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Mad Magazine - a Major Part of Baby Boomer Childhoods! Don Martin Cartoons, Spy vs Spy... and The Satire of Classic Poetry and Tales... Like: Jabber-Whacky

I saw Plans for building a TV Commercial Silencer in Mad... I took Apart my Parent's TV and Installed a Switch on a Long Wire... Without Breaking the TV or Getting Electrocuted... and We Enjoyed Silence During TV Commercials for Years... Nowadays, Every remote has a MUTE Button... But Mad Magazine was Way Ahead of Its Time... With a DIY Plans Cartoon... I've Never Been Able to Find a Copy of those Plans... If you HAVE Them... Email Me: gregvan[at]yahoo[dot]com  or Leave a Comment Below!
Don Martin Cartoon - In the Operating Room
Don Martin Cartoon - In the Operating Room

Classic Poetry Satire!

On Dreaming, After Falling Asleep Watching TV

'Twas Brillo, and the G.E. Stoves,
Did Procter-Gamble in the Glade;
All Pillsbury were the Taystee loaves
And in a Minute Maid.

"Beware the Station-Break, my son,
The voice that lulls, the ads that vex!
Beware the Doctors Claim, and shun
That horror called Brand-X!"

He took his Q-Tip'd swab in hand;
Long time the Tension Headache fought--
So Dristan he by a Mercury,
And Bayer-break'd in thought.

And as in Bufferin Gulf he stood
The Station-Break, with Rise of Tame,
Came Wisking through the Pride-hazed wood,
And Creme-Rinsed as it came!

Buy one! Buy two! We're almost through!
The Q-Tip'd Dash went Spic and Span!
He Tide Air-Wick, and with Bisquick
Went Aero-Waxing Ban.

"And hast thou Dreft the Station-Break?
Ajax the Breck, Excedrin boy!
Oh, Fab wash day, Cashmere Bouquet!"
He Handi-Wrapped in Joy.

'Twas Brillo, and the G.E. Stoves
Did Procter-Gamble in the Glade;
All Pillsbury were the Taystee loaves,
And in a Minute Maid.


Don Martin Cartoon - Halt or I'll Shoot!

Spy vs Spy Satire - MK Ultra LSD CIA


Quicksilver Messenger Service - a San Francisco Trippy Hippy Band that is almost entirely Forgotten... BUT They Were Great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j92RqFP4CM
Have Another Hit of Fresh Air!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBvjXhUSUpU
What You Gonna Do About Me? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_inXx-J3nU
Get Together... Made Famous by The Youngbloods... 

Quicksilver Messenger Service - a San Francisco Trippy Hippy Band that is almost entirely Forgotten...  BUT They Were Great! 
I was lucky enough to See Quicksilver at Winterland, San Francisco with My High School Sweetheart... High on LSD... Sitting in the Balcony, Kissing... The Big Song of the Night was MONA... 

A Friend Named his Son Quicksilver: 

Biff Rose Said:

Gregory Laan writes..
"I don't know anything about your son"
BIFF: He was named after this huge name QUICKSILVER on the side of an 18 wheeler speeding down Hwy 101 to San Jose in a binding rainstorm..we were bound to slow down and get spalsed by this speeding truck and it made a loud noise on the rear windows and Diane the Huntress his MONKK mom said "Oh I know..we'll name the baby Quicksilver"
His main mometn cosmic-wise to me as Musci and Electricity was the day man landed on the Moon Juky 20th 1969..Diane the Monkee Goddess was 7 months pregnant and said "I only went with you to have a kid ...OUCH....I've always had a crush on VaDark Pykes...I mean VanDyke Parks..."
The "OUCH" was cuz Quick quick kicked her from within...and I coulda sworn I heard the voice on the TV nearby say "That's one small step for man and one quick kick for Quicksilver.."...Diane the MONKEE mom's own mother was Myrtle and Myrtle and I had a love affair that manifested in the birth of a song Myrtle's Pies whih I sang on the Smothers Bros Show and which you may hear on youtube.....Myrtle ran a restaurant and I ate free for a year..
..Through Emma Rose age 22 Quicksilver's kid and my grandkid HATE enntered the world...Dine the Monkee Emma's grandmother told the chile "Myrtle hated Biff".....I raise the evel of hate to just call it Monkee Pox...It is permanent as Emma included it in a creative writing essay she submitted when she was a Freshman at the American Univ.....
That happens a lot..I fall in love with my girlfriends' mothers....my next target is Black Ali out in Grass Valley unless her boufriend's taken her back if she's sobered up...ya never know the details till the skeleton is roughed out thru the Facebook Theatre I'm starting to run in the ground of all being....
It's a dicey situation...Black Ali's mom is named DICEY...Black Ali and Dicey were born the same day..July 20th..the day man landed on the Moon......ouch.

