These pictures are not my fault. Just things I’ve picked up here and there over the last week. You may have seen them before, maybe not. I hadn’t seen them before the past week.
Tesla and coil-
Whale playset-
Convergence-
Zen Still Life-
Doing well-
Sponsors-
I’m a Tiger-
Wow-
Hard to believe-
Not again-
What, how, why-
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First- the big long one that shows our walk around Silver Falls State Park; thumbnail- click for full size:
Now- HiRes (1600X1200) wallpapers:
Oregon rainforest
Deer at Silver Falls Park
A very sexy passionflower on my back porch
All for now- catch you later.
Rick
Filed under Family pictures, pictures
First the audio portion of our program- Jack Kerouac:
Some problems uploading. Click and play, hopefully:
https://rickpdx.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/audio-visual/deadbelly5/
Read:
Bus East Poem written on a bus April 1954 from S. F. to New York BUS EAST Society has good intentions Bureaucracy is like a friend 5 years ago - other furies other losses - America's trying to control the uncontrollable Forest fires, Vice The essential smile In the essential sleep Of the children Of the essential mind I'm all thru playing the American Now I'm going to live a good quiet life The world should be built for foot walkers Oily rivers Of spiney Nevady I am Jake Cake Rake Write like Blake The horse is not pleased Sight of his gorgeous finery in the dust Its silken nostrils did disgust Cats arent kind Kiddies anent sweet April in Nevada - Investigating Dismal Cheyenne Where the war parties In fields of straw Aimed over oxen At Indian Chiefs In wild headdress Pouring thru the gap In Wyoming plain To make the settlers Eat more dust than dust was eaten In the States From East at Seacoast Where wagons made up To dreadful Plains Of clazer vup Saltry settlers Anxious to masturbate The Mongol Sea (I'm too tired in Cheyenne - No sleep in 4 nights now, & 2 to go) NEBRASKA April doesnt hurt here Like it does in New England The ground Vast and brown Surrounds dry towns Located in the dust Of the coming locust Live for survival, not for "kicks" Be a bangtail describer, like of shrouded traveler in Textile tenement & the birds fighting in yr ears-like Burroughs exact to describe & gettin $ The Angry Hunger (hunger is anger) who fears the hungry feareth the angry) And so I came home To Golden far away Twas on the horizon Every blessed day As we rolled And we rolled From Donner tragic Pass Thru April in Nevada And out Salt City Way Into the dry Nebraskas And sad Wyomings Where young girls And pretty lover boys With Mickey Mantle eyes Wander under moons Sawing in lost cradle And Judge O Fasterc Passes whiggling by To ask of young love: ,,Was it the same wind Of April Plains eve that ruffled the dress Of my lost love Louanna In the Western Far off night Lost as the whistle Of the passing Train Everywhere West Roams moaning The deep basso - Vom! Vom! - Was it the same love Notified my bones As mortify yrs now Children of the soft Wyoming April night? Couldna been! But was! But was!" And on the prairie The wildflower blows In the night For bees & birds And sleeping hidden Animals of life. The Chicago Spitters in the spotty street Cheap beans, loop, Girls made eyes at me And I had 35 Cents in my jeans - Then Toledo Springtime starry Lover night Of hot rod boys And cool girls A wandering A wandering In search of April pain A plash of rain Will not dispel This fumigatin hell Of lover lane This park of roses Blue as bees In former airy poses In aerial O Way hoses No tamarand And figancine Can the musterand Be less kind Sol - Sol - Bring forth yr Ah Sunflower - Ah me Montana Phosphorescent Rose And bridge in fairly land I'd understand it all --- Visual: reposted from another site to be nameless, with kittens,porn and other identifying material removed. (click on it if it doesn't animate automatically)
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Try this Automatic Flatterer, feel better:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html
Give a Listen:
Cat Power-
Allen Ginsberg-
Lewis Black- TV Pilot-
Take a look:
Think about these things (links):
free buddhist audio-
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/
Tao-
Ron Unger’ssite-
http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/blog/
Tomorrows news today-
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html
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From MindFreedom:
Ann L. says her forced psychiatric drugging makes her “sick and is torture.” But New York State is aggressively pushing for more forced drugging of Ann L. on an outpatient basis in her own community residence.
Ann L. is 50 years old, and says she has been in and out of the psychiatric system since she was 15. Ann says she was locked up for the past seven years in the notorious Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in New York, where she experienced years of forced psychiatric drugging.
Earlier this year Ann L. finally won her freedom.
She thought.
Ann got out of the institution and has been satisfied living in the community in the Irving Berkowitz Residence in West Brentwood. But now the State of New York is threatening to continue her forced psychiatric drugging while living at home even outside of the institution.
