Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts

PROPAGANDA: American Happiness Peaked in the 1950s BEFORE Television Brainwashing Convinced Us That We Were Unhappy Unless We Bought Their Plastic Crap.

The Movie PROPAGANDA States that Television is used to Brainwash People into Becoming Mindless Consumers... and that the Main Technique is to Convince Viewers that they Would Become Happy if They Simply Bought The Product Being Advertised...

Ever Notice that People DANCE Wildly With The Product in TV Ads? Ecstasy! Wayfair = BLISS! Instant Joy Thru Consumption...

Propaganda
is a 2012 New Zealand mockumentary[2] film directed by Slavko Martinov. It takes the view of the North Korean government and describes western media and culture as purely forms of propaganda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(2012_film)


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2279306/


This Film Uses Humor to Reveal Truth... Well Worth Watching...
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/propaganda-2012/

Buy Plastic Crap - meme

How I Fight The Mind Control: I Mute the Sound Whenever a TV Commercial Starts... Then I Close my Eyes and Say a Prayer While Doing Deep Breathing. I Contact God Maybe 8 Times an Hour While Watching TV... and That's a Wonderful Thing to Do Instead of Absorbing Evil Messages Telling Me I'm Unhappy... and the Solution is to BUY! BUY! BUY!


https://youtu.be/nRnNDkHb0MU
"I Am the Slime From the Video" by Frank Zappa


and Even Weirder than Wayfair... The REAL REAL... Super Expensive "Designer" Merchandise 90% Off because it's Used... Because 90% of the Price of New Designer Merchandise is BOGUS!


Did You Know That There is an Entire Illegal Business Based on Using Stolen Credit Cards to buy Purses that Cost $600.00 and Reselling them Online...


The Worst Example of TV Advertising Brainwashing is PSYCH MEDS... because PSYCH MEDS Frequently Cause Mental Health Problems... That's More Customers for The Drug Companies... Try our Drug XYZ and if That Doesn't Help... Try our Drug EIEIO... Don't Worry, It's All Paid for by Insurance...


It Reminds me of "Soma" from the Book Brave New World...

Ever see an add for 1-800-GOT JUNK ??? That's a Business That Will Take Your Excess Plastic Crap Away... and the People That Use this Service Dance Wildly With Joy! We Consumed and it Failed to Make Us Happy but Now a Guy Will Haul Away all those Super Duper Excellent Purchases! WHEE!


I'm Angered by all the TV Ads for Prescription Medicine. Patients Pay for Those TV Ads in Higher Drug Prices... I Buy Doctor Drugs and Every time I See Some Crap being Promoted I Realize That They Took MY MONEY and Used it to Buy TV Ads.

and then there are the Endless Advertisements for Medicare Supplement Plans... That's Elder Abuse! When I Turned 65 I Had to Make Choices about My Medicare Insurance... I Could Not Understand the Cost vs Benefit of the Competing Insurance Companies... So I selected to Buy the Coverage Offered by the Labor Union I Belonged to When I was Working... I Figured that They Would Have Negotiated the best plan... SEIU is a Huge Union and Very Powerful... I find that My Sister In Law ALSO was Confused by Medicare Supplemental Plans... and She's been a Nurse for 40 Years... so she chose the plan offered by AARP because they are a Reputable Organization... However, Every time I see a TV AD Selling Medicare Supplemental Insurance I Have the Instinctive Emotion that I'm Getting Ripped OFF... and I Could Do Better... but I'm Afraid to Actually Call the 800 Number on My Screen because I Have the Gut Feeling That I'll be talking to a Hard Sell Telemarketer that'll try to Rip Me Off Even Worse!

also... Advertising and Mind Control is Used In ALL TV Shows... Especially TV NEWS... FOX uses the FEAR Reflex to Keep Viewers Watching... This Works Because a Million Years of Evolution Favored People That Were Afraid... and Vigilant... and Those People Had More Children that Survived to Adulthood... For Example: If a Member of the Tribe working as a Guard Said "DANGER DANGER" When a Sabre Toothed Tiger Approached People Sleeping... The People That WOKE UP and Got a Weapon to Defend Themselves Survived... and That Technique works Today... In Cave Man Days, Strangers Could Attack and Steal Food and Women...

