professional anything. 

I'm proud of that. 

 Grandma always said we were Dutch.

Joe Frank.

 Looking at the world today, I have to ask "What would Joe Frank do about this situation"?

Tomorrow...

 I'm starting to learn Dutch. 

And at least listening to some of The Brothers Karamazov. 

And ancient bricklaying techniques. 

That's the ticket. 

Reminder: I'm a fictional character based on a caricature of myself, and anything I say on this blog cannot be construed as truthful beyond this blogs boundaries.

 No Trespassing !

You can read, but you can't come inside. 

A lot of money is made by selling people a cure for an unresolvable issue

 A problem

 scares the crap out of  everyone

running its course

and then 

the cure is sold

Later, when it happens again,

 they call the same problem

something else.

Definitions are powerful. 

DANGER: You are entering a world of complete self indulgence.

 I know some people can't or shouldn't grow a beard, but here I am. 

I've never really tried. It's pretty patchy. 

Razor blades are expensive. 

I may never cut my hair again, either. 

I'm at this stage where I want to keep everything that is really mine

for as long as possible, and not replace it.  

My mistakes. My pain. My teeth. My hair. 

Anyway, I read it takes four months to see the patches fill up

for most...

I bet it takes a year for me.  Beard is probably patchy from all the scar tissue.  

I had bad acne, ingrown hairs, and spent some time skidding on my face after many failed

attempts at childhood acts of coordination. (walking, tree climbing, bicycle tricks, stairs, etc...).

Welcome to my Blog. 

Don't stray from the path. 

I am your host.  

Mark Burkenbine. 

God help us ( Is a long last goodbye)

 So

You've got eyes to see

Ears to hear

get used to those who don't

who think you only spout fear

you can tell 

as many as you want

but they just want to enjoy

a nice meal

at any given restaurant

-They have work to do

Is it OK to tell them

if they can't see it

when it is right 

before their eyes

they are scared

yet kind of happy

I think they know

but prefer happy lies

-but You have work to do

You take all the crap

as they pile on

angry at you 

for ruining their mood

They have money to make

and bills to pay

it runs their life

and buys what used to be called food

We all have work to do

Some see a big picture 

that is actually small

some see a small detail

that can change it all

That's why truth 

is worth it

you have to be willing to stand 

after you fall

sometimes, someone 

is doing the work for you

(right or wrong?)

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Lots of people 

call themselves Atheists

but draw, write, make things

make babies,

Create. 

Lots of scientists

shape, manipulate, break things

destroy His toys

Separate. 

They fix the mistake

in the Divine

in hopes of being GOD

or, worse yet, 

bringing GOD back here, 

and telling GOD he still has work to do.

 

It's A Trick !

 The apex predator Vampire only appears on camera while telling lies and laundering your tax dollars. 

The more money they get, the more visible they are.  Immune to crosses and garlic, once they start to shine, they grow bolder and bolder, sniffing hair as they see fit. 

I have spoken.

 History will bear/bare this out. 

I am a better writer/creator/humorist/artist than I am a bowler. 

You will all be gone

before this is recognized. 

Nobody should have this much confidence in their poordom. 

Queue the thunder...

naaa aaaa aaaa aaaauh aaaaah aaaaa aaaah aaah uh

Only after...

Sometimes...

 you just have to go EH! 

I am serving my porpoise! 

In your best ethnic accent. 

Prescribed

 My life changed greatly after my doctor said I must spend six hours a day on the toilet. He actually said I have to take that med twice a day, but I said six hours is enough. 

Lots of time to reflect

serving my life sentence

in the porcelain prison.

Something like that

 Nothing exists without belief.

Nothing exists, without belief. 

Without belief, nothing exists. 

Everything is nothing. 

Nothing is everything. 

 I feel witty today. 

The people love it when that happens. 

If that gets any of them pissy

I'll bust out a big can of whimsy. 

Growth implies roots...roots implies time?