The State of New York is seeking to use “Kendra’s Law” to continue to administer forced psychiatric drugs to Ann L. using Involuntary Outpatient Commitment.
Ann L. (not her real name) states that she fears the forced psychiatric drugging will continue to debilitate her health and put her at risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Two independent nonprofit advocacy groups, MindFreedom and PsychRights, have determined that Ann L.’s situation is a priority. They are working together to support Ann L.’s bid for freedom in both the court room and the court of public opinion.
Stop the forced psychiatric drugging of Ann L.!
Ann L. asks that you contact New York Governor Paterson. Use this web page:
http://161.11.121.121/govemail
or use this web link:
Phone: (518) 474-4623. Fax: (518) 486-4170
Your own words & experiences are best. Please be civil but firm:
“I oppose the State of New York continuing the involuntary outpatient psychiatric drugging of Ann L. who is living in the Irving Berkowitz Residence in West Brentwood, New York. Please stop all forced psychiatric drugging in New York State.”
1) Research shows that coercion is bad for a person’s “mental health.”
People subjected to forced psychiatric treatment have been shown to be at increased risk for drug dependence, disabling side-effects of medication, and suicide. Force can result in damage to self-esteem and the motivation toward recovery, as well as inducing or furthering fear and trauma.
2) People recover when they have a real choice among alternatives and volunteer services.
People recover when they are empowered to make their own choices, when they take responsibility for their own lives, and when they are offered hope. Under the conditions of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment this is impossible.
3) People deserve alternatives to psychiatric drugs.
Psychiatric drugging can cause additional mental and emotional problems, and can even kill. More humane and effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs ought to be offered for those who choose them.
4) Psychiatric human rights violations are life-threatening.
Research shows that people in the state mental health system die about 25 years younger than the general public. Remember the public death of Esmin Green who was denied any help while locked for 24 hours in a NY psychiatric emergency room.
Please forward this alert to all appropriate places on and off the Internet.
It just takes a moment to contact additional New York State officials. If you can also phone or write that is helpful, but at least e-mail them. Be civil, be firm, don’t stop!!
Let them all know that forced psychiatric drugging is wrong and must be stopped!
Please contact these New York State officials immediately:
*** Assemblyperson Peter M. Rivera is Chair of the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
He is a crucial elected leader focusing on the field of mental health.
Email: riverap@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (718) 931-2620
Every few years, the World Psychiatric Association holds a World Congress. The WPA has invited MindFreedom International executive director David W. Oaks to be a “special presenter” at the Congress, which is in September 2008 in Prague.
David W. Oaks, MFI Director, will address WPA.
Here is the title and abstract of the talk planned for the World Congress of the World Psychiatric Association by David W. Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International.
World Congress of Psychiatry
Document ID: WCP4323
MindFreedom International, Eugene, United States
David W. Oaks, oaks@mindfreedom.org
Topic: Ethics in psychiatry
Title: AN URGENT NEED FOR DIALOGUE ABOUT A “GLOBAL EMERGENCY” OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Abstract Body: The point of view of individuals who have experienced human rights violations in mental health care, and the organizations that represent us, need to be heard by psychiatric professional organizations. Mediated dialogue must be encouraged between groups representing psychiatric survivors and groups representing mental health professionals.
We are not alone. Dr. Benedetto Saraceno, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence at the World Health Organization (WHO), has stated, “The violation of human rights of … psychiatric services users and the recognition of their role and rights as citizens are a main concern for WHO. WHO thinks that no treatment can be credibly provided in a context which systematically violates human rights. There is a global emergency for the human rights of people suffering from mental health problems. I insist on the word ‘global’ as people tend to believe that these kinds of violations always occur somewhere else when, in fact, they occur everywhere.”
Certain human rights controversies are especially pressing, such as involuntary electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) against the expressed wishes of the subject, and long-term, high-dosage coerced administration of neuroleptic psychiatric drugs.
In a broader sense, though, if a family with a member in severe crisis is primarily offered psychiatric drugs, when non-drug approaches can work, this too is a kind of coercion. I respect an individual’s right to take prescribed psychiatric drugs. However, being offered only one choice is not really a choice at all. Creating more non-drug voluntary alternatives has become a human rights concern.
http://www.wpa-prague2008.cz/Text/oaks
From Recovery from Schizophrenia (Ron Unger):
Posted by Ron Unger on July 15th, 2008
An interview with me on “Madness Radio” can be found at
http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-cognitive-therapy-ron-unger I talk about why I got interested in psychosis, mainly because of my own experiences as a young man that it seemed to me were understandable yet not likely to be understood by our current mental health system. Then I talk about cognitive therapy for psychosis and why I think it is a helpful and needed addition to the mental health field.