and I replied: Thanks! I Never Knew That!
Quicksilver is another name for the Element Mercury... and Is Mined in San Jose (my Home Town) - Near the Almaden Quicksilver mines are some lakes where Swimming is prohibited. My Parents took us there to go swimming and when I pointed to the sign... saying No Swimming... Mom Said "I think that whoever put up that sign was EXAGGERATING the dangers... because... we've been swimming here all of our lives and never got sick once." Mom Trained me to be Skeptical!
Happy Trails album by Quicksilver Messenger Service - gvan42

What about Me - album by Quicksilver Messenger Service - gvan42


Man, that photo (down below) really brings back memories for me. Thanks Terry Finigan for another great post. Sometime in the early Seventies for maybe six months more or less, I lived right on the other side of that famous snag on Hwy 101 north of Trinidad.
I didn’t own a car at the time and hitchhiked back and forth to Humboldt State College, where I worked and went to school. The snag was a landmark for me.
It all started when I was living in Westhaven in a tourist court not far from Pee Wee’s Market. I was living with a woman, Maureen.
Our friend Rooter Russell was staying out in the garage/guest room and someone called him one morning. I went out to tell him there was a call for him wearing my birthday suit, which is what I slept in. When I turned to return to bed, I looked over to the cabin next door and saw the little old lady next door looking at me stark naked. Her jaw dropped and I guess she called the landlord because next thing we knew it we were told to find a new place to live.
It wasn’t easy on short notice but Maureen had an idea. We would buy a teepee. She had heard that you could make teepee poles by splitting a long 2x4 at a slight angle. The whole thing was partially inspired by my interest in Native American culture. I was taking classes on the subject and for some reason it all seemed like a good idea.
And this is where the snag fits in. There was a brand new campground that had just opened up just across and down the road from Patrick’s Point State Park (now known as Sue-Meg State Park). There were cabins you could rent that had been there for awhile. And the owners had done some work on the top of the hill and created a campground with spots for RVs or camping or whatever. We were the whatever.
They had a big bath house with hot showers and toilets and places to shave or whatever. We put the teepee right next to that. There were dedicated electrical plugs and running water for each site, so we had a place to plug in our tv and the stereo and a hot plate for cooking. For heat, (and sometimes cooking) we had an open pit fire in the middle of the room. I imagine I probably smelled like smoke all the time but since I often wore my long hair in twin braids (yes I was guilty of cultural appropriation), it went with my look.
Maureen had a car to get back and forth to town, but we were mostly on different schedules, so as I said, I mostly hitched to town. I was working at the Jolly Giant Cafeteria and cooked breakfast, so I had to get to work pretty early. So most mornings before 6 I would go through the woods right near the snag and go down to Hwy 101 and stick out my thumb.
After a few false starts figuring out the timing, I had a regular schedule and people who lived north of there would start picking me up. There was a Professor who picked me up and we had some good talks and there was a quiet millworker who appreciated that we were both working men.
It was not a bad setup in general, but there was a major snag: mold. Teepees are used by Plains Indian tribes, and not designed for constant wetness of the West Coast. Anything we did not pay enough attention to developed a coating of mold. After a typical winter we basically gave up on the idea. Mold chased us out.
And as luck would have it, the timing was right: a friend had a little Kit trailer for sale cheap, and we found a place to park it (with no rent) in a place where I had friends, a hippie dream called Moonstone. We took the teepee down and moved into the trailer there. A new chapter began.,But that’s a story for another day.
Tree and Truck Trinidad, CA

Here's a student movie made by Ray Manzarek at UCLA... Starring Ray... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDersUJZg

Infinite Rainbow Clipart by gvan42 - Psychedelic Art - and a Listing of What We are Thankful For!