TV NEWS Marketing Sells Hate of Strangers... and The Entire Republican Party Sells "Stranger Danger" - Look at Trump's Border Wall... Designed to Keep Brown Skinned People OUT of the USA...
and When Black People from Haiti Tried to Get In... We Bought 'em a One Way Airplane Ticket Right Back Where they Came From. That was a Democratic Party Action...

and it's Not Just FOX... All TV Shows Sell Fear... That way People will buy More GUNS... and More Burglar Alarm Systems... Look at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC... Endless Stories of Danger-Danger... and Stranger Danger...


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I took an Online Survey about Childhood Trauma and Recovery... and Had this to say: I don't know much about childhood trauma because I Had a Happy Childhood and everyone in my family did... Basically... we are good people and live our lives doing good... we are opposed to evil... and it's obvious to tell the difference... I believe we ought to arrest many more evil people and keep them incarcerated... that way they won't breed and their defective genes will not be passed on to the next generation...


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Favorite Grateful Dead Concerts: I think that the Live Performances at Football Stadiums were Wonderful Experiences - It was Truly Amazing to be in a Huge Crowd High on LSD... I started in 1972 and Loved Every Era...


Stopped Going after the Fare Ye Well concerts... Attended Stadium Shows at JFK Philadelphia, RFK Washington DC, Three Rivers Pittsburgh and Levi Santa Clara... Of Course, My Favorite Show was Winterland 1974 when they filmed the movie... wall of sound...

John Lennon Quote: “I’d rather let my spirit fly free, than be caged by religion. Become a Buddha not a Buddhist; become a Christ not a Christian."

"One implies an awakened state of consciousness, the other a dogmatic approach to life.”God” is too big for one religion. Love & quantum physics are my religion. At one level, all religious traditions have the same aim—to transform the individual into a positive being. I love Jesus, I love Shiva, I love Krishna, I love Buddha. All rivers lead to the same ocean. “I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us.” ॐ John Lennon

John Lennon Imagine Lyrics Computerized Portrait


John Lennon Painting


Get ready for The American Buffalo directed by Ken Burns premiering Oct. 16th!
He takes his audience on an adventure that explores the history of the American Buffalo and the near demise - and ultimate return - of the American Buffalo. This film also examines the species' connection to Indigenous communities and the land.
Poster created by: John Isaiah Pepion (Blackfeet)

American Buffalo TV Show - Poster created by: John Isaiah Pepion (Blackfeet)


"The Spirit of Imperial Beach" by James A. Wasil.

"The Spirit of Imperial Beach" by James A. Wasil.




Flying Saucer - Fleeing Earth - Too Violent Cartoon

"Perhaps the most profound question we can ask about intelligent beings is: Are they kind? Are they wise? Are they compassionate? And if they are, how might they view us? Would they see us as fellow travelers, as beings worthy of respect and cooperation? Or would they see us as a primitive species, still grappling with our own destructive tendencies? The answer to these questions may reveal more about us than it does about them."
- Carl Sagan

ABBA

Hello everyone! Remember this 70’s glam pop band? The Fab Swedish Four!
♥️

Yes... at the Radio Shack I worked at we were Required to Play an Endless Demo Tape on all the TV Sets... Waterloo was on that tape... I maybe heard that song 500 times... and it has ODD LYRICS... all about the Woman Surrendering...

Trump Putin Wizard of OZ meme

Stanley Mouse - with the Skull and Roses Poster

Stanley George Miller born October 10, 1940

Stanley Mouse was born in California on October 10, 1940. His father was an animator with Disney Studios who worked on Snow White. Stanley grew up in Detroit where Motown music and the city’s obsession with motor cars combined with his genius at drawing and made Stanleys life path clear at an early age. Quiet and always drawing in class, Stanley earned his pen name, Mouse in the seventh grade. He’d become known for his sketches of monster-driven muscle cars and as soon as he began signing with his pen name, he became instantly famous at thirteen.

Stanley found a niche in the Detroit hot rod culture by detailing extraordinary paint jobs on vehicles until no quality hot rod in town could be seen without a Mouse pin-striping job. Soon after, he began applying his favorite subjects to T-shirts with an airbrush. In the tenth grade, Stanley did some graffiti on the high school hang out and was expelled from high school, the silver lining being that he then enrolled in art school.