Download episode file directly:
http://freedom-center.org/audio/download/384/MadnessRadio-2008-07CognitiveTherapyRonUnger.mp3
Posted by Ron Unger on July 14th, 2008
Hugh Massengil videod part of a seminar I did, and posted it to YouTube. I’m discussing the relationship between cognitive therapy for psychosis and medications, and then talking a little about “what is psychosis” and the continuum between everyday errors and “psychosis.” If you want to check it out, it’s available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjBnScM2Bk
Posted by Ron Unger on July 5th, 2008
Recently a couple people I know have put their recovery stories on the web. One is my friend Hugh Massengil, who got his story put on an official state website, even though his story suggests mental health treatment is almost completely off track, at least in its standard form. He is on a committee about increasing wellness among those with mental health diagnoses (very important given data that such people typically die 25 years earlier than average, often due to conditions that are aggravated by medication.) His story illustrates that wellness often is a result of successfully breaking away from traditional “treatment.” You can access his story at http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/wellness/success.shtml
Another is the story of Oryx Cohen, who is one of the leaders at the Freedom Center http://www.freedom-center.org/ You can access Oryx’s story at http://www.familymentalhealthrecovery.org/2008TorontoRecoveryConf/TorontoRecovery08-OCohenCrashCourseWithPsychiatry.doc It’s a great read, going from his attempt to get his car to fly on the freeway (not very successful) to his attempt to get off psychiatric medications and have a good life (much more successful, though not without difficulty and one big slipup.)
Finally, I’d suggest checking out the video at http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/acute-psychosis-in-mania-and-schizophrenia/ It’s an overview of the perspective of psychosis as all about reorganizing the mind, as a positive process if the person gets supported in working through it in a good way. The video is well done and worth the time you will take watching it!
Also, check out this link:
http://www.successfulschizophrenia.org/
Thanks for reading,listening, paying attention.
My prayers go out to you and my wish that everyone you meet will be kind, gentle and wise.
Mad Liberation
By MoonLight
Tonight! On KBOO Radio 90.7 FM
1- 2 a.m. Late Friday night
(yes, I know that it is technically Saturday morning- relax, it’s just a radio show)
August 15th, 2008
This show is dedicated to Everyone
*who has ever been given a psychiatric label,
*who experiences mental health challenges and of course to
*anybody who has the misfortune (or good fortune) of being awake at that hour.
You can participate!
Call in at (503) 231-8187
We also hope to have some live in-studio
musical performance by CS/X performers on
this show.
(Set your alarm if you aren’t usually up at that time)
Friday nights from 1 am to 2 am usually following the
full-moon, will be a segment on KBOO radio (90.7 on
your fm dial, to the left of NPR), also streamed on the
internet on their website,
http://www.kboo.fm/index.php will be time for
Mad Lib by Moonlight. The program is part of the
usual Friday night show, The Outside World.
I’ll get serious again in a couple days.
If the picture doesn’t animate, click on it. For now:
Non-animated- Mug Shots:
and then there’s this:
Bye for now. I’ll get serious tomorrow. Probably. Maybe.
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(you may have to click for animation)
Mad Liberation By MoonLight- this Friday night!
KBOO Radio 90.7 FM
1- 2 a.m. Late Friday night (PST)
(yes, I know that it is technically Saturday morning- relax, it’s just a radio show)
August 15th, 2008
I promise that I will be there!
Dedicated to Everyone
who has ever been given a psychiatric label, to anyone who experiences mental health challenges and to anybody who has the misfortune (or good fortune) of being awake at that hour.
You can participate!
Call in at (503) 231-8187
Friday nights from 1 am to 2 am usually following the full-moon, will be a segment on KBOO radio (90.7 on your fm dial, to the left of NPR), also streamed on the internet on their website, http://www.kboo.fm/index.php will be time for of Mad Lib by Moonlight. The program is part of the usual Friday night show, The Outside World.
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Comedy relief day
Cartoon:
A & W Reject:
I’m sure this is one that has been posted a million times. Still makes me laugh. Exams:
Riding the rails:
Strikes a little too close to home:
Not just the owner of Hair Club for Dogs, also a customer:
Cartoonist’s future:
Nice tat:
More interesting than funny:
Priorities:
Not my animation, but good:
Pregnancy helpful tips:
Crack police investigators:
Really unfortunate costumes:
Garfield translated:
Mower is less:
Skillz:
The last cartoon:
I just love this picture:
Pikachu:
Pro wrestling is not fake:
Aurora:
Daler-Walken-Shoes:
Andromeda- Visible to x-ray and back:
Americas funniest head injuries:
Bicycle Beach: Curious Kitty:
Kitten metaphysics:
Hey! My son has posted some new pictures on his blog, Better Bees than Nears! Here is a sample:
Bye for now- have a good weekend.
