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Julie Ainger

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The say-so-see-saw of subjugation.

Who made you the boss?The boss of you, the boss of me?UpDownUpDownUpDownUpDownUpDownUpDownUpDownSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawSay SoSee SawPin ‘em in any which way but loose.It’s ridiculous.And Sad.Assert yourself ?What’s the point?A lot.And you have every human and rightful right to do so.Keep in mind, folks can be tricky.Very tricky.Ok. Ok. Say so can be a statement that is not supported by any proof.100 proof, 50 proof—whatever. 20 proof. Your proof. Their proof. The gray area b...

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Lacadaisical Labyrinth

Marked.For life.For a life.Of and in your life.May not be so funny “ha ha” after all.Profiling.Priming. Pruning. Grooming.Does not sound like a beautiful garden in the making. In the growing.Late to the Party? Again.Perhaps it was not that fun to begin with but loaded—-with a lot of ammo of point, shoot and click…….For later. For use….laterJust in case.There was a deal on the table, under the table over the table……..To intrude upon.Tired of being late to the party?Me too.Contemporaneous Coincidence?Who knows.Effort Really Counts?Used to.When...

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To be understood as to understand

Life is a battlefield sometimes.Love is a battlefield sometimes.Sometimes it hurts for no reason.Taking the fight and running with it, seems well, lonely.We come face to face with fear and dig deep into our personal arsenals to figure out how to fight, the detractors, the so called enemy, the inability to hear and understand another in the simplest way.There is no such thing as a small act of kindness.We all become so busy, rushing here, rushing there we oftentimes forget to,STOP, LOOK, LISTEN.There is nothing worse than crying out and havin...

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“Hachoo!” Surreptitious Superficiality

Bless you.GesunheidtIs it allergies?Seasonal allergies?Pollen.Dander.A bug?A virus.Does it even matter at this point?Looks good. Good looks.Will it ever end—the bug-being-excuse. The excused excuse of all the excuses of our modern times.Haven’t we all been through enough?Apparently not.So we are continued and continually pursued in order to be put through the ringer.Bring it On.Be careful of the quiet ones. The ones tiny enough to get by.You.Slinking.Blinking.Winking.And.Stinking.Wreaking of the havoc they continue to quietly spew. Distracti...

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Cuffed. He said. She said. Keep your hands on the wheel.

Rewrite.Re-boot.Reduce.Reuse.Recycle.Now that the cameras are everywhere, how best to drive the point home?Soberly.Of course.Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.Why is it the offender walks away with hands and their side, strutting along and the defender is cuffed, hand to hand. Shuffling along. Somewhere dark and cold?Life gets in the way, that is why.Independence is learned, earned and not burned.If you happen to remember anything at the end of the day try and remember it is always best to take ...

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What’s Sip? What’s Sup?

93%. Yes. 93%. Important to remember that just about anything and everything is open to a debate nowadays. For purposes of communication, let’s explore the 93% rule. 93% Of non verbal communication accounts for our conversation. So. Words are coming out of our mouths. Yet. We are communicating a whole bunch of other information. Simultaneously. Who knew? Experts, most likely. The moment we awaken each and everyday, it is as if we are told to “Speak now”. And off to the daily race we go. Verbally. Non verbally. Nine types of non ver...

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Small Talk

Polite Talk.Small Talk.Is a kind of service to others.To establish and maintain social relationshipsThe ability to engage in small talk is and can be an important life skill. It serves a pragmatic sense of regard for others. An interest in their existence. For example, exchanges of social pleasantries that do not seek or offer information of intrinsic value but rather signal a willingness to observe conventional local expectations for politeness. (wk)Can you image a politeness competition?🙂 Wherein the two sides engaged in non stop polite wo...

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Wisecracker Absurdity and the Practical Joke

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Havelock EllisYeah. Right.Just ask Chester the Jester.In classical tradition the mingling of the tragic and the comic was not allowed.However. The comic relief lies somewhere in “there” and serves a purpose. It allows us as the tragic hero of our own stories a moment of levity and escape. As a break from the dark and heavy content. A release so to speak. From the momentary and sometimes monetary madness.Before we become straight-jacketed in the back of a vehicle on o...

