Category: joy

Invisible Religion

“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

What’s goin’ on…

on the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., at their house in Western Heights, Los Angeles

Myths, magic, mystery and fairy tales

There is an outdated theory that fairy folklore evolved from folk memories of a prehistoric race:
newcomers superseded a body of earlier human or humanoid peoples

Education in America

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
― Albert Einstein

Billy Preston…

Born: September 2, 1946, Houston, TX
Died: June 6, 2006 (age 59 years), Arizona
Music groups: Plastic Ono Band (1970 – 1970), Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1989 – 2000)
Genres: R&B/Soul, Hip-Hop/Rap, Holiday
Parents: Robbie Lee Williams

Kind, Kinder, Kindness, Kindly…

“Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.”
― Anne Rice

President Jill Ellen Stein has our backs.

“The political system is broken. Over 60% of us now say the two-party establishment has failed us and we need a party that serves the people. I’m running for President to offer a better choice for the people. Join us!”

https://jillstein2024.com

Dr. Jill Ellen Stein can Win!

Dr. Jill Stein has a vetted plan for shutting down 56 wars of aggression and investing in peace, people and planet. And she is smart enough to get it done. She is, by any standard, more qualified than the last seven American presidents.

Elect Dr. Jill Stein President November 2024

We need real change in American Leadership. Dr. Jill Stein has a vetted plan for shutting down 56 war and implementing peace!

Minimum Living Wage…

Starvation wages have nothing to do with “new-workers.” They are about starving the poor to provide corporate welfare.

Eugene the Jeep

https://youtu.be/l0asgF3RtZw 1960-10-06: Ike & Popeye’s Magical Jeep In the August 9, 1936, strip, headlined “Wha’s a Jeep?” [sic] Popeye asks … More

Chocolate…

Eating one piece of chocolate at a time… https://youtu.be/mb1uesaHOzA?list=RDmb1uesaHOzA Howlin’ Wolf – Chocolate Drop may not be about strength or … More

Hold on, we are stardust…

You may be approaching middle age… “Humans could live until the ripe old age of 150 years” How long can … More

Cats

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
~Terry Pratchett

Invisible Data

Tedium

“I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.” ― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959 Real life may be … More

Smokestack Lightening

https://youtu.be/HTDjD_UdJYs?t=61
Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” Live 1964 This was shot in England during the famed American Folk Blues Festival tours and features the legendary Hubert Sumlin on guitar.

Sorcerer’s Apprentice

“The old sorcerer
Has finally gone away!
Now the spirits he controls
Shall obey my commands.”

1930s… Hot Blues, Cool Jazz and Big Bands…

Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington

Good Morning Blues

From fighting segregation with Woody Guthrie to joining with blind harmonica player Sonny Terry on the road, from being chosen as the successor to Blind Boy Fuller to sharing a New York cold water flat with Leadbelly, Brownie tells and plays the story of his life

~William Cuthbert Falkner

“Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.”
~William Cuthbert Falkner