Stanley received his formal training at Detroit’s School for the Society of Arts and Crafts which was connected to the Detroit art museum. He dropped out to follow a higher calling to do rock posters in San Francisco during the sixties wartime era of social revolution, political passion and musical innovation. History was made when Stanley met Alton Kelley – they collaborated for over 15 years and changed the course of advertising art forever. Two of their most famous images, one featuring ZigZag cigarette rolling papers and another, the Grateful Dead skeleton and roses motif, became symbols of a generation. Kelley and Mouse were innovators of the most important art movement of the latter part of the twentieth century. They captured the passion and excitement of the times with their distinctive styles. In 1970 Stanley returned to Detroit and was given a one man show at the Detroit Institute of Art.

In the late sixties Stanley moved from San Francisco to London to flame Eric Claptons Rolls Royce. From there he did art for Blind Faith and the Beatles and returned to America to work on the signage at Woodstock with Kelley. Kelley and Mouse were working on a Jimi Hendrix cover but Jimi died before it was released. That art morphed into several covers for Journey, including Infinity, Escape and Captured.

Stanley designed with Art Nouveau elegance and American pop-art sensibilities. He produced posters for the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom. The art promoting the San Francisco scene became instant collectibles and went far beyond the local scene to reach museums worldwide. Art and music came together in images associated with the The Family Dog, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Steve Miller. Then on to Jimi Hendrix, Journey, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Blind Faith. In all, Mouse and Kelley did the first eight album covers for the Grateful Dead, including the delightful Ice Cream Kid/Rainbow Foot cover of their Europe 72 live album. The cover art for Steve Millers album Book of Dreams won a Grammy Award in 1977.
Stanley’s artwork is included in private and public collections including the Oakland Museum and The Hermitage. Bonham’s of London conducted an auction where Stanley’s artwork was incredibly well received in 1998. In a local ceremony, Stanley was honored and named as the Sonoma Art Treasure in 1994.
Stanley went on to explore fine art and took up classical art forms and oil painting. His landscapes and figurative works express the more subtle and finer aspects of life and round out his body of work with depth and beauty.
Today some old friends have returned to Mouse’s palette: rock and roll and hot rod art and monsters. A significant revival of interest in hot rods and a new subculture is springing up around the aesthetic of the hot rod genre. Stanley Mouse is a revered elder in that tribe, lately contributing to the movement with new and classic monsters and rat-rod art.
A recent show at the Marin Museum of Art featuring Stanley’s work in full-circle format made clear the scope and genius of his art. The hot rods, monsters, rock icons and lush oil paintings stand united by way of the artists creative journey and tell tales of American culture through the decades. The visual repertoire of our collective experience has been made rich and beautiful through Stanley’s art.

and then I read on FaceBorg...
1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.
4. It's the start of a brand new day, and I'm off like a herd of turtles.
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.
10. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don't know whose side I'm on.
15. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"
16. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.


I Read Banned Books! The Reason Republicans Hate Books is: THEY CAN'T READ! Books are SCARY! What Do They Say??? They Don't Know! Danger! Danger! #RUNAWAY

Great Books that Everyone Should Read - 
Insight & Wisdom - Free at the Library!
1984 - George Orwell
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Ed Abbey
The Four Agreements - don Miguel Ruiz
Remember, Be Here Now - Ram Dass

Start with these Five Books... They Explain a Lot... Then Continue With These Classics!

Other Great Books!
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Silent Spring - Rachael Carson
The Search for the Manchurian Candidate
Alice in Wonderland
Thru the Looking Glass
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Whole Earth Catalog
Treasure Island
The Old Man and the Sea
Moby Dick
Robinson Crusoe
The Count of Monte Cristo
Don Quixote
Steal this Book
Revolution for the Hell of It
I, Robot
Foundation
Caves of Steel
Grapes of Wrath
Tortilla Flat
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Man in the High Castle
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Still Here
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Around the World in 80 Days
Stranger in a Strange Land
Slaughterhouse Five
Cat's Cradle
Don Juan, a Yaqui Way of Knowledge
The Great Gadsby
The Armies of the Night
Trout Fishing in America
Island
The Psychedelic Experience
Fahrenheit 451
The Doors of Perception
Ender's Game
The Cult of Cthulhu
Dune
Chariots of the Gods?
Autobiography of a Yogi
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
All Quiet on the Western Front
Catch 22

Everything By Edgar Allen Poe... Steven King... 

and... 

