tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56981497956282917272024-03-19T08:01:35.861-04:00The Beastly DayA Beast's-Eye View of American Culture.kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-1548141972648374052018-06-04T18:33:00.000-04:002018-06-05T00:15:37.090-04:00Beastly Symbionts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Symbi</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">'s tree-legs like the solid earth. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Osis</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">' feet itch for the trees.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each is a master of his own turf,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In which he has expertise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yet they have found something in one another,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That causes them to yearn--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And all that they can learn.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs2KhP5aBy2vcq5VfQVTvvISP_3Ej_OmOf7uMoVtAUCDmHhBQLO_Pby3T1tcaA5tPKhya4MSiq7LLBZuaaH6rPqRiUHiJ8r46NTzxt4pL7i6nowJss5M1zG7KXk_Ps2lhD6Pp32XWILCV/s1600/IMG_2347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs2KhP5aBy2vcq5VfQVTvvISP_3Ej_OmOf7uMoVtAUCDmHhBQLO_Pby3T1tcaA5tPKhya4MSiq7LLBZuaaH6rPqRiUHiJ8r46NTzxt4pL7i6nowJss5M1zG7KXk_Ps2lhD6Pp32XWILCV/s400/IMG_2347.jpg" width="376" /></a></div>
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For Beasts are wise, and recognize,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That "difference" does not mean "deficiency,"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> and that sometimes the Other's ways harmonize, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">distinct yet complementary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They know the value of compromise,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Taking turns, they each gain new perspective:</span><span style="text-align: right;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because their lives now synchronize</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their lives are now more effective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">They are thought an unusual pairing, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yet they have found that life is better,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And is, in fact, not merely sharing:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's truly joining together.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two limited viewpoints have intertwined. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, they've synergized.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now seeing 360 with worldviews combined,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Symbi and Osis are synthesized.</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Each retains his identity--</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Symbi's still Symbi; Osis, still Osis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Together, they are SymbiOsis. </b></span></div>
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-9566280389479525522017-04-22T01:54:00.000-04:002017-04-22T01:54:00.985-04:00Earth's Earth Day Message<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Earth has been sending us increasingly urgent messages. But not enough human "Giants" are listening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Parts of the Earth are out of patience.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Some of you actually seem to think money--of all things!--makes you immune to the consequences of your actions."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"You think you are smarter than me? You think I am 'just a rock'--that I am just some tiny thing, all by myself, not part of the mighty Earth?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"What is even more ridiculous--you think YOU are separate from the Earth."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"How? What do you think you are standing on? What do you think has been supporting you your entire life?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"You know, Earth has ways of dealing with species that become too much trouble." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"When was the last time you saw a live T-Rex?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of the male Beasts I live with were initially alarmed and saddened at the thought of a "Day Without Women"...</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...as a true "Day Without Women" is as impossible as half a sky:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once the concept of the Women's Strike was explained to them, the wise Beasts were relieved--and saw the justice of it immediately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So they decided to find a way to celebrate the female Beasts and Beings they know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The female Beasts and Magical Beings, meanwhile, were observing solidarity with their "Giant" (human) sisters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As denizens of the Magical world, they are not oppressed, so they have no need to strike. They decided the best thing they could do for the "Giants" was to model happiness and harmony with the Earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So they just did things they usually do.<br /><br />Yolanta and Whimsy celebrated early sprouts, and shared plant lore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Phlox showed her sister Periwinkle something beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Friend and Burlie were toting gifts...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ...and stayed just long enough to drop them off, leaving the females to continue enjoying their day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the Beastly Day Without Women was now even nicer--thanks to the show of appreciation and love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fewer oppressed...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of the 50 Beasts, only 2 remain who are <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JenniferRussellDolls?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank">looking for a new home</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And do you know? She did not recognize him! She merely thought to Herself, "<u>That's</u> a very fine Beast!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps she got so close to her Creations in the making, she lost perspective...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and needed some distance...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...to really <b>SEE:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She finally <b>SAW</b> him. And THEN she recognized him. And saw that...yes, he IS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tell you this story because I think we all need to do that. We get so close to what we work on that we cannot truly see it. So we cannot evaluate it. Let alone judge it. (Which we should never do.