I am hereby officially tendering
my resignation as an adult. I have
decided I would like to accept the
responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think
that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud
puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than
money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and
run a lemonade stand with my friends on
a hot summer's day.
I want to return to a time when life was
simple; When all you knew were colors,
multiplication tables, and nursery
rhymes, but that didn't bother you,
because you didn't know what you
didn't know and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of
all the things that should make you
worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair.
That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is
possible. I want to be oblivious
to the complexities of life and be
overly excited by the little things
again.
I want to live simple again. I
don't want my day to consist of
computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,
depressing news, how to survive more days
in the month than there is money in the
bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness,
and loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of
smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth,
justice, peace, dreams, the imagination,
mankind, and making angels in the snow.
So . . . here's my checkbook
and my car-keys, my credit card bills
and my RRSP statements. I am officially
resigning from adulthood.
And if you want to discuss this
further, you'll have to catch me
first, cause........
......"Tag! You're it."
Hello! This week, Tony H. Clifton, who has been performing in and around the San Diego area, wished to start things off with a word or two. Of course, I could
only oblige the world's greatest entertainer, so without further ado, here's Tony...
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Dis Is A Word From Tony H. Clifton To Da People At BSTAK:
I thought youse all would be innerested in knowing da followin'.
Last nite was my last bookin' in San Diego at large fer da rest of da year 2000, unless somethin' turns up atta last minute. I wound up doin' dis contest for some
Care-ee-okay place, which was Okay by me! Fer da contest, I singed "Caroliner In Da Mornin," da great hit which was also wrote by me.
Of course, I won da big first prize! Everybody in da place voted fer who was da favorite, end dere was no question dat it was me! (End I didn't even have a "fix"
in dis particalar contest...) A chickie-baby I was wit' who sang like Marilyn Monroe was da second place winner, end another friend a mine got a runner up! So,
now it's officially tomorrow, end I wanted to write a thing for da newsletter ta let all of youse Koffman fans know dat I always was da greatest end I still AM da
greatest, as of three hours ago when I won!
So dat's all I got to say to you people right now, end if Holly is as good as her word, she'll print it in da thing she writes, so alla youse know. O yeah, I also said
for her to attatch a picture of me serenedin' da house, so if it ain't dere, you outta complain ta her.
Her, Sir, Blur, Fur! Dat's some worl' famous rhymin'!
It has been an honor, and a goodbye!!!!
PS Holly you better print dis or we is no longer on speakin' terms.
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The preceeding has been a message from Tony H. Clifton, and I, Sister Holly, as good as my word, printed it, so as not to anger Mister Clifton.
Onward, Kaufman Soldiers!!!
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Meditation this week from Hugh Prather's "The Quiet Answer:"
CONTROL
"I turn from what I cannot improve to what I can. If I cannot heal my body, I CAN lose interest in being sick. I alone choose what preoccupies me. There is no
doubt that thought can be turned to either love or fear. I can choose not to endlessly trace the "causes" of my difficulties and project onto the future their
limitations and pans. If I cannot make this person stop condemning me, I can fail to analyze his motives and rest from defending my actions, because my mind will
build a case for universal innocence as easily as it will look for personal guilt. No matter what appearances I dislike, I can turn from wearying attempts to tinker
them into perfection. Let me begin with what can be changed this instant. My mind can open to the light...And within Its soft appeal what cannot be seen with
kindness?"
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I recently posted a poem that Mister Andy wrote on the subject of ownership on a number of the Kaufman-related boards. Here is another with a similar theme,
as well as the tried and true "teen angst" motif. It also, to me, relates to the meditation about where we choose to focus our thoughts.
May 16, 1964
Andrew G. Kaufman
'Siz funny
how some coolness lordso
called p
are
nts
are
always having head
aches
treating he
adaches
like property
giving cool
like cool
and owning their
property
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My friends, I wish you all a wonderful week!
All roads lead to Rome/Roam
All roads lead to ecurB
All roads lead to Hix
All roads lead to Andy
All roads lead to Other Roads
All roads are a Mobius
Ut! Trvth Is Universal!
Solidarity Through Andy!
Solidarity Through Diversity!
Love,
Sister Holly, the friend of Tony H. Clifton
P.S. Remember, all of you who have not gotten the snailmail materials, they are still available for free - although this offer will not last forever. If you would like
the stickers and booklets, please email me your address, and I'll be happy to send you some!
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amount of money, land, or care, based on the number of people who click at the site...it costs nothing to us but a few seconds.
RE: The post made in my name, "The Troll Is Not A Bad Person, PLEASE READ!"
by
I'm sure that the troll is NOT 100% bad, nor is (s)he 100% good.
If the troll truly wishes to display his/her "goodness," a better idea would be to make some posts under a name that didn't belong to someone already here, and present the "good" side to the good people who post here - this tactic will surely work better than posting a pseudo "stamp of approval" in my name.
I mean, why should andybody take ~my~ word for who is worthwhile and who isn't? I just post here...
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
"There ought to be limits to freedom."
"I have learned from the mistakes I may or may not have made. When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible."
"Gore wants Social Security to be controlled by the federal government, like it's some kind of government program or something!"
"I'm living proof you can get a C average and still succeed."
"I don't need a poll or a focus group to know what I believe."