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds... 

Just for FUN... Write Your Own List and Post it on Your Own Blog... or FaceBorg... It's a worthy Exercise in Self Introspection!

If there are any Classics I Forgot, Email Me at gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)Com

Bookshelf of Great Books - gvan42 - Classics Library

Bookshelf of Great Books - Classics Library



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and Now for Something Completely Different!
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What Did I Learn from My Near Death Experience? I've Always Had a Feeling that I Had Some Important Goal to Accomplish. Then I realized...

It wasn't so much of a BIG Goal that was Needed 
to Be Done but Helping People Daily Thru My 
Entire Life. Simply Making the World a Better 
Place To Live. That Was The Lesson.
Since I Did Not Die at Age 19... READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/my-near-death-experience.html

Trump Received Money From a Russian for His 2016 Campaign. GOP operative Jesse Benton was convicted of funneling Russian donations. Why Hasn't Trump Been Arrested and Convicted for This Crime?

The "Russia Hoax" was Not a Hoax After All. Trump Actually Got Rubles to Help Him Campaign!
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/11/trump-got-russian-money-2016.html

Fox “News” Fined $787.5 Million for Intentionally Lying... Further Proof that we are Moving Towards a World Where Truth Matters, Honesty Matters, Justice Matters and...

DOING EVIL GETS PUNISHED!

Many More Lawsuits Coming: Smartmatic is Suing Fox, OANN, Rude Julie Anna, Sidney Powell and the My Pillow Guy...

Will Fox “Learn its Lesson? or Will They Keep on Lying Because That’s All They Have? Time Will Tell!
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/03/woke.html


Rainbow Gathering 2024 - July 1-7 in California.
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/12/rainbow-gathering-2023.html

Stay Away from Florida! Civil Rights Group Issues Warning Against Travel to Florida... They Have GUNS, Floods, The Giant Stinky Seaweed Blob and The Red Tide.

It's A Horrible Place to Take a Vacation!
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/no-travel-to-florida.html

Forcing Women to Give Birth to Unwanted Babies is the GOP "Solution" to the Death of Children by Guns. Just Breed some SPARES!
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/forced-breeding.html

Rick Scott: Republican Criminal - He Oversaw the Largest Medicare Fraud in History - Why Isn't He in Prison? DOJ: Do Your Job - OUTLAW CRIME
READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/03/republican-criminal.html

Somehow, I feel that using an AI Content Generator to Write my Blog is Wrong. My Readers Deserve to Read My Own Words... I tried using a Blog writing program and YES... IT DID WORK... but I'm going to continue to Generate Text the Old Fashioned Way...

"Take Drugs and Type Like Crazy!" - That Technique worked for Philip K Dick, Edgar Allen Poe, Jack Kerouac and Lewis Carroll and... uh... Wait a Minute... I'll think of something to say in a minute... duh... OH YEAH! That's Good Enough for me!

AI Danger Exaggerated - Bender Says: Kill All Humans! Cartoon
The real trick for Blog Writing is to Post TEXT that is not published elsewhere on the web... ORIGINAL WORDS... and The Google Search Engine Defines Original Words as Text that it can't find ON THE WEBSITES IT HAS SEARCHED... Well... There is NO Evidence that it Searches FaceBorg... SO... Copying and Pasting Paragraphs that I Have FOUND HERE... is All Original Text... and WORTHY...

and always remember to include at least one Picture... Readers Love Pictures! and They have a Tendency to CLICK on Pictures... and TEXT that is Embedded in a Picture is NOT Read by the GoogleBot... so Plagiarism is Not Noticed! For Example: This Timothy Leary Quote...
Free Coloring Book Drawing by gvan42
and CSH Said: 
Be brave. Write on!