 If you look back

and notice

how different you are 

now

from what you were

most of it

is the anxiety

of time

Some think it moves 

faster or slower

some think we move faster or slower

but in the end it is both

Youngsters will never understand that

the current gears of the machine

aren't what you would hope they get to

in the end

At first, 

you can't see past your face

In the end

you will see what you will have learned to see

some will see what they have earned to see

some of those see Aeons. 

If this isn't your type of thing, 

I occasionally tell dick jokes to discredit myself.  

Ah. The constant battle.

Somebody:    You should do something great. 

Probably Me: But, I'm pretty sure I already have. At least a few times. 

Somebody:     But I never noticed? 

Probably me:  Not sure that is my problem. 

Somebody:      It's not success if you didn't get paid. It's only success if a lot of people notice.

Probably me:   It's about the right people noticing. Money is not the only form of payment. Time has a way...

Good, bad, or otherwise

 ...Life is an amazing thing. 

You need to recognize that. 

Even if you think it's shit

It's a fucking miracle. 

(A fucking miracle everyone else is going through, as well. )

We scrutinize things to death. 

Read some books, if you can. 

It never hurts to look at what some of the greatest minds that ever lived 

had to offer you, years-decades-centuries, after their death. 

But you got this thing...Life. 

Just TRY. 

It ends when it does. (We all get to where we are going.)

Sometimes, you may squeak by longer than you should.

Pardon my earlier language. 

Just try to get better.   

Better than you were yesterday. 

Better than that last time you went through this. 

Whatever this is. 

With all your being

 Say things that mean nothing, but mean everything. Just mean them, and honor them. 

You will figure that out, when the time comes. Or you won't. 

World View

 The battle of "I like Hell just the way it is" vs. "I'd like a fresh Hell"

continues ...

Elections

continue

Stasis is an illusion.

 Nothing is just a lot of important things moving really slow compared to everything else.

It's very hard to maintain. 

Captains Log: Star Date 08/12/2023 (or so they tell us)

 The world is undergoing an I.Q. Test and is failing miserably. 

Look seriously at all technological advancements throughout time. 

There is a pattern. 

The selling point overshadows the eventual loss of freedom. 

We the people happily pay for the means of own incarceration. 

When you look at the gears of the machine, 

you realize the better mousetrap

is the one the mouse doesn't even know it's in. 

Whoever designed that mousetrap

 was only making a smaller version 

of the trap it was already in. 

Big Fish in a little pond. 

A political sentence

Soon, right and wrong will be the only thing left. 

You know, my other blog is more interesting.

I've never liked the idea of suggestion, or influence, unless it was used to create critical thinking. 

I encourage...oh, never mind. 

Endless doesn't mean forever. It means Ends Fewer Times.

 And then you ask yourself "Where is here?" and keep expounding endlessly on the answer, and the next thing you know, you are so far down the rabbit hole that you realize it is worse than you thought.

The "Here" you knew is a lot less dismal than the "Here" you now know, until you try to go back.   

The thought experiment of life makes it hard to go back home again. 

Endless is also the title and goal of this project. 

SHHH

 If you pay attention, you are being told the quiet part QUITE LOUDLY ! 

No more mulligans.

 You get to an age and a situation.. and you wonder if that was the last time...and you will wonder if you did that the best way...and it won't matter, because it was the last time. And,  yeah.   You probably did it badly. 

Life in a nutshell. 

Maybe acceptable prose, but not a whole lot of storybook endings. 

Might even be poetic, 

if you space it write. 

Find The Spark.

 Never let yourself forget that anything and everything can be amazing in its own way. 

It doesn't have to even be something you think is a good thing. 

There is amazing evil. 

There is amazing beauty, of course. 

As horrible as a supposedly natural disaster can be, it is still amazing. 

There are amazing feats of the mind, good and bad. 

Feats of strength. 

Amazing failures. 

Amazing wealth, and amazing poverty.

Amazing crimes.

People can be amazingly callous. 

There are films that are of amazingly horrible things, but are made amazingly well. 

