Friday, October 28, 2016

Psychopathia Sexualis

Richard von Krafft-Ebbing, the author of this encyclopedia of unusual sexual preferences first published in 1886.

I read sections of it during my studies in psychology.  I found one edition that was in english, but with all of the explicit descriptions in Latin.  Therefore, only the most erudite of pervs may partake and understand.  

One case study that hit close to home for me, (there were several), was that of a young man and a servant girl in his family estate.  At the end of the days would recline in a window case I think.  There she would read and relax. Taking off her boots and stockings, the family dog came to lick her toes.  The young man was fascinated with this and begged permission to observe.  This went on for some time with the boy eventually taking the role of the dog, consuming the liquor of her daily toil.



Monday, October 17, 2016

This Harvest Moon

It's the 'Hunter's Moon' here.  Super moon.  Close to the earth.  Pretty.

Because I'm still in love with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MtEsrcTTs

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Time

Here's a thing about me.....maybe the thing.  I hang on.  It's not a measured deal for me. I recall things clearly that happened forty years ago.  It's really all in there, it's a matter of retrieval. Sometimes I can pull it out, others not so much.

I don't want it to end, ever.  This conversation, this song, this dance, this nap.  I abhor endings...... like nature a vacuum.

Having a hard go with time slipping away.   People leave, I didn't get to say goodbye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb9By-lODgk

Steve Miller:  'Fly Like an Eagle'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBwBct0_5U

The Chambers Brothers: 'Time Has Come Today'

Monday, May 23, 2016

I don't remember.

Peter Gabriel circa 1980.  Most things I do remember. Bit of a curse sometimes.

Of course, it's all in there.  It's a matter of getting it back.  I've been laughed at for saying the same, by folks who know not a thing about biology. Silly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_X13P7V2x0

This version is the one I prefer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yl5pbF-ZI

Couple of days hence I'll be in the presence of my vinyl collection. I mean to get this one out and play it loud.

Monday, May 2, 2016

I'm walking a line.

For a long time I felt without style or grace
Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather
I knew my heart was in the right place
I knew I'd be able to do these things.
And as we watch him digging his own grave
It is important to know that was where he's at
He can't afford to stop...That is what he believe
He'll keep on digging for a thousand years.
I'm walking a line-I'm thining about empty motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
You notice there's nothing around you, around you
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.
Never get to say much, never get to talk
Tell us a little bit, but not too much
Right about then, is where she give up
She has closed her eyes, she has give up hope
I'm walking a line-I hate to be dreaming in motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
I'm keeping my fingers behind me, 'hind me
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.
I turn myself around, I'm moving backwards and forwards
I'm moving twice as much as I was before
I'll keep on digging to the center of the Earth
I'll be down in there moving the in the room...
I'm walking a line-Visiting houses in motion
I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-No time to begin
This isn't the time-So nothing was done
Not talking about-Not many at all
I'm turning around-No trouble at all
Two different houses surround you, 'round you
I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMzKpNC2Jk

Saturday, April 23, 2016

I shall so offend

as to make offense a skill.  Henry the V.

I'm told that today, THIS day is the anniversary of 400 years since the passing of William Shakespeare.  Also, his writings are much popular among those not of his national origin.

Cool beans.

The brilliant English poet and playwright William Shakespeare passed away on this date in 1616, which is exactly 400 years ago. Humphrey Bogart admired Shakespeare, and could recite over 1,000 of his classic lines. In fact, the iconic last line from The Maltese Falcon ("The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of") comes from Shakespeare's The Tempest and was included in the film at Bogart's suggestion. It was one of the very few times that the film diverged from Dashiell Hammett's book. The Tempest was one of Shakespeare's last plays, and it was in part a meditation on the fleeting nature of both life and art:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yeah, all that it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
as dreams are made on; and our little life
is rounded with a sleep.


Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Hang Fire

 This I do, tho I'd might rather not.


Hang fire refers to an unexpected delay between the triggering of a firearm and the ignition of the propellant.[1] This failure was common in firearm actions that relied on open primer pans, due to the poor or inconsistent quality of the powder. Modern firearms are susceptible also. The delay is typically too brief to be noticed, but can be several seconds.

The phrase "to hang fire" also means to delay in progressing, for example from one task to another.[2]

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