It's been Said that:

"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking." ... 

So I Say Tickle Your Mind and 

Play with Your Thoughts.

 Cheryl E Gordon

12/25/10

The Fruit Cake Lady Strikes Again

 The Fruit Cake Lady Answers Questions in Her Own Unique Way

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=158330667510799

"The Un-Enlightened One"

You Say You Have the Secret to Enlightenment.
Do Not Boast of Your Enlightenment.
Others Will See and Know
If You are Indeed Enlightened.
A Genius is Worthless
When He Hoards and Gorges on
His own Treasure Chest of Knowledge,
Relinquishing Tidbits in Self Directed Concern
To any Starving Seekers.

Cheryl E Gordon
10/17/10

"The Two Wolves Inside" Cherokee Wisdom

 Cherokee Legend of the "Two Wolves Within"

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle
that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

One is Evil -   It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good -  It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:

"Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied,

"The one you feed."
Author ~ Unknown

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TwoWolves-Cherokee.html 

"Cheaper is not Better"

Somewhere over the intercom in the mega department stores of the USA this might be heard ...

"Attention 'Blah Blah Blah' Customers.... We have been asked why we do not support USA manufacturing.

The answer is simple. We have sold out to China... You have been officially Shanghaied.

We do realize their product is inferior and perhaps @ times deadly, but we believe we are providing what you have asked for. Face it... Cheaper is not Better.

Thank You for Shopping with us .... and Have a Nice Day..."

CEGordon 10/8/10

"Creation"

In the Beginning, God Created the Heavens and the Earth.
After the Beginning, Man Made Guns and Other Weaponry.

Cheryl E Gordon
8/17/10

"Zen Mondo"

A Monk asked Yeuh-shan, "What does one think of while Sitting?" 
One thinks of "Not Thinking", the Master replied.
How does one think of "Not Thinking", the Monk asked?
"Without Thinking, the Master replied.

From " the Little Zen Companion"

"Life is a Reality Show"

The Best Reality Show is Life Itself. 
We Are All "Real" Participants in Life's Play.
We All Help in the Creation as Actors with Props on the Stage.

Cheryl E Gordon
6/29/10

"Please Turn on the Lights"

From Somewhere Deep inside my Mind
On a Very Bad Day,
I say,
"Hey Someone, Please Turn on the Lights,
It's Dark in Here!"

Cheryl E Gordon
8/16/10

Some Sarcastic Quotes About Life

Honesty is the best policy but insanity is the best defense.  ~ Anon

I'm smiling. This should scare you.  ~ Anon

 I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

~ Clarence Darrow

Love your enemies... It pisses them off.  ~Anon

He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

~ Victor Borge

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

~ Joey Adams

Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students!  ~ Anon

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

~ A. Whitney Brown

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much. You're not that good.  ~ Anon

Mail your packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas.

~ Johnny Carson

Bullshit: the art of making the idiotic sound sensible.  ~ Anon

Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do.  ~ Anon

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?

~ Jean Cocteau

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

~ Voltaire

Be kind to your mind. You'll miss it when it's gone. ~ Anon

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

~ Lily Tomlin

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.  ~ Anon

Depression n. - Anger without enthusiasm.  ~ Anon

(Those) Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

~ Redd Foxx

Assassins Inc. We aim to please.  ~ Anon

Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked "Brightness," but it doesn't work.

~ Gallagher

It IS as bad as you think and they ARE out to get you.  ~ Anon

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

~ Alfred Hitchcock

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

~ Elbert Hubbard

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.  ~ Anon

A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.   ~ Anon

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

~ Sir Winston Churchill

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.  ~ Anon

"Being All I Can Be""

I Know I am Not cut Out for the Army, 
For If I were to "Be All that I Can Be", 
I Would Not Be Here in my Physical Body.

Cheryl E Gordon
8/4/10

Lithographic autotype print by Ernst Haeckel from the "Kunstformen der Natur"

Lithographic autotype print by Ernst Haeckel from the Art Forms of Nature or in German,
"Kunstformen der Natur"

Here is a Link to Biography and More Prints from the artist biologist Ernst Haeckel via - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur

These are geometric and concentric drawings of Organisms from 18999-1904.  Because of age, they are free domain.   Enjoy!

"The Egotist"

I wrote this poem for one of my friends who is plagued by an Egotist where she works.  He is the Center of his Very Own Universe.  Most of Us Have Come Across this type of Person in Our Lives and find Him/Her to be quite Irritating.  But then, Of Course, we Are Only the "Outsiders"...

"The Egotist"

Moody Thoughts of the Narcissistic Mind.
Ego Driven, You're One of a Kind.
Plastic Purpose and Shallow Faith,
Seeing without Seeing,
Focused on "Saving Your Face".

Stealing the Story of Others' Dreams
Grabbing the Glory by Self Propelled Means.
As The "One and Only" You Must Cheer Yourself On,
The Whole World Surrounds You,
And each one You Must Con.

But Few Follow Blindly, the Paths Chosen for Them.
You've a Handful of Disciples, but no "Subjects" to Win.
Perhaps these Slight Few, Might be Pretending to Care.
But They're Wanting to Move Forward,
Thinking You'll Carry Them There.


Cheryl E Gordon
5/31/10

The Limerick Challenge - You Can Write Your Own Limerick Here!

According to wikipedia A limerick is a five-line poem in anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (aabba), which intends to be witty or humorous and sometimes a bit risque.  The standard form of a limerick is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth usually rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each; and the shorter third and fourth lines also rhyming with each other, but having only two feet of three syllables. The defining "foot" of a limerick's meter is usually the anapaest, (ta-ta-TUM), but limericks can also be considered amphibrachic (ta-TUM-ta).
The first line traditionally introduces a person and a place, with the place appearing at the end of the first line and establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines.

You too can write a limerick!  I challenge anyone to write your own limerick in the COMMENT Section below, just for fun.  Just Click on the Comment section and submit your own completed limerick.  Remember, 1st, second and 5th lines rhyme, and the third & fourth rhyme with each other.  Don't forget to sign it as your own!  Let's see how many variations we can get.  Please refrain from submission f you have a tendency to be quite nasty .....

See My Own Limerick Below as an Example:

The Liar's Limerick

"Poem: The Liar's Limerick"

There Once was a Man Deemed a Liar.
The Words from His Mouth Would Draw Fire.
He'd Tell You a Story,
Some Outrageous, Some Gory,
(All Embellished with Glory)
But Mostly of Muck and of Mire.
Cheryl E Gordon
5/20/10

(Yes, I know this is 6 lines; not the Traditional Limerick, But I like it this Way)