When a man's word is no good, how Good is the man?
(Thought for the Day.)
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
TRUST:
Love her to trust him and Trust him to love her.
Love him to trust her and Trust her to love him.
Trust to Love and Love to Trust?
Trust to Trust and Love to Love?
And so, a GOOD & HAPPY union make.
Me Thinks.
Love him to trust her and Trust her to love him.
Trust to Love and Love to Trust?
Trust to Trust and Love to Love?
And so, a GOOD & HAPPY union make.
Me Thinks.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
"Her Piano Concerto"
'Tis a recital of touch -- myriad notes of her piano concerto played with nimble fingers,
Like spilt, warmed water that would not balance nor remain within his upturned palms.
Like spilt, warmed water that would not balance nor remain within his upturned palms.
This engaging melodic dance, is one of composed, yet steadied harmonies,
Each drawing her into a magical world -- where she hears the arias of his wanderings.
Nearby, sunlight flashes in rainbows through the uneven glass pane of an open window,
Reminding the listener of Morning Glories -- and the glint and glitter of fairy-dust.
As her piano concerto
Plays on.
A gentle breeze shudders ever verdant leaves into individual rustles and sways,
Like miniature ballerinas clad in green -- doing piroettes on the tip of a shoe.
Restfully down, cool grasses tease and tickle at the back of her neck,
While errant butterflies flit through sultry air -- gracefully just above the depth of her gaze.
As her piano concerto
Plays on.
She walks to where the sand spreads soft beneath her feet,
Like granular waves sifting up to kiss and then stick to her toes.
A bluejay clammors a piercing call,
Snails slide silently over moss.
As her piano concerto
Plays on.
Twinkling stars wink at her,
Like a reunion of old friends.
The man in the moon grins down at her with a broad smile,
One of kindness and understanding.
A burst of light flares up in her eyes,
But it is only the sun comforting an end of her day-dreaming.
And she is safe.
As her piano concerto
Plays on...
Copyright ©2006 ~ Robert C. Kuhmann ~ All Rights Reserved
English, the "official" language of the USA.
Dear reader, I was once an immigrant (not to the USA, because I was born here), but to France. Thus, I spent 16 years of my adult life in a second country. As a polyglot linguist who speaks: US English, fluent French, good Spanish, some German, a little Japanese, and who can read Italian & Portuguese -- I am a proponent of the mandatory official use of US English in the United States of America. Similarly, I encourage everyone to learn several languages.
Having travelled all over the world (and resided in various countries), I underwrite the use of US English as the ONLY legally supported language of the land. I for one, ask newcomers to tolerate and respect the diversity of all origins, but I shall also ask each person to honor the common ground. Wave your national flag (that of your country of origin), but take pause to remember to display "Old Glory". Learn to speak, read, and write US English. Integrate yourself and your cultural identity into the best of the values of your host country (the USA is an amalgum of so many). English is firmly established as a dominant historical and integral part of the national identity (albeit that my ancestors were German [Saxony & Bavaria] and Norwegian).
When one is a visitor (anywhere), or an immigrant to a "new land" -- it is simply polite, good taste to exercise such common sense, i.e. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Cum dilegentia sunt!
Having travelled all over the world (and resided in various countries), I underwrite the use of US English as the ONLY legally supported language of the land. I for one, ask newcomers to tolerate and respect the diversity of all origins, but I shall also ask each person to honor the common ground. Wave your national flag (that of your country of origin), but take pause to remember to display "Old Glory". Learn to speak, read, and write US English. Integrate yourself and your cultural identity into the best of the values of your host country (the USA is an amalgum of so many). English is firmly established as a dominant historical and integral part of the national identity (albeit that my ancestors were German [Saxony & Bavaria] and Norwegian).
When one is a visitor (anywhere), or an immigrant to a "new land" -- it is simply polite, good taste to exercise such common sense, i.e. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Cum dilegentia sunt!
Monday, May 15, 2006
Prosaic Poetic Pinafore
(LIFE) should be enclosed by Philosophic Parenthesis.
And ...
"DEATH" should be bounded by Quintessential Quotes.
For we have but a short time to live, and there is a long time to stay dead...
And ...
"DEATH" should be bounded by Quintessential Quotes.
For we have but a short time to live, and there is a long time to stay dead...
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Music Theory (for beginners)
Music Theory (basics)
http://www.8notes.com/theory/
Piano Chords
http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
Guitar Chords
http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/
http://www.8notes.com/theory/
Piano Chords
http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
Guitar Chords
http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Fashion Catalog
Were I any more PERFECT for you -- you'd have to pick me from out of a fashion catalog.
;-)
;-)
Saturday, March 04, 2006
TRUTH:
TRUTH: Subjective versus Objective/Relative versus Absolute
Metaphysical Subjectivism maintains that the truth or fallacy of all propositions depends, at least partly, on what we believe (as individuals). There are at least 4 ways to interpret this...
