tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post5186199462829748578..comments2024-03-19T08:15:23.577-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: In the Navy....-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-87895702433152578372011-10-30T12:44:29.788-04:002011-10-30T12:44:29.788-04:00Wonderful!Wonderful!elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-90211635709060039762011-10-30T12:17:31.815-04:002011-10-30T12:17:31.815-04:00I'm not any kind of fisherman or hunter. Both...I'm not any kind of fisherman or hunter. Both are just an excuse for me to get away and have some "me alone" time. As Thoreau once remarked (Walden)...<br /><br /><i>I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle-dove, and am still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have met one or -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-66015762668581503362011-10-30T11:59:47.479-04:002011-10-30T11:59:47.479-04:00I went trout fishing in Oregon back in August. We ...I went trout fishing in Oregon back in August. We caught a few over the limit (25). Got to feed a few to the bald eagles. <br /><br />I'm not much of a fisherman, don't go very often but I do enjoy it.Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-27937033893370909682011-10-30T11:42:24.821-04:002011-10-30T11:42:24.821-04:00As for the "warrior" aspects... I've...As for the "warrior" aspects... I've gotten a bit too soft for that. I even let the fish go.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-19479562912272983162011-10-30T11:41:39.478-04:002011-10-30T11:41:39.478-04:00that does sound goodthat does sound goodelmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-54593771744037230452011-10-30T11:39:54.145-04:002011-10-30T11:39:54.145-04:00I'm more of a rowboat kinda guy. Give me a fi...I'm more of a rowboat kinda guy. Give me a fishing pole and a small lake inlet to fish in... and a weekend far-far away from the wife, kids, and work responsibilities. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-17561878896408059652011-10-30T11:30:43.445-04:002011-10-30T11:30:43.445-04:00I'd probably end up overboard like that captai...I'd probably end up overboard like that captain if I left the wife. We did get a sailing license together...17 footers is all.Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-40422366937909223492011-10-30T11:28:11.879-04:002011-10-30T11:28:11.879-04:00Who's gonna bring the water though? I live in ...Who's gonna bring the water though? I live in Arizona.Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-1716605684305779852011-10-30T11:25:47.588-04:002011-10-30T11:25:47.588-04:00You don't have to bring the ballerina. ;)You don't have to bring the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqKqUYNl7Y" rel="nofollow">ballerina</a>. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-27440997557317056262011-10-30T11:23:02.498-04:002011-10-30T11:23:02.498-04:00;)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU" rel="nofollow">;)</a>-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-61680898888030792452011-10-30T11:06:46.552-04:002011-10-30T11:06:46.552-04:00I tried the cruise...last year on our 25th...wasn&...I tried the cruise...last year on our 25th...wasn't that impressed. Maybe it was because we ended up in Mexico and got sick from the food.<br /><br />And I don't think she'd like it if I sent her after a BT punch.Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-71229487926281274472011-10-30T10:56:28.511-04:002011-10-30T10:56:28.511-04:00...or you take her on a cruise. ;)...or you take her on a cruise. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-58668457150751878492011-10-30T10:40:29.795-04:002011-10-30T10:40:29.795-04:00Well I suppose you've heard and loved the song...Well I suppose you've heard and loved the songs Brandy and Sweet Painted Lady. The pleasure principle seeks "little deaths" (pleasures) to replace others... but the melancholy sets in after we loose desire for these substitute pleasures as well... desires (objet le petit a) would appear to get nested within ever larger and longer term objects.<br /><br />So maybe you buy a boat to -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-29687919636754998352011-10-30T10:12:46.586-04:002011-10-30T10:12:46.586-04:00So how does Freud suggest those chords be cut? Wha...So how does Freud suggest those chords be cut? What if like Hamlet we've found a substitute already?elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-42403608181498740142011-10-30T10:08:43.796-04:002011-10-30T10:08:43.796-04:00I suppose my feelings about the Navy fall into tha...I suppose my feelings about the Navy fall into that category.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-9351929624429422762011-10-30T10:03:30.044-04:002011-10-30T10:03:30.044-04:00It's hard to cut the chords to older "obj...It's hard to cut the chords to older "objects of desire" so that they can be attached to new ones.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-88616106952064946162011-10-30T10:01:42.592-04:002011-10-30T10:01:42.592-04:00...and the longing for the "eternity" in......and the longing for the "eternity" in the "Big Other" is a source of melancholy. To choose the reality principle's Big Death over the pleasure principle's little death's (orgasm).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-71158671881906599622011-10-30T09:57:19.920-04:002011-10-30T09:57:19.920-04:00In "No country for old men"... the mourn...In "No country for old men"... the mourning is suspended... one can't cut the chords with the "old" desires and move on to "new" ones. This forces the characters into melancholy and the feelings that accompany "old age".<br /><br />...or something like that. I wasn't really paying attention years ago when I saw the movie.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-88715600858249566812011-10-30T09:55:03.087-04:002011-10-30T09:55:03.087-04:00That's why I'm enjoying this Zizek/Lacan s...That's why I'm enjoying this Zizek/Lacan series... learning how to transfer the "objet le petit a" via one's own Ego instead of experiencing the "melancholy" of getting it shifted via one's SuperEgo (The Other). It's learning to be in control of your own Will/volition through your own "desires".<br /><br />If you can cut the old chords via -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-6520661343587854932011-10-29T22:39:50.999-04:002011-10-29T22:39:50.999-04:00I really like this poem, but I suppose it's be...I really like this poem, but I suppose it's been over analyzed. Have you seen the movie No Country for Old Men? I love the parallels, Sheriff Bell feeling his age, outliving his usefulness as a sheriff...like the tattered coat on a stick. I feel his pain. Cool imagery...but it also makes you think. Life passes by so quickly,Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-55418597212092174242011-10-29T20:07:38.838-04:002011-10-29T20:07:38.838-04:00Ixion's wheel never stops spinning.Ixion's wheel never stops spinning.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-70196179348005119202011-10-29T16:56:49.122-04:002011-10-29T16:56:49.122-04:00perne in a gyre...life is winding down eh?perne in a gyre...life is winding down eh?Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-89571713058232580162011-10-29T15:25:55.257-04:002011-10-29T15:25:55.257-04:00Perhaps Yeats is more appropriate now, as I sail e...Perhaps Yeats is more appropriate now, as I sail every day closer to the Promised Land:<br /><br />THAT is no country for old men. The young<br />In one another's arms, birds in the trees<br />- Those dying generations - at their song,<br />The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,<br />Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long<br />Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.<br />Caught in Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-89827767382959494662011-10-29T13:05:34.217-04:002011-10-29T13:05:34.217-04:00Batten down the hatches! ;)Batten down the hatches! ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-56356385921383187422011-10-29T11:34:15.897-04:002011-10-29T11:34:15.897-04:00"I am not afraid of storms for I have learned..."I am not afraid of storms for I have learned how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott.Elmers Brothernoreply@blogger.com