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A Hound is on the scent…
Ffolkes, “The very flower of youth.”~~ Terence (185-159 BC) ~~~~ Act ii, Sc. 3, 28, (319.) ~~ In the “very flower of youth”, we find these seven people, who are, quite obviously, the surviving...
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Soft reasons for hard times…
Ffolkes, “As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.” ~~ Plato (428-348? B.C.) ~~ I am indeed a sucker for beauty, especially dangerous beauty,...
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Patterns of immoderate concern….
Ffolkes, “All cruelty springs from weakness.” — Seneca Having slept, I arise. Rising, I begin to think… or, a reasonable facsimile thereof. It doesn’t help, just as expected, but, with admirable...
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Absolutely more fun than clotted cream….
Ffolkes, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” ~~ Zen proverb ~~ I don’t know about y’all, but, I am certain I’ve never seen an airplane make the maneuver you see in the above...
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Visions of twisted shorts….
Ffolkes, “A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.” ~~ Montaigne ~~ In the past two weeks, or a bit more, I’ve been experiencing an entirely new kind of pain, to add to...
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A period of swiftly diminishing returns….
Ffolkes, “How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” ~~ Marcus Aurelius ~~ Gosh…. now that I really look at it, that’s a pretty nice picture, isn’t it? I put it...
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Off with their Keds!….
Ffolkes, “Education is the best provision for old age.” ~~ Aristotle ~~ Supermoon over Germany, January 2015 (UK Guardian POTD Feature) It’s nice to know I was already following Aristotle’s advice...
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Stories from the blank pages of history….
Ffolkes, “Primum vivere, deinde philosophari.” [First comes life, only after that philosophy.] ~~ Latin for everyday occasions ~~ Northern Lights over Dustanburgh Castle, Northumberland UK Guardian,...
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Ham-handed & stupid? Sir, I resemble that remark!….
Ffolkes, “Nadie tiene mas imaginacion que la realidad.” (Nodody has more imagination than reality.) ~~ Miguel de Unamuno, “El Espejo de la Muerte”, 1941 ~~ Artist’s rendition of Mars One Colony,...
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Deep cracks in the Wall of Reality….
Ffolkes, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ~~ Epictetus ~~ The International Space Station I’m so late getting up, this will never be posted on time;...
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You’re our only dope, Obi-wan!….
Ffolkes, “Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.” ~~ Albert Einstein ~~ What? You don’t like green? Good morrow…. Well, that may be a bit premature, given the state of affairs I...
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Murky intentions, at best….
Ffolkes, “Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.” ~~ Thomas Huxley ~~ Zhenyuanlong-suni...
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A less volatile raisin dance would be in order….
Ffolkes, “If you get confused, listen to the music play.” ~~- Robert Hunter ~~ Stumpy the Rorschach Owl Nature Imitating Art Good morning…. Horrors! What is THAT?…. But, wait! There’s more!…. No,...
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Paradigm shift scheduled in D.C.; film at 11….
Ffolkes, “It’s getting harder and harder to act weird.” ~~ Zippy the Pinhead ~~ International Space Station 2, orbiting Mars ~~ Artist: Ville Ericsson Image from Space.com Good morning…. Coming up with...
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Approaching mundane bogosity, captain….
Ffolkes, I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, poor heart, unceasingly; And thou shalt find thy dream to be A truth...
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Planting truth in fallow fields….
Ffolkes, Within the oyster’s shell uncouth The purest pearl may hide, Trust me you’ll find a heart of truth Within that rough inside. ~~ Mrs. Osgood ~~ Pluto as seen from the Dawn Horizons Spacecraft...
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“Committing the Sin of Indolence”— a retrospective….
Ffolkes, “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” ~~ Socrates ~~ Pluto as seen from the New Horizons Spacecraft Image from the UK Guardian 9/17/2015 I had forgotten just how...
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Apt portrayals of St. Vitus’ Dance….
Ffolkes, “All reality is aspect dependent.” ~~ Subtle Bee ~~ The Major Oak, England Image from the UK Guardian 8-6-15 Good morning…. As the tale goes, more kings were chosen while standing under this...
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A mostly charitable banana….
Ffolkes, “Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language.” ~~ Disclaimer by gigoid ~~ Leelu’s favorite sleeping pose…. But, of course, it is morning, yes? It will be a good one, yes? Yes…. To be a bit...
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Brief moments of sanity aside….
Ffolkes, “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” ~~ Carl Jung ~~ 221B Baker Street, London Hajime…. I am not certain exactly when, but, I’m...
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