Echoes in a Hollow Space

A reminder to myself: “I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.” —Takashi Shimura, in Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru
*
Sometimes when I see the Trumpets waving their Trump 2020 signs I think it says Trump ZoZo. (Demon In-Joke)
*
I will vote for Bernie if he's the one although very reluctantly because I think he's as much a Russian operative as Trump is. But anything blue is better than Trump.
*

Sunday snoozles pic.twitter.com/Mf48xmaoso

— Mr. Meowgi (@Mr_Meowwwgi) August 11, 2019

Hey, you.
This is important.
Cheetahs don't roar, they meow like housecats. pic.twitter.com/N6F3ibUgcD

— Damnit, Justin! (@jray05) August 8, 2019

(Sorry the Twitter Embed isn't working on Dreamwidth. You can click through if you're interested.)

Yes, I’m wanting a kitty again, why do you ask? Actually, I’m in the process of making the house kitten safe before I take that action. It’s a slow process, given the arthritic knees, but I am working towards that goal.
*
Weird irrelevant fact: Five of the accused Salem witches were executed on my father's birthday, July 19. Eight were executed on my birthday, September 22. The other five were executed on August 19, and Giles Corey, the other victim of the hysteria, was pressed to death on September 19. I've always wanted to go to Salem, not so much for the touristy aspects as to pay my respects, but I doubt that will happen now. I watched an episode of America's Hidden Stories on the efforts to finally locate the actual execution spot. Turns out the family who owns the property had handed down that knowledge through the generations but because no one in town wanted to talk about it, it had never made it into the history books. When the historians who were investigating it showed up on the property, the owner confirmed their suspicions. They erected a memorial there in 2017. So many secrets in Salem, so much official censorship.
*
I will admit that Action Bronson watching Ancient Aliens (Viceland) is infinitely more entertaining than Ancient Aliens. With Action, I don't usually want to throw anything at the TV even once. Granted, Action Bronson is stupid in his own way, just not Ancient Aliens stupid.
*
I think the people in the Swiffer commercials are way the hell too anal.
*
Everyone is eager to label other people fools, but everyone has something they're foolish about. I guess it's a multiplicity of foolishness that makes a true fool—or maybe it's a blindness to our own idiocy.
*
You never know what will launch someone on a screed. Sometimes it seems innocuous but echoes in the haunted chambers of their mind in ways the rest of us can't see. Which is why I try not to take screeds too seriously. But sometimes they strike one of my private nerves—and we're off!
*
So strange how one's taste and appreciation changes over time, sometimes dramatically. Yet it's necessary. If you're not changing you're stagnant and dead inside. I was just reading “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold, a poem that made my young undergrad heart go "blech" back in the day. It seemed so stiff and formal. But today when I read it, it flowed, it spoke to me, I really took it in. How strange and wonderful is the passage of time.
*
Bridging scenes are the worst. Going from point A to C in a necessary but difficult scene makes me want to scream. Sometimes it indicates I'm going in the wrong direction, other times it just means it's boring. And will probably be edited out but I still have to write it first.
*
Whenever I hear the word Apologia I think it should be the name of one of Prince's former backup musicians.
*
On Carl Jung's birthday (July 26), I of course had a very interesting dream (said in a cheesy Austrian accent).

Random quote of the day:

“The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.”

—Mark Twain, More Maxims of Mark, ed. Merle Johnson, 1927

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:


“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

—attributed to Mark Twain (but probably originating from Rev. C. H. Spurgeon)





Or as twainquotes.com puts it: "This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: 'A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.'"

(The irony of this one coming up on random for April Fool's has me rather gobsmacked.)





( Illustrated version. )


Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Random quote of the day:


"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

—Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless







( Illustrated version. )



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.