SKEPTICISM
1) The most extreme is "solipsism" (an extreme form of skepticism, stating that nothing exists beyond one's immediate experiences -- it maintains that nothing exists outside of our selves -- or, in a slightly less extreme form, that we cannot know anything about anything outside of ourselves). People tend to become and remain wherever they were born into -- without thinking outside of the comfort of their one familiar box.
DIRECT EXPERIENCE
2) Another way to interpret subjectivism is that we are most sure of our direct experiences. This viewpoint would maintain that "My finger hurts," is more certainly true than "Madison is the capital of Wisconsin."
WORLDVIEW
3) A third interpretation focuses on beliefs or worldview rather than on sensation. In this view, belief "colors" experience, so that we decide what is true or false based on our worldview rather than on external reality.
CONSENSUS
4) Next, there is the postmodern idea of consensus reality (When most people believed the earth was flat, it was flat. Now that most people believe the earth is round, it is round.) Another view of consensus reality is that there is no truth except what authoritative people say is true. But who are the authorities? All of whose friends?
OBJECTIVE TRUTH
5) In contrast, objective truths are supposed in some way to be independent of our subjective beliefs and sensations. Such truths would subsist not in the mind but in the external Universe. Indeed, except for propositions that are actually about our beliefs or sensations -- what is true or false is independent of what we think is true or false. Some claim that physical science provides objective truths by means of measurement and independent confirmation of results. Kant made that claim for mathematics.
RELATIVE TRUTH
6) Relative truths are statements or propositions that are true only relative to some standard or convention or point-of-view. Usually the standard cited is tied to the tenets of one's own birth-culture (or birth-religion). Everyone agrees that the truth or falsity of some statements is relative: That "a fork is to the left of a spoon" depends on from where one is standing and viewing. Relativism is the doctrine that all truths within a particular domain (say, morality or aesthetics) are of this form, and Relativism entails that what is true varies across cultures and eras.
For example, Moral Relativism is the view that moral truths are socially determined. Relative truths can be contrasted with absolute truths. The latter are statements or propositions that are taken to be true for all cultures and all eras.
For example, for most Muslims "God is Great." expresses an absolute truth; for the economist, that the laws of "Supply and Demand" determine the value of any consumable in a market economy is true in all situations; for the reader of Kant, "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." forms an absolute moral truth.They are statements that are often claimed to emanate from the very nature of the Universe, God, human nature, or some other ultimate essence or transcendental signifier...
ABSOLUTISM
7) In a particular domain of thought we find the view that all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false (for example: extreme, literal belief in the King James version of the Bible). None is true for some cultures or eras while false for other cultures or eras.
For example, Moral Absolutism is the view that moral claims such as "Abortion is wrong." or "Charity is good." are either true for all people in all times or false for all people in all times.
I make only relative claims in this life of love, and other experiences.
RK
P.S. Relativism expresses the view that the meaning and value of human beliefs and behaviors have no absolute reference. Relativists claim that humans understand and evaluate beliefs and behaviors only in terms of, for example, their historical and cultural context. Philosophers identify many different kinds of relativism depending upon what allegedly depends on something and what something depends on. The term often refers to truth relativism - the doctrine that there is no absolute truth (i.e. whether a belief is true or not, depends entirely on the believer).
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak & one other to hear it."
-Henry David Thoreau
And so it is...
Metaphysical Subjectivism maintains that the truth or fallacy of all propositions depends, at least partly, on what we believe (as individuals). There are at least 4 ways to interpret this...
SKEPTICISM
1) The most extreme is "solipsism" (an extreme form of skepticism, stating that nothing exists beyond one's immediate experiences -- it maintains that nothing exists outside of our selves -- or, in a slightly less extreme form, that we cannot know anything about anything outside of ourselves). People tend to become and remain wherever they were born into -- without thinking outside of the comfort of their one familiar box.
DIRECT EXPERIENCE
2) Another way to interpret subjectivism is that we are most sure of our direct experiences. This viewpoint would maintain that "My finger hurts," is more certainly true than "Madison is the capital of Wisconsin."
WORLDVIEW
3) A third interpretation focuses on beliefs or worldview rather than on sensation. In this view, belief "colors" experience, so that we decide what is true or false based on our worldview rather than on external reality.
CONSENSUS
4) Next, there is the postmodern idea of consensus reality (When most people believed the earth was flat, it was flat. Now that most people believe the earth is round, it is round.) Another view of consensus reality is that there is no truth except what authoritative people say is true. But who are the authorities? All of whose friends?