ALSO... It's interesting to read my words years later... and Modify the Blog Posts as I Learn and Conditions change... I wrote an Entire Novel that Quickly Became totally out of Date! It was all about Eco-Warriors that traveled Across the Country to Assassinate President Donald Trump... Well, Once he became "The Former Guy" That book Became Dated... So I Added a Disclaimer at the Beginning! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-violet-overgrow-by-gregory.html

It was interesting to do research for that novel... I wanted to know IF a sniper could hit the President if he was in the Rose Garden and the Sniper was Standing on the Roof of a 15th Street Building... YES HE CAN! The Internet has Information about the RANGE of Sniper Rifles and Google Maps allow people to Measure Distances! [SPOILER ALERT] - In My Novel, The Assassin Was Unsuccessful because the Secret Service Guards standing on the Roof of the White House SHOT FIRST and Killed the Sniper before he made the shot... What an Excellent PLOT TWIST! 

Book Cover "The Violet Overgrow" by Gregory Vanderlaan


Flip Flops with ART Zazzle Gregvan

Some Guy on FaceBorg Posted: 
If it were up to me, Medicare Advantage plans would be illegal. They are part of a scheme to bankrupt the Medicare Trust Fund.

and I Replied: 
They are Intentionally Complex and It's Difficult to figure out which one is best for me... One REALLY Horrible thing is... IT'S ELDER ABUSE! Asking Old People to Make Complex decisions and providing a bewildering array of choices that are all cloaked in misinformation, disinformation and outright flim flam is a Horrible thing to do to people at any age... but truly evil to do to people on their 65th birthday! I made My Decision by selecting the Plan offered by My Labor Union at work... I figure that the best deal would be the one negotiated by SEIU... My Sister in Law Chose the Plan that was Endorsed by AARP... They are a Trusted Organization... None of US Were able to Figure out the Actual details of the Plans and so Made our decisions on "WHO DO YOU TRUST."

Here's another Example of Using FaceBorg to Help Writing a Blog Post... I Originally Uploaded this Photo... 
Andersen's Split Pea Restaurant... http://www.peasoupandersens.net/ We always stopped there when Traveling South from San Jose to Santa Barbara... Taking my Brother to UCSB...

and Someone Commented:
We always stopped there too. Love their pea soup. There is also an Andersen's on Highway 5 in Santa Nella, just south of Los Banos, but I hear it's not nearly as good as the original.

and I Replied:
When I visited their website I see that there is a second location (on 5) that I never knew about either... This is a Classic Example of Marketing By Billboards on the Road... It's pretty difficult to drive by without stopping after reading the advertisements for hundreds of miles... and In My Humble Opinion... Pea Soup is Pretty much the Same no matter WHO the cook is ...


and then I read:
About 75% of my fb feed is “Amazon Must Haves” articles and it’s become a bit of an issue. There hasn’t been one article I’ve seen and not opened (which would explain why fb has decided my feed should consist of nothing but these articles). And there isn’t one item on any of these lists that I can’t convince myself I don’t need. My “Amazon cart” is more like an “Amazon 18 wheeler” filled with the most ridiculous things that I will never actually purchase but can’t bring myself to delete from said 18 wheeler. Send help.

and I Replied: 
FREE YOURSELF from the Grips of Consumption!

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

QUESTION CONSUMPTION: Coronavirus Has Taught Us That Buying More More More Plastic Crap is Totally Optional! Ecstatic Dancing is Possible Without Buying Chinese Junk from WAYFAIR!
Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want... Get More or Want Less!

 and then I Read:
We're nearing the end of our journeys here on planet earth.
Sharing our losses publicly makes us more human and in turn, more humane . It is weird how we can share disease, but not the preventative solutions that could ease our lifetimes.
My own family has what I term poor people's diseases:hbp, diabetes, arthritis, dental disease,heart disease; to date I've avoided many because I chose a different path to maintain health.
All roads lead somewhere, right?Eventually we come to our road's end bruised and in need of a place to rest.
So many of us with no one to hold our hand. No one with whom to share a memory.

and I Replied:
You can Share Your Memories With Me... I'll Listen... I find that typing on FaceBorg is an Excellent way to Fill Up My Time now that I'm Retired... There are People Here that I Enjoy Talking to... and Experiencing Their Journey Thru Life With...

and she replied: 
Thank you so much Gregory! I, for one, am not afraid to show my scars to the world. Especially if it means I improve my humanity.

