tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post7708554247210399138..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Let's Talk Turkey . . .Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-86101425624158490522010-11-30T01:51:39.271+01:002010-11-30T01:51:39.271+01:00God Bless you for getting it!perfectly!
Your humb...God Bless you for getting it!perfectly!<br /><br />Your humble servant, SpringmanSpringmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094132506583563094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-46628932911332318872010-11-29T19:59:34.810+01:002010-11-29T19:59:34.810+01:00Hi Secret Agent,
Oh yes, indeed, sometimes I'm...Hi Secret Agent,<br />Oh yes, indeed, sometimes I'm followed by entire flocks of bluebirds of happinees, so thick that I can barely see for all the blue feathers flapping... sort of like Hitchcock's film The Birds...<br /><br />For sure, there is much to ponder in our history...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-57230819553596349002010-11-29T19:55:32.394+01:002010-11-29T19:55:32.394+01:00Hi Catherine,
Merci beaucoup... et sinon, pas de s...Hi Catherine,<br />Merci beaucoup... et sinon, pas de souci, j'ai dit que je passerai bientôt parce que je suis vraiment content de voir que tu remets en vie The Five of Us, car j'apprécie bcp tout ce que j'y avais vu avant la petite pause... ton sens d'humour et tes observations sur la vie parisienne sont unique, un régal... voilà... à bientôt...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-70291060276630583122010-11-29T19:50:55.794+01:002010-11-29T19:50:55.794+01:00Dear Nevine,
I think I mentioned to you a while ba...Dear Nevine,<br />I think I mentioned to you a while back that I have a brother in Texas; he also has commented to me about the remarkable amount of roadkill on Texas roads... He once long ago even mailed me a cartoon book full of recipes for how to prepare roadkill for the dinner table, armadillo figured therein as a delicacy...<br /><br />I did go take a quick look at the sight where the plagiarist resides, and saw they still hadn't taken down the incriminating post. Pretty sad. I didn't want to dignify their action by leaving a comment, but I thought it in their general direction. Pathetic really.<br /><br />Be well Nevine...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-19719254604652773332010-11-29T15:42:10.573+01:002010-11-29T15:42:10.573+01:00Ah. a bluebird of happiness post!
Seriously, I of...Ah. a bluebird of happiness post!<br /><br />Seriously, I often think about the irony of many of our national celebrations given our bloody and destructive history. And I don't actually eat turkey, but I found that closeup of the colorful bird's head both melancholy and beautiful.secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-71905430792514272352010-11-29T15:19:44.811+01:002010-11-29T15:19:44.811+01:00You know Owen, I wasn't commenting, expecting ...You know Owen, I wasn't commenting, expecting a comment from you by return. I'm not that kind of person. You answered me above, and that's perfect for me.<br /><br />Yes, I was thinking exactly to the same exemples as you refered to in your answer.<br /><br />I love the way you use one of your picture, that could be a photo post by itself, then illustrate a deep subject with it. Very talented.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916324312194538199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-79963809815506074752010-11-29T04:26:21.953+01:002010-11-29T04:26:21.953+01:00Clytie,
Hang in there, for sure, we need more kind...Clytie,<br />Hang in there, for sure, we need more kindness, and it starts with us. Thanks so much for being there, and reading this, and pondering...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-41671590318674844722010-11-29T04:24:51.595+01:002010-11-29T04:24:51.595+01:00Lynne,
Ain't much of a whisky man, but a littl...Lynne,<br />Ain't much of a whisky man, but a little limoncello might just do the trick... love that stuff ! Can't go for long without croaking out a midnight symphony, now can we ?<br />;-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-13198598596801389552010-11-28T23:29:03.029+01:002010-11-28T23:29:03.029+01:00Dear Mr. Toad ...
