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LINK to buy this Ornament

You May Change the Word if You Want To.

There are Two Layers of Type...

a White Layer In Back and

a Black Layer in Front...

(To Do That "Drop Shadow" Effect)
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Many Other Christmas Ornaments for Sale: Rainbow Cross, Peace Sign, Psychedelic Art, Ezekiel's Wheel UFO and Many More! 

Rainbow Cross and UFO Ornaments for Sale

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LINK to my Most Popular Ornaments. 

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and Now for something completely different

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THIS is the Icon for Make a Phone Call... Totally Out of Date! This looks like a Handset from a SIXTIES AT&T Desk Phone... The Reason I'm Bringing this Up Is... One of the Caregivers at Home noticed that another Resident appeared to be Dead... So while she was trying to get a Response from the Resident... she said... "Dial 911" to the Other Care Giver... AND... The Other Caregiver Didn't Know How To Make a Phone Call on our Cordless Phone... FIRST you push the button with this Icon, Then You Push the Buttons "9" and then "1" and then "1" --- and She Couldn't Do That! Because... She has never seen a Phone that Looks Like This!

I wish people would use the Standard Hyperlink Color Scheme... Blue Letters, Underlined... So many Websites have Random "Artistic" Link Schemes that Make me GUESS which words are the Links... Like on my Google Blog... If I Hover Over my Name the Display Blog Post link Appears... Unless I Hover, The Link I want is Invisible! and often The Scroll bars are hidden... unless I hover over the place that A Scroll bar OUGHT TO BE... Bizarre!

I remember one time I took LSD and Went to the Movies to see "2001 a Space Odyssey" and "THX -1138" --- Well... The Movie THX Had an Absurd Amount of Bright White Light that Hurt my Eyes and Illuminated the Audience... and The Audience seemed much more interesting than what was happening on the Screen... I Walked Out to go explore the REAL WORLD because the MOTION PICTURES seemed so fake and Uninteresting... Just Goes to Show... Planning an Acid Trip Sometimes Just Doesn't Work!

FYI: LSD Causes Dilated Pupils... and Extreme Bright Lights are Painful... Once, I Went to Go Play in the Snow Near Mount Lassen and Had a Terrible Time... Snow Blindness Extreme!

My Slide Into Dementia... Today I couldn't Remember the Phrase "Coat of Arms" so I Substituted the Word "LOGO" instead... and When I Think About it, The Meaning is Very Similar! 

and There was NO WAY that I Could Remember our Family Name "Underhill" - mainly because My Name is Vanderlaan and the Underhills are Distant relatives that Live in New York... 

At the Old Folks Home that I Live in My Care Giver asked me if a Certain Cup was Mine... and she held up my Housemate Tom's Cup... I wanted to Say Mine Has a "Coat of Arms" on it but Couldn't Remember that Phrase... So I Said "LOGO" and She Served me a Cup of Coffee in the Correct Cup... and I READ the Word Underhill...

I'm amused by the Game Show "Jeopardy!" on TV and Play it Every Day... AARP offers Brain Training Games on the Computer but I NEVER Play them because They are NOT FUN... and I'd Rather Have Dementia than do Something that is NOT FUN...  

The Next Day I couldn't Remember the Name of the Movie "The Matrix" - So I Googled "Movie Keanu Reeves  Laurence Fishburne Mr Smith" and Google Found it for me... 

I wanted the Quote about How Humans are a Cancer on the Planet... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrBdYmStZJ4

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Whenever Someone Says "Namaste" I Always Reply: "I'm Nasty Too!"

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Today I read on FaceBorg: MWM Said: 

 

I am convinced that there are three categories of people who call themselves Christians.

-- Traditional Christians follow Paul of Tarsus, and worship Jesus as "God in a man-suit." Many of them are sincere and admirable people. I love any number of this sort of Christian.

-- "There is another group of folks who identify as Christian. Some call themselves Progressive Christians or Red Letter Christians or Jesus Followers. They -- we -- try to live the command of Jesus to love God with all our being and to love all of humanity as we do ourselves and take quite seriously his words about caring for the most vulnerable --'the least of these siblings of mine.' These are folks who understand that that Bible was written by people describing their own efforts to understand the Ineffable, to describe the Indescribable, to explain the Inexplicable. It is not a history or science text, a law book, or a weapon to hammer others with. it is a story of faith journeys. Most of this group of Christians are far too awed by the Creator and too aware of human limitations to claim to possess the only truth about the Infinite. Unfortunately, these folks are quietly living out their faith alongside Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and so many others while that second group makes all the noise and tries to co-opt the name but not the message of that First Century Middle-Eastern Jewish rabbi."

-- A newer category of Christian hates women, especially a woman's right to control her own body; hates LGBTQs, especially their right to control their own bodies and love whomever they choose; and hates black, brown, red, and yellow people, especially those who do not believe what these "Christians" believe. They firmly believe that the Jesus portrayed in the Christian Testament commands them to vituperate, judge, and condemn. Their image of Jesus is a gun-lover who (amazingly) hates, judges, and all the same people these "Christians" hate.

