White Port, Lemon Juice and Ayn Rand

Pound Your Own Metal


"Lagonda, 2nd State" - by Ken

There is only is.
The is that will be and the is that was, but is no longer.
Prepare yourself.
Prepare the is that may or may not follow.
Who are you to judge?
Prepare the is of the following moment.
Everything and nothing is left to chance.
You are only given one hammer to pound
the red hot metal that is your life,
thoughtful swings, thoughtful swings.
Never stop until the metal grows cold and your
grip is insufficient. Do not pound someone else's metal.
That is someone else's is.

The Man in the Hat says:
Sounds like metaphysical mumbo-jumbo to me!
Z-Zen says:
That is fine if it is your delight - loan me five bucks.
 

Rapid Sketch by TMITH

White Port, Lemon Juice and Ayn Rand

Deegan Speaks!

W-P-LJ really tastes good to me...makes a good good wine that
really makes you feel so fine... - from the Frank Zappa song "WPLJ"

The next time that guy on the street asks for a buck or two to buy some White Port and lemon juice
you should go all Ayn Rand* on his ass, telling him how he should master his own destiny and not wait for hand outs from the government or anybody else for that matter. Explain to him that if he feels he was unfairly taken advantage of or life dealt him a bad hand, he deserved it for not being bright enough to avoid it. Then tell him that if you were to give him a few bucks the next thing you know he would be asking you to fetch him fresh lemons to go with the fortified wine and and a crystal goblet to mix it in because he feels "entitled" to quality.
Now if he hasn't gotten up and beaten the shit out of you before you finish, I would figure he
deserved to listen to your 1850's style social consciousness - and had it coming.

*Ayn Rand per popular political demagoguery

"The hills are alive with the sound of music, and Nazi troop carriers..." excerpt from rejected first draft of Julie Andrews song from "The Sound of Music"