On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 10:36:56 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 12:27:15 PM UTC, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:14:28 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 12:11:53 PM UTC, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:06:39 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> > > > > On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 7:25:21 PM UTC, W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > > >
> > > > > Will Dockery, please provide your source that Harlan Ellison originated this saying. We have found that the quote is actually: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” The quote seems to have originated from "Catch-22" but in the movie (the script written by Buck Henry) and not in the book (written by Joseph Heller, 1961).
> > > > >
> > > > > It is also attributed to Kurt Cobain, who may have said it but didn't originate it.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is how wrong information is circulated--give your source and be sure of the quote.
> > > > Will incorrectly attributes everything to Harlan Ellison -- including Fat's Waller's famous line, "One never knows, do one?"
> > > Will Dockery has only read the works of 3 people: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg and Harlan Ellison. Therefore, all knowledge flows from them.
> > >
> > Don't forget Stan Lee. Most of Will's literary awareness comes from comic books.
> Yes, that's quite an education, and it shows.

It is also a lie and a misrepresentation, but I know that isn't really important to your troll agenda, Nancy Gene.

🙂
> Just because Harlan Ellison may have written the common phrase in one of his books, doesn't mean that he originated it or that he should be credited for it. Many, many people have written this "advice" since Joseph Heller/Buck Henry originated it. We have seen the quote attributed to Kurt Cobain, John Lyman (?), Woody Allen and others, plus written with no author noted. It is our informed opinion that John Francis O'Donnell wrote it.

Harlan Ellison was the writer I quoted, so i attributed him

HTH and HAND.

(Moved from the troll thread.)

Will Dockery wrote:
> Rachel wrote:
> > fake W-Dockery forged
> >> Rachel wrote:
> >
> >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> >> > > > the blacks?
> >> > >
> >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
>
> "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison

Good one...

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:45:01 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:25:38 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > NancyGene wrote:
> > > On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 7:25:21 PM UTC, Will Dockery wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> >
> > > Will Dockery, please provide your source that Harlan Ellison originated this saying. We have found that the quote is actually: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” The quote seems to have originated from "Catch-22" but in the movie (the script written by Buck Henry) and not in the book (written by Joseph Heller, 1961).
> >
> > > It is also attributed to Kurt Cobain, who may have said it but didn't originate it.
> >
> > > This is how wrong information is circulated--give your source and be sure of the quote.
> > Whether Harlan Ellison wrote it first or not I'm not sure, but he definitely did write it, so I'll look up the book he used this phrase in.
> This is a book in your Harlan Ellison collection..?
>
> Might not be online...

Maybe not, it was from one of his early 1980s short story collections, if my memory serves me well.

(Moved from the troll thread.)

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
> > Rachel wrote:
> > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > >> Rachel wrote:
> > >
> > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > >> > > > the blacks?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> >
> > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> Good one...

Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:

"The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:46:22 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > >
> > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > Good one...
> Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
>
> "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author

cool.

i like the cover a lot! ;-)

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-7, roach wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:46:22 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > > >> > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > > >
> > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > Good one...
> > Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
> >
> > "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author
> cool.
>
> i like the cover a lot! ;-)

that was a reply about dance sending me your book

On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 3:25:21 PM UTC-4, W.Dockery wrote:
> Rachel wrote:
> > On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 6:53:36 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> >> > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:25:07 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> >> > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 10:15:52 AM UTC-7, fake W-Dockery forged
> >> > > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> >
> >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> >> > > > the blacks?
> >> > >
> >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
>
> "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison

It's not nice to call Rachel crazy even though it appears so.

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:29:51 AM UTC-4, fake Jordy C forged:
> On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 3:25:21 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Rachel wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 6:53:36 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > >> > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:25:07 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > >> > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 10:15:52 AM UTC-7, fake W-Dockery forged
> > >> > > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > >
> > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > >> > > > the blacks?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> >
> > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> It's not nice

Obvious forgery ^^^^^^^^^

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:34:08 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:29:51 AM UTC-4, fake Jordy C forged:
> > On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 3:25:21 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 6:53:36 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > >> > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:25:07 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > > >> > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 10:15:52 AM UTC-7, fake W-Dockery forged
> > > >> > > > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > >
> > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > It's not nice
> Obvious forgery ^^^^^^^^^

Ohhh.....thanks Will!!!! Didn't catch it!!!! :)

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:57:02 PM UTC-4, roach wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-7, roach wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:46:22 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > > > >> > > > >
> > > > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > > > >> > >
> > > > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > > Good one...
> > > Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
> > >
> > > "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > > > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author
> > cool.
> >
> > i like the cover a lot! ;-)
> that was a reply about dance sending me your book

George Dance can tell you the estimated time of delivery tomorrow.