Amazing can be the decision to do something horrible, and the decision to throw away everything to help someone in need. 

You live in a world of amazement. Let it be your spark. 

Life- is it a part written for you, or are you improvising?

 There is this prick I see in the mirror that keeps telling me it's not creative, nor comedy, to just describe a situation that actually happened.    It's infuriating to me that he doesn't realize that it is both creative and comedic to have put myself in position to actually be in that situation, and live to tell about it. 

Current Landscape

 Teacher says I'm smart

'cause I believe the right things

When I order chicken

I ask if these are right or left wings

I Live in the internet

I am the internet

We are the internet

I tell stories that take a lifetime to read

No edit

no beginning

no end

no need

Know Need

Know Need

Just a story teller looking

for the story someone wants to hear

Lots of things worth writing

not worth reading

Lots of songs need sang

 but not heard

Lots of art needs created

Flying is not for every bird

Not every joke is funny

but if no one ever tried...

How would we know A

guy like Fernando Pessoa

after he died? 

Know lots of words

don't know how to spell them

Don't know how to say them

Don't know how to use them

What planet are the Octonians from? 

Sometimes I feel like a pigment

of the maninfestation

Being Human.

 If you think being observed is the same as being noticed, you have already been corrupted by a dictionary.    One is cold and clinical.  One incites an emotion.   

the world is my oyster...

 and i've got a shellfish allergy. 

You Gotta watch out for...

 The 'ism. 

It's always the 'ism. 

Beware of culinary delights

 I'm starting to think that everyone who posts their recipe on the internet is convinced that it will taste good. 

It's just not true. 

Hidden Unpublished Post.

 You know, when I say belief, I didn't think about how most people understand it. 

You know the lesser meaning. 

I know it means the science above all you know. 

Again, not as insulting as you would think. 

It's just not apparent. 

It felt like it was time to discredit myself.

 I'd tell you all I am suffering from painful gas

but nobody gives a shit

and you thought I only did high brow artsy fartsy stuff

Good morning.

 Horrible pain in my teeth, gums and eye. Been up since 3 am.   Took some naproxen. It helped a little. 

It's about 5:30, though.   

The birds are loud, and I smile. 

I needed that. 

The things you learn to appreciate as you get older...

those things that were there all along...

That is part of a full life, I suppose. 

 May the rabid marsupial of profundity bite you in the ass. Good luck with that.

Try as you might...

... it's hard to walk through life without getting at least a little something on you that soap can't wash off. 

I'm talking about knowledge, but I know most people tend to think I mean STD's. 

Anyway, some people give it a hell of a try. 

Not the insult you think it is. 

 Still haven't mastered the art of not getting pepper blown back in my nose while cooking

Reality

 3 types of creatures in this world of belief.

Those that believe what they see and hear, and know that is all there is.

Those that suspect more, but would rather not know. 

Those that fell down the rabbit hole and will never get out. 

All are correct. All trying not to overlap their planes of existence. 

But shit happens sometimes...

Food. Energy. Money.

 It's a Kissinger thing. 

Definitions get changed...

 All one.  Alone. 

The little mind tricks of language. 

This

 The details of this post are based on a true story. 

Times, dates, locations and names of the character 

in question have been changed to protect the innocent

Me-      You are shallow.

Other-  What do you mean by that.

Me-      Not deep.

People.. the blog and website names change

 To protect the innocent 

Genius

 Something about Genius

The ones that are genuine

and noticed by the NOT Genius

are considered deutschbag's 

by their peers

because they should quietly help

those that can't see

not demean. 

(Blog writer here, telling a different kind of story)

Sorry for the intermittent posting...

... My duties as Head of  The Council of Bald People That Look Like Klaus has been quite busy. 

It's not Davos, but we are working on a winery and beer tour in Hermann, Missouri.     

Klaus is not actually welcome.

You are not all there.

Let me explain this statement. 

Some day. 

Nature.

 The best part of waking up early. 

The birds are back. 

