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Even aged literati won’t bow or scrape before six….
Ffolkes, At 0607 in the morning, I don’t expect my reaction time to be at maximum, nor am I be surprised to find my mind less than fully awake and prepared for immediate use, at least not for any use...
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Layered in pugnacious pyjamas….
Ffolkes, I’m beginning to think that my habit of writing an average of 1500 words every morning is depleting my store of inspiration; if not, it is at least getting weary, and hiding from me more...
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Somewhere, the moon is flowing….
Ffolkes, At long last! So long, it feels good just to use such an ancient cliche such as “at long last”….. If all goes well, this Pearl is the first of many to come that will be published without the...
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If we must, we can use the anchovy paste….
Ffolkes, Now, this is scary…. I never knew that a mere blank, white screen could hold so much fear….. Not only is the screen blank, so is my head, and time is passing. It’s already after 0800, due to...
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They’re having a sale on wing nuts…..
Ffolkes, Well, there’s a shock…. I just scrolled up from below, where I wrote and created an entire Pearl, BEFORE writing an intro….. I have no idea how that happened, other than to plead focused...
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Inundated in whole wheat toast points…..
Ffolkes, Far be it from me to complain, but…. there’s a fly in my soup, metaphorically speaking. This, in the normal course of events, would be cause for celebration, not complaint, as it isn’t often...
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Acres of discount bishops, reduced cardinals, and one used pope…..
Ffolkes, “I have many CHARTS and DIAGRAMS!” — Zippy the Pinhead I don’t, but, in spite of that lack, I’m pretty sure I can make it through the day. Not that I’m saying that they wouldn’t be useful, for...
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21 seems to be all Murphy wants today…. but, 21 what?….
Ffolkes, It isn’t often I am favored with obvious clues from the universe as to what is coming up on the agenda….. Therefore, it comes as no surprise this morning that I don’t seem to be able to decode...
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It ain’t the curiosity, it’s the stubbornness….
Ffolkes, Forty-eleven different things COULD go here…. in fact, at one point or another, they all have…. gone there, I mean. All forty-eleven of them were more appropriate than this sort of...
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Tip the scales, but, only if they give good service….
Ffolkes, What we have here…. is a failure, to cogitate….. and, though it might further irritate the warden, I can’t see any such event taking place anywhere in the near future…. That, of of course,...
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Songs of hearth and home….
Ffolkes, Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on,– Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. — John Keats...
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This bear’s brain has been softened!….
Ffolkes, “We have met the enemy and they are us and you are me and we are all together” ~~ Walt Kelly, Lennon, and the Beatles ~~ Given the state of affairs in which most of us exist, it seems...
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The jewel burns with an eerie light….
Ffolkes, “I told you I was ill.” ~~ Written on grave ~~ I’d make a comment about the picture above, in which Charlie C. and I try to out-silly each other, but, once the quote that adorns the top...
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Paradox, paradise, or paranoia? You decide….
Ffolkes, “Sure, understanding today’s complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But, there they are . . . ” ~~ The Firesign Theater ~~ ~~ “I Think We’re All Bozos On...
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Great deals on used sidewalks….
Ffolkes, “Life is full of surprises when you’re up th’ stream of consciousness without a paddle…” ~~ Zippy the Pinhead ~~ Surreality on a Train…. Good morning…. Today’s opening quote from Zippy is one...
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Seeking a confirmed state of random vacillation….
Ffolkes, “Man has made his bedlam; let him lie in it.” ~~ Fred Allen ~~ Variations on a Theme: Blue Marble – Earth from 1 Million Miles NASA Image from nasa.gov Good morning…. Today’s effort turned out...
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Simply salivating would have been sufficient….
Ffolkes, “If you can’t think for yerself, you shouldn’t think at all.” ~~ Smart Bee ~~ Oh, really? Image from the UK Telegraph Animal Pictures of the Week, June, 2015 Good morning…. While recognizing...
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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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Pilfering parabolic pontoons proved perilous….
Ffolkes, “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the falsehood. One word of truth outweighs the world.” ~~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn ~~ Leelu, Unconscious Giving new meaning to...
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If not four, maybe seven….
Ffolkes, “Grain grows best in shit.” ~~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~~ Life is persistent…. Hajime…. Life is change, it is said, but, do we listen? Not much, for even when we do, it changes anyway, in ways we...
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