🙂

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:41:38 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:57:02 PM UTC-4, roach wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-7, roach wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:46:22 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > > > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > > > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > > > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > > > > >> > > > >
> > > > > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > > > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > > > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > > > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > > > Good one...
> > > > Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
> > > >
> > > > "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > > > > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author
> > > cool.
> > >
> > > i like the cover a lot! ;-)
> > that was a reply about dance sending me your book
> George Dance can tell you the estimated time of delivery tomorrow.
>
> 🙂

Oh great, thanks!!! I appreciate the convenience, due to my injury!

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:44:27 AM UTC-4, roach wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:41:38 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:57:02 PM UTC-4, roach wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-7, roach wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:46:22 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > > > > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > > > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > > > > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped....
> > > > > > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > > > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > > > > > >> > > > >
> > > > > > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > > > > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > > > > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > > > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > > > > Good one...
> > > > > Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > > > > > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author
> > > > cool.
> > > >
> > > > i like the cover a lot! ;-)

George Dance design, reminds me of the cover of the first Paul McCartney solo album, 1970.

> > > that was a reply about dance sending me your book
> > George Dance can tell you the estimated time of delivery tomorrow.
> >
>
> Oh great, thanks!!! I appreciate the convenience, due to my injury!

Get well soon.

🙂

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:46:22 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > Rachel wrote:
>
> > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > >
> > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > Good one...
> Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
>
> "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author

Good one...

Quote of the day worth...

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:46:22 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > Rachel wrote:
> > > > fake W-Dockery forged
> > > >> Rachel wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > >
> > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > Good one...
> Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
>
> "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author

Some other quotes you should take to heart:
"One thing that humbles me deeply is to see that human genius has its limits while human stupidity does not."
attributed to Alexandre Dumas in the “Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siècle” (Great Universal Dictionary of the Nineteenth Century), Volume 2 : “Bêtise” (Stupidity) entry,1865
more about it at: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/28/genius/

"As Albert Einstein once said to me: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.” But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing."
Frederick Perls, 'Gestalt Therapy Verbatim'
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/
(_someone_ mentioned Gestalt somewhere else)

"Furthermore, this impatient, greedy attitude is responsible more than anything else for the excessive stupidity we find in the world. Just as such people have no patience to chew up real food, so they do not take sufficient time to “chew up” mental food."
Frederick Perls, 'Ego, Hunger, and Aggression: a Revision of Freud’s Theory and Method.' (chapter: Hunger Instict)

On Tuesday, 1 August 2023 at 09:20:11 UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> NancyGene wrote:
> > On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 7:25:21 PM UTC, W.Dockery wrote:
> >
> >> "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > Will Dockery, please provide your source that Harlan Ellison originated this saying. We have found that the quote is actually: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” The quote seems to have originated from "Catch-22" but in the movie (the script written by Buck Henry) and not in the book (written by Joseph Heller, 1961).
>
> > It is also attributed to Kurt Cobain, who may have said it but didn't originate it.
>
> > This is how wrong information is circulated--give your source and be sure of the quote.
>
> Whether Harlan Ellison wrote it first or not I'm not sure, but he definitely did write it, so I'll look up the book he used this phrase in.
>
> (Moved from the troll thread.)

Where is your proof, will?