I have to say that

because I'm old

and I can't drink coffee anymore

while I listen to the birds.

I miss coffee. 

The birds are back.

 I decided a long time ago that I actually could do anything I set my mind to, so I didn't. 

Bowling Thoughts

 To be honest, I only struck a lot when they were easy. 

Sometimes, they were easy for a lot of people

Sometimes, they were even easier for someone else

but every once in a while, something magic happened

and they were only easy for me. 

That was my favorite lane pattern. 

The pattern that was only easy for me. 

I named the pattern "Selfish" , 

and in my head 

It sounds like Billy Squier's Everybody Wants You

It bounces from player to player, here and there

just showing up, having a good time, 

and leaves everybody high and dry

like the cheap whore that it is

but everybody takes Selfish back when it shows up again

Sure, some people want to make great shots

Master of...THE OBVIOUS

The leading cause of death

 is lack of oxygen intake

 In layman's terms

 you die 

when you can't breathe anymore. 

An exercise...

 I would like to propose an exercise for your "brain" 

 IF that is where thought comes from

Anything you think you know

ask this simple question

How do I know that? 

and go down that rabbit hole

How did that person who told me that

KNOW

How did the person that wrote that

KNOW

and you will find

to your dismay

or your bewilderment 

or your entertainment

that almost everything

is based on taking something as fact

and NOT asking the question

How Do I KNOW that? 

How did he/she/they 

referring to the author or speaker

KNOW that

This is the gist of my theory of everything

that everything runs on BELIEF

including science

if you take belief out of ANYTHING

it doesn't work. 

IF enough people say a machine that works

doesn't work

they will quit using it

and use something else

if enough people think a monetary currency is worthless

it is worthless

stretch a bit

When you see a bumblebee, you know it can fly

but it is not able to, based on our "science" of the past

Does it fly because it thinks it can

or does it fly because we think it can

Science presents explanation as to why things happen

and then the science is taught

Education...

Religion...

Communication...

How do they KNOW that...

Belief.

Nothing works if nobody believes it will...because nobody will use it. 

By definition, this will never be an accepted theory

because...

Something to appreciate...

I did dishes while they changed my windshield today. I didn't even have to move the car. It was done in 45 minutes. 

It took an hour to do the dishes.  

Inn Complete. It's a beautiful place.

Then the voice said

... At the snap of my fingers

you will wake up 

and remember everything as it happened

not as you were taught

The battle for enlightenment

may be all for nought 

a battle that exists

only to be fought 

only for thought

nobody knows more than they believe

---

They say opportunity

will some day come along

but all my giddy-ups

have got up and gone

and I don't know

where you've been livin'

but I hear there's an amazing place

where my give-a-damns play 

with my no-fucks-given.

The Great Divide

 There is a constant battle by some people for the right to tell all the other people what to do. 

That explains your wars, politics, elections, religion, economics, science, schooling, media...everything.

This is why the most important detail is the one you didn't know.  

The information that is left out is what makes information valuable. Without all of the info, it is just some stuff you know. 

But it sure feels good to think you know everything...

It feels confident. Settled. 

It's almost like, the more in control you feel, the more you are controlled.

The battle these few people have is just who gets to control. There is no benefit to everyone else. 

Human being.

 Human, being. 

Being.

 Just trying to be a better me. It's a day be day, moment to moment process. 

Just try to be better than I was. 

Accurate portrayal...

 There are people in this world that I would be quite offended by if my perfectly pristine shit was destroyed and found smeared on their disgusting shoe.- says the bald Austrian Elitist 

Harbingers of What?

 When you see something potentially harmless being used as fear porn on all media

you have to wonder who benefits from that

what is happening that you aren't being told about

Look at the points of view you don't want to look at

and look at them carefully.

Sometimes the sight of a balloon can leave you Blinken. 

Varying degrees of delaying the inevitable (Life)

 The human goal, or the human skillset?

Acceptance vs. Defiance? 

