Tuesday Open Thread ~ Plucking Peacocks
“We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister.
“Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. “Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power.”
“My brother is undoubtedly arrogant,” Tyrion Lannister replied. “My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?” He grinned.
~ George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
He held up the AK-47, the muscles in his arm bunching against the weight. “This is an assault rifle.” Then held up the handgun. “This is a semi-automatic pistol.”
Then he gave a little thrust of his hips and looked down at his penis. “That is my gun. As you’ve discovered, it’s pumpaction like a shotgun, but it doesn’t fire bullets.”
~ Pamela Clare, Breaking Point
Daedalus, After Icarus
Saeed Jones
Boys begin to gather around the man like seagulls.
He ignores them entirely, but they follow him
from one end of the beach to the other.
Their footprints burn holes in the sand.
It’s quite a sight, a strange parade:
a man with a pair of wings strapped to his arms
followed by a flock of rowdy boys.
Some squawk and flap their bony limbs.
Others try to leap now and then, stumbling
as the sand tugs at their feet. One boy pretends to fly
in a circle around the man, cawing in his face.
We don’t know his name or why he walks
along our beach, talking to the wind.
To say nothing of those wings. A woman yells
to her son, Ask him if he’ll make me a pair.
Maybe I’ll finally leave your father.
He answers our cackles with a sudden stop,
turns, and runs toward the water.
The children jump into the waves after him.
Over the sound of their thrashes and giggles,
we hear a boy say, We don’t want wings.
We want to be fish now.
See you all next week!
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And in the new Aldi that just opened in my neighborhood,
a faint echo of better, healthier days in America:
on the shelves, a smattering of Trader Joe branded items —
mixed nuts, Brazil nuts.
Also: since popoki is the Hawaiian word for cat…
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Good morning, Anja ~~
Such a wonderful new day! The universe is in charge and doing her work to change the vibration of us humans, the vibration of the earth, as we make our way to the fifth dimension consciousness. New beginings are often disguised as painful endings. Must feel that way to many these days.
Hope all are living in the present and living with love in their hearts and minds and spreading that love all around to every person you encounter. This will raise your vibration!
Have a uplifting day, everyone!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Simplified updates...
I covered two COVID good news items Sunday, and have since caught a couple of clearer and more simplified explanations for those following the COVID chaos.
First our T cells may provide COVID immunity and suggest herd immunity is possible...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3_wSU1JnTE (20 min from John Campbell)
And other excellent news is the new inexpensive home paper spit tests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Sv_pS8MgQ (17 min)
These two items suggest a way out of this.
On another note Snoopy suggested watching "V for Vendetta" the other day. I've seen it before, but it was well worth the re-visit. The plot looks like a script for our situation. I found it on Netflix, but there is a version (with rather poor audio) on YouTube. I see why it was recommended and second the idea of viewing it.
Finally, thanks for the OT Anja. I enjoyed the poetry and story snippets. Hope you have a great day off. I've been to town for Trade day and ran a few errands. Need to tend to a few chores before it is too hot. Take care everyone!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Anja, thanks. Peacocks. Hmmmm
Peacocks, thrones and AK-47s, no less. Mughals and moguls, Persia, Iran, Mossadegh and Pahlavi. The peacock in all of us and the peacock industry trying to both foment and capitalize on that.
So who and what is the Apex Peacock?
be well and have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Enjoy your day off, chica
I taught my Dear One how to prepare a release of lien, Warranty Deed with Vendor's lien, Promissory note, and tomorrow comes his first Will.
It was the Promissory note that made his eyes cross.
He was ready to beg me to just stop.
We are out on the porch, enjoying a breeze, listening to Jackson Browne, anxiously awaiting "Stay".
Hope all is well with you and yours.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981