13: Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It
1. Grab and brag are the same word with letters moved around and both mean something rude.
2. Michael Grab, whether an artist or a magician, really grabs my attention. See for yourself HERE.
3. Boast and roast: to build up and then tear down.
4. ““It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh
5. Watching Robin Williams invent Flubber in the movie of the same name, my 4 year old grandson Liam says, “I want to be that guy when I grow up.”
6. Videotaping Mexican jumping beans is like videotaping kids, as soon as you put the camera on them they stop doing what they were doing.
7. I recently spent some time in a hotel room and happened to catch some of the movie Lincoln while flipping channels on the TV. After watching for awhile but not being able to get into it, I remember thinking that politics were as boring then as they are now, only then it sounded more Shakespearean, which made it even more challenging to follow.
8. In my women’s dialogue group we take responsibility for what we say by using “I” statements when we speak, sort of like when a politician says, “I’m Mark Warner and I approve this ad.”
9. Pipe up or pipe down? Pipe dream or peace pipe?
10. A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest years ago. But people didn’t take it seriously, because (believe it or not) – it was so big that they thought it was an instrument error. Methane is a greenhouse gas. Pound for pound, its impact is 20 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period. Globally, 60% of all methane emissions stem from human activity, and in the US, the figure is even larger – so we’re dealing with the effects of human activity here – most notably, natural gas. Natural gas is 95-98 percent methane. – More from Nasa Confirms There’s a Huge Cloud of Methane Over Southwest U.S. HERE.
11. A whole town is Mass is trying to prohibit all tobacco sales to everyone. I think it’s ironic that marijuana smoking is becoming more acceptable while smoking tobacco is becoming less tolerated.
12. Tobacco is sacred to Native Americans and used in ceremony like wine is used in sacred rituals by Christians. I have heard it said that the white man and the red man have abused each other’s sacraments because Native Americans have abused alcohol and the whites have abused tobacco.
13. My brother-in-law Nelson Pidgeon (pictured above) has a Facebook friend named Pidgeon Nelson.
__________Thirteen Thursday
November 19th, 2014 8:29 pm
Darn!! You are early!
November 19th, 2014 9:08 pm
Number 4 is something I’ve always believed.
November 20th, 2014 8:36 am
I think #4 is true.
Marijuana needs to be decriminalized but there is a difference between that and accepting it. It’s a fine line, but I think we should look to our elders in Europe and see how they deal with their drug problems and take some lessons from them. They seem to have a much better handle on it (and certainly fewer people in jail.)
November 20th, 2014 8:56 am
I agree, Country Dew!
November 20th, 2014 9:17 am
funny I remember so much raving and awards around Lincoln, i was same as you . I found it disjointed and contrived in places and made me sleepy ..Seriously it takes a real flow to hold my attention n movies – seldom does one capture me from beginning to end .Have a contemplative glorious memorable Thanksgiving sk
November 20th, 2014 9:18 am
Medical marijuana was defeated big time here in the Bible belt
November 20th, 2014 10:03 am
Medical marijuana is different too and, in my opinion, should go along with decriminalization but with legalization you can set up shops and sell to anyone (over 18?) like in Colorado.
November 20th, 2014 10:26 am
Colleen’s in-depth pipeline to her Thursday 13’s are always as well said as Thích Nhất Hạnh quotations.
Grab your garb. Be silent and listen to all that is coming down the pipe.*
* The correct expression is “coming down the pike” but for today I’m using it this way, as others often do.
November 20th, 2014 10:56 am
Wow, another awesome picture, another awesome post. You always get me thinking. Thanks.
http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2014/11/november-national-novel-writing-month.html
November 20th, 2014 12:00 pm
If I’d never heard of Mexican jumping beans before and ran across them in the wild, they’d creep me out.
November 20th, 2014 1:37 pm
Pets are much the same as your jumping beans — the antics stop as soon as you turn the camera on them. My T13
November 21st, 2014 9:10 am
#12 really got to me. And I laughed once again when I read #13!!
November 23rd, 2014 1:38 pm
I cannot feel too sorry for the ‘white man’ who invaded the Red Man’s territory and introduced him to all sorts of terrible things—including Small Pox….and possibly the so called “Demon Drink’, as well.
The Movie LINCOLN was off from the very beginning when they showed two Black Soldiers talking to Lincoln as if it took place in 1964! It was, I’m sorry to say, a crashing bore after that…..!
I love how you always see words in so very many interesting combinations just by switching the letters around.
Another wonderful T13, dear Colleen.