 

Infinite Rainbow Clipart by gvan42 - Psychedelic Art



For Thanksgiving:
I'm thankful that I quit Smoking and Drinking... That allows my mind to think clearly and my Writing is better because of that... Strangely, Smoking Tobacco gave me Paranoid Schizophrenia... After I Quit I Realized That I'm too insignificant for BIG BROTHER to Bother with Spying on me... Those White Unmarked Vans parked in front of my House is Really just Government Employees Taking a Lunch Break in a Location that Has a Nice View... They are Looking at Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean... not me... 

Arlo Guthrie Said: The Missing 18 1/2 Minutes of Nixon's Oval Office Tapes is Richard Listening to Alice's Restaurant... and Laughing! He Didn't Want Any Evidence of Him Enjoying the Song...

classic heart art green kali by gvan42


I'm thankful for being Born on a Great Year! 1954 I Missed Getting Drafted and being forced to go to Vietnam by ONE YEAR! Excellent! My Friends are Still Angry About Their Time There. I got to Spend "The Sixties" Living 50 Miles from San Francisco... We Went there Often to Visit My Father's Friends and Their Sons... We Went to The Exploratorium and The Fillmore West! Protest Marches... Fisherman's Wharf and Swimming at the Beach... Riding the Roller Coaster at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk after Smoking Marijuana! FUN! 

Giant UFO Flying over the Earth by gvan42
Giant UFO Flying over the Earth by gvan42

I'm thankful for being born in San Jose in 1954... When I Graduated from High School and Needed to Get a Job... Silicon Valley Was Hiring! I went to West Valley Junior College for one year, learned Electronics Drafting and Was Hired Instantly at System Industries... Kids These Days Don't Have the Career Opportunities We Had...

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Cosmic Hippy Freakout

I'm thankful that I Live in the Internet Age... The FREE Art Programs Give me something to do during my retirement... and I enjoyed writing my autobiography... I had Help from the people in the "Things I Remember Growing UP in Los Gatos" FaceBorg Group! They Helped me remember!

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Cosmic Hippy Freakout

I'm Thankful for Eating Every Day... Since I was Born in the USA, finding food is not a Problem... In Fact, I've heard That for People Living in Foreign Countries, Starvation is a Big Problem...

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Cosmic Hippy Freakout

I am grateful for this Thanksgiving. Today’s one I’ve been waiting for. It’s the official beginning of the holiday season. I have no extended plans just peace and quiet. This may sound odd to some. After all when we think of the end of the year festivities often it involves a stream of events linked together in succession which often leaves us overwhelmed and in debt. I’ve chosen to take a different route. My celebration is to be present in the moment with myself and those around me. I don’t need more stuff nor do I wish to fill my body with more than I require. Once these final days of 2022 are done, I will walk into the new one refreshed, whole and well, ready for whatever life brings. Happy Holidays!

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Cosmic Hippy Freakout

and on FaceBorg people are Saying:

I'm Making the Devil's Eggs while the Popeye's Turkey heats up . Home Made Cole Slaw is finished. And starting the Broccoli and Mac and Cheese starting as well. Everything going smoothly.

