When Jackie Gleason Drank Even More

Jackie Gleason was a comic icon of the

Fifties and Sixties.  He flourished in the

great age of  alcohol in The USA of that

period.  He and President at the time, Richard 

Nixon, were great pals. Gleason had a house 

built in the shape of a UFO.  Each floor had

a full bar. One night, Nixon showed up, 

driving his own car. He took Gleason to 

Andrews Air force base, and drove up to 

a back hangar. He showed him the UFO inside. 

For several weeks after that, Jackie Gleason

drank even more. *

*( http://www.theufochronicles.com/2014/03/flying-saucers-ufos-are-interplanetary.html)

Surfer Dude Solitude: A Tiny Tulku Trope

The waves are yet to come.

I get the wind, in the car, on the porch...

the subtle wind when some one comes in...

I think I can do something with that, in fact,

I know I am. By the time the waves get here,

I'll be over them.

To All The Poets Floating In My Mind

Is this how we get immortal?

Are we intelligent viruses,

or, viruses of intelligence

shooting our poetry spawn

into consciousness?

I don’t know.

What you are for me

is the primordial soup

of wisdom, that, somehow,

when you get to be human,

one can access.

Some other river of consciousness…

not Lethe.  It’s not a Club…because

the only way you can belong to it is to

not be there. You belong to it, it does

not belong to you is another clue.

So, yes, every time you nail my mind

to reality, I feel all of you.

Aphorism

There is no substitute for competence, confidence,

or grandma's apple pie.

I Can See Your Life From Here

We all can, especially the NSA….

at least, bodily functions are still

private….(I mean some of them)

but, how long will that last?

I live in Mexico, now, before drones

become ubiquitous here too…

Which came first, the Bore or the Drone?

I think it was the politicians…the mindless

suits whose lives are seen as nothing more

than the sum of their private parts.

I don’t think that’s just me.

I can see through your window.

There’s blood on the table.

Message From A Bottle

Hello?

Is this on?

Is this no?

Is this downward 

dog, or, was that God?

Am I here now?

Where I should be?

Where should I be?

Do I need an echo

to tell me if I am?

All the networks say so,

So that’s where we all go…

I’m Kidding…I’m Swift

pointing out you’re too

big and too small…

too what you think

disconnected from the

natural world, afraid of 

a blade of grass,

hoist on your own ignorance…

…a product of a process, not in

control of your own evolution,,,,

Hello….do you read me…

do you find a blade of grass

in a haystack of needles….

Well, if you can read this,

you are pretty damn close.

Back To Howdy Doody

Back to the concrescence of light

when, for a moment in the history

of the world, we could have got it right.

There was a moment, after the Second 

World War, when the world wasn’t sure

if it should continue to pull the trigger…

But the world (humanity) was scared of itself…

which is how the whole thing started from Eden,

but….let’s not talk about that now.

Well, that was a beautiful moment that I came 

of age in….and, a pig like that you never forget.

It’s time had not yet come.

Taylor Spike Blues

I’ve been nailed since I was born,

spiked to the earth I found myself on

where’er I go, the earth goes with me…

no matter where I travel,  I go nowhere.

I’m here right now, singing this song…

so many heres….heres are everywhere…

somehow I always find myself there…

somehow I always find myself somewhere.

I’m tailored for the earth….

the matrix got me….

I can’t escape this life,

I sing in my chains 

like the sea.

Good Day

Every day is a good day

when I get up…

when I finally get up.

I take a lot of time, hours,

before I decide to get up

because I don’t have to

get up.

I have no job, no schedule

to meet, so I luxuriate in the

free space of no obligation.

I drink thick coffee in the 

free space of Odessa.

Aphorism

The problem with robots is, they’re not programmed for change.

The problem with humans is they’re programmed for change, 

but they want to be robots.

Aphorism

The only people who know why
they do anything are the ones that
know how to do nothing.

Japan

Japan should be declared a rogue
criminal nation because of the
incompetence with which it
has dealt with the Fukushima
crisis, which threatens the
entire planet. Rather than ask for
an international, co-operative
effort to solve the problem,
Japan has relied on TEPCO
to handle the situation, which
has been criminally mismanaged.