OBJECTIVE TRUTH
5) In contrast, objective truths are supposed in some way to be independent of our subjective beliefs and sensations. Such truths would subsist not in the mind but in the external Universe. Indeed, except for propositions that are actually about our beliefs or sensations -- what is true or false is independent of what we think is true or false. Some claim that physical science provides objective truths by means of measurement and independent confirmation of results. Kant made that claim for mathematics.
RELATIVE TRUTH
6) Relative truths are statements or propositions that are true only relative to some standard or convention or point-of-view. Usually the standard cited is tied to the tenets of one's own birth-culture (or birth-religion). Everyone agrees that the truth or falsity of some statements is relative: That "a fork is to the left of a spoon" depends on from where one is standing and viewing. Relativism is the doctrine that all truths within a particular domain (say, morality or aesthetics) are of this form, and Relativism entails that what is true varies across cultures and eras.
For example, Moral Relativism is the view that moral truths are socially determined. Relative truths can be contrasted with absolute truths. The latter are statements or propositions that are taken to be true for all cultures and all eras.
For example, for most Muslims "God is Great." expresses an absolute truth; for the economist, that the laws of "Supply and Demand" determine the value of any consumable in a market economy is true in all situations; for the reader of Kant, "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." forms an absolute moral truth.They are statements that are often claimed to emanate from the very nature of the Universe, God, human nature, or some other ultimate essence or transcendental signifier...
ABSOLUTISM
7) In a particular domain of thought we find the view that all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false (for example: extreme, literal belief in the King James version of the Bible). None is true for some cultures or eras while false for other cultures or eras.
For example, Moral Absolutism is the view that moral claims such as "Abortion is wrong." or "Charity is good." are either true for all people in all times or false for all people in all times.
I make only relative claims in this life of love, and other experiences.
RK
P.S. Relativism expresses the view that the meaning and value of human beliefs and behaviors have no absolute reference. Relativists claim that humans understand and evaluate beliefs and behaviors only in terms of, for example, their historical and cultural context. Philosophers identify many different kinds of relativism depending upon what allegedly depends on something and what something depends on. The term often refers to truth relativism - the doctrine that there is no absolute truth (i.e. whether a belief is true or not, depends entirely on the believer).
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak & one other to hear it."
-Henry David Thoreau
And so it is...
Thursday, March 02, 2006
T'sin'T
The world is full of equations. There must be a Right answer for everything? (Now, if I only knew how to pose the Right questions.)
And so 'tisn't...
And so 'tisn't...
Monday, February 27, 2006
Ain't Nuttin'
There are those who assert that I have the "power of words", therefore and drawing on my allegedly fine command of the English language, today I shall say nothing at all...
And so it ain't...
And so it ain't...
Words are Birds & Experience the Tree
“In the end, words are birds and experience the tree they roost in. The power of inner truth is rooted in the tree. Birds come and go.”
- The 'I Ching'
- The 'I Ching'
Monday, February 20, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Mammie N Pappy tellin' Stories
Ah gon'st't tell y'all sum stories -- true, true blue stories. Like doz dat m' Gram'pa 'N m' Nanee wouda, but cou'nt -- 'cause dey don' lay'd down N dai'd long afor Ah waz born. Dey war folkz I n'er knew -- but dey be ancestors fer me N m' son too.
Pappy sayed, "Ya gosta take half, N' leave half... "
Mammie sayed, "Ya gosta jest cry, N' laff... "
Son sayed, "Wacha ya earn N learn is up to y'all!"
Ah sayed, "Enjoy the gaffe, take yer half."
Pappy sayed, "Ya gosta take half, N' leave half... "
Mammie sayed, "Ya gosta jest cry, N' laff... "
Son sayed, "Wacha ya earn N learn is up to y'all!"
Ah sayed, "Enjoy the gaffe, take yer half."
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Love Will Never Die.
As Manon Lescault (from the opera of the same name) says before she dies, "My faults will be forgotten, but my love will never die."
Life is a spiral journey from the known to the unknown.
And so it is...
Life is a spiral journey from the known to the unknown.
And so it is...
Saint Valentine
"How do you spell 'Love'?" Piglet asked Pooh.
"I don't have to spell it," said Pooh., "I just feel it."
Happy Valentine's Day !
Historical Note
There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine. Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers.
"I don't have to spell it," said Pooh., "I just feel it."
Happy Valentine's Day !
Historical Note
There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine. Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Smart Thoughts & Pensive Ponderings
Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by your ability to learn -- afterall, you can lead a fool to wisdom but you can’t make him think.
Me, ambivalent? Well, yes and no.
Me, ambivalent? Well, yes and no.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Poetry (love) brings meaning to life...
"Love Brings Meaning To Life, it is what Makes Us Whole..."