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We need to learn to let it go. It is only when we can release our work, and forget it began as part of us, that we can really <b>SEE</b> it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can learn from this Goddess: Set our work free, then look at it afresh without attachment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Day has arrived! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Day of the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://beastlyhome.weebly.com/about-beasts.html" target="_blank"><b>50 Beasts Show</b></a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 27px;">...</span><span style="font-size: large;">that is, <b>BEASTS</b>--to the 50th power!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Beasts are waiting for their Goddess <a href="http://www.jenniferussell.com/" target="_blank">Jenn Russell</a> to complete her "<a href="http://beastlyhome.weebly.com/" target="_blank">50 Beasts</a>" project.</span><br />
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-21753060474117270812014-12-21T23:04:00.000-05:002014-12-21T23:04:13.656-05:00The Longest, Beastliest Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tonight is Winter Solstice</b>, the Longest Night of the year. Indeed, this particular Solstice is the<b> <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/12/21/7424371/winter-solstice" target="_blank">Longest Night EVER</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This makes sense to the Beasts and Magical Beings I live with. </span><span style="font-size: large;">They see it is a <span style="color: #444444;"><b>Dark Time</b></span> (in many senses) in America. There are m</span><span style="font-size: large;">any ways that many </span><span style="font-size: large;">human "Giants" are suffering. Many are:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">None of this makes any sense to the Beasts and Beings. They can see that this land has more than enough for all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harsh and unnecessary as these things are, the very</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in America is this:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Innocent people are being </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(in a land of "liberty and justice for all").</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These deaths are all the more tragic because they are due to something as arbitrary as this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The (conscious or unconscious) devaluing of others based on something--pigment!--that is literally skin-deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are in a time of <span style="color: #444444;"><b>Darkness</b></span>. We need not fear--if we follow the Beastly Way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Plunge</b> into the </span><b style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Darkness</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We must <u>see</u> and <u>acknowledge</u> the <b>Truth</b> in the <b><span style="color: #444444;">Dark</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On this Longest of Nights, at this Darkest of Times,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather, colder and starker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leaf colors have changed in progression,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then each leaf has left in succession.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We huddle close, to thwart the chill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the world grows colder and dimmer </span><span style="font-size: large;">still.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We long for warmth, a cheerful glow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But we are met with gloom and snow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We realize it's not even WINTER yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">The powers of night and ice are combined,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">And seem inextricably intertwined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nature led their paths to merge--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we see that Winter's frosty trail </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it also brings us back the light.</span></div>
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-67729870187353625042013-10-31T19:32:00.000-04:002013-10-31T19:32:00.980-04:00Beastly Shadows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Do not deny your Shadow.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">However huge it may seem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">No need to fear your Shadows,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However many there be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Your Shadow sides are <b>part</b> of you,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Connected to the rest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you turn from them, so you see only light,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Others see them, nonetheless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Beasts know it's better to dance with them,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">To learn from Shadow play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Tonight is a night for Shadows.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Let them out! Let them have their way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Beasts know that embracing Shadow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Is not forsaking what's right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For Shadows are not of the Dark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The only exist in the Light.</span></div>
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-52129256828341600072013-10-12T16:17:00.001-04:002013-10-12T23:40:19.365-04:00The Beasts Learn More Vile Facts About the US Government Shutdown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here we are, 12 days in, and the Beasts and magical Beings I live with are still trying to understand the Shutdown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have even more trouble getting it than the human "Giants" in our household. After all, w</span><span style="font-size: large;">e "Giants"--as they call us humans--at least have some context. We (sadly) are used to politics--and the politicians who perpetrate them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the Beasts and magical Beings have thrown up their hands about the Giant Eejits in Washington, assuming (correctly) that they will never understand.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">He thinks he can BeFriend Congress, </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">How I wish he could!)