Russia, China, and the USA
must immediately invade Japan
and take it over, take control of
the crisis from their hands...
otherwise Japanese xenophobia,
unending pride, and moral
blindness threatens to destroy
humanity

If Japan wants to commit suicide,
well, that's their culture.
But why should the rest of the world
let them take them with them?

Alien Agenda: A Science Fantasy

“The bigger the lie, the more people

will believe in it.”   Joseph Goebbels

“The best place to hide something

is in plain view.”  W.S. Burroughs

Let’s just say that everything I’m 

going to write is a lie. It will certainly 

sound crazy, so, why not suspend

disbelief a little, like when your 

parents read you a bedtime story,

and you knew it wasn’t true, but you

chose to believe it before you fell 

asleep.

There is enough circumstantial 

evidence, as well as testimony from

the “Disclosure Project” as well as

other sources, to assume, at least,

that “aliens” not of the earth, have

been visiting the earth for many years,

if not for centuries. Coupled with this

knowledge is a lack of revealed

physical evidence of alien visitation…

at least, evidence exposed to the public.

This creates a cloud of uncertainty which

smokescreens what’s really going on. No

one can know what the aliens are up to 

until it is established that they really exist.

So, that uncertainty/lie, keeps the alien

agenda hidden.

Thesis:  Aliens needed human leadership

to develop atomic power and weaponry.

Now it has been disseminated through-

out the world. Now that it has, the opposite

is true: there needs to be disorder and chaos 

so that the agenda can be fulfilled.

Some people have espoused the theory that

human intelligence is the result of alien inter-

venation with our DNA.  If true, the aliens

made us smart enough to make atomic power

and weapons, but not smart enough to use it

without destroying ourselves. Why would 

they do that? The only answer is: terraforming.

Radiation has long been associated with UFOs.

Given the logic of this fantasy, it’s possible to

extrapolate that aliens live in a radioactive 

environment….it’s natural for them. If so,

Fukushima could be the linchpin…if Fukushima 

goes, Japan goes.  If Japan goes….if they no

longer have enough people to maintain the

nuclear reactors, the world goes. Fukushima 

could well be the beginning of the final phase 

of the terraforming process.

We are yeast making beer for the aliens and
then, conveniently, drowning in our own
excrement.

, 

Great Things About Getting Old (For Carol)

You can't remember if you have
any regrets.

"Curmudgeon Cudgel"
...everyone expects you to hate everything.

...good excuse for
incontinence and
incoherence

...people are more likely to help,
because they don't want to see you
die in front of them.

...you don't have to move much
to have a good time.

...you can look at women,
and they're not offended.

...women look at you,
and you're not aroused.

Late Night Paradigm

I shouldn't be awake, but, I am.
Is that what Buddha thought?

Tomorrow...The Other Day

When you can get things done….

when you can figure it out…

finally…

or,

it’s just another day

when nothing happens.

I see no problem

either way….

but, that’s just me.

Philosophy As Language

(This is a transcription of part of a 

conversation between four old men:

Arn  (A),  John Z,  (JZ)  Me, (JT)   

and Dave (D).  This occurred the last

night of my recent trip to San Francisco. 

Arn and the two John's went to

college together. Dave, Arn's housemate, 

has known Arn since grade school. This

was transcribed from a video I took.

J Z    ….important….right?

D    …that’s hard to say….I don’t 

know what they think…

A    ….that is a difficult thing to know…

D   ….what do I know about what 

somebody does? I don’t know, and

I don’t give a shit unless they have 

something to tell me….

JZ   …have you ever been to a shopping 

mall? Have you ever interacted with 

humanity?

JT   …that’s a good question….

(to Dave) have you ever interacted with 

humanity?

D  ….I try not to…

JT   ….I know….

JZ    ….you try not to, but the point is, 

you have to.

D    ….yeah…ok..we’re just playing here…

but…ok…

JZ    …yeah, we’re playing, but we’re 

playing with some very important points…

JT   ….we’re playing with some very 

important marbles here…

You know, I see you two guys here 

(JZ and A) and, Arn, you’ve been a 

wonderful guide for me on this particular 

visit..and, you know, relating to lots of 

people, all over the place,  and I’m really 

impressed…and then, we come here, and 

(Laughs…something incoherent) …and 

if people piss him off, he doesn’t hate them, 

he loves them, in a way…

D  They wouldn’t make him crazy if he 

didn’t care….he wouldn’t care if he 

wouldn’t care….

