Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Fifty years ago.........................
Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs..................Sugar Shack
Important things you should know...................
Free........................
"Free from clutching at themselves, the hands can handle; free from looking after themselves, the eyes can see; free from trying to understand itself, thought can think."
-Alan Watts
-Alan Watts
Monday, January 14, 2013
Have you ever been driving down the road......
......minding your own business, when you slowly become aware of some song on the radio that you've never ever heard before.........and you start praying for the disc jockey to tell you the artist's name and song title? Here is one of those songs:
Bachman-Turner Overdrive........................Blue Collar
Bachman-Turner Overdrive........................Blue Collar
The price.........................
"Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals."
-Seth Godin
-Seth Godin
Catch-22............................
"You're wasting your time," Doc Daneeka was forced to tell him.
"Can't you ground someone who is crazy?"
"Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy."
"The why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask Clevinger."
"Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him.
"Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how crazy I am."
"They're crazy."
"Then why don't you ground them?"
"Why don't they ask me to ground them?"
"Because they're crazy, that's why."
"Of course they're crazy," Doc Daneeka replied. "I just told you they're crazy, didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide whether you're crazy of not, can you?"
Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach, "Is Orr crazy?"
"He sure is," Doc Daneeka said.
"Can you ground?"
"I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule."
"Then why doesn't he ask you to?"
"Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. "He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to."
"That's all he has to do to be grounded?"
"That's all. Let him ask me."
"And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked.
"No. Then I can't ground him."
"You mean there's a catch?"
"Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anybody who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was walk in and ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to, but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agree.
-Joseph Heller, as excerpted from Catch-22
"Can't you ground someone who is crazy?"
"Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy."
"The why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask Clevinger."
"Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him.
"Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how crazy I am."
"They're crazy."
"Then why don't you ground them?"
"Why don't they ask me to ground them?"
"Because they're crazy, that's why."
"Of course they're crazy," Doc Daneeka replied. "I just told you they're crazy, didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide whether you're crazy of not, can you?"
Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach, "Is Orr crazy?"
"He sure is," Doc Daneeka said.
"Can you ground?"
"I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule."
"Then why doesn't he ask you to?"
"Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. "He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to."
"That's all he has to do to be grounded?"
"That's all. Let him ask me."
"And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked.
"No. Then I can't ground him."
"You mean there's a catch?"
"Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anybody who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was walk in and ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to, but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agree.
-Joseph Heller, as excerpted from Catch-22
All.............................
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-George Bernard Shaw
-George Bernard Shaw
The quick version.....................
Creation until today in one minute or so. It's a wonder. Enjoy.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Meet the day.............................
Cash and Kristofferson................Sunday Morning Coming Down
Resilience.............................
"We require from buildings, as from men, two kinds of goodness: first, doing their practical duty well; then, that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it."
-John Ruskin c. 1851
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