all truth is that which may rhyme with - Stagecoach Racers

~ Words of Wisdom ~
to better understand all concepts unreal and/or not
Words of Wisdom
- pay no attention to the man behind the curtain -













~ Experimental Existentialism ~


To be without wisdom or reason
is both unwise and unreasonable

Truth creates justice

Everything exists

Question everything
answers are everywhere

The more truth you find
the more truth you will find

Space, time and thought are not
the separate things they appear to be

So, what if consciousness
is just a manifestation
of the physical form
and when that's gone
we disolve into nothing ?

Anything divided by nothing
equals something times infinity
;o)

You may ask, "what does this have to do with anything?"
The truth is, it has to do with everything ~ that's the thing










~ Reformed Isolationists ~

Once, when I was a kid, a nice young family moved in down the street, with a couple of kids about my age. This, as you may know, is always a dream come true for any kid who does not already have too many other kids to play with. We got along great, n we would play together often ~ riding bikes, swimming, baseball I guess (things kids tend to do in the summertime). I don't remember any of their names, they didn't live there for very long.

One day, the father asked me something about religion. Maybe he asked me if I believed in God, or what church we went to. He may have invited me to spend some time at his church, but I don't really remember. All I remember is what I told him, and what happened afterwards. What I told him, was that I didn't believe God was an old man who lived in the clouds holding all the puppet strings for every person on the planet (or something like that). What happened afterwards was that my parents were informed that I was not allowed to play with those kids anymore.

Now, you hafta understand, I was about 8, n this was the mid 70s, n this is what I was taught at home. I didn't mean to hurt these people's feelings, or even half understand that I was calling this man an idiot. I was accustomed to telling people the blatant truth; so much, it wasn't labeled "the blatant truth" in my head. I think my cluelessness was obvious, as I was still happy to hang out n play with his kids, all friendly like.

I went through a bit of a religious phase later on, in high school. It didn't last, though ~ cuz I was the type to ask questions. What they should teach, is not the silly stories that can be ripped to shreds by any half-interested 10th grader, but the wise philosophy inherited from the ages, and the faith that being good for good's own sake is a worthwhile thing. Without that, it is hard to prove that religion is not a racket, designed to keep the masses poor, superstitious, ignorant, and easily excited about nothing at all.













~ Theoretical Theosophy ~


Any god
worthy of worship
would not require it.

The true nature of the universe
has precious little to do with
man's varrying perception of it

Get up off your knees
and believe in yourself

Go beyond the mythology

The end of the world
is just a highly effective
scary bedtime story
boo !

Religion is philosophy
for people who are afraid of death.











~ Quizzical Queeries ~


Why stick to the mainstream,
when clearly the mainstream is in error
~ dumbfounded, clueless, ignorant, arrogant ~
and fairly closed-minded about pretty much everything ?











~ Wise Ass Whys ~


Why is it
you get to know everything about me
before I get to know anything about you?

Why is it
I'm the only one who is not allowed to interupt
but also the only one who never gets to finish a thought?

Why is it
I hafta tell you every detail
about every feeling I don't even know I have
~ but me jus askin what's goin on, is way outta line ?










~ The Dichotomy of Reality ~

Sometimes, I'm accused of being overly critical ~ I guess it's the Capricorn in me. But I don't intend to hurt people's feelings; I jus call em like I see em ~ and expect that anyone within earshot is gonna be OK with reality, or at least an honest report of the view from my perspective. In reality, however, people seem to be overly sensitive. It seems to have become not only acceptable, but expected, that people will alter their perceptions to suit their particular level of tolerance.

Once, I referred to myself in conversation as a zoid, or a geek, or something; and the person I was talking to interupted with, "don't be so hard on yourself." This is classic ~ and I have seen this exact scenario lampooned into cliche.

I guess I musta been insulted alot (relatively) as a kid ~ n then when I objected, been hit with: "oh, don't be so sensitive," or "oh, don't be sucha baby" and "hey, I was only kidding." Thus, I seem to have a relatively warped view of what is acceptable conversation.

Now, it's not like I'm 2, n walk up to people n say things like, "yer fat" or "you smell funny" ~ but there are limits in what most people are willing to accept as casual observation. Some friends of mine, for example, don't like to be reminded that I'm usually always right, n no one ever listens to me; n that this (in my humble opinion) is likely why most problems tend to go unsolved or even get worse. I guess I'm just one of those people who attracts egomaniacs =oP












~ Ironic Irony ~


It is hard to be bored
without being boring.

I'm the kind of person
that needs to be explained.

I don't have an ego problem !