On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:41:49 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > Time Passes Slowly
> >
> >
> > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > In a bed. You start to go
> > Out of your mind,
> > Out of your head!
> > It’s really so true, you can go
> > Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> > A pot for your brain.
> > Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> > It won’t be that pretty,
> > When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> > Brains on the floor,
> > Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> > I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> >
> > Lord, send me an angel,
> > Send me some rest. It is now like a prison,
> > What was once my love-nest. Hour after hour,
> > Day after day...
> > It’s like I’m trapped in a chain, I can’t get up to play.
> > I feel like I’m dying of boredom,
> > My life is so dour. My good mood is turning,
> > My disposition is sour.
> > Could I possibly, oh possibly, sink any lower?
> >
> > It’s true, I worry
> > So much about this; always lying in bed,
> > And making it depressed.
> > I just turned over the mattress,
> > This is the last thing I need. Trust me,
> > It ain’t no easy feat,
> > It’s no simple deed.
> > It was a job for two, I hired a handyman. Now I’m afraid,
> > I’m sinking as if in sand. I’m trapped here
> > Day and night,
> > I dare not even move. I’m ruining my mattress,
> > Creating new grooves.
> > I’ve already switched
> > From one side to the other. Help, I can’t live alone,
> > I need a competent lover. For this and for that,
> > And everything, too.
> > Trust me, it’s hard, my needs they aren’t few.
> > But for some it would be easy,
> > Like the flick of a wrist.
> > Oh what’s a sweetheart like me, doing in a dump like this?
> >
> > Well, I know this ain’t so attractive,
> > But it’s a plea from the heart. Is there anyone out there,
> > Who wants to make a new start?
> > Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> > You’re the only one who matters,
> > I’m telling you plain.
> > I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> > Enough already, enough,
> > Enough with the tears.
> > Just get your ass back here,
> > And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> > I want to get on with my life.
> >
> > Thank you.
> The Dr. Seuss-like tone of the opening and closing stanzas fits perfectly with the nonsensical conceit -- unfortunately the middle stanzas cannot sustain the format.
>
> Try trimming it:
> Time Passes Slowly
>
>
> Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> In a bed. You start to go
> Out of your mind,
> Out of your head!
> It’s really so true, you can go
> Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> A pot for your brain.
> Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> It won’t be that pretty,
> When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> Brains on the floor,
> Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> You’re the only one who matters,
> I’m telling you plain.
> I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> Enough already, enough,
> Enough with the tears.
> Just get your ass back here,
> And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> I want to get on with my life.

Yes trimming it works nicely. Short, sweet and lighthearted for an otherwise serious subject.
To Rachel: nicely done! The second half works better on it's own or possibly starting with a line from the first half to make it a follow up piece.

On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:14:40 PM UTC-7, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:41:49 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > > Time Passes Slowly
> > >
> > >
> > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > Out of your mind,
> > > Out of your head!
> > > It’s really so true, you can go
> > > Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> > > A pot for your brain.
> > > Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> > > It won’t be that pretty,
> > > When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> > > Brains on the floor,
> > > Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> > > I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> > >
> > > Lord, send me an angel,
> > > Send me some rest. It is now like a prison,
> > > What was once my love-nest. Hour after hour,
> > > Day after day...
> > > It’s like I’m trapped in a chain, I can’t get up to play.
> > > I feel like I’m dying of boredom,
> > > My life is so dour. My good mood is turning,
> > > My disposition is sour.
> > > Could I possibly, oh possibly, sink any lower?
> > >
> > > It’s true, I worry
> > > So much about this; always lying in bed,
> > > And making it depressed.
> > > I just turned over the mattress,
> > > This is the last thing I need. Trust me,
> > > It ain’t no easy feat,
> > > It’s no simple deed.
> > > It was a job for two, I hired a handyman. Now I’m afraid,
> > > I’m sinking as if in sand. I’m trapped here
> > > Day and night,
> > > I dare not even move. I’m ruining my mattress,
> > > Creating new grooves.
> > > I’ve already switched
> > > From one side to the other. Help, I can’t live alone,
> > > I need a competent lover. For this and for that,
> > > And everything, too.
> > > Trust me, it’s hard, my needs they aren’t few.
> > > But for some it would be easy,
> > > Like the flick of a wrist.
> > > Oh what’s a sweetheart like me, doing in a dump like this?
> > >
> > > Well, I know this ain’t so attractive,
> > > But it’s a plea from the heart. Is there anyone out there,
> > > Who wants to make a new start?
> > > Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> > > You’re the only one who matters,
> > > I’m telling you plain.
> > > I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> > > Enough already, enough,
> > > Enough with the tears.
> > > Just get your ass back here,
> > > And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> > > I want to get on with my life.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > The Dr. Seuss-like tone of the opening and closing stanzas fits perfectly with the nonsensical conceit -- unfortunately the middle stanzas cannot sustain the format.
> >
> > Try trimming it:
> > Time Passes Slowly
> >
> >
> > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > In a bed. You start to go
> > Out of your mind,
> > Out of your head!
> > It’s really so true, you can go
> > Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> > A pot for your brain.
> > Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> > It won’t be that pretty,
> > When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> > Brains on the floor,
> > Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> > I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> > Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> > You’re the only one who matters,
> > I’m telling you plain.
> > I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> > Enough already, enough,
> > Enough with the tears.
> > Just get your ass back here,
> > And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> > I want to get on with my life.
>
>
> Yes trimming it works nicely. Short, sweet and lighthearted for an otherwise serious subject.
> To Rachel: nicely done! The second half works better on it's own or possibly starting with a line from the first half to make it a follow up piece.