Do you try to outrun it

as if birth is the start of a race...

but birth is more like a jail break

and death is the hounds you can't outrun 

because they never lose your scent

Run the gauntlet, they say...

No. Smell the roses, the others say...

Try them both, I say. 

We all get to where we are going. 

It's the only place we can go.  

Is it too late to start my church

 And in my church...we will sing the songs of Daniel Johnston....

Shade

 All data suggests that all data you see or hear is what the presenter of the data wants you to know. 

The never ending story...

 One person believes in something unsubstantiated, and proceeds to ridicule someone who believes in something else that is unsubstantiated.

Then they go to war against the one who is laughing at them all. 

We all live alone in our own little world, and we are told this is not so.

 Heroes are not who you want them to be.

They just are, or aren't.

Positive outcomes are not always what they appear to be,

negative ones also dance on the edge

depending on point of view.

Universal agreement on anything is unobtainable.

-Reminding you of what should be obvious profound truths-

There comes a time

when worlds collide

when we must choose

when or lose

The paths our lives will follow

But who is WE

Why...

do people keep thinking a politician means the weather when they speak of climate change? 

The climate definitely changed. 

It must suck...

 to   realize

The Real Thing

wasn't what you thought it would be

what you were told it would be

but it was there 

all along

(What is he talking about?)

(I don't know. Ask one of the other comorbidities.)

(He rarely means what you think he does.)

Winds of Change

 That's it. From now on, my various writing services will only be available to Asian billionaires and Saudi princes for $500K a whack.    Thank you to Canary Cry NewsTalk on The YouTube for the blatant rip off of the business plan. 

I am not principled at all.      If you are a normal person who actually has $500k for something this important,  I promise you, I will consider caving in and taking the money. 

To Mr. Lipson...

 If you think "imagining yourself in the future" is consciousness, you have missed by a quantitative lot...

You need to imagine yourself in the past, present, future-as if it were NOW.   Because it is. 

I promised myself I would write this week...

 I even know what I would write about...

but, if you haven't noticed

 and I doubt most of you did

 I write in character

like an actor

 who becomes the character he portrays 

But not when the real situation at hand

 is not suitable 

for that character

If that doesn't seem normal to you

it is ok

it just means you aren't very creative

no big deal

very few are

Just letting you know

This is not the time

Take it to Heart...

 WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT ???!!!

Top Movie suggestions...

 I'm an old guy

who has made it to an age

probably nobody thought I would make it to...

( and I'm not that old, but I've seen some things)

So I felt it was time to start pushing my agenda

and make you youngsters think about the good things

you are definitely not going to get

So, here are some movies and some directors...

and I suggest this as an enjoyable and needed education

as life is about to throw you all some shit-

*John Carpenter.   The Thing.   They Live. 

You will live a fuller life if you watch his entire body of work. 

You better want to want to live a fuller life, though. 

Don't discount even one of his works.   Every one has amazing things to add. 

*Stanley Kubrick.  Ditto. Watch them all. Your life will be better for it, if that is what you want.

* Papillon.  1973.   

* Wonder Boys

*Blues Brothers

*Being There    This one always hit close to home for me.

*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & its unofficial sequel, Snowpiercer. The movie, not the show.

*Amadeus 

*Dog Soldiers

* MidSommar

* Tremors

* Groundhog Day 

*Animal House  

*Coma

*Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The Donald Sutherland version.

* Citizen Kane. 

* The Star Chamber

* Manchurian Candidate

*Nosferatu

# Alice and Wonderland...any version. 

Good day.   This list will get you started.

Nature calls, simply.

 I'm in bed. 

Can't sleep. 

It's pouring rain

And it is noticeably loud,  in a mesmerizing way.

I have no real reason to sleep

At the moment

So I will just enjoy 

The peaceful rain. 

Of course

The trash truck wakes me at 4 am

At my end...

 With social media.  

You would think, with a diverse group of friends and followers, you could get some help on an issue here and there.   It used to be so.

Not really. 

Welcome, 2023.

 Bring on the mockery, hatred and misunderstanding.