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Now some have taken some of what I say with a grain of salt .. but they were advised that the insignificance of meandering through a modern technology, in which any egress is futile, leads right back into the portal in which one came. It is much like going in the front door and out the back door at the same time. Paradoxical ? Nah .. just ask any politician and some pundit will show them a map of leading to their past follies. Waste of time. Nope! Not as long as it's not mine.
Now, as I was at my wits end, due to the misappropriation and wasting of resources by spalpeen scamps wearing cheap suits with wide ties, fashion polyester skirts spewing redolent fumes, all wearing Cheshire cat grins .. I once again sought the advise of a famous musician who led the famous dance combo called "Moe and the Mel-Tones". I once again located him playing a keyboard in an esteemed capitol city 'Jazz Club' . During a break in his set, we sat down and chatted over grilled veggies and beer (I had a delicious lemonade). Here follows some turgid tidbits from our dialogue:
Aman: "How am I supposed to ... ? " I'm interrupted with a wave of Mel's hand before I can finish the question.
Mel: "... you know you have to wrap yourself up in some kind of box. Something durable enough that they can't get in and you can't get out. The biggest purveyors of nothing are going to try to get at your box .. it's like they've got nothing else to lose. Think again, this way .. How many people are trying to play it soft. Possible ? .. Come on now !? You have to realize many of them have been living their whole life boxed in by some boss who is boxed, by a time card that goes in a box, box homes away from boxes of homes, and maybe there's an old Stratocaster guitar and amp, a horn or flute, in the closet. Now they're wanting to get free of that, and figure a lifestyle change would do them good. So they plug the guitar or some instrument and the lifestyle thing into a box and dial it up to ten. Realize you're out-numbered here and have no where to ...
Aman: "Thanks for asking ? I can report that there does not seem to be any preferred direction of the universe at this time and we have carefully observed the neutron spin and it does not want to line up in any particular direction. " I quickly expound my freshest factoid, desperately trying to get our discourse plumbed to a horizon line.
Mel: "Look! You have to stay in the box, concentrate on the silence only you can create. In a box. Shut off all perceptions, your surroundings, draw yourself into nothing, dry up your aural field and stream, summon clarity and focus on the wondrous silent void, stay un-attentive until you reach the wondrous apex of emptiness revealing itself in the form of another box. Of course this IS the 'animalcule box'. Do not attempt to enter or open it. Do not disturb it. You will then find we're all so much like infusoria."
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That mental breath mint that cleanses the palate of thought restoring everything to its proper shape. Round. Yes round and round we go.
That's why we created a country western song, "Tears on da Carpet". We challenge anyone to sing this ballad.
SEASONAL REFERENCE
Tear
Tear (t[=e]r), n. [AS. te['a]r; akin to G. z[aum]rhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel. t[=a]r, Sw. t[*a]r, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. d[=e]r, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da`kry, da`kryon, da`kryma.
[root]59. Cf. Lachrymose.]
1. (Physiol.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and
diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the
secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other
causes, it overflows the lids.
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And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear.
--Chaucer.
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Let Araby extol her happy coast,
Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears.
--Dryden.
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(Glass Manuf.) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
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Note: Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like.
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Wear and tear. under Wear, n.
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-- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs. Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t>ae/ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
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Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
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Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
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" I tried to tear a tear once .. waste of time!" --Armando Tortuga.
[1957 from "Chats with Chipmonks"]
To tear a cat, rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
-- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48