Good Peaceful Vibes✌️Prayers for a
Peaceful Thanksgiving for our World
Not what we say about our Blessings
But how’s we use them! Is the True
Measure of our Thanksgiving
Happy Hiking TODAY Humboldt
MW in the Arcata Wildlife Sancturary

How I feel when I play piano.
Not ghostly, but filled with light.
And perhaps, being watched by someone I have yet to meet, or, see.
Lady Filled With Light playing Piano being Observed by a Man

Greetings From Standing Rock!
https://vimeo.com/438354276?fbclid=IwAR1pmb-HA-te-EeJs9tr0rbmRjFXsN8EFjxTJilRQr0Nw6vVP53PdwF7DkQ
Mark Sims Says:
I’m so Grateful for so many things! Today, I would like to share this wonderful memory with my mentor and dear friend, Daniel Sheehan! It took place exactly 6 years ago today, on November 24th, 2016 at Standing Rock. BTW, the last time Thanksgiving was on the 24th was in 2016!
Happy “ThanksTaking” Everyone! 🦃💕

Jorma Kaukonen Portrait
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) met a singer named Janis Joplin at a hootenanny in San Jose, California, in the fall of 1962. During a rehearsal for a show in North Beach in 1964, Jorma started his reel-to-reel tape machine to capture what they were working on. For decades, this recording was the stuff of legend, with inferior, multi-generational transfers making their way through collector’s circles. Now, for the very first time, it is available officially!
The complete album is being released on vinyl exclusively for #RSDBlackFriday tomorrow. To find a store near you, go to RecordStoreDay.com

Paul and Nancy
Paul McCartney & Nancy

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and cherish all the love you get from your family, friends, and your fans! because as you once said, all you need is love ❤️

I have never thanked you, Paul… 😃
Always thinking, how could this contact possibly be recognized in the mass of millions who love you, but then if not now, then when?!
For I could never LOVE ❤️ any (unmet), human more than I LOVE YOU!!!
60+ years of brotherly love… 🥰
I am forever grateful… 🎶🤍


Thanksgiving MEME - gvan42



Why Not WAKE UP? Face It, The 1950s are Over... The Time has come to STOP Being Obedient. Think for Yourself and Question Authority...

Remember Trump's Stock Market Failure?
DJIA: BIGGEST POINT LOSS in The History
of the Universe... 3/16/2020: 2,997 points...
Are You Tired of So Much "Winning" Yet?
andy roony typewriter framed meme



WAKE UP! It's Fun, It's Free and Everybody's Doing It!  Republicans depend upon Uneducated Voters to DO WHAT THEY ARE TOLD. Did you ever notice the ENDLESS LYING of Trump and his Brainwashed Minions? They Keep on Repeating Their Lies until Chumps believe them...



Like my Uncle said... "In the 1950s, When the Government told you to go to War, You Just Went."

Then the 1960s happened and HUGE QUANTITIES of people learned to "Think For Yourself and Question Authority." - A quote from Dr. Timothy Leary...


American Donut in Nano-Nano Land

On Faceborg I read... and Laughed Out Loud!


After Jimmy Buffett dies and enters the Pearly Gates, God takes him on a tour. He shows Jimmy a little two bedroom house with a faded parrot banner hanging from the front porch.
"This is your house, Jimmy. Most people don't get their own houses up here," God says.
Jimmy looks at the house, then turns around and looks at the one sitting on top of the hill. It's a huge two-story mansion with white marble columns and little patios under all the windows. Tie-died flags line both sides of the sidewalk and a huge Grateful Dead banner hangs between the marble columns.
"Thanks for the house, God. But, let me ask you a question. I get this little two bedroom house with a faded banner and Jerry Garcia gets a mansion with brand new Grateful Dead banners and flags flying all over the place. Why is that?"
God looks at him seriously for a moment, then with a smile, God says, "That's not Jerry's house, it's mine!"

Stolen from John Rottet. Thanks! JR...

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Global Awakening is Real and Happening Now! We Will Join With Perhaps a BILLION PEOPLE Worldwide Celebrating the Earth on 9/20... Global Climate Strike!

and then... on 9/23... Eco-Warriors Plan To SHUT DOWN WASHINGTON DC... Good Luck!

