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Posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2008, at 9:24:56
1. Worked yesterday and client had allergies and we commiserated all day and it was good. Mold is really high here now and it kills you!
2. Got home and no one had peed in the house. I'm talking about my dogs.
3. Phone messages that were about three more jobs and more teaching at the prison. (the classes that I like...you're saying "why the hell is she saying she likes certain classes when she is dying for work?" and I say "she has her reasons".(some felons are more attractive than others)
4. See administration. My mojo is back.5. I will now be able to proceed with my dental work and I will smile now without holding my hat over my mouth. I actually don't have a hat but that sounds a little funnier than my hand.
6. I am reading Christopher Moore right now and I never thought that a sea creature/lizard could cause belly laughs but he did. It is called "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove". I am waiting for the library to borrow more for me. You will understand more about how small my town is when I tell you that they had to borrow "Confederancy of Dunces" for me. Everyone should read a favourite book again iafter 20 years.
7. I managed to not gnash my teeth and wail when I saw that the !@#$%^&*ing heat killed my favourite vine yesterday. I only threw rocks at small helpless birds.
8. The wasps and I are co-existing peacefully on the back patio. I know that wasps are great pollinators and they know that I own a hoe.
9. I promise you that my book about Ethel, Jxavier, The Three Ralphs and New Mexico/West Coast won't be as funny as Christopher Moore"s books, but I am going to give him hell on the NYT's best seller list.
10. I feel pretty.
Posted by Partlycloudy on August 4, 2008, at 9:50:55
In reply to Improved self-esteem thread, posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2008, at 9:24:56
I'll have to get back to you on this.
Posted by Sigismund on August 4, 2008, at 16:32:02
In reply to Improved self-esteem thread, posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2008, at 9:24:56
Is A Confederacy of Dunces hard to read?
I have real problems reading fiction, dunno why. People say it's my typical male brain, which I think is crap. I just keep thinking 'Why do I need to know this?'
Our small town raised money for a new library and then the local council took the money to cover mismanagement of their finances.
Posted by fayeroe on August 4, 2008, at 20:21:41
In reply to Re: Improved self-esteem thread » fayeroe, posted by Sigismund on August 4, 2008, at 16:32:02
> Is A Confederacy of Dunces hard to read?
>
> I have real problems reading fiction, dunno why. People say it's my typical male brain, which I think is crap. I just keep thinking 'Why do I need to know this?'
>
> Our small town raised money for a new library and then the local council took the money to cover mismanagement of their finances.Do you like to laugh? Really laugh? Laugh til you think you can't laugh anymore?
Confederancy of Dunces is a very easy and entertaining read and you will feel very involved with Ignatius (main character) when you finish the book.
The author died when he was 32 or so and his mom found the manuscript. I have prayed that they would make a movie from the book and I used to hope that John Candy would play Ignatius.
Posted by Partlycloudy on August 5, 2008, at 12:24:07
In reply to Improved self-esteem thread, posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2008, at 9:24:56
1. I got my hair cut. It needed it.
2. I got my toenails painted. They are now a wowee zowee shade of hot pink. Not needed technically, but my soul did.
3. The above meant that I got out of the house.
4. Getting ready for a quick trip out of state with a dear friend, which I definitely need in every sense.
5. Have a good book ("Animal, Vegetable, Miracle") that I started to enjoy and will bring along. This is the kind of friend with whom I can comfortably sit and read in silence for hours if we both feel like it.
6. Thank goodness I am able to read at the moment. I dread those times when I'm not able to comprehend the printed word on a page.
7. My cat claims to love me.
that's going to be it for today.
Posted by Sigismund on August 5, 2008, at 16:23:31
In reply to Re: Improved self-esteem thread, posted by Partlycloudy on August 5, 2008, at 12:24:07
1. That cat of yours made me laugh.
2. I almost have a group of friends.
Posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 0:20:13
In reply to Re: Improved self-esteem thread, posted by Sigismund on August 5, 2008, at 16:23:31
I was flipping through the Tao Te Ching.
No 13 starts............
Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.What do you mean by 'Accept disgrace willingly'?
Accept being unimportant.
Do not be concerned with loss or gain.
This is called 'accepting disgrace willingly'.What do you mean by 'Accept misfortune as the human condition'?
Misfortune comes from having a body.
Without a body, how could there be misfortune?
Posted by fayeroe on August 6, 2008, at 7:28:07
In reply to Re: Improved self-esteem thread, posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 0:20:13
Posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 17:16:28
In reply to makes sense to me... (nm) » Sigismund, posted by fayeroe on August 6, 2008, at 7:28:07
This is another bit that made me laugh. From 52.....
Keep your mouth shut,
Guard the senses,
And life is ever full.
Open your mouth,
Always be busy,
And life is beyond hope.I must get hold of the "Chuang Tsu".
When I read it 30 years ago I was helpless with laughter through some of it.
Posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 17:20:34
In reply to Re: makes sense to me..., posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 17:16:28
From the blurb with this translation.
>Brilliant, mystical, pragmatic and witty, some have called Chuang Tsu the world's first anarchist. Even 2,000 years after his death, this provocative Taoist text remains in the forefront of ancient Chinese philosophical study. A companion to the Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters is a spiritual classic in its own right and a source book second only to the Tao Te Ching in importance in the Taoist canon. The sublime prose serves as a profound and paradoxical commentary to the Tao Te Ching.
Posted by fayeroe on August 6, 2008, at 17:56:53
In reply to Re: makes sense to me..., posted by Sigismund on August 6, 2008, at 17:16:28
> This is another bit that made me laugh. From 52.....
>
> Keep your mouth shut,We aren't hearing if we're talking.......
> Guard the senses,
I try, I try.
> And life is ever full.
> Open your mouth,
Always be busy,
> And life is beyond hope.This is great!!!
>
> I must get hold of the "Chuang Tsu".
>
> When I read it 30 years ago I was helpless with laughter through some of it.
If my library had to order "Confederancy of Dunces" for me, can you imagine if I walked in and asked for "Chuang Tsu"? :-)I brought "Dunces" home a few minutes ago and will read it as soon as I finish "Blue Lizard" by C. Moore. I am going to copy some of "Dunces" for you and send.
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