-Rick
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Today is for Li Po-
I will bring in some of my other favorites later (Du Fu, Wang Wei etc.).
Taking Leave of a Friend
Blue mountains lie beyond the north wall;
Round the city’s eastern side flows the white water.
Here we part, friend, once and forever.
You go ten thousand miles, drifting away
Like an unrooted water-grass.
Oh, the floating clouds and the thoughts of a wanderer!
Oh, the sunset and the longing of an old friend!
We ride away from each other, waving our hands,
While our horses neigh softly, softly . . . .
To His Two Children
In the land of Wu the mulberry leaves are green,
And three times the silkworms have gone off to sleep.
In East Luh where my family stay,
I wonder who is sowing those fields of ours.
I cannot be back in time for the spring work,
I can help with nothing, traveling on the river.
The south wind blowing wafts my homesick spirit
And carries it up to the front of our familiar tavern.
There I see a peach tree on the east side of the house
With thick leaves and branches waving in the blue mist.
It is the tree I planted before my parting three years ago.
The peach tree has grown now as tall as the tavern roof,
While I have wandered about without returning.
Ping-yang, my pretty daughter, I see you stand
By the peach tree and pluck a flowering branch.
You pluck the flowers, but I am not there;
How your tears flow like a stream of water!
My little son, Po-chin, grown up to your sister’s shoulders,
You come out with her under the peach tree,
But who is there to pat you on the back?
When I think of these things, my senses fail,
And a sharp pain cuts my heart every day.
Now I tear off a piece of white silk to write this letter,
And send it to you with my love a long way up the river.
The Old Dust
The living is a passing traveler;
The dead, a man come home.
One brief journey between heaven and earth,
Then, alas! we are the same old dust of ten thousand ages.
The rabbit in the moon pounds the elixir in vain;
Fu-sang, the tree of immortality, has crumbled to kindling wood.
Man dies, his white bones are dumb without a word
While the green pines feel the coming of the spring.
Looking back, I sigh; looking before, I sigh again.
What is there to prize in the life’s vaporous glory?
Nefarious War
Last year we fought by the head-stream of the Sang-kan,
This year we are fighting on the Tsung-ho road.
We have washed our armor in the waves of Chiao-chi lake,
We have pastured our horses on Tien-shan’s snowy slopes.
The long, long war goes on ten thousand miles from home,
Our three armies are worn and grown old.
The barbarian does man-slaughter, not plowing;
On this yellow sand-plains nothing has been seen but
blanched skulls and bones.
Where the Chin emperor built the walls against the Tartars,
There the defenders of Han are burning beacon fires.
The beacon fires burn and never go out,
There is no end to war!—
In the battlefield men grapple each other and die;
The horses of the vanquished utter lamentable cries to heaven,
While ravens and kites peck at human entrails,
Carry them up in their flight, and hang them on the branches of dead trees.
So, men are scattered and smeared over the desert grass,
And the generals have accomplished nothing.
Oh, nefarious war! I see why arms
Were so seldom used by the benign sovereigns.
Drinking Alone with the Moon
From a pot of wine among the flowers
I drank alone.There was no one with me —
Till raising my cup, I ask the bright moon
To bring me my shadow and make us three.
Alas, the moon was unable to drink
And my shadow tagged me vacantly;
But still for a while I had these friends
To cheer me through the end of spring….
I sang. The moon encouraged me
I danced. My shadow tumbled after.
As long as I knew, we were born companions.
And then I was drunk, and we lost one another.
….Shall goodwill ever be secure?
I watch the long road of the River of Stars.
WATERFALL AT LU-SHAN
Sunlight streams on the river stones.
From high above, the river steadily plunges —
three thousand feet of sparkling water —
the Milky Way pouring down from heaven.
CLEARING AT DAWN
The fields are chill, the sparse rain has stopped;
The colours of Spring teem on every side.
With leaping fish the blue pond is full;
With singing thrushes the green boughs droop.
The flowers of the field have dabbled their powdered cheeks;
The mountain grasses are bent level at the waist.
By the bamboo stream the last fragment of cloud
Blown by the wind slowly scatters away.
SELF-ABANDONMENT
I sat srinking and did not notice the dusk,
Till falling petals filled the folds of my dress.
Drunken I rose and walked to the moonlit stream;
The birds were gone, and men also few.
TO TAN-CH’IU
My friend is lodging high in the Eastern Range,
Dearly loving the beauty of valleys and hills.
At green Spring he lies in the empty woods,
And is still asleep when the sun shines on igh.
A pine-tree wind dusts his sleeves and coat;
A peebly stream cleans his heart and ears.
I envy you, who far from strife and talk
Are high-propped on a pillow of blue cloud.
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