A   Absolutely….you kidding? 

Legitimately…there’s no doubt…

JT  (pointing to JZ)  Oh oh….

scientist….sorry….

D   scientist is good…

JT Scientists aren’t bad….I’m sorry, John, 

I don’t mean to be negative….

D  Condescending!   (laughter…

high fives)

JZ  …it’s…..problematic….

JT   what is?

JZ   the whole question…

JT    which one?

JZ    I don’t know…really….

D  No…no….but..I ….we  really 

digressed because John was about to 

say something, then Arn kind of asked 

him a question…and …

JT   well….I don’t know….lets see how 

far we can go and see who drops out first…

JZ    I was about to lead the conversation 

into why western philosophy or any 

philosophy has become linguistic….because 

it seems to me the question becomes what 

does  language mean? What are we talking 

about?  It seems sort of passé to talk about 

what’s real.  It’s sort of….

A    Well, that’s a very Wittgensteinian, 

Twentieth century point…and it’s a good 

point… it’s a great point….you and I have 

talked about  this…that’s why I was 

tempted by that $41 dollar  book, and 

now I’m almost talking myself into 

buying it tomorrow.

JZ   …..and Plato taught that the world of 

ideals was the “real world”….that beauty 

was outside of what was in a statue..etc…

etc…and Augustine changed Plato’s idea 

of ideals into God…and that lasted

for centuries….

JT     In the West!

JZ     …in the West…

JT      …thank you….

JZ     I don’t know much about the East….

JT    …I know.

JZ     I don’t know what happened in the 

East

JT      …well….uh….

D       ….they wandered around in the 

desert and had a lot of time to think 

about things  (laughter)

A       ….or in the mountains, or up on 

the plateaus…or,  wherever they were…

JT        ….we were talking about this a 

little earlier…uh…which is that…you 

know…. there’s, like a National Geographic 

magazine, recent one, recent issue,…..

JZ        ….National Geographic magazine?

JT         yes, with a Tibetan monk with these 

sensors all over his head, and what the 

             article is about is, that scientists 

are really taking seriously these meditation 

techniques  that these people have been 

doing for twenty five hundred years…..

and they’re studying the mind….they’re 

studying everyone’s mind, but they’re 

studying these minds too. And, one thing 

they’ve found, that these people that have 

been meditating for forty years or more,  

are like, they have this base of mental 

activity which is, like, stable….it doesn’t 

fluctuate because of emotional stimulation….

there’s a stability there……     

well….that’s…different…something…

A    No, it’s interesting research, it really is.      

I’m going to put my own personal 

punctuation on this right now,  if you’ll 

just give me a minute….. I’ll come back 

with my punctuation . 

              

(Arn leaves the room. The discussion 

continues with John, John and Dave)

JZ           …….my question…              

              

JT            ….don’t come back with your 

dick….uh?

D             …goddess’s eye….

JZ            …in spite of the advances of 

western philosophy….

JT            …yeah…

JZ            …you know, through…

JT             …sure…

JZ            ….Descartes, Kant and Hegel..

JT             …nyah….

JZ              …..Wittgenstein on up to the 

present…

JT              ….wooo….

JZ              ….where the philosophy has 

become linguistic…

D    What? Philosophy has become 

linguistic? In other words, it all has to do 

with parsing the meaning of words…

JZ …..because of these controversies….

that we’ve gone over…no body can really 

say the difference between the phenomenal

 and the noumenal…it becomes linguistic.

JT              Ok I’ve got a great example from 

our experience….

JZ               I defer to your example…

JT  …you and me….when we went up to 

Chris Gilman’s house in Libertyville,

                   Illinois….

JZ               …years ago….

JT               …and we were just peaking on 

acid when we rang the doorbell…we just 

started to peak on acid….so…He  (Chris)  

opened the door, and looked at us and said:          

 “Oh No…”

   …but, you know, it was the same thing….

he didn’t know what to do with us…well, you 

know, he took us downstairs to the rec room, 

whatever, and we played poker….

JZ                Chris’s place?

