GammaGlobulin

Well, I guess I will not be returning to Philly, anytime soon. But, can you blame me? I mean, I haven't been back there since Rizzo.... Thanks to the Kinks..... One can find some humor in all this tragedy. Yeah.... The Kinks know something about a LOT of things. Thank God for the Kinks; I say! Gamma Note: This evening, I just noticed that I have worn out another computer keyboard. And, after I type this comment><> this keyboard is going to the trash bin>>>>

I am a dull and simple lad. Regards, Gamma

I like Gold. ONLY Gold. I Love GOLD!

Coming from you, a Gold Star means that much more to me. Thank you.

Why wait? Do it now! Never put off for tomorrow....etc....

Even worse than the white waters...Is... Blackwater Fever. Best you sleep under a net, my friend.

The older you get... The shorter it gets. Perception of time is not the same when one is old. How old are you?

Then, you must be... The African Queen.

You sound like a member, in more ways than one.

Or: I'm too sexy for my home country.

You don't say.... EAT, DRINK, MAN, WOMAN.. Grand Hotel Taipei, setting for the film... Ang Lee, DIRECTOR. I haven't had a truly SPECTACULAR meal since I left China.... Still, I could do OK if I could have just one 75,000 BTU burner on a tripod....outdoors. There is no cuisine as good as Chinese cuisine, anywhere, period. Why don't you hop a plane to GuangDong, Sichuan, and Beijing? If only you could leave your condo....

Please do not say that I did not warn you. Last week, I felt the impending frigid temperatures in my Oracle Bones. I even posted a Topic warning to this effect. People thought I was nutzo, as usual. But, my Oracle Bones never lie.

Three choices: animal mineral vegetable So, what's in it besides the vegetables?

You can call me Bro. Or, you can call me....

Right thread. Wrong author. Tom Wolfe (not Thomas Wolfe) wrote: “They chain it up, and they beat it, and they bait it, and they taunt it, and they beat it some more, until it turns and bares its fangs and is ready for the final fight every time it hears a sound. (...) Well, in that situation dogs are smarter than humans. The dog doesn’t cling to the notion that he’s a fabulous house pet in some terrific dog show, the way the man does. The dog gets the idea. The dog knows when it’s time to turn into an animal and fight.” ― Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities And then, there is Virginia Woolf, but that is yet another author. YALE University, PhD.... Yeah... Ivy League... My type of guy.

I never fly commercial.

Here in Thailand, I have success living with minimal (almost zero) contact with Farang. That's the way I like it, aha, aha...!

a. I would never put myself in those old stinking shoes. I might get hoof and mouth disease. b. I am not against immigration and emigration. I think that all the poor and downtrodden should emigrate to America, meaning North America. c. If only all the poor would emigrate to America, then life, at least for me, would be far better in SE Asia. d. In Thailand, I seldom meet "poor people". On most days, I only meet Happy People. The majority of people in Thailand are very fortunate to have adequate resources to live good quality, and happy, lives. I know this from my experience here.

I am just getting at the fact that I might be feeling a bit of pathos, both for me and others, at the realization that another year has passed us by. Maybe, I wish I could live forever, but not really. Thomas Wolfe is an amazing author who understood the concept of.... Did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to stay....or go.....

This Christmas, I do hope that all of us will recall that WATER is also a solvent. In fact, if you remember what we all learned in High School Chemistry Class.... Water is considered to be THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT!!!! Why? My ONLY objection here is that the term SOLVENT, if water is left out of the definition, is not the accurate definition. I just wanted to clear this up before the year 2024 rears its ugly head. Merry Christmas, to all! And, let us all be thankful for the Universal Solvent, water, without which life, as we know it, would not be possible. And, keep your bodily solvents, as well as your fluids, pure, for that matter! Also, as you know... There IS water on the Moon.

As we continue to age (and is there any other way to live?), during this holiday season, we are reminded of the passage of time, most cruelly, it seems to me.... Anyway, this novel just popped into my head, one I read many years ago, and I think I might read it, again, before 2023 finally closes, out from under us. I have always thought that the novels written by Wolfe has some meaning for me, and maybe you might feel the same? Here is an excerpt to think about while your are gobbling down your gobbler....: Excerpt[edit] "At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, an image of unutterable conviction, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being—the reward he seeks—the only reward he really cares about, without which there is nothing. It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets of magic, to make his life prevail through his creation, to wreak the vision of his life, the rude and painful substance of his own experience, into the congruence of blazing and enchanted images that are themselves the core of life, the essential pattern whence all other things proceed, the kernel of eternity." How old are you, this year, might I ask? Are you older than you were last year? I just mean...are you wiser? I hope you are. Otherwise, what were you doing with yourself during the past year that you are not a bit wise this year? There is good reason why time passes in only one direction in this universe. Do you know the reason? Do you care? Or, to you do your best to remain as oblivious as possible to reality, at this point in your lives? Maybe I will add a few thoughts in the comments section below, just in case anyone might wish to comment concerning this Pure Gold Topic of mine, this blustery Christmas Eve, in Thailand.... Merry Christmas. And, I would be more of a Scrooge if I did not care so much about all my close friends on TV.... I mean, I don't want to pour too much cold water on Christmas Eve... Gamma Globulin Merry Christmas to ALL....! NOTE: Wolfe was a GENIUS (And, whom amongst us does not prefer a GENIUS?)

Here is mine.... What's yours? Regards The Glob (The One and Only Globby....)

Maybe, until we get the Canine Brain Implant.... We should first import some Street-sweeper dog-sucking-up machines from the UK? Of course, in past years, I have owned a dog, a Taiwan aboriginal dog, that I loved dearly. Such a smart dog, too. It's not that I do not very much love dogs... It's just that....

Bread Shops? a. You mean BANKS? b. I bake my own. c. I would print my own bread, if I could, and if it were legal....

XMAS is the time for giving!