I have had the most interesting...Dear Mr. Toad ...<br /><br />I have had the most interesting half hour or so perusing the comments and responses to this post. <br /><br />I laughed, I cried. But when I got to the neanderthal man, I just sat down and sobbed.<br /><br />I hope your week ahead is less busy and stressful. Thank you for this post, it gave us all something to think about ... whether it is how we humans treat each other or how we treat the animals we share the planet with - it all boils down to kindness doesn't it? There's just too little of it in this world.Clytiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869657234201857627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-89226690584684180392010-11-28T21:09:10.044+01:002010-11-28T21:09:10.044+01:00Methinks a wee nip of Wild Turkey bourbon sliding ...Methinks a wee nip of Wild Turkey bourbon sliding down your gizzard will prime that old croaky pump!Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-63485528431209259072010-11-28T18:33:16.614+01:002010-11-28T18:33:16.614+01:00Sister Lynne,
Yep, my moment of silence lasted nea...Sister Lynne,<br />Yep, my moment of silence lasted nearly all weekend finally... Smote myself silent with the weight of those reflections about Indians and turkeys.<br /><br />Actually, the fact that I was away hard at work in the straightjacket factory Friday and Saturday nights into the wee hours of the mornings didn't help matters either... An awful thing that, having to earn a living in this dog eat dog world, where people who don't or can't work end up like the turkey here stretched out on the yellow stripes of reality...<br /><br />Yes indeedy, the straightjacket business is booming folks, simply booming ! While other sectors of the world economy are failing, throwing tens of thousands out of work (thanks largely to the greed of our bankers) the straightjacket industry is seeing demand far outstrip supply. Logical, many unemployed people succumb to drink, drugs, and madness in short order. And it really gets ugly when they have easy access to firearms. So they are best off in a straightjacket... which explains why we are selling so damn many and shipping them all over the world.<br /><br />Now, I sure could use something wet and cold to pour down my gizzard, to help me start croaking again... you know, sort of like priming a pump !!!<br /><br />This little piece about the turkey that didn't quite make it to the other side of the road is a bit of an echo, a tribute if you like, to David Foster Wallace's essay titled "Consider the Lobster". A fine piece of writing if there ever was one...<br /><br />Smiles to you big sis ! Croak ! <br /><br />(as he galumphs off into the distance, into the woods...)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-72690434856065412572010-11-28T18:20:08.641+01:002010-11-28T18:20:08.641+01:00Hi Margaret !
Wherever have you been ??? It's ...Hi Margaret !<br />Wherever have you been ??? It's been a long while. I trust good things have been happening with you and you were just taking a break from the blogosphere. Indeed, there are still many good and generous people in evidence on the planet. Let's just hope the balance doesn't swing in favor of the dark side of human nature, discussed above...<br /><br />Happy holidays to you !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-18681583397607655742010-11-28T18:14:50.306+01:002010-11-28T18:14:50.306+01:00Dearest Saj,
You certainly have had more than your...Dearest Saj,<br />You certainly have had more than your fair share of late. Hang in there, we are still thinking of you... though now events in the Koreas seem to be sweeping all other news off the stage...<br /><br />Be well... and thanks !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-41112461050766270912010-11-28T18:09:05.499+01:002010-11-28T18:09:05.499+01:00Clo, Chère Clo,