JT                 Yeah,

JZ                When I had the Firebird before we 

got busted…on the highway?

JT                 we didn’t get busted…

JZ                 …I did…I went to jail…

JT   …yeah you did…it was your father…

anyway…ah, so, all night…what was he 

going to do  with us?  He decided we could 

play poker, or something….so, we had,like, 

one or two hands, and, you know, we were 

both hallucinating like madmen……so, this 

is where the philosophy became linguistic….

we didn’t care about the cards anymore…

we started just passing the money around.  

(laughter)

                   (At this moment, Arn returns , 

his entrance causing gails of laughter…

he is wearing a mask I brought from 

Tepoztlan .  It’s a skull head with hood 

and cowl.   

A                It is time to ask the mask.

JT                 ooo, yes, sit down

JZ                (to Arn)    this is the role you’ve 

always played in my life….let me tell you 

that.

JT                can I have a mask please?

A                  I brought ‘em for everybody…

JT                 …if anyone wants to wear a 

mask…I’ll take the first one I think, I see

JZ                I refuse to wear a mask.

JT   …oh yeah?  Actually, this is 

my  own personal mask I’m giving…

A     …it is, yes it is, Tischer showed 

me that on Skype….

JT    (to JZ)   you refuse to wear a  

mask?

JZ    I so view it as a western 

rationalist position…..

JT   You’re so wearing a mask anyway 

it doesn’t matter

A   come on, John, you got two great 

masks here…

D   That looks like the right one!

JZ  do you know how contrary 

to my nature wearing this mask is?

A  yeah, my nature too, until Tischer 

brought these from Mexico…

these are Tepoztlan masks!  I mean, 

they’re not from nowhere!

JZ  These are Tepoztlan masks?

A   Yeah!  Tischer brought them with 

him! Come on, put it on!

D    Oh!  Oh! God yes, it’s so you!

A     with the tongue! 

  (convulsive laughter)

JZ   these masks don’t 

change my nature….

D     how could they not!!              

(convulsive laughter)

END

         

Observation

I don't know if the moon
is half full or half empty...
it's over my head.

Birth

It will come from somewhere….

he did when he came out of the womb...

they check first for the fingers and toes...

it’s the opposite of a slaughter house...

Burma Shave Poem

I must be slow....

or maybe I was

not no mo....

time quickly

makes fools

of us all

Buma Shave

Multiplication Of The Arcs #2

Yves Tanguy  closest to

showing what the digital

age looks like..the 

momentary order of chaos

before the steam engine kicks in…

to break down the two humped

bi-camel mind… just don’t

consider this to be a message…

everything is it’s own clue,

(when I hear blues, I write right

this way…)  I get the same kick

from words and music, especially

when they’re done real neat…that

the truth coming through the senses

makes rational mind a water boy.

The longer this goes on, the further

from the initial intent, but, as long

as the detail is clear, 

the tongue sticks out.

“How I’m Supposed To Be.” by Everybody Else

My father taught me

the truth is the most important thing.

I grokked that.

The rest of his world view,

Social Darwinist, pragmatism,

the pyramid scheme view

of developing world, didn’t 

jibe with my experience, like,

I was born with different eyes.

I was confused by the cornucopia

of beliefs of the people around me…

none of them seemed helpful or sane.

They wore their beliefs like armor,

to get them from one situation 

to the next. Maybe I believed 

everything for a while…maybe

that’s why I was scared shitless.

Meditation cut through all of that…

it only took forty years…a bargain…

now that I can look back on it.

De Chirico’s steam engines showed

me what was going on…Dali’s 

melting watches..assassinations…

while the mainstream steamed along

into a bright future, I saw the glaze

that hung in the air, in the eyes,

in the hearts of hopeful people 

trusting in a dream…it’s still that way,

but not for me….would you take advice

from a sheeple? I would feel distain 

If I wasn’t born from the same womb.

Just don’t ask me to believe

a word you say.

Birthday

I’ve been around the sun

sixty five  goddamned times…

I’m starting to feel a little dizzy.

Blood Tastes Like Iron

Lick your next wound.

Try it yourself.

We are all terminators….

intent on our mission.

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"Fukushima:  No Disaster Too Big We Can't Handle"

Meme

I don’t care what you think

you think you are.