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Fortuitous fortitude or Fortunate Fortune

In the right place at the right time or the wrong place at the wrong time. Depends on how you look at it. Knowing it when you see it or thinking it when you guess it. How do you know when someone is the enemy or a friend?The difference between fire and friendly fire. The hairball that causes a cough or a the hairball that causes joy?Circumstances bring you together and once you are here or there, what happens next could be good and it could be bad. What is the glue that sticks it? The landing. The bond that binds it. And. How will you know i...

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The rake, the slake of the relevance snake and the swig, swill and thrill of the thirst trap.

Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.Indeed.Ambidextrous or not.Wake up to the wickedness that abounds—On Land.On Sea.In air.Transactional or Transformstional.Assent or Ascent.To be better.Or not.What does the method to your madness require and include?A cry?A cry so deep it causesDehydration.Depletes the interior of emptiness more and more.(pf)And at what cost? To self. To others….The rush to consume. To fill up that interior of emptiness (pf)Let’s go fishing’?Indeed.Voraciousness and its vigor are determined largely...

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One match=One Explosion

Compassion Card ChecklistWhich one do you play?The Religion Card.The Spiritual Card.The Racial Card.The Do-Gooder Card.The Do-Badder Card.The Card Shark Card.The Aces Card.The Spades Card.The Diamonds Card.The Hearts Card.The high IQ Card.The “I’m with stupid” Card.The Handsome Card.The Beautiful Card.The Shiny New Car Card.The Old Clunker Card.The Tall Card.The short Card.The Childish Card.The Childlike Card.The Immature Card.The Mature Card.The “I forgot” Card.The “I quit” Card.The “I don’t like my parents” Card.The “I can’t do it” Card.Th...

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Coherentism and Justification. No good deed goes unpunished

Effective Actualization. Is a thing. Theories of Justification abound. We often burden ourselves with a failing explanation with an ad hoc hypothesis.What?😳We often burden ourselves with acts of kindness when they backfire on us.“Urbi et Orbi”.Thomas Aquinas contemplated deeds and punishment philosophically. Perhaps the local 501c 3 would agree. Perhaps not. Perhaps it is the mission statement. Or hidden in the table of contents of the who’s and the why’s of the foundational beliefs of an organization. Time is usually of the essence in findi...

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Can of Corn🌽

“PlayyyyyyyyBalllllllll”Ham screeched.Because.He had to get home for lunch🥪The grounds crew are raking, staking, lining with meticulous hue. With fine point precision and steadfast care to ensure on opening day, all lines will be visible.Seen with out wear.Just around the corner.45 degree angled corner.Protractorally measured.Small and Often.”Playyyyyyyyyyyy Balllllllllllllllll”.The official start of America’s pastime.Just around the corner.45 degree angled corner.Line ups are being drawn up.Skills and drills willed.Oh the crack of the bat,C...

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The Languish Anguish

Did you know?Believe it or NotThe first inventor of the comic strip was not Gary Trudeau, Bill Watterson or Charles Schultz.Would you believe it was actually our 16th President of the United States? The President who led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy? (wk)Wow. And. Whoa.It matters not that he was born into poverty, into a log cabin in Kentucky. Not that he was raised on the frontie...

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Treasure Hunt and The Pearl of Great Price😇

Treasure Hunt.We’re going on a treasure hunt😏What are we looking for…….An ounce of trash is worth a pound of diamonds.(Translation? 💍+💩<>💩+💍)Go ahead.Make my day.The seed or the sower.The weed or the grower.When you come to the end of the fork in the road, take it, make it or break it.The Kingdom of Heaven is of inestimable value.Once we have hunted and searched and toiled and questioned. Fought and scraped and creatively accounted. The fact that the treasures are hidden is the journey we need to continue. Spiritual truth is missed by ...

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