Une très très belle série de refle...Clo, Chère Clo,<br />Une très très belle série de reflections que tu fais là... je ne peux que d'être 100% d'accord avec toi, et plus encore...<br /><br />Je ne suis même pas certain qu'il s'agit du moyen age que nous n'avons pas quitté, je pense souvent que nous sommes encore dans l'age de pierre. Regarde comment on continue à jeter des pierres, les uns sur les autres, pour un oui ou un non, pour du fric, le pouvoir, etc...<br /><br />Il me semble clair que la race humaine s'est lancé il y a bien longtemps sur un chemin qui mène nulle part.<br /><br />Les habitants d'Amérique, qui sont arrivés d'Asie il y 15000 à 20000 ans, avaient pris un chemin qui me semble, le plus que j'y pense, comme meilleur façon de vivre. Certes, ce n'était pas parfait non plus, ils se battaient bien entre eux aussi par moments. Mais il y a beaucoup d'aspects de leur culture que j'admire profondement. Leur respect pour la terre, pour les animaux, pour leurs ancetres. Leur simplicité en puissance, en harmonie avec le monde, la beauté de leur art, leur connaissance des plantes...<br /><br />Et nos ancêtres, comme tu dis, ont bafoué tout cela. Comme on a fait en Australie ou la Nouvelle Zéland aussi avec les aborigènes... ils sont genant, ces aborigènes, n'est-ce pas ? Faut les balayer hors de notre vue.<br /><br />Il y a une boule noire dans mon coeur qui pleure pour tout cela. Nous avons pris le chemin de la cupidité, l'avarice qui détruit tout ce son chemin. On en recoltera les conséquences, car on recolte bien ce que l'on seme, oui ?<br /><br />Merci Clo, j'ose simplement espérer que peut-être, juste peut-être, il n'est pas encore trop tard. Mais honnêtement, je n'en sais rien à présent.<br /><br />Bisoux du dimanche soir...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-20440425151624705972010-11-28T17:49:27.649+01:002010-11-28T17:49:27.649+01:00Dear Springman, good sir, many thanks to you for h...Dear Springman, good sir, many thanks to you for helping to put things in perspective here... and for bringing me a big smile in the heart of the night. Do I detect a faint note of irony, perhaps even of mockery, in your note ? It's ok; I never would have thought to raise the plight of the Neanderthal people here. You do well to remind me of that perhaps earliest of suspected genocides. Though perhaps the true reasons of their disappearance are not fully understood, which is understandable, given that written history hadn't been invented yet.<br /> <br />Indeed, the dark side of human nature is at the root of it all, of the all the human oriented tragedies that have played out in the course of history. Of course the natural world in and of itself, without humans, is a cruel place also, full of beauty certainly, but full of hard realities as well, a dog eat dog kind of place. Or lion eat zebra, or car crush turkey, or Europeans destroy Indians, or whatever example one might choose. <br /><br />White European immigrants in the Americas are far from the only sources of major problems for the human race over the past centuries, no one group holds a monopoly, in all parts of the planet humans have behaved in beastly manner with one another, between groups, driven by all the dark motivations which drive humans : greed, lust, power, etc.<br /><br />However, I would beg to differ on your assertion that the Neanderthals were rendered extinct (forever, dude!). I have seen some reports which suggest that Neanderthals did not entirely disappear. Some may have been assimilated into other groups, Neanderthal women dragged off into caves, producing mixed gene offspring, for example. In fact, I think one only needs to read the news today to see abundant proof that Neanderthals are still alive and thriving among us. There is one flourishing tribe of them in North Korea at this very moment.<br /><br />Happy holidays to you ! A symbolic glass raised to toast you...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-54024385442695938412010-11-28T17:21:55.526+01:002010-11-28T17:21:55.526+01:00OH, Owen, such a saddening post... and many soberi...OH, Owen, such a saddening post... and many sobering thoughts... and those photos are the most sobering of all. I live in the hill country of Texas and let me tell you a little something about roadkill around here... it is plentiful and oh so sad! Deer, wild boars, pigs, racoons, armadillos, skunks, rabbits... I mean, really, a lot of everything. When I'm driving in to work it's like I'm driving through a slaughterhouse, sometimes. And the poor animals didn't see it coming, either!<br /><br />Sobering, indeed!<br /><br />And hey, thank you so much for your support, Owen. I've had a funky past couple of days and your support and everyone else's has somehow taken me out of it. So thanks again!<br /><br />NevineNevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-74684246203160629102010-11-28T17:18:30.370+01:002010-11-28T17:18:30.370+01:00Dear TechnoB., many happy returns then...Dear TechnoB., many happy returns then...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-70815895779697811942010-11-28T06:36:06.786+01:002010-11-28T06:36:06.786+01:00Hi ER;
