May Day

Or, depending on your interpretation of current events, MAYDAY!

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All is well at The Geezer Chateau and, since no news is good news, I imagine you guys are both doing okay.

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I've been following Uncle Ken's adventures on his watercolor group site and for the longest time I was thinking he was just dicking around, not getting anywhere.  But since it gives him pleasure, if not outright joy, I can have no valid criticism but something happened, a barrier has been breached.  Was it not using a reference grid?  Whatever it was, the last two kitty pics are profoundly better than anything done in some time, in my opinion.  So let me heap a couple of buckets full of praise on Uncle Ken and say "Yup, now you're on to something!"

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Mr. Beagles, do you ever haul your guitar out and noodle around trying to see what kind of tune comes out?  I ask because I picked up a new toy, a little electronic keyboard, and it's been very therapeutic, so far.  I always have some kind of random tune running in my head, the kind of thing you hum while you're doing some kind of task or project, or maybe just sitting around, watching the Earth revolve.  Anyhow, the little box makes plenty of nice noises and is a swell way to pass the time.

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I'm trying to do a little housecleaning with things I've saved from the many rabbit holes I've explored.  No comments necessary, just some stuff I thought worthy of the Institute.  Enjoy, or not; this is very likely stuff you already know.

"Art is never finished, only abandoned." -Leonardo da Vinci

"Perfect is the enemy of good" -popularized by Voltaire

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."  -Confucius

(from some forgotten website)
4 things that aren’t worth it in life
--Consuming political news. Cut it to 5%. Or better yet zero.
--Worrying so much about your finances unless you are in truly dire straights. Keep things in perspective.
--Worrying so much about people’s opinion of you. Be nice. But unless they’re your boss or loved one, they shouldn’t consume your mental energy.
--Investing yourself in toxic people that don’t add value to your life.

(from another forgotten website)
We use stories to make sense of the nonsensical.

Finally, just to piss off Uncle Ken, LESS IS MORE!