Climate activists plan Washington DC protest to 'disrupt workings of power'

Local groups join together for an event that seeks to shut down traffic on 23 September, during the UN Climate Action Summit... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/27/climate-activists-plan-washington-dc-protest-to-disrupt-workings-of-power

MEME - gvan42 - Global Awakening is Real and Happening Now! We Will Join With Perhaps a BILLION PEOPLE Worldwide Celebrating the Earth on 9/20 Climate Strike

Infinite Rainbow in the Forest Coffee Cup for Sale!
Cosmic Rainbow Spirals in the 
Redwood Forest of Eureka...
MEME - gvan42 - Global Awakening is Real and Happening Now! We Will Join With Perhaps a BILLION PEOPLE Worldwide Celebrating the Earth on 9/20 Climate Strike

MEME - gvan42 - Global Awakening is Real and Happening Now! We Will Join With Perhaps a BILLION PEOPLE Worldwide Celebrating the Earth on 9/20 Climate Strike

Link to see ALL My Playing Cards for Sale... 
With Psychedelic ART Printed on the Back!


PRESS EMBROIDERED BASEBALL CAP For Sale!
A PRESS Hat Might Protect You From Getting Your Head Bashed in By The Police at a Protest March... or it Might NOT! I Remember People Made Fake T-Shirts That Said: "Security - Shoreline Amphitheater" and used them to sneak in to concerts... Of Course, You MAY Change The Word... For Example: You Could Walk Around Wearing a Hat That Says: FLOWER POWER or NO NUKES or ASK ME HOW TO BEAT TRUMP IN 2020... and then when they ask... you say... "Like a Pinata!"
PRESS EMBROIDERED BASEBALL CAP
PRESS EMBROIDERED BASEBALL CAP
by gregvan


Interesting Leader: Steven Dinan of The Shift Network. His Book: Sacred America, Sacred World. Fascinating Ideas about HOW TO Move the Entire Human Race a Giant Leap Forward... to build a more wise, balanced, loving, enlightened world.

https://theshiftnetwork.com/

Steven foresees a Major Upgrade to American Democracy. Trump is Exposing the "Horrorshow" of Obsolete Ideas of a Time Long Ago. "Father Knows Best" is a nostalgic and quaint TV Show but not relevant today. By Outraging the vast majority of the people, Trump is Motivating us En Masse to build a Better World. We can Guide Humanity to the Next Level... Liberty, Equality, Justice for all... "We the People" can trigger Global Awakening... Equal Opportunity... Blending the Wisdom in the Capitalist System with the Wisdom of the Democratic Socialist System. The Best of Different Approaches. Learn from other people's examples... Finland's Education System. Scandinavian Ecological Theories... Really... "Raking the Forests" (removing fuel - dead trees) to prevent wildfires.

Spiritual Practitioners often refuse to participate in Politics. Denying the Nation of their Wisdom... That allows low level humans to be the winners by DEFAULT. Those of us who are Interested in Doing Good often decline Power Trips.

Ironically, the TERM "Do Gooders" was written by People in order to Ridicule Morality so that no one will notice that They themselves are in favor of EVIL as a way of life.

"Conservatives" often promote any idea that they are Paid to promote by the Corporate-Corporate Welfare State. The Government provide Subsidies to fund certain businesses... Like OIL, Plastic, and Nuclear Power. That's Corporate Welfare!

It's the West Coast's JOB to pioneer IDEAS... We are all the children of people who got in wagons and left the East Coast and the Mid West and so... The Pioneer Spirit is Still Alive and That's Why Silicon Valley is on the West Coast and Seattle has Microsoft, Amazon and Costco employee owned store... The exact opposite of WALMART.

The Shift Network is Gridwork of Light Connecting and Interlinking Awakening People - America 7.0 - An accelerator to move the Human Race a Giant Leap Forward. Esalon Intitute Ideas at a Lower Cost and Bigger audience using The Internet. Big Sur for People all over the world. End the War Games and rehire those people in useful tasks. Survival of the Species is our Goal.