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They may yet decide it was a mistake, one of my housemates told him, but they definitely did it on purpose. They <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a-federal-budget-crisis-months-in-the-planning.html?hp&_r=3&pagewanted=all&" target="_blank"><b>planned</b></a> it for months. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Dave then read to Burlie from the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a-federal-budget-crisis-months-in-the-planning.html?hp&_r=2&pagewanted=all&" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">New York Times</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">: In a lovely <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/ryanriebe/joint-letter-on-sequester-savings" target="_blank">Valentine to America</a>, dozens of "conservative" groups (who are anything but) signed on to a February 14 <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/ryanriebe/joint-letter-on-sequester-savings" target="_blank">letter</a> outlining the plan to derail the Affordable Care Act at all costs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we told him. That's what they said. Unless the president agreed to defund the Affordable Care Act, they would defund the government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's that about? Burlie wondered. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Don't they believe in healthcare? Healthcare is good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So...they are just against OTHERS having healthcare? THAT can't be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We told him that, yes, that was really pretty much it. Basically, they think it costs too much for everyone to have healthcare. They also believe -- as indicated in that self-same <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/ryanriebe/joint-letter-on-sequester-savings" target="_blank">letter</a> (and for reasons they do not bother to explain) -- that the Affordable Care Act <b><i>"is an unprecedented attack on life and religious liberty."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to explain the concept of "government" to free Beasts is...challenging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They finally (sort of) got it when </span><span style="font-size: large;">one of my housemates explained that we "Giants" (as they call us humans) empower other Giants to:</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Get Things Done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(2) Help Americans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">THAT made sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So they were mystified when the US Government "shut down." They clearly saw that Shutdown means:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Things DON'T Get Done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And when the Beasts heard that the <i>reason</i> the government shut down was because <i>one</i> gang of American Giants <i>with</i> healthcare didn't like a Law designed to Help <i>all</i> American Giants <i>get</i> healthcare, they were incensed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, they asked...you mean the Help-American-Giants-Get-Healthcare Law was STOPPED by a few Giant Eejits who didn't want it to be a Law?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, we told them. The Law went into effect, as scheduled, at Midnight, October 1....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...at <b>exactly</b> the same moment those Giants shut down the government.</span><br />
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-43709365214207794262013-09-27T18:11:00.001-04:002013-09-30T01:34:02.439-04:00Beastly Ears<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Our friend <b>Fia</b> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">has a problem. A few weeks ago, she suddenly lost her hearing in her right ear.</span></div>
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She has been to many, many doctors and had many, many tests. This was not caused by a loud noise or an infection. It is a kind of hearing loss called "sensorineural" (doctor-speak for "either sensory or neural; we don't know"). The cause was "idiopathic" (doctor-speak for "we have no clue").</span><br />
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Burlie</b> is sympathetic. He is surprisingly gentle with the afflicted, even though he is a Mighty Beast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides, he can relate. He's lost his own hearing once...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...or twice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both times he lost his whole ear! Though in his case, the cause was not so mysterious...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He does tend to be rather daredevil...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, it's not too surprising when he loses an ear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He tends to start his healing process with "the hair of the dog."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He knows he just has to get himself back to the Enchanted Emerald Isle, so the Goddess who created him can heal him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Very Special Beasts, like Burlie, sometimes the Goddess makes housecalls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He finds the magical healing process fascinating...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">...the healing...</span></div>
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Burlie thought Fia should go to the Island, that the Goddess would fix her right up.</span><br />
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Fia was not so sure that would work, as she is a human. (Or, as Burlie would say, a "Giant.")</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />So Fia agreed to try. (It certainly sounded pleasanter and more soothing than all the medical offices she's been going to, and all the pills she's been taking.) </span><br />
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-49202819843569535202013-09-10T01:54:00.000-04:002013-09-11T15:34:33.924-04:00Guinness: The BEASTLIEST Brew<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are even the slightest bit familiar with <b>Burlie</b>, chances are you know he is a <b>Huge Fan of Guinness</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now, there is another reason to love the Black Stuff: The <b><a href="http://%3ciframe%20width=%22480%22%20height=%22360%22%20src=%22//www.youtube.com/embed/xwndLOKQTDs?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>" target="_blank">New Guinness Ad</a>...</b></span></div>
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(<b>Please</b><b> view until the <u>end</u></b>--it's worth it!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my housemates showed this ad to Burlie...</span><br />