I've stopped taking for granted
that people know what they're talking about
just because they seem to think they do .....
and you would be wise to follow my lead.

If you could possibly understand what I'm talking about,
we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

The first thing I'm gonna do, when I get around to it,
is put off everything else, n then start over ;o)










~ Ker-chunk ~

When I was a kid, I had a cool tape recorder (I got it stolen once, n got it back, but that's another story) n I used to tape tunes off the radio; the era equivalent of downloading MP3s. I even had an 8-track deck and a buncha blanks, but there were "ker-chunks" when the track would change.

Anyways, I had all these tapes; n once I traded something for one of me cousin's, cuz he lived out in the country, n had a less corporate radio station, n thus cooler tunes occasionally. It was from them that I foist hearda Van Halen, Ozzy, Cheap Trick; really got into Bob Seger, Nugent (this was the late 70s). Now, he was not obsessive compulsive like me, n there were imperfect segues, incomplete medleys ... "ker-chunks" ... you get the idea.

So now I'm all grown up, n have like most of these tunes from me youth on mp3 n have set out to make playlists to recreate those long gone analogs (I even considered surfing to radio station websites n lookin for legal IDs); and the whole experience has made me wonder which nostalgic star is passin thru me retrograde house.

Now, as I assemble these goodies from memory, somethin inside me brainpan longs for the "ker-chunks" ~ which bothered me a little bit at the time, but now seem to be something missing; I'd rest easier if I had. But back then, it pissed me off ~ n I swore one day, when i grew up n got rich (after bein an astronaut, rock star, etc) I'd own all these albums n assemble the coolest tune collections worry free.

So this is a "grass is greener" kinda thing; which is boring mosta u to tears right about now. But the real nugget of wisdom herein is that while I remembered some of the tunes on me fave tapes, the order in which they were dubbed is clued in to me by the accidental sound effects between em, as well as by repetition association. Still, to this day, whenever I hear The Cars' "Let's Go," I am reminded that FM 104 WIOT is Toledo's best rock. This is why major corporations try to buy hit songs to associate with their products. Thus, I conclude that the culture of Coca-Cola is not owed so much to carbonated caramel n caffeine as it is to whoever wrote "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." OK, yeah, it's the carbonated caramel n caffeine ~ but my idea sounds better; n you'll benefit from that internal leverage long after u forgot this silly story.













~ How to Tell ~

If you try to tickle someone
and they punch you real hard in the face
it's prolly a sign they don't like you very much.

You can always tell how much an asshole someone is
by how pissed off they get at you for calling 'em an asshole.

It is usually the sign of an advanced civilization and culture
when its citizens are genuinely friendly to foreigners,
tourists and other assorted visitors to their realm.

If someone who you consider to be a friend is real nice to you all the time,
but is always telling you there's something wrong with you, when there's not;
and seems to get a kick out of watching you spin your wheels, tires and eyeballs:
that person is textbook 101 passive aggressive ~ and will soon tire of your backbone.











~ Uncanny Observations ~


Shit's fucked up.


Liberals and conservatives are inversely materialistic.
Only those in marketing tend to benefit from this.

Down yer nose, up yer ass, dental inspections
~ you expect masters to look at slaves like that ~
but when slaves start to look at each other like that,
you know there's some wicked mind control involved.

Perception is a state of mind.

If it wasn't for women, humans would never hug
~ nor would there be any such thing as foreplay.

Infinity will likely be underestimated.











~ Advice ~


Learn new tricks.

Evolve into a sentient being.

Avoid those who are easily insulted
and/or quick to misunderstand.

As a human being,
your first commitment
should be to the truth.

The standards and practices of abusive people
should not be adhered to or modelled after
~ nor likely mocked in their presence ~
in other words, don't be like them
(or reveal apparent realization).











~ Just Causes ~


Just because it's the end of the world,
doesn't mean you get to mess with my head

Just because you think you're a superior life form,
doesn't mean I have to lose my sense of humor about it

Just because the world allows them respect,
doesn't mean they have any integrity

Just because the pie isn't all shit,
doesn't mean it's edible

Just because you don't care about something
doesn't mean you get to say it is worthless
and prevent others from benefiting from it.











~ Life Lessons ~


If you take yourself too seriously
people will surely make fun of you
and you will probably be depressed.
If you take yourself less seriously ~
yes, people will still make fun of you
~ but you will have more material.

Usually, by the time you're old enough,
or even smart enough, to ask the question,
"Does everything hafta be such a big deal?"
~ usually, and quite sadly, the answer is "Yes."

Any decision made under duress, through ignorance,
(or beside yourself with indecision) is no decision at all
and one should not be held accountable for the outcome.