A little child will lead us... Greta Thurnberg... poster child of Climate Change Defiance... When we burn fossil fuel, we are killing that little Scandinavian Girl. The Shift Network's Goal Influencing 100 Million People in the next five years. One Candle Flame can Light a Million other Candles. You have Your Candle, I Have Mine. Becoming Evolutionary Agents for Humanity. We are all here to grow and expand to Higher Levels of Consciousness and become Visionaries...

He Cites Heidi Harmon the Mayor of San Luis Obispo... She could be Crucial in Training those Cal Poly Students in Appropriate Technology...

and Terri Andersen the Mayor of Nevada city.

They are Smart Organic Enlightened Leaders... Outrageous Feminists.

David Gershon - Cool Block Initiative - bringing neighborhoods together to fight climate change.
https://coolblock.org/welcome

Tree Sisters Organization - Fusing Tree Planting and Women's Empowerment. https://www.treesisters.org/

Log Cabin Republicans - Gays http://www.logcabin.org/


The Aware Show with Lisa Garr. https://theawareshow.com/

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Great Book: Sacred America, Sacred World by Steven Dinan Interviewed on The Aware Show with Lisa Garr... E Plurbus Unum... Out of Many One...
https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-America-World-Fulfilling-Mission/dp/1571747443

Trump is bringing us all together to fight his obsolete ideas. Since we have been shocked AWAKE due to his obvious insanity, we can come together to move THE ENTIRE WORLD FORWARD. GEE, maybe we ought to be Activists and Write, Talk, Sing, Paint and Dance in favor of Good and Opposed to Evil. https://theawareshow.com/

Shift Network. He is an Esalon Institute Alumni - Big Sur Retreat Hot Tub. https://theshiftnetwork.com/

Evolutionary Growth of humanity to the Next Level... Share the Wisdom. Global Awakening is Real and Happening Now.

BOOK REVIEW:
Infused with visionary power, Sacred America, Sacred World is a manifesto for our country’s evolution that is both political and deeply spiritual. It offers profound hope that America can grow beyond our current challenges and manifest our noblest destiny, which the book shows is rooted in sacred principles that transcend left or right political views.

Filled with practical ideas and innovative strategies honed from the author’s work with over 1000 luminaries via his company, The Shift Network, Sacred America, Sacred World rings with a can-do entrepreneurial spirit and explains how America can lead the world toward peace, sustainability, health, and prosperity. This vision of the future weaves the best of today’s emergent spirituality with seasoned political wisdom, demonstrating ways America can grow beyond its current stagnation and political gridlock to become a world leader in peace and progress.

Published to coincide with the party conventions and presidential debates, this book will promote a return to the sacred principles cherished by America's forefathers in order to create a “transpartisan,” non-ideological, pragmatic approach to social reform. This uplifting discussion explores evolutions in political leadership, environmental concerns, and economic reformation.

It is time to forge a bold new image of America’s future. Here is a road map for getting there.


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I feel very Patriotic towards California but not much towards the USA... At least half of the country would be better if they were a Different Country. Idaho, Utah, Texas, the Midwest and the South are a financial drain on the USA... Let those states secede and stop holding us back. GTFO!


https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/07/great-book-americas-bogus-wars-since.html

My New Book: AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS [Since 1945, The Pentagon Has Never Defended The Country, Not Even Once] by Gregory Vanderlaan


Chapter Zero. Ever since VJ Day (Victory in Japan), All of Our Wars have been Marketing Tools to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex. One time there was a Need to Defend the Country and The Military Failed Completely. Civilians took down the Airplane in Pennsylvania on 9/11/2001. Frankly Speaking, Can't We Buy Total Failure at a Lower Price?

If you want to contribute Knowledge or Opinions to my BOOK email me at gregvan@yahoo.com I really want to hear from Veterans and Defense Contractors... You may be quoted or remain anonymous... Have fun! I might be entirely wrong about the facts and conclusions of this Book. I would want to know what to improve...  BEFORE PUBLICATION.

Think this through with me...

READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/07/great-book-americas-bogus-wars-since.html

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