Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Wednesday, June 25

Post 1215, Day 176 of 2014
- 1,272 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
Today I made a small contribution to the Kickstarter for a documentary called The Viking of 6th Avenue - about Moondog.

I encountered Moondog a lot when I was 16 and 17, working at my first real job at my friend Johnny Wolf's father's store on 48th and 6th. Moondog's regular spot was a few blocks away, and I would walk over at lunch sometimes to hang for a few minutes.

He was always ready to greet me - he asked my name a bunch of times, but always called me 'Young Man,' which I was, of course.

He read poetry. He sang and played his homemade percussion instruments. He frequently wore a protest sign (he was blind - but it never occurred to me, not even once, to ask where he got the signs, or who painted them for him). For me, it was a giant goof to hang with the nut job, great free entertainment, yet, I was always polite, if nothing else.

When I thought about him, I was reminded of a song about him: Pentangle's 1968 song Moondog. I loved this song. With just voice and percussion, it was unique to me back then. Here's a link to it on youtube: http://youtu.be/Of42hc2styU

Enjoy.

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 Food and Diet Section
2014 Daily Weight
Today's Weight:         209.0 lbs
Previous Weight:        207.2 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment
A lot of gain I wasn't looking for.


Food Log 
Breakfast
Skipped.


Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:
Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and, from the "Mongolian Grill", my go-to dish: pork and chicken with cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and broccoli. And a Quest bar.

Dinner
Sauteed chicken on mixed salad.


Snack
Pepperoni and cheese, and Quest bars.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 112+ oz. 

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3 comments:

  1. Synchronicity? or is it telepathy? i had a dream of you talking to me, and thoughts about Moondog this morning, long before reading this blog on the computer.
    Any thoughts about fear and bad behavior?

    - Love - Light - Compassion-

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  2. I think fear invariably produces bad behavior, but I don't think all bad behavior is the product of fear. At least some bad behavior is the result of perceptual errors: lack of knowledge, false beliefs, lack of insight, misunderstanding, limited perception.

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  3. Really, according to my logic, the only way to get beyond ego problems is to get beyond ego.

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