I try hard to pity these "Christians," because I think a hate-full life must be an unhappy one.

But, dang, on days like these it's hard to do....

and I Replied: Don't Forget the "Backsliding" Christian... I Truly Believed ONCE... I Accepted Jesus Christ as My Personal Savior... ONCE... and Then Never Went to Church Again... And I made Sure that I Sinned... After All, I Wouldn't Want to Have Jesus Die FOR NOTHING... I'm Certain that I'll Go To Heaven... BECAUSE... The Only Requirement is that You Accept Jesus Christ as Your Personal Savior... No Amount of Good Deeds Are Required... God Doesn't Keep Score...

If You Think About It, Christianity is the Perfect Religion if You Work for the MAFIA... Step One: Commit Murder, Step Two: Ask for Forgiveness, Step Three: Get Forgiven... Then... LOOP... Step One: Commit Murder, Step Two: Ask for Forgiveness, Step Three: Get Forgiven... Then... LOOP...

LOVE Christmas Ornament -

You May Change the Word

“Thank you to the woman who wrote this:

I’m 14 and I’m struggling in Algebra class. When I ask for help, the male teacher says ‘I’m not surprised, girls aren’t that good at Algebra.’

I’m 18 and go to my first fraternity parties with girlfriends. We don’t ever say it out loud but it’s understood that we need to stick together at these parties and not get separated, for our own safety.

I’m 20 and I’m working as a hostess at the Red Lion Inn in San Jose, near the airport. Men in suits come in to eat after their meetings during the day and I see them take off their wedding rings before heading into the bar next to the restaurant. Every girl who works there learns quickly not to bend too far over because of the short skirts of our uniforms.

I’m 22 and it’s my first day on a new job. My male supervisor gets me into a room alone and I think he’s going to tell me about the job but instead he tells me about how much he likes sex and how he needs to have it every day. I get up and walk out of the room and avoid him after that, but I don’t tell anyone because I’m one of the only women there and I don’t know what to do.

I’m 24 and I’m watching Anita Hill on TV, testifying about a man who wants to be on the Supreme Court. I don’t understand everything I’m watching but I understand that she’s a black woman facing down a panel of white men and she is going to lose because, at 24, I do understand who has power and who does not.

I’m any age in my 20s and I’m walking on the street, in a park, in a city, in a suburb, anywhere. Men tell me to smile, to wait a minute, to slow down what’s my hurry, can I ask you a question, can I stand too close to you, can I demand your space, your time, your attention, hey where you going bitch?

I’m 25. I’m buying my first car and the salesman offers a price I know is way too high. I bring my stepdad to the showroom and the same car is now $3000 less. I smile and buy the car but inside, I’m seething.

I’m any age in my 30’s and I think about where I park, where I go, whether I should get in that elevator that only has one man in it and how I should make sure not to make eye contact with men in the streets. All of this is normal to me and I don’t question any of it.

I’m 35. I’m buying my second car and the salesman says we should wait for my husband to get there before talking about the price but would I like to see the makeup mirror? I tell him I’m a lesbian and, if he’s waiting for my husband, he’s going to be waiting a long time. I leave because I’m learning.

I’m 40 and a woman, Hillary Clinton, is taking a serious run at the Democratic presidential nomination. She’s smart, tough and qualified but she endures endless anger, viciousness, and misogyny and she eventually loses in the primary. Male friends tell me it’s probably for the best because there’s just something they don’t like about her, you know?

I’m 49 and a man who said he grabs women by the pussy is elected as the 45th President of the United States. The night of the election, I feel physically ill and my first conscious thought is ‘my God, the Supreme Court.’ The next morning, I overhear two men laughing and congratulating each other about the election and I feel unsafe in my own country.

I’m 51 and another man who stands credibly accused of sexual assault has just been confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court. I see women on television sobbing, screaming, protesting, crying out in their anguish and their fear. I am so angry. I think of every woman I know and I am so angry.

I am any age, every age. I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am discounted. I am underrepresented. I am underestimated. But I am a voter. Today, that has to be enough.”

~ Author Unknown

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FREE Zig Zag Mandala Artwork - You May Pirate these Images and Use them to Make your Own Decorated BLING! or Buy My Christmas Ornaments for Sale at Zazzle Gregvan -

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and then on FaceBorg a Zen Buddhist Said:

As much as we would always love to be positive and upbeat, the truth is that this is not realistic. Tough times will happen, but that's just the natural course of life.

Without tough times, you would never appreciate the good, so it's natural you will go through periods with a negative mindset. The problem arises when that mindset becomes constant as it will ruin your life.

One of the biggest causes of a negative mindset is fear.

The trick is choosing what you allow into your mind, and what can influence you. This means you might need to turn off the news or avoid people who only bring you down.

But as we mentioned, a negative mindset is nothing but a habit, and any habit can be broken.

Look at negative thoughts like spam email. You wouldn't take a spam email seriously, you just delete it.