Finding God on the Farm - Ville Game!


and then I Read:
What does "from scratch" mean on a working farm? My mom's chores for her family of 10 meant early rising for her and her sister, Alma. Bring in 2 loads of firewood, and start the fire in the kitchen cook stove and the pot-bellied heating stove...Go out to the barn and gather the eggs. Run out the kittens or king snake sometimes, too...(It is real, guys. I had a king snake while visiting 1 summer, and had egg gathering as my chore.) Then, time to milk the cow...Mama hated the smell of milk till the day she died because of this. But, I was never bothered by it. I loved milking the cow...
Then, the mules had to be fed because Grandpa was up by now and getting ready for the fields. It was around 5 am. Roosters were crowing, and life was awake. Bacon and ham were gathered from one of the 2 smokehouses. The grocery store was in your yard...Gather the coldest water in the world straight from a hand-pump beside the long, wooden porch...The day Grandpa modernized that pump I was there, and it broke my heart. I haven't seen one since then. It was easy enough to use..By 4 pumps, water was on its way, so WHY ?? (If it AINT broke, don't fix it !!)
The breakfast was sausage, ham, bacon, eggs, grits, toast, homemade biscuits, jelly, jam, apple butter and fresh water or milk...The part bought here would've been the flour and grits. All else was farm supplied...including that "frigging" butter and cheese...(Granny tricked me into churning it one time. I ran from then on if she had the churn out. Your arms will fall off and you can NOT stop or it ruins the process.) Sometimes, the lard was homemade too.. When the hogs were killed, nothing was wasted. Huge black cauldrons were fired up, and the hides were boiled. The scraping off the insides of these hides made "country lard."
One son, my uncle Charles, would finish his breakfast and head to the hitching barn. A team of the best country mules around the area were about to head into a sunrise to begin their day on the 104 acre George Hammond farm in Belton, South Carolina.
(My family is gone now, but these memories will never die of an AMERICA that is dying herself now... I am gonna share my mom's chicken and dumplings here today, and how they cooked them on that farm from "scratch." If anyone can get it more country than that----then, have at it !!) Be patient...i gotta work first awhile...keep watching...and thanks for reading, and allowing me to share these memories.

and I Replied:
We all just worked until everything that needed to be done, was done... We had Four Apricot Trees... and Wanted to Dry the Fruit to eat in the Winter. So we went over to a Neighbor's that had a Smoker and We were free to use it any time as long as we worked cutting their Cots...

Psychedelic Art Freakout by gvan42


and I Wrote:
My Sister in Law Asked: "Why did they tear down Winterland?" - a Concert Hall in San Francisco... and I said: So they Could Build Condominiums on that Land... But That's not the Entire Answer... That Rock Concert Hall only Sat 5,000 people... and the Audiences became so large that Bill Graham started Holding his Concerts at A Basketball Arena in Oakland (seating 19,000) or at the Football Stadium (60,000) - and That allowed Everyone that wanted to Go easy access to a ticket... and Some of those Day on the Green Shows Were EPIC... Kezar Was Excellent Too... SNACK and Led Zeppelin with the TUBES!

Here's a Song about America's Love for the Land... and The People That have Left the City to enjoy the Rural Lifestyle... I always think of Remote Humboldt County Marijuana Farmers when They Play this Song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAFZF9EfZMs - Listen to the Thunder Cry "I Am!"