POETRY & PROSE
A Kitten Went A Walkin'
Poem
PDF Word
Adoption Baby
Poem
PDF Word
A Friend Is
Poem
PDF Word
A Love for All Time
Poem
PDF Word
And so it is that I love you
Letter
PDF Word
A Nation of Victims
Essay
PDF Word
Apocalyptic Xmas Gift Giving
Essay
PDF Word
Beautiful All Over
Poem
PDF Word
Blind Justice
Essay
PDF Word
Blue Heron
Poem
[PDF not online] Word
Divide Thy Grief
Poem
PDF Word
Does the Philosopher Love the Poet?
Poem
PDF Word
Earth Dancing
Essay
PDF Word
Friendship Gold
Poem
PDF Word
Frist Times & Let's Be Friends
Poem
PDF Word
Good Morning World
Poem
PDF Word
Gwenevière had Green Eyes
Poem
PDF Word
Her Egnimatic Smile
Letter
PDF Word
I am a Man Who ...
Poem
PDF Word
I Don't Know
Poem
PDF Word
Joy and Pain
Poem
PDF Word
Keep the Candle Burning Bright
Poem
PDF Word
Live Life to the Fullest!
Narrative
PDF Word
Message in a Bottle
Poem
PDF Word
Negative Thoughts Positive Thoughts
Poem
[PDF not online] Word
Not Even the Rain
Poem
PDF Word
Oh Beautiful Woman
Poem
PDF Word
On Behalf of Common Courtesy
Essay
PDF Word
On Love
Essay
PDF Word
On Self Confidence and Relationships
Essay
PDF Word
Our First Kiss
Poem
PDF Word
Our Love Gate
Poem
PDF Word
Our Time
Poem
PDF Word
People and Horse Sense
Narrative
PDF Word
Raindrops On Roses
Poem
PDF Word
Secret Crush
Poem
PDF Word
Secret Dreams
Poem
PDF Word
Sometimes We Walk Alone
Poem
PDF Word
Spirit the Magician
Poem
PDF Word
The Bullshit Society
Essay
PDF Word
The Great Spirit Known As ...
Essay
[PDF not online] Word
The House of Cards
Poem
PDF Word
The Slow Dance by the Light of Moon
Poem
PDF Word
The Lady in My Dreams II
Poem
[PDF not online] [DOC not online]
Touched By Love
Poem
PDF Word
Tone of Voice
Poem
PDF Word
Trials
Poem
PDF Word
Violintuition
Poem
[PDF not online] Word
Volubilis
Travel
PDF [DOC not online]
Walk in Beauty
Poem
PDF Word
When I Weep
Poem
[PDF not online] Word
Without You
Poem
PDF Word
Contributed by Others (Friends and Guests)
Gale, You gave Me the Sea
Memorial
PDF WORD
His Wounded Heart
Poem
[PDF not online] [DOCnot online]
Sayings
Sayings
PDF WORD
The Search for a Rich Man
Narrative
[PDF not online] [DOC not online]
Inspirational Reading
As A Man Thinketh
Essay
PDF WORD
Byways Of Blessedness
Essay
[PDF not online] WORD
"Life should be Enjoyed and Savored, not Endured and Suffered".
All selections are Copyright ©1999-2008 RCK
All Rights Reserved, all Wrongs Avenged.
FORGIVENESS (Attribute of the Strong)
ATTRIBUTE of the STRONG
To forgive
Is really to know
That nobody is perfect.
To forgive
Is not to forget.
To forgive is to see,
That we can be more kind and caring --
By accepting another's flaws,
So we can accept our own.
To forgive is
To pick one's self up,
Because each of us may stumble,
When we were trying to stand tall.
To forgive is
To acknowledge,
That each of us may sometimes say things
We wish we had never said.
To forgive is really to recognize
That we are much more
Than our mistakes.
To forgive is to calculate
That the odds are pretty good that
We might soon need to be forgiven ourselves.
Forgivenss is a statement.
That life sometimes gives us more
Than we can handle gracefully.
To forgive is to remember
That we must make room in our hearts to
Begin again, and again,
And again, and again.
To forgive is to remember that love
Is always more important than being right.
Forgiveness is starting over...
(with the knowledge that we have gained).
I forgive you, and I forgave myself.
I hope you can do the same.
-ooOoo-
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Ghandi
Saturday, February 04, 2006
"Rullez Fer Riterz"
Take a deep breath, this is gonna be painful ...(honest).
01. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
02. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. That is something up with which you should not put.
03. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
04. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
05. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat)
06. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
07. Be more or less specific.
08. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
09. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
27. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." (Journals, Vol 2)
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
35. Paze thaz alongue two yer wryter fraindz!
And so it is...
01. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
02. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. That is something up with which you should not put.
03. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
04. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
05. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat)
06. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
07. Be more or less specific.
08. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
09. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
27. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." (Journals, Vol 2)
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
35. Paze thaz alongue two yer wryter fraindz!
And so it is...
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