I, myself, unlike Bob, dont endorse or believe in suffering to induce creativity, even though this the outcome of my existence, because Bob won't come back like he keeps saying he will, in conjunction with all my never-ending plagues, is gaslighting me (I'm afraid my word slipped into the national conversation, and has now turned into a cliché) into madness. I'm afraid my heart is growing cold...

On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 7:55:37 AM UTC-7, roach wrote:
> On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:14:40 PM UTC-7, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:41:49 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 11:16:48 AM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
> > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > Out of your mind,
> > > > Out of your head!
> > > > It’s really so true, you can go
> > > > Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> > > > A pot for your brain.
> > > > Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> > > > It won’t be that pretty,
> > > > When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> > > > Brains on the floor,
> > > > Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> > > > I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> > > >
> > > > Lord, send me an angel,
> > > > Send me some rest. It is now like a prison,
> > > > What was once my love-nest. Hour after hour,
> > > > Day after day...
> > > > It’s like I’m trapped in a chain, I can’t get up to play.
> > > > I feel like I’m dying of boredom,
> > > > My life is so dour. My good mood is turning,
> > > > My disposition is sour.
> > > > Could I possibly, oh possibly, sink any lower?
> > > >
> > > > It’s true, I worry
> > > > So much about this; always lying in bed,
> > > > And making it depressed.
> > > > I just turned over the mattress,
> > > > This is the last thing I need. Trust me,
> > > > It ain’t no easy feat,
> > > > It’s no simple deed.
> > > > It was a job for two, I hired a handyman. Now I’m afraid,
> > > > I’m sinking as if in sand. I’m trapped here
> > > > Day and night,
> > > > I dare not even move. I’m ruining my mattress,
> > > > Creating new grooves.
> > > > I’ve already switched
> > > > From one side to the other. Help, I can’t live alone,
> > > > I need a competent lover. For this and for that,
> > > > And everything, too.
> > > > Trust me, it’s hard, my needs they aren’t few.
> > > > But for some it would be easy,
> > > > Like the flick of a wrist.
> > > > Oh what’s a sweetheart like me, doing in a dump like this?
> > > >
> > > > Well, I know this ain’t so attractive,
> > > > But it’s a plea from the heart. Is there anyone out there,
> > > > Who wants to make a new start?
> > > > Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> > > > You’re the only one who matters,
> > > > I’m telling you plain.
> > > > I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> > > > Enough already, enough,
> > > > Enough with the tears.
> > > > Just get your ass back here,
> > > > And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> > > > I want to get on with my life.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > The Dr. Seuss-like tone of the opening and closing stanzas fits perfectly with the nonsensical conceit -- unfortunately the middle stanzas cannot sustain the format.
> > >
> > > Try trimming it:
> > > Time Passes Slowly
> > >
> > >
> > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > Out of your mind,
> > > Out of your head!
> > > It’s really so true, you can go
> > > Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> > > A pot for your brain.
> > > Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> > > It won’t be that pretty,
> > > When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> > > Brains on the floor,
> > > Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> > > I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
> > > Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> > > You’re the only one who matters,
> > > I’m telling you plain.
> > > I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> > > Enough already, enough,
> > > Enough with the tears.
> > > Just get your ass back here,
> > > And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> > > I want to get on with my life.
> >
> >
> > Yes trimming it works nicely. Short, sweet and lighthearted for an otherwise serious subject.
> > To Rachel: nicely done! The second half works better on it's own or possibly starting with a line from the first half to make it a follow up piece..
> I, myself, unlike Bob, dont endorse or believe in suffering to induce creativity, even though this the outcome of my existence, because Bob won't come back like he keeps saying he will, in conjunction with all my never-ending plagues, is gaslighting me (I'm afraid my word slipped into the national conversation, and has now turned into a cliché) into madness. I'm afraid my heart is growing cold...