I typed my Name into the Search Box in the Upper Left Hand Corner and Found a FaceBorg Account with NO PICTURES and NO WORDS... So I requested It Become My Friend!
Heart Face by gvan42

Heart Face by gvan42

BIFF ROSE Wrote:
yahoo blurb in the meddle of the night..
"Elon Musk Joins Anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok to Mock Fired Employee'
BIFF: They SHOULD mock everything and everyone. We live in a Mockracacy........if you wanna live in a DEmocracy....then.....but who wants THAT? To DEmockratize mean you have to stop mocking and what will the birdies do den de poor tings...they'll fly to the South with a vurm in dare mouth...und tuck dear head unter dare vings de poor tings.......it's going to be a lon-n-n-n-n-n-n-ng Vinter

I replied:
I always use the letters GBLT+Q to refer to the Great Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches... PLUS CHEESE! (Queso) ... Remember the AIDS QUILT when Promoting "Pride" - Being Gay is Not Just Parades and Riots, It's also Spending Countless Hours in the Hospital with Dying Lovers... https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt-history

This Sad Man is Speaking in Favor of Puberty Preventing Medicine and Sex Changes for Teenagers... ABSURD!
Amy Jeopardy Champ - This Sad Man is Speaking in Favor of Puberty Preventing Medicine and Sex Changes for Teenagers... ABSURD!"I truly believe that all of us here have the same goal: to keep Ohio’s children safe and healthy," she said.
But, she added, the “Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act" — which seeks to restrict doctors' ability to provide puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery to minors — would put some children "in grave danger, and a danger that not all of them would survive."
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I feel that It is Unfair That Julia Collins
is No Longer the Best Woman JEOPARDY! Player... "They" Say Amy Schneider is the Best BUT SHE'S NOT A WOMAN! She's a Man that Had a Sex Change and That's Different! 
AI Generated Portrait of E C Vanderlaan


How to Do the "Bait and Switch" EMAIL Marketing... Remember: If the Person Getting your email deletes it unread... your words of wisdom are pointless... SO... I Include Something that They are Likely to be interested in as the Subject Line... and then Deliver What I Promised as the First Sentence of the Body of the Email... Most people will continue reading down to see what I want to say! and maybe they will even Scroll down further! For Example: I believe most of the people in my family ignore all my emails... WhatEVER! So Today's Email Subject was: AI Generated Portrait of Grandpa Vanderlaan. EXCELLENT! and Then I Included the Picture and a Link so they could do their own... Then I Wrote what I wanted to Write About...

and Then SE Said on FaceBorg:
I don't know what it takes to find lasting friendships in this world. I can occasionally find someone to hang out with for a day, but then they always seem to disappear. Other people seem to have friends who stay in their lives. I wonder why that is so elusive to me? If I hang out with someone and we have a nice time together, why can't we hang out again? Where do they disappear to?
Romantic relationships are a joke at this point. I should have been more focused on that when I was younger. That ship sailed years ago. I untied the rope myself and pushed the ship away from the dock, thinking another ship would come along shortly. I didn't understand that that was the only ship. Once it sails, it's gone forever.
The main thing I care about now is just having someone to spend time with who cares about me. A friend would be fine. Yes, I know I do have friends, but most of them aren't local, or they aren't available to spend time with me because they have their own relationships that take priority, and there's nothing wrong with that. But you'd think it would be easier to connect with other single people in my area. You'd think other single women would be looking for a single friend like me to go out and have fun with every once in a while. There is so much I want to do, but I don't want to do it alone. I've got a good job now, and I can afford stuff. Can I buy a friend? Just kidding...but really, I would if I could. I've tried going out alone hoping to make friends, but that's impossible when nobody else is alone. Everyone else is always with other people, so I go out alone and remain alone the entire time. Meetup groups in my area aren't very good either. I've tried a few, but they tend to be cliquey. Hard to make friends in groups of people who have already formed a clique.

and I Replied:
That's always been a mystery to me too... I DID meet many friends in Alcoholics Anonymous... but That's a Club that you Might Not Qualify to Join... In order to Join you have to have a Drinking PROBLEM... and from what you have written... you don't have a PROBLEM...
We will be leaving for Texas in a few days for Thanksgiving. We are driving there. I've been really looking forward to that part, because the time I drove to Texas in 1994 was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. I've never been able to afford to do much interstate traveling, and I remember how cool it was to be out on the open road, and to be able to stop and see all kinds of interesting things along the way. I also remember the miles and miles of saguaro cacti in Arizona with the beautiful red rock formations in the background. This trip will be a lot speedier, though, so there won't be time to stop very many places along the way. I'm a little worried about what to pack (I tend to get anxiety about packing for trips), and I'm also a little worried about spending time in a red state with COVID still out there. Probably should get a booster before we go, although I hate the fact that it might give me side effects and slow me down for a few days, but I feel like it wouldn't be smart to travel to a red state without getting boosted first because right-wingers have made COVID into a political issue instead of a health issue, which is still so bizarre to me. But I know there is a much higher likelihood of encountering unvaccinated people in Texas than there is in CA, and that does make me a bit uneasy.
and I Replied:
It IS a Beautiful Drive. Have Fun. Wear a Mask... and Be Grateful That Right Wingers were More Likely to Get Sick and Die... We Certainly Don't Need People Like That in the Future.
Larissa Stow Four Arms - meditation - Water Ceremony - gvan42