No matter how brilliant or intuitive ye may happen to think ye are,
there will always be those, even not as smart or insightful as you,
who can see things, even about yourself, that you cannot.

The further evolution of this silly little species
requires that the good must be better than the bad.


Moments of clarity are fleeting my nature
because moments are momentary, by definition
~ but clarity, however, is probably infinite n eternal


Good taste, self respect and harmless
silly dizziness make life worth living
~ and friends worth keeping.

It's not the destination.
It's not even the journey.
It's the scenery along the way.


Good literature requires no excuse
just as wisdom requires no explanation
~ the truth of a thing is its own intrinsic proof.











~ Character References ~


See, he's the kinda person
who's kinda afraid that other people
might know what's goin on inside his head
~ n he'd be kinda pissed off to know we think that.

See, she's the kind of older woman
who was obviously going through PMS
on the day when she first hit menopause
and so now she's kinda stuck there forever.











~ Quotes from the Gods ~


"Level with god
and you're in tune with the Universe."
~ Steven Tyler, Aerosmith

"And in the end, the love you take
is equal to the love you make."
~ Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles

"We are living on a dying planet
..... and anyone who tries to deny it
wears a tie and gets paid to lie."
~ Joe Walsh

"And if you feel that you can't go on
in the light you will find the road"
~ Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin

"Don't compromise yourself,
it's all you've got."
~ Janis Joplin

"There must be more good than bad,
or we'd already be gone." ~ Ben Harper

"Hollywood is a town where they pay you
1000 bux for a kiss and 50 cents for yer soul"
~ Marilyn Monroe











~ Prophetic Politics ~



"There go my people. I must find out
where they're going, so I can lead them."
~ famous French radical

"It is impossible to prevent others from feeling hostile,
but it is possible to avoid any reciprocal hostility on ones own part,
by imaginative understanding and the sympathy which grows out of it"
~ Bertrand Russell

"A free community requires not only legal freedom, but a tolerant public opinion,
an absence of that instinctive inquisition into out neighbors affairs which,
under the guise of upholding a high moral standard, enables good people
to indulge unconsciously a disposition to cruelty and persecution."
~ Bertrand Russell

The more intensely a nation believes in its patriotism,
the more fanatically indifferent it will become
to the damage suffered by other nations"
~ Bertrand Russell











~ Honorable Mentionings ~


"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
~ Socrates

"It is the mark of an educated mind
to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
~ Aristotle

"Strange times are these in which we live,
when old and young are taught in falsehood schools,
and the one man that dares to tell the truth
is called at once a lunatic and fool."
~ Plato


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it,
no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own
reason and your own common sense."
~ Buddha

"You Hypocrites!"
~ Jesus Christ

"Logic is the art
of making Truth prevail"
~ La Bruyere


"Alike to the nation and the individual,
the most indispensable requisite is character."
~ Theodore Roosevelt

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius ~ and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
~ Albert Einstein

"Any sufficiently advanced technology
is indistinguishable from magic."
~Arthur C Clarke

"If all our common-sense notions about the Universe
were correct, then Science would have solved the
secrets of the Universe thousands of years ago."
~ Michio Kaku

"To be surprised, to wonder,
is to begin to understand"
~ Jose Ortega y Gasset

"Dance as if no one were watching,
sing as if no one were listening
and live every day as if it were your last."
~ Lou Eakins

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
~ Mark Twain

"You can discover more about a person
in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
~ Plato

"And those men who are inventors and interpreters between Nature and man,
as compared with boasters and declaimers of the works of others,
must be regarded and not otherwise esteemed than as the object in front of a mirror,
when compared with its image seen in the mirror.
For the first is something in itself, and the other nothingness --
Folks little indebted to Nature, since it is only by chance that they wear the human form
and without it I might class them with the herd of beasts."
~ Leonardo da Vinci











~ Fiction Finalists ~


"The economics of the future are somewhat different.
Acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives."
~ Jean Luc Picard

"You should never never doubt
what nobody is sure about"
~ Willy Wonka

" When my species comes to rule this planet,
your name will be on the protected rolls
and you will come to no harm."
~ Beldar Conehead











~ Classic Exits ~


"Do you really believe that,
or are you just afraid not to ?"

"Have you finally, ultimately become
what you were frightened of as a child ?"

"Yes, so obviously, there's something wrong with me.
Maybe you should make fun of me, so I'll get better."

"Well, what do you think I should do instead ?"
"Then what do you think would happen ?"











~ Famous Last Words ~


"What's this button do ?"

"Charge !"




Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller
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