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Finished another read/review for
I've been working on my second entry. I have a new character, an unknown nephew found through DNA. I only have a couple days left to get to know him though. He'd better start talking to me! I think he's a bit stunned. His name is Talay (Sea) and he was raised as far away from the sea as his mother could take him. Review of "Taken Over"  Review of "The Box" |
Needs more entries!
I found a silly ditty from 20 years ago. Rhyme is one the keys to this contest. |
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Reply| November 9-10, 1938: Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pivotal event in the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany. Will today's takeover of D.C. lead to a similar event... especially if anyone stands up to you-know-who? This newsfeed post is set to E (for a reason). Wanna vent up to XGC? Vent here: "Amerikkka's Kristallnacht?"  |
Kåre เลียม Enga  - I don't like that I can't get her to realize that she's voting against both of our interests; she's very blind to the rest of the world outside her little comfort zone and what she thinks is acceptable in society. I'm trying to scrape at that when I can without severing the relationship, in hopes she'll see something, but I also know a leopard can't always change its spots. |
Fivesixer  - Sad but very common; probably over a quarter of those her age. I would suggest giving her a pink, blue and purple spotted kitty; but, I doubt whether she would understand even were you to explain. No more than if a black latino drag-queen moved in next door. |
If you have a free-verse poem sitting around you have 2 hours to submit it to:
If you miss the deadline... just submit it for the next round!  I've been known to miss deadlines. |
| I had a boss... Anyhoo, I got past the unpleasantness long ago and even called her to say hello. I wish the other traumas from that time were so easy to face and deal with. But, this old poem from twenty years ago memorializes what I felt at that time.
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Just a reminder that I have a blog in case someone needs blog credit but doesn't feel like writing a blah-blah-blog entry. My blah-blah-blahs are available on a daily basis.
It's in English... mostly... ＼\\\ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ//／／ |
Jeff  - All the heroes that ever were had blah-blah days. I mean... Clark Kent had more than a few. As my characters lament, "momma said there'd be days like this..." |
| This is how I feel much of the time: Help me. I'm drowning in my own Sea surrounded by blind-deaf-dumb humans who have no rafts (and don't know what one is) and will not take 5 minutes of their precious time to understand that I'm drowning. On social-media (like here) and in-real-life, I find most people make assumptions based on middle-class ideals and realities (Western). My reality just A'INT. It frustrates me. I told a friend today that I have personal values (that Montanans seldom share) that make me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome at the Senior Center (and some other venues). No use explaining at WDC for the 100th time as no one reads blogs anymore (for the last 15 years). I've tried. I'm a misfit even among misfits. Today has been a good day but the ongoing misunderstandings are draining. |
I rarely make assumptions about anything, especially something as important as a person. I consider you a friend and that makes it even far less likely that I would make assumptions about you. When I wish to learn, I ask, as I asked about your handle. If you know what PNG means in my handle, you can probably see why I don't assume things. If you don't know what it means, you're welcome to do as I did for your handle. Fear not, my friend. Fear is always a barrier. |
| What would make you happy? What would make you feel like people get you? Sometimes I get in my own head and lose perspective and feel like very few get me or care. It's human nature in a world that has become disposable. We have to find our own peace and meaning 🙏. It's hard but we shouldn't give up. Sending hugs brother Hang in there. |
| I started my reviews for Lodestar... 1 down... August is open by-the-way
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| Peniaphobia: the irrational and often debilitating fear of poverty or destitution. Mentioned in an article I read today about rising fear among young people. I don't doubt it. Can young people just walk into a place and ask for a job? Can they stay with family or friends? Is there any social network other than three hots and a cot in the local jail? "Peniaphobia and poverty" in
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| People often center their thoughts on their country, and think that what's going on is unique to that location. Is .not, it's prevalent around the world. Young people couldn't just walk in and ask for a job back when I was a youngster. There were 'hoopps' you had to jump through. So, schooling it was. I got my education in the Navy, others in college, and so many others received theirs from the school of hard knocks. Many learned the hard way (including myself after retiring from the Navy), some learned, some didn't and ended up having run-ins with the law. s for Social Networking? Don't make me laugh. So many think that what they see on a social network (my only e{xperience is with that other site with the FB initials) is what life is like. Nothing can be further from the truth, |
| I'm really upset about (a four letter word). I doubt if anyone would guess what it is. It's a common word. Even reading my blog may not give you a clue.
But if you want to know... guess away. 10.000 gps to the first person (anyone) who can guess it... even if I don't know you. |
Kåre เลียม Enga - You might find this month's contest interesting -
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| Time ran out... It's too short. I know. I promised I would enter this contest. So I did, even though I ran out of time. Sorry. At least it can be expanded. That is my goal.
The Lodestar Contest continues for 6 more months.
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| 8.8 earthquake in Kamchatka. This is video from Japan today. Gets nasty about 7 minutes in. My poem from 20 years ago:
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| I'm "safe" in Montana. I was having a decent calm morning until I read news on bookface. Cambodia has attacked Thailand. My friends, Pannya, Chavala and Max are from Sisaket where civilians were killed. Pan is from Khun Han, just west of กันทรลักษ์ (Kantharalak). Sirin was also attacked with fatalities. I wanted to visit both countries this July. Now? I need to go back to Thailand soon. |
| Kare, sorry to hear about this 😞. We are trying to understand what's going on ( in Mississippi). From what I've just read, the 1000 year old temple, belong to Cambodia and was given to them by the International Court. Thailand is keeping it. It's a beautiful priceless Temple that is getting trashed. It breaks my heart seeing this happening as well as people getting killed over it. Can you please explain this? Is it a monetary thing? |
| Kåre เลียม Enga - I'd love to visit Thailand and Costa Rica both! Thailand looks beautiful, like a lost or hidden paradise, in photos I've seen. I can only imagine what it would be like to be there! Even now. I'd go now, too, if I could. For me, the beauty would outweigh the dangers. As for Costa Rica, I'd love to see the island of the coast there where John Hammond set up his "sort of a nature preserve."  |
| I won't go to the Seniors-only Club tomorrow. It's a break-up that my friends there may not understand unless they listen to me. I'm not going to waste my breath otherwise. Basically: I don't like exclusive clubs. This feeling goes back at least into the 80s, maybe back to when I was a teenager. I've mentioned that I'm not a groupie. I've mentioned that I don't like drama. I want all types of people in my life: all ages, all colors, all creeds, all the rainbow shades of unicorns, even cats, dogs and little humans. I'm not sure I want to waste my time visiting other people's castles. If they can't come out, I don't feel comfortable going in. Excerpt from "Two coffee shops" my blog entry for today. My blog: "ในสวนของเลียม" [13+]. |
| I don't go to church anymore, and that's the only thing I miss from it - interacting with people of all ages. It's so important. |
| Humble Poet PNG - but am I?, Brian K Compton, citruspocket: Thank you. I can meet more people by just getting out of my well-worn ruts. The cafés are much more diverse. Now... if I would just get out and walk! |
Kåre เลียม Enga - I just need to walk, too. Need rehab if I ever enter a gym again. I like sitting too much now.  |
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I guess so many of us feel like we are drowning in our own seas and no-one understands us. So I get where you are coming from, although I guess that probably does not help. 