Water Ceremony - Group Meditation... Take a Full Glass of Water and Hold it Between your Eyes and The Sun... Say the Sun Prayer... Drink Half the Water...
"Great spirits of the sun we call to you this day, we thank you for the blessings of our lives, the lives of our children, and all of our relations we are thankful for our life."
and Then... Say a Prayer for the Dirt... and Dump the other Half of the Water on a Plant...
"Great Spirits of The Earth. We Call to You On This Day. WE Thank You for your Nurturing and Your Sustenance. and the Ground on Which We Stand. We are Grateful to Be Alive."
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and then I asked a ChatBot to:

Write an Article entitled "How Can I Make money on the Stock Market using AI?" 

It Said:
Many people believe that artificial intelligence (AI) could be the key to making money on the stock market. After all, AI has the ability to process vast amounts of data and make predictions based on that data.

So, how can you use AI to make money on the stock market?

There are a few ways to do this:

1. Use an AI-based stock trading platform: There are a number of AI-based stock trading platforms available. These platforms use AI to help you make money on the stock market.

2. Use an AI stock market advisor: Another way to make money on the stock market with AI is to use an AI stock market advisor. These advisors use AI to help you make investment decisions.

3. Use an AI stock market simulator: If you want to try your hand at making money on the stock market, but don't want to risk any real money, you can use an AI stock market simulator. These simulators use AI to help you make trades.

Whichever method you choose, if you're looking to make money on the stock market with AI, there are a few things you should keep in mind.

Firstly, remember that AI is not a magic solution that will guarantee profits. The stock market can be unpredictable and there will always be risks involved. However, AI can help you make more informed decisions and potentially increase your chances of success.

Secondly, make sure you do your research and choose a reputable AI-based platform or advisor. Look for reviews and testimonials from other users and make sure the platform has a track record of successful investments.

Lastly, don't rely solely on AI. Use it as a tool to supplement your own knowledge and research. Keep up with industry news and trends, and always be willing to adapt and change your investment strategy as needed.

In conclusion, while there is no foolproof way to make money on the stock market, AI can certainly be a valuable tool in your investment arsenal. Whether you choose to use an AI-based trading platform, advisor, or simulator, be sure to do your research and use it to supplement your own expertise. With patience, discipline and the right approach, you can potentially use AI to boost your investment portfolio.

Rather Insightful Article!

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  • and Then I Asked the AI Chatbot:
  • How can I Increase Sales on My Zazzle Giftshop?

  • 1. Optimize your product listings: Make sure your product titles, descriptions, tags, and images are clear, informative, and professional. Use keywords relevant to your products to improve their visibility in Zazzle's search results.

    2. Promote your products: Share links to your Zazzle shop and individual product listings on social media, email newsletters, and other marketing channels. Consider creating targeted ads to reach your ideal audience.

    3. Offer promotions and discounts: Run special promotions, coupon codes, and sales to attract customers and encourage them to make a purchase.

    4. Improve your customer service: Respond promptly to customer inquiries and concerns, provide helpful and friendly support, and consider offering a satisfaction guarantee to build customer loyalty.

    5. Expand your product range: Create new designs, add new product types, and explore new niches to attract more customers and increase sales opportunities.

    6. Participate in Zazzle promotions: Participate in Zazzle's promotional events like holiday sales, site-wide discounts, and themed collections to increase visibility and drive more traffic to your gift shop.
So, That's what an AI Chatbot Sounds Like... and to tell the truth, No Epic Revelations! 

I Didn't Actually Learn Anything of Value... It was NOT WORTHY!

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