That was a typo....should be "don't endorse" (apostrophe) I am having trouble with my vision right now.

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 4:05:52 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:46:22 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:50:55 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
> > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > Rachel wrote:
> >
> > > > >> > > > > > Time Passes Slowly
> > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > > Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> > > > >> > > > > > In a bed. You start to go
> > > > >> > > > > *Snipped for focus*
> > > > >> > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > I loved him on What's Happening. Good nostalgic show xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
> > > > >> > > > the blacks?
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > It was a forgery, I didn't write it.
> > > > >> > I just googled this thread maybe 5 minutes ago first time since posting.. This is very disturbing.
> > > > >> OH! Okay....hang on.....hmm....maybe I saw it in my "filtered" consciousness, and thought I was digging it up from way back there, but it was right in front! Possible....probable!!! (according to your posting times!)
> > > > > Well, that's reassuring, because I've had VERY CLEAR INDICATIONS in the past, that I am being monitored online, specifically having to do with an incident which was sorta unreal....alright, I can say, it was like we had ESP.....I was out and about in town. But that's spooky, right? I just feel it was really more like, "great minds think alike." I just sorta thought something, and had this feeling that he thought it too (based on his glare at me), and well, it was brought up....not a big deal. Intelligent people are incredibly perspicacious.
> > > >
> > > > "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get you." -Harlan Ellison
> > > Good one...
> > Meanwhile, here's another good Harlan Ellison quote:
> >
> > "The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and
> > > stupidity." - Harlan Ellison, science fiction author
> Good one...
>
> Quote of the day worth...

Yes, Harlan Ellison came up with some great lines.

Rachel wrote:
>
> Time Passes Slowly
>
>
> Time passes slowly, when you’re trapped...
> In a bed. You start to go
> Out of your mind,
> Out of your head!
> It’s really so true, you can go
> Quite insane. Like a hot pressure cooker,
> A pot for your brain.
> Please don’t stand too close, I’m bound to explode.
> It won’t be that pretty,
> When I blast out my load. Brains on the carpet,
> Brains on the floor,
> Brains on the wall, brains out the door...
> I swear I ain’t kidding, I can’t take this no more!
>
> Lord, send me an angel,
> Send me some rest. It is now like a prison,
> What was once my love-nest. Hour after hour,
> Day after day...
> It’s like I’m trapped in a chain, I can’t get up to play.
> I feel like I’m dying of boredom,
> My life is so dour. My good mood is turning,
> My disposition is sour.
> Could I possibly, oh possibly, sink any lower?
>
> It’s true, I worry
> So much about this; always lying in bed,
> And making it depressed.
> I just turned over the mattress,
> This is the last thing I need. Trust me,
> It ain’t no easy feat,
> It’s no simple deed.
> It was a job for two, I hired a handyman. Now I’m afraid,
> I’m sinking as if in sand. I’m trapped here
> Day and night,
> I dare not even move. I’m ruining my mattress,
> Creating new grooves.
> I’ve already switched
> From one side to the other. Help, I can’t live alone,
> I need a competent lover. For this and for that,
> And everything, too.
> Trust me, it’s hard, my needs they aren’t few.
> But for some it would be easy,
> Like the flick of a wrist.
> Oh what’s a sweetheart like me, doing in a dump like this?
>
> Well, I know this ain’t so attractive,
> But it’s a plea from the heart. Is there anyone out there,
> Who wants to make a new start?
> Calling Bob Dylan, I’m calling your name;
> You’re the only one who matters,
> I’m telling you plain.
> I’ve been waiting for you, for thirty long years.
> Enough already, enough,
> Enough with the tears.
> Just get your ass back here,
> And make my your wife. I’m fed up with your promises,
> I want to get on with my life.
>
> Thank you.

Third read, very good poetry....