So you say:)


Your mind is still weird

Can your bubble pop

Stop and sing a while

Perhaps a slavery spiritual

Then in the cave

In the deepest dark

A faight light is lit

Expanding till the wall shines

Everyone smile

It is penguin time!

Say something Smarco,

Being a blogger is not always amazing fun.  I am at a loss of words today for example, oh well.  Some things in life are hard to swallow, like trolls, oh well.  Maybe some psychological hot sauce might have them taste better.  When I say troll I mean people who say hurtful things to nice people who want to do good in various ways.  People who would get upset if I had two bottles of hot sauce when they already have two of their own.  People who basically see life as a war on all.  Yet there is obviously a huge amount of such people.  I can comfortably say no to that, and am uncomfortable pretending like we just have a tiny tiny problem here.  Egad!!!!

Are you really adventurous..

Holy cheese Batman!

To turn me more into a Saint, add to my two Saint names,
my last name which is guttman, which is both German and Jewish, plus means goodman!  Whew!

I remain agnostic, but there must be something out there.  If there is a God I think he is like a child's teddy bear or doll in reverse order.  We get that kind of love.

Oh God this PHD person is doing a weak job at expaining how to write very well!!!

I will try to add to what he is saying:

Firstly there are many "Rules" to good writing not just two or three big rules.

Secondly a writer needs a desire or stimulus to create good writing, but the writing can come from deep within.  Thinking too hard can stifle the creator.

Thirdly  It helps that there are characters in it that we feel for or about with personalities that seem real and convincing even if they are talking bunny rabbits.

Forthly don't worry about if you are smart enough or great enough, so don't compare yourself with others.

Lastly just do it, do it more than you talk about writing, or figuring this or that.  Don't beat yourself up when you are unhappy with your work.  Rewrite, edit and play with things, try and try again, it is all good as long as you aren't stuck in the rut rust!  And write when your mentally most able to when getting unstuck is the easiest when thoughts flow best.


Moose was wondering if his moose family had moved to Canada:(


Is the blackest most morbid black the new black?


I would rather be a nerd than a doushbag.


Extreme greed is still not a faily value.


Hard as it was the stupidity rubble was cleared...

Stupid stuff had done a lot of collecting

And passed off as just less smart

We all wonder about some errors

The costs of folly

How big someone can really be

And the lack of things

The mind can eat upon

Humanity left wondering

As if the facts are lost now

In the act of forgetting

The fog arrives

We blur

We blur

As does the world

Unexamined.

There is a bridge to my heart

As we all do

Building bridges

Creating walls

Connecting dots

And then find

Your navel

Some purple lint

Staring at your reflection

The mirror is something

And so is your rocky road ice cream

The missing marshmallows

And memories going back

That zap you good

That zap you good

And you return to this moment

With yourself.

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