"It is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is what I have learned from my mistakes that I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that
what Governor Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."
But the all time first prize probably belongs to Dan Quayle, who said:
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle winning friends while speaking to the United Negro College Fund, 5/9/89 This gem has been added to Bartlett's `Familiar Quotations'. (reported in Esquire, 8/92) (reported in the NY Times, 12/9/92)
Holly (if you are indeed Holly) that's nice and I'm happy that you made a new friend. But I am not about to make friends with a person who so far has been nothing but a jealous little shit-stirrer.
I don't have to be "friends" with the whole world. And if you want to contemplate thoughts of genius, think about this stuff (author: Anton Szandor LaVey):
•Why should I not hate mine enemies — if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?
•Is it natural for enemies to do good unto each other - and WHAT IS GOOD?
•Love your enemies and do good to them that hate and use you - is this not the despicable philosophy of the spaniel that rolls upon its back when kicked?
•Hate your enemies with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!; smite him hip and thigh, for self-preservation is the highest law!
• He who turns the other cheek is a cowardly dog!
Again, I am happy that you came to that conclusion. And again, I state that jealousy is an UGLY emotion. Perhaps the ugliest. Perhaps the root of all evil. In the past week I've seen so much unjustified hate stem from jealously and insecurity, it's a sin. You can't blame me for wanting to "protect" myself from spite and ignorance.
And as friends I know that you will respect my opposing view.
Sorry, but we look at content, not signature, to determine author, since anyone can sign any name, any time. If you understood Holly better, maybe your fake messages would sound more believable.
No, I'm actually shy at parties. I'm never the "life of the party" unless it's my own.
I did have a lot of fun, got a bit too drunk. Didn't jump around with a lampshade on my head, but told a married guy I liked him - how embarrassing is that?!
NEW YORK (AP) --The New York Mets announced today that they are going to court to get an additional inning added to the end of Game 5 of the World Series. The batting, pitching, and bench coaches for the Mets held a press conference earlier today. They were joined by members of the Major League Players Union. "We meant to hit those pitches from the Yankee pitchers," said the
Mets batting coach. "We were confused by the irregularities of the pitches we received and believe we have been denied our right to hit." One claim specifically noted that a small percentage of the Mets batters had intended to swing at fast balls, but actually swung at curve balls. It was clear that these batters never intended to swing at curve balls, though a much higher percentage were not confused by the pitches.
Reporters at the press conference pointed out that the Mets had extensively reviewed film of the Yankees pitchers prior to the World Series and had in fact faced the Yankees in inter-league play earlier in the year. "The fact remains that some of the pitches confused us and denied us of our right to hit," said the Mets batting coach. "The World Series is not over yet and the Yankees are celebrating prematurely." Major League Baseball has reviewed the telecast of all the World Series games and recounted the balls and strikes called by the umpires of each game. "While some of the strikes called against the Mets were, in fact, balls, there were not enough of them to change the outcome of the World Series," the commissioner said. Another portion of the Mets legal claim stated that, based on on-base percentage, the Mets had actually won the World Series, regardless of the final scores of the games. "It's clear that we were slightly on-base more often than theYankees," said a Mets spokesman. "The World Series crown is rightly ours." The manager of the Mets has remained in relative seclusion, engaging in some light jogging for exercise. He has stated that he believes "we need to let the process run its course without a rush to judgment."
I'm glad you got it, Don! I almost didn't read it because I'm not a baseball fan - then I realized it was mocking the state of our country. Oy Vey! Well, you gotta laugh!
P.S. - I heard the comment about Bob Dole from a friend last night. LOL!
Stranger by far than fiction could ever be! A script could not have been written that was more bizarre. First Florida (and the election, by extrapolation) are projected by ALL networks to Gore. Then the projections are pulled. Then Florida and the election are projected by all of the same networks for Bush. Then Gore calls Bush and concedes. Then Gore retracts his concession. Then the networks retract their projection. Then a recount is called in Florida, and nobody knows how it will come out. Then Gore get the popular majority, as presumably Bush is about to officially win the electoral majority. Meantime, a dead man wins a senate seat over a longtime incumbent, and the nation’s first lady becomes senator elect.
This one will be talked about 100 years from now!!
Off Mr. Cool
how is your lonely street
in the pavement
lasting
everlasting-- for those to
walk on whoever
may feel like
it if they want
to yes man cool it
may be your street
but it is my property
so get off and don't
chase me off mr.
or else I'll give
you a good sock
in the mouth if you're
not careful with me.
compassionately cawls!
This week's meditation comes from Hugh Prather's "The Quiet Answer."
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MENTAL ABILITIES
Every mental ability we have can be redirected regardless of how often we ma have misdirected it in the past. Memory can be used to remember the present instead of the past. Our ability to forget can be employed to release our mind from old hurts and petty lessons. Concentration an be focused on love as easily as fear. And we can use our imagination to set for ourselves a gentle path on which to walk.
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I think "hope for one and all" is a fairly inspiring meditation! This works for andyone who practices it...
Have an interesting week!
All roads lead to Rome/Roam
All roads lead to ecurB
All roads lead to Hix
All roads lead to Andy
All roads lead to Other Roads
All roads are a Mobius
Ut! Trvth is Universal!
Solidarity Through Andy!
Solidarity Through Diversity!