BUY NO CHINESE JUNK for CHRISTMAS... Inflation Got You Down? Simply STOP Consuming... Buying Low Price Bad Quality Merchandise DOES NOT CAUSE HAPPINESS! Just Frustration When It Breaks Down...

Remember: Buying Used Stuff at a Thrift Store Does NOT Cause Ecological Damage Like Buying NEW Stuff Made In China... and It Finances the Local Rescue Mission... a Place for Homeless People... and It Employs Homeless People... That's a WIN-WIN Situation!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want.
Get More or Want Less.

Headline: Cargo ships anchored near Los Angeles and New York ports face a 4-week delay to dock, raising further fears over the global supply chain... https://news.yahoo.com/cargo-ships-anchored-near-los-113422286.html

Dozens of cargo ships stuck waiting off New York's coast amid port staff shortages and surging demand for goods... and Oakland, Long Beach California...

https://www.businessinsider.com/cargo-ships-stuck-coast-new-york-shipping-delays-labor-shortage-2021-9

If You MUST CONSUME...

Here is a LINK to All My Artwork
Painted on Two Sided Ornaments:
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Actually Created in RENO, Nevada.

All my Royalties Donated to Charity.

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On the Other Hand...

Buying Used Stuff at Thrift Stores DOES NOT CAUSE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE Like Buying New Stuff Does. When You Buy a New Product, the Corporation Has to Replace It.

They Mine Raw Materials, grow plants (like cotton) using pesticides and herbicides, Log Forests, Employ Slave Laborers in the Orient, Burn Gasoline Shipping the Plastic Crap Here From China... and on and on and on... Used Products ALREADY EXIST and so Buying Stuff at The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop (my local store) does NOT Harm the Planet. Actually, They Hire Local People to Work as Clerks and Do Delivery. We Bought ALL our Living Room Furniture there. Three Chairs and a Sofa... and Men Delivered It Upstairs in Our Home. NO WAY could I Move those Heavy Objects Up That Staircase... I Tipped those Guys $10 Each... and they were really Thankful. Yes, I Could Have Spent a Fortune at Sears or KMART but... I Prefer to Keep The Money IN MY WALLET. I Like Employing Guys That Live At The Rescue Mission. The Mission Does Good Work Here in Eureka and I've Met a LOT of Real People That They Help. I did buy new Beds at Sears. Somehow, those were just too Personal to Buy Used... also, I Do Not Buy Used Underwear... BUT, Clothes? YES! It's actually fun to find thrift stores in Super Rich Neighborhoods and Live Like the TV Show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..." A Great Place to Shop is North Shore Lake Tahoe... Snow Bunnies often Donate Extra Stuff When the Season is Over... and There is Also DUMPSTER DIVING in College Towns at the End of the School Year... FREE STUFF! 

Oddly, I Expressed These Opinions during a Group Discussion at an Ecology Class at Humboldt State University and ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS SAID I WAS WRONG... They said that Used Stuff Still Requires Ecological Damage to Exist at All... I tried to explain that the Manufacturing Damage Happened IN THE PAST and it is impossible to Change History but Buying New Stuff CAUSES Purchasing Agents at Corporations to Hire People to Create New Stuff IN THE FUTURE to Fill the Shelves At The Store. No One Grasped the Concept. But I Did Make The Other Students Think. and That's a Good Thing. It's a difficult concept... I Wish I Could Explain it in a Shorter Sentence... Maybe YOU can Re-Write the Concept Better and Post it in the Comments Section... Thanks!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less. and... You Can Get More Stuff Per Dollar At The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop... or Your Own Store... Did You Know that There is a Fashion "Thing" where Corporations PRE-RIP Clothes? Intentionally Making Them LOOK USED! Really! They Hire People to Rub Jeans over Rough Surfaces to SIMULATE Wear and Tear of Normal Use... I'm Not Making This UP! All the Pathetic Dupes are Wearing Clothes Like That! On My Own Webstore... I Offer Hats that have been "Distressed" to look like they are Old... It's an Option... I wish I could write a Mocking Slogan Poking Fun at this Fashion Trend... Then I Could Sell a Hat with That Saying... Sort of like the Question: "Can You Imagine a World Without Hypothetical Situations?" or The Page that says: "This Page Is Left Blank Intentionally." A Cosmic Haiku Slogan... I do sell a Hat that says "PRESS" so people can wear it at Protest Marches and Avoid Being Bashed on the Head By The Police... I Do Not Really Know if It REALLY Helps Avoid Police Violence... I Do Know That People Made T-Shirts Saying "Backstage Pass - Shoreline Ampetheater - Bill Graham Productions" and Used them to sneak past Security Guards... I admire the Guy that Made a Sign that Says "This is a Sign." Was That Absurdist Theater or End Times Warning?

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“I saw a post the other day by a lady who said she always grabs vintage casserole dishes when she sees them at thrift stores or yard sales and uses them when she brings a meal to someone! She said often they are cheaper than disposable ones and the family can either keep for themselves or pass on to someone else who needs a meal in the future! So in the spirit of reduce, reuse, renew & recycle... I thought this was a neat idea worth sharing!”

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