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-17567795953520810722013-06-21T17:13:00.000-04:002013-06-21T20:41:26.880-04:00Burlie & Friend Demonstrate the Summer Solstice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Solstice" means many things. Astronomically, spiritually, temporally...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> One can just say, "Hey! This is the longest day of the year! Enjoy!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Or one can get into apogee, perigee, "angles of orbital displacement" -- </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">and all manner of concepts that Beasts have no use for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">To the Beasts, the Solstice is simple. And delightful! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">And they want it to be for you, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So Burlie and Friend have come up with this handy demonstration:</span><br />
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-44262582986449191132013-06-15T14:40:00.000-04:002013-06-16T22:43:46.721-04:00Beast-Parents' Day: Fathering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just as not all Beasts have <a href="http://www.beastlyday.com/2013/05/beast-parents-day-mothering.html" target="_blank">mothers</a>, many also don't have fathers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(After all, Beasts and other Magical Beings aren't always created in <i>quite</i> the way we human "Giants" are.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">But being created without traditional fathers just means that they go out and <i>find</i> fathers. And they go out and find other Beasts and Beings in need of fathering.</span><br />
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Who are fatherly, whether fathers or not...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He particularly likes some of our local ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But Burlie's </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">favorite</i><span style="font-size: large;"> type of bridge is the <b>TRESTLE</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Indeed, he has at times been called The Trestle Troll.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So he was delighted to hear of a local project...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The plan is to restore one of Burlie's favorite trestles...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Rosendale Trestle</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...to reconnect the full rail trail...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...so we human "Giants" can hike and bike it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and so Beasts won't fall through the planks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, a little danger isn't going to deter Burlie...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Nor will signs...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...or locks...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But Burlie wants those of us who are more <b style="font-style: italic;">law-abiding</b> to <b><i>also</i></b> be able to share in the Trestle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So he hopes you will support the worthy cause:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He's lying in wait for people in Rosendale...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...to exhort them to support the project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ahem...sometimes, it's more like EXTORT them.</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Support the Trestle. Or else!"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But he means well. And it's for a very good cause!</span><br />
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to put our money</div>
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where his mouth is.</div>
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(And we are happy, too!)</div>
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kojitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110216845762743067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698149795628291727.post-29025754985682308422013-05-11T15:33:00.000-04:002013-06-16T22:43:05.990-04:00Beast-Parents Day: Mothering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Like some of us human "Giants," not all Beasts have mothers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Beasts and other Magical Beings, apparently, aren't always created in <i>quite</i> the way we "Giants" are.) </span><br />
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This is not to say Beasts don't have parents. But, rather than being born to them, Beasts have to <i>find</i> them. Or be found by them.</span><br />
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And they are very good at that. They find Mothers in many places:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Art:</span><br />
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And in one another. For they Mother very well. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They offer comfort...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They teach valuable lessons...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They <b><i>listen</i></b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and sometimes offer advice...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...or support...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...or just love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and in the scary parts...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They give love and care to us human "Giants," too...</span><br />
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The Beasts and Beings</div>
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Send special Mothers' Day love to human "Giants"...</div>
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Who are motherly, whether mothers or not...</div>
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Who <i>wish</i> they were mothers...</div>
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Who miss their mothers.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Beasts and <span style="font-size: large;">Beings have been <span style="font-size: large;">having adventures without us the past few months. (They s<span style="font-size: large;">aid some other "Giants" photographed them in their travels and promised to send copies. If <span style="font-size: large;">we ever get the<span style="font-size: large;">se pix</span></span>, I will post them<span style="font-size: large;">.) </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The<span style="font-size: large;"> Beasts decided they<span style="font-size: large;"> wanted to be here for the glorious spring. (And of course we are very <span style="font-size: large;">glad to have them back!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friend, in <span style="font-size: large;">particular, was excited to greet the return of some of his perennial</span> <span style="font-size: large;">pal</span>s.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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