I think the answer to your question, "...Hi ER;<br />I think the answer to your question, "Why did the turkey cross the road?", must be :<br /><br />The turkey crossed the road in order to play chicken with an on-coming truck. He lost.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-72327437801671481392010-11-28T06:33:59.687+01:002010-11-28T06:33:59.687+01:00Dear Roxana, indeed, if just one person sees, if o...Dear Roxana, indeed, if just one person sees, if one person hears, if one person cares, then perhaps it can make a difference in some small way. If this same turkey had died of old age and natural causes deep in the woods somewhere, never known and never seen, would it have been the same ? He had no idea his photo would go around the world though, when he set out to cross the road... bisoux et bon weekend...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-64870998120890069292010-11-28T06:30:44.558+01:002010-11-28T06:30:44.558+01:00Hi Laurie, hope to see your pictures from the turk...Hi Laurie, hope to see your pictures from the turkey market one day... and I did just go look, your poor window tricked bird is just another victim of our collective indifference to the natural world...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-75229730364764078412010-11-28T06:23:41.363+01:002010-11-28T06:23:41.363+01:00Hi James ! Yeah, talk about Bucks County ! I was a...Hi James ! Yeah, talk about Bucks County ! I was amazed at how much roadkill there was in Pennsylvania. I saw tons while there... so at least that says there is still alot of wildlife out there. A friend was telling me the deer population has gone crazy in the past few years. Even with hunting they are having trouble keeping it under control.<br /><br />We had a second day of snow, all the woods were white when I drove to work today... usually we almost never get snow here around Paris, so two days in a row in November is highly unusual... I hope it doesn't mean the Gulf Stream is slowing or coming to a halt, like some models suggest. Because if that is the case, that would put us in nearly Hudson Bay type climate conditions, which I'm not sure I'm quite ready for...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-62215071185624381302010-11-28T06:18:15.019+01:002010-11-28T06:18:15.019+01:00Hi Distracted,
I agree with you, I imagine the fir...Hi Distracted,<br />I agree with you, I imagine the first Thanksgiving, and surely some to follow, were entirely sincere, and that spirit of sincere thanks certainly still inhabits the current tradition as well. But I also think that quite a bit of memory loss has occurred, and people tend to not think about what happened later to the native Americans who helped our ancestors make it through those first winters. So I think it important that we do not forget, no matter how hard it is to contemplate.<br /><br />And you are so very right, there are volumes and volumes of other issues to be concerned about in today's America, without dredging up all the past horrors.<br /><br />So, having said that, I wish you a very happy end to this long holiday weekend, may any clouds cast from whatever sources melt away into bright sunshine...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-67594483688413021482010-11-28T06:10:42.163+01:002010-11-28T06:10:42.163+01:00Thank you Miss Kitty, and happy belated Canadian T...Thank you Miss Kitty, and happy belated Canadian Thanksgiving then... is the origin of the tradition in Canada similar to that in the USA ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-3639180833401054582010-11-28T06:09:30.416+01:002010-11-28T06:09:30.416+01:00Hi Catherine (Mexico), yes, not typical Thanksgivi...Hi Catherine (Mexico), yes, not typical Thanksgiving sentiments this time around... just wasn't feeling very festive for whatever reasons. Not many turkeys in Mexico ? Or you've just foregone turkey dinners by choice ? Happy travelling...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-85924045082624551832010-11-28T06:05:50.403+01:002010-11-28T06:05:50.403+01:00Dear Fly, indeed, indeed, slaughterhouses are yet ...Dear Fly, indeed, indeed, slaughterhouses are yet another visible symptom of the incredible scale of our industrial monstrosities. Mind boggling. But how to return to something saner ? Progress does not go backward, apparently... 7 billion people today... how many tomorrow ? And how many can the Earth support ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com