tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8937406918797823646..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Geryons and Ligers and Snares, Oh My!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24860619139426948182011-03-07T18:43:17.081-08:002011-03-07T18:43:17.081-08:00YOU were THERE, Van????
So was I!
In a brown lea...YOU were THERE, Van????<br /><br /><a href="http://philmon.blogspot.com/2011/02/rally-in-support-of-gov-walker.html" rel="nofollow">So was I!</a><br /><br />In a brown leather jacket and brown fedora.<br /><br />Dang, I would have loved to have met you. I met Jim Hoft there. I had no idea. I heard Phil Todd got the permit for the south lawn (the MoveOn'ers hadn't bothered to get one) and with that great coup, I knew I must go. Glad I did, too.philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14409629276633349242011-03-07T18:36:56.869-08:002011-03-07T18:36:56.869-08:00And it is the eating of our steak that cinched it ...And it is the eating of our steak that cinched it for me. Bloody Geryons.<br /><br />I loved this: <br /><br /><i>The confidence man -- from the tenured on up -- recoils at clarity, and always tries to muddy the water. As Upton explains, these are people who "absolutize the relative," which begins and ends in the destruction of wisdom. And once wisdom is out of the picture, everything is at once conceivable and permissible.</i><br /><br />Perfect.<br /><br />It tied right in with <a href="http://philmon.blogspot.com/2011/03/changing-story.html" rel="nofollow">my recent and related ramble</a>. This is why I shouldn't fall so far behind on your blog. I could've used the above in my post!!!philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69747228846973553712011-02-28T11:40:39.743-08:002011-02-28T11:40:39.743-08:00Joan said "it only desires to destroy and dis...Joan said "it only desires to destroy and distort; it never once occurs to Simon that there might be a pure Source and a reality that is better than anything a Union thug can promise."<br /><br />I spent <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2011/02/would-supporters-of-liberty-and-freedom.html" rel="nofollow">Saturday experiencing</a> a bit of this three part harmoanie, at a rally at our State Capital. One, on the front side of the capital, below a statue of Jefferson, we had a Tea Party rally for "... a human option..." of liberty, while around the backside of the building of the body politic, the moveon.org union types held their tailgate'r rally... and oh what a mess it was to wade in to. <br /><br />A couple of us did (I've got some links there to my friends sites who are more photo & video inclined), trying to pass out some free Constitutions... what a noxious wind that stirred up... like offering dixie cups of holy water at a get together of vampires. <br /><br />Except that these vampires come out in the day time... one of them is just a few cubes away from me right now. <br /><br />Sure wish that daylight thing actually worked on the vamps... or maybe we'll just have to patiently wait for the dawn of Dei....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63661334895505846152011-02-28T11:19:42.150-08:002011-02-28T11:19:42.150-08:00I'm betting that those who resemble this remar...I'm betting that those who resemble this remark,<br /><br />"The confidence man -- from the tenured on up -- recoils at clarity, and always tries to muddy the water. "<br /><br />, pretty much experienced pure consternation at this one... <br /><br />"One might say that in human beings these three natures are still one person; although distinct, they are inseparable."<br /><br />, if they managed to draw the connections, that is... some people's triads differing One from an others, as they do.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64508923326029692672011-02-27T23:58:58.822-08:002011-02-27T23:58:58.822-08:00NB said:
"Heh. Just when you think OC is gett...NB said:<br />"Heh. Just when you think OC is getting too highbrow, he lets loose with the liger..."<br /><br />Hobrow to be sure. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72992261208991345712011-02-27T23:52:51.364-08:002011-02-27T23:52:51.364-08:00Geryon my wayward son...
you'll be in pieces w...Geryon my wayward son...<br />you'll be in pieces when you are done...<br /><br /><br />Skully, song writer extraordinaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38489937476281540642011-02-27T23:50:18.010-08:002011-02-27T23:50:18.010-08:00Cool drawing, Bob!
Now that's what I call art...Cool drawing, Bob!<br /><br />Now that's what I call art! Art without the gimmicks. <br />The kind of art that would look good on velvet. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46382782572744322662011-02-27T15:45:12.420-08:002011-02-27T15:45:12.420-08:00Simon the Magician glommed onto the spiritual and ...Simon the Magician glommed onto the spiritual and evidential power the Apostles employed in their preaching. He saw <i>something</i> and wanted it, thinking it was a new hustle. There was enough there for a practiced fake to be impressed and he was ready to pony up cash to have a piece of the action.<br /><br />Once again, we see that evil has no power to create. In its enslavement, it only desires to destroy and distort; it never once occurs to Simon that there might be a pure Source and a reality that is better than anything a Union thug can promise.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90252794283458446462011-02-27T13:32:54.188-08:002011-02-27T13:32:54.188-08:00I wish Deepak would get out of my life and shut up...I wish Deepak would get out of my life and shut up!Napoleannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49448988857142590272011-02-27T13:00:50.823-08:002011-02-27T13:00:50.823-08:00Hmm, that drawing . . . looks quite a bit like me,...Hmm, that drawing . . . looks quite a bit like me, to be honest. Spikey fur and all.<br /><br />And of course, I too have the power to seduce. Needless to say, right?<br /><br />I might turn myself into a mountain lion this afterneen, in case you're wondering.the spirit of fergus the catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57180733389614001852011-02-27T10:50:29.286-08:002011-02-27T10:50:29.286-08:00Rick said:
This is pretty much the best post I...Rick said:<br /><br /><i>This is pretty much the best post I've ever seen.</i><br /><br />Heh. Just when you think OC is getting too highbrow, he lets loose with the liger...Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49892942209369632492011-02-27T10:47:16.648-08:002011-02-27T10:47:16.648-08:00jwm wrote:
"Reminds me of a certain presiden...jwm wrote:<br /><br />"Reminds me of a certain president."<br /><br />Napoleon to Pedro:<br /><br />"Just tell them that their wildest dreams will come true if they vote for you."Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40919377366197781102011-02-27T09:41:38.702-08:002011-02-27T09:41:38.702-08:00"This is pretty much the best post I've e...<i>"This is pretty much the best post I've ever seen."</i><br /><br />Like anyone could possibly know that.Brazentidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185966349888770222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10026142554168587392011-02-27T09:40:45.074-08:002011-02-27T09:40:45.074-08:00Now that I think of it, Geryon also reminds me of ...<i>Now that I think of it, Geryon also reminds me of Thulsa Doom in the Conan movie - a charismatic man who beguiled his followers, and had the ability to turn into a giant snake.</i><br /><br />Reminds of a certain president.<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81615450210446991802011-02-27T09:26:59.473-08:002011-02-27T09:26:59.473-08:00"...and a human option..."
Nice touch."...and a human <i>option</i>..."<br />Nice touch.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82930036828201465752011-02-27T08:35:50.941-08:002011-02-27T08:35:50.941-08:00This is pretty much the best post I've ever se...This is pretty much the best post I've ever seen.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-146256323766381572011-02-27T08:30:54.242-08:002011-02-27T08:30:54.242-08:00The song of the snake brings to mind the gruesome ...The song of the snake brings to mind the gruesome tales one of the Discovery channels was showing last year about people who were attacked or killed by their pets - usually snakes, lizards, or venomous insects. There was also an episode about chimpanzees.<br /><br />Watching the show, you can't help wondering what's wrong with people who identify so strongly with the lower orders, to the point where they convince themselves that their wild pets feel love for their masters in any kind of human way (usually if the pet owner is female), or that they can somehow control the lower orders and establish some sort of mastery over dangerous creatures (if the owner is male).<br /><br />***<br /><br />Now that I think of it, Geryon also reminds me of Thulsa Doom in the Conan movie - a charismatic man who beguiled his followers